POOR Zimbabweans may soon feel the pinch of the country’s economic woes even more, after business warned yesterday that it could soon be forced to start charging all goods and services in United States dollars, the Daily News reports. The threat by big business, which underlines the growing lack of market confidence in the Zim…
MEMBER states at the just ended African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (AFRSD) adopted the Forum’s declaration, dubbed the Victoria Falls Declaration, which places major focus on accelerating action to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2020 while pushing Africa’s agenda 2063. During the closing ceremony of the Forum which ran from February 24…
FIVE people were this week killed across the country over petty disputes, the Daily News can report. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi warned the public against taking matters into their hands, which results in unnecessary deaths. “In Silobela, on February 25, 2020, two men who were drinking beer at a bar…
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future political elections. This comes after the State broadcaster came under fire after some of its employees contested in the 2018 harmonised elections on Zanu PF ticket and…
THERE is no respite in sight for long-suffering Zimbabweans, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining other important bodies this week in warning that the country is headed for a mega economic and humanitarian crisis, the Daily News reports. Rather damningly, the IMF — one of the few key international organisations that have not been…
CIVIL servants have not only rejected the government’s plans to introduce a welfare fund — that will see them contributing 2,5 percent of their salary to this pot every month — they have also slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, for the idea, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government announced on Wednesday…
THE setting up of shops with subsidised groceries for uniformed forces in their camps by the government are part of efforts to pacify them, analysts have said. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s recent announcement that uniformed forces will be issued with a card with a credit limit which will allow them to access…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday turned down a request by Zanu PF MPs to have service stations designated for them to enable them to get fuel without enduring long queues. This was after Zanu PF MP for Chimanimani Joshua Sacco had made the suggestion, saying the prevailing fuel shortages were hampering legislators’…
FORMER Industry and Commerce minister Michael Bimha has filed a $300 000 suit against a Harare man, whom he accused of causing an accident which damaged his Land Rover Freelander 2 in 2018. In the application, Bimha cited Thomas Tuso, Tonderai Mageje and Clarion Insurance Company (Private) Limited as respondents. Clarion Insurance Company (Private) Limited…
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has increased electricity tariffs by 19,02 percent with effect from March 1. In line with the new tariffs, the first 50 units of the month have been increased from $0,41 (41 cents) per kWh to $0,49 (49 cents) per kWh. This means the first 50 units of…
