THE latest increase of fares by commuter omnibus operators has heaped more misery on the already burdened residents of the second largest city with many resorting to spending long hours on bus queues than to board the commuter omnibuses (kombis). [GoogleAd] Southern News witnessed for the whole of last week how the buses have suddenly…
© CONTROVERSIAL and outspoken Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni has received timely support from African chiefs who have since described his recent attack as an assault to the traditional leaders’ institution. [GoogleAd] The African leaders — who indicated they have since raised the Zimbabwean government over the issue — said they will not tolerate any form of…
© THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has collaborated with the Church in an outreach programme where members were donating blood to boost the country’s stock of the lifesaving resource. NBSZ said the outreach programme recently held in the city was part of the organisation’s 2019 wish list to collect 108 405 units. [GoogleAd] “This is…
© GOVERNMENT says it is keeping the contents of the recently compiled National Social Security Authority (Nssa) forensic report covering the period January 1, 2015 to February 28, 2018 a secret for now. [GoogleAd] Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza said her ministry is in receipt…
© NEWLY-appointed Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi, pictured, has accused the Zimbabwe Regulatory Authority (Zera) of failing to monitor operations of service stations around the country. [GoogleAd] Speaking after his swearing-in ceremony yesterday, Chasi told the media that Zera was failing to stamp authority at service stations which are selling close to 10…
© CABINET ministers yesterday had a torrid time in the National Assembly as legislators grilled them on the current fuel price increases and the sustainability of reducing Zupco bus fares. [GoogleAd] This comes after the government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Monday shockingly announced that it was scrapping subsidies for oil traders,…
© FORMER war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda is keeping his cards close to his chest after dropping out of the Zanu PF Bulawayo province’s chairmanship race at the last minute. [GoogleAd] Sibanda who had been tipped to take over the provincial chair, pulled out of the race after fellow liberation war fighters of the 1970s bush…
© THE prices of petrol and diesel are set to hit the roof from today onwards — with potentially dire consequences for the cost of living in the country which is already sky-high — after the government announced yesterday that it would stop subsidising the country’s fuel traders, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes…
© ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) on Monday arrested four human rights campaigners after they landed at Robert Mugabe International Airport on return from a human rights and peace-building workshop in The Maldives. [GoogleAd] According to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) police arrested Citizens Manifesto coordinator Tatenda Mombeyarara, Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe advocacy officer…
© A THREE men gang went on a robbing spree in the upmarket suburb of Borrowdale stealing goods and electrical gadgets worth thousands of dollars, a court heard yesterday. The trio allegedly also broke into dormitories at Heritage High School in the same suburb, where they got away with stationery and clothes belonging to pupils….
