HARARE City Council has come under fire from environmental activists over allegations it allocated housing stands to workers in lieu of salaries on wetlands in Mabvuku and Tafara. Two months ago, council announced plans to offer 3 470 housing stands to its employees to cover salary arrears dating back to 2017, and the local authority…
CIMAS Medical Aid Society, one of the country’s largest health insurers, says it grew its membership by over 10 percent in 2019 to over 215 000. This comes as the medical insurance sector has been recording a decline in growth battling inflation, which has ravaged subscriptions and members’ disposable incomes. Cimas group chief executive Vulindlela…
ZIMBABWE School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has released results for the November 2019 Ordinary Level examinations with learners recording a 31,6 pass rate. The results come barely a week after the release of Advanced Level results with an 83 percent pass rate. Zimsec board chairperson Eddie Mwenje, said this year’s ‘O’ Level pass rate is slightly…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa’s former top aide, Douglas Tapfuma, is accused of corruptly acquiring duty-free certificates for car imports, said the chief accounting officer in the President’s Office Ray Ndhlukula should have been treated as an accomplice since he authorised the documentation. Tapfuma is being accused of evading car import duty using the State Residences Department’s…
THE government has issued a notice to seize a farm owned by exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere, pictured, in Mazowe — in Mashonaland Central — as authorities take yet another swipe at kingpins of Zanu PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction, the Daily News reports. This comes as the ruling party is escalating its…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, has insisted that she has a right to stay at their Borrowdale Brooke matrimonial home, accusing her husband of abusing power and seeking to seize the property through the back door. The parties agreed to have the matter postponed to next week to enable Marry to provide an…
OVER four million people in rural areas are wallowing in extreme poverty as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate, while the El Nino-induced drought also persists, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency(ZimStats)’s poverty report revealed that out of about 11 205 687 people living in rural areas, close to 4 583…
HARARE businessman Stephen Margolis was brought to court on theft of trust property charges after allegedly disposing of a client’s car that he held as surety over a debt. Margolis, 68, who owns Stephen Margolis Resort, appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and was remanded to February 18 on free bail pending finalisation of investigations….
AS POLICE intensify their war against machete gangs, a civil society group has implored the government to treat the panga barbarians’ issue as a state of emergency, the Daily News reports. This comes after police closed Jumbo Mine in Mazowe indefinitely this week, as they bid to bring sanity to the area which has been…
THE race for the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) Song of the Year is officially open with people voting through mobile network company Econet, a development which the organisers said brings credibility to the competition. The category features Kure by Ishan and Ti Gonzi, MuGarden by Winky D and Gemma Griffiths, Ngaibake by Freeman and Alick…
