© THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) registered a decrease in profit after tax to $394,817 in 2018, from $1,8 million in 2017 attributed to significant increases in operating costs. Revenue was up seven percent to $59,8 million compared to $55,7 million recorded in previous comparable period. This is a second consecutive year for Zinwa…
© THE annual Chibuku Road to Fame competition is back! The musical competition, meant to give young and upcoming musicians a chance to realise their dreams in the cutthroat music industry, will run from July 20 (today) through to October 5. The Chibuku Road to Fame competitions are held at provincial and national levels. [GoogleAd]…
© THE seven human rights activists who stand accused of plotting to topple the government after attending a workshop in Maldives have made an application for their matter to be referred to the Constitutional Court (Con-court). George Makoni, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Gamuchirai Mukura, Nyasha Mpahlo, Farirayi Gumbonzvanda, Sithabile Dewa and Beauty Rita Nyampinga are facing subversion…
© VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in neighbouring South Africa, President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed yesterday. The ex-commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, who led former president Robert Mugabe’s ouster in November 2017, has not appeared in public for over a month now. [GoogleAd] All along, government has been maintaining…
© THE main MDC opposition party which has dominion over Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to investigate town clerk Christopher Dube over corruption allegations. Following last week’s fracas whereby deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami suspended Dube over the allegations before the suspension was lifted by mayor Solomon Mguni, BCC councilors were summoned to the MDC…
© FORMER Zanu PF Mutasa South MP Irene Zindi has sensationally claimed that her farm supervisor was waylaid and kidnapped by three armed men as he patrolled her farm in Mutasa on Tuesday night. A visibly-shaken Zindi, who was herself kidnapped in 2014 and had another attempt foiled two years later, feels she was the…
I© NFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is truly committed to “overhauling the reactionary legislation of the former regime.” Mutsvangwa made the remarks while delivering a speech during a two-day media summit at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust). The Nust department of Journalism and Media co-hosted the media summit…
GOVERNMENT and its employees made a breakthrough in their negotiations yesterday, with the former agreeing to the payment of a once-off $400 cushioning allowance together with this month’s pay. The $400 will be paid to all civil servants, regardless of one’s grade. The chairperson of the Apex Council Cecilia Alexander, along with her alternate, Thomas…
@ MINISTER of Public Service Sekai Nzenza has made a decision to award a once-off discretionary bonus equivalent to a month’s pension to cushion Nssa pensioners from the general increase in the cost of living. The decision was taken as a stop-gap measure while waiting for the conclusion of a mid-term actuarial review that is…
© HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has warned medical practitioners running private surgeries and hospitals to desist from charging exorbitant consultation fees, saying they should follow the correct procedure. This comes after physicians hiked their consultation fees by nearly 300 percent recently. Patients will now have to pay $1 800 for consultation and…
