Rumbidzai Ngwenya PARLIAMENT has called on the ministry of Finance to disburse devolution funds to the country’s ailing local authorities on time, saying delays were stalling development. In a report tabled before the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Portfolio Committee on Local Government, legislators said some local authorities were receiving devolution funds later than…
Dionne Kanyowa THE Public Service Commission (PSC) gave striking teachers an ultimatum to resume work yesterday or risk being fired. This came as the High Court granted default relief to the striking teachers, after Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu failed to respond to their application.The teachers were contesting their suspension by Ndlovu, which…
CANADA-based music executive producer Zeb Tsikira, has taken it upon himself to help local musicians to achieve their goals in the music…
SUSPENDED Criminal Investigations Department director Crispen Charumbira, who is alleged to have instructed junior officers to release and stop investigating drugs and gold dealers, has prayed for his acquittal, arguing the State has failed to prove a case against him. Charumbira appeared before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing two counts of attempting to defeat the…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya A HARARE company lost US$135 712 to five armed robbers who pounced on its premises in Avondale in the early hours of Tuesday. In a Tweet last night, the police said the five suspects with unidentified weapons attacked a security guard (53) who was on duty at the company before getting away with…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya SIMBISA Brands, through its subsidiary Buffalo Creek Spurs, yesterday partnered KidzCan Zimbabwe, an organisation that supports children living with cancer, in a quest to increase the survival rate of kids suffering from the killer disease from 20 percent to 60 percent by 2030. Unveiling the partnership in Harare yesterday, Simbisa Brands announced that…
THE late dancehall music star Soul Jah Love, was ahead of his time and the void his death created will be difficult to fill, music players have said. Yesterday marked one year since the death of the popular chanter who was declared provincial hero with music industry stakeholders unanimous that Zimdancehall was now poorer without…
AMBITIOUS premiership side Bulawayo Chiefs wants to slug it out with the local football big boys for the premiership title in the coming years. In his post-match interview at the weekend Chiefs’ coach Nilton Terroso, pictured, who was appointed to lead the Bulawayo club in October last year, said he is assembling a team that…
Cloud Fusire OVER 150 top swimmers across the country will battle it out for silverware when the National Senior Swimming Championships roars to life at Les Brown Pool in Harare tomorrow. The five-day event will see athletes from all the country’s provinces that include Harare, Matabelaland, Mashonaland country districts, and Manicaland taking part.The championships were…
REDHOT Zimdancehall chanter Killer T is heading to the capital city of Botswana, Gaborone for a one-off concert featuring that country’s top artiste Zolasko Vatsay. The Itai Ndione hit maker, who is currently ruling the airwaves with several tracks off his latest album, Inzwai Kuchemawo Mambo will perform alongside Zolasko on March 5.Killer T’s manager…
