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THE POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has begun a programme under which 400 schools nationwide will be provided free Internet until December. Potraz director-general Gift Machengete announced the programme during the launch of the Nyadire containerised village information centre at the weekend. He said the initiative was part of efforts to ensure…

FOREIGN currency shortages have crippled the operations of fertiliser manufacturing companies in the country making it difficult to produce enough to meet the national demand. This resulted in farmers throughout the country struggling to get fertiliser on time, particularly ammonium nitrate, during the just-ended 2020-2021 cropping season. This was revealed during a tour to fertiliser…

AUTHORITIES have raised concern over the low uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines at Plumtree Border Post after only 900 people were vaccinated since the inoculation programme commenced in February against a target of over 8 000 adults. The targeted population in the border town include officials from the department of immigration, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority…

THE Grade 7 pass rate for Harare City Council primary schools that sat for last year’s Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) tests has declined by eight percent, the council’s education committee has said. This comes as the 2020 national pass rate dropped by 9, 79 percent from 46, 9 percent in 2019 to 37,11 percent….

THIS year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), scheduled for July, should play a pivotal role in engaging and forging innovative and sustainable trade models with potential to create new opportunities, the organising firm’s chairperson, Busisa Moyo, has said. This comes as the government recently announced that the annual event, which is traditionally held in April,…

CORRUPTION-accused Harare City Council officials Hosiah Chisango, Addmore Nhekairo and Samuel Nyabezi’s trial has been set for May 26. Chisango is the suspended town clerk, while Nhekairo is suspended director of Housing and Community Services and Nyabezi is the acting town planner. The three — currently out of custody on $50 000 bail each —…

BATA Shoe Company (Bata) has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay over US$200 000 owed to an electrical engineering firm. In the application, Big Wave Automation Systems (BWAS) said the debt emanates from an agreement it entered with Bata for the supply, installation and commissioning of a system that would modernise…

ZIMBABWE has received US$75 million from the Global Fund to complement government efforts in the fight against the lethal Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as the government has already committed $11 billion from its coffers since coronavirus hit the country’s shores in March last year. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare last night, Information…

FERTILISER manufacturing company, ZFC Limited (ZFC), has approached the High Court after it was allegedly fleeced of $1,2 million by a local firm. According to court papers, ZFC entered into an agreement with Farmore Enterprises (Farmore) in 2014 for the supply of chemicals and fertilisers which were to be sold on behalf of the manufacturing…