All-out war on black market…New measures for mobile money operators

Government is introducing measures to enforce discipline and deal decisively with illicit financial activities that have prompted the plunge of the local currency on the parallel market.

Security beefed up at isolation centres

SECURITY at designated Covid-19 isolation centres, especially those situated in border towns, is set to be upgraded to prevent quarantined returnees from escaping.

Last night, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Government has been working on a number of measures which include heightening security to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Mandatory quarantine policy needs tightening

With an overwhelming majority of the 160 cases of Covid-19 confirmed by yesterday being among returnees in quarantine centres, the value of the mandatory quarantine policy has been justified along with the regrettable need for compulsion.

Govt agencies tackle fuel crisis

THE National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC), Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) are making concerted efforts to resolve the biting fuel crisis, which threatens to paralyse the economy.

Action on financial rot overdue

The decision by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to freeze accounts and put limits on payment systems — EcoCash and ZIPIT — on suspicion that they are being misused primarily for illicit foreign currency transactions should have been done a long time ago, in terms of the law.

Hokoyo: Strong on quality, puny on content

AFTER years of struggling with a genre identity crisis, creating content and polishing his discography for Africa’s consumption, Jah Prayzah had to make his 10th album special.

It is an aesthetic compilation of voice and instruments.

US ‘fires’ leave the world astonished

Scenes of gratuitous and unrelenting violence, looting and arson, including the arrest of a journalist covering the riots live on television in the United States of America, shocked the world last week, as the actions were contrary to the values that are routinely preached by Washington around the world.

Slam dunk! . . . Chikoko rules in France

The local basketball family yesterday temporarily forgot the misery wrought by Covid-19 when they joined national team captain, Vitalis Chikoko, in celebrating the unprecedented feat by a local to bag three awards in a European league.

Fake Zupco-franchised kombis flood roads…Labels being sold on informal markets

If it looks, sounds and drives like a Zupco bus, then it is definitely a Zupco bus.

Well, this might not always be the case.

Apparently, there are private commuter omnibuses that have had the evil genius of finding a way of deceiving law enforcement agents that have been deployed to make sure that they do not operate outside the law.

Vagrants sleeping on gold pavements

ONE of the most unique things about growing up in the village is that you develop an “odd” palate for creepy-crawlies such as termites (majuru), winged termites (ishwa/inhlwa) and the spiky mopani worms (madora/amancimbi).

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