© THE Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has banned the transfer of elephants captured from the wild zoos, further thwarting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to decongest national parks of elephants. Zimbabwe at the moment has 84 000 elephants and rhinos although it has a carrying capacity of 54 000. [GoogleAd] The country…
© RESPECTED lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new wave Ever since the massive January fuel protests, Mnangagwa has resorted to using massive force to threaten…
© BULAWAYO deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami and councillor Silas Chigora were yesterday set free by a Bulawayo magistrate after they were acquitted on charges of assaulting town clerk Christopher Dube. The duo’s lawyer Maqhawe Mpofu of Samp Mlaudzi and Partners had applied for the case to be dropped at the close of the State’s case…
© THE incarceration of Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has continued to attract widespread outrage from various sectors in and outside Matabeleland region, further putting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government on the spotlight for the wrong reasons. [GoogleAd] Ndiweni was sentenced to 18 months in prison over malicious damage to property charges after he destroyed property belonging…
© IN RECENT months, the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has been on a crusade to “cleanse” local sport associations. It started when the newly-appointed SRC board led by Gerald Mlothswa went after the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) administration. The SRC eventually suspended the ZC board over a number of allegations chief among them, irregularities during…
© THE jailing of outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni — who is accused of destroying his subject, Fetti Mbele’s property with the assistance of 23 villagers — for 24 months, will set a bad precedence in that judgments by traditional courts will in future be challenged at the magistrates’ courts. [GoogleAd] The judgment unfortunately…
EDITOR — It is sad that after the new dispensation came into power in 2017 many people had hoped that our country’s economy would be on the road to recovery by now but the number of problems that have bedevilled the country seem to have increased. Our economy has suffered mismanagement for decades. [GoogleAd] The…
EDITOR — With the shortage of jobs in this country many Zimbabweans have been forced to turn to entrepreneurship to survive. Entrepreneurship is the act of creating a business or businesses while building and scaling it to generate a profit. However, as a basic entrepreneurship definition, it’s a bit limiting. [GoogleAd] The more modern entrepreneurship…
© THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has suspended trading in shares of Hippo Valley Estates (Hippo Valley) after the company failed to publish its results within a stipulated time frame. The exchange had last week given Hippo Valley an ultimatum to publish results by Monday this week. [GoogleAd] “The ZSE advises members of the investing…
SEEDCO Limited (SeedCo), the country’s largest seed producer, says it has enough seed stock to cater for demand in the upcoming agriculture season. In the previous fiscal year, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed pan-African company’s sales volumes declined significantly due to product supply issues. However, the drought during the 2018/19 farming season allowed the company to…
