GOVERNMENT says machete-wielding artisanal miners going by the moniker MaShurugwi, who are wreaking havoc in various mining towns around the country, are sponsored by wealthy individuals. Giving oral evidence to the joint sitting of parliamentary portfolio committees on Mines and Mining Development and Defence as well as the thematic committee on Peace and Security yesterday,…
THE GOVERNMENT has called on public and private companies to help boost the country’s preparedness against the deadly coronavirus, which has killed 2 625 and infected more than 79 000 people worldwide. Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo made the plea in Harare yesterday following a donation of eight state-of-the-art thermo-scanners from Mimosa Mining…
PARLIAMENT has directed police to ensure Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara, pictured, appears before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands today to explain how he and other millers used the US$27 million from the RBZ for wheat importation and the other money meant for refurbishing GMB silos. This comes after Musarara…
FORMER Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has questioned the party’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PHD) qualifications and his source of wealth while responding to a $10 million defamation suit filed against him by the senior party official. Mpofu initiated litigation against Matutu in June last year, after…
ECOBANK Zimbabwe Limited has been awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification giving it a competitive advantage above other financial institutions in the country. The ISO certification given by the British Standards Institution (BSI) are according to Ecobank’s Regional Executive for Central and Southern Africa Cheick Travaly a reflection of the bank’s legal and…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will be hunting down unlicensed vehicles in the country in collaboration with the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) and the police. In a statement the organisation has urged motorists to get their vehicles licensed to avoid clamping. “Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), in partnership with Zinara and VID, would like to…
UNIONS have re-ignited their bid to have workers’ salaries paid in United States dollars, following the recent decision by the government to allow oil companies with access to foreign currency to sell fuel in forex, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is escalating its push to have the Zimbabwe dollar as the…
LUPANE residents have threatened to stage protests at the Provincial Registrar’s office where there are reports of corruption in the issuance of passports and identity documents. This comes after some workers recently wrote to Registrar-General Clemence Masango in a bid to force him to act on reports of graft at the provincial office. This follows…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has raised a red flag over the continued vandalism and theft of newly-commissioned base stations in Matabeleland South Province, in a development that has seen operators losing millions of dollars as a result. Speaking after rounding off a week-long consumer awareness campaign in the province yesterday,…
THE Health and Child Care ministry has started distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in preparation for the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2 461 lives and infected 79 930 globally. This comes after Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo recently told the media that should any infections be recorded in Zimbabwe, the…
