HARARE – An insurance firm has partnered with Harare City Council(HCC) to refurbish a busy toilet in Harare’s Central Business District. A subsidiary of Zimnat Insurance, Genetic Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd, is rehabilitating the busy toilet at the corner of Leopold Takawira and Bank Street. Commonly called the “Bata toilet” due to its close proximity…
HARARE – The police have apologised to seasoned lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu, after conceding to wrongfully arresting and detaining him on charges of trying to obstruct the course of justice. He was arrested in 2009 over his representation of Michael Peter Hitschmann, who was a witness in the late Roy Bennett’s trial at the High Court….
HARARE – The commission of inquiry into the sale of State land which was sworn-in in February will be visiting Matabeleland North and South provinces next week as part of their inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas since 2005. In a press statement yesterday, secretary of the commission Virginia…
HARARE – The Chinhoyi and Marondera municipalities have extended the 50 percent bill clearance discounts following public demands from residents. This comes as the Harare City Council (HCC) last month also extended the promotion — which has reportedly resulted in improved revenue inflows — to November 30. Chinhoyi Town Clerk Maxwell Kaitano said the offer…
HARARE – Star Africa has been locked in a legal battle with its tenant Christ Embassy after the church allegedly breached a lease agreement compelling it to pay rentals worth $1 495 before the first of every month. Star Africa operates as a holding company with interest in providing food, beverages and logistics services but…
HARARE – The Procurement Authority of Zimbabwe has nailed former University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura for allegedly abusing his office to prejudice the university of thousands of dollars. Nyagura was arrested on Thursday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission following an investigation into the matter. He appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday facing…
HARARE – Government’s new monetary policy is adversely affecting the quality of life of women, the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has said. WCoZ said the new tax on electronic payments has overburdened already suffering women, who are overrepresented among the poor and among those that hold low paying jobs. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on…
HARARE – Under performing companies that were awarded contracts to install solar lights in the capital city risk having these terminated by the Harare City Council (HCC). A few years back, five companies, namely PriMedia; MED Lighting; Sonic Ray Investments; Satewave Technologies; and AXA Holdings were awarded contracts to implement the city’s solar lighting project….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday left with egg on the face after a company he claimed had discovered oil and gas deposits in Muzarabani dismissed the claims. An excited Mnangagwa told journalists on Thursday that oil and gas had been discovered in Muzarabani through explorations by the Australian-listed company Invictus Energy Limited (Invictus)….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appeared together to announce that Australia’s Invictus Energy had found oil and gas deposits in the northern Muzarabani area, showing a united front in the face of widening divisions in the presidium. Mnangagwa and Chiwenga attempted to paper over their divisions as they addressed…
