Council to ‘garnish’ residents’ salaries
Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a new credit control and debt collection policy which among other provisions, will see the local authority collecting rates and…
Zim set to pardon 5 000 inmates
GOVERNMENT is in a dilemma as it tries to find a quick solution to decongest local prisons that are now overcrowded, thereby creating all sorts of challenges.
Previously, the State has tried to reduce the country’s prison population through the Presidential amnesty that has seen thousands of inmates being freed annually.
When death is more important than health
WITH little income to spare, many Zimbabweans are facing tough choices — to insure their health or pay for their own funerals in advance?
A lot of citizens do not have any type of insurance but most of those who are insured prefer to cover expenses for their funeral rather than for medical costs that might otherwise keep them alive.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Innovation hubs can transform lives
ACCORDING to ikeinstitute.org, achieving growth that generates economic value and social benefit requires a structured approach that binds an organisation’s strength and aspiration with that of its stakeholders and partners,…
Revenues drop to $12m as . . . Shambolic billing system cripples Harare
For the past four months, Harare City Council (HCC) has been struggling to provide bills to ratepayers owing to billing system glitches.
City fathers decided to ditch the BIQ billing system after it became too expensive to maintain. The local authority was paying US$363 000 annually for rights to use the system.
Informal shops face closure
Njabulo Bhebe, Business Reporter THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has issued an ultimatum to all retailers and wholesalers to formalise their businesses with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and other…
Majuba speaks on his journey in hockey
Lovemore Dube This week Sunday Life (SL) caught up with one of the first black guys to star in hockey after Independence Fidelis Majuba (FM), now a prominent Zimbabwe coach…
Zanu-PF Youth League calls for discipline
The Zanu-PF Youth League is committed to using properly laid down procedures in fighting corruption through State institutions that were created specially to eliminate the vice, the ruling party’s acting deputy secretary, Cde Tendai Chirau, has said.
Genaro quits Rhythm City
SEASONED actor Jamie Bartlett last week woke up with mixed feelings in anticipation of the viewing of the last episode of his journey as David Genaro on Rhythm City. Bartlett…
Govt seeks to plug gemstones loopholes
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, together with State minerals marketing arm, the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), will this week start work on streamlining gemstones into the broader Government mineral strategy.











