Top news items in major Zimbabwean media outlets

HARARE, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Friday:

-- Rwandan governance expert Clare Akamanzi on Thursday said there was need to empower the envisaged one-stop investment organization integrating several government business arms as part of efforts to improve the ease of doing business. (The Herald)

-- Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Thursday poked holes in former president Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign, saying the Zanu-PF leader was like the biblical Moses, who successfully rescued his kinsmen from oppression, but failed to deliver them "to the land of milk and honey because of his delinquency". (Newsday)

-- Zimbabwean ruling party Zanu-PF has ordered the party's district and provincial executives to submit all applications and CVs submitted by aspiring candidates to the party headquarters for vetting, following reports of underhand dealings in the vetting exercise at lower levels.

This follows reports that several aspiring candidates linked to former president Robert Mugabe's G40 faction were being clandestinely withdrawn from the race in order to protect some sitting legislators and councilors. (Newsday)

-- Zimbabwean main opposition party MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe's association with the party is effectively and officially over, after she was recalled from parliament on Thursday. (Daily News)

-- The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) said the foreign currency backlog for the industry in the last seven months from September last year to March 2018 is now at 600 million U.S. dollars.

The business body representing the country's manufacturing companies said a dry foreign currency spell during the period had worsened the forex situation. (Zimbabwe Independent) Enditem