HARARE – Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is expected to significantly decline in the next two years due to changing weather patterns and lack of strong economic policies. In its 2017 Zimbabwe Economic Update released yesterday, the World Bank (WB) said the country’s economic growth will also taper down to 0,9 percent in 2018 — from this…
HARARE – Government will be diverting part of money collected for the Aids levy to bankroll cancer treatment, Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has said. Aids levy — introduced in January 2000 — is collected through a Parliament special tax act, which requires formal employers and their employees in Zimbabwe to contribute 3…
HARARE – Three quarters of the 8 600 schools in Zimbabwe do not have electricity and computers, making it extremely difficult to implement the new education curriculum, a teachers’ union has said. Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has implemented a review of the school curriculum that emphasises the expansion in the capabilities of…
MUTARE – A former Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employee has been jailed for 50 years for stealing electricity transmission gadgets. Evans Mukorera, 31, of 131 Area 14 in Dangamvura was slapped with the lengthy sentence following his conviction on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Lazarus Murendo. [GoogleAd] Mukorera was convicted…
HARARE – Family of God Church leader Andrew Wutawunashe is locked in a messy divorce row with his estranged wife Rutendo Faith, who is demanding a share of church assets, arguing they are part of their matrimonial property. The two are seeking to end the marriage, which was solemnised in terms of Marriages Act (Chapter…
HARARE – Small-scale poultry producers are now feeling the heat of chicken shortages following the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu — also known as avian influenza — a few weeks ago. This comes amid indications that Zimbabwe’s largest poultry producer, Irvine’s, is yet to secure a licence from government to import hatching eggs…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has sued its former head of radio services, Christopher Chivinge — fired in November last year — seeking the return of a company motor vehicle and identity card. In the High Court application, ZBC claims that Chivinge is refusing to return the company’s Mazda BT50 and ID. “It is…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council and vendors are up in arms with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) for illegally selling its farm produce in the Central Business District (CBD). Trucks from the ZPCS have been spotted in the CBD loaded with cabbages and other farm produce which was being hawked directly to…
HARARE – Acting National Assembly Speaker Reuben Marumahoko yesterday blocked an opposition motion seeking to have voting on the proposed Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill taken by secret ballot, as pressure mounted to ditch the proposed controversial amendment. The proposed Bill — seeking to reinstate presidential powers to singularly appoint the Chief Justice…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans, who have been at the receiving end of political violence for the past 37 years, said they are dreading next year’s watershed elections. This comes as the country is set to hold elections next year pitting President Robert Mugabe, 93, and an opposition coalition likely to be led by MDC leader…
