Masunda defends decision on corporate scholarships
Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has defended awarding of corporate scholarships to managers between grades two and four saying the senior officials will be asked to contribute to a revolving fund to educate junior staff.
Committee to try suspended clrs set
Local Government, Rural and Urban Deve-lopment Minister Ignatius Chombo has appoi-nted Harare lawyer Mr Cuthbert Mpame to chair a disciplinary committee that will try seven suspended Harare councillors.
Massive boost for water projects
The Japanese Embassy in Harare on Tuesday signed a grant contract of US$102 000 with international non-governmental organisation Action Contre la Faim for water and sanitation projects.
Mixed reactions over Govt’s tollgates move
Motorists in Bulawayo yesterday urged the Government to defer the decision to operationalise more tollgates.
US$1,2m worth of inputs available at GMB
More than 4 200 tonnes of seed maize and 80 tonnes of fertilisers, worth US$1,2 million, are ready for collection from selected Grain Marketing Board depots countrywide.
Housing construction for relocated families begins
Building of houses for families affected by diamond mining activities at Chiadzwa has begun in earnest at Arda Transau Farm in Odzi.
ZNA, Delta hailed for supporting garbage removal
Harare’s waste removal department has been making efforts to clear garbage in residential areas.
Forum eyes gender balance in polls
The Women in Local Government Forum is confident that any future elections in Zimbabwe will be characterised by 50-50 participation of men and women, the body’s deputy chairperson Councillor Bernadette Chipembere has said.
Harare, Byo Copac outreach dates set
The constitutional outreach meetings for Harare and Bulawayo have been set for September 18 and 19, Copac co-chairperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora said yesterday.
Sapes hosts discussion on Zim, UK relations
THE United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Harare, Mr Mark Canning, will today be at the centre of a discussion on Zimbabwe-Britain relations hosted by the Southern Africa Political and Economic Series.
Clr chucked out of event
There was drama at the launch of the tourism month yesterday when Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi ordered an MDC-T councillor from the high table.
UK police driving standards fall
A police force in the United Kingdom is to fit its patrol cars with parking sensors because officers are so bad at reversing.
Pay row raises stink . . . literally
A 29-year-old Masvingo woman on Tuesday reportedly brewed a stinker when she allegedly relieved herself in the office of her husband’s boss at the Afdis depot here.
Granny evicted, jailed
A 60-year-old Chitungwiza woman has been left homeless after her husband sold the family home behind her back.
Join hands with Govt on salaries, councils urged
Local authorities should not fight Government in its drive to rationalise council employees’ salaries and allowances, the chair of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Mrs Lynette Karenyi (MDC-T) has said.
Sadc officials tour Chinhoyi
Officials from the Sadc Defence Inspectorate Working Group yesterday toured the Chinhoyi Provincial Heroes’ Acre, a shrine central to the Second Chimurenga.
Pvt sector backs civil servants
Private sector workers have added their voice to calls for civil servants to get a salary increment.
R‘n’B superstar Akon jets in today
INTERNATIONAL music superstar Akon is scheduled to arrive in Harare today ahead of what promoters say will be Zimbabwe’s biggest show in recent years at the Natio-nal Sports Stadium on Saturday.
Govt rejects US$50bn loan
GOVERNMENT has turned down a loan offer of up to US$50 billion from Norange Capital Mar-kets of South Africa after security checks indicated the money could be “dirty”.
Sanctions must go, says Comesa
THE just-ended Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Summit has reiterated its call for the immediate lifting of the illegal Western sanctions against Zimbabwe.