adminKhupe axes 4 councillors
THE ongoing expulsion of MDC-Alliance officials who are refusing to toe the MDC-T line has extended to municipalities, with the axe yesterday falling on four Harare councillors.
Diplomatic boost for Zim
FOUR ambassadors yesterday presented their credentials to President Mnangagwa pledging greater economic cooperation as well as embarking on an international campaign for debt cancellation in the wake of the economic turmoil that has been caused by Covid-19.
CUT students develop contact tracing app
VICE President Kembo Mohadi yesterday launched a contact tracing software, which was designed by Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) students at the institution’s main campus.
Ventilators boost in Covid-19 fight
Zimbabwe has received five more ventilators and essential equipment for critical care units by the Chinese Red Cross Society meaning that almost half of Zimbabwe’s critical care beds now have these, Acting Secretary for Health and Child Care, Dr Gibson Mhlanga has said.
Bread price to drop
Bread prices drop to $66 today for a standard loaf from between $71 and $80, following an agreement yesterday that millers can buy the currency to import wheat from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe at the auction rate.
Entire season set to be scrapped
THE prospects of domestic football being played this year keep fading by the day after ZIFA and Premier Soccer League medical committee yesterday gave a grim report on the chances of the game getting underway amid the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Entire season set to be scrapped
THE prospects of domestic football being played this year keep fading by the day after ZIFA and Premier Soccer League medical committee yesterday gave a grim report on the chances of the game getting underway amid the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Factor-in salaries in Budget: HSB
The Health Services Board (HSB) wants salary negotiations with doctors, nurses and other medical staff to be done before the crafting of the National Budget, HSB executive director Ms Ruth Kaseke has said.
Editorial Comment: Act goes far beyond dumping AIPPA
The new Freedom of Information Act is welcomed for two outstanding reasons: On the positive side it does actually give Zimbabweans a right to know a lot of things that they really should be able to find out, and it gets rid of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that did neither function expressed in its title.
‘No discrimination in farm downsizing’
Government has dismissed reports that the ongoing downsizing of farms is only targeting white farmers and has stressed that it affects everyone with a farm larger than the stipulated maximum size.