© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa’s MDC will launch big rallies across the country this weekend — in preparation for massive protests against the country’s worsening economic rot, which has resulted in debilitating power blackouts and severe shortages of water, fuel and critical medicines. [GoogleAd] This comes as most companies have started cutting jobs and scaling…
© TWO Petroleum Technology bosses have been hauled before the courts on allegations of duping their business partner of US$131 000. [GoogleAd] Cavin Sheshe and Remigio Chiguvare allegedly received the money in their company’s bank account from an unnamed complainant through a bank transfer. The duo was supposed to surrender an equivalent sum in bond…
© IN A stunning development, Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira was yesterday held for questioning by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) — becoming the first senior government and Zanu PF official to be nabbed by the country’s newly-appointed anti-graft team. [GoogleAd] “We can confirm that the minister of Tourism is currently in our custody for questioning…
© Police in Bulawayo have arrested three men suspected of stealing Zesa power cables. [GoogleAd] The three suspects were apprehended in the wee hours of Tuesday morning with the help of members of the public. “An informant heard an unusual noise outside his house at around 0200 hours on Tuesday and saw some sparks of…
© THE National Assembly has summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over unexplained expenditure amounting to over $2 million. Deputy Speaker Tsitsi Gezi said Ncube should come and give a ministerial statement on the issue. This was after MDC Harare East Constituency MP Tendai Biti questioned how the money acquired from the Central Bank was used….
© A COMPANY owned by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono, pictured, TD ENERGY, has received a licence from the Zimbabwe Regulatory Authority (Zera) to generate and supply electricity. [GoogleAd] The licence enables TD Energy to construct, own, operate and maintain a 36-megawatt Ecosoft Solar Plant and to generate electricity into the grid…
© ZIMBABWE must implement security and legal reforms to improve the country’s democratic space, International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have said. This comes after the IRI and NDI sent a delegation to Zimbabwe this week to assess the country’s electoral reform agenda. [GoogleAd] The delegation was led by former ambassador…
© GUTU Rural District Council is set to begin 2020 Budget consultation meetings on July 29, chief executive officer Alexander Mutembwa has said. [GoogleAd] The consultations would be done in three days across the town’s 19 wards at various business centres. “On Monday residents are meeting with their ward councillors at Basera, Rasa, Nyamandi,…
© MEMBERS of Parliament have bemoaned the high cost of sanitary wear. Lawmakers are pushing for sanitary wear to be availed to school children for free. Debating the Education Amendment Bill on Thursday, MPs said achieving a nation that has women and girls that are educated will not be possible unless girls are provided with…
© POLICE yesterday said they had arrested notorious members of gangs of armed robbers who have been terrorising residents of Harare, Gweru and Chinhoyi. At the same time, law enforcement agents also warned Zimbabweans that violent crime was on the rise in the country. This comes as the economic situation in the country is worsening,…
