GOVERNMENT and the Bulawayo city council have embarked on a vigorous facelift of some of the city’s dilapidated roads and infrastructure ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Independence Day visit. The main celebrations are being held in the second largest city for the first time since independence in 1980. Mnangagwa is …
Read More »Police Summon Mnangagwa Challenger
In a strange move viewed as intimidatory, police have invited Zanu PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi (pictured) for “interviews” at the Harare Law and Order section. Musengezi is challenging the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rise to the ruling party’s helm. Police have been hunting for Musengezi for unknown …
Read More »Potraz Pursuing Internet Access In Rural Areas Although Data Tariffs Remain High
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is focusing in increasing Internet access in the rural areas. Presenting the Postal and Telecommunications 2021 fourth quarter sector performance in Harare on Tuesday, Potraz director general Gift Machengete said low disposable income was limiting majority of citizens access to data. “Our …
Read More »Stunner Beat Up Wife For Refusing To Handover Phone, Court Hears
Singer Desmond Chideme, popularly known as Stunner, appeared in court on Tuesday accused of physical abuse after his wife told police he assaulted her while demanding access to her phone. The rapper, 41, was remanded to May 11 for trial by Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure over the alleged attack on …
Read More »14,185 Less Candidates Sat November 2021 O’ Level Exams: ZIMSEC
The number of candidates who sat the Ordinary Level examinations declined by 5.37 percent from the previous year in 2021, ZIMSEC said on Tuesday as it finally released the delayed results. There were 14,185 fewer candidates than in 2020, according to ZIMSEC, a reflection of what teachers’ unions said were …
Read More »Victoria Falls Wins Prestigious Award
Zimbabwe’s prime tourism destination, Victoria Falls, has won a silver award for managing to sustain the livelihoods of employees and the community in general in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Victoria Falls bridge Covid-19 was first detected at the end of 2019 in China and the coronavirus rapidly …
Read More »UAE Billionaire Jets In Zimbabwe
Prominent Dubai-based businessman Mr Shaji Ul Mulk arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to explore areas of cooperation in various sectors of the economy. Mr Mulk, who is the chairman of Mulk Holdings and Abu Dhabi T10, met with President Mnangagwa, Government officials and other investors at the Expo 2020 Dubai, in …
Read More »Covid Opens New Battlefronts In Africa’s Illegal Wildlife Trade
Earlier this year Africa’s illegal wildlife trade took an unprecedented new turn. Deep in the dense tropical jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a giant pangolin – an endangered species of mammal with plate-like scales that can weigh up to 30kg – was kidnapped by rebels who demanded a $500 …
Read More »O-Level Results Out
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has released the 2021 Ordinary Level results. According to Zimsec board chair Professor Eddie Mwenje, the results will be accessible online from 4pm Tuesday. A 26.34 percent pass rate was recorded, an improvement from the 24.77 percent in 2020. Nhau/Indaba
Read More »Zanu PF, CCC Sanctions Tiff Punishing Civil Servants
THE ruling Zanu PF says the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) should call for the removal of sanctions first before advocating living wages for restless civil servants who have declared incapacitation for over three years citing poor remuneration. Upon their return to Parliament this week, CCC members of Parliament …
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