THE government says there is a need for the local authorities and the private sector to join hands with the government in addressing challenges in the health sector. Speaking at a handover ceremony of donated medical equipment at Thorngrove Infectious Hospital on Wednesday, Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said challenges faced in the health sector…
THE debate over what authorities should do to stabilise prices of basic goods and the Zimbabwe dollar continues to rage, with experts generally agreeing that the government needs to do much more to achieve macro-economic vitality. Speaking on independent television channel 3Ktv’s popular Vantage programme last night, two of the country’s leading economists, Christopher Mugaga and…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has ordered all banks to disclose their suspended and other internal accounts as some are now being used to buy foreign currency on the black market. In a statement yesterday, the FIU director general Oliver Chiperesa said the financial records are being manipulated…
ZIMBABWE is on high alert following the detection of a new Covid-19 variant (Pi) in neighbouring South Africa last week. This comes as experts have said that the new strain spreads faster than Omicron, amid fears of a fifth coronavirus wave in the region. On Wednesday alone, SA recorded more than 10 000 new positive…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy challenger at the High Court Sybeth Musengezi has appeared in court charged with fraudulently becoming a member of Zanu PF and attaining a position in the youth wing using a fake residential address. Musengezi was not asked to plead to fraud charges when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda who…
Dj Fantan yesterday appeared in court on allegations of abusing his wife by damaging household property, forcing her to be a housewife and not seek employment. Born Anorld Kamudyariwa, the emcee is accused of, apart from malicious injury to property, soaking blankets, emotionally abusing his wife, Gamuchirai Nemukuyu, which according to the State, is in…
THE country’s mounting prices crisis goes beyond the linear relationship between the weakening Zim dollar and the much-coveted greenback as posited by economic experts, a senior government official has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, presidential spokesperson George Charamba, pictured, added that Zimbabwe suffered from an “imperfect market structure” where monopolies had “no reason to be…
ZX FUELS lost nearly US$400 000 cash and valuables when seven robbers pounced on its premises in Harare last week. The incident took place at ZX Fuels in Southerton at around 2am last week on Wednesday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspected robbers, who were armed with two unidentified rifles, sneaked into the…
THE ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has found itself in trouble with Parliament demanding accountability regarding discrepancies in the distribution of $89 million Covid-19 allowances to vulnerable groups. A report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by the Public Accounts Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic and utilisation of public resources in provinces by ministries revealed…
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is apprehensive about the central government’s delay to gazette its proposed tariffs, a move it argues is severely affecting the local authority’s financial performance and consequently service delivery. In February, the government approved BCC’s $23,8 billion budget for this year, a development which saw a rise in rates and rentals…
