HARARE – Economists say Zimbabwe’s five percent or less year-on-year inflation target is achievable based on maintaining the existing multiple currency regime. The predictions come in the wake of a decline in the July annual inflation rate by 0,03 percent to 3,94 percent, attributed to restricted price movements. The rate of inflation denotes the magnitude…
HARARE – With less than a month to go before the International Cricket Council Twenty20 World Cup begins, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) team coach Alan Butcher is pleased with the squad’s preparations. Butcher has been impressed by the effort the players are putting in training and the Englishman is confident they have worked on all their…
HARARE – Reveiwing of import tariffs on pharmaceutical products will go a long way in sustaining the local industry, Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe president, Dr Dothan Moyo has said. Moyo added the national drug procurement processes need to address the question of preferential quotations for the local pharmaceutical industry. “We believe challenges faced by the…
HARARE – If your approach shot is on the green you will have skipped some stages. You will straight away pull out your putter out from the bag and go into putting. But this is not usually the case. In quite a lot of the cases your ball will be just outside the green. This…
HARARE – Following in your brother’s footsteps is always an encouraging sign. However, it becomes awkward when you have to switch schools to take a chance in unfamiliar sport of rugby to follow up this objective. But for Thabani Ndaba moving from Chinhoyi’s Lomagundi College to Harare’s Prince Edward School (PE)in the hope of donning…
MASVINGO – It is back to the old days in Masvingo Province — but not quite to the lovely bedtime folklore tales. People are resorting to “old age methods” and have resorted to medieval batter trade to make ends meet. Struggling villagers are back to the traditional batter trading method as the use of multiple…
HARARE – Regional body Sadc has recommitted itself to helping Zimbabwe come up with a credible constitution, followed by free and fair elections. In a communiqué issued yesterday after the Maputo Summit, Sadc said credible elections will enable Zimbabwe to achieve stability and progress. “Sadc commits itself to assist the parties in every way possible…
HARARE – Find below the Sadc summit resolutions on Zimbabwe agreed to at the Joachim Chissano International Conference Centre, Maputo, Mozambique, on 18 August 2012 after two hours of debate on Zimbabwe: – Sadc reaffirms all previous decisions of the Troika and the Sadc Summit on the issue of Zimbabwe. – Commends the parties for…
HARARE – It is fashionable to overstate the idea of heroes in our culture today as Zanu PF takes charge of the whole programme trivialising national interests for their parochial gains. Not surprisingly there are countless heroes who have become lost or forgotten, since the country obtained its independence 32 years ago. Such people may…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono might have created many enemies during his reign at the height of the hyperinflation period, few would begrudge him for his efforts in trying to bring discipline to the financial sector. During the time of Gono’s “extra-ordinary measures to deal with extra-ordinary situations” many people…
