IN A bid to placate its restive workers, the government has offered higher salary increases to all civil servants beginning next month, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This will see the lowest paid civil servants who are currently getting $1 045 a month being paid $2 500 as from February — a 139 percent…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has given the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) the green light to collect rail charges in foreign currency for goods exported under the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) conditions. This comes after the ailing parastatal wrote to the central bank and to the Finance ministry seeking permission to charge…
A 65-YEAR-OLD man died on the spot and four others were injured when a suspected unlicensed pirate taxi driver knocked down pedestrians while fleeing an accident scene. The accident happened in the Central Business District (CBD) during peak hour. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed Neverson Siyapeyo of New Lobengula who was driving a Honda…
THE absence of an alleged fugitive, a top Defence ministry official, Davison Muvandi, who is at the centre of a cleaning services scam involving $300 000, has resulted in delays in completing investigations into the matter. Muvandi, who is the director finance and human resource at the ministry, is the owner and signatory of Maid…
RENOWNED Makokoba-born artist Lewis Ndlovu is not stopping at anything in his bid to put one of Bulawayo’s oldest townships on the international map through art. Ndlovu, a product of Amakhosi Cultural Centre — which is also located at the edge of the sprouting suburb — feels Makokoba has something unique that deserves the world…
THE Princess of Mbira, Hope Masike, has fallen in love with Matabeleland cultural music and dances in a development that has persuaded her to moot creatively fusing it with the Mashonaland cultural music and dances. Masike who is currently in the city for a cultural exchange programme with award-winning Umkhathi Theatre Works Company could not…
THE government, together with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz), on Wednesday donated groceries and home consumables valued at $7 000 to actor/comedian, Lazarus “Gringo” Boora at his rural homestead in Rukweza. The actor is currently recovering after undergoing surgery in October last year. Presenting the goods, Nacz deputy director Josia Kusena said the…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday froze bank accounts of a Chinese firm, China Nanchang, for allegedly injecting millions of dollars into the parallel market, resulting in the soaring of exchange rates. The country has in the past few days recorded high black market exchange rates, forcing the RBZ to engage the Financial Intelligence Unit…
REDCLIFF town has gone for one month without running water due to severe pollution owing to the recent heavy rains, a council official said. The small town gets its water supplies from the City of Kwekwe whose water supplies have been affected by rains. Kwekwe City director of works John Mhike said raw water coming…
RAUNCHY dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda said contrary to popular belief that she is pregnant, she is not but she has just gained weight due to the use of contraceptives and also due to inactivity in the opening month of the year. She went on to send pictures of a pregnancy test which had negative results….
