© THE Local Government ministry is still working on the Devolution Bill after some recommendations were made by the Attorney General as it sought to present a sound document, principal financial advisor Thompson Marufu told Harare councillors last week. “We understand that councillors are concerned about the devolution issue but the Bill is still being…
© THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has raised concerns over the high number of deaths associated with cervical cancer in the country, saying there is need for women to go for screening early. This comes as statistics have shown that over 2 270 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Zimbabwe annually with a…
© RESIDENTS associations from Gweru and Harare have warned Bulawayo residents and activists calling for government to set up a commission to run the affairs of the city, advising them the move might be the worst for the local authority. Harare and Gweru have at some point been run by commissions, with both developments leaving…
TWO SUSPECTED carjackers stole a car before they were involved in an accident that claimed their accomplice, a court heard yesterday. Lloyd Rowson Zvomunya and his accomplice who is still at large allegedly masqueraded as hitch-hikers and robbed Nathan Mufukwa of his Toyota Wish. Zvomunya drove off at high speed and was involved in an…
© GWANDA traditional Chief Mathema is leading a campaign against the decision by Matobo Rural District Council (MRDC) to turn the Gukurahundi burial site in Bhalagwe, Kwezi in Matabeleland South Province into a district heroes’ acre. Bhalagwe is the Gukurahundi flashpoint where thousands were reportedly thrown into the disused Antelope Mine at the height of…
HARARE does not have adequate underground water to cater for additional boreholes that residents may require. The city’s director of water, Mabhena Moyo said the situation required concerted efforts from all stakeholders to preserve the little that was still around. Last week, Harare councillors held a crisis meeting on the water situation, after which Harare…
© THERE is no denying the fact that life has become unbearable for the majority of ordinary people who have had to watch, in anguish, the falling away of standards of living. No one would have predicted that a year on after holding historic elections, on July 30 last year — things would have come…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo’s swiftness to prosecute those involved in corruption as exemplified by the recent arrest of Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira should be commended. From the more than 200 cases Matanda-Moyo said her commission is currently handling, this is just one of them, so we still have to…
EDITOR — What happened to agricultural mechanisation schemes, upfumi kuvadiki, land reform, ZimAsset, and community shareholding schemes? All these concepts were so good and in line to progress but everything went under the tunnel. People thought former president Robert Mugabe was the stumbling block on our progress but the current signs are good pointers that…
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it surpassed first half revenue targets, with gross collections amounting to $5,27 billion, 22,75 percent above the set target of $4,30 billion. Callisto Jokonya, the national tax collector’s chairperson, yesterday said gross collections increased by 118,71 percent from $2,41 billion collected during the first half of 2018. Zimra’s net collections…
