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By Daphnnne NyakanyangaGovernment has finally lifted the harsh Covid-19 curfew effected in March 2020 as a measure to contain the spread of the virus. Nightclubs have been given the greenlight to operate until 3am. Acting minister of Information, Publicity, Media and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Jenfan Muswere made the announcement during …

Government National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) is reportedly struggling to meet demand for drugs at public health institutions, resulting in acute shortages of critical medicines across the country. Last year, government gave NatPharm a monopoly to procure drugs, banning public institutions from purchasing drugs from private pharmaceutical companies. This resulted in …

Zimbabwe’s central bank said Monday that the price of bread will go down after it held talks with an association of bakers. Governor John Mangudya said bakers had complained over lack of access to foreign currency to import wheat and procure fuel for deliveries. Bakers recently raised the price of …

The Government appreciates remuneration concerns by the civil service and is instituting internal processes to address the problem but the workers need to be considerate of Government’s other obligations in their demands, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima has said. President Mnangagwa’s administration has made clear …

The Prison and Probation Ombudsman concluded in a damning report that “this was a case in which a young man died a preventable death as a result of what I can only describe as neglect by healthcare staff, and whose mother was then treated with gross insensitivity by prison staff”. …

Local government minister July Moyo on Monday faced fresh accusations of circumventing the public tendering system by ordering rural and urban councils to divert devolution funds to pay for fire engines from a Belarusian company owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s associate, Alyaksandr (Alexander) Zingman. The murky arrangement, which Moyo said was …

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has said late Vice President Joshua Nkomo is partly to blame for the murder of some 20 000 mainly Ndebele-speaking people during Gukurahundi. MRP says the massacres could have been avoided if Nkomo had accepted the proposal tabled during the Lancaster House talks of 1979 …

Teachers’ unions called a five-day strike starting on Monday after rejecting an offer by the government to raise their salaries by 100 percent. The strike call by teachers came on the same day that nurses, doctors and radiographers began their own indefinite strike demanding improved conditions of service. In a …

Green-tech company Agilitee, which recently set up shop in Zimbabwe to manufacture electric vehicles and other green energy products, has re-organised its structures as it angles to raise US$2 billion through a global capital raising roadshow. Demand for electric vehicles, which do not use fuel, is surging, as the global …

Super dad says he wants to marry again, have more kids Daphnne Nyakanyanga Features Editor Temba Mliswa is not ruling out getting married again and having more kids. He already has 20 children, 5 boys and 15 girls with different women but is not sure if he has finished growing …