Zimbabwe has cut the number of new HIV infections by 49 percent in eight years, according to data from the UN programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids). [GoogleAd] This came out during the recent conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle in the United States of America that ran from March 4 to 7 2019….
Zimbabwe Amalgamated Council of Churches (Zacc) has called for a halt to what it called “brutal” US sanctions, saying the measures — extended by one year this week — disadvantaged ordinary Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd The sanctions regime threatens “vulnerable groups and women” who are “suffering and the future of our youths is bleak because of these measures….
BULAWAYO- The city council here is fast running out of water treatment chemicals as biting foreign currency shortages continue to weigh heavily on the local authority’s day-to-day operations. [GoogleAd] This is the second time in less than two months that crucial chemicals such as ammonia, aluminium sulphate, chlorine and polyelectrolyte have caused a headache to the…
A member of Parliament has bemoaned the late disbursement of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) saying further delays would totally cripple developmental projects in their constituencies. [GoogleAd] Masango Matambanadzo, an independent MP for Kwekwe Central, on Thursday demanded that the CDF be allocated immediately. “I rise to seek clarity in terms of the CDF that we were…
Government is selling an average of $7 million to banks for trading on the newly-launched forex interbank market, with Finance and Economic development minister Mthuli Ncube saying government will stay out of the foreign currency exchange market to avoid disrupting the market structure. [GoogleAd] He said around $7,5 million was traded last week amid reports about…
MUTARE land development company Musha Mukadzi Housing Project “might not have paid for land to council” on which it developed and sold 187 stands in Hobhouse area, a forensic audit investigation report has revealed. [GoogleAd] The audit said there was “no proof of payment in the council records in respect of Musha Mukadzi Land Developer…
MUTARE City Council has been slammed for violating the Urban Council’s Act after failing to timeously audit its finances having last done so five years ago. [GoogleA] A hard-hitting forensic audit investigation report on land management from 2007 to March 2018 revealed that the last audit was for the financial year ending December 31, 2014….
Hit by more Western sanctions, Zimbabwe is now relying on neighbours for emergency bailout packages to patch over a national cash crunch that has sparked political unrest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] This comes after US President Donald Trump on Monday extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year, maintaining the national emergency declared in a…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is wasting money and time by hiring a United States (US) firm to help improve relations with Washington instead of implementing the necessary reforms that would enable the removal of sanctions, political analysts and politicians said yesterday. [GoogleAd] This comes after government engaged prominent public relations firm Ballard Partners in a $500…
BULAWAYO – Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. [GoogleAd] The machine is used in the disposal of a dead person’s body by burning it to ashes, typically after a funeral ceremony. The imported crematorium was supposed to complement…
