© ZIMBABWE faces severe food shortages in its 2019-20 farming season as farmers are financially hamstrung due to the worsening liquidity crunch. [GoogleAd] With the rainy season approaching, most farmers cannot prepare adequately for the cropping season as prices of fertilisers, seed and other inputs continue to rise. The farmers’ incapacitation is a result of…
© THE Constitutional Court is today set to hear an application filed by Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe, who is seeking to nullify Kumbirai Hodzi’s appointment as the substantive prosecutor general of Zimbabwe after he allegedly failed interviews last year. [GoogleAd] President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), Chief Justice Luke Malaba, Justice minister Ziyambi…
© THE Local government ministry says it requires $6,8 billion in next year’s budget to fund critical projects in housing, disaster management and water. [GoogleAd] Presenting the pre-consultation budget before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, ministry’s principal director, Joseph Mhakayakora, said the $6,8 billion would be spread across eight programmes. Mhakayakora, who complained…
© A Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Marvellous Nyongoro, 22, is among the top 20 finalists for Youngest Entrepreneurs in Africa, also known as the Anzisha Prize. [GoogleAd] The Anzisha programme is a partnership between the African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation “that seeks to fundamentally and significantly increase the number of job generative entrepreneurs in Africa”. The…
© Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira has appointed a new Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco). Murwira announced the 12-member council in general notice 1622 of 2019 published in the latest Government Gazette. [GoogleAd] “It is hereby notified that, in terms of section 4(4) of the Manpower Planning (Quality Assurance and Standards Act [Chapter…
© Power retailer, Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC), has gone to tender for the supply of drones, which will be used to curb copper cables theft and vandalism of infrastructure. [GoogleAd] ZETDC is a subsidiary of the country’s power utility, Zesa. In June, Zesa introduced drones to protect the power company’s equipment as well as…
© OWNERS of Madokero Mews apartments in Harare are up in arms with their developer, Exodus and Company, after the firm demanded payment of mortgages in local currency at the ruling interbank rate of the United States dollar. [GoogleAd] The residents alleged the move violated the Finance Act which made all US$ contracts entered into…
© SUSPENDED chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe was yesterday dressed down by his lover Sheila Masendeka outside the Rotten Row Magistrates Courts after she made a scene, demanding US$10 000 she lent him to process his divorce with his estranged wife. [GoogleAd] Guvamombe was accompanied by his wife Angeline as he appeared before Harare regional magistrate…
© FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Patrick Mavhura and human resources manager Benenia Shumba were yesterday freed on $5 000 bail each. [GoogleAd] Mavhura and Shumba are facing corruption charges. The State alleged the national broadcaster was prejudiced of over US$340 000 during the duo’s tenure. Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro ordered the…
© Marriage certificates have almost tripled in price. he cost of a marriage certificate, which was $35 at the time of registration, has shot up to $100. [GoogleAd] The increased charges, a 280 percent hike, will hit less well-off couples wishing to tie the knot. The gazetted fees come on the back of an increase in…
