ZESA has temporarily switched off its new Unit 7 in Hwange, to allow the power utility to carry final tests on the 300MW generator before it becomes fully operational. The move will, during this period, result in heightened load-shedding, as it will deprive the national grid of significant energy — piling fresh pressure on both…
By Ketty Nyoni NEW National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board chairperson Emmanuel Fundira says his immediate task on the job is to improve the battered image of Nssa which is in the “intensive care unit”. He was addressing the media in Harare yesterday as the new chairperson following the resignation of Percy Toriro last month….
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on foreign investors in the mining sector to follow the country’s laws and desist from malpractices such as mineral leakages and environmental degradation. Addressing delegates at the launch of the responsible mining initiative held at State House in Harare yesterday, he said there was a need for…
GOVERNMENT has trained teachers on how to package assignments for students in a manageable way under the Continuous Assessment Learning Areas (Cala). Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the deputy minister of Education, Edgar Moyo, said it was against government policy to burden students with Cala assignments. The curriculum was introduced for primary and…
PARLIAMENT wants Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to explain the alarming decline of the Zimbabwe dollar. In addition, legislators also want Ncube to detail the measures that authorities are taking to arrest the ever rising prices of basic goods in the country. This comes amid an escalating shortage of basic commodities from supermarkets, which some retailers…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reversed a general notice that purported to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny on the basis that they were of “national interest”. In a notice dated 5 May 2023, government indicated that in terms of section 3(6) of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act [Chapter…
By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES are pushing for the introduction of a Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill that will seek to bring all regulations addressing aquaculture production together. Various stakeholders from the government, Food and Agriculture Organisation and legal experts met in Harare yesterday to brainstorm on the proposed Bill. “The current regulatory framework is impeding growth…
By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES say gold side marketing remains rampant and the government, working with law enforcement agents, is putting in place measures to plug the leakages. This was confirmed by minister of Mines Winston Chitando yesterday in his address on the gold sector outlook at the on-going gold mobilisation deployment workshop currently underway in…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have been urged to construct modern correctional facilities in line with regional and international standards. This comes as most of the prisons were constructed before Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980 and the facilities are dilapidated and prisoners live under overcrowded conditions posing a health risk. The call also comes as Parliament…
A HARARE man has been arraigned before the magistrate’s court after he allegedly stole property valued at US$600 belonging to the National…
