Rumbidzai Ngwenya PARLIAMENT has called on the ministry of Finance to disburse devolution funds to the country’s ailing local authorities on time, saying delays were stalling development. In a report tabled before the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Portfolio Committee on Local Government, legislators said some local authorities were receiving devolution funds later than…
Dionne Kanyowa THE Public Service Commission (PSC) gave striking teachers an ultimatum to resume work yesterday or risk being fired. This came as the High Court granted default relief to the striking teachers, after Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu failed to respond to their application.The teachers were contesting their suspension by Ndlovu, which…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya A HARARE company lost US$135 712 to five armed robbers who pounced on its premises in Avondale in the early hours of Tuesday. In a Tweet last night, the police said the five suspects with unidentified weapons attacked a security guard (53) who was on duty at the company before getting away with…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is losing patience with the country’s continuing inability to stem its debilitating power cuts, which are making life miserable for both consumers and business. Speaking in Harare yesterday, at the official start of Cabinet sittings for this year, Mnangagwa slammed the excessive bureaucracy which was delaying the licensing of more independent power…
Shamaine Chirimujiri COURT proceedings came to an abrupt halt at the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday after a witness gave birth to a baby girl within the court building, in the absence of a qualified midwife. Patience Mubaiwa, 39, from Domboshava, who was a witness in a case in which her brother Enoch Chivhunga is facing…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Cabinet has okayed a multi-million dollar Harare City Council (HCC) joint venture deal with a German investor, GeoGenix BV, to transform the Pomona dumpsite in Harare into a waste management project. The 30-year-long design, built, operate and transfer waste management project would end perennial fires at the dumpsite due to methane gas…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya KIDZCAN Zimbabwe, an organisation that supports children living with cancer, says an estimated 220 children die annually from the disease, and called on authorities to roll out programmes to ensure early detection of the killer ailment. Speaking at a breakfast meeting in Harare yesterday to commemorate the International Childhood Cancer Day, Kidzcan executive…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) yesterday increased bus fares for all of its urban routes, effective today. In a notice by the parastatal, from today passengers would now be forking out $80 per trip for Zupco buses up from $50 while the omnibuses are now charging $100 up from $80 for a distance…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has ordered organisations with personal information of more than 30 people to notify them as they move to implement data protection laws. The Data Protection Act, which was signed into law by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa last December, controls how data can be collected, transmitted or…
ANALYSTS have warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa that he risks committing political hara-kiri after he unilaterally dissolved the rebranded party’s structures last week — leaving himself solely in charge of the fledgling organisation. This comes after well-placed sources confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Chamisa had summoned the party’s national executive officials…
