ABOUT 2 000 illegal gold panners have invaded catchment areas for dams that supply water to the second city, leaving a trail of environmental damage. The city fathers, who have been forced to engage the services of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as well as the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to help contain the situation…
© ZIMBABWE’s reconstituted anti-corruption watchdog has now found its teeth with new commission chair Loice Matanda-Moyo saying they are going after high-profile cases in a bid to stamp out graft. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) boss said no stone would be left unturned as they hunt down all corruption-accused persons,…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has been challenged to implement open government reforms as a way of combating corruption and enhancing transparency and accountability in the country. [GoogleAd] Open government is defined as aculture of governance based on innovative, sustainable policies and practices inspired by the principles oftransparency, accountability, and participation that fosters democracy and inclusive…
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) has once again been hauled before the courts on a criminal abuse of office charge which he allegedly committed in 2007. The former minister was re-arrested yesterday for questioning and released to appear in court yesterday. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing several similar charges, allegedly sold a Mutare…
© GOVERNMENT has announced that Mashonaland West has become the first province to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Elimination of transmission is defined as a reduction of transmission to such a low level that it no longer constitutes a public health problem. The achievement is an important milestone in efforts to end the HIV/Aids epidemic…
© HEALTH Professions Authority (HPA) in partnership with the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) are set to host the 23rd Association of Medical Councils of Africa (Amcoa) Annual Conference in Victoria Falls from July 17 to 21, amid the crisis rocking the country’s health sector. The annual conference will run under the…
THE Agricultural Development Bank (Agribank) says it recorded a profit of $4,6 million for the five months to May 31, 2019 — $900 000 more than the projected $3,7 million, representing a positive variance of 23 percent. Agribank chief executive Sam Malaba said the financial institutions’ year to date cost to income ratio was 75…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has appealed to government seeking an urgent intervention on the liquidation of the textile giant, National Blankets (Pvt) Limited. The company was early this month placed under liquidation following years of poor performance and failure to find a good investment suitor in yet another blow to Bulawayo’s industrial revival. [GoogleAd]…
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) is set to install an incubation centre at its Matopos research station just outside the second largest city. Icrisat is a non-profit making organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in the dry lands of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. [GoogleAd] The India-headquartered organisation also helps…
MATABELELAND chiefs who met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House here last week have angrily reacted to claims that chiefs from Midlands Province were smuggled into the engagement on tribal grounds. In his introductory speech during the meeting, Mnangagwa indicated his displeasure at the composition of the traditional leaders from his home province. [GoogleAd] “I…
