By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City Council (HCC) has expressed fears that it might not be able to contain cholera should there be an outbreak owing to its deteriorating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) situation. This comes as the local authority has so far recorded its first suspected cholera case since the disease was reported in…
By Yvonne Ncube PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Mwelinkululeko Ncube, 42, is back in court on allegations of raping his widowed client who had sought his legal services in 2019. Ncube was arrested the same year and appeared in court then. He was back in court yesterday after being served with summons. He appeared before Bulawayo regional…
WESSLY Madhevere became only the third Zimbabwean to take an ODI hat-trick as the Chevrons edged Netherlands by a single run at Harare Sports Club yesterday to level the three-match Dafabet ODI series at 1-1. The Chevrons’ win means the series, which is part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, now heads…
FOR a long time now, the government and Zesa have been giving Zimbabweans hope that the power challenges afflicting the country will soon be a thing of the past as they bring on board Hwange units 7 and 8 soon. However, there seems to be no end in sight as consumers continue to reel under…
THE government has warned civil servants against leaving their workplace before completing their working hours in order to secure shuttle buses for cheap transportation. Civil servants are provided shuttle buses by the government where they pay token fares which are more advantageous than using public transport. In a circular dated March 15 addressed to all…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have urged the public to remain vigilant and to get used to living with Covid, as the respiratory disease is still a major threat that is likely here to stay. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the chief coordinator for the…
By Yvonne Ncube THE Education ministry has urged school teachers to consider minimising costs on learners in the implementation of the Continuous Assessment of Learning Activity (Cala). This comes as parents and guardians, with children in primary and secondary schools, raising concerns over the Cala programme, saying it was both elitist and expensive. Speaking to…
THE first of Al Jazeera’s four-episode documentary on alleged rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe aired yesterday. This came a day after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ordered a probe into the allegations against businessman Ewan Macmillan and preacher Uebert Mudzanire, popularly known as Uebert Angel. Macmillan and Angel featured prominently in…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government says it is most likely going to miss its target of being able to provide clean water and sanitation to all by 2030 owing to increased demand for the precious liquid. Speaking on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the United Nations 2023 water conference in New York on Wednesday,…
By Ketty Nyoni INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa has urged women to lead by example and exercise their right to vote regardless of which party they support as this year’s elections fast approach. Addressing female journalists at the Zimbabwe Wan-IFRA Women in News Alums skills Building and Networking Conference held in Harare yesterday, Mutsvangwa said there…
