From Idah Mhetu in Victoria Falls AFRICA is is hardest hit by the effects of climate change when it contributes less in terms of causes of the ugly weather phenomenon, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Officially opening the Sixth Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Victoria Falls on Tuesday, Mnangagwa said Africa pollutes
By Idah Mhetu in Victoria Falls THE harsh economic challenges facing ordinary citizens will result in Zimbabwe losing over US$2 billion in 2020 as the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) try to respond to Gender Based Violence (GBV). This was announced by the United Nations Women Country representative, Delphine Semaga at a discussion on the
By Mary Taruvinga HOME Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have been slapped with a US$1 169 899 lawsuit after they allegedly barred one Francis Mazarura from accessing his gold mine, Litalute Gold Mine, for two years. Mazarura has filed a lawsuit against the two at the High Court claiming that
By Mary Taruvinga ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has approached the High Court seeking to get back its vehicle from fired chief executive officer (CEO) Patrick Mavhura who is allegedly declining to surrender it back. Mavhura was employed in various capacities at the ZBC before he was fired as CEO over graft allegations on August 31
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE trial of MDC MP for Njube–Lobengula, Gift Banda, who is facing charges of duping a Bulawayo man of US$60 000, will kick off March 3 at the Tredgold Magistrates’ Courts. Banda is jointly accused with Mbonisi Nkomazana of forging signatures of a Bulawayo man resulting in him losing a residential stand
AP MUDZI — Living alone in Zimbabwe’s arid Mudzi district, Leah Tsiga’s best friend is her cat. But when it comes to food, each has to look for their own and the 90-year-old Tsiga often comes second best. The crafty feline forages in nearby bushes for rats, birds, insects and worms. As for the frail
By Bulawayo Correspondent BULAWAYO has experienced a sudden high demand of vehicle catalytic converters with a single canister fetching as much as US$200. A catalytic converter is a metal car component whose function is to reduce vehicle emissions. The gadget which is mounted in the exhaust also helps to strip out harmful gases. Dealers who
By Robert Tapfumaneyi The energy sector is undoubtedly the key enabler of economic development in the region, Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has said. “Any slackening in the provision of power and petroleum products or services will result in stagnation or regression in the region’s economy. “The region thrives on its historical dependence on each other
By Staff Reporter ANOTHER Gokwe Town Council executive is under the cosh after being arrested on abuse of office charges, it has emerged. The arrest of Gokwe Town Council Director of Finance Joconia Nyoni last week and his subsequent appearance in court follows that of suspended Town Secretary Melania Mandeya who is currently on bail.
By Leopold Munhende CHITUNGWIZA Mayor Lovemore Maiko has accused Zanu PF activists operating from a party office within the dormitory town, of terrorising council employees. This comes barely two days after the same activists allegedly disrupted sewer waste clearance operations within the town. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Sunday, Maiko said council employees, including acting town clerk
By Staff Reporter REDCLIFF Municipality is planning to construct a US$45 million water treatment plant so as to bring relief to the dry steelworks suburb. Town Clerk Gilson Chakauya last week told Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Larry Mavhima during a tour of Redcliff Projects that the local authority was determined to have its own water
By Robert Tapfumaneyi ENERGY Minister Fortune Chasi says Africa should take advantage of the vast array of alternative energy sources at its disposal to generate the necessity and improve the lives of its peoples. He said the continent was endowed with the Inga, best solar insolation, wind, geothermal, natural gas deposits. Chasi was officially opening
By Mary Taruvinga THE High Court review application filed by Former University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura will now be heard by two judges following a successful request made by his lawyers. Nyagura is facing criminal abuse of office after he in 2014, allegedly single-handedly awarded then First Lady, Grace Mugabe a
By Mary Taruvinga CHITUNGWIZA Municipality, which was embroiled in a legal fight with 89 former employees, has been ordered to pay them $631 887.27. The order was issued by High court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda recently, who also slapped the municipality with costs of suit. “Whereupon after reading documents filed of record, and hearing counsel,
By Alois Vinga A top economist says industrial capacity utilisation could decline to 27 % this year if government does not take a step to dumping its destructive policies. Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), chief economist, Tafadzwa Bandama made the remarks while presenting CZI’s 2019 Manufacturing Sector Survey in Harare recently. “The decline signifies 9.4
By Robert Tapfumaneyi TABANI MOYO, director with top media rights lobby, Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa-Zimbabwe), says government was using technical barriers, among them the law and steep licensing fees to freeze out prospective players from the country’s broadcasting space. His comments follow a call for applications for radio and television licences by government
By Staff Reporter Opposition LEAD President Linda Masarira says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should put a pause on meetings and workshops which did not directly address the economic challenges Zimbabweans were facing. Writing on Twitter Friday, Masarira said Mnangagwa needed to be careful as he may be misled by his lieutenants that all was well when
By Leopold Munhende NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku says the country should do away with a constitutional clause that allows a sitting president’s party to appoint his or her successor in the event of the death or removal of the incumbent under any circumstances. He was joined in his call by one-time spokesperson
By Staff Reporter MDC deputy treasurer, Lilian Timveos Thursday appeared before a Zvishavane magistrate facing two counts of violating the Electoral Act. Timveos appeared before Magistrate Evra Matura to answer to charges of issuing postal electoral ballot papers to voters in Zvishavane on 15 July 2018. The MDC Alliance Midlands Senator is also facing another
By Staff Reporter OUTSPOKEN National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealous Mawarire has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of putting up a spirited bid to have the running mate clause scraped from the national constitution as he feared threat to his job by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Mawarire was co-speaker during a Thursday public discussion on Constitutional
