Kwekwe (New Ziana) – Kwekwe residents and businesses owe the city council a whopping ZW$1.5 billion, mainly in unpaid rates and other municipal charges, causing it to also accumulate huge debts to key suppliers. The council owes over ZW$520 million to several suppliers, top among them the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, which is […]
Harare (New Ziana) – The government on Thursday set aside ZWL$195.5 billion in next year’s national budget to fund devolution projects such as construction of health facilities and road rehabilitation by local authorities. Devolution, the brainchild of the Second Republic, allocates funds to provincial governments and allows them to determine how and where to invest […]
Harare (New Ziana) – The government on Thursday set aside a whopping ZW$76 billion in the 2023 national budget for the upcoming general elections, expected to be held around mid-next year. Presenting the budget in Parliament, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said preparations for elections, such boundary delimitation, and voter registration, were already […]
THIS year’s edition of the LitFest International Literature Festival returns this week, featuring 60 festival participants from Zimbabwe, Benin, Ghana, South Africa, the UK and USA. In a year the Zimbabwe International Book Fair promised so much but delivered so little, many will look forward to the Literature Festival with great expectations. The great expectations […]