By Rutendo Ngara IN A bid to curb the spread of cholera in Zaka district, Masvingo Province, authorities have banned all public gatherings that are not approved by the ministry of Health. This comes as the country has recorded 129 cholera-related deaths since February with Buhera district, Manicaland Province, emerging as the new hotspot of…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES will, with immediate effect, impose stiff penalties for offenders who throw litter in public places while repeat offenders will be charged with no option of a fine, but given mandatory community service. Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said during their deliberations, they had…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE National Assembly has penalised all Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators who boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) and the official opening of the 10th Parliament yesterday. This came after Mnangagwa’s address where he challenged lawmakers to work hard and participate whole-heartedly in the…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it is supplying bulk water to suburbs with contaminated boreholes that have been decommissioned as part of its measures to control the cholera outbreak in the capital. This comes after at least 126 people in the country have died due to the diarrhoeal disease.Speaking to the…
BULAWAYO City Council is restricting its services to bad debtors in a bid to recover nearly $300 billion owed by residents, companies and the government. Mayor David Coltart said yesterday that the non-payment of bills was compromising service delivery in the city, which is battling myriad challenges — including dire water shortages. “The city will…
By Rutendo Ngara PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met with a United Kingdom (UK) business delegation that has an interest in investing in various sectors of the country’s economy, including infrastructure and energy. In his opening remarks, Mnangagwa said relations between the UK and Zimbabwe were strengthening. “I recall that at the side-lines of the coronation…
NEARLY two million children in Zimbabwe, out of three million vulnerable citizens, are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the United Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has said. In its latest report, the United Nations (UN) agency also appealed for US$32.8 million to meet the requirements of vulnerable citizens. “Unicef is appealing for US$32.8 million to…
ONE of Zimbabwe’s leading tobacco companies, Voedsel Holdings, is setting up a US$20 million tobacco processing plant in Beatrice, Mashonaland East Province. The plant is set to be commissioned at the end of December with more than 50 percent of civil works on the plant bought from Malawi and being reassembled by a Brazilian contractor…
ZIMPLOW Holdings says its newly established subsidiary, Valmec, will be targeting to supply agriculture equipment to entry level commercial farmers. The diversified company launched Valmec last Friday.Speaking after the launch, Zimplow chief executive Vimbayi Nyakudya said their agriculture cluster had been focused on creating resilience owing to soft producer pricing and changes in weather patterns.“Therefore,…
THE opposition now needs to accept the reality that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF will be in power for the next five years, and concentrate on the future. So says former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu — who now leads the Front for Economic Emancipation Zimbabwe (FEEZ) — who adds that citizens are…
