© UNITED States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has implored the government to tackle the root causes of food insecurity and poverty in Zimbabwe where up to 5 million currently are in need of food aid. [GoogleAd] Nichols, who was speaking during the handover of an additional US$41,9 million from United States Agency for International…
© THE situation facing tenants and landlords over whether payment has to be pegged in US$ or bond notes has been described by real estate agents as a catch-22 situation. [GoogleAd] Some landlords nationwide are making huge losses as they are forced to peg domestic and commercial rentals way below the current inflation rate while…
© The government must declare a state of emergency due to water shortages in most regions of the country amid the worst drought in years and make funds available to alleviate a crisis that has affected families and the agricultural sector, pressure groups have said. [GoogleAd] The call was made at a policy dialogue hosted…
© HARARE City Council has secured water treatment chemicals for the next seven days from their supplier after shutting down Morton Jaffray (MJ) water treatment works on Monday. [GoogleAd] At a press conference yesterday, acting mayor Enock Mupamawonde, said the city will start receiving delivery of the chemicals this evening. Government allocated the capital city…
© PARLIAMENT has threatened to withdraw diplomatic passports from opposition legislators in a bid to dissuade them from speaking ill of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation at large when they are outside the country. [GoogleAd] The threat was made by Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday after the Zanu PF MP for…
© WAR VETERANS have poured scorn on South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema after he accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of tormenting former president Robert Mugabe until he died. [GoogleAd] Malema, who was in the country on Monday to pay his last respects to Mugabe who died at the age of…
© Parliament has increased MPs’ Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations from $80 000 to $175 238. [GoogleAd] The increase was announced by Speaker Jacob Mudenda during yesterday’s National Assembly sitting. The fund was first introduced by former Finance minister Tendai Biti in 2010. A year after it was unveiled, it collapsed due to budgetary constraints…
© THE late Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe Bishop Berry Dambaza’s family has again been plunged into mourning following the death of the celebrated preacher’s mother Monica Dambaza yesterday morning. [GoogleAd] The 59-year-old preacher, who was a bishop in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe (Paoz) headed by Presiding Bishop Trevor Manhanga, died on Monday in a…
© THE MDC has been ordered to pay $10 000 in damages and interest to an employee they fired unlawfully. [GoogleAd] Bramston Gwena had cited the MDC as a respondent in the registration of an arbitral award after it had been opposed by the political party. High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi registered the arbitral award…
© FORMER Allied Timbers Zimbabwe chief executive Daniel Sithole and the company’s procurement manager Justice Chimusaru, who are facing charges of violating procurement procedures, were yesterday removed from remand. [GoogleAd] Sithole and Chimusaru allegedly acquired a reconditioned forestry machine in January 2018 at a cost of US$65 000 without going to tender. The two were…
