© PRESSURE is mounting on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza to release to Parliament a damning audit report on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) — amid claims that a staggering US$82 million was looted by former and current serving Cabinet ministers. [GoogleAd] The MDC’s leader in the House, Tendai Biti…
© POLICE are on the hunt for a teenage carjacker whose identity was exposed by footage from a night club’s CCTV camera as he drove a stolen car. [GoogleAd] Bekhimpilo Nplelwa, 19, is wanted for stealing Caesar Bhasopo’s white Mazda 6 that he later abandoned in Hobhouse. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said the teen…
© AFRICA University (AU) vice chancellor Munashe Furusa, recently met eight representatives of the Mozambique alumni Chapter in Maputo as part of the Manicaland-based educational institution’s continental advancement strategy. [GoogleAd] Furusa, who was in the company of AU’s director advancement and public affairs, Stephene Chikozho, said the meeting demonstrated his university’s growing influence beyond Zimbabwe. “The…
© TOURISM and hospitality industries have been thrown into turmoil over the dumping of the currency basket as the bulk of their customers are foreigners. [GoogleAd] They said the new measure meant that they have to liquidate their foreign currency at half the black market premium to buy goods that are quoted at black market rated…
© Legislators have made a clarion call to members of the public to embrace the Zimbabwean dollar (ZW$) so as to ensure its smooth functionality and build confidence in the market. [GoogleAd] Goromonzi North member of Parliament Ozias Bvute was the first to make the call in the wake of government discontinuing the use of the…
© THOUSANDS of desperate patients are at risk of getting stranded after doctors significantly hiked their consultation fees yesterday in response to the surprise introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar by government early this week. [GoogleAd] This comes as Monday’s ban of the multiple currency system, which had been anchored by the United States dollar in the…
© HARARE City Council and workers unions have agreed on paying outstanding salaries immediately and other awards to employees from grades 5 to 12. [Adz] According to Harare Municipal Workers Union chairperson Cosmas Bungu, March and April salaries would also be included into the settlement which was agreed on in May. Council employees had written to…
© CRIPPLING power outages are set to subside after government paid in full $20 million they owed Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Holdings in addition to advancing the power utility company the same amount “so that they fund alternative power generation measures.” [GoogleAd] The development comes after Zesa paid South African electricity supplier Eskom US$10 million…
© HARARE Magistrate’s Courts has thrown out an application by suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe to have his passport permanently released and all bail conditions scrapped. [GoogleAd] Guvamombe was charged with criminal abuse of office after he allegedly offered work-related learning to former Cabinet ministers Supa Mandiwanzira and Saviour Kasukuwere at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where…
© PRICES of basic commodities have drastically shot up as retailers adjust to the new monetary reforms which led to the abolishment of the multi-currency system announced on Monday. [GoogleAd] This comes as businesses had maintained the old prices for the better part of Tuesday, while trying to get a better understanding of the situation. On…
