Cash up front for treatment Doctors have stuck to their guns and stated tha patients will, from July 1 this year, pay cash upfront after doctors accused the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) of taxing them for claims that have not yet been honoured by medical aid societies.The doctors say patients must now pay cash upfront and claim reimbursements from medical aid societies.Dr Shingi Bopoto, t

Caught on a mission to petrol bomb Gushungo Farm The matter of four suspects facing treason charges which was previously held in camera is now being heard in an open court.The matter was remanded in open court on three occasions by magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe.Zimbabwe People’s Front political party president Owen Kuchata (34), Borman Ngwenya (30), Silas Pfupa (37) and Solomon Makumbe (29) wer

Fraud case swallows Zimbabwe Republic Police Chief Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri was impersonated in a scam defrauding Blue Ribbon Foods Limited of maize-meal and wheat bran worth $8 000.Deputy Comm-Gen Matibiri was subsequently served with High Court summons for failing to pay for the goods prompting him to report the matter to the police.Stanislaus Mukawo of Mufakose, Harare y

Need more than $20 MILLION Harare City Council is set to sell three of its properties, commercial and industrial stands through public tender in a bid to raise over $20 million in the next 30 days.Harare is struggling to pay workers’ salaries and provide basic services owing to low revenue and recently it announced that it would set aside $275 000 daily towards salaries in a bid to reduce arrea

Long awaited Audit, What will it reveal? Parliament will soon institute a lifestyle audit for legislators including Cabinet ministers that is expected to compel them to declare their assets in compliance with the provision of the Constitution and the House’s Standing Rules and Orders.The regulations provide that public officials including parliamentarians must make regular disclosures of their

“ People are being tricked by marketers” GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims that quail eggs have medicinal properties saying the assertion was being made as a marketing gimmick.The eggs have flooded the market with major supermarkets selling them for prices as high as $6 for a crate of 30.Stickers on the eggs read; “Treat digestive tract disorder; helps with management of anaemia; known to

….. yet to be identified driver fled scene A commuter omnibus driver yesterday struck and killed a Harare Girls High School form four pupil and seriously injured 35-year-old Odwell Mabanga at the corner of Park Lane and Leopold Takawira Street in the capital.Mabanga sustained spinal injuries and was rushed to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyath

New Changes To Government’s Mouth Piece Beatrice TonhodzayiZimpapers group chief executive officer Mr Pikirayi Deketeke has made several key appointments aimed at positioning the media giant firmly on the print, publishing, broadcasting and digital platforms.The appointments, said Mr Deketeke, were aimed at “pairing the right individuals with the right skills to the right portfolios that wi

“ We have ….. something that opposition parties do not have  ” : Mugabe Welshman Ncube's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has dismissed President Robert Mugabe's attacks on the opposition and prediction of a Zanu PF victory in 2018 as "a winter dream". "The MDC will not be distracted by any threats or any of Mugabe's theatrical talk meant to portray himself as 'the chosen one

“Mugabe, Tsvangirai using foreign Hospitals” MORGAN Tsvangirai's spokesman and spin doctor Luke Tamborinyoka, has defended his boss' recent visit to a South African hospital for medical check up saying he(Tsvangirai) trusts local hospitals. “Morgan Tsvangirai has faith in local health institutions and his going to South Africa was from recommendations from local doctors,” Tamborinyoka s

 “Quail bird policy confused the nation”  Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene has fired a salvo at her rival Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri, accusing her of using her ministerial position to confuse the nation over the domestication of quail birds after she banned the practice and immediately lifted the embargo.Chimene made the remarks on Thursday at a hotel

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s office has refuted claims by South African businessman, Nagara Dharmesh, that the Zanu PF leader had contracted local businesswoman Patience Chivasa to supply Zanu PF women’s league campaign T-shirts and doeks for the December 2014 conference.Last year, Dharmesh, who is director of Media Revolutions, a company which printed the T-shirts, approached the High Court, dem

“ As Zimbabweans Dig deeper ” Lumumba quit Zanu PF last week, claiming it was corrupt and had forsaken its grass-root supporters.But party spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo said Lumumba’s departure from the party was “good riddance”, as he had shown that his ambitions in Zanu PF were destructive.“Well, its shows he was never one of us. From his statements, one can easily conclude that

“ Medical aid societies not paying claims ” THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) has said with effect from July 1, 2016, private doctors, hospitals and other health providers will stop accepting medical aid, as they seek to get paid $220 million that they are owed by various health insurance firms, a daily newspaper has revealed.ZiMA secretary-general, Shingai Bopoto yesterday told the N

THE Zanu PF youth league’s one million-man march, slated for this Wednesday in Harare to prop up President Robert Mugabe’s waning public support, is expected to gobble over $600 000, with the bulk of the money squeezed out of ailing parastatals, private firms and the few remaining white commercial farmers, a leading private publication has revealed. Sources involved in mobilising resources for