THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has engaged the Standards Association of Zimbabwe seeking the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification as part of its mission to improve the quality of its services. According to ZTA acting chief executive officer Givemore Chidzidzi, the new strategy was critical in the implementation of the government’s five-year economic blue-print,…
EX-WENELA workers, who were exposed to harmful substances and ended up contracting Silicosis or Tuberculosis at South African gold mines, yesterday bemoaned the Covid-19 pandemic for delaying their terminal benefits. This comes after the High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement in the Silicosis and Tuberculosis class action reached on July 26, 2019 and came…
THE State has withdrawn charges against a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative, Raphios Mufandauya, who was arrested together with Miners Association of Zimbabwe president, Henrietta Rushwaya and others at the airport on allegations of gold smuggling. Mufandauya was jointly charged with Rushwaya, Gift Karanda and another CIO operative, Stephen Tserayi, who were on Wednesday remanded…
SOME opposition stalwarts say they are embarrassed by the worsening shambles that have become the hallmark of the ruling Zanu PF’s political opponents in the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they also warned that the country’s largest opposition party for the past two decades, the MDC, could disappear from the political…
A HARARE lawyer and University of Zimbabwe lecturer has taken police to court over their current operation targeting plate-less, unlicensed and unregistered vehicles — contending that this is illegal. In papers filed at the High Court, Tazorora Takunda Goto Musarurwa, says that the blitz is unlawful as police have no lawful powers to impound vehicles….
RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA THE government has, through its US$75 million worth Kuvimba Mining House investment, started disbursing dividends to pensioners as compensation for the loss they incurred following the country’s 2019 monetary reforms. The reforms discarded the fixed 1:1 exchange rate peg between the US$ and the local currency and liberalised the market — a move…
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, donated agricultural inputs to commercial sex workers in Zvishavane on Thursday, in a bid to help them start income-generating projects. Zvishavane district Aids coordinator Dennis Jaravani said such initiatives by the first lady were important in reducing HIV/Aids prevalence in the country. “Once they (commercial…
A CLIMATE change expert has implored the government to consider investing more in climate change adaptation measures as the country was more…
HEALTH experts say authorities can now fully open the economy and allow face-to-face schooling, as the country is past the worst of…
ZANU PF’s primary polls for the March 26 by-elections got off to a poor start yesterday after they were hit by serious logistical problems which led to delays in voting. Such was the chaos that voting was yet to begin by mid-day in most provinces, contributing to a low voter turn-out in many areas visited…

