THE Harare City Council (HCC) has put in place an incident management system as part of intensifying its response to the bed bugs (tsikidzi) that have spread to other areas such as Kuwadzana and Budiriro. This comes amid the HCC fumigating Mbare’s Matererini Flats recently after residents had endured more than two years of sleepless…
AUTHORITIES have ordered the Chitungwiza municipality to fill the post of town clerk for the ministry of Local Government to approve its US$39 million 2025 council budget.The post has been vacant since the suspension of George Makunde in 2019 before he was dismissed in 2021 over allegations of abuse of office and incompetence.Chitungwiza was also…
THE United Nations (UN) and its organs have allocated a budget of around US$370 million to support various government programmes meant to…
LAW enforcement agents are stepping up their war on both reckless drivers and corrupt officers who turn a blind eye to the traffic mayhem being experienced on the country’s roads. This comes as Zimbabwe’s bad driving culture has now reached epidemic proportions, with even routine day-to-day trips in motor vehicles, especially in urban areas, increasingly…
TWELVE senior pastors from the United Methodist Church (UMC) have resigned in protest over the church`s recent decision to remove its long-standing…
VENDORS say they disapprove of the demonstrations planned for next week as they will harm citizens who rely on their businesses to make a living. This was said yesterday at the State House in Harare after a meeting between vendors’ representatives and President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes amid a call for nationwide protests called by…
THE organisers of the second edition of the ongoing Creative Economy Week are optimistic that the event will significantly contribute to empowering marginalised communities in the arts, particularly women. The event, taking place in Harare and Bulawayo, is organised by the British Council in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. It began…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the information communication technology (ICT) sector to implement a credible database aimed at effectively addressing the concerns of persons with disabilities (PWDs). This comes after the government launched the National Disability Policy in 2021, which guides efforts to craft, refine, and implement responsive and inclusive disability frameworks across all sectors…
THERE is an urgent need for more funding and awareness campaigns for national care services — amid increased male suicide cases in…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has embarked on a blitz targeting socialites who are allegedly advertising unauthorised skin bleaching products on social media. The move comes amid concerns over the increase in unregistered skin lightening products on social media, including skin peeling oil, bleaching intravenous and a mixture of a number of unknown…
