© PROSECUTOR-General Kumbirai Hodzi has dragged a Chivhu magistrate to the High Court for barring producing of exhibits during a trial in which five suspects were busted with $21 000 worth of electricity cables. [GoogleAd] Hodzi has cited the suspects Lloyd Gwati, 29, Cosnath Moyo, 22, Petros Manjengwa, 24, Pacial Makamero, 20, Nathan Chiremba, 22,…
© UNDERSTAFFING at Goromonzi Rural District Council (RDC) clinics has resulted in the nurse on duty conducting all duties required including cleaning. [GoogleAd] According to Auditor-General Mildred Chiri’s 2018 report on local authorities, Goromonzi RDC general hand duties at clinics were being done by the nurse on duty. The freezing of posts for both health…
© CHITUNGWIZA residents have accused the local authority of splurging more than $500 000 on a weekend trip to Kadoma at the expense of ratepayers. [GoogleAd] The residents through pressure group, Chitungwiza Residents Trust said the council has been in economic distress for the past decade yet council still saw it fit to embark on…
© CORPORATE 24 Hospital (Corporate 24) has applied for the High Court to issue a summary judgment ordering Premier Services Medical Aid Society (Psmas) to pay them $534 000 owed for medical services offered to its subscribers. [GoogleAd] The hospital claims that after filing summons to recover the debt Psmas entered an appearance to defend…
© TEACHERS are demanding a $4 000 salary to cushion them from inflation following the ban of the US dollar by the Finance minister last month. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) secretary-general Tapson Sibanda told the Daily News that as teachers their push ever since has been a demand to be paid in US$ and…
© THE RECENTLY gazzetted Freedom of Information Bill falls far short of stakeholders and citizens’ expectations of a democratic access to information law, media watchdogs contend. [GoogleAd] They argue that few of the recommendations submitted by civil society and other access to information activists were incorporated into the gazetted Bill, hence this shatters government’s narrative…
© BULAWAYO residents have raised concern over delays in completion of the two newly-gazetted cemeteries at Marvel township and Pumula South citing that the current Athlone extension cemetery space is running out. [GoogleAd] Speaking to the Daily News, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) executive council secretary Thembelani Dube said while the burial space is still…
© ILLEGAL settlements in Harare are now the cause of many burst sewer pipes due to illegal connections, Environmental management committee (EMC) minutes have revealed. [GoogleAd] Burst sewer pipes across Harare have been a cause for concern for residents as most typhoid and cholera cases have emanated from them. “The committee enquired on how best…
© GUTU and Lupane councils were not billing their customers and employees resulting in financial losses of the two local authorities, the Auditor-General Mildred Chiri’s 2018 report has revealed. Gutu Rural District Council did not bill businesses for the entire 2017 financial year. [GoogleAd] Chiri’s report which was released last week has opened a can…
ZIMBABWE is planning to establish dry ports across the country, which can make the country a true logistics hub for the region, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is readying to profit or benefit from the recently-created African Continental Free Trade Area and the National Oil Infrastructure Company…
