Hospitality concern Ventures Africa Limited-owned Leopard Rock Hotel officials are furious over government’s failure to close down Vumba tRoad o heavy vehicles which is sagging and collapsing under their heavy weight. [GoogleAd] Leopard Rock Hotel proprietor Samir Shasha told the Daily News in an exclusive interview that they are failing to get the road inspected more…
A Sakubva man has been caged 10 years for tampering with and stealing $2 400 worth of Zesa armoured cables at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). [GoogleAd] Farai Murimbechi, 34, of Sakubva was convicted after a full trial by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. His co-accused Theophelus Mukome, 28, was acquitted. Murimbechi was convicted of three counts…
More Zimbabwean workers are dying on the job, according to the findings of Zimbabwe’s State-owned pension fund’s workplace safety investigators. [GoogleAd] The National Social Security Authority (Nssa), noticing a disturbing trend, crunched the numbers and found that occupational accidents and fatalities increased by 19 percent from 2017 to 2018. Speaking at the Nssa engineers’ workshop…
Harare City Council will start rotating its staff in the markets and the Environmental Patrol Units (EPU) after allegations of corruption and bribery were raised. [GoogleAd] In ordinary council minutes, attention was drawn to how the community service department was mismanaging the informal sector. This comes as council recently established the informal sector department that will…
While Zimbabweans and the world have collected donations towards victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland and Masvingo with several truck-loads of food and clothes, what has been in short supply are medicines. [GoogleAd] We hope government will from now on focus on mobilising more medicines from local and world health organisations. Organisations that can come in…
With close to 400 people still missing since Cyclone Idai hit the eastern parts of the country over a week ago, it is sad to note that Zimbabwe had to ask for special sniffer dogs from neighbouring South Africa. [GoogleAd] That in itself shows the lack of capacity and how ill-prepared we are as a country…
EDITOR — The price of bread — reported to have increased from $1,40 to between $1,80-$2 is just too excessive. This is very expensive especially when everything in this country seems to be going up. [GoogleAd] Most people do not afford to buy bread at this price. According to recent media reports this is the highest…
EDITOR — Zimbabweans have suffered a lot for the past 38 years with nothing tangible to show. [GoogleAd] Some say it was all because of Robert Mugabe while feeling sorry or empathising with Emmerson Mnangagwa. He is equally to blame. If values, principles and lives of Zimbabweans mattered to him, he would have resigned and…
Zimbabwe’s wheat production declined from 186 243 metric tonnes in 2017 to 160 600 metric tonnes last year, deputy Agriculture minister Vangelis Haritatos has said. [GoogleAd] This has resulted in the country increasingly relying on imports to make up for shortfalls and meet wheat demand, estimated at 400 000 metric tonnes annually. “Last season, the country…
Sungura kingpin, Alick Macheso, the humanitarian ambassador of Zimbabwe Red Cross, has called on people not to loot goods meant for Cyclone Idai victims in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. [GoogleAd] The Tafadzwa hit-maker was speaking at Cyclone Idai donations handover in Harare yesterday. “We are humbled by the positive response we are getting from the community….
