Government is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe’s loyalists in the twilight years of life and rule. The latest victim is former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri whose Inyika Farm in Shamva, Mashonaland Central province, has …
Read More »Nhau/Indaba Entertainment Diary
By MazzeltovHigh temperatures of the summer season seem to get worse with each passing day, but this will not stop merrymakers from doing what they do best. It is yet another fun-packed weekend with a mixed bag of events countrywide. Here is what is in store for you: Commemorative Gig …
Read More »Veld Fires Destroy Over 80ha Of Winter Wheat In Mash Central
Bindura Bureau Around 80 hectares of Mashonaland Central’s winter wheat have been destroyed by veld fires leaving farmers optimistic of high yields counting losses. The province has about 14 290 hectares under the crop and the losses were incurred since the beginning of the fire season at the end of …
Read More »Zimra Garnishes Gem Miner’s Bank Accounts
A Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) bank account was garnished ZW$490 million by authorities over delays in settling tax and pension-related payments owed to the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) at a crucial phase when the state-run mining firm is emerging from a loss-making streak stretching for years. The garnished …
Read More »Grade 7 Pupils To Stay At School After Exams
The government has ordered Grade 7 pupils to continue attending school, this after their final examinations ended on Monday this week. The ministry of primary and secondary education says Grade 7 pupils must go through what it calls a “Life Orientation Programme”, but teachers’ unions are critical, saying no consultations …
Read More »Nurse Exodus Blocked
GOVERNMENT has reportedly stopped issuing clearance letters for nurses in a bid to frustrate them from leaving the country for greener pastures. This follows mass resignations that have hit the country’s public hospitals as health professionals migrate abroad for better salaries and working conditions. In March, government doubled application fees …
Read More »Haulage Truck Rips Into New Border Post
A Cross-border haulage carrying a granite rock has crashed into the bus terminal of the new Beitbridge Border Post coming a few meters shy of ripping into the Immigration and Customs and Excise offices. Noone has been injured. Witnesses said the truck left unattended in the south-bound parking area moved …
Read More »Govt Growth Targets Rubbished
THE World Bank (WB) says Zimbabwe needs about 15% growth, single digit inflation and about 9% increase in productivity annually to reach an upper-middle-income status by 2030, in an outlook that rubbishes the government’s targets. Currently, the economy is working under an economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) …
Read More »Top Brass Set To Fall In PSC Shake-Up
AN overhaul is looming at the Public Service Commission (PSC) with reports suggesting President Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to transfer chairperson Vincent Hungwe from his powerful post while commission secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe has since left the post. According to high-level sources, Mnangagwa is moving Hungwe to the Office of the …
Read More »Malnutrition Stalks Zim
Thousands of children under five years in Zimbabwe are chronically malnourished and stunted due to poor diet and inadequate maternal care, a new report released yesterday has revealed. The study compiled by academics Anesu Marume, Moherndran Archary and Saagida Mahomed titled: Dietary patterns and childhood stunting in Zimbabwe, states that …
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