© THE State has opposed former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo’s application for temporary release of his passport and accused him of attempting to evade trial. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing a slew of graft related charges, on Thursday made a fresh application for the temporary release of his passport to enable him to travel to…
© POLICE have released names of 14 victims who perished in a road accident that claimed 19 lives at Wengezi Bridge last week. [GoogleAd] The accident, which was declared a national disaster, occurred on June 28 at the bridge near Featherstone along the Harare-Masvingo highway following a head-on collision. Police assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said…
© Leader of the smaller MDC Thokozani Khupe has said the new monetary policy highlighted by the ending of a 10-year multi-currency system, does not demonstrate a long term plan with a defined path to some end goal. [GoogleAd] The former deputy prime minister during the stability-inducing Government of National Unity between 2009 and 2013,…
© THE water crisis in the second largest city is set to worsen after the local authority said the ongoing power challenges have grossly affected its pumping capacity. [GoogleAd] The city council introduced a 36-hour water shedding regime in January. The water shedding was later moved up to the current 48-hours per week. “The City…
© The government will never repeal Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019 which bans the use of foreign currencies as legal tender and makes the RTGS the country’s sole legal tender — Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe officially abandoned the multi-currency system through an extraordinary Government Gazette, ending a dramatic 10…
© CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has since 2006 been discharging raw sewer into water bodies because of a non-functioning sewer treatment plant that has been lying idle. [GoogleAd] In a report by Audior-General Mildred Chiri, said the non-functioning of the biological nutrient remover plant has resulted in contamination of water meant for human and animal consumption. The…
© Zimbabweans largely ignored yesterday’s call to stage nationwide protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. [GoogleAd] Police dressed in anti-riot gear maintained a heavy presence in the city of Harare as a stay-away planned by pressure group Tajamuka flopped. Shops remained open and most of the country was peaceful, with no reports of street protests,…
© THE move by government to make the RTGS currency the country’s sole legal tender can work if government remains fiscally disciplined, builds political and economic confidence and boost production. [GoogleAd] Last Monday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube outlawed the use of British pound, United States dollar, South African rand, Botswana pula and other currencies as an…
© THE country’s crime rate has increased by 20 percent over the last year, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri has said in her 2018 report, amid concerns Zimbabwe’s recession was having a disturbing and substantial impact on initiating and forming criminal careers. [GoogleAd] Chiri said the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has dismally failed to meet its objective…
© THE Mines and Mining Development ministry is owed hundreds of millions of dollars, according to internal documents, and there seemed no prospect things would get better, the Attorney General’s office has said. [GoogleAd The arrears owed to the ministry increased by a staggering 1 693 percent, a move which the AG said will result…
