© FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo has urged Zimbabweans to put politics aside in order to build the nation amid the economic challenges that the country is facing at the moment. A year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected into office, the country has been experiencing a plethora of challenges including price increases, fuel shortages,…
© GOVERNMENT has resolved to exempt water and sewage treatment plants from load-shedding amid rising concerns on the effects of energy blackouts on the water sector. Electricity is needed for water pumps and the mechanical treatment of wastewater. Local Government minister July Moyo told the National Assembly last week that the issue of load-shedding was…
© Kariba Power Station could cease operations by September due to low water levels, with the country having to rely solely on Hwange thermal power station, which is producing meagre amounts of electricity due to recurrent breakdowns of its ageing plants, the Daily News can report. This comes as the crisis-torn country is battling worsening…
© A serial thief who was caught on camera while smashing a car window and stealing a bag in Avondale, Harare was yesterday sentenced to an effective three years in jail for the offence. Michael Robinson, 49, was caught on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in mid-May while committing the offence and the video went viral…
© PROSECUTOR-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has ordered the State to halt the trial of former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, a court heard yesterday. Parirenyatwa stands accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly directed Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to terminate Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the parastatal and replace her with Newman Madzikwa….
© INCARCERATED Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira’s bid for freedom was dealt a big blow yesterday after High Court judge Erica Ndewere reserved indefinitely judgment in her bail application. The judge had postponed the hearing to yesterday to allow the investigating officer to come and testify in the case. The State is opposing the bail application…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over the unusually high consumption of water in the city since the end of the water shedding regime. This comes a week after the local authority temporarily suspended the dreaded water shedding regime following major rehabilitation works at Criterion Water Works. [GoogleAd] The local authority has, however,…
© THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is opening collection points in addition to its current network of 86 depots in a bid to ease transportation of grain. This comes as the parastatal is now the sole licensed maize buyer after government’s decision to break cartels suspected to be hiking prices of most grain products, through…
© Padenga Holdings Limited — engaged in the production and sale of crocodilian skins and meat — has ventured into mining after acquiring 50,1 percent shareholding in Dallaglio Investments which specialises in mining. In a notice yesterday Padenga said the deal is to be settled by way of a cash injection in Zimbabwe dollars. [GoogleAd]…
© IN ZIMBABWE today, the environment is such that it is very difficult to plan or budget ahead for anything because with each new day comes price and tax hikes. When you have fuel prices going up twice in a week and prices of almost all basic goods and services going up everyday, there is…
