© Water rationing will begin in Zimbabwe’s Midlands capital, Gweru — one of an increasing number of cities facing shortages — as the city council grapples with water scarcity and ageing infrastructure which continues to break down. [GoogleAd] The water supply has declined due to low rainfall as well as rapid and water levels that…
© Zimbabwe must declare a water shortage emergency for the first time in its history over the adverse effects of the El Niño phenomenon, the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) president Hosiah Makombe has said. [GoogleAd] In the last few months, rainfall has decreased considerably across the country, and river and water reserve levels…
© THE proposed Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, 2018, will only allow very few foreigners to hold majority stakes in TV and radio stations in a clause that flagrantly violates provisions of the Constitution. [GoogleAd] While it was widely expected that broadcasting laws will be amended under terms of a new Constitution to reconstitute the ownership…
© ZIMBABWE will hold a memorial tomorrow for the late vice president Joshua Nkomo, who died of prostate cancer in 1999, aged 82. [GoogleAd] The late “Father Zimbabwe”, will be remembered as the man who was so instrumental in bringing about majority rule in the country although he did not become president of the nation. Organisers…
© MDC vice president Tendai Biti has called for political dialogue that would produce a national transitional authority (NTA) to fix Zimbabwe’s broken economy. [GoogleAd] The Harare East legislator said the current administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed, submitting what is now required is a NTA to avert an implosion. “We need a national…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the accident that claimed 16 people when a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck collided head-on at Wengezi Bridge in Featherstone on Friday a state of national disaster. [GoogleAd] In a statement, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said government would now assist in providing funds…
© A presidential decree banning farmers from selling maize to anyone other than the state Grain Market Board in a desperate government bid to contain hikes in the price of the staple is illegal, former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said. [GoogleAd] The new Statutory Instrument (SI) 145 of 2019 gazetted on Friday states that…
© Loss-making Air Zimbabwe has failed to account for at least three MA60 aircraft, which have vanished into thin air, with Auditor General Mildred Chiri unable to establish the fate of the turboprop-powered airliners. [GoogleAd] The Auditor General’s 2018 report said there was no paper trail available to establish what happened to the noisy planes,…
© BUSINESSMAN-cum-politician Joseph Makamba Busha has filed a High Court application seeking to overturn Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 which outlawed the multi-currency system. [GoogleAd] In the application filed on Friday, the FreeZim Congress president is the applicant, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and Attorney…
© THE MDC Youth Assembly believes attempts by their counterparts in Zanu PF to “name and shame” alleged corrupt officials in Zanu PF is an insult to the people of Zimbabwe until the ruling party starts to deal with the real culprits behind the rot. [GoogleAd] This follows a highly divisive move by the Zanu…
