By Ketty Nyoni THE escalating slump of the Zimbabwe dollar has reignited debate over whether the country should encourage greater local use of the South African rand. This comes as the prices of basic goods in the country have continued to rise sharply over the past few weeks, a crisis that is largely blamed on…
THE government says it is engaging local authorities to provide residents with adequate water supplies. Responding to questions in the National Assembly last week, Local Government minister Winston Chitando said the government was collaborating with local authorities despite the delay in the approval of their budgets. “We are working with local authorities to ensure the…
LAWMAKERS across the political divide are unhappy over the delays by the government to allocate them serviced residential stands they were promised by the government in 2019. However, four years later the MPs are yet to receive the stands and last Thursday, they took the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to task over…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says a total of 4 562 deceased voters are set to be removed from the voters roll in terms of the Electoral Act if no objections are made. In a general notice published in the Government Gazette, Zec’s chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana said any person with objections to the…
GOVERNMENT says it fully backs efforts by lawmakers to engage the United States (US) government in a bid to persuade the North Americans to remove economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe over 20 years ago. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Justice deputy minister Nobert Mazungunye said the government was in support of the motion…
HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora has bemoaned the current state of the country’s health situation saying a lot needed to be done to spruce it up and cater for the ever-growing population. He was speaking at the commissioning the first magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) scan at Bulawayo’s largest referral medical centre, Mpilo Central Hospital on Friday, where…
MASVINGO City Council has earmarked this year’s Devolution Funds for the review of its Master Plan, in accordance with the requirements of…
AUTHORITIES say there is a need for the media to tell a story which is in line with national policies so as to improve the livelihoods of ordinary citizens. Speaking to the media on Friday, Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Thomas Ushe said there was a need for collaboration between journalists and the government to…
BY YVONNE NCUBE THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is conducting a feasibility study on the Matobo aquifer as part of the city’s multiple efforts to explore ways of bringing to an end perennial water challenges in the second capital. An aquifer is a body of porous rock with groundwater. Speaking at a stakeholders…
A 34-YEAR-OLD security guard was stabbed by unknown assailants while he was on duty at a booster station for a mobile network operator in Mucheke, Masvingo, last week. Hanisi Hamandishe, who is employed by Crush Security, was rushed to hospital on Thursday last week where he later died. Masvingo police spokesperson, Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa, said…
