Top news items in major Zimbabwean media outlets

HARARE, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in major Zimbabwean media outlets on Thursday.

-- The first 100 days of the new dispensation were a resounding success with an average performance rate of 86 percent although the Office of the President and Cabinet is busy compiling comprehensive reports on what was achieved.

This was said by Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday while officially opening the 12th edition of the International Business Conference, which ran concurrently with the 58th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair. (The Herald)

-- The two warring MDC-T leaders, Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe, who are fighting over use of the opposition party's name and symbols following their acrimonious split last month, have reportedly agreed to go back to the negotiating table to resolve their differences amicably with a possibility of reuniting.

This comes against the backdrop of a failed High Court bid by the Chamisa camp to bar Khupe from using the party name and symbols. (Newsday)

-- Zimbabwean government should first assure investors on how they would be able to repatriate their investment before running around preaching the mantra of the country being open for business, Alpha Media Holdings managing director, Kenias Mafukidze, has said.

Contributing at the Urban Infrastructure Investment Summit held in Bulawayo on Monday, Mafukidze said preaching that the country was open for business would not be helpful without first addressing the issue of funds repatriation. (Newsday)

-- A number of convicted criminals and several other dodgy characters are vying to represent Zimbabwean ruling party Zanu-PF in this year's elections, thus bringing into question President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commitment to the fight against corruption and the ruling party's own vetting processes of prospective candidates.

This also comes as the party readies to hold its primary elections this weekend and the new Zimbabwean leader has set out to win 2018's harmonized plebiscite on a clean-government campaign, and economic success. (Financial Gazette)

-- Zimbabwe is moving to strike off a provision in its Minerals and Mining Bill compelling foreign-owned mining companies operating in the country to list the majority of their shares on the local stock exchange, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has said.

Moyo said on Monday that the Bill, presently before Parliament after undergoing two readings, was set for an overhaul, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government moving to make the country an attractive destination for new investment. (Financial Gazette) Enditem