HARARE – Government has waived income tax for expatriate staff of World Vision Zimbabwe (WVZ) and projects financed by the United States (US) government. This follows provisions provided for under Statutory Instrument 127 of 2018 published in last Friday’s Government Gazette. According to the gazette, the exemption is provided for in the framework agreement, Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Harare Central Hospital — one of Zimbabwe’s major referral health institutions — has fixed its chemistry analyser machine, which tests blood samples among other, after it broke down nearly a fortnight ago, an official has said. The hospital, in dire straits due to collapsing antiquated infrastructure and shortage of professional staff, had stopped…
HARARE – The Health ministry says it has injected the necessary funding to enable public health institutions to offer blood for free with effect from this month. This comes as the ministry scrapped user fees for blood accessed from public health institutions. The David Parirenyatwa-led ministry has injected nearly $7 million as a subsidy into…
HARARE – Hearing of the dispute involving Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe over ownership of the MDC name, symbol and logo is expected to commence today at the High Court. The two’s legal counsels had last Friday, tentatively, agreed to postpone commencement of the trial to Sunday depending on the schedule of Thabani Mpofu, who…
HARARE – The country’s pro-democratic movement has suffered a huge setback after one of the key funders of civic society groups championing rights and peace-building terminated its funding over noncompliance issues. United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has terminated its contract with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Counselling Services Unit (CSU), the Election…
HARARE – The chaotic manner in which Zanu PF selected its parliamentary candidates could cost the ruling party in Mashonaland East (Mash East) province where disgruntled supporters have threatened to vote for opposition candidates in the July 30 election. The problem is not only in Mash East, several disgruntled party supporters in various other provinces…
HARARE – As the country hurtles towards the July 30 national elections, the security of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly becoming an issue, with authorities revealing at the weekend that they will take extraordinary measures to secure his safety. This comes after Mnangagwa narrowly escaped an apparent assassination a week ago, when an explosion rocked…
BULAWAYO – There was frenzied media and public interest here yesterday as two men were brought to court for the attempted assassination of President Emmerson…………. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Former Zimbabwean journalist Forward Maisokwadzo has been appointed deputy advisor to Bristol mayor Marvin Jonathan Rees on inclusion. The 45-year old’s brief includes representing the south-western United Kingdom (UK) city alderman on issues related to inclusion, preparing briefings and leading on the delivery of related projects. “It is an exciting challenge, which l…
HARARE – A faction of the National Patriotic Front (NPF) — which has the blessings of former president Robert Mugabe — has hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his claims that his former rivals in the Generation 40 (G40) were behind the bombing in Bulawayo last Saturday, saying he should wait until completion of…
