THE Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has donated 40 000 litres of diesel to the Civil Protection Unit to be used by government ambulances to ferry Covid-19 patients to hospitals across the country. It also donated 270 grocery hampers worth $925 000. The donation was handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week by ICZ…
AN estimated 1 500 National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) short term contract (STCs) employees are set to lose their jobs as the parastatal implements its restructuring exercise. On the other hand, the exercise has also sparked low morale particularly in those in top positions following the management’s move to freeze other departments and redeploy those…
THE Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) board has appointed Tawanda Gusha as the firm’s first substantive chief executive with a mandate to ensuring the company contributes to the government’s National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). ACZ board chairperson Devnanda Popatlal yesterday said Gusha’s appointment would bring a new dimension to the company which is responsible for…
KADOMA businessman Jimayi Muduvuri, who has just recovered from Covid-19, says the illness has inspired him to renovate an isolation centre in his home town as he seeks to embark on other initiatives aimed at complementing the government efforts in fighting the pandemic. Muduvuri, who spent 21 days on a ventilator after being infected by…
VARUN Beverages, the second largest bottler of PepsiCo in the world, says its products will soon be readily available in remote areas of the country due to high demand. The company, which has presence in many African and Asian countries, said plans were afoot to have 1 000 more push carts to supply its products…
THE District Development Fund (DDF) preparations for the summer cropping season received a major boost following the handover of 18 tractors and nine planters under the Belarus mechanisation facility in Harare yesterday. In September last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the US$58 million facility, following an inter-governmental agreement with Belarus for the supply of agricultural…
ONE of the three suspects who were recently nabbed by detectives in the city after being found in possession of about 6kg of ivory has finally been granted bail by the High Court. Godknows Nyoni, 32, of Insiza is jointly charged with Admire Gomba, 44, and Promise Lunga, 21, of Lupane for contravening the Parks…
THE Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) has approached the High Court seeking to evict 12 Harare residents who are allegedly occupying its land in Stoneridge. In summons filed at the High Court, Arda cited Rangarirayi Muzvanya, Anderson Mutenje and 10 other residents as defendants. Arda, which claims to be the rightful owner of a farm…
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union’s…
FORMER Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has rekindled his fight to bounce back after approaching the High Court to grant an order to force council to reinstate him. In 2019, High Court judge Thompson Mabhikwa ruled that Kambarami should not hold office after 1892 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust and Nomalanga Dabengwa successfully challenged his election. …
