HARARE – The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba to urgently facilitate that all teachers recruited as polling officers are enabled to vote. In a letter addressed to Chigumba yesterday, Artuz president Obert Masaraure said some teachers would be deployed far away from the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close protection will be drastically tightened following a botched “attempted assassination” of the head of State at a rally in Bulawayo, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has said. This comes as it emerges Mnangagwa’s protection was so defective that it dangerously increased the likelihood that a murder plan involving one or…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has refuted claims circulating on social media about the reintroduction of the banished local unit. Social media sites such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter were awash with a document purportedly issued by RBZ announcing a comeback of the Zimbabwe dollar which was phased out due to hyperinflation….
HARARE – A subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has warned against by-passing and tempering of prepaid meters, giving offenders a two-month ultimatum to come forward and regularise their connections or face 10 years’ imprisonment. This comes on the back of a rise in the number of offenders who…
HARARE – Hwange Colliery Company Limited shareholders have ratified the coal miner’s excess borrowings of $150,3 million. The resolution was passed at the listed company’s annual general meeting last Friday. This comes as the heavily-indebted miner last month announced that it has been paying monthly instalments to its employee creditors since December, 2017, and will…
HARARE – A crippling strike is looming in the construction sector over failure by employers to increase salaries by three percent. This follows a March 27 agreement whereby the employers made an undertaking to increase salaries by three percent. Three months later, the adjustment is yet to be effected. The Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has opened a branch in Marondera. In a notice issued yesterday, the tax authority said the branch is only meant for functions to do with domestic taxes. “Zimra would like to advise its valued clients and stakeholders that we opened an office in Marondera on July 1, 2018…
HARARE – Government has put in place measures to eliminate injury resulting from giving birth, otherwise known as obstetric fistula. The measures include the provision of emergency obstetric care services in selected sites. Other strategies encompass the promotion of ante natal care, availability of waiting mother’s home at the health facilities, increasing institutional deliveries by…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has come under heavy criticism for advising residents not to pay for services they do not receive. In the heat of electioneering, Chiwenga told Zanu PF supporters in Hatcliffe recently that local authorities should stop the collection of rates from areas they were not adequately servicing in terms of…
HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru, has alleged that while she was committed to the formation of a grand coalition, she found MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to be evasive on the matter. National People’s Party (NPP) leader told a local radio station yesterday that her party reached out to Chamisa after the MDC…
