VICTORIA Falls city council has bowed to pressure by residents to adjust its proposed US$20 million budget until residents become clear on areas they want adjustments. The local authority through its treasurer Neville Ndlovu presented a US$20 million budget proposal for 2023, which residents challenged, arguing it had “unreasonable increases considering the “state of service…
ZANU PF has claimed that their relationship with Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is thawing as the current leadership is open to work with the ruling party. In its central committee report released last week, the former liberation movement said the period of acrimony between Zanu PF and ZCTU was now over. “It should…
THE ruling ZANU PF party and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are due to lock horns shortly in another round of by-elections, this time in three wards in Gweru. The ruling party trounced CCC in five out of six other local government by-elections in various parts of the country last weekend, with the…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Disability Reform Coalition (DRC), a grouping of 14 organisations representing people with disabilities in the country, has bemoaned the exclusion of people with disability from the electoral cycle. It called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to put in place measures that guarantee their participation. This comes as the country is…
MDC secretary for projects and party business Norest Marara has expressed his intention to challenge party president Douglas Mwonzora at the upcoming congress. In a statement yesterday, Marara said some party members have called on him to run for the party’s top post. “I have been called upon by the general membership of the party…
LEADING health insurer Maisha Health Fund has launched a new ultra-low-cost medical aid scheme in a move that is set to make healthcare affordable to more people, especially to low-income earners. The health cover known as MaishaCare would off er primary care from as little as US$5 per month to allow customers access to a…
ZVISHAVANE Town Council is mobilising resources to power its main water pumping plant with solar energy as the local authority is failing to pump the precious liquid owing to power outages. According to latest council minutes, the local authority was looking for ways that would allow continuous water supply despite electricity challenges. “Council is mobilising…
THE United Nations (UN) has challenged government to take measures to improve access to sexual reproductive and health right (SRHR) services that will help the country to achieve gender equality. In its latest update on how the organisation is addressing gender inequality in Zimbabwe, the UN said all stakeholders, together with the government, should ensure…
LONDON’S Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that…
DISTRIBUTED Power Africa (DPA), a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, has signed a 25-year power lease agreement with Varun Beverages — to install a 2.5MWp rooftop solar solution at Varun’s manufacturing plant in Harare. With a forecasted annual energy production of 4.1GW, the system will be mounted at Varun Beverages’ Simon…
