HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has of late been experiencing power problems which are affecting operations at Morton Jaffray (MJ) water treatment works. Power outages at MJ and other treatment plants have resulted in some suburbs going for days without water. “We are currently experiencing electricity challenges at MJ. The started on Wednesday but…
HARARE – The Survial Vendors Union Zimbabwe (SVUZ) has called on government to review by-laws which forbid vendors from operating in the streets saying they are out-dated in a country characterised by high unemployment. SVUZ vice chairperson Obey Mwariwangu said: “The by-laws in the Urban Councils Act date back to the old constitution when Smith…
HARARE – Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Water Proficiency Testing Scheme Evaluation Workshop, which is hosted annually over three days by selected member states to scrutinise the effectiveness of water testing in the region, kicked off in Harare yesterday. Sadc came up with the annual workshop in 2004 in a bid to ensure that the…
HARARE – Media stakeholders have called on government to urgently reform media laws and open the space for new players, as plans to align the laws with the country’s Constitution are now in motion. This emerged yesterday during a round table consultative meeting organised by the Information ministry, aimed at looking at issues that must…
HARARE – Workers at Hwange Colliery were so emotional when they recently met Parliament’s Mines Portfolio Committee which is chaired by legislator Temba Mliswa. The workers, who narrated sad stories about their desperate plight as they near destitution, pleaded with Mliswa for his intervention as the company is failing to pay them their pensions and…
CHITUNGWIZA – Chitungwiza residents have bemoaned decisions made by their local authority to exclude them in the budget consultation processes saying it was a deliberate effort to disenfranchise them from participating in local governance issues. This came out during a local governance stakeholders Indaba in which Chitungwiza municipality and its residents were having discussions on…
HARARE – Zanu PF is already looking towards the 2023 harmonised elections as they have started rolling out programmes that attract the youth vote. Addressing a “Thank You” rally at Murombedzi Growth Point on Saturday, Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Ziyambi Ziyambi said the party was failing to attract youths which would form the next generation…
HARARE – With the ruling party clearly annoyed by his antics, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, has vowed to turn the knife in until President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has dealt with the plight of long-suffering Zimbabweans. [Adz]
HARARE – Two Midlands State University (MSU) students were last week arrested and handed over to the CID Law and Order in Gweru for undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after alleging that he is a “mad” man. The students, Prince Kamutsamba, 22, and Lloyd Zata, 25, reportedly sent insulting and threatening WhatsApp messages…
HARARE – Corporate Governance Unit (CGU) within the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) is inviting interested candidates qualified for appointment as directors to public entities boards. Under the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act (Chapter 10:31) the OPC is calling on interested parties with qualifications and experience in different fields. “The Act explicitly requires…
