OPPOSITION parties have expressed anger over the shambolic accounts at the Agriculture ministry which saw it using $2 billion budget with no supporting documents. This came out this week when the Tendai Biti-led Public Accounts Committee (Pac) grilled Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Ringson Chitsiko to explain how the $2 billion was used in 2017. [GoogleAd]…
© JITTERY authorities are intensifying their crackdown against the main opposition MDC, with police arresting the party’s youth leader Gift Siziba yesterday — barely 24 hours after its firebrand deputy chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, had also been nabbed on charges of attempting to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. [GoogleAd] The surprise crackdown comes as the…
© MORE than 10 days after the Warriors’ humiliating exit from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), coach Sunday Chidzambwa still remains in his job despite the outrage at the shambolic displays. The Warriors were eliminated from the competition after finishing bottom of Group A that also comprised hosts Egypt, Uganda and the DRC….
© HARARE City Council (HCC) which took delivery of single skip trucks instead of double skip trucks from FAW Zimbabwe are contemplating taking action against the supplier. Council environmental management committee minutes recommended the engagement of external lawyers for an independent legal opinion on how best to go about the matter. “The committee discussed the…
THE African Medallion Group (AMG) will mid this month unveil a new gold medallion as the start-up moves to further secure and preserve investors’ wealth. This also comes as debate over the use of these bullion coins as a future currency and the need for greater beneficiation of the yellow metal through such initiatives…
© BOXER Charles Manyuchi maintained that he will not change his fighting style calling himself a “drunken master” as he prepares for the eagerly-anticipated WBF title fight against French boxer Nordine Arik later this year. Manyuchi’s fight with Arik is set for September 28 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) and was officially launched…
© HARARE City Council (HCC) is failing to collect garbage as 15 refuse compactors are still stuck in South Africa because of lack of foreign currency to pay for their duty. Harare mayor Herbert Gomba said the refuse fleet situation was made worse when the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) cut off local authorities from…
HARARE City Hornets have appointed Tawanda Nemutambwe as their new coach ahead of the forthcoming basketball season. Nemutambwe takes over from Eritrean Awet Taisfei, who stepped down having spent only six months at the club. The former Varsity Leopards coach will be assisted by Tapuwa Mungunyana and Talent Marembe and were tasked to assemble a…
© BUY Zimbabwe founder and director Munyaradzi Hwengwere has said his organisation is pushing for legislation to force local public institutions to buy locally and support local industries. This comes as Mutare-based motor vehicle assembler — Quest Motors, has also expressed disappointment at being overlooked by Parliament for the supply of legislators’ vehicles, which they…
© GIFTED female bassist Edith Katiji, aka Edith WeUtonga, will on Friday graduate with an Honours degree in Music Business, Musicology and Technology from the Midlands State University. All the way from Bulawayo, where she was a student at Amakhosi Theatre School, Katiji came to Harare after her talent was recognised by veteran jazz musician…
