© PRESSURE is mounting on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza to release to Parliament a damning audit report on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) — amid claims that a staggering US$82 million was looted by former and current serving Cabinet ministers. [GoogleAd] The MDC’s leader in the House, Tendai Biti…
© GENERAL Electric Company (GE), an American multi-national conglomerate, has undertaken to invest US$40 million in upgrading Zimbabwe’s major hospitals after winning the right to construct the Batoka Hydro Project. [GoogleAd] Addressing a Cabinet press conference on Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the company “expressed willingness” embark on the project on a seven-year period….
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, blew his gasket during a super-charged Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare on Wednesday — where emotions were said to have run high following this week’s “naming and shaming” of party bigwigs by the youth league, which claimed they were involved in graft, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This…
© GOVERNMENT, together with development partners the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), have launched a $34 million initiative to end gender-based violence against women and girls. [GoogleAd] UN Resident Co-ordinator Bishow Parajuli said the Spotlight Initiative will see the empowerment of females in the country as part of attaining the Sustainable Development…
© RECENT events in Zanu PF suggest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party are slowly dragging the country back into the days of former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] On Monday, the Zanu PF Youth League led by Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu addressed a fired-up press conference at the party’s headquarters. The youth…
© CFI subsidiaries — Crest Poultry Group (Pvt) Ltd, Agrifoods (Pvt) Ltd and Manicaland Framers’ Co-op (Pvt) — all under judicial management — will soon get out of the woods after they satisfied tough requirements to operate normally. [GoogleAd] Reggie Saruchera, the judicial manager for the three companies, said all requisite conditions precedent to the…
© THE return of the Zimbabwe dollar is not going to fix that country’s economic meltdown, which was triggered by politics. If the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was a ship it would be the Titanic, sailing with the patronage of a well-heeled elite with privileged access to the lifeboats towards a deadly iceberg. [GoogleAd] The bank’s…
© RIOZIM Limited’s attempt to increase the company’s authorised ordinary share capital was unsuccessful when the company held its annual general meeting in Harare this week. Company secretary Per Makorie said their consideration that share capital of the company be increased to US$0,O1 each was not adopted at the meeting. [GoogleAd] “One of the results…
© EDITOR — Everybody should seriously consider getting tested for HIV if they engage in behaviour that puts them at risk of contracting the virus. [GoogleAd] High-risk behaviour includes having unprotected penetrative sex and using intravenous drugs with unsterilised needles. It’s similar to other viruses, such as those that cause colds and the flu, with…
© AFTER shutting down last year, United Builders’ Merchants (UBM)’s property is set to go under the hammer, signalling the end of 50 years of operation. [GoogleAd] A catalogue by Hammer and Tongues Real Estate published on Wednesday indicated that UBM properties, among others a piece of land in Chegutu and a single-storey building in…
