THE police have warned people from keeping huge sums of money at business premises and home without strong security measures. This follows an attack on a school in Ruwa with five men making away with over US$30 000, a television set, a cellphone and a laptop. The police said the men captured the security guard…
THE National Airways Workers Union (Nawu) and Air Transport Union (ATU) have approached the High Court to oppose the placement of their members on unpaid leave. The two associations claim that the decision to place workers on unpaid leave goes against a Supreme Court ruling delivered late last year. In an application filed at the…
NEWLY-appointed Affirmative Action Group (AAG) president Mike Chimombe has revealed plans to recruit new members, particularly rural entrepreneurs and start-ups as well small businesses in the urban areas. Chimombe, who identified the main challenge facing start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs as lack of access to funding, told the Daily News that the AAG was determined to bring…
A LOCAL real estate firm has filed an application at the High Court against the Harare City Council (HCC), demanding payment of US$177 845 for services rendered. According to the court papers, GMP Trading Private Limited (GMP) entered into an agreement with the council in 2019 under which the company carried out valuation services of properties…
SUSPENDED Bindura Municipality chamber secretary, Naison Machinguta has approached the High Court seeking a court order lifting his suspension pending a disciplinary hearing. In papers filed at the High Court, Machinguta, together with Bindura Municipality finance director Lovemore Warurama, cited the Bindura Town Council (BTC) and acting town clerk Kelton Chinowaita as the respondents. The…
THE INDIGENISATION process under the new dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is geared towards empowering marginalised rural communities, with the southern region being a priority, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has said. In an interview the AAG communications and advocacy officer, Ari Goldstein, implored youths and women in the southern region who have business…
Tamary Chikiwa THE Government is now ready to disburse devolution funds to all provinces countrywide with local authorities expected to use 10 percent of the amount to update their valuation rolls, Local government minister July Moyo has said. Speaking during the handover and launch of the Local authorities database System (Launch) attended by all local authorities…
COMMUNITY members of Masoka village are sitting on a time bomb where a water crisis looms owing to massive river siltation. This is despite a fairly impressive rainy season. Masoka is situated in the Zambezi Valley, approximately 20 km south of the Dande Safari Area and 5 km east of the Chewore Safari Area (Hurungwe…
ZIMBABWE is facing a shortage of motor vehicle number plates, with motorists expressing outrage over the development, which has seen some being arrested for driving unregistered cars. This comes as Transport minister Felix Mhona recently told the National Assembly that the shortage was due to the fact that the number plates are imported into the…
PEOPLE’S love for money has dragged them into the murky world of ritual murders, juju and superstition, cementing the old adage that money is indeed the root of all evil. While Zimbabwe is largely a Christian community, a recent surge in murders of young children has left many shell-shocked. Every year, a number of children…
