ZTN Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has hiked the price of petrol and diesel with effect from today. In a circular, the energy regulator said petrol will retail at ZWL$99.35 from ZWL$97.44 while the pump price for diesel will be ZWL$100.91 from ZWL$97.24. The USD prices for petrol and diesel changed from $1.19 […]
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Patience Nhamburo Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume has been granted ZWL$30 000 bail. Mafume was arrested last month on allegations of criminal abuse of office. He became the second serving Harare mayor to be arrested in a space of a few months after his predecessor, Herbert Gomba was also arrested on alleged corruption. Mafume was ordered […]
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Lloyd Ndemo Hopes of finding survivors at Bindura’s collapsed Ran Mine are all but over after authorities suspended the rescue mission on Sunday. This is the second time search efforts have been suspended in two weeks. Six trapped miners had emerged alive from the mine, about 70km north of the capital Harare. The mine collapse […]
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Takudzwa Chihambakwe Civil servants in Zimbabwe have rejected Government’s salary adjustment offer which would have seen the least-paid earn ZW$13 590 (US$167). Grade C5 was offered ZW$14 105 (US$174), grade D1 $15 077 (US$186) and grade E1 $16 430 (US $201). The offer was tabled and rejected during salary negotiations in the capital, Harare, on […]
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Lloyd Ndemo A newborn who was abducted at a shopping centre in Harare’s Avenues area last week has been found – alive. Three-week-old Tamiranashe Chadwick was discovered at a home in Murombedzi, about 100 kilometres from Harare. Police raided the home after a tip-off. The suspect escaped, and her husband is “assisting police with investigations”. […]
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Takudzwa Chihambakwe School teachers in Zimbabwe could soon call off their job action if authorities accept their revised demand of monthly salaries of at least US$360. This comes after teacher representatives met President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday. Another round of stakeholder meetings is lined up, with the National Joint Negotiating Council scheduled to convene next […]
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Lloyd Ndemo Over 30 000 villagers in Gokwe, a district in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, are stranded after a local clinic was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. A gas leak is suspected to have triggered the inferno which consumed drugs, medical equipment and property worth thousands of dollars. No one was injured. Sai Clinic serviced thousands […]
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Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE All-rounder Sikandar Raza says they are delighted to be back, playing international cricket. The Chevrons last played against Bangladesh in March this year before the Coronavirus brought the sport to a halt. They now face Pakistan in three One-Day Internationals and three T-20 matches starting tomorrow (Friday). Raza believes the matches, set […]
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Patience Nhamburo The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced level results are out, with the pass rate marginally falling compared to last year. This year’s O level pass rate is down to 17.91 percent from 23.06 percent in 2019. The A level pass rate dropped to 67.06 percent from last year’s […]
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Munashe Mukahlera A cumulative total of 410 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in Bulawayo since the outbreak of the disease earlier this month. The outbreak comes at a time when the city of Bulawayo ran dry and it is facing acute water shortages. Residents go for weeks on end without water and are now using […]
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