CHINHOYI – Municipality of Chinhoyi is awarding discounts of up to 30 percent to residents who pay up their debts. The order to discount residents comes after an ordinary council meeting held on May 15 made the resolution. Chinhoyi follows other towns and cities that have been incentivising their residents by offering discounts as a…
HARARE – Harare City Council has partnered with Vitens Evides International (VEI) on best ways to reduce water loss and non-revenue water. According to VEI representative Toine Ramaker, the water that Harare produced and the water that is billed do not tally as most of it is lost through burst pipes and illegal connections. HCC…
HARARE – Deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe is on his way out, a shadowy State media columnist who writes under the pseudonym of Bishop Lazarus has said. Writing in yesterday’s edition, Bishop Lazarus said he cannot spend much time discussing on Mukupe because he is on his way out. “I know many are itching to…
HARARE – The Harare City Council has been urged to urgently attend to its chaotic billing system, which currently acts as a huge disincentive to residents who want to be in good payment terms with the municipality. In a statement, the Harare Residents Trust (HRT), said council’s failure to properly manage its billing system, known…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will this month host the World Radio Communication Conference in Victoria Falls. The event, which will run from June 4-7 in the resort town, is an African telecommunications meeting preparatory meeting for the World Radio Communication Conference to be held in 2019 in Egypt. The Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)…
HARARE – The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) appears overwhelmed in its bid to deal with the multiplicity of challenges affecting the capital city and should delegate some of its responsibilities to the city fathers to ease the workload and bring about efficiency in the preservation of the environment. Town planning expert Percy Toriro told the…
HARARE – As Parliament rounds up its business, portfolio committees have been advised to conclude their inquiries and compile reports for presentation in the House by Thursday next week. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the polling date as July 30, and curiously set September 8, as the date for a run-off poll. Speaking…
HARARE – Throughout history, covert recordings have brought down big names worldwide, whose audios or even videos in awkward positions are then leaked into the public arena. On the Zimbabwean political field, politicians continue to be caught offside due to covert recordings. The recording is either part of a project to nab officials, or just…
HARARE – The new political dispensation ushered in November last year has opened up spaces that were usually no go areas for Non-Governmental Organisations (Ngos) and civil society organisations, a top human rights executive has said. Zimbabwe Human Rights (Zim-Rights) director Okay Machisa said they have been throughout the country peacefully lobbying communities to register…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says once he is in power, Europeans and Indians will flock to Zimbabwe for employment. Addressing a rally yesterday at Mt St Mary’s in Wedza, a few kilometres from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s rural home, Chamisa said once he is in power Europeans would be employed as herd…
