adminCabinet approves Independent Complaints Commission Bill
Cabinet yesterday approved the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Bill, which will enable complains from members of the public against members of the security services to be investigated, while a raft of measures have been adopted to bring sanity to human settlements in line with global disaster risk reduction frameworks.
I picked wrong bag, says Rushwaya
HENRIETTA Rushwaya is now stating that she picked up the wrong bag with four gold bars weighing 6kg, instead of a similar bag with her clothes when she went to the airport over a week ago and that her arrest was being used for political expedience aimed at “soiling’’ the name of the First Family.
1 032 nurses struck off payroll
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has removed 1 032 defiant nurses from its pay sheets after they declined to resume normal working hours and insisted on either not working or working sharply reduced hours.
Chitungwiza mayor up for abuse of office
Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Maiko allegedly recommended the demotion of the council’s district officer who had been seconded to a ministerial taskforce, which was investigating the misappropriation of State and council land.
Civil servants salary talks inconclusive
Government and unions representing civil servants adjourned negotiations to later this week after yesterday’s discussions on salaries, wages and other employment terms.
Auction allots US$28,2m, Zimdollar eases 0,39pc
The Zimbabwe dollar eased by a marginal 0,39 percent against the US dollar in yesterday’s Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign currency auction, with the exchange rate for US$1 shifting to $81,67 from $81,35 the previous week.
Zesa starts clearing coal producers’ $1,2bn debt
State-owned power utility, Zesa Holdings, has started paying coal miners after the debt ballooned to over $1,2 billion over the past few months.
New policy to ease housing backlog
Cabinet considered and approved the Zimbabwe National Human Settlements Policy as presented by Vice President Honourable KCD Mohadi, as chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Social Services and Poverty Eradication. The policy is guided by and seeks to inform implementation of the relevant aspects of Agenda 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals), the African Union Agenda 2063, Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030, the national Constitution and national and international resilience frameworks.
A Blessing from cricket gods. . . President hails Chevrons’ stunning victory
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa led the chorus as congratulatory messages rang from around the world following the Chevrons’ dramatic and sensational Super Over victory over Pakistan in Rawalpindi yesterday.
Sekuru Banda rescues Gringo, pledges house
Traditionalist Oman Kamwelo Banda, popularly known as Sekuru Banda, yesterday pledged to settle all medical expenses to be accrued during comedian Gringo’s treatment.