THE government says it is killing two birds with one stone by taking drastic measures to address the national housing backlog, which will also in turn attend to infrastructure deficiencies in the tourism industry. Speaking during the launch of the National Real Estate Day in Harare at the weekend, Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza…
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) yesterday increased bus fares for all of its urban routes, leaving those who rely on the service lamenting that it would now be unaffordable. Commuters will now have to pay $80 up from $60 for a trip between 21 and 30 km on coaches, while those boarding Zupco kombis on…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is confident the foreign currency auction system will continue to have a stabilising effect on the local currency and help spur the country’s economic revival. This comes as the apex bank mid last year introduced the new system to replace the interbank foreign currency rate.After largely holding steady against…
TIME Bank of Zimbabwe Limited, which is set to reopen on December 1, has offered to finance compensation to white former commercial farmers whose land was expropriated by the government in the early 2000s to resettle black Zimbabweans. In a statement yesterday, the first locally-owned commercial bank to be established in the country, said the…
PUBLIC examinations will begin next month for Grade 7 candidates, with Ordinary Level students set to start writing on November 22, overlapping into next year. In a statement yesterday, Zimsec said that Grade 7 examinations will start on November 29 and end on December 10, while those for Ordinary Level will end on January 31…
A NEW fight has erupted in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), amid claims that followers of a splinter group led by Cossam Chiangwa forcibly took over churches belonging to the main body led by Amon Madawo at the weekend, in violation of a recent Supreme Court ruling. This comes after the Supreme Court settled the…
THE government yesterday said Covid-19 positive cases continue to decline in schools as authorities intensify their vaccination blitz against the virulent pandemic. Since learning institutions opened their doors for face-to-face lessons last month, statistics showed that learners were contributing the highest number of new positive cases. This comes as the country had recorded 131 875…
EMPOWERMENT lobby bloc, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), yesterday put its weight behind gold buyer and miner, Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya, whose mining…
THE country’s leading poultry producer, Irvine’s Zimbabwe donated 6 000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary School in Waterfalls as it celebrated World Egg…
SIX foreign nationals and one local died on Thursday after gas cylinders exploded at SAS Mine in Lowdale, Mazowe. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, yesterday confirmed the incident. “ZRP is investigating the circumstances in which six foreign nationals as well as a Zimbabwean died when some gas cylinders exploded at SAS…
