HARARE – It is now 26 days to “D” Day — the day of democracy, when we all go to a polling station and at the cost of about $50 each (the cost of an election in Zimbabwe) we are asked to appoint our next batch of 2 500 leaders. We start with the president,…
HARARE – National Tyre Services (NTS) says its mixed bag strategy to supplement direct sourcing with local supplies and pushing sales of premium products to improve margins has started paying dividend. This was after the company’s profit after tax surged to $118 000 in the full year to March 31, 2018 compared to a loss…
HARARE – The Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe (Reiz) will be holding its 2018 Winter School in Victoria Falls from July 5 to 8 under the theme “Integrating Sustainability in the Real Estate Sector for Economic Transformation.” The Winter School is coming at a time the property market has remained depressed in the first half…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe returned home yesterday to face a torrent of allegations, inflamed by the recent bomb explosion that rocked the second city of Bulawayo on June 24, claiming two lives. The 94-year-old teetotaller, who was receiving medical attention in Singapore, is being viewed with suspicion by his former allies in Zanu…
HARARE – The Sables players had to sleep on the streets in Tunisia on Monday night after they refused to put up in a sub-standard hotel and protested non-payment of allowances by the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU). Zimbabwe is scheduled to take on Tunisia on Saturday in a 2018 Rugby Afrique Gold Cup match at…
HARARE – Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, yesterday spoke for the first time on the latest in a series of attempts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s life, declaring that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will leave no stone unturned as it hunts down those responsible for the bomb explosion at White City Stadium. In his address at…
HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru, has alleged that while she was committed to the formation of a grand coalition, she found MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to be evasive on the matter. National People’s Party (NPP) leader told a local radio station yesterday that her party reached out to Chamisa after the MDC…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has come under heavy criticism for advising residents not to pay for services they do not receive. In the heat of electioneering, Chiwenga told Zanu PF supporters in Hatcliffe recently that local authorities should stop the collection of rates from areas they were not adequately servicing in terms of…
HARARE – Government has put in place measures to eliminate injury resulting from giving birth, otherwise known as obstetric fistula. The measures include the provision of emergency obstetric care services in selected sites. Other strategies encompass the promotion of ante natal care, availability of waiting mother’s home at the health facilities, increasing institutional deliveries by…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has opened a branch in Marondera. In a notice issued yesterday, the tax authority said the branch is only meant for functions to do with domestic taxes. “Zimra would like to advise its valued clients and stakeholders that we opened an office in Marondera on July 1, 2018…
