HARARE – Zimbabwe legendary swimmer Kirsty Coventry has begged to differ with sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane’s assessment of Team Zimbabwe’s performance at last year’s summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Team Zimbabwe delegation comprising 57-members made up of 26 officials and 31 athletes failed to garner any medal at last year’s Olympics. The closest…
HARARE – If yo love something and you are good at it, fight. One way or another, someone is going to come along and find you. That has been the difference for Nkulumo “Nkust” Dube whose stars aligned as a 21-year-old before hard work and determination saw him rise to become Zimbabwe’s road cycling and…
HARARE – Warriors captain Ocean Mushure has asked for total commitment from his teammates as they begin their 2018 Kenya African Nations Championships (Chan) qualifiers with an away tie against Namibia this afternoon. Sunday Chidzambwa’s charges, who are gunning for a fifth straight appearance at the tournament, designed specifically for players plying their trade in…
HARARE – The country’s nouveau riche — especially bigwigs in Zanu PF who have made enormous wealth in the midst of widespread poverty — face lifestyle audits by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which is desperate for revenue to fund President Robert Mugabe’s bloated administration that has gained notoriety for overshooting its budget. Over the…
HARARE – Government has opened discussions with countries in the BRICs with a view to acquiring 100 000 tractors for distribution to women. The BRICs is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. These are countries deemed to be at similar stage of newly advanced economic development. Observers reason that the initiative…
HARARE – Incarcerated MDC officials who are currently serving jail time for murder want to be given the right to vote in next year’s elections. The three, Yvonne Musarurwa, Tungamirai Madzokere and Last Maengahama who are serving prison terms of 20 years each after they were convicted last year for murdering a policeman petitioned the…
HARARE – A local civic group has raised serious concerns over the voters’ roll to be used in today’s Chiwundura by-election, claiming it was riddled with many irregularities — including having some voters registered more than once and appearing in different polling stations. The Election Resource Centre (ERC) executive has written to Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
HARARE – Not for the first time, government has ruled out adopting the South African rand as its main currency. Responding to a question with notice in the Senate, Agriculture minister Joseph Made, standing in for Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, said the country should work on improving productivity to stem cash shortages. “Competitiveness is brought…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tax agency has said it wants to uncover billions of dollars in undeclared assets kept by Zimbabwean citizens in foreign countries amid a worsening liquidity crunch. This comes as Zimbabweans have externalised billions of dollars, ranging from the relatively small bank deposits in neighbouring countries, to millions stashed in tax havens globally….
HARARE – Government will start drying maize grain to prevent spoilage during storage, Agriculture minister Joseph Made has told Senate. This comes after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has tightened its grain moisture guidelines for maize bought, discounting corn with grain moisture above 12.5 percent. “It is an issue that we are attending to and…
