PARLIAMENT has urged the government to avail funding to strengthen security along the country’s borders, especially the Mozambican one. Presenting a report in Senate on the counter terrorism high level conference recently held in Italy, David Parirenyatwa said while Zimbabwe may currently not be directly experiencing terrorist threats, the Cabo Delgado case in Mozambique was…
APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) splinter group deputy president Amon Nyika has been nabbed and appeared in court accused of converting the church’s residential stand into his own name. He was not asked to plead to allegations of fraud when he appeared before regional magistrate Taurai Manwere who granted him $20 000 bail.The AFM…
THE World Health Organisation yesterday said it’s concerned about an ongoing measles outbreak in Zimbabwe, where the disease is spreading rapidly. “It’s…
YEARS of marginalisation coupled with historical imbalances for Matabeleland South province are the major reasons the region has the largest number of people leaving the country — analysts say. According to the 2022 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results on Immigration Dissemination presented by ZimStat director general Taguma Mahonde, on Tuesday South Africa (SA) is…
THE government says there is a need for modern legislation to enhance productivity in the hemp industry in order to get maximum benefit. Speaking during a round table discussion to unpack the challenges and potential of cannabis as a medicine in Harare yesterday, Health deputy minister John Mangwiro called for more research to come up…
By Brighton Muronzereyi GOVERNMENT has set aside $38,1 billion for grain reserves to ensure food security in the country. This was said by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in the Senate on Tuesday where he informed legislators that the government’s target of a grain reserve of 500 000 metric tonnes was achievable. “We have set aside…
SENIOR Harare lawyer Simplicius Chihambakwe, accused of corruptly concealing a transaction after his fi rm was engaged to provide debt collection services for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company at a time he was a board member, says the allegations are designed to embarrass him. He was in court yesterday where he pleaded not…
By Dionne Kanyowa FOUR thousand families who were facing homelessness after a property developer who sold them residential stands embarked on a re-pegging exercise for a fee, were relieved after the High Court ordered the property developer to stop re-pegging the land and harassing the residents. Although Justice Neville Wamambo noted that the Spikzkorp farm…
THE United Nations (UN) says it has extended financial support to over a million vulnerable learners through its school improvement grant. In its latest report, the UN said through its funding, the agency reached a total of 4 795 schools with vulnerable learners to aid the implementation of the inclusive education policy introduced by the…
FMBcapital Holdings Plc (FMBCH) has recorded a robust growth in profit after tax, 93 percent growth to US$25.2 million on 2021 first half. The interim period of 2022 followed strongly on concerted efforts from 2021, and saw the group’s banking operations in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all recording profit growth. Jaco Viljoen, FMBCH…
