STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe shrugged off the prevailing economic environment to post a $49.9 billion inflation adjusted profit after tax for the year ended December 31, 2022, up by 180 percent from the prior year’s $17.8 billion. The set of results also saw the leading financial services institution posting a profit after tax of $71.7 billion…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government will channel more financial resources to all local authorities to improve poor service delivery. Speaking in Gweru yesterday where he received a freedom of the city of Gweru honour, Mnangagwa said the failure by local authorities to improve service delivery had forced the government to intervene….
By Ketty Nyoni POLICE officers are undergoing training in public order, with 75 percent of the law enforcement agents reported to have been trained, as Zimbabwe readies for this year’s harmonised elections expected between July and August. This was confirmed by national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi while addressing the media in Harare yesterday at the…
WE welcome the US$193.3 million sovereign loan which has been extended to the government which will be used to construct healthcare facilities across the country. Under the initiative dubbed Zimbabwe Healthcare Facility Programme, recently announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the government has begun the construction of fi ve-60 bed-district hospitals and 30 healthcare centres,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Zesa are set to meet tomorrow to iron out the issue of decentralising power supplies to the council’s water treatment plants. This comes as the local authority has accused Zesa of sabotaging the city authority’s capacity to supply water to ratepayers, by switching off power without giving notice thereby…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF says it is looking for a “thunderous victory” in this year’s crunch national elections, and will thus approach the polls in the same way it did for the historic independence ballot of 1980. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, voluble Zanu…
THE government has called on African countries to assist each other and make use of their natural resources to solve their own problems, especially in the area of healthcare services. Speaking during the second International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (ICASA) international scientifi c committee meeting held in Harare yesterday, the country’s deputy…
THE national beef herd grew by two percent last year, and that of dairy cattle by 11.3 percent, due to good rains,…
By Yvonne Ncube A MALE teacher from Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping one of his students on five different occasions, has been granted a $60 000 bail. Jefter Chenjerai, 35, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian Ndlovu on Wednesday facing five counts of rape. He was…
By Ashley Moyo ARTS minister Kirsty Coventry has heaped praise on the Embassy of Italy and other well-wishers for availing resources in support of platforms that promote Zimbabwean artistes. Coventry made the remarks while officiating at the launch of a week-long exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe by rising visual artiste Hloniphani Noah Dube…
