ZIMBABWE will this month celebrate 44 years of independence with the country facing several headwinds, especially the worsening economic crisis. A promising nation at Uhuru in 1980, the country has in recent weeks seen the economy on a freefall, characterised by a weakening Zimbabwe dollar, increases in prices of basic commodities and scarcity of foreign…
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says he is pushing to ensure all city books are audited by the end of the year as part of efforts to curb corruption within the local authority. This comes after the government last week declined to approve the Harare City Council 2024 budget proposal for this year citing a number…
FIVE Zimbabweans residing in South Africa, who allegedly crossed the border and attempted to kill a businessman over a failed deal, are lamenting that they have just been caught in-between business battles pitting Oliver Tatenda Chipindu and O’Brian Mapurisa. Moses Monde, Malvin Manzinde, Malvin Tatenda Nyamuranga, Norbert Muponda and Joshua Mapuranga were arrested on March…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has teamed up with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), as authorities ramp up their crackdown on traders that are rejecting the local currency. In addition, the two regulatory bodies will also punish severely all businesses which are caught selling their goods and…
THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) is escalating its efforts to have citizens screened for malignant tumours. To that end, CAZ has made a fresh call to all citizens to undertake early screenings for colorectal cancer — one of the most common cancers in the world. “Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide,…
THE government is set to enrol its first batch of 750 National Youth Service (NYS) students beginning next month, Information minister Jenfan Muswere has revealed. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Muswere said the NYS, which seeks to provide a platform to groom youth to uphold Zimbabwean values and identity, would resume in…
TWO Harare men were arraigned before the court for allegedly kidnapping a 24-year-old man before they allegedly sodomised him. The duo of Lionel Chipunza, 40, and Edwin Geni, 35, as well as other two accomplices who are still at large, allegedly kidnapped Ownmore Chapingiza whom they had contacted to attend a drug and substance abuse…
PARLIAMENT is pushing for the amendment of the country’s laws to enable the government to issue title deeds to rural dwellers. In a motion on National Assembly order paper, MP for Chipinge South Clifford Hlatywayo said giving title deeds to people in rural communities would change their lives for the better. “Rural communities must be…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A SIX-MEMBER gang suspected to have been part of a series of carjacking crimes in the city has been arrested. Talent Change, 31, of Cowdray Park, Wayne Sibanda, 30, of Makokoba, Bhekimpilo Nkomo, 26, of Mahatshula, Lixon Mpilo, 29, of Nkulumane, Hluphekile Nkomo, 30, of Cowdray Park and Malvin Mdeda of no…
CIVIL servants yesterday said their negotiations with the government over salaries are now useless owing primarily to their employer’s alleged intransigence. Speaking to the Daily News, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general David Dzatsunga said the volatility of the exchange rate also made their situation worse. “Salary negotiations are becoming useless without…
