© THERE is no respite for long-suffering Zimbabweans after the government once again hiked the prices of petrol and diesel yesterday the second such increase this month alone piling more pressure on skint consumers and businesses, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] Experts said last night that the latest fuel price jump of nearly $2 a litre…
© THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says Manicaland and the country’s southern region including Bulawayo should expect some rains today, although many other areas that have been reeling from the scorching heat will remain dry. This comes as the current heat wave has ravaged both wildlife and domestic animals across the country, with the Matabeleland provinces…
© THE government has accused animal rights pressure groups of sending “wrong and damaging” information about the country after they said Zimbabwean authorities had “illegally” sent 30 young elephants to China where they would be held in zoos and circuses. Permanent secretary in the ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Munesu Munodawafa, however, said ZimParks funded…
© POLITICAL parties and pressure groups in the region have expressed scepticism over government’s decision to decentralise the electronic recruitment of nurses, a development that will see provincial and central hospitals selecting their own students beginning next year. [GoogleAd] This comes after an outcry over the selection of the recent intake, with allegations that some…
© THE state of Harare’s roads has deteriorated since the takeover of the vehicle licensing portfolio by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) which has disbursed only $13 million this year for roads rehabilitation. According to mayor Herbert Gomba, Zinara has failed to ad- equately fund road maintenance since it took over the collection of…
© MORE than 15 cases of diarrhoea have been recorded in the capital’s high density suburbs, including Glen View and Mufakose, where there are acute water shortages, the Daily News can report. Harare City Council Health Services director Prosper Chonzi said yesterday council had dispatched teams to monitor the situation in affected areas. “We have…
© BUSINESSMAN James Makamba has won the Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) shares ownership battle after the High Court dismissed an application by a war veteran-based organisa- tion, Magamba Echimurenga Housing Trust. In the ruling handed down on October 18, High Court judge Edith Mushore threw out the application with costs. [GoogleAd] “Whereupon, after reading…
© HIGH Court judge Mary Zimba-Dube has ordered Local Government minister July Moyo to pay over $300 000 to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for power supplied to his Mavesere Farm in Kwekwe. Zimba-Dube handed down the order recently after the two parties signed a deed of settlement. [GoogleAd] “The defendant (Moyo)…
© MDC Marondera Central councillor Charles Ngwena and municipal police officer Paul Chikuni, who called for the arrest of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for “organising the anti-sanctions march”, have been charged in court with obstructing the course of justice. The two, who appeared in the Marondera Magistrates’ Court, were released on $100 bail each. [GoogleAd] They…
© TWO men have each been slapped with 10-year jail terms after they were arrested burning copper cables worth US$32,50 to remove the insulating material. Spencer Gande and Sibongilizwe Maniko, both from Sizinda suburb, were found guilty of violating the PTC Act after they were caught burning the copper at the lat- ter’s home to…
