© ZIMBABWE Red Cross Society (ZRCS) is committed to supporting youth activities to achieve and surpass their set goals and objectives so they are better placed to fight the challenges of their time. [GoogleAd] ZRCS National President Edson Mlambo told guests at the official opening of the ZRCS 2019 National Youth Camp this week at Karumazando…
© EDITOR — This week, I went to a supermarket to do my groceries and I was shocked at how prices of basic commodities keep going up. [GoogleAd] For example a 2kg packet of mixed chicken portions is now ranging between $60 and $80, a 2-litre concentrate juice from as much as $41 while a…
© HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema has emphasised the importance of citizens accessing identity documentation. [GoogleAd] In his speech during commemoration of the African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day, Mathema said the government had made birth registration compulsory regardless of one’s tribe or race since independence. He added that civil registration and vital…
© THE mobile telecoms industry continued to register subscriptions growth despite the challenges the industry and the entire economy face, underlining the importance of communication. [GoogleAd] The total number of active mobile subscriptions as at June 30, 2019 was 12 354 315, representing a 1,8 percent growth from 12 134 455 recorded in the first…
© THE government has gazetted new rent, services and supplementary charges by-laws for Masvingo City Council, repealing the 2013 by-law published in Statutory Instrument 49 of 2013. [GoogleAd] According to Statutory Instrument 183 of 2019, the gazetted rate for rent ranges from $15 per month, which is the lowest, with the highest rent costing $100…
© THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has been awarded the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (Saz) ISO certification in health, environment and safety management amid its drive to improve its administration systems. [GoogleAd] The three internationally recognised certificates, ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO 14001-2015 Environment Management Systems (EMS) and ISO 45001-2018 Occupational Health…
A HIGHLANDS woman appeared in court accused for stealing over US$20000 from Kenya Airways. Audrey Tendai Mandawa, 30, pleaded not guilty when she appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba charged with theft of trust property. The State alleges that during the period from September last year to January this year, Mandawa issued air tickets…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to headline an economic and financial indaba to be held in the capital next month aimed at coming up with solutions to the country’s crisis. Zimbabwe is mired in its worst economic crisis in a decade, with triple-digit inflation, rolling power cuts and shortages of United States dollars, basic goods, medicines and fuel that…
© UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) consultant doctors who temporarily withdrew their services from the institution in solidarity with paediatric surgeon Bothwell Mbuwayesango and consultant cardiothoracic surgeon David Chimuka, who had been suspended on Tuesday, have resolved to go back to work. [GoogleAd] The decision to withdraw their services had been made in a meeting held…
EDITOR— I become dis- turbed when talking about an education system that uses “standardised tests” as a measure of one’s learning and success. Countries like Finland abolished these tests years ago and they have one of the best education systems in the world. When I was in school, I was known for having the biggest…
