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INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere, pictured,  has challenged stakeholders in the sector to be action-oriented and stop talking without doing anything tangible.This comes as the local ICT sector relies heavily on importing both hardware and software before going on to assemble their products.Speaking during the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)…

HIGHERLIFE Foundation has donated lifesaving machinery to Mpilo Central Hospital’s maternity wing, in a move aimed at reducing neonatal and maternal mortality rate at the institution. Authorities at the health facility revealed that the neonatal mortality rate, currently stands at 30 percent of 10 000 babies delivered yearly at the institution.It was further revealed that…

MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who was arrested back in December after he allegedly verbally assaulted a Russian national, has approached the High Court seeking a review of magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro’s decision to dismiss his application seeking to quash the charges. Biti is currently appearing before Muchuchuti-Guwuriro after he allegedly launched a verbal tirade…

THREE suspected armed robbers appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday on allegations of stealing three AK47s, ammunition and mobile phones from an army farm in Norton.  Tendai Munson Ndlovu, 43, Kudakwashe Adoni, 28, and Kosam Phiri, 36, were not asked to plead to robbery charges when they appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi, who…

THE trial of former Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba, who is facing criminal abuse of duty allegations, opened on Wednesday with the accused distancing himself from the offence. Chifamba, who is jointly charged with Zesa group secretary Saidi Sangula and legal officer Garikayi Churu, is accused of engaging a law firm Chihambakwe, Mutizwa…

POPULAR Zimdancehall entertainers, Arnold Kamudyariwa aka DJ Fantan and Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, also known as Levels, have escaped a jail term after the High Court ordered them to pay a $2 000 fine each for violating Covid-19 regulations. The two, who were jointly charged with Dammer, had initially been sentenced to six months in prison, before…

THE ruling Zanu PF has vowed to enlighten the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, who will visit the country next week, how Western sanctions are crippling the land reform programme and hurting ordinary Zimbabweans.   This comes as the UN special envoy Alena Douhan will conduct an official visit to Zimbabwe from October 18 to 28….

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the 2022 proposed budget of $24 billion, which will see tariffs being hiked by 200 percent, is justified considering the country’s economic situation. The recent proposal divided councillors during a meeting held on Tuesday, with the city fathers, however, eventually agreeing on the 200 percent hike. “The 216 percent…