© CORRUPTION is worsening in Africa with more than one in every four people who accessed public services during the previous year having to pay a bribe, the new Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) Africa 2019 has revealed. [GoogleAd] Released on African Anti-Corruption Day by Transparency International and Afrobarometer, the GCB Africa survey was implemented by…
© ZANU PF youths yesterday came out guns blazing, promising to deal with opposition party members after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo was attacked in London by an angry mob. [GoogleAd] Moyo was on Friday attacked by angry opposition protesters in London where he had gone to advance the government’s stuttering re-engagement efforts. Although Moyo…
© THE short-lived suspension of town clerk Christopher Dube seems to point towards covert power struggles within the municipality, which have dismayed stakeholders. [GoogleAd] On Thursday, deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who is the acting mayor, suspended Dube over a number of allegations including abuse of office. The next day, mayor, Solomon Mguni, who is on…
© BULAWAYO’s deputy’s mayor Tinashe Kambarami and Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora appeared in court yesterday on allegations of assaulting town clerk Christopher Dube. [GoogleAd] Kambarami and Chigora allegedly assaulted Dube on Thursday after he refused to vacate his office, where the duo had gone to serve him with a suspension letter. Kambarami and Chigora,…
© THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has completed major rehabilitation works at the Criterion Water Treatment Plant. In a statement, town clerk Christopher Dube advised residents that the city has finalised major aspects of the rehabilitation of the plant. [GoogleAd] The programme, funded under the Bulawayo Water and Sewage Services Improvement Project, with support from…
© THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) will this week carry out an inquiry on access to documentation in Matabeleland North Province. [GoogleAd] In a notice yesterday, ZHRC said they will have meetings in Hwange and at Lupane State University. “The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission announces the commencement of the public hearings on the national…
© GWERU City Council has embarked on a stringent water-rationing schedule, which will see some parts of the city going for days without water. [GoogleAd] The tight water-rationing schedule comes after the city fathers revealed that water levels at the city’s main supplier — Gwenoro Dam — have dropped to 26 percent which translates to…
© KWEKWE and Karoi town councils have resolved to fix supplementary charges and tariffs to finance the 2019 budget. [GoogleAd] In the case of Kwekwe, the budget is meant to complement the initial 2019 budget of $26,9 million, which was rendered useless by inflation and high operational costs. Copies of the proposed supplementary tariffs can…
© ZIMBABWEAN women have been sold a political dummy as gender equality in leadership roles remains a mirage, says MDC legislator Concilia Chinanzvavana. [GoogleAd] Despite constitutional provisions guaranteeing a 50-50 representation of men and women in leadership positions, the lawmaker said the scale is still tilted heavily in favour of men. “Women have been sold…
© AUDITOR-General Mildred Chiri has encouraged police to do more to curb crime after the infraction of the law surged in the previous year. [GoogleAd] Chiri noted that while in 2018, police had pledged to reduce crime by four percent and to lower traffic accidents by three percent, crime actually increased by 20 percent while…
