© A TECHNICAL fault yesterday forced a Harare magistrate to defer a trial in which former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) general manager Elizabeth Chitiga is facing allegations of swindling the pension fund of $31 million in a housing project. Chitiga’s trial was supposed to kick off, with National Building Society (NBS) head of housing…
© FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says government should dollarise immediately saying the Zimbabwean dollar will further dip as there are no economic fundamentals to sustain a local currency. This comes after Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 175 percent, the highest in 10 years, leaping from 97 percent. Biti said without dollarisation, the monetary authorities will not…
© OLD Mutual Life Assurance Zimbabwe Limited, a subsidiary of Old Mutual Zimbabwe, is planning to construct a modern private hospital facility and an industrial park in the Turf Village of Mhondoro-Ngezi Rural District Council. [GoogleAd] The private hospital will be located directly opposite Turf Village low density area. “The hospital is being designed to…
© Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has for the second time failed to file a challenge against former ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s acquittal at the High Court. This has prompted the Nyanga South Member of the National Assembly to seek dismissal of the case for want of prosecution. The PG, who failed to oppose the matter…
NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa has threatened to take government to the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) over its failure to fulfil what they promised to the lawmakers. Mliswa told the National Assembly yesterday that the government is not respecting Parliament. “I am told that MPs from both Zanu PF and MDC were told they will only…
© POLITICAL activist Paddington Japajapa was yesterday slapped with an effective two-year jail term after he was convicted of incitement to commit violence during last year’s polls. [GoogleAd] Initially, Harare provincial magistrate Learnmore Mapiye sentenced Japajapa to three years for the offence, before suspending a year of the sentence for five years on condition that…
© THE International Cricket Committee (ICC) last night suspended Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) with immediate effect at their board meeting in England. The ICC board unanimously decided that Zimbabwe had failed to fulfil their obligation to provide a process for free and democratic elections and to ensure that there is no government interference in its administration…
© PHYSICIANS in the country have launched a Family Physicians Zimbabwe Trust (FPZT) which is set to open a vocational centre in a bid to assist medical practitioners develop their skills. [GoogleAd] The trust has reportedly been set up to improve care experience for patients and increase access to appropriate care. Among the board members…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) faces an uphill task in the fight against entrenched corruption, analysts have said. [GoogleAd] This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in eight new Zacc commissioners on Monday namely Fungai Jessie Majome, John Makamure, Mabel Ndakaripa Hungwe, Gabriel Chaibva, Thandiwe Thando Mlobane, Frank Muchengwa, Michel Dennis Santu and Kuziva…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has committed to pay US$2,9 million of the money required by the Global Fund to access $400 million in donor funds to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. [GoogleAd] This comes after HIV activists gave government a 72-hour ultimatum to pay the total of US$6 million to commit to…
