© THE world over, the provision of adequate accommodation to urban dwellers has been the forte of local authorities or municipalities. In Zimbabwe, an unprecedented drift of people from rural to urban settlements as they seek alternative survival opportunities has necessarily led to the growth of the urban populations. [GoogleAd] The transformation in the mode…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former top aide Douglas Tapfuma will continue to languish in remand prison after the High Court dismissed his bail application because of overwhelming evidence. [GoogleAd] Tapfuma is facing three counts of criminal abuse of office after allegedly importing seven personal vehicles from South Africa using the State Residences Department’s name to…
© A BULAWAYO woman and her boyfriend who were recently caught with 2kg of crystal methamphetamine worth more than $120 000, which was smuggled from India, has been granted bail. Judith Phiri, 24 and Keith Mpofu, 24 were nabbed by detectives following a tip-off from Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials. [GoogleAd] The court heard 1,980kg…
© ZIMBABWE needs to build an Emergency Operations Centre (IEOC) and train Disaster Risk Management (DRM) volunteers in a bid to strengthen its preparedness for natural disasters, an official has said. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country was earlier this year hit by Africa’s second deadliest tropical Cyclone, Idai, which claimed over 300 lives and…
© GOVERNMENT says it will be revising the 99-year lease contract on farmland in order to enable farmers to get financing. [GoogleAd] According to farmers and other players in the agriculture industry, this farming season already looks bleak after they have failed to access financing from banks which have been rejecting advances by farmers citing…
© NATIONAL Assembly is set to debate the issue of whipping system after Norton independent Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa raised a motion arguing that the system is silencing legislators from airing their own views. [GoogleAd] Mliswa argued that Section 61 of the Constitution affords every citizen, including parliamentarians, the right to freedom of expression…
Dynamos……………………..(1) 1 Chicken Inn………………….(0) 1 © VALENTINE Kadonzvo came back to haunt his former side when he netted an equaliser for Chicken Inn to earn a draw with Dynamos in a Castle Lager Premiership encounter yesterday. Kadonzvo, who dumped DeMbare in controversial circumstances at the start of the year, scored late in the game to…
© Zesa Holdings has added 160 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, Energy minister Fortune Chasi has said. Chasi said the 160 megawatts were added into the national grid on Saturday after the return of service at Hwange Power Station Unit 5 which had been undergoing refurbishment. [GoogleAd] “Following the return to service of…
Highlanders………….0 Hre City…………. (1) 1 © NEW Harare City coach Lloyd Chitembwe orchestrated a second win over Highlanders inside seven days when the Sunshine Boys defeated Bosso yesterday. Chitembwe quit CAPS United last Monday just 24 hours after a 2-1 win over Highlanders and his first assignment as Harare City coach was to face the same…
© THE United Nations (UN) will next month dispatch its special rapporteur on human rights, Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, to Harare — to assess the situation in the country, amid growing concerns over abductions and beatings of opposition and pro-democracy activists. [GoogleAd] This comes as political tension continues to rise in the country, while the government…
