News

MDC Bulawayo province surprisingly pushed down Welshman Ncube to the secretary-general post instead of the vice presidency where other provinces have nominated him for. Most people had though that Bulawayo, which is Ncube’s home city would nominate him for the VP post. [GoogleAd] The election which was reportedly marred by reports of election rigging and…

A CITY pharmacist has been fined $1 100 after he was busted with a consignment of counterfeit and dangerous drugs worth $500 000. Teddy Kuda Chindedza, who runs TICC Pharmaceuticals in Waterfalls, was also caught with medicine suspected to be stolen from a government warehouse. [GoogleAd] Chindedza was charged with two counts of violating the…

JUDGMENT has been reserved in an application for review made by suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe for Hwange magistrate Collet Ncube to recuse himself from presiding over his criminal abuse of office trial. Guvamombe claims that his subordinates are bent on succeeding him and have exhibited personal and financial interests for his office that an…

THE Lands, Agriculture and Rural settlement minister Perrance Shiri has commended the Command Agriculture scheme saying it has improved input access and tillage services in the country. Command Agriculture is an import substitution-led industrialisation concept deliberately meant to empower local cereal crop producers and in the process boost capacity for locals and create employment for…

HARARE is running short of water treatment chemicals as their suppliers are refusing to release new orders due to non-payment. Harare Residents Trust (HRT) said as a result residents in Kuwadzana are the only ones still receiving municipal water while the rest of the city was running dry. Residents are so wary that Harare will…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country’s institutions such as police, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judiciary are so corrupt so much that it is a herculean task to fight the scourge that has cost Zimbabwe. In an interview that was broadcast by the State-run ZBC on the eve of the country’s Independence…

A GROUP of local pharmacists recently donated a consignment of medical drugs worth thousands of dollars to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital’s Paediatrics division. Kudzi Hove, a representative of the group from both the private and public sector, said the donation of critical drugs was part of their contribution to the alleviation of the challenges that…

THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Botswana will be holding supplementary voter registration for its citizens residing in Zimbabwe this month. In a statement, the IEC said in the voter registration programme only Botswana citizens are eligible and should present themselves physically at polling stations and must have a valid national identity card among other…