© THE high cost of sanitary wear in the country has left women and young girls with limited options, which are largely unhygienic. Prices of sanitary pads have spiralled out of control with the cheapest going for around $7 from $4 per packet. [GoogleAd] Amalgamated Rural Teachers of Zimbabwe Gender and Social Welfare secretary-general Moreblessing…
© THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reported a spike in the number of rape cases involving relatives and family friends citing young girls as the prime victims. The police mentioned three recent separate cases in Marlborough and Dzivaresekwa, in the capital Harare, as well as Plumtree where the juveniles were abused by relatives and…
© WITH the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) having cut off local authorities from accessing foreign currency, Harare’s water supply will be affected. Harare town clerk Hosiah Chisango said the city has to recover costs of water treatment chemicals and its distribution. The city and other local authorities are now accessing foreign currency on the…
© President Emerson Mnangagwa will assume the chairmanship of Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security in August, visiting regional bloc’s executive secretary Stergomena Lawrence Tax said yesterday, with the opposition exhorting the regional bloc to put Zimbabwe on the agenda of the bloc to resolve its worsening economic and political…
SELF-EXILED former Police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has been embroiled in a corruption scandal after it emerged that he reportedly used State funds to service his personal fleet of vehicles. This was revealed during the trial of former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s chief staff officer Transport and Logistics department Robert Masukusa who stands accused of fraudulently…
© POOR preparations have once again plagued Zimbabwe’s senior men national football team, the Warriors, ahead of last night’s 2019 Afcon qualifiers against Egypt. Ahead of the game, the Warriors refused to travel to play the first game in a dispute over money. Their game against Egypt, which only proceeded last night after the intervention…
EDITOR — The plight of workers in general and that of civil servants in particular needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency before the whole country comes to a halt. According to press reports, civil servants are piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, demanding an urgent meeting to solve their salary concerns….
IT WAS a warm and cheerful evening to remember for the World Cup-bound Zimbabwean Women’s Netball squad the Gems, as they got treated to a special send-off dinner at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Tuesday evening. Gracing the event as guest of honour was First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa who called on the nation…
© AMALGAMATED regional trading (ART) on Thursday said its profit for the year ended March 31, 2019 increased by 135 percent on the prior period despite a depression in demand for its products. The company reported a profit after tax of RTGS$8,68 million progressing from a profit of RTGS$3,69 million in the previous comparable period,…
© STATE-owned mobile telecommunications giant, NetOne, has stepped in to offer a solution to the salary payments crisis resulting from a dispute between local banks and Mauritian company, Paynet. NetOne launched a bulk payments platform, termed OnePay, which is a secure bulk payment service that allows an entity to process payments centrally to any OneMoney…
