By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi MORE people and organisations have added their voices to calls for an urgent meeting of key stakeholders to help mitigate the country’s worsening economic challenges. This comes as the prices of basic goods are now rising on a daily basis in retail outlets, piling more pressure on hard-pressed consumers….
ZIMBABWE will from today roll out its third mass vaccination against wild polio for children under the age of five years, an…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered with a Netherlands firm, VEI, in a bid to improve the metropolis’ dire water situation. This comes as the distressed city has been resorting to severe water rationing, amid other myriad challenges that include antiquated infrastructure and brutal power cuts. According to city officials, it is hoped that…
SIX men, who were allegedly caught with fraudulent bank cards, were yesterday arraigned before a Harare court facing charges of unauthorised use and possession of credit or debit cards. Fungai Samurewo, 35, Frank Chikoto, 36, Clever Manhombo, 40, Pardon Muwungani, 28, Takudzwa Chikohora, 26, and Tererai Chakanyuka, 18, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje and were…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government has ordered law enforcers to close schools, businesses and food vending sites that do not have running water and proper ablution facilities in Harare Metropolitan Province in a bid to contain cholera. This comes as Harare had recorded over 307 suspected cholera cases since the first case surfaced in the…
INSIDE a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe’s most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool…
By Yvonne Ncube THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is equipping farmers in Matabeleland South Province with the requisite knowledge and skills on improving animal nutrition to boost their livestock quality in this arid region. In partnership with the Enhanced Resilience for Vulnerable Households in Zimbabwe (ERVHIZ), FAO said it would assist the farmers in…
THE speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, needs the support of parliamentarians and right-thinking Zimbabweans that there is a need for legislators to come up with harsh laws to deal with early child marriages. Speaking in the National Assembly last Thursday on a matter of deep national interest, Mudenda said the lawmakers must take…
PRESIDENT of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Kurai Matsheza, says dollarisation of the economy will have a negative impact on business competitiveness. Speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on independent national commercial television station, 3Ktv’s, popular Vantage programme, Matsheza said, instead, the country must continue with the multi-currency system. Below are the excerpts of…
ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) has lit up Bulawayo and surrounding towns through an edutainment roadshow to showcase customer service centres that offer enhanced products and services customised to meet individual customer needs. The colourful edutainment activations started last week in Beitbridge, moved to Gwanda and then to Plumtree, and ended in and around Bulawayo. This…
