By Brandon Josphat NOT only can most businesses not afford to pay salaries in foreign currency, but doing so would also aid the unwelcome re-dollarisation of the economy. So say under pressure captains of industry and commerce as trade unions agitate for forex salaries for workers, as the cost of living in the country continues…
HARARE magistrate Learnmore Mapiye has granted an application by the State in which it sought a 48-hour postponement in a matter where four University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students are seeking to be released on bail. The four, Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24 and Lionel Wadamombe have been in custody since their…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says water supplies in the second capital are back to normal after an electrical fault disrupted supplies for a few days. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube said residential areas will be receiving water supplies according to their normal shedding timetable as full treatment has commenced. …
By Ketty Nyoni KATSWE Sistahood, an organisation that fights for sexual reproductive health rights, in cooperation with the embassy of Japan has opened a family support centre for women’s safety in Epworth, Harare, aimed at supporting victims of gender based violence (GBV). The centre, which was handed over to Katswe Sistahood by the ambassador of…
By Ashley Moyo FILM-MAKER Pride Mutarangani has released a trailer for his upcoming documentary which focuses on the struggle a girl child goes through during her period. Titled unPadded: Exploring Period Poverty in Zimbabwe, the soon-to-released documentary explores, among other things, the lack of access to sanitary products and menstrual hygiene education. Mutarangani said he was…
BY MORRIS MLAMBO STORIES of demons, vampires, goblins, ghosts, weird zombies, and extraterrestrials are as old as the hills. Notwithstanding the countless…
AT least 96 491 national identity documents have been issued to citizens during the ongoing countrywide mop-up mobile registration exercise, Registrar General…
SEVEN people died and 43 others were injured when a bus they were travelling in from Gokwe to South Africa veered off the road, hit trees and overturned along the Kwekwe-Gokwe road on Saturday. In a statement, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirms a fatal road traffic accident…
Cloud Fusire at NATIONAL SPORTS STADIUM CAPS United……………..(1)1 Simba Bhora………………(0)1 REFEREE Jimmy Makwanda had to run for his life after irate fans invaded the pitch baying for his blood following the controversial end to the one-all draw between CAPS United and Simba Bhora here yesterday. It had to take the intervention of the CAPS United…
Twitter has pulled out of the European Union’s voluntary code to fight disinformation, the EU has said. Thierry Breton, who is the…
