HARARE – Listed clothes retailer, Edgars Stores Limited (Edgars), said its profits in the half year to July 9, 2017 went up to $567 499 compared to $109 119 recorded in the previous corresponding period due to improved sales. The company’s chairperson Thembinkosi Sibanda yesterday said good merchandise assortments and a resurgent consumer spend assisted…
HARARE -The United Nations Team in Zimbabwe, in support of national development priorities and in partnership with development partners, reiterates its commitmentsarticulated under the 2016-2020 Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF). The United Nations, through the ZUNDAF, continues its support inpoverty reduction, advancing good governance and gender equality, andenhancing service delivery in education, health, water…
NAIROBI – Hundreds of supporters of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyattas’ have held demonstrations outside the Supreme Court in Nairobi to protests the ruling which annulled the August election. They have accused the court of stealing their electoral victory. The protests come amid three petitions filed with the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has a lot of homework to do ahead of next year’s decisive polls amid revelations that allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have hatched an improved version of the 2008 Bhora Musango strategy to shipwreck his re-election bid, the Daily News can report. Relations in the ruling party have become…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has begun fresh registration of all voters, with the process marked with interruptions, delays in electronic voter registration kits being used, and the failure of some of the kits to detect voters’ fingerprints. Since Monday when the continuous voter registration began, Zimbabweans have been queuing at registration centres in the 63 districts…
HARARE – Chapungu are struggling to raise a squad for tomorrow’s re-arranged Castle Lager Premiership match against Dynamos at Ascot Stadium. The initial match was played on June 18 but was abandoned after 56 minutes when one goalpost at Ascot collapsed after Chapungu goalkeeper Talbert Shumba crashed into the upright as he tried to save…
HARARE – With effect from November 9, the Harare International Airport will now be known as R. G Mugabe International Airport, after government agreed to rename it in honour of the long–serving Zimbabwe leader. Mugabe, 93, is the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known since gaining independence from Britain in 1980. The name change was…
HARARE – With their league form fluctuating, the Chibuku Super Cup presents Bulawayo giants Highlanders an opportunity to at least end the season with some silverware, according to coach Erol Akbay. Having been expected to challenge for the title this season, Bosso find themselves in lowly 10th place on the Castle Lager Premiership log. Highlanders…
HARARE – Teachers’ unions have very different legal positions on the mooted Teachers Profession Council (TPC), with the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) refusing to sign the draft document while Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) is supporting the idea. The TPC will define who a teacher is and will be given legal standing through an…
HARARE – CAPS United Football Club has been dragged to the High Court by its former employee, who filed an application demanding $13 500 from the soccer team after the two parted ways. In the application, Mercy Dare, a labour officer employed by the Public Service ministry and Masarira Silingwani, who was employed by the…
