HARARE – Government will continue to train teachers at various tertiary institutions despite its failure to absorb them owing to a recruitment freeze placed by the Public Service Commission. This was revealed by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira during a question and answer session in the Senate on Thursday. He was responding to…
HARARE – Members of the public have been invited to submit information on the politically-motivated violence that rocked central Harare on August 1, resulting in the death of seven people. In a statement, the secretary to the commission, Virginia Mabiza, said the submissions would be protected by law and will be received on a “without…
HARARE – CBZ Holdings Limited has successfully raised the $75 million required by government to fund the purchase of maize from farmers for the 2018 buying season. In a notice issued yesterday, the bank which is the financial advisor to the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama), said the grain bills were fully subscribed for. “The Agricultural…
HARARE – Government will provide $500 and two bags of rice to cater for funeral arrangements for each family that lost loved ones in a bus accident which occurred in Polokwane, South Africa. At least nine Zimbabweans perished in the Limpopo Province of South Africa in a road crash involving an Intercape bus travelling from…
HARARE – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for the review of the cholera vaccine following revelations that the infectious disease which broke out in Harare this month is multi-drug resistant. WHO’s disease prevention and control officer Anderson Chimusoro told the Daily News yesterday that the specialised health agency of the United Nations had…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is strengthening voluntary compliance measures in order to tackle rampant tax evasion, the tax collector’s chief Faith Mazani, has said. This comes as the issue of tax corruption and evasion has become complex countrywide with experts likening it to organised crime. Zimbabwe’s compliance rate is only 25 percent,…
HARARE – Government has approved part privatisation of the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) to enable the bank to raise capital, enhance service delivery and improve operational efficiency. The move is expected to enable the financial institution to fund the country’s struggling productive sectors. In a general notice published in yesterday’s a government gazette, government…
HARARE – Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) has dragged former Zanu PF MP for Mbare Constituency Tendai Savanhu to the High Court for failing to pay over $23 000 land development levy. In the application, MRDC is the applicant, while Savanhu and Nyachura Farms (Private) Limited are cited as first and second respondents respectively. “The…
BULAWAYO – More than two hundred former National People’s Party (NPP) members this week officially crossed floor to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC, as the Joice Mujuru-led party continues to crumble. The departure of the members literary left Mujuru with no tangible party structures in the Matabeleland region as they dumped her in a clear sign…
HARARE – A suspected lesbian reportedly drugged a fellow reveller following a beer binge before making sexual acts on her body, a court heard. It was alleged that Moleen Mupedzi, 21, later made the alleged victim come over to her house on several other occasions and “molested” her. The court papers do not reveal whether…
