Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief An A1 farmer in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, together with his wife, have proven that hard work, financial support and a little nudge bear much fruit. Mr Edson Moyo and his wife Fungai, have thriving crops on 4,8 hectares of land which they cultivated using resources from the […] …
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Government starts to improve civil servants’ welfare
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE year has started on a positive note for civil servants as they have started receiving US$75 Covid-19 monthly risk allowance from Government. Pensioners are receiving US$30 allowances. The payments started last week. This follows a decision late last year by Government to pay civil servants bonuses in US dollars. […] …
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UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally
The UK has accused President Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow figure to lead Ukraine’s government. The Foreign Office took the unusual step of naming former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate. Russia has moved 100 000 troops near to its border with Ukraine but denies it is planning an invasion. […] …
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Tropical storm heads to Zimbabwe
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter A TROPICAL storm is expected to hit the country as a depression evolves when landing on the Mozambican channel before drifting into Zimbabwe, a development that has seen Government activating disaster response mechanisms. The tropical depression whose intensity is still to be ascertained is expected to land on the Mozambican coast […] …
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Bureaux de change disburse US$25,95m under US$50 facility
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter OVER 465 000 people have since September last year bought US$25,95 million, from bureaux de change under the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s prescribed maximum of US$50 per week facility. With a view to promote financial inclusion and access to forex for small value transactions, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) […] …
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‘Time to hold Zimbabwe to account’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Source: ‘Time to hold Zimbabwe to account’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 22nd January 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/51838280899/sizes/m/ A coruscating report on Zimbabwe by a Johannesburg-based social and political commentator says it is high time for SADC to hold Zimbabwe to account. The writer, Tafa Mhaka, says it is not sanctions that are keeping Zimbabwe in a permanent […]
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Prominent economist John Robertson dies aged 85
Robertson wrote columns for several local and international newspapers …
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Corruption, poor workmanship in Bulawayo road construction unmasked
BY NQOBILE BHEBHE AT face value, Bulawayo’s vast road network is undergoing major rehabilitation to last several years before any reconstruction is needed. But an in-depth investigation by this publication lifted the lid on a deadly mix of corruption to poor quality reconstruction of the city’s road infrastructure. The corruption goes beyond bribes as contracted […]
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$10m allocated for hospital rehabilitation
BY PRESTIGE MUNTANGA GOVERNMENT has allocated $10million for the rehabilitation of Kezi Hospital in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province which has been closed for over 10 years after its roof was blown off. Kezi villagers accused authorities of lacking the political will to renovate the hospital, as they were now forced to travel to Bulawayo, […]
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Binga villagers resist forced relocation
BY PRESTIGE MUNTANGA VILLAGERS in Muchesu, Binga who were given a three months’ notice to vacate their ancestral land to pave way for a Chinese coal mining project, have been promised pieces of land to the East of Binga. This was revealed during a consultative meeting held between the villagers and management from the Chinese […]
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