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Munashe Mukahlera  A low income family of six now needs a minimum of over ZWL$25 000 a month for basics such as food, rentals, and other day to day needs. According to latest data from the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, the cost of living shot up by 8.09 per cent from December last year to […]

Takudzwa Chihambakwe Pupils who are writing final year examinations in Zimbabwe this year, will attend class for five days a week, to afford them adequate preparation time. This was revealed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s Director of Communication, Taungana Ndoro, who clarified that only non-examination classes will be subjected to rotational school […]

Munashe Mukahlera Authorities in Zimbabwe’s third largest city, Gweru want to borrow 100 million Zimbabwe dollars to buy 30 utility vehicles. The local authority put up a notice in the press on Sunday inviting input from ratepayers. The proposal comes at a time when residents in the city are not pleased with the level of […]

ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe has reviewed its Covid-19 lockdown, with business scheduled to reopen this week and schools preparing to resume classes. Citizens are no longer required to move with exemption letters while a 10pm-530am curfew has been introduced. Further, supermarkets will close at 7pm; intercity travel is resuming and small and medium enterprises are reopening. […]

ZTN Reporter OVER 200 unreleased songs belonging to the late Zimdancehall icon Soul Jah Love have gone missing, his family has announced. The music is contained in a laptop and memory card which both mysteriously went missing soon after the chanter breathed his last on the 16th of February this year. Jah Love’s brother Solomon told […]

Mirirai Nsingo HARARE has not received reports of adverse effects from the Covid-19 vaccine since roll-out of the vaccination programme began. City of Harare Spokesperson Michael Chideme told ZTN, the vaccine roll-out was progressing well so far. “Since the onset of the vaccine roll-out, we are yet to receive any reports of adverse effects. We […]

Takudzwa Chihambakwe Will members of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) find common ground in 2021? That’s the biggest question as the last meeting held in 2020 was aborted over several disagreements. Employers and workers clashed last year, with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) demanding US dollar denominated salaries. But, the Employer’s Confederation of […]

Patience Nhamburo Energy and power development Minister, Zhemu Soda, has dismissed as untrue recent reports that Zimbabwe state owned power utility, Zesa Holdings will soon escalate load shedding after its debt to South Africa power provider Eskom Holdings increased to US$100 million. The debt is reported to have accumulated since June 2020 when the last […]

ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Kembo Mohadi says he is not in sexual relations with any married woman. His response follows a week of digital media reports linking him to several women, including a subordinate. Audio recordings regarding the alleged relations have been circulating in the Southern African country. Responding publicly for the first time, Vice-President […]