© Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has reacted with indignation to the sharp rise in tollgate charges saying it will fuel fare hikes. [GoogleAd] Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced in his mid-term fiscal policy review last Thursday that tollgate fees for light motor vehicles would increase from $2 to $10 — which translates to $60…
© GOVERNMENT has resolved to exempt water and sewage treatment plants from load-shedding amid rising concerns on the effects of energy blackouts on the water sector. Electricity is needed for water pumps and the mechanical treatment of wastewater. Local Government minister July Moyo told the National Assembly last week that the issue of load-shedding was…
© THE appointment of Industry and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu as acting Tourism minister is unconstitutional, legal experts have said. [GoogleAd] This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Ndlovu to facilitate the smooth running of the ministry while substantive minister Prisca Mupfumira — who is facing seven criminal abuse of office charges after she allegedly…
© FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo has urged Zimbabweans to put politics aside in order to build the nation amid the economic challenges that the country is facing at the moment. A year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected into office, the country has been experiencing a plethora of challenges including price increases, fuel shortages,…
© A local leading research consultancy, Topline Research Solutions (TRS) is launching a Graduate Employment Guidance Initiative to assist and skill the millions of unemployed but employable graduates in our country. [GoogleAd] TRS said the reasons graduates tend to be unemployed or underemployed is deficiencies in professional CVs design skills or personal selling, poor job…
© MDC bigwigs will tomorrow meet to “plot the signposts to legitimacy” as the country’s biggest opposition seeks to protest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration next week. There has been mounting pressure on the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC to talk to the Mnangagwa regime or protest in the streets against the “unpopular” regime which they accuse…
© VUNGU Rural District Council is rushing to drill half a dozen boreholes across the district to ensure enough water for drinking and washing, as farmers grapple with a drought and a months-long water shortage. [GoogleAd] The RDC has invited domestic competitive tenders towards drilling of the six boreholes. “Bids are invited from legible and…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is now investigating how US$3 billion allegedly disappeared from government coffers under the controversial Command Agriculture programme, the Daily News can report. This comes as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said the government will stump out a further $2,8 billion on the programme — in a move which has…
© ZVISHAVANE Town Council has proposed to review supplementary tariffs of its 2019 budget with effect from August 1, 2019. [GoogleAd] In a statement, town secretary Tinoda Mukutu said the proposed supplementary tariffs will be open for inspection during working hours at the town council offices. The town said any person may lodge comments to…
A SENIOR Cabinet minister has confirmed that the ugly Zanu PF factional and succession wars — which led to the stunning ouster from power of former president Robert Mugabe in a popular military coup in November 2017 — have returned to haunt the former liberation movement. This comes as other well-placed sources also told the…
