© A senior Harare City Council (HCC) official and his four accomplices were caught red-handed by the capital city’s mayor Herbert Gomba illegally using a municipal vehicle while on a hunting expedition. [GoogleAd] The official, whose name has been withheld until disciplinary proceedings are conducted, had taken the vehicle issued to him to council service….
© THE Finance and Economic Development ministry has removed excise duty on vehicles imported by people living with disabilities. [GoogleAd] According to the latest Government Gazette, this came into effect from August 5. “It is hereby notified that the minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of section 235 as read with section…
© INTERNET data bundles and voice call purchases have experienced a sharp decline as cash-strapped Zimbabweans now opt for the cheaper short message service (SMS), Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete has revealed. [GoogleAd] Prices of basic goods and other commodities continue to rise sharply, amid relentless power blackouts and…
© KEY stakeholders in the mining industry have urged State-owned enterprises and parastatals under the Mines ministry to be more transparent, accountable and to encourage citizen participation in governance and resource management. [GoogleAd] This emerged during a recent stakeholders’ meeting in Harare on how value can be unlocked from State-owned enterprises in the Mines ministry,…
© THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ZCTU), Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) and Apex Council have released a joint statement condemning the recent abductions and police brutality against labour activists. [GoogleAd] In a joint statement, the three labour organisations said the government must stop harassing workers. “Recently, we have witnessed heightened level of…
© THE number of people going for cancer screening has increased fourfold over the last year, the Health and Child Care ministry has said. [GoogleAd] Family health director Bernard Madzima said over 100 000 women were screened for cervical cancer last year. He attributed the increased cancer screening to the availability of equipment and the…
© DISGRUNTLED Zimbabwean teachers, who joined the rest of the international teaching community in marking World Teacher’s Day on yesterday, have accused the government of turning its back on the profession by failing to remunerate them adequately. [GoogleAd] World Teachers’ Day has been commemorated annually on October 5 since 1994 to celebrate the adoption of…
© A HARARE woman has demanded that Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, pictured, pays her $505 000 for child support after her husband was allegedly killed by soldiers during the August protests last year. [GoogleAd] Suspicious Ziyambi wants an order declaring the killing of the late Ishmael Kumire by soldiers unlawful in addition to a payment…
© DOCTORS warned yesterday that dozens of newborn babies at the country’s poorly-resourced hospitals were at risk of being delivered with deformities due to their on-going industrial action, the Daily News On Sunday reports. [GoogleAd] The warning comes as the government has so far failed to end the month-long strike by the physicians, who are…
© DEBATE is raging regarding how much more long-suffering Zimbabweans can take of the double whammy of skyrocketing prices of basic goods and escalating shortages of essentials such as water, medicines, fuel and electricity — as the country’s economic rot continues to worsen, the Daily News on Sunday reports. [GoogleAd] This comes as an increasingly…
