THE suspension of local football is posing serious headaches for Warriors coach Zdravko “Loga” Logarusic who is preparing for the Cosafa Cup senior men’s tournament set for Eastern Cape, South Africa next month. After his wish to have his regular stars available for the regional tournament failed to materialise as the tournament falls outside the…
Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush to eastern South Africa last week are just quartz after all, according to preliminary findings. Thousands…
Bitcoin has fallen below $30,000 for the first time in more than five months, hit by China’s crackdown on the world’s most…
The World Health Organization is in talks to create the first-ever technology transfer hub for Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa, a move…
THERE is a likelihood international drug cartels are using Zimbabwe as a smuggling hub, according to a medical expert who testified in the case of South African cocaine smuggler Shila Khumalo yesterday. Speaking under oath, medical and forensic expert Clancy Nyamukure told the court that organised crime groups and powerful cartels were behind cocaine trafficking. …
THE government yesterday delayed the reopening of schools for the start of the second term by a further two weeks owing to the recent increase of Covid-19 new infections and deaths. Classes were scheduled to resume this coming Monday but those plans have been pushed back as the authorities fear the learning institutions could be…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) is lobbying the government to reserve some business sectors in the Zimbabwean economy for locals as they seek to advance their empowerment programmes. AAG president Mike Chimombe yesterday said the authorities must make sure that all departments comply with the policy “As AAG, we want the reserved sector to be…
COMMODITY trader and miner, Kuvimba Mining House has declared a US$5,2 million maiden dividend to its local shareholders following a solid performance during the financial year ended 31 March 2021. Zimbabwe expects a surge in foreign currency earnings from the mining sector this year, and has set an ambitious target to grow the mining sector to…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s probe into allegations the council has ghost contract workers has drawn blanks. The staff audit was commissioned after suspicions of fraudulent activities in the municipality. “As part of our audit and consultation services, we have completed the audit of the city’s contract employees’ verification of existence. Based on analytics performed…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has re-iterated his call for urgent and all-inclusive national dialogue — adding, crucially, that this must involve his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa, to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. However, Mwonzora also pooh-poohed claims by Chamisa at the weekend that he alone held the keys to ending the…
