Staff writer in BULAWAYO IN a dramatic crackdown, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has slapped 155 property owners with a stern warning, renovate your structures immediately or face the wrath of the law. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday, the BCC housing director, Dictor Khumalo, said between 2021 and March this year, the council…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO THE minister of State for Matabeleland South, Albert Nguluvhe, has challenged road management agencies and local councils to collaborate when rehabilitating roads as the public expects efficient service delivery. Speaking during a provincial development committee meeting yesterday, Nguluvhe said roads must be of high quality. “Our people want us to deliver,…
ZIMBABWE is grappling with a multitude of challenges that threaten its very fabric. The economy is flagging. Citizens are struggling to make ends meet, with many families unable to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, and education. The healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with shortages of essential medicines, equipment, and personnel. Hospitals…
THE review of civil servants’ salaries has been stalled by an ongoing job evaluation exercise by the Public Service Commission (PSC). This comes as the PSC seeks to address potential misalignment between job descriptions, grades, responsibilities, and salaries. It also comes after teachers submitted a petition to the government recently seeking an immediate relief package…
GOVERNMENT and the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to insure local motorists and passengers travelling in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) region. Authorities say the insurance cover would enhance road safety and cover public service vehicle passengers travelling in the region. The permanent secretary…
LEADING tea producer, Tanganda Tea Company, has won a US$41 816 claim against businessman Darlington Matsitukwa, bringing to an end a long-running legal battle dating back to 2019. Matsitukwa was refusing to pay the debt in foreign currency arguing that the company waived its right to get the money in foreign currency by initially accepting…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received an application from Huoyuntong Company to construct a 300 megawatts (MW) coal –fired thermal power plant in Kwekwe. In a notice yesterday, Zera said the company was seeking a licence to construct, own, operate, and maintain the thermal power plant. “The licence application by Huoyuntong Investments (Private)…
ONE of the country’s largest religious institutions, Celebration Churches International (CCI), will begin its eagerly anticipated 2025 mega conference in Harare tomorrow. The gathering, said to be CCI’s biggest such to date, is expected to draw thousands of people from all walks of life in the next four days, including those who are not members…
POLICE last night published a list of 290 vehicles captured on camera violating traffic light offences in Harare’s central business district (CBD) and have advised the owners to report to them within seven days. This comes as the Police Commissioner General, Stephen Mutamba, last week directed his officers to modify their checkpoint procedures in a…
HARARE regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa yesterday sentenced a foreign currency dealer to three years in prison after convicting him of defrauding a businessman, Zvataurwa Makoto, of R1 million in a botched deal. Allen Thindwa Mzamu was convicted of two counts of fraud and on the first count, he was slapped with a seven-year jail term…
