By Hazel Marimbiza THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has revealed that it is experiencing challenges in power generation, resulting in the State-owned enterprise missing targets set for the third quarter of 2022 by 7.58 percent. The ZPC said the period under review saw it experiencing depressed generation at its thermal power stations due to numerous…
ZIMBABWE should postpone the 2023 and future general elections until the illegal sanctions that some Western countries imposed on it are lifted,…
By Brandon Josphat INSURANCE companies have lost more than $1,6 billion this year to organised motor insurance syndicates on the prowl, committing fraud through misrepresentation of facts, staging accidents, and submitting claim forms for fake injuries or damages. According to the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ), this resulted in insurance companies losing 30 percent of…
FC PLATINUM Holdings (FCPH) yesterday received a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) ISO 2000 certificate, making it the first Zimbabwean mining company to get international recognition after the government promulgated regulations aimed at increasing food safety. The certificate was awarded by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ). FCPH general manager Fani Mafarachisi said the certificate…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has partnered with the government to train 180 health workers in sign language, a development that will improve the communication challenges faced by members of the deaf community. In its latest report, Unicef said the international humanitarian aid organisation had trained 180 primary health counsellors…
By Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has banned all learners who were caught with leaked examination papers from sitting for this year’s Ordinary Level finals. In taking the far-reaching measures, Zimsec also says the banned learners, most of whom were arrested following recent examination paper leaks, have also been barred…
ZIMBABWE representatives in foreign countries yesterday signed performance-based contracts, as the government pursues economic diplomacy to drive its development agenda of attaining…
THE recording of Zimbabwe’s first cholera case in Chiredzi last Tuesday should galvanise the authorities into serious action without delay. Given the fact that neighbouring Malawi and Mozambique are battling with what has been described as climate change-induced outbreaks of cholera, the recording of the communicable disease in Chiredzi, which is along the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border,…
A SURVEY released this week on South African voter sentiment ahead of the country’s keenly-awaited 2024 general elections makes for very interesting…
NETONE has approached the High Court, for a second time this year, seeking an order to evict its former chief executive (CE) Lazarus Muchenje from a furnished company property in Borrowdale, Harare. Earlier this year, NetOne and Muchenje jointly agreed to have the telecom giant’s first summons submitted in December 2020 struck off the roll….
