GOKWE Rural District Council has invited interested bidders to undertake road construction and surfacing of the area’s bad roads. In a statement, the RDC has advised bidders to get detailed tender documents from its banking hall upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$12 which is also inclusive of VAT per each tender document. [GoogleAd]…
Cyclone Idai, which brought unprecedented destruction as incessant rain and gusty winds caused catastrophic damage, has prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree to deepen the Fund’s engagement with Zimbabwe through a 12-month programme to assist and monitor the country’s reforms of government operations and fiscal management. [GoogleAd] The significant milestone for Zimbabwe —…
Government on Friday gazetted the amended Supreme Court Rules under Statutory Instrument (SI) 89 of 2019, which repeal a part of High Court appeal sub-rules published last year in Statutory Instrument 84 of 2018. The amendments, which were tabled by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, were approved by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi….
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has re-introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule shortly after scrapping off a similar exercise. [GoogleAd] The programme is the third that the municipality has introduced this year as it is grappling with low water levels at its major dams. In a statement, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said the programme has…
Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) boss Gift Machengete has been struck by family tragedy after the death of his son on Saturday morning. Takudzwa Machengete, 28, died of spinal cord complications. The death was said to be sudden and unexpected. Burial arrangements will be advised. Machengete was appointed Potraz director-general in October…
AFRICA University (AU) has said that graduands with its Intellectual Property (IP) masters’ degree have become Africa’s most sought-after personnel, with an employment rate of 95 percent. Speaking at the Management Development Programme (MDP) launch last week, AU vice chancellor Munashe Furusa said to date, the Master in Intellectual Property (MIP) programme has created over…
THE Zimbabwe Amalgamated Churches Council (Zacc) leadership on Friday met with the United States representatives as part of its ongoing push to have western countries lift sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government. Friday’s meeting followed a similar gathering with United Kingdom officials two weeks ago where the church grouping ramped up its anti-sanctions…
BUSINESSMAN Edmore Zviitwa, popularly known as Eddie Kebab, has approached the High Court seeking postponement of the sale of his Mabelreign home over a $15 000 debt. He pleaded with the High Court that his family faces the spectre of being homeless if evicted from the property. [GoogleAd] Zviitwa cited execution creditor Mervyn Godfrey Duckworth…
EDITOR — The government, private sector and civil society institutions should leverage on the use of technology to empower citizens and make government more accessible and effective. Since the end of the 1990s, Africa witnessed a radical evolution of ICTs initially centred on deploying communication and connectivity infrastructure. [GoogleAd] Despite facing hitches in accessing new…
MASIMBA Holdings (Masimba) says its profits went up 68 percent to $1,177 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to $698 738 recorded in previous comparable period driven by retail and commercial buildings. The construction and manufacturing firm said revenue was up 46 percent to $40,014 million from $27,451 million recorded during the…
