HARARE is running short of water treatment chemicals as their suppliers are refusing to release new orders due to non-payment. Harare Residents Trust (HRT) said as a result residents in Kuwadzana are the only ones still receiving municipal water while the rest of the city was running dry. Residents are so wary that Harare will…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country’s institutions such as police, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judiciary are so corrupt so much that it is a herculean task to fight the scourge that has cost Zimbabwe. In an interview that was broadcast by the State-run ZBC on the eve of the country’s Independence…
ZIMBABWE’s only Ultra-Marathon, the just-ended PPC Matopos 33-Miler, has been hailed as a huge success by its organisers, PPC Zimbabwe Ltd. This year being its 7th edition, the cement manufacturers received much more in return for their investment that saw the total prize money being boosted by 300 percent to nearly $50 000. [GoogleAd] PPC…
A GROUP of local pharmacists recently donated a consignment of medical drugs worth thousands of dollars to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital’s Paediatrics division. Kudzi Hove, a representative of the group from both the private and public sector, said the donation of critical drugs was part of their contribution to the alleviation of the challenges that…
THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Botswana will be holding supplementary voter registration for its citizens residing in Zimbabwe this month. In a statement, the IEC said in the voter registration programme only Botswana citizens are eligible and should present themselves physically at polling stations and must have a valid national identity card among other…
THE Judicial Services Commission has made progress in the ease of doing business as the country now has 10 Small Claims Courts and four Commercial Courts at magistrate level, Master of the High Court Eldard Mutasa has said. Mutasa, presenting at the World Bank Stakeholder Update on the Ease of Doing Business Reform Programme on…
CIVIL servants have demanded fresh negotiations with government over salary increments as the cost of living continues to rise. Early this month, government announced a salary increment ranging from 13 to 29 percent, depending on grades, leaving the lowest paid worker getting $600. [GoogleAd] However, in the last few weeks, prices of basic commodities have…
THE government says it is taking concrete steps to revive the country’s health sector by engaging India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help resuscitate fallen pharmaceutical giants CAPS Holdings and Bulawayo-based Datlabs. This comes as both public and private hospitals are struggling to source adequate stocks of vital medicines due to the biting…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused some businesses of being “unpatriotic and inhumane” following the recent sharp hikes in the prices of basic consumer goods around the country. At the same time, the irate 76-year-old Zanu PF leader made an impassioned plea to long-suffering Zimbabweans to bear with the government as it moved “to address distortions”…
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said as it joined the rest of the country yesterday in “celebrating” Independence Day, workers look back with sadness over dashed hopes. ZCTU said they sympathise with those who feel cheated by some leaders of the liberation struggle who have thrust themselves into the thrones of the former masters…
