THE GOVERNMENT has called on public and private companies to help boost the country’s preparedness against the deadly coronavirus, which has killed 2 625 and infected more than 79 000 people worldwide. Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo made the plea in Harare yesterday following a donation of eight state-of-the-art thermo-scanners from Mimosa Mining…
PARLIAMENT has directed police to ensure Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara, pictured, appears before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands today to explain how he and other millers used the US$27 million from the RBZ for wheat importation and the other money meant for refurbishing GMB silos. This comes after Musarara…
FORMER Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has questioned the party’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PHD) qualifications and his source of wealth while responding to a $10 million defamation suit filed against him by the senior party official. Mpofu initiated litigation against Matutu in June last year, after…
ECOBANK Zimbabwe Limited has been awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification giving it a competitive advantage above other financial institutions in the country. The ISO certification given by the British Standards Institution (BSI) are according to Ecobank’s Regional Executive for Central and Southern Africa Cheick Travaly a reflection of the bank’s legal and…
UNIONS have re-ignited their bid to have workers’ salaries paid in United States dollars, following the recent decision by the government to allow oil companies with access to foreign currency to sell fuel in forex, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is escalating its push to have the Zimbabwe dollar as the…
THE Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for exempting Huawei from paying tax, with legislators saying it’s against the principles of good public finance management. Ncube exempted the Chinese telecommunications giant from paying tax under Statutory Instrument 25 of 2020 recently. MDC Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara James Chidhakwa told…
AFRO-POP musician Jeys Marabini has expressed his deep pain at losing almost the entire band through death in a development that he described as heart breaking. Marabini has been in the arts industry for over two decades and formed his live performing band in 2002. Sadly, from his original band that performed at Amakhosi Theatre…
BLACK Umfolosi’s founding member, Sotja Moyo, has revealed that he will not be set apart from the group he helped give birth to. This comes after last year he embarked on a solo project in a development meant to revive the Kalanga language and culture. Having been paying particular attention to his solo project, Moyo…
THE Health and Child Care ministry has started distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in preparation for the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2 461 lives and infected 79 930 globally. This comes after Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo recently told the media that should any infections be recorded in Zimbabwe, the…
LACK of confidence in the rule of law and foreign currency exchange rate issues are blocking investors from coming to Zimbabwe, United Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson has said. Writing on her Twitter account, Robinson said that sanctions were not affecting the Zimbabwean economy. “…True for British companies. We have $1,9bn existing investments. But…
