HARARE – Authorities are yet to make full payment to police officers that provided services in the July 30 elections, won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe’s removal in a military intervention in November last year. At least 31 police officers, who were part of the 2018 national elections…
HARARE – Government is seeking global investors to engage in the privatisation of struggling State-owned companies as part of wide-ranging reforms set in motion by President Emmerson Mnangagwa since he came to power, the Finance and Economic Planning minister Mthuli Ncube has said. A former banker, Ncube has been tasked with turning around State companies…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF is sending a delegation of party bigwigs to China and the sub-region to engage sister liberation movement to compare notes as to how their parties relate to government. This comes after Zanu PF bigwigs who failed to make it in Cabinet were redeployed to work for the…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has disbursed $40 million towards the purchase of fuel to stem long queues across the country. In a statement, RBZ governor John Mangudya urged motorists not to engage in panic-buying of the commodity, claiming there is sufficient fuel available for the country. “The bank (RBZ)…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has called on the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to revisit new Grade Seven examination policy, which is said to be unnecessarily costly for schools. Zimta secretary-general Tapson Sibanda said Zimsec should revisit its policy whereby Grade Seven examinations are collected and resubmitted after writing on a daily…
HARARE – Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo, pictured, has commended the opposition MDC mayors for their contribution towards fighting the cholera epidemic which recently claimed the lives of over 45 people mainly in the capital, Harare. This comes as government has managed to contain the spread of the medieval disease, which was largely…
HARARE – Most pharmacies in the country are refusing to issue drugs to patients on medical insurance, the main doctors’ association said yesterday, leaving thousands to pay cash. Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) executive director Calvin Fambirai said the economic downturn has resulted in pharmacies rejecting some medical aid cards in the…
HARARE – Government is moving to engage Zimbabwean road construction firms in a major road expansion programme connecting Beitbridge and Chirundu amid indications the deal reached with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) was running into problems. This comes after government withdrew the tender awarded to an Austrian company Geiger International. The…
HARARE – Our news editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with 39-year-old businessman Frank Buyanga. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: I understand you commenced your entrepreneurial career in the United Kingdom in 1998 at the tender age of 18. Could you share a little bit about your background? A: In…
HARARE – Zanu PF youths have declared war on illegal traders and ruling party bigwigs suspected of being behind the country’s thriving foreign currency black market. Their warning comes as bond notes continue to crash precipitously against the United States dollar — causing mayhem in mainstream business and resulting in panicking shoppers rushing to hoard…
