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Nqobile Tshili, [email protected] THE country’s security services got a lion’s share in the 2024 National Budget when Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube allocated the sector $8,6 trillion. Presenting the $58,2 trillion 2024 National Budget at the New Parliament Building in Hampden, Harare yesterday, Professor Ncube said the security service sector […]

Online writer ZANU PF Secretary General and politburo member Dr Obert Mpofu on Thursday confronted GMB and transport operator officials about the inexplicable delay in the delivery of inputs to some parts of rural Lupane, in Matabeleland North Province. There are trucks, allegedly loaded inputs which have not moved from depots for 3 months.  

Mkhululi Ncube, Online Writer THE family of a Bulawayo woman whose friend connived with her late boyfriend to kill her, has demanded 14 head of cattle as compensation from the killers’ families. Musawenkosi Hara (39) of New Magwegwe suburb ganged up with her boyfriend, Farai Michael Mutasa who later committed suicide, and killed her friend […]

Mkhululi Ncube, [email protected] A BULAWAYO woman who connived with her late boyfriend and killed her friend following an all-night beer-drinking binge before they went on a joyride with the corpse, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 25 years in jail. Musawenkosi Hara (39) of New Magwegwe suburb ganged up with her boyfriend, Farai Michael Mutasa […]

Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau A 48-year-old Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for smuggling cigarettes worth R416 070 into South Africa. Max Chingachirere was arrested on September 22 by the police in Roedtan under Waterberg District after his vehicle was found loaded with illicit cigarettes. Limpopo […]

Nqobile Tshili, Online Writer VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi is in Nketa suburb to drum up support for the party’s candidate Cde Albert Mavhunga in Bulawayo ahead of the December 9 by-election. Cde Mavhunga is among the five Zanu PF candidates contesting in December by-election after the Citizen Coalition for Change recalled its members from Parliament. […]

Prince Ngwenya, [email protected] POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a message on social media mobilising children for a Vuzu party at Parklands Suburb and have immediately clamped down to stop the illegal gathering. Vuzu parties are wild shindigs usually organised by school children and sometimes sponsored by older people who may ply the minors with drugs […]

Sikhulekelani Moyo, online writer The Government and other stakeholders are having a two-day awareness workshop on Drug and substance abuse, in Bulawayo. The event started on Thursday at the St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica.    It aims to bring together stakeholders in Bulawayo Province to come up with ways to mitigate drug abuse. The stakeholders, which […]

Online Writer A Mutare man has suffered a double loss after he was denied access to his bride, while his application for a lobola refund was dismissed by the courts. Mr Eddington Machingauta had dragged his in-laws, Mr Godwin Madenga and Ms Betty Gombarume, as well as his estranged flame, Ms Patricia Chantelle Madenga to […]

Online Reporter ZIMBABWE has managed to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ultimately achieve the 95-95-95 Joint United Nations Programme (UNAIDS) targets on HIV/AIDS resulting in a decrease in infections and deaths, President Mnangagwa has said. As of this year, only three Sub-Saharan African countries including Zimbabwe have achieved the UNAIDS 95-95-95 objectives. In addition to […]

Nqobile Bhebhe, [email protected] FINANCE, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, yesterday announced a $58,2 trillion National Budget for 2024 in which he raised tax and bonus tax-free thresholds in a bid to provide the much-needed relief to ordinary Zimbabweans whose incomes have been eroded by inflation. Presenting the budget in Parliament in […]

Nqobile Tshili, [email protected] THE Treasury has introduced new taxation on wealth and sugary beverages including alcohol starting January next year while the US$300 Covid-19 cushioning allowance paid to civil servants will be converted to salary and subjected to taxation. The taxation on sugary beverages is meant to increase their cost while promoting a reduction in […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo, Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE has managed to control the HIV/Aids pandemic and ultimately achieve the 95-95-95 Joint United Nations Programme (UNAids) targets on HIV/Aids resulting in a decrease in infections and deaths, President Mnangagwa has said. As of this year, only three Sub-Saharan African countries including Zimbabwe have achieved the UNAids 95-95-95 objectives. In […]

Leonard Ncube in Dubai, UAE ZIMBABWE has set the pace for the world on how to sustainably tackle the adverse impacts of climate change in communities through climate-proof agriculture among other economic adaptation programmes. Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries, and Irrigation Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, said this here yesterday where he is attending the 28th […]