JUSTICE ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza says yesterday’s appointment of five Constitutional Court judges is a fulfilment of the country’s Constitution and…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube expects the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans to improve further in the coming months, on the back of the country’s stabilising economy and cost of living. Writing in his 2020 National Budget Review this week, Ncube noted that as a result of the measures that the government had taken over the past…
WITH the deadly Indian variant of Covid-19 now in the country, health experts have warned citizens to strictly adhere to preventive measures while urging authorities to take a cautious approach and close schools early as a third wave looms. This comes as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, revealed on Wednesday…
PARLIAMENT has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally comes to the National Assembly to answer questions from legislators amid concerns that Cabinet ministers either choose not to attend or are incompetent. In the exercise of Parliament’s oversight and representational roles, backbenchers pose questions for oral or written answers to a vice president or a minister…
THE government has set up a grain procurement committee aimed at curbing side-marketing and encouraging farmers to sell their produce to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). This comes as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) recently said it was closely working with the government to block maize side-marketing and importation. Speaking in the National…
A WAR of words has escalated between controversial comedian Felistas “Mai Titi” Murata, pictured, and United Kingdom-based production house, BJB Films, with both parties trading allegations and counter-allegations. The deepening fallout follows the expulsion of Mai Titi from the shooting of a movie titled A Life to Regret, which features Congolese rhumba musician Awilo Longomba, Stan…
PARLIAMENT has called on the government to honour the commitment it made to pay cotton farmers their 2020 outstanding payments amounting to $105 billion. Last month, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told the National Assembly that the government was prepared to clear outstanding payments on behalf of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) as well as…
BULAWAYO Arts Festival (Baf), which takes place every year in the first week of June, has moved with speed to cover the whole nation in its talent scouting campaign as preparations for the annual arts fete gather momentum. The festival, now in its second year, was launched in 2019 after the city decided to hold…
ON Tuesday, Cabinet came up with a raft of measures to try and end traffic congestion in the capital and other cities across the country. The measures were adopted barely a week after the same Cabinet shockingly claimed that the availability of adequate fuel on the market was or is the reason for congestion. It…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resumed the construction of the US$60 million Egodini Mall with the first phase expected to be complete in the next three months. The project missed several deadlines, with South African contractor Terracotta Trading (Private) Limited (TTPL), which secured the tender in 2012, blaming it on economic challenges and Covid-19. With…
