THE International Organisation for Migration Zimbabwe (IOM) has called on the government to strengthen the country’s migration policies, amid the country’s worsening economic crisis and vulnerability to natural disasters fuelling migration. This emerged during a capacity building workshop held recently in the capital to guarantee and contribute towards the urgent establishment of a governance matrix…
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. The world’s richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups. He said: “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change.”…
Private jet operators have seen a big spike in requests from passengers wanting to charter their own planes during the coronavirus outbreak. With airlines scaling back flights in and out of China, some travellers are stuck inside or outside the country. The wealthy ones are turning to private jet operators to ask them to arrange…
Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts. The tech giant said production and sales were affected, and that “worldwide iPhone supply would be temporarily constrained”. The iPhone maker is the first major US company to say that the epidemic will hit its finances. Apple, which…
WITH a chain of five outlets, accredited DStv agent Clive Mhuri is an entrepreneur whose success story is an inspiration to other young Zimbabweans wanting to carve a niche for themselves in the business world. As a Skynet t/a MultiChoice Zimbabwe Accredited Agent, he has authority from the brand owners to provide services to the…
ONE person died while 16 were injured after a Checheche bound Inter Africa bus was involved in an accident in Goromonzi yesterday. The accident happened at 27km peg along Harare-Marondera road. “The incident happened at 0620am and 25 passengers were on board. The bus was trying to overtake then it veered off the road before…
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand. Whether he opted to pay in US currency or in the devalued local bond notes at the equivalent black market price, Mutseyekwa would have to save up for months to…
A TEACHER who allegedly led a strike by students at Njube High School in Bulawayo has broken his silence from Namibia where he is hiding. Speaking from Namibia after fleeing the country’s law enforcement agents who want him for inciting demonstrations, he said he yearned to return home but could not do so right now….
GROWING up in a township which was portrayed as a criminal hub in Mzilikazi, Bulawayo, Rita Marque Mbatha, pictured, intended to change that perception. She immediately took interest in criminal justice to fight for the underdog, and defend the vulnerable. Born to a factory worker father whose finances were constrained, Mbatha had to forgo her…
LOCAL preacher-cum-musician, Tapiwa Freddy, is one man who usually breaks the Internet and has had tongues wagging over his antics. Like him or hate him, the man of cloth is popular. At one point pictures of him in the company of sex workers from Harare’s red-light district in the Avenues area went viral. Just recently…
