By Rutendo Ngara WITH rising levels of unemployment, poverty and the escalating costs of living pushing urban dwellers to the edge, many…
FOREIGN companies are now free to invest in the broadcasting sector, which was once reserved for Zimbabweans, following the amendment of the…
THE Economic Empowerment Group (EEG) has appointed Jeremiah Mkanganwi as the group’s acting chairperson and Tapiwanashe Chikondowa as the new secretary-general. The appointments, which were made on Friday, also saw Wensley Muzerura land the secretary for transport and logistics post. Chikondowa said as the new secretary-general, he was going to influence development. “To have this…
THE Zimbabwe Anti- Corruption Commission (Zacc) has directed all local authorities to establish integrity committees that are set to replace the agency’s compliance and systems review departments. This was revealed during Zacc’s engagement of mayors and town clerks from the Matabeleland region in Bulawayo on Wednesday to train them on the policies that come with…
A PLUMTREE businessman is among nine suspected armed robbers who were arrested by the police in the city this week. The nine are suspected to be part of a gang that has been terrorising residents through a series of armed robberies for over a year. Speaking during a press briefing yesterday, the Bulawayo provincial police…
By Brandon Josphat ALL public and private schools across the country will next week hold the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) school curriculum review consultations to be attended by parents, teachers, ministry of Education officials and other stakeholders. Cala was first introduced in the 2021 public examinations for Grade Seven, Form Four and Upper Sixth…
ZIMBABWE yesterday took delivery of 18 medical, air policing, search and rescue helicopters from Russia. President Emmerson Mnangagwa received the helicopters at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. The helicopters would be used by health and security sectors, while some would be used for natural disasters operations. The helicopters were part of the government’s public private…
THE Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) says citrus growing is in need of a cash injection of over US$100 million to boost production and export growth. Addressing a citrus indaba in Harare yesterday, Zida economist Tafadzwa Mushope said there was a need to come up with incentives that target citrus producers for them to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO OVER 80 families, some of whom have been staying at the Bulawayo Municipal Compound (BMC) flats, face eviction after the council resolved that the occupied houses should be reserved exclusively for its security personnel. According to the latest council report, the local authority has instructed the housing and community services department…
By Rutendo Ngara SWEDEN has donated US$6 million to Zimbabwe to cater for child protection from violence, abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, child marriages and teenage pregnancies, while Unicef will implement the programme that will run in 10 districts in the country. Speaking at the Unicef child protection signing ceremony in Harare yesterday, Swedish ambassador to…
