© Kariba municipality of has warned that it will be rationing water to some of its suburbs as supply has reduced by 30 percent. [GooogleAd] Kariba town clerk Richard Kamhoti said the water challenges that were being experienced were caused partly by the water levels in the lake and malfunctioning pumps. The rationing comes as…
© A MONTH after out-manoeuvring his MDC competitors at the party’s Gweru congress, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday moved to consolidate his power — demoting some of the party’s stalwarts and also making unexpected appointments to its national executive. [GoogleAd] The charismatic 41-year-old demoted the party’s respected former secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora — who will…
© THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn criminal charges before plea against Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete who was accused of violating the Procurement Act. [GoogleAd] Machengete’s charges stemmed from Potraz alleged engagement of a local company to purchase Container Village Information Centres (CVICS) valued at $1 494 104…
© BREAD supplies are set to improve after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released US$7 million for the payment of 19 000 metric tonnes of wheat that was held in Beira, Mozambique. [GoogleAd] In a statement, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday said the wheat will cover the national flour requirements….
© THE City of Mutare is still to take action on a 2018 National Social Security Authority (Nssa) occupational safety and health survey report on the local authority six months after it was told to take corrective action. [GoogleAd] The report reveals the municipality’s firefighters live in squalor on rough beds with both males and…
© MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba — in a rare and candid appraisal of both government and private sector — has rapped Zimbabweans for being poor executors of brilliant concepts and policies, leaving the country to globe trot “begging on a diamond and golden bowl”. [GoogleAd] Speaking during Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC)…
© BUSINESS lobbyists ZimTrade have warned South African dominance of Zimbabwe’s international trade deals makes it vulnerable to any shocks its economy might experience. [GoogleAd] ZimTrade senior official Tatenda Marume told a Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) award ceremony recently that the country needed to diversify its export market as South Africa’s 52 percent…
© RENOWNED United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has disputed the latest official inflation figures released by government this week. [GoogleAd] Hanke, who had previously volunteered to advice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government but was turned down by Harare, said official inflation should be at 364 percent. The Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (Zimstats) —…
© PUBLIC interviews for the recruitment of two judges to the Supreme Court conducted yesterday exposed a lack of human resources in the judicial system that has resultantly clogged the justice delivery system with a backlog. [GoogleAd] Five High Court judges Felicia Chatukuta, Samuel Kudya, Elfas Chitakunye, Charles Hungwe and Nicholas Mathonsi participated in the…
© MEMBERS of David Whitehead Textiles Limited are set to hold a meeting to receive an update on the revival of the ailing company next week. [GoogleAd] In a statement, the judicial manager Knowledge Hofisi said the agenda of the meeting was also to consider the implementation of a scheme of arrangement and to have…
