adminChief Justice to virtually open 2021 legal year
The traditional ceremony to mark the official opening of the 2021 Legal Year has been cancelled owing to the need to minimise risk of Covid-19 infection by the Judicial Service Commission, but Chief Justice Luke Malaba will give the usual speech virtually on Monday.
Youths vital in climate change adaption
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Tourism and Hospitality Industry in partnership with the Africa Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) has come up with a learning and skills development project that seeks to capacitate indigenous Zimbabweans, especially youths in the fight against climate change.
Baby miraculously survives house blast
Alice Makasi (21), of Shurugwi, died instantly on Tuesday night after mining explosives which were in her bedroom blew up, reducing her body to smithereens, with part of the house being destroyed.
Chiredzi doctor on double murder charge
Chiredzi medical doctor, Dr William Phiri, who allegedly killed two of his children at his house in Mkwasine Estates before trying to commit suicide on Sunday, was formally remanded in custody on double murder charges at the Chiredzi Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Transform GMB, board told
The Grain Marketing Board has been ordered to develop self-financing mechanisms to buy, store and sell grain from the next marketing season.
Submission of tax returns on employment income
Employers are required to extract from their payrolls the ITF 16 return and submit to ZIMRA by 30 January 2021. The ITF16 is the return for employment income which is based on remuneration received and accrued in 2020.
Zinwa moves to ensure adequate water supply
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (zinwa), which supplies treated water to smaller towns, says it is frantic efforts to make sure that it has water chemicals for its clients throughout the level four lockdown period.
Oil rises to 11-month high
Oil prices rose yesterday to their highest since February 2020 after Saudi Arabia agreed to reduce output more than expected in a meeting with allied producers, while industry figures showed US crude stockpiles were down last week.
Leicester loans Admiral Muskwe
ENGLISH Premiership football side Leicester City have sent Zimbabwean international Admiral Muskwe on a short loan to struggling second-tier outfit Wycombe Wanderers.
Trump bans Chinese deals
With Donald Trump’s imminent departure from the White House and Joe Biden set to take office, the incumbent US president is ramping up efforts to go to extremes to turn the US market into a minefield for Chinese software companies by signing an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese applications on Tuesday, including the popular payment apps Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay.