THE Harare City Council has reached an agreement with the central bank allowing it to charge for services in local and foreign currency. The move, announced in a statement on Friday, marks a reversal by the Harare City Council of an earlier resolution that had required residents to pay for some services exclusively in foreign…
EDITOR — As the country hurtles down the bumpy patch, hopping from crisis to crisis, Zimbabweans pray the major political players will ultimately see sense and realise the urgency of engaging in inclusive dialogue that could save the whole country. Recent reports that there could be something going on in preparation for inclusive talks and…
BY HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE World Bank (WB) says Zimbabwe can largely benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if trade barriers are removed. This comes after Zimbabwe was recently among four member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) which received WB capacity building support aimed at eliminating non-tariff…
By BRANDON JOSPHAT AUDITOR-GENERAL Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in local authorities across the country characterised by poor governance around issues of contract management and mismanagement of assets, among others. In her 2021 Financial Year report on local authorities presented to Parliament last week, Chiri said local authorities were signing contracts in which the…
BY NASH MKOKWAYARIRA Chicken Inn …………..….. 1 Whawha ……………..……. 0 WHILE a shot at the Castle Lager championship seems at this stage like mission impossible, Chicken Inn yesterday showed they are determined to fight to the end. Brian Muza scored the solitary second half strike as the Gamecocks moved into second place with 51 points…
MUSIC has a lot of benefits and does great things to us in our social, economic and political spheres. Celebrity artists like Adele, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen have publicly stated about the power of music in aiding mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. William Shakespeare wrote that “music can raze out the…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has intensified its training of aspiring female politicians ahead of the 2023 elections in order to ensure equal participation of both genders in the highly contested political domain. This was revealed by ZGC commissioner Mercy Nyangulu yesterday at the close of a five-day workshop held in Masvingo. “The commission’s thrust…
EXQUISITE Cars (Private) Limited’s proprietor and youthful businessman Victor Matiyenga has taken the car industry by storm after launching a brand-new motor…
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has appealed to the government to train all actors in the justice delivery system on ethics and integrity in order to root out corruption. In a report on the country’s justice delivery system from 2018 to date, the LSZ recommended the need for strengthening and providing resources to the…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up their efforts to contain soaring armed robberies in the country, with police holding a high-level indaba with bankers on Thursday as part of a multi-pronged approach to the scourge. The meeting comes as some financial institutions have been the target of armed robberies, many of which law enforcement agencies suspect have…
