Idai victims get IDs

GOVERNMENT has deployed teams from the Registrar General’s office to Manicaland on a month-long assignment to issue and replace national identity documents to people in areas affected by Cyclone Idai in March this year.

Mugabe family solely in charge of funeral

The family of founding leader and national hero, Cde Robert Mugabe, is now solely in charge of his interment, including the construction of a mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre, where the remains will be buried.

CBZ commits to fund Command Agriculture

One of the country’s leading financial institutions, CBZ Holdings, has agreed in principle to fund Command Agriculture as Government intensifies preparations for the 2019/20 summer cropping season, a Government official has said.

‘lmmortalise Mugabe’s heritage’

INTERNATIONAL buyers and journalists that graced the just ended Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo confirmed beyond doubt, the tourism potential in former president Robert Mugabe’s brand.

The founding father of Zimbabwe passed on September 6, 2019 at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore, where he was receiving treatment.

NSSA to effect upward review of pension payouts

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) will soon effect an upward review of pension payouts to improve the welfare of pensioners and cushion them from the economic challenges.

This follows a Government decision in July this year, to award a once off discretionary bonus equivalent to a month’s pension to cushion pensioners from the general increase in the cost of living.

Looking inwards key to Zimbabwe’s development

The objective of Vision 2030, to create an upper middle-income economy by 2030, cannot be attained if Zimbabwe does not create an environment conducive for attracting domestic investment.

A mother’s heartbreak

RAPE, especially that of minors, and juju, usually go hand-in-hand. Add to that, the alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault being the biological father of the victim and you have a script for a Tilda Show.

The Tilda Show airs every Tuesday and Sunday on leading radio station, Star FM.

‘We will not switch off Kariba’

Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) — the body responsible for managing the reservoir on behalf of Zimbabwe and Zambia — has been progressively reducing water allocated for power generation to the country’s power utilities.Power generation has been affected as a result.

Emcoz bemoans price hikes

The spike in prices of goods and services has not only affected workers, but also compromised production in manufacturing and other key sectors of the economy, the Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) has said.

These industrial challenges come as official figures from Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) last week, indicated that the poverty datum line was now pegged at $1 617.

Zoology student eyes Miss Tourism Zimbabwe

SHE loves wildlife, sport and beauty pageants, but that does not seem to be enough for the reigning Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Harare Metropolitan, 21-year-old Hillary Takunda Mandibaya. She is also reading for a degree in Biological Studies (majoring in Zoology) at the University of Zimbabwe.

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