© Farmers have been given the greenlight to plant the country’s first industrial hemp (mbanje) crop this season, a full year after government invited applications for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, a government official said on yestersday [GoogleAd] With a growing clamour that has seen more than 170 countries signing the…
© THE worsening water crisis in the country is affecting maternity wards in hospitals as it is exposing mothers and children to infections, nurses have said. [GoogleAd] The country is currently facing serious water challenges and Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president Hosiah Makombe has called on government to declare a water shortage emergency…
© CHIRUMANZU Rural District Council is set to conduct a public auction for stray livestock. [GoogleAd] The public auction of animals drawn from Lalapanzi, Mvuma and Charandura will be conducted in terms of the Stock Trespass Act (Chapter 19:14). In a notice, the municipal’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lovemore Chatikobo said a total of 15…
© THE Makonde Rural District Council has invited interested and qualified bidders to undertake the construction of Makonde RDC head office and Chidombera Primary School. [GoogleAd] In a statement, the municipality advised candidates to get detailed tender documents for a fee of $100 at Makonde RDC head office in Lions Den. “Bidders should have at…
© MANYAME Rural District Council is set to review fees for services to boost revenue inflows. [GoogleAd] In a notice of supplementary budget proposal, Manyame council said an objection should be lodged in within 30 days. “Notice is hereby given in terms of section 76 and subsection (2) as read with section 95 of the…
© GOVERNMENT has said it is presently unable to honour its obligations, including disbursing at least $12 million to Zanu PF and MDC that is provided for under the Political Parties Finance Act. [GoogleAd] This comes as the MDC has raised concerns over delays in the disbursement of the fund that is provided by government…
MPs from across the political divide yesterday ripped into Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube’s $10,5 billion supplementary budget, launching a blistering attack on the government’s entire political direction, claiming the economic stewardship was “abitrary” and the brunt borne by working people and families. [GoogleAd] Describing it as a “useless” spending plan that does…
© IN YET more bad news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, a senior member of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa says she is heartbroken by Zimbabwe’s economic collapse, adding that this has dented Zanu PF’s liberation movement status. [GoogleAd] This comes as Zanu PF apparatchiks are still smarting from a scathing…
© The 2019 University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Research Week kicked off on Monday at the main campus in Harare with the launch of an innovation hub. The theme for this year’s research symposium is “Championing Demand-Driven Research and Innovation for industrial and Societal Solutions: Rallying towards Vision 2020”. [GoogleAd] Speaking to delegates and students at…
© THERE are fears that Zimbabwe could once again be plunged into deadly violence, after the main opposition MDC set a date for its planned mass demonstrations around the country against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s under-pressure government, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] At the same time, the government has warned that it will not hesitate…
