© HARARE City Council has warned all public transport operators with expired rank discs on their vehicles to update their documentation or risk being banned. [GoogleAd] In a notice by the city, anyone doing business within the jurisdiction of Harare should regularise their papers. The notice comes as Harare is on a massive drive to…
© FORMER Steward Bank chief executive officer Lance Mambondiani has been appointed BancABC Zimbabwe (BancABC) managing director and chief executive officer. [GoogleAd] In a statement, BancABC said Mambondiani will start working for the financial institution with effect from next Monday. Mambondiani is taking over from Joe Sibanda, who is retiring after serving the institution for…
© NewThinking, in partnership with Zimbabwe Institute, has launched a new publication called “Towards an Open and Accountable Government: Context and way forward for Zimbabwe.” [GoogleAd] “It focuses on principles of openness, accountability and participation as being grounded in the belief that democracy goes beyond the ballot box,” Zimbabwe Institute media and communications consultant Patricia…
© FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo — who claims he has cancer — has made a fresh application for the temporary release of his passport to enable him to travel to South Africa for medical reasons. [GoogleAd] In his application Chombo, who did not specify the type of cancer he was diagnosed with, justified his…
© Typhoid has broken out in Glen View in the capital Harare, the City Council said yesterday, with rights groups warning of further disease outbreaks because of the appalling water conditions there unless residents step-up treatment of their drinking water fetched from wells. [GoogleAd] Two cases of typhoid were confirmed by HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme,…
© THE Zimbabwean dollar (ZW$) suffers a crisis of expectation with observers saying certain fundamentals have to be met to ensure the currency’s survival. [GoogleAd] This comes after this week’s government decision to abolish the multi-currency system and declare the ZW$ — abandoned 10 years ago — as the sole medium of exchange. Zimbabwe was…
© REGIONAL civil society organisations have piled pressure on the Zimbabwean government to ratify the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in a bid to end the increased arrests and harassment of human rights defenders. [GoogleAd] In a statement issued on Wednesday to mark the Convention’s 32nd anniversary, over…
© FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa’s trial was yesterday further postponed as the magistrate presiding over the case is still unavailable. [GoogleAd] Parirenyatwa stands accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly directed former Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to terminate Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the organisation and replace her with Newman Madzikwa….
© AFTER shutting down last year, United Builders’ Merchants (UBM)’s property is set to go under the hammer, signalling the end of 50 years of operation. [GoogleAd] A catalogue by Hammer and Tongues Real Estate published on Wednesday indicated that UBM properties, among others a piece of land in Chegutu and a single-storey building in…
© RIOZIM Limited’s attempt to increase the company’s authorised ordinary share capital was unsuccessful when the company held its annual general meeting in Harare this week. Company secretary Per Makorie said their consideration that share capital of the company be increased to US$0,O1 each was not adopted at the meeting. [GoogleAd] “One of the results…
