© SENATORS have grilled Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the delay to open Silo shops which government said would be alternatives to soaring prices of basic consumer goods. [GoogleAd] The matter was first raised by Zanu PF Matabeleland South Senator Tambudzani Mohadi who asked when the shops were going to open. “I was looking at…
© FARMERS are planning to press government for an upward review of producer prices for the 2019-2020 farming season as they cite ever-increasing production costs and surging inflation. [GoogleAd] Government, in April, announced hiked producer prices for maize, soya beans and wheat farmers, but during the last five weeks, prices of inputs have soared due…
© ZIMBABWE is facing a potentially crippling shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs due to the worsening foreign currency situation that has seen government failing to pay US$6 million owed to suppliers. [GoogleAd] This comes as experts have warned that patients on treatment and those from new cases, could be left in perilous situations as it…
© A senior Esigodini magistrate has filed an urgent application in the High Court seeking to overturn his employers’ decision to transfer him from Matabeleland region. [GoogleAd] Tawanda Muchemwa, who before his transfer to Rusape Magistrates’ Court, held the post of provincial magistrate, argues that the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was “grossly…
© SHARP divisions have emerged among the country’s militant teachers’ unions which yesterday differed on how to approach government over a raft of demands which include having their salaries paid in United States dollars. [GoogleAd] This comes as Parliament is seized with the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) Bill, which, when it becomes law, could go…
© WAR veterans in Bulawayo are set to converge tomorrow in what has been understood to be an urgent emergency meeting to discuss, among other things, the upward review of their monthly gratuities as the economy continues to tumble. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) provincial spokesperson Christopher Sibanda said the meeting will…
© GUITARIST and singer Tariro NeGitare has been selected to champion the #72 Campaign to be launched today in Harare. [GoogleAd] The campaign is being run by the Adult Rape Clinic (ARC) and is aimed at encouraging sexual abuse survivors to seek medical treatment within 72 hours at any nearest health facility. In an interview,…
© GOVERNMENT is set to review payouts for pensioners, Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza told the National Assembly last week. [GoogleAd] “… I promised that there was going to be a review of pensions and I will discuss with my colleague the minister of Finance looking at ways of increasing the pensions for the pensioners….
© NATIONAL Association of Youth Organisations (Nayo) has condemned high fees at tertiary institutions which are forcing students to indulge in dehumanising activities to raise funds. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation recently, Nayo said there is an increasing number of dropouts in universities as students are failing to…
© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says government has only been issuing guarantees to strategic entities in which it has some shareholding and not to private individuals and companies. [GoogleAd] Ncube revealed this in Parliament after legislators complained that government continued issuance of guarantees without Parliament approval as stipulated in both the Constitution and Public Finance…
