©️ ZIMBABWE’S extended lockdown has resulted in an increase in child marriages across the country, a women’s rights activist has said. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a national lockdown on March 27 to help curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 350 000 people across the world and affected nearly five…
CERNIC Finance Group has joined the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) by donating food, masks, sanitizers and books for primary worth ZWL$2 million to underprivileged children in Manicaland. This comes as the Covid-19 outbreak is threatening to exacerbate Zimbabwe’s dire economic and hunger crises, drastically affecting the lives of people in both urban and rural…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has been warned against possible abuse of donations made towards curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. Last year, the country lost donations worth millions of dollars, which were contributed by well-wishers to help thousands of people who were displaced by cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge in…
ZIMBABWE should come up with new policies to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen several countries shutting down their borders to control the virus, analysts have said. The lockdowns being implemented across the world to combat the spread of the virus that has affected over…
PURE Gold has been credited to for tackling head-on the burgeoning population in urban centres which is putting pressure on the existing infrastructure, resulting in demand for housing outstripped supply. This comes as city-to city migration, especially to major cities such as Harare and Bulawayo, is driving the trend, as individuals hunt for employment…
UNFAIR practices by retailers to sell goods and deny consumers the right to return or exchange the purchased items if they are defective or sub-standard will attract a jail sentence of at least five years, according to the new Consumer Protection Act. The Act came into law in December 2019, repealing the Consumer Contracts Act….
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza yesterday warned retailers engaging in conditional selling of subsidised roller meal that the recently-enacted Consumer Protection Act will ensure the perpetrators are brought to book. Nzenza said this during a business breakfast forum jointly organised by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) and Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) —…
INDUSTRIALIST and National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) chairperson Kumbirai Katsande yesterday castigated service stations for selling fuel to card holders only at the expense of other consumers. The fuel situation in the country has remained dire, with motorists having to wait days on end to get either petrol or diesel. Katsande raised concerns over the selective…
A SECURITY guard at top lawyer Tawanda Nyambirai’s farm, who allegedly poisoned 544 cattle there, resulting in the death of 144, appeared in court yesterday. Paradzai Kamwaza appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with malicious damage to property and animal cruelty. The matter was postponed to February 7 after Kamwaza disputed the age supplied…
THE National Business Council of Zimbabwe (NBCZ) has implored the government to ensure that the roller meal subsidy programme is run in a transparent manner. In December last year, the government and millers reached an agreement which saw the retail price of maize-meal drop to $50 per 10kg, after the Finance ministry undertook to pay…
