THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not been impressed by the government’s decision to take over the rehabilitation of local roads. Some councillors view the recent Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) launched by the government as a political move ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. According to the council’s latest report, some councillors felt that…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says the rural folk should acquaint itself with cybercrimes, following the government’s ambitious national plan to connect the communities across the country to the internet. Speaking during the Postal and Telecommunications and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) official opening of Maranda Village Information Centre in Mwenezi yesterday, Muswere…
THE government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), has launched television (TV) lessons set to benefit learners, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during the launch of the TV lessons in Harare yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said the initiative would ensure learning continuity for learners even when schools…
OUTSPOKEN political activist Linda Masarira has filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Gilbert Kaingidza, claiming that the relationship has “irretrievably broken down”. The Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) founder and Kaingidza entered into marriage on June 14, 2019, but just a month shy of their second anniversary, the duo wants to…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A 24-YEAR-old Zvishavane man has been jailed for 33 years for raping and infecting his nine-year-old niece with HIV. Midlands regional magistrate Christopher Maturure jailed the man whose name cannot be revealed to protect the identity of the minor victim after a full trial. The court heard that the man repeatedly…
RENOWNED author Tsitsi Dangarembga, who is seeking to have her trial removed from the Anti-Corruption Court roll, is set to argue her case before the High Court in the capital tomorrow. Dangarembga and her colleague Julie Gabriel Barnes were arrested last year and charged with contravening Covid-19 regulations after they were allegedly caught participating in…
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THE government has confirmed that Chief Justice Luke Malaba, pictured, will continue as the head of the country’s judiciary, following the passage of Constitutional Amendment Number 2 Bill last week. This means that Malaba — who turns 70 this week, which was the age of his retirement before the recent law changes — will be…
Jeffrey Muvundusi THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approved a 20 percent critical shortage areas allowance (CSAA) for its medical officers to stop a crippling brain drain. This comes as the local authority has revealed that in the past few years it had experienced a high staff turnover in the medical department owing to poor…
THE European Union (EU)-funded Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain for the Future (TranZDVC) project will this Friday hand over 153 in-calf heifers worth US$223 074 to 134 smallholder dairy farmers. The heifers would be distributed directly to small-scale farmers as follows: 45 percent to existing small-scale farmers, 45 percent to new farmers aligned to…
