HARARE – Unilever, through its popular public health brands Lifebuoy and Domestos, launched an awareness campaign in Gweru to educate people on health and sanitation. The awareness campaign, which began on Monday and is set to be concluded tomorrow, is a response to a typhoid outbreak which has hit Gweru for the past three weeks…
HARARE – Founding MDC leader Fidelis Mhashu, “a very gentle and courageous legend of Zimbabwe’s democratic struggle”, will be laid to rest today. His body was taken from a funeral parlour in Harare to his Chitungwiza home yesterday, where it lay in state ahead of burial at Glen Forest cemetery today. He passed away on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s dam levels are currently at 79 percent, a drop of 0,34 percent in the last seven days, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said. Zinwa corporate communications manager Marjorie Munyonga said while there has been a decline in the dam levels, the water is still sufficient enough to meet both domestic and…
HARARE – Harare residents are demanding that council reduce rates by at least 30 percent to match the incomes of most people. According to Harare Residents Trust (HRT), the exorbitant bills being sent to residents do not match the quality and water consumption of residents. The demands by HRT come as Harare City Council has…
HARARE – Renowned academic and lawyer Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba of Kenya will be coming to Zimbabwe for an Economic Renaissance Summit next month. Lumumba will give speeches on several economic topics such as Managing the Value Chain for Economic Prosperity, Servant Leadership: Taking the Higher ground and Re-engineering the economy through 360 Degrees Radical…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is inviting bids from reputable companies for the rehabilitation of water and sewerage services at SAST Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) plant. Bids close on October 4 and must be accompanied by a bid security of $48 000. “The government of Zimbabwe has received financing from the African Development…
HARARE – The African Editors Forum (TAEF) has expressed disappointment with the decision of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to impose fees on broadcast feeds of the on-going Constitutional Court hearing on the July 30 elections. The Con-Court which sat on Wednesday will give its verdict today at 2pm. The Zimbabwean Judicial Services Commission decided…
HARARE – Seven people died and eight others were injured when two Jarax Bus Company coaches were involved in a head-on collision along the Harare-Masvingo highway. Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Charity Charamba said the two buses one coming from Harare with 57 passengers and another from Masvingo with 11 passengers collided near Pimbi River at…
HARARE – Outing European Union (EU) Ambassador Philippe Van Damme has described former president Robert Mugabe as a frail, old and lonely figure who deserves a dignified retirement from public life. Van Damme leaves Zimbabwe later today after four years as the ambassador of the EU, a bloc of 49 nations. At a farewell with…
HARARE – A self-styled prophet, who was early this year slapped with a 20-year jail term for rape, is on the run after trying to kill a man he suspected of nailing him during his trial. Hebert Senda was jailed for rape on April 4 this year but successfully applied for bail pending appeal. Now…
