Caroline Chiimba

THERE is a popular quote “when you’ve reached the top, send the elevator back down for the others”. It simply means being prepared to help those below you on the career ladder so that they might also enjoy success.

DRAMA unfolded yesterday in Mabvuku and Tafara after residents tried to resist the demolition of illegal structures by Harare City Council(HCC), prompting the city fathers to enlist the help of police and soldiers.

MARONDERA has moved its isolation centre from Farmer’s Hall in the central business district to Dombotombo following the government’s advice that the identified centre was not conducive to receive Covid-19 patients due to its wood tiles.

HARARE City Council’s efforts to switch water sources from Lake Chivero to Manyame Dam has been delayed by the global coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown whereby the authority is failing to ship in the needed equipment for the process,…

THE government, through the Health ministry, has offered all local and foreign investors venturing into cannabis production a 100 percent ownership of their farms and licences to improve competitiveness.

MUTARE City Council requires more than $3 million every month for water treatment chemicals, a figure it cannot afford given reduced revenue collection, Mutare spokesperson Spren Mutiwi has said.

THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) in partnership with GIZ, an arm of the German government, has donated 43 water tanks with a capacity of 5000 litres each to 24 isolation centres in 17 local authorities.

A just-released report by the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) has revealed that 20 people died as a result of human-wildlife conflict while seven elephants and two white rhinos were killed by poachers since March 30, when…

©️ AS a young girl, Samantha Murozoki used to get into trouble for taking groceries from her home without her parents’ permission and giving them away to people she thought were struggling.

CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has offered philanthropist Samantha Murozoki a place to resume feeding thousands of hungry people in the dormitory town.

SOME mining companies are failing to comply with the government set health and safety regulations, thereby exposing workers to Covid-19.

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) on Tuesday received personal protective equipment donations from a group of Zimbabweans living abroad which will assist in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

©️ CHITUNGWIZA Municipality yesterday ordered philanthropist Samantha Murozoki, who was feeding thousands of people daily through her Kuchengetana Relief Kitchen, to close down citing health hazards and contravention of town by-laws.

©️ SWITZERLAND, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Regional Programme for Southern Africa, has pledged another US$1 million to support Southern Africa’s coronavirus (Covid-19) preparedness and response.

REDCLIFF Municipality has slashed its employees’ salaries by 50 percent citing dwindling fortunes amid the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has seen its revenue collection taking a nosedive.

TEACHERS’ unions have rejected a proposal for a phased re-opening of schools during the indefinite coronavirus lockdown, arguing the move is discriminatory and marginalises the poor who are financially incapacitated to ring fence the safety…

RISING from a humble background where she had to be a street vendor as a child and later on working as a maid to raise school fees, Winnet Jakachira has defied odds, climbing up the ladder with a just Grade 7 Certificate as her only…

MARONDERA Municipality has resolved to prioritise homeseekers who were duped during political campaigns four years ago in its housing project after various people were made to pay money but they do not own housing stands.

MUTARE City Council has hiked rates by 350 percent, raising a huge outcry from residents who are hard pressed by economic downturn as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19).

CHIVI South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu on Friday donated maize meal and other basic necessities to a woman who is daily feeding over 2 000 hungry people in Chitungwiza during the current coronavirus lockdown.

HARARE City Council has re-opened Warren Hills Cemetery to public burials following its closure in 2016 due to space constraints.

THE Harare City Council has resolved to set up water kiosks across the capital as an immediate solution to acute shortages that have seen residents going for months without tap water due to lack of adequate water treatment chemicals and…

ZESA Holdings (Zesa) subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has appealed to whistle blowers with information regarding theft and vandalism of electricity equipment to come forward as high scale of…

HATCLIFFE has been hit by a suspected typhoid outbreak after one case was confirmed last week due to a contaminated borehole which has been decommissioned with immediate effect, an official said.

THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company Limited (Zupco) has invited private commuter omnibus operators to join its franchise arrangement to carry passengers in urban areas to meet demand under the current coronavirus lockdown.