© Prices of building materials have gone up by 54,28 percent in the first quarter of 2019, a move which will spike construction costs for prospective homeowners, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. [GoogleAd] The agency said prices as measured by the Building Material Price Index (BMPI) increased by an average of 110,46…
© A NDEBELE chief in the heart of Buhera is pleading with government to provide a local primary school with a Ndebele teacher to preserve their language. [GoogleAd] The community, populated by Ndebeles in the heart of Buhera, fled from Esigodini during incessant disruptions of their lives by white settlers in 1927. Chief Gwebu-Fish told…
© MASHONALAND West registered the highest maize production of 27 percent of the national output in 2018, with a high average yield of 1,55 metric tonnes per hectare, the 2019 Agriculture Sector Survey Report has revealed. [GoogleAd] The province had the highest maize production, which is 2,3 times higher than the 0,68 metric tonnes per…
© FARMERS in communal areas are under-utilising their livestock, thereby failing to unlock some of the value they could derive from it. [GoogleAd] The 2019 Agriculture Sector Survey Report revealed that only five percent of cattle are slaughtered each year. This low slaughter rate is largely caused by the fact that small scale subsistence farmers…
© The identity document used by one of the people arrested in connection with the so-called resurrection case is fraudulent, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday. [GoogleAd] Nkululeko Dlamini, 35, and Silungisani Grace Sibanda, 40, appeared in the court after they were arrested on charges of fraud in connection with the infamous “resurrection” of…
© THE Registrar General (RG)’s Office says it is currently experiencing technical glitches with its Information Technology system, which is affecting the processing of important documents such as passports. [GoogleAd] “The Registrar General’s department wishes to inform its valued clients and the public in general that we are currently experiencing a systems breakdown which has…
© ZIMBABWE will tomorrow join the rest of the world in commemorating Workers’ Day at a time the majority of the able-bodied population is jobless, while the few who are gainfully employed are poorly remunerated. [GoogleAd] Considered a major highlight for the working populace across the world for centuries, the Workers’ Day, also known as…
© A ZANU PF activist has been hauled before the courts for allegedly grabbing a farm from an Indian businesswoman. Richard Samunda (41) appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha answering to malicious damage to property charges. [GoogleAd] State prosecutor Tapiwanashe Zvidzai said the allegations arose from an incident that took place on November 16 last…
© Businessman Frank Buyanga has filed a judicial misconduct complaint with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) against his ‘baby mama’ Chantelle Muteswa’s lawyer, Munyaradzi Bwanya of Wilmot and Bennet Legal Practitioners, accusing the attorney of wantonly disobeying court orders and interposing himself in a dispute that is for the courts to resolve. [GoogleAd]…
© THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) is calling on government to expeditiously review the minimum tax threshold to compensate for the erosion in incomes due to inflation. [GoogleAd] In the 2019 National Budget, the ministry of Finance increased the minimum income tax threshold from $300 to $350 to cushion low taxpayers against…
