HARARE – Chipinge Rural District Council (RDC) will on Friday sell buffalo and elephant hides acquired from Problem Animal Control (PAC) hunting through public auction. PAC hunting is a growing industry that fetches significant revenue from the auctioning of animal hides. In a statement, the RDC revealed that the auctioning of the hides will take…
HARARE – Government is planning to remove all vehicles that are defective from the country’s roads in a desperate bid to tame rising carnage. The move by the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), comes as road traffic accidents have spiked to alarming levels. In the last…
HARARE – Former Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s trial in which he is facing charges of abuse of office will kick off today. The Nyanga South legislator allegedly awarded a contract to Megawatt Company without going to tender and directed NetOne to pay US$4 million for the service and US$1 million for consultancy….
HARARE – The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) has railed against legal aid societies that are selling insurance without being licensed to do so. According to Ipec, operating an insurance business, such as legal aid societies, without being registered is a punishable offence in terms of section 17 or section 12 of the Insurance Act….
HARARE – The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is broadening its revenue net by targeting walkie-talkies, including those being operated by boat owners. In terms of Statutory Instrument 11A of 2001 of the Postal and Telecommunications (Licensing, Registration and Certification) Regulations, Potraz is mandated to license any two-way radio transceiver. These are…
HARARE – As 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence come to a close, many districts in Zimbabwe are battling high incidences of sexual abuse involving the girl child. Child marriages and sexual abuse, in particular, have remained prevalent in Chihota District in Mashonaland East. Chief Nenguwo Augustine Chagoresango told a gender symposium held by…
HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has accused his successor Amon Murwira of misleading legislators by claiming in Parliament last week that the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) programme was abandoned because of rampant abuse of resources. Murwira told Members of Parliament in the National Assembly last week that an…
HARARE – Government has refused to name Zanu PF bigwigs who owe the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) in unpaid electricity bills. ZETDC is a unit of power utility, Zesa Holdings. Pressed by MDC Mutare Central Member of Parliament Innocent Gonese to release names of ruling party heavyweights indebted to ZETDC, deputy Energy minister Magna…
HARARE – Chidamoyo, a renowned Christian hospital in Hurungwe District of Mashonaland West Province, which has continued to offer services to struggling villagers during economic hardships by accepting payment in the form of grain or vegetables received a timely boost. Last week, Japan donated a digital x-ray machine, a first of its kind to the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) and another company called Vixstrom are owed in excess of $367 000 for work done during the constitution-making process of 2013. ZBH alone is owed over $250 000. According to the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Portfolio Committee, the debts were supposed to be expunged by Treasury, which…
