THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has begun rehabilitation works on the damaged road network after receiving $2,2 million from the government under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP). This comes as the government recently declared all roads a national disaster, before setting aside $33 billion for the second phase of the rehabilitation process, being spearheaded…
A LUPANE councillor in Matabeleland North province is being haunted by an “erroneous” recall from Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC) by the MDC. June Mpofu was recalled last year on September 11 as the opposition party embarked on a nationwide recall of its councillors and MPs perceived to be loyal to the MDC Alliance…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to take over a privately-owned up-market cemetery, Umvutcha, as the country’s second largest city runs out of burial space. The cemetery in Trenance suburb, which is expected to ease the shortage of burial space in the city, has an estimated grave capacity of 45 000. This comes after…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the government has done more towards improving the civil servants’ welfare over the past two-and-a-half years through guaranteed salaries and bonuses. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has had a love-hate relationship with civil servants, who recently issued threats to go on strike before resolving to report for duty twice a week…
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has said it will continue engaging the government to find common ground on the ongoing constitutional amendments, which it argues are being rushed and unnecessary. Speaking during a LSZ-organised media cocktail held in the city at the weekend, the organisation’s president Wellington Magaya expressed concern over the new constitutional…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says there is a need to expand the entrepreneurship base as part of the country’s broader strategy to empower locals, particularly the youths. Ncube said this while officiating at the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Policy launch in the city hosted by Zanu PF in conjunction with the Affirmative Action Group (AAG)…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has revealed that the MDC parliamentary caucus will meet today to deliberate on the next move regarding the contentious Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2. This comes after MDC parliamentarians who include deputy leader Thokozani Khupe, Nomvula Mguni, Phelela Masuku, and Paurina Mpariwa voted against the amendment. Some of the provisions in…
THE president of the Theological College of Zimbabwe, Ray Motsi, says churches in Zimbabwe have a role to play in advocating for increased uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine after the government recently expressed worry over the low turnout of people being inoculated in some provinces. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA)-organised virtual conference yesterday,…
LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court. The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the secessionist party members at the magistrate court hit a snag. The nine activists, who have spent more than a month in remand prison, are facing charges…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is battling a serious staff shortage, with over 1 300 vacant posts, one of the reasons for poor service delivery. In December last year, the local authority wrote to the Local Government ministry requesting permission to hire 1 341 staff members over a four-year period, citing the impending human capital…
