By Brighton Muronzereyi ZIMBABWE is plotting to pull out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) after its proposals, including selling its ivory stockpiles, were rejected at the just-ended CITES conference held in Panama. Harare has been failing to sell its stockpiles due to an international ban on ivory trade. With a…
By Rutendo Ngara SIX people died on Tuesday in separate road accidents, the second in less than a week as the festive season looks to be bloody. Last Saturday, six people died while nine others were injured when a truck rammed into a Nissan Caravan vehicle along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road. In a statement yesterday, police…
By Rutendo Ngara UNITED Nations (UN) resident coordinator Edward Kallon claims that gender-based violence (GBV) cases in the country are underreported. Speaking during a campaign against GBV in Harare yesterday, Kallon said there was a need to up the game in the fight against the scourge in order for the country to achieve Sustainable Development…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE coming Christmas and New Year holidays will likely be time off that only the Grinch will savour, as the country’s brutal power cuts worsen and prices of basic goods start to tick up again. This comes as reeling businesses have warned of potential significant retrenchments if the electricity crisis continues for…
By Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES say they will be introducing more reforms in government as part of efforts to end the entrenched culture of indiscipline and wasteful spending within the public sector. This was revealed by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Finance, George Guvamatanga, earlier this week during a post-budget meeting held in Harare….
By Brighton Muronzereyi ZIMBABWE’S power supplies remain critically low with the country generating at least 800 megawatts (MW) from both local power stations and imports. The country needs over 2 000MW daily power supplies. Cabinet yesterday discussed the dire situation of power supplies in the country and it was noted the country was importing at…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SOME Harare residents have threatened to take to the streets to demonstrate against the city council for demolishing their property. Mufakose residents on Lot 2 Subdivision B of Subdivision A have since petitioned the council on the matter. This comes as the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has directed the Criminal Investigations Department…
By Nyasha Dube ZIMDANCEHALL music producer Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as Levels was yesterday granted $20 000 bail at the Harare Magistrate’s Court where he had appeared facing rape and two other charges. Kadzimwe was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping his girlfriend, Ashley “Shashl” Moyo, before leaking their nude pictures and sex tape on…
DIVERSIFIED investment group, Innscor Africa Limited, handed over US$453 588 to the Innscor Africa Employee Share Trust after recording solid profit and revenue outturn for the financial year ended June 2022. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed group has subsidiaries, which includes Probrands, Natpak, National Foods, Irvine’s, Colcom, AMP and Mill Bake, among others. Speaking at…
ZIMBABWE is considering hastening the implementation of a national health insurance policy that will aid in the provision of cheaper medical services, a cabinet minister said yesterday. Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, told a post-budget review seminar in Harare that the country might review upwards excise tax in order to fund the…
