© THE BaKalanga speaking people, mostly domiciled in Matabeleland South have upped their voice in pushing for the reinstatement of their chieftainships which were abolished by the colonial settlers, as part of a broader agenda to restore their culture and tradition. [GoogleAd] Research shows that the Kalanga chiefs were demoted during the colonial era to…
© ZANU PF deputy chief whip and former deputy Foreign Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni has died after succumbing to an undisclosed illness. The 57-year-old legislator passed away on Tuesday evening at Avenues Clinic in Harare. Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said Mguni’s sudden and untimely death has left the ruling party in utter bewilderment. …
© THE country is heading towards a total blackout as Kariba water levels have drastically dropped to 29 percent, with Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi warning there is no quick fix solution. [GoogleAd] Speaking to journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday, Chasi painted a gloomy picture about the electricity situation in the…
© PAYNET Zimbabwe (Paynet), a salary payment software vendor, has offered companies a free service to wire salaries to their employees using EcoCash until August 1 2019, escalating a simmering row with banks. [GoogleAd] This comes after the payment service provider, which is a subsidiary of AIM-listed investment firm Cambria, suspended services to Zimbabwean banks…
© PUBLIC interviews for the recruitment of two judges to the Supreme Court conducted yesterday exposed a lack of human resources in the judicial system that has resultantly clogged the justice delivery system with a backlog. [GoogleAd] Five High Court judges Felicia Chatukuta, Samuel Kudya, Elfas Chitakunye, Charles Hungwe and Nicholas Mathonsi participated in the…
© RENOWNED United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has disputed the latest official inflation figures released by government this week. [GoogleAd] Hanke, who had previously volunteered to advice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government but was turned down by Harare, said official inflation should be at 364 percent. The Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (Zimstats) —…
© BUSINESS lobbyists ZimTrade have warned South African dominance of Zimbabwe’s international trade deals makes it vulnerable to any shocks its economy might experience. [GoogleAd] ZimTrade senior official Tatenda Marume told a Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) award ceremony recently that the country needed to diversify its export market as South Africa’s 52 percent…
© MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba — in a rare and candid appraisal of both government and private sector — has rapped Zimbabweans for being poor executors of brilliant concepts and policies, leaving the country to globe trot “begging on a diamond and golden bowl”. [GoogleAd] Speaking during Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC)…
© THE City of Mutare is still to take action on a 2018 National Social Security Authority (Nssa) occupational safety and health survey report on the local authority six months after it was told to take corrective action. [GoogleAd] The report reveals the municipality’s firefighters live in squalor on rough beds with both males and…
© BREAD supplies are set to improve after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released US$7 million for the payment of 19 000 metric tonnes of wheat that was held in Beira, Mozambique. [GoogleAd] In a statement, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday said the wheat will cover the national flour requirements….
