HARARE – Intratrek Zimbabwe director Wicknell Chivayo has apologised to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for the delays in the implementation of the Gwanda Solar project. This comes after High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi ruled that the contract between the Zesa Holdings subsidiary and Chivayo’s firm was still valid and binding. Since 2013, when the…
HARARE – The tonnage moved by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has grown by almost 10 percent in the first 11 months of the year compared to the comparative period last year. In the 11 months ending November 30, 2018, the rail operator transported goods weighing a total of 3 178 785 tonnes, compared…
HARARE – The promotion of Anselm Sanyatwe – the man who commanded soldiers that shot six civilians in Harare’s central business district on August 1, 2018 — to the rank of Major General has exposed government’s lack of accountability and unwillingness to reform, political analysts have said. Sanyatwe who was the commander of the Presidential…
HARARE – An earthquake of a magnitude of 5,5 rattled most parts of the country yesterday morning. No injuries and infrastructure destructions were recorded although officials were still gathering information at the time of going to print. Meteorological Services Department (Met Department), director Kwangwari Marimira said the earth tremors hit Zimbabwe at around 07:37hrs, and…
HARARE -The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe this week said the proposed merging of the three cyber Bills into one could result in the muddying and undermining of other fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. “Misa Zimbabwe therefore disagrees to merge the three cyber bills into one omnibus law as the Bill or…
HARARE – Chitungwiza Municipality has given illegal settlers a one-month ultimatum to not only vacate their properties but to also rehabilitate the land around Nyatsime area to its original condition. Town clerk George Makunde said the construction of illegal structures in the Nyatsime cemetery area and on land reserved for institutions such as schools should…
HARARE – Government has undertaken to pay severance packages as well as offering entrepreneurial skills to over 3 700 national youth service workers fired from the civil service by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube. Ncube cut loose the youths, mostly drawn from the controversial national youth service (green bombers) to slash the wage bill as part…
HARARE – As the festive season mood moves a gear up, Bulawayo teenagers have turned to wild orgies called “Vuzu parties.” Vuzu, a local term used to describe a party where alcohol binging, casual sex and drug abuse takes place, first took Bulawayo by storm in 2015, steering a Parliament motion to ban the parties….
HARARE – Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has divided opinion after appointing his permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, to the board of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). Guvamatanga, who left Barclays Bank under a cloud last year, is among six board members designated to lead the revenue collector after Ncube fired the Willia Bonyongwe-led…
HARARE – The Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leaders met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his offices in Harare yesterday where they tabled their grievances. Addressing journalists after a closed meeting with the president, the union’s secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said they articulated their challenges and Mnangagwa had promised to respond formally. The union led by…
