TAPIWA CHIRUME ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) has solarised 78 rural water supply stations to improve access to clean water. The initiative, which has revived some water supply schemes that had been out of service for nearly two decades, is expected to transform water delivery in rural service centres and communities that had long endured…
Brighton Muronzerei THE United Kingdom police have commended Zimbabwean and South African authorities for cooperating to arrest an international triple-murder suspect.Ndodana Tshuma was arrested in South Africa on Friday, paving the way for his extradition to face trial in Britain.Tshuma, also known as Mark, was nabbed in connection with the deaths of his wife Zandile…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA BULAWAYO City Council inspectors have destroyed more than a tonne of hazardous, expired, and contaminated food found in local shops.According to the latest report by the council’s health services department, environmental health inspectors confiscated expired groceries, contaminated meat, uninspected pork, damaged canned foods and products that were either improperly labelled or had no…
KUDZANAI GEREDE OLD Mutual Zimbabwe (Old Mutual) is set to migrate its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), marking an end to a six-year trading suspension, the group announced on Friday.Old Mutual shares, together with PPC Zimbabwe and Seed Co International, were suspended from the ZSE…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ARTISINAL miners have been left out of Zimbabwe’s proposed mining law, sparking warnings from the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela).The omission from the proposed Mines and Minerals Bill, according to Zela, would fuel informality, unsafe mining and illicit mineral trading, the watchdog has warned. This comes after the Mines and Minerals Bill was…
THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has called on churches across the country to open their doors to Zimbabweans returning from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks.In a pastoral plea yesterday, EFZ bishop Never Muparutsa appealed to churches, pastors and believers to welcome returnees with compassion, saying the Christian community should respond by demonstrating the…
TAPIWA CHIRUME TWENTY Zimbabwean students have been officially sent off to pursue higher education under the Indian Scholarship Programme.The students will study in specialised fields identified as being in high demand locally, with the government expressing confidence that they would be readily absorbed into the labour market upon their return.Speaking at the send-off ceremony in…
TAPIWA CHIRUME THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has committed ZiG10 million to the inaugural Schools Monetary Policy Challenge to boost financial literacy in the country.Speaking at the official launch of the national competition in Harare on Friday night, RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the initiative was a long-term investment in developing an economically informed…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Shamaine ChirimunjiriCHIEF REPORTER THE severe shortage of essential medicines in public healthcare facilities around the country has now forced overwhelmed authorities to implement strict rationing protocols.Speaking in Harare on Thursday, a senior manager at the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (Natpharm), Sean Zisengwe, confirmed this dire state of affairs at public hospitals.He…
Patrick MubwandarikwaAt RUFARO STADIUM SCOTTLAND…..……….…..(0) 2 TELONE FC………………..(0) 0 DEFENDING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Scottland extended their unbeaten run to 12 matches after edging TelOne 2-0 in a thrilling encounter played here yesterday.A Khama Billiat brace was the difference as the champions produced another workman-like display to see off a stubborn TelOne side…
