HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has opened more vending outlets across the country for the convenience of its customers. This is in the wake of hiccups being experienced by its clients in buying electricity tokens due to upgrades to ZETDC’s prepaid electricity purchase system. In a statement, ZETDC’s public relations…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to appoint his Cabinet ahead of his trip to the Far East on Friday where he is scheduled to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Since his inauguration four days ago, the country has effectively been operating without a Cabinet, with former…
GWERU – The city fathers in Gweru have moved vendors outside the city’s central business district (CBD) in a bid to contain the outbreak of typhoid. Gweru is still battling the outbreak, which surfaced three weeks ago and has killed 10 people. Last week, there were running battles between the vendors and council employees as…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council (MCC) has closed a borehole in Sakubva sunk by a senior MDC official in the run-up to the just-ended harmonised election after laboratory tests revealed it was contaminated. “We shut it down after we conducted some laboratory tests that showed that it was contaminated,” said Spren Mutiwi, the public relations…
MUTARE – Rampant veld fire outbreaks that have left Manicaland charred are frustrating local hospitality operators as smoke is now blurring the views of some of the region’s most spectacular scenery. According to residents, the Vumba Mountains have been the most affected as fires from either side of the Zimbabwean border are choking its views…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is entering into an agreement with Plan Infrastructure Development and Project Management (PIDPM) for the construction of residential flats in Mbare — one of Harare’s populous suburbs. Council is hoping to utilise its vacant pieces of land, zoned as residential flats areas at Tsiga grounds, the strip along…
HARARE – Before government could roll out devolution, it is critical for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to first embrace the initiative wholeheartedly. The Constitution provides for eight provincial councils and two metropolitan provincial councils to spearhead local development. Despite its promulgation in 2013, Zanu PF under former president Robert Mugabe was not keen on implementing…
HARARE – The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) is engaging stakeholders in the education sector in a bid to find effective ways of stopping Zanu PF from forcing pupils from attending its political functions. The union is also determined to stop the ruling party from abusing school properties. Artuz had successfully sought a…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council (MCC) has banned open air church gatherings unless the churches provide ablution facilities and taped water as it moves to eliminate any risk of disease outbreaks. MCC public relations officer Spren Mutiwi confirmed the development which he said was being taken to prevent disease outbreaks after Gweru was ravaged by…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is losing three transformers a night due to vandals, Energy ministry permanent secretary Partson Mbiriri has said. Mbiriri, who was the guest of honour at a workshop for farmers and other stakeholders from the agriculture sector hosted by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) at…
