© ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi on Monday said the government isworking on revamping the legal framework to severely punish transformer thieves as the crime is undermining investments meant to improve power supply in the country. Currently, vandalism of Zesa Holdings infrastructure attracts a 10-year jail term but the crime continues unabated following reports that more…
© A RECENT joint study by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIM- MYT) and Goal Zimbabwe on the fall army- worm estimates that the pest damaged around 11,57 percent of yield in Chipinge and Makoni last year. The armyworm reportedly caused significant damage on over 280 000 hectares of maize in southern Africa,…
© THE government’s ill-conceived move to ban cash-in and cash-out facilities on mobile money platforms has plunged the country into a huge crisis as shops, filling stations and commuter omnibus operators are now only accepting cash and card payments, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This payments turmoil came as Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, which is owned…
© LEGISLATORS have condemned government for issuing copper exporting licences when the country is not producing the mineral, arguing that the move promotes vandalism of copper cables in the country. [GoogleAd] Copper production has been declining in recent years because of the depletion of known reserves and low exploration expenditure levels. Some of the country’s…
© A HARARE man who acquired a stand in the upmarket suburb known as The Golden, Mt Pleasant Heights, from Equity Properties in 2008, has approached the High Court seeking a dismissal of an urgent chamber application for an interdict by Al Shams Global BVI to stop the property firm from continuing to sell stands…
© THE situation in public hospitals is set to worsen after senior doctors declared incapacitation yesterday, saying they will not be reporting for duty with effect from tomorrow. The doctors will be joining their junior counterparts who downed tools close to a month ago, leaving public health institutions crippled. [GoogleAd] In a memo addressed to…
© CHEMPLEX Corporation, Harare City Council (HCC)’s major supplier of water treatment chemicals, is negotiating with the government to enable Treasury to pay off the debt owed by the local authority. Chemplex chief executive Tapuwa Mashingaidze confirmed the imminent agreement with the government but was quick to point out that his company had not yet…
© THE MDC says it has launched a probe into the ongoing internal fighting in a bid to find a lasting solution to the problem. This comes after the Matabeleland North provincial executive recently petitioned the party’s national executive to dissolve the Bulawayo structures on allegations they were fraught with factionalism mostly caused by tribal…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC), is unhappy with the abnormal use of water by residents, a development that left uncontrolled, will soon leave the second largest city dry. This comes after the water levels at the city’s supply dams have drastically dropped to 40 percent as at September 30. [GoogleAd] Speaking during a stakeholders meeting…
© THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has admitted that it is failing to meet demand in the second largest city, as transport woes continue to hit long-suffering Zimbabweans hard. This comes after it emerged this week that the city needs at least 250 buses to beef up the existing fleet of 81. [GoogleAd] “The…
