The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Thursday increased domestic electricity tariffs by 50 percent, the second such raise in a week.The ZESA subsidiary – struggling to pay for power imports – warned consumers of another increase on November 1.Consumers were already smarting after the power utility on …

The government says it will pay its workers a 40 percent cost of living adjustment on Friday while negotiations continue for a more substantial pay packet.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa made the announcement on Thursday as the government tried to break a strike by teachers after schools opened for exam-sitting classes …

Lake Chivero that has been over the years plagued by environmental degradation will soon regain its pristine condition after authorities moved in to close beer bingeing, braaing, partying and fish poaching at the recreational park.Environmental Management Agency, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, the City Fathers as well as Kuimba Shiri, a bird …

Will life in schools ever be normal? Are teachers returning to school? Will exams be written? Are teachers unions holding Government to ransom? Will Government relent and pay the US$520 that teachers are demanding or will it go ahead and replace the professionals with trainees? Are temporary teachers the solution …

City of Harare officials descended on the Simon Mazorodze Innscor Food court car sale and started barricading the open space to rid of car dealers who were utilising the space for business. The operation by HCC to remove the car dealers was provided with security from riot police Friday morning.

The Supreme Court has granted Thokozani Khupe an extension up to November 30 to hold an extraordinary congress to elect new leadership. She was previously given 3 months in March, but she argued saying the coronavirus lockdown caused failure to comply. NHAU/INDABA

Foreign investors who had been stuck with their holdings in Zimbabwe stocks because of hard-currency shortages have latched onto dollar auctions to exit the market and repatriate funds.The government allowed stock trading to resume on Aug. 3 after a more than five-week halt, with the central bank also freeing up …

A day is not a day worth remembering without a single encounter with the South African global hit song Jerusalema by 24-year-old artiste Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode or the dance challenge craze associated with it.Billionaire Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo could not escape the addictive tendencies of the song …

Galatasaray have reportedly failed to meet Aston Villa’s initial demand for the transfer of Marvelous Nakamba before the Monday deadline. According to a Turkish newspaper, Sozcu via Sport Witness, Villa wanted the Turkish giants to beat Rangers in their Europa League encounter on Thursday as part of the conditions to …

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was in quarantine and awaiting results from a test for COVID-19 after Hope Hicks, one of his closest advisers, tested positive for the disease.“I just went for a test and we’ll see what happens,” he told broadcaster Fox News, confirming Hicks had …