THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with Rotary Club International, a global humanitarian organisation, yesterday embarked on a three -kilometre polio awareness walk. This comes as the country’s health authorities have confirmed that Harare recently recorded three cases of wild polio. It also comes as the authorities envisage that the campaign around the central…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI POLITICAL analysts yesterday laid much of the blame for the shocking carnage taking place within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the country’s opposition generally at the hands of Nelson Chamisa. At the same time, the analysts said Chamisa’s faint hopes of saving the CCC from imploding altogether…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) stalwart and former MP for Harare East Tendai Biti has refuted allegations that he was behind the ongoing crisis in the party saying he has never sold out their struggle. This comes after Biti and another party stalwart, Welshman Ncube have been accused of being behind Sengezo…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has approved a proposal for traditional leaders to also receive a thirteenth cheque just like civil servants. In a letter dated November 7, and addressed to the secretary of the Public Service Commission, secretary in the ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga said the government had approved that this year traditional…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has demanded that nonuniformed civil servants be paid a clothing allowance as part of their conditions of service. This comes as the government has said all government workers were due to get their full bonuses this year beginning next week, albeit in staggered…
ZIMBABWE has invited bids from local and international investors to set up a new sugar plant to make the industry more competitive….
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora was on Friday chased away from the party headquarters in Harare by employees who threatened to take over the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House over unpaid salaries. The disgruntled MDC employees took their anger to the party headquarters where they were chanting slogans and singing songs denouncing Mwonzora for letting them down…
INFRASTRUCTURE group Exodus & Company (E&C) has signed a US$141 million Africa construction-works term sheet with the African ExportImport Bank (Afreximbank). The seven-year facility is not only for the benefit of its offshore projects, but downstream activities on the continent. “This strategic partnership with Afreximbank represents a significant milestone for E&C, confidence and support by…
AUTHORITIES says they will distribute food aid to all the districts in the country to supplement citizens with food amid fears of El Niño. This comes amid expectations that the country will be revisited by the El Niño weather phenomenon which causes floods, droughts and heatwaves. El Niño is a natural climate pattern occurring every…
BY YVONNE NCUBEIn BULAWAYO BULAWAYO Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) is constructing a prototype demo bay for vendors in the city in its bid to provide safe working conditions for the informal sector. This comes as Bulawayo vendors are almost always involved in cat and mouse games with the city fathers for selling their wares…
