A 38-YEAR-OLD Budiriro man who was caught in possession of 29 bags of mbanje weighing 700 kilogrammes (kg) was yesterday slapped with an effective nine-year jail term. Ranganai Samhembere was busted by police in April last year as he transported the drug with a street value of $49 000 in his private vehicle. He was…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is wary of mass protests and is working around the clock to create the much-needed jobs for the youths. This comes after the opposition led by Nelson Chamisa warned that the country could slide into total anarchy unless the thorny issue of youth unemployment is addressed. An estimated 10 percent of…
TWO Bulawayo men who looted goods worth more than $11 000 at a Nketa 9 supermarket during the January protests have been caged five years behind bars after they were positively identified through the supermarket’s CCTV footage. Celtone Hlongwane, 26, and Phathisani Dube, 24, appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya facing unlawful entry and theft charges….
FISH farming could be a turning point for Zimbabwe’s sinking employment sector with a capacity of creating 20 000 jobs, a major stakeholder in the industry has revealed. Zimbabwe Fish Producers Association (ZFPA) says the country’s aquaculture sector can produce “20 000 metric tonnes of fish, creating 10 000 direct jobs and another 10 000…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to resume his “thank you rallies” as the party’s commissariat is ceased with the matter, a senior Zanu PF official has said. Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said: “As soon as his schedule allows, he will resume the rallies, the cyclone issue takes precedence. He will advise as soon…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed two different acting presidents in a space of only four days when he was out of the country — a development described by critics as devoid of wisdom. When Mnangagwa went to Angola last weekend on a one-day visit, he appointed one of his deputies, Kembo Mohadi as the acting president….
Zimbabwean mobile network operators (MNOs) are up in arms with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) over the ICT industry regulator’s alleged intransigence over the operators’ pricing adjustment application. Since the new Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was announced on February 20, 2019, operators have been pushing Potraz to review the call charges…
GOVERNMENT has closed more than 40 Tropical Cyclone Idai-ravaged schools across Chimanimani over safety concerns. Manicaland Provincial Education director Edward Shumba said the request for the early closure of schools was due to a huge infrastructural damage to the 43 primary and secondary schools which was now posing a danger to pupils and teachers. [GoogleAd]…
A REPORT by the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) reveals that very few local authorities have adequate road infrastructure. The report based on service delivery benchmarking stated that only 21,2 percent of roads in the 32 urban councils were in good condition. [GoogleAd] Ucaz emphasised the need for more resources to be channelled towards…
THE Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has reacted angrily to claims that its properties which were seized by the government during the early 1980s now officially belong to the ruling Zanu PF. This comes as a former stalwart in the military wing of Zapu, the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) — retired colonel Tshinga Dube — has…
