adminPower cuts affect blood stocks
By Thandeka Moyo
THE National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) last year destroyed 3 739 units of blood that had either gone bad due to Zesa power cuts or expired due to low demand for certain blood groups.
The expired blood is equivalent to 1 869,5 litres.
Tsvangirai, Govt officials’ Nyanga indaba called off
Harare Bureau
A TWO-DAY meeting of Cabinet Ministers and senior Government officials that was organised by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Office and scheduled to begin in Nyanga today was called off at the last minute yesterday after it emerged the retreat was planned without officially notifying President Mugabe.
MDC-T youth in court over stabbing
Midlands Correspondent
MDC-T youth, Maxwell Chibi (29), who allegedly ran amok and stabbed a fellow member during the party’s Zvishavane district elections at the weekend, was yesterday arraigned before Zvishavane magistrate Mr Tavengwa Sangster.
Call for standard ICT policies
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE Computer Society of Zimbabwe Council (CSZC) has called for the standardisation of ICT policies in the region to make technology available and affordable to the rest of the people.
Council gets donation to drill boreholes
Midlands Correspondent
Gweru City Council, which is grappling with water supply challenges, has received a donation of $90 000 from Shurugwi-based platinum mining giant Unki Mines to drill boreholes in the city’s residential areas.
Measures under way to flush out marriages of convenience
Harare Bureau
GOVERNMENT has introduced measures to flush out foreigners and unscrupulous locals who have been abusing Zimbabwe’s marriage laws.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Government, civil servants must continue dialogue
It is not in dispute that the majority of civil servants are earning way below the Poverty Datum Line which is pegged at $538. We need to point out from the onset that the situation is the same in the private sector where in some cases workers are going for months without receiving a salary.
Police should declare assets
By Darlington Gama
Zimbabwe signed and ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) as part of its commitment to effective prevention of corruption.
The country also signed the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption and Related Offences (AU anti-corruption convention). However, as a result of inadequate anti-corruption legal framework and a culture of corruption, efforts to deal with corruption achieve nothing in Zimbabwe.
Poets to mark special day
Entertainment Reporter
FOUNDER and creative director of Poetry Bulawayo, Mgcini Nyoni, said his organisation will next month run a workshop meant to sharpen poets’ skills.
Kawara to tour 23 towns
Entertainment Reporter
PROMINENT urban grooves artiste Alexio Kawara will soon embark on a national tour to promote his album which he released last October.