The government of Zimbabwe says it has raised over US$1 million towards capacitating young software innovators, State broadcaster ZBC has reported.According to the station, ICT, Postal and Courier Services Minister Supa Mandiwanzira revealed the development at the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day celebrations held at Muzarabani Growth Point."Government working together with loca

Nearly half the University of Zimbabwe students who recently underwent voluntary HIV testing were positive, prompting the institution to limit inter-residence visits between male and female students.A recent exercise conducted by the country’s oldest university showed that 47 percent of students who underwent testing and counselling tested HIV positive.This follows reports that Midlands State Un

“ They fuel Corruption ” Traffic police officers will soon stop collecting fines in cash at roadblocks to curb corruption, Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo has said.He said Government was working on mechanisms to ensure fines were paid through an electronic system.Chombo revealed that about 320 police officers were fired last year for various offences bordering on abuse of office throu

Kwekwe businessman and owner of Steelmakers Private Limited Mr Alex Johnson, his wife Achamma and their employee died in an accident on Wednesday when a Mercedes Benz E320 they were travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle of the same make along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accident, which occurred

The civil service rationalisation exercise which has seen poor service delivery on the part of the government has started paying dividends as recommendations effected so far are set to cut the Government wage bill by $300 million this year.Government’s wage bill stands at $190 million monthly, translating to $2,28 billion annually.Public Service, Labour and Social Services Minister Prisca Mupfum

‘ As Zimbabweans dig Deeper ’ The Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment engaged an event management company that is not registered with the State Procurement Board to do work for it on the proposed National Indigenisation Strategy, Parliamentarians heard yesterday.The company – Triple Bottom Line (3BL) Consultancy – owned by Mrs Thandi Miranda (nee Ngwenya), went o

Two people were seriously injured after they were shot by unknown armed robbers in separate incidents in Harare on Wednesday night.Police have since urged people to be wary of a group of criminals recently released from prison.A foreign currency dealer lost two cellphones and $2 000 to three armed robbers, who included a woman, after they lured him into believing that they intended to change South

A LUPANE man Simon Dube reportedly died a few minutes after he was fatally struck on his forehead by a vicious black mamba while cutting grass in the bush, a local tabloid Umthunywa has reported.According to the weekly publication, the tragedy occurred on Tuesday last week, while the deceased was with his father in-law Trevor Nkomo in the jungle while they were cutting grass for domestic use.Dube

NETIZENS have blasted government plans to tax Diasporans saying the move was ill-conceived and barbaric. This was after www.zimmetro had published an article "Zim Citizens Working Outside The Country To Be Taxed" found here http://zimmetro.net/index-id-front+page-zk-19691.html.

A top Zipra ex-combatant John Gazi has been evicted from his 1 400 hectare Honey Bird Kop Farm ostensibly because he does not deserve land from a government he wished to topple. Gazi, Paul Siwela and Charles Gumbo, all members of the Mthwakazi Liberation Front, a secessionist Matabeleland pressure group were facing treason charges arising from designing and planning the distribution of pamphlets v

STEELMAKERS boss and a close associate of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Alexander Johnson died in a horrific road traffic accident near Sable Chemicals in Kwekwe when his vehicle was involved in a head on collision with another yesterday. Alexander Johnson Johnson died together with his wife, Achamma Joy, the headmistress of Aleta Primary school in Redcliff and their driver Sharman Majuru.

Zimbabwe’s richest top 20. Based on figures & wealth inherited or accumulated (2015). 1. Strive Masiyiwa ($860m)-Econet Group 2. John Bredenkamp ($793m)-Logistics,Mining & Commodities 3. Nic Van Hoogstraten ($750m)-Investments 4. Billy Reutenbach ($740m)-Logistics & Diversified 5. Zed Koudonaris ($734m)-Innscor Africa & Property 6. Ken Sharpe ($690m)-Real Estate 7.

HARARE residents should brace for another dry weekend as Harare City Council will on Saturday shut down its main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray Water Works, to facilitate the replacement of obsolete equipment.It is the second shutdown this month. The city has urged residents to store adequate supplies before the shutdown and use the water sparingly.“The City of Harare wishes to advise res

Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr Joey Bimha yesterday said they had received reports of less than 10 Zimbabweans arrested in China over drug trafficking with about three women on death row in Beijing.Mr Bimha’s assertions put paid to claims by Goromonzi National Assembly member, Beata Nyamupinga, who told the National Assembly on Tuesday that more than 1 000 Zimbabweans, mostly women, have been

 A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority official, believed to have been part of a syndicate that processed counterfeit undervalued import documents to smuggle top-of-the-range vehicles and other luxury products, has committed suicide in unclear circumstances.Aaron Gofo (34), who was based at Beitbridge Border Post, had been suspended from work.Sources said Gofo, who was known for promoting Zim-dancehal