By Takudzwa Tondoya Harare’s residents have accused the city council of gross negligence after the Auditor General’s 2023 annual report revealed that the local authority failed to act on 27 of 28 audit findings. The Harare Residents Association (HRA) said the council had made virtually no progress
Government has engaged the Zaka Rural District Council to secure land for the construction of a Vocational Training Centre, in a move aimed at tackling rising youth unemployment. Deputy Minister of Youth Vocational Training and Development, Kudakwashe Mupamhanga told Parliament last week that consultations with Zaka
Hospitality giant Rainbow Tourism Group Limited (RTG) is set to make its first foray into the South African market with the planned acquisition of a prime commercial property in Cape Town. The deal, valued at approximately ZAR98 million (around US$5.6 million) involves RTG’s South African-registered subsidiary
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested a foreign national accused of stealing laptops and fuel coupons from parked vehicles in Harare. Police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed that 45-year-old Cassian Pascal Mangombe was taken into custody following a spate of thefts between 18 and 21
Two people have died and three others were injured in a road traffic accident along the Chivhu–Nyazura Road, police have confirmed. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the collision occurred on Saturday at the 73-kilometre peg when an Isuzu lorry carrying six passengers was involved in
Two people have died and 10 others injured after a Honda Fit carrying 11 passengers overturned along the Nyanga–Rwenya Road on Thursday evening. Police confirmed the accident occurred at around 17:00 local time near the 48-kilometre peg of the highway, when the vehicle veered off the
Two separate tragedies have left four people dead in Manicaland Province, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed. In Chimanimani, twin brothers Jacob and Lincoln Gono both aged two died after a fire engulfed a kitchen hut in Gwasha Village on Thursday. Police said the children were
Tendai Makaripe The morgue at Al-Aqsa Hospital was overflowing again in August. Among the dead, most were women and children, bloodied and shrouded in white. Outside, relatives sat in silence, some sobbing into their hands. Since the war escalated in October 2023, at least 62,122 Palestinians have been
By Anyway Yotamu Former cabinet minister and ZANU-PF stalwart Webster Shamhu reignited memories of his infamous “Cremora” praise singing on Thursday when he delivered effusive tributes to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recently ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairmanship. Shamhu, who now serves as Chegutu East MP and
By Takudzwa Tondoya The Ministry of Health and Child Care has agreed on new strategies with its partners to strengthen the procurement, storage and distribution of essential medicines in a bid to end chronic shortages at public hospitals. Speaking at a high-level meeting in Harare on Thursday,
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