© HARARE residents are producing 240 megalitres (Ml) of waste daily, which is far more than the city council can treat. [GoogleAd] The situation, according to the latest minutes of a meeting held by the council’s environmental management committee, has been compounded by breakdowns at Firle and Crowborough sewage treatment works. “The treatment plants, with…
© CHITUNGWIZA has started replacing malfunctioning convectional meters in a bid to reduce non-revenue water and to guarantee correct billing for residents. [GoogleAd] The town’s spokesperson, Lovemore Meya, said Chitungwiza intends to install 1 500 domestic water meters in Zengeza 4, Ward 13 and Ward 14. Meya said the town, which receives water once or…
© GWERU City Council (GCC) will continue rationing water even after the commissioning of four pumps now drawing water from Amapongokwe Dam. [GoogleAd] Gweru has turned to Amapongokwe Dam because its main source — Gwenoro — can no longer supply water because its levels have become very low. Gweru Mayor Hosiah Makombe said the new…
© MORE than 290 new cases of diarrhoea have been recorded throughout the city, Harare City Council director of health Prosper Chonzi has said. [GoogleAd] He said the cases were mostly from the suburb of Dzivaresekwa, where residents have been using water from unsafe sources. “We started noticing an increase in watery diarrhoea cases last…
© A treatment regimen for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis could help stem the growing problem of hard-to-treat TB infections in Zimbabwe, health officials have said. [GoogleAd] This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to introduce new oral multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication to improve treatment among patients. The new medication, which is yet…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has drafted measures to tame the spiraling exchange rate and the runaway inflation. [GoogleAd] This comes amid continued upsurge in the value of US$ on the black market compared to the official interbank rate. Yesterday, the parallel market rate of the US$ was Z$15,8, while the…
© THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says it is targeting a growth in domestic tourism and ensures that the sector contributes meaningfully to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). [GoogleAd] Tourism is one of the country’s biggest foreign currency earners, having raked in US$214,9 million in visitor exports in 2017. This year alone, the government…
© ZANU PF and MDC will battle it out for the vacant Zaka East parliamentary seat at the weekend by-election. [GoogleAd] Zanu PF candidate Clemence Chiduwa would square off with MDC’s Derick Charamba, Clemence Chavarika of the National Constitutional Assembly and Lazarus Mubango of FreeZim Congress. The main contenders for the constituency are Chiduwa and…
© THE High Court will this Thursday preside over a US$3,6 million dispute between legislator Mayor Wadyajena and business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei emanating from a botched truck-hire deal. [GoogleAd] Wadyajena’s company, Mayor Logistics (Pvt) Ltd, sued Tagwirei and his firm Sakunda Logistics (Pvt) Ltd for allegedly failing to remit four truck horses and tankers, prejudicing…
© THE government says a state of disaster exists in rural and urban areas following the 2018/2019 El-Nino-induced drought. [GoogleAd] In the latest Government Gazette, the government said: “As a result of the prevalent drought brought about by El Nino weather phenomenon, a state of disaster exists in all rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe…
