September 2019

© AS AN under pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, presents his State of the Nation Address today amid the country’s deepening economic rot many Zimbabweans, including hard-pressed businesses, say the government’s latest move to ban the quoting and selling of goods in United States dollars will prove disastrous, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes…

© THE Defence ministry has sought leave to file supplementary affidavits challenging the value of monetary demands that have been made by a war veterans pressure group over promises made to them by government dating back to 1998. Defence ministry permanent secretary Mark Grey Marongwe filed the application in a bid to thwart Statutory Instrument…

© GOVERNMENT yesterday blamed the Harare City Council (HCC) for abruptly shutting down Morton Jaffray without consulting all stakeholders. This comes after HCC shutdown Morton Jaffray leaving residents without water last week.  The council had announced in a statement that the closure of Morton Jaffray was imminent as council had run out of water treatment…

© THE angry family of the revered late vice president, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, pictured, says it is considering exhuming his remains from the National Heroes Acre — together with those of his wife Johanna Mafuyana — and rebury them at a family compound in Kezi, Matabeleland South, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes after…

© NATIONAL Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira faces arrest for defying a court order directing him to apologise for declaring that traditional leaders were partisan and supported Zanu PF. On May 9, 2018 the High Court ordered Charumbira to retract statements he made on October 28 and December 20, 2017 in support of a political…

© STRIKING junior doctors will not be paid their salaries for the days that they have not been reporting for duty, a government official has said. The doctors, who went on strike 28 days ago citing incapacitation, are demanding that government review their salaries according to the prevailing interbank market rate. [GoogleAd] Health Services Board…

© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has banned cash-in and cash-out facilities in a desperate bid to rein in black market rates and the ever increasing prices of goods and services. The central bank further directed all economic agents to discontinue cash-back facilities. [GoogleAd] In a statement issued yesterday, deputy director of Financial Markets…

© COLD Storage Commission (CSC) has temporarily halted operations with immediate effect because the new investor wants to ‘‘retool and refurbish’’ the struggling beef processor. [GoogleAd] The move which is set to take effect on October 1 will see all its employees going on forced leave, signifying that all was not well at the organisation…