By Dionne Kanyowa A BUSINESSMAN lost eight special prospecting mining rights after the Mines ministry refused to register his licences as the land allocated was not fit for purpose despite being given by the government. The High Court dismissed Percival Ndoga’s application in which he sought to have it review and overturn the Mines ministry’s…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada UNITED Kingdom (UK) based musician Edith WeUtonga, currently in the country, has donated some musical instruments to selected musical institutions as part of her contribution to the growth of the local music industry. In addition to the dornation, she trained the beneficiaries on how to use the donated equipment through her Zawadi Development…
PUBLIC schools re-opened yesterday with teachers for the umpteenth time threatening to go on industrial action to push for better salaries and conditions of service. It is saddening that the government and major stakeholders in the education system continue to play houses with the future of this country by continuously wrangling and failing to reach…
GOVERNMENT has launched a US$30 million horticulture export revolving fund, which will finance bankable projects with a bias towards value addition, as…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE country’s next biggest human trafficking film project — Ziyanda — is now underway, with big stars from the country and South Africa set to feature in the movie which is set to start filming around November. The film comes amid increasing reports of Zimbabwean women stranded in the Middle East after…
THE High Court has ordered a non-governmental organisation to pay its former employee’s salary arrears in foreign currency after complaining that the lump sum payment foreign currency would greatly prejudice it. Muchanyara Mukamuri who was employed as an executive director at the Zimbabwe National Network for People Living with HIV was owed over US$37 000…
FAST-GROWING independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, yesterday entered its third season, with plenty of new riveting programmes lined up for viewers. This…
KENYA’S Supreme Court yesterday upheld results declaring William Ruto winner of last month’s presidential elections. Ruto, 55, won with 50.49 percent of…
FORMERLY regarded as the second-poorest nation in the world, Botswana. The country in southern Africa is currently one of the region’s few…
THE Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) has implored the government to address discrimination in the informal sector, saying traders there face segregation, including lack of social protection. This comes after a United Nations committee’s elimination of discrimination report recently requested Zimbabwe to amend its labour laws to explicitly cover the informal sector and domestic…
