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Zinara disburses funds, fuel for maintenance
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed nearly 1.5 million liters of fuel and over Z$2.7 billion to support road maintenance and rehabilitation projects across the country. Th...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
In-laws marry off daughter to two men
IF you've ever been cheated on, you know that discovering a partner's affair hits you like a devastating punch to the gut.It doesn't matter how sure you were about the suspected infidelity but...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 14:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister released from prison, suffers another blow
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership has prohibited former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye from carrying out party activities following her release from prison.Kagonye...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses ZWL$258bn for roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than ZWL$257 billion between January and September of this year. Zinara's spokesperson, Tsungie Manyeza, confirmed this and mentio...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abusive man torments ex-wife
A Harare woman was granted a protection order against her ex-husband who was in the habit of visiting her workplace accusing her of infecting him with HIV.Harare magistrate Tamara Chibindi hea...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's minister completes jail term
FORMER Cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has completed her 16-month jail term for theft of trust property, her lawyer Rungano Mahuni confirmed yesterday.Kagonye was jailed in June 2022 for h...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (21) charged with theft over picked wallet
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo who picked up a wallet containing US$240 in a commuter omnibus and spent some of the money on clothes had an unexpected surprise when he was arres...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga new law raises alarm
Health sector stakeholders and legislators say the Medical Services Amendment Bill sponsored by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Health ministry will deny orphans access to health care services i...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $7,8bn for roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday said it had so far this year disbursed $7,8 billion to local authorities for road rehabilitation projects under the Emergency Road Rehabili...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Faulty Zesa meters headache for residents
SOME Bulawayo residents are living in houses without electricity due to defective prepaid electricity meters that Zesa installed at their homes.The power utility is failing to replace the faul...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $17 billion for road works
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) is targeting to disburse $17 billion to councils across the country for road works this year.Zinara chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube said...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants allege PSMAS takeover plot
CIVIL servants have accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of plotting to take over Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $5bn to 93 local authorities
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) disbursed $5 billion to 93 local authorities across the country during the first quarter of the year for road maintenance works.Zinara baord chair...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $3,2bn for road rehab
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has started disbursing funds to road authorities to facilitate the ongoing countrywide road rehabilitation programme, with $3,2 billion having been d...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara speaks on $17bn disbursement
Local authorities that are yet to show how they spent their money from the Zimbabwe National Administration (Zinara) last year will not get anything from the $17 billion the road authority is ready to...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara unveils $17bn roads war chest
Another $17 billion will be distributed mid-next month by Zinara to all provinces and local authorities for road maintenance under the next phase of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP)....Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors make rich pickings, US$20,000 each
The Warriors started trooping back into the country yesterday from their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) expedition with each of them getting about US$20 000 richer and expecting more despite public ang...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $10bn for roads rehab
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) last year disbursed $10 billion to local authorities for road rehabilitation.Zinara acting chief executive Adam Zvandasara told NewsDay that ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Blankets halts production as tiff with Zimra escalates
TEXTILE giant National Blankets has temporarily stopped production after the manufacturing firm failed to settle a ZW$800 000 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) debt.The Bulawayo company...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zinara disburses more than $4,7bn for ERRP2
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $4,7 billion for the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) with road rehabilitation works now 50 percent complete....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's vehicle licensing, registration must be devolved
GOVERNMENT'S recent declaration of a "national disaster" on roads is a ploy to centralise road maintenance.This is against the principle of devolution as enshrined in chapter 14 of the Constit...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Mable Murambiwa
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora to share $100m, Chamisa excluded
Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the constit...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will take no further action against minister over controversial Zimbabwe flight
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would not be taking further disciplinary action against Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for a controversial flight that ferried ANC delegates to Harare in Se...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flip flops on Mapisa-Nqakula's trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the ministerial handbook is often flouted when he approves ministers' requests for travel abroad on "urgent" busines...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA opposition parties demand Ramaphosa fire Mapisa-Nqakula
President Cyril Ramaphosa's reprimand of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for taking ANC officials on an air force jet to Zimbabwe isn't enough - she should be fired, two...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz works on all-country mobile network coverage
THE Post and Telecommunications Regulations Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) intends to construct 100 base stations in rural areas that are not covered and will carry the three mobile network operators ...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vehicle licensing to be decentralised'
Government is mulling reinstating the collection of vehicle licence fees to local authorities to help them bankroll road maintenance, the National Assembly has been told.The fees are currently...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stand-off won't cripple govt,' says Biti
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says the stand-off between President Robert Mugabe and the army will not cripple government operations as permanent secretaries usually run ministries.Biti ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Details on BCC top officials outrageous perks emerge
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s senior officials who last week made outrageous demands to the local authority did not want the perks as part of the retirement packages but wanted to start benefiting for...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recruits 1 600 nurses
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has recruited 1 600 nurses from July to date following the approval by Cabinet for the ministry to recruit 2 000 nurses to cushion the high demand of the health p...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby snatcher sued
A CITY woman yesterday accused her husband's girl-friend of exposing the latter's affair to her children.Letwin Matiyenga also accused Penelope Ruswa, who is employed at Kutsaga Research Board...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 17:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $10m for Matabeleland roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $10 million to local authorities in Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces for the construction and resurfacing ...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet reimburses customers
ZIMBABWE's leading telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless, has reimbursed customers affected by its recent tariff hike, which it later reversed.Econet announced its position via messages...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Gumbo meet over Zinara
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his Transport and Infrastructural Development counterpart Dr Joram Gumbo have engaged over the tiff between loca...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delay in devolution of power implementation irks senator
MDC-T senator Siphiwe Ncube has expressed concerns over the delay by government to implement the clause of devolution of power which is in the constitution indicating that this has led many parts of t...Published: 12 May 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
RBZ acts on cash crunch
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has enlisted support from Afreximbank to put in place a nostro and export support facility as part of efforts to mitigate the cash crisis in the economy. RBZ Governor Dr J...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Golden Sibanda
Government disburses agriculture equipment
Government has commenced the disbursement of mechanisation and irrigation equipment under the More Food for Africa Programme, with a target to cover all the country's provinces and add new hecterage u...Published: 27 May 2015 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman stabbed, scalded with cooking oil over underwear debt
A BULAWAYO woman was recently stabbed on her waist and shoulder before being scalded with hot cooking oil after she demanded a dollar from a neighbour who had bought a panty from her.Mary Mase...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu not qualified to attack the opposition
BINGA North MDC-T MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda last week rubbished Transport minister Obert Mpofu's claims that Binga district was underdeveloped because of voting for the opposition, describing his rema...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets bemoan government scholarship
WAR veterans have bemoaned what they suspect is the fraudulent diversion of their children's education funds for the 2013 and 2014 third terms, which they said they did not receive from the government...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF must reimburse looted funds,' says Tsvangirai's MDC-T
The MDC-T says it is greatly dismayed that Zanu-PF has now officially confirmed through its own mouthpieces that it is in the habit of coercing public institutions to fund their party's activitie...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru plot to topple Mugabe exposed
AMERICAN Embassy officials have been trying to get Members of Parliament to pass a vote of no confidence in President Mugabe, the state media reported on Sunday. ...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman bashed for tittle-tattling with neighbours
A Victoria Falls woman told her husband in court that she would rather get a divorce than stop gossiping with her friends. The woman is nursing a swollen eye after her husband punched her repeatedly f...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 07:18hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Hifa reimburses Freshlyground fans
The Harare International Festival for the Arts (Hifa) is refunding all music fans that had purchased tickets in advance for the Freshlyground concert.The controversial South African group were...Published: 07 May 2014 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man granted peace order against violent ex-wife
A Bulawayo man, who was on Tuesday sentenced to 210 hours of community service for brutally assaulting his jealous ex-wife, has been granted an interim protection order against the woman.Lind...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 06:20hrs | | by Court Reporter
Zim govt disburses $500k (USD) for commodity exchange establishment
THE Government has disbursed $500 000 for the establishment of an Agriculture Commodity Exchange.Announcing the 2013 mid-term budget statement recently, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said the c...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 21:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government is yet to scrap maternity fees - Health Minister
Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Henry Madzorera on Wednesday said government has not yet announced the scrapping of maternity fees at Government hospitals and council cli...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 04:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ debt, 'people want to make it appear as if all the money went into Gono's pockets': Gono
The state media reports that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe took over a debt amounting to about US$400 million that was incurred well before the central bank boss, Dr Gideon Gono, took office, and the ...Published: 06 Nov 2011 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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