AUTHORITIES are stepping up the ante against graft, after unveiling new measures that will see all public officials — including Cabinet ministers, legislators and senior civil servants — taking an integrity pledge as part of the country’s efforts to fight corruption. The integrity pledge was adopted last week during a high profile national anti-corruption strategy…
OVER 150 000 people across the country are still suffering from the ravaging effects of cyclones that hit Zimbabwe since 2019, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has revealed. This has been detailed in a Tropical Cyclone Response Baseline Assessment by the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) for March 2021 which traces impact of…
AT LEAST 2 000 children have been hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition in the first quarter of 2021, the United Nations (UN) has reported. This comes as the majority of food insecure Zimbabwean households are struggling to meet dietary requirements, especially after the Covid-19 lockdowns that saw many lose their incomes. It also comes amid…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) plans to introduce a road levy for residents as the local authority seeks to raise funds to rehabilitate its dilapidated road network. This comes after the HCC Department of Works noted that the $530 million allocated for road projects in the 2021 council budget falls far short of the required…
THE Local Government ministry has said it will this year align the majority of its laws with the Constitution as part of efforts to complement the National Development Strategy 1 and stimulate development of local authorities. This comes amid calls from stakeholders in the sector to fast-track devolution so as to boost operations in local…
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has resumed charging parking fees at Makoni Shopping Centre and surrounding areas after taking over from Clyna Trading whose contract was terminated in 2019 for flouting contractual obligations. Clyna Trading’s five-year contract to undertake parking management in the town, signed in 2013, was annulled due to a number of issues, including failure to…
ZIMBABWE’S healthcare providers have been urged to embrace technology which would help them provide telehealth services following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as face-to-face meetings and gatherings are now generally discouraged by the World Health Organisation protocols on combating the spread of the virus. It also comes as the lockdowns imposed by…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has spent US$5,6 million in water purification chemicals for the first three months of 2021 as the capital battles to supply clean water to residents, latest council reports show. HCC has been battling perennial water shortages in most of the city’s suburbs, with some areas going for years without supply owing…
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has reaffirmed her commitment to uplifting women under her influence to ensure that they are afforded equal opportunities as their male counterparts. This was said during virtual commemorations of Women’s History Month which were hosted by Nestle Zimbabwe yesterday where Coventry was the main speaker. Coventry said her ministry was pushing…
