adminPresident swears in uniformed forces commissioners
President Mnangagwa yesterday swore-in three six-member commissions for the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) at State House in Harare.
Govt targets 1 000 Zupco buses
GOVERNMENT has moved to acquire up to 1 000 buses to strengthen Zupco’s fleet, with a long-term plan of increasing the fleet to over 3 000 buses as part of efforts to boost urban transport systems.
Chief Ndiweni stage-manages attack
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna, with the aid of known anti-Government activists, yesterday stage-managed an attack on himself by people he claimed to be Zanu-PF youths in Bulawayo.
President to launch POLAD tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to officially launch the Political Actors Dialogue (polad) at the Harare International Conference Centre, which seeks to bring unity among political players and chart the way forward for the country.
Govt pays US$64,4m to white farmers
Government has to date paid US$64,4 million to 93 white former commercial farmers for the improvements they made on reallocated farms, a senior official has said.
ZCDC boss in soup over diamond sales
ZIMBABWE Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) chief executive Morris Bekezela Mpofu, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, was yesterday freed on $2 000 bail.
UN boost for Zim anti-corruption drive
A six-member delegation from the United Nations (UN), Angola and Cape Verde is in the country to review mechanisms and measures being implemented by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in curbing corruption.
COL rises 5,52pc in April
Zimbabwe’s cost of living rose 5,52 percent in April edging the annual inflation rate to 75,86 percent in rises driven by food and non-alcoholic beverages, latest official statistics show.
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Reviving CSC long overdue
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) locomotives used to cart hundreds of refrigerated wagons laden with all beef grades destined for the export market, and indeed the local rail company thrived on the operations of the Cold Storage Company (CSC).