© SCHOOLS have become sites of repression while teachers are now targets of intimidation and violence, making the environment unsafe for children, a Research Advocacy Unit (Rau) report has revealed. [GoogleAd] This comes as Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure was allegedly abducted in view of his wife and children and…
© BULAWAYO residents face another punishing water-shedding schedule for the next two months as the local authority struggles to fix non-functional water pumps at its waterworks. [GoogleAd] In January this year, the city council introduced a 36-hour water-shedding regime due to critical water levels caused by pumping problems. The shedding was later moved up to…
© ZANU PF activist and lawyer Tinomudaishe Chinyoka — who has been shortlisted for interviews for Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption commissioners — has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to change the interview structure because the current one would put President Emmerson Mnangagwa into disrepute. [GoogleAd] Chinyoka has been shortlisted among 38 people to be interviewed by…
© THE National Association of Social Workers Zimbabwe (NASWZ) has raised concern over habitual and unwarranted engagement of nonsocial workers in professional roles meant for qualified social workers. [GoogleAd] NASWZ said the public remains at risk under the wings of people undertaking social work roles without the necessary training and standard skills. Speaking at a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday revealed plans to unveil a new currency before year-end, creating jitters in financial markets which are still to recover from the horrors of 2008 when runaway inflation caused the abandonment of the Zimbabwe dollar. Mnangagwa, whose government is increasingly getting unpopular due to its failure to halt the swift decline…
© THE struggling National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will refurbish some of its old wagons and acquire news ones within the next three years to boost its operations. While the NRZ requires about 4 246 wagons to operate viably, it only has 3 660 units, thus leaving a negative gap of 586. In a series…
© ENERGY and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi yesterday said his ministry is considering declaring the rampant theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure a state of national disaster so that appropriate national response can be mobilised. The minister’s remark comes amid intense electricity blackouts across the country, which is affecting business operations. [GoogleAd] Represented by…
© ZIMRE Property Investments Limited is seeking shareholders’ approval to buy back some of its shares. In a notice, Zimre said the ordinary shares to be purchased will not exceed 10 percent of the shares of the company in issue prior to the date of this resolution. “The purchase price shall not be lower than…
© THE ruling Zanu PF and the main MDC will renew their rivalry in local authorities by-elections for Bikita and Nyanga slated for July 1. Moses Maposa will represent MDC Alliance in the Bikita Rural District Council Ward 31 by-election while Thomas Matanga will stand on a Zanu PF ticket. Peter Mavenga will represent the National…
© GLOW Petroleum has inked a deal with the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) that will see the former exclusively supply the miners with fuel at competitive prices. The deal will see the petroleum company supply ZMF members with fuel at a cost of US$1 for diesel, while petrol will cost the miners US$1,05 across all…
