LOCAL NEWS

By Tapiwa Mutonhodzi

The disqualification of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to hold an AFCON qualifier match between Zimbabwe and Algeria has opened a can of worms within the MDC run urban Councils.  Their uncultured maladministration of the urban councils has affected Zimbabwe’s sporting activities through gross neglect of the country’s stadiums, bathing pools and other sport and recreational facilities across the country. The MDC has been involved in corrupt activities of using council funds for personal aggrandisement while failing to maintain and refurbish the country’s sports infrastructure over the years.

By Rudo Saungweme

In a bid to cushion civil servants from economic hardships, Government has injected ZWL $100 million to support Civil Servants in its newly established Government Employees Mutual Savings Fund (GEMS Fund).

By Rudo Saungweme

The representatives of small and medium-scale farmers, rural women and youth, fish folks, agricultural workers, livestock keepers, pastoralism, indigenous people, cooperatives, consumers, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) representing national, regional and international  Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from 53 Africa countries converged in Harare where they discussed solutions to the worsening food security being attributed to long spells of drought in Africa.

By Innocent Mujeri

Civil servants have welcomed Cabinet’s decision to establish a Government Employees Mutual Savings Fund (GEMS Fund) which will cushion civil servants from extortionist financial institutions which charge exorbitant interests on the money they loan to Government workers.

By Innocent Mujeri

Artists should be ambassadors of the Zimbabwean culture and must always thrive to portray the true Zimbabwean story when they perform outside the country’s borders.

By Rungano Dzikira

At least 10 community radio stations and six national free to air television stations will soon be operating in Zimbabwe, a Cabinet Minister has said.

By Tendai Matunhu

Government has approved the maize, wheat and soya bean production recovery plan which seeks to achieve over US$8million Gross Agricultural Production Value by 2023.

By Mirinda Tom

The not so subtle factional battles within the MDC Bulawayo structures continue to escalate with reports suggesting that the party leader, Nelson Chamisa is slowly losing grip of the province, the Harare Post can report.

By Innocent Mujeri

Victoria Falls Mayor, Councilor Somvelo Dlamini has said that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa has lost control of the party to members who are bent on destroying the party from within, the Harare Post can report.

By Rungano Dzikira

MDC youths have come out guns blazing at Job Sikhala on failure to remit promised stipend having participated in last weeks’ flash demos in Harare and vowed that they would not participate in future demos unless they were prepaid.