HARARE – Millers and officials at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) are pointing fingers at each other over the inordinate delays in transporting wheat into the country to avert shortages of bread. While millers, through the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ), have secured enough wheat for the festive season — with the help…
HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made history by becoming one of the only two women who occupy the Defence portfolio in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region. According to Southern Africa Today Vol No.6, Zimbabwe and South Africa are the only Sadc countries who currently have female Defence ministers. “…Muchinguri-Kashiri has been…
HARARE – A number of private schools that were contemplating charging their fees in foreign currencies are now backtracking on the idea which could have pushed away some of their learners. In the wake of the pricing madness that rocked the country recently, it has become fashionable for retailers to peg their prices in United…
HARARE – Beverages maker Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited (SZL) is failing to meet demand for its products owing to foreign currency shortages impeding its ability to source adequate raw materials. SZL said the foreign currency allocations it is receiving from banks were inadequate to fully satisfy demand for beverages during the peak summer demand season up…
HARARE – Government is taking the critical step of cancelling registration of motor vehicles operating outside the confines of the law, the Daily News can report. In terms of the law, all motor vehicles in Zimbabwe must be properly registered and licensed for them to ply the country’s roads. Zimbabwe has over two million vehicles…
HARARE – Tertiary institutions in the country are facing hard times as they cannot charge top ups on fees, making it difficult to afford learning basics as prices of basically everything has gone up, an educationist has said. Vice principal of Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda, Concilia Muswela pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa who…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) will review the content and evaluation process in the Family and Religious Studies (FRS) (6074/1) Advanced Level paper. This comes after teachers wrote a letter of complaint that the November 2018 examination ambushed both the teachers and students, after presented questions did not tally with the new…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will descend on Marondera – the provincial capital for Mashonaland East –where he will hold a rally. “Our president Chamisa will be addressing Mashonaland East people thanking them for their votes. We are going to have rallies around the country,” said the party’s organising secretary, Amos Chibaya. The rally…
HARARE – Fresh fissures have emerged in opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s MDC – amid damaging allegations of heightened factionalism and the use of “dirty money” to destabilise the party. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Harare mayor Herbert Gomba has warned council that unless the 2019 budget reflects the peoples’ needs, it would not be passed on to Local Government minister July Moyo. During a mid-term review of his 100-day plan, Gomba emphasised that council employees and councillors alike needed to have a residents-oriented budget for it to…
