Tamary Chikiwain BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) hopes the purchase of water pumps directly from manufacturers will help ease water woes that have been bedevilling the city. This comes as the city last week announced that their persistent water woes will continue for the foreseeable future with residents now enduring a punishing water…
GOEDE Hoop Farm proprietors have approached the High Court for a second time seeking to rescind offer letters for land granted to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Valerio Sibanda and police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga. In the court application, Andreas, Peter and Shaun Livaditakis cited Matanga, Sibanda, a provincial lands officer and the Lands ministry as respondents. …
THE High Court has ordered Zanu PF councillor Luckson Mawanga and his company to stop operations at Odzi Mine in Manicaland until the finalisation of an appeal at the Supreme Court. Businessman Anthony Mukandabvute, who runs Twin Castle Mining Company, had approached the High Court seeking to have Mawanga and his Paari Mining barred from…
A LOCAL church has approached the High Court seeking an eviction order against an individual who has occupied their residential stand in the name of a housing co-operative. In the court papers, Faith Ministries Church (FMC) has cited an individual by the name F Nhau, the Joseph Msika Housing Co-operative and Local Government minister July…
HARARE businessman Adam Hartnack has appeared in court on fraud allegations, accused of swindling the government of over US$60 000 in a cloud seeding deal. Hartnack and his company Adamair appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing three counts of fraud at the weekend. It is the State’s case that on December 31 2018, the…
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country’s laws. MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, and Transform Zimbabwe In addition, they are worried that last week’s jailing of…
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops. This comes amid growing concerns over the rising incidents of police officers being implicated in violent crime and corruption. Speaking in Senate last week, Kazembe said Zimbabweans…
in BULAWAYO Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE government and the local authority are prioritising the establishment of Hwange Teachers College and Empumalanga West Housing project in Matabeleland North province. “Let every local authority look at impact projects that should be prioritised so that we include them in the provincial development plan as Hwange has done….
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has recorded a sharp increase in malnutrition cases in the past few months owing to a prolonged Covid-19-induced lockdown. This comes as at least2 000 children countrywide have been hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition in the first quarter of 2021, according to the United Nations (UN). Since last…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) has created a platform which can be used by the public and health practitioners to report side effects of Covid-19 vaccines and other medicines. Zimbabwe launched its national Covid-19 inoculation programme in February after receiving SinoPharm and SinoVac doses from the Chinese government. When the pandemic broke out…
