Staff writer in BULAWAYO IN a dramatic crackdown, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has slapped 155 property owners with a stern warning, renovate your structures immediately or face the wrath of the law. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday, the BCC housing director, Dictor Khumalo, said between 2021 and March this year, the council…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO THE minister of State for Matabeleland South, Albert Nguluvhe, has challenged road management agencies and local councils to collaborate when rehabilitating roads as the public expects efficient service delivery. Speaking during a provincial development committee meeting yesterday, Nguluvhe said roads must be of high quality. “Our people want us to deliver,…
ZIMBABWE is grappling with a multitude of challenges that threaten its very fabric. The economy is flagging. Citizens are struggling to make ends meet, with many families unable to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, and education. The healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with shortages of essential medicines, equipment, and personnel. Hospitals…
THE review of civil servants’ salaries has been stalled by an ongoing job evaluation exercise by the Public Service Commission (PSC). This comes as the PSC seeks to address potential misalignment between job descriptions, grades, responsibilities, and salaries. It also comes after teachers submitted a petition to the government recently seeking an immediate relief package…
GOVERNMENT and the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to insure local motorists and passengers travelling in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) region. Authorities say the insurance cover would enhance road safety and cover public service vehicle passengers travelling in the region. The permanent secretary…
LEADING tea producer, Tanganda Tea Company, has won a US$41 816 claim against businessman Darlington Matsitukwa, bringing to an end a long-running legal battle dating back to 2019. Matsitukwa was refusing to pay the debt in foreign currency arguing that the company waived its right to get the money in foreign currency by initially accepting…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received an application from Huoyuntong Company to construct a 300 megawatts (MW) coal –fired thermal power plant in Kwekwe. In a notice yesterday, Zera said the company was seeking a licence to construct, own, operate, and maintain the thermal power plant. “The licence application by Huoyuntong Investments (Private)…
IT HAS emerged that the government is also not paying companies that supply vital medicines to the country’s distressed public health sector on time. This was confirmed in the Senate last week by the deputy minister of Health and Childcare, Sleiman Kwidini — at a time that many other government suppliers are battling to get…
Almot Maqolo STAFF WRITER AVOIDING political conflict is a key factor to ensuring the optimal performance of an economy, retired Reserve Bank…
POLICE are set to procure speed monitoring machines as it battles to tame lawlessness on the country’s roads which has led to an increase in fatal traffic accidents. This comes as the Police Commissioner General, Stephen Mutamba, has directed his officers to modify their checkpoint procedures in a bid to tame the country’s traffic jungle….
