EDITOR — You should seriously consider getting tested for HIV if you have engaged in behaviour that puts you at risk for contracting the virus. High-risk behaviour includes having unprotected penetrative sex and using intravenous drugs with unsterilised needles. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It’s similar to other viruses, such as those that cause…
HARARE – Cigarrette maker Savanna Tobacco (Savanna) plans to invest €1,5 million (about $2 million) in the construction of a packaging plant in Mozambique. The project is part of the manufacturer’s regional expansion plan targeting southern Africa. “We have been exporting a lot of finished cigarettes into Mozambique but I think with the size of…
HARARE – The total value of minerals Zimbabwe produced in the four months to April 2014 — excluding diamonds — declined by 8,5 percent to $596,4 million from $652 million in same period last year. According to latest Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) statistics, gold remained the major cash cow, contributing $225,95 million. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is proposing to lower import duty on finished clothes to reduce smuggling and increase tax collection. Gershom Pasi, the Zimra Commissioner General, this week told the Parliament that high import duties meant to protect local manufacturers were turning out to be counterproductive as they encourage smuggling, ultimately prejudicing the…
HARARE – This year’s Winter Jazz Festival starts tomorrow at Dandaro Inn at the Harare Showgrounds with organisers insisting that the annual event has not yet lost its sparkle. The festival, which will take place from June 26 to 28 at different venues in the capital including Book Cafe and Pamuzinda Ice ‘n’ Fire, has…
HARARE – Organisers of the just-ended Soap and Shirt Winter Donation festival say government must allow them to directly donate proceeds of last weekend’s concert to the Tokwe Mukorsi, Tsholotsho and Muzarabani flood victims. Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), the Women’s Trust (TWT), Batanai HIV, Aids Organisation (Bhaso) and Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition jointly held…
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels. Such calls represented a “coup against the constitution and an attempt to end the democratic experience”, he warned. The US has led appeals to the country’s political leaders to rise above…
HARARE – Writers will converge at the Zimbabwe Film and Television School of Southern Africa (Ziftessa) in Harare on Saturday to elect a new Zimbabwe Writers Association (Zwa) board. The writers’ body, which was formed three years ago, is currently headed by a committee that includes veteran poet and University of Zimbabwe lecturer Musaemura Zimunya…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday flew to the Equatorial Guinea capital Malabo to attend the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) while the country’s economic crisis worsens. Zimbabweans are expecting Mugabe to address the nation on the economic crisis that has forced hundreds of companies to close down rendering thousands unemployed. The…
HARARE – It would be an understatement to say the Baba Jukwa saga is shaping up to be the runaway news story of the year 2014. Just as one is tempted to think this mega political soapie would fizzle out, it is getting juicier and nastier almost by the hour, thus threatening to cause ginormous…
