HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed National Tyre Services (NTS) is recruiting a managing director to replace Kennedy Mandevani who resigned last month. Mandevani resigned in August following the company’s 56th Annual General Meeting which was held on August 29. Mandevani had served as NTS managing director from 2009. NTS specialises in the reprocessing and retailing…
HARARE – Former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa was hauled before the courts yesterday, charged with criminal abuse of office. Parirenyatwa was at the helm of the Health ministry between 2013 and July this year. He is one of the Zanu PF heavyweights dropped from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet last week. Barely a…
HARARE – A Mutasa teenager has been arrested for the gruesome murder of a mother and her child by bludgeoning with a log. The baby was strapped on her mother’s back. Clayton Dekaurendo, 18, of Rori Village under Chief Mutasa appeared before Mutasa magistrate Annie Ndiraya on Monday over the murder of his fellow villagers….
HARARE – Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament. This is at a time when government is struggling to mobilise resources to contain a cholera outbreak that has since been declared a national disaster. The Daily News is reliably informed…
HARARE – Red Cross has deployed volunteers to support communities affected by the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed 25 lives. There are fears that the outbreak might spread across the country as it started in an urban area with high density and high population mobility. Sporadic cases have already been reported in Midlands,…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration should swallow its pride and request international assistance to combat the spread of a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed over 25 lives, Amnesty International (AI) has said. The global rights group described as “unacceptable” a situation where people are still dying from preventable diseases such as cholera…
HARARE – At least 25 people have died in Harare from cholera so far with nearly 4 000 people having been attended to at the Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital (BRIDH) by yesterday. According to Harare City Council (HCC) acting director of health Clemence Duri, the deaths were recorded at the hospital. Harare was declared…
HARARE – Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) says since the removal of Robert Mugabe it has recovered over $300 000 owed to farm workers. Paawuz secretary-general Raymond Sixpence said most of this money was recovered after protracted negotiations with farm owners with most of the cases being resolved by the…
HARARE – Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has opposed veteran journalist Violet Gonda’s application seeking to overturn government’s decision barring her from acquiring a passport. Last week, the veteran journalist filed an urgent chamber application after Mudede knocked back her application for the application as her name appeared on the department’s backlist. Through her lawyer, Denford…
HARARE – It was business as usual for street vendors in Harare’s central business district (CBD) by noon yesterday, despite a ban by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) who are fearful of cholera spreading. The Harare City Council (HCC) took a relaxed stance, noting that it was waiting for the vendors to move voluntarily. HCC…
