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Zimbabwe needs reforms to achieve success: AfDB head

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AFRICAN Development Bank Group (ADBG) president Akinwumi Adesina says Zimbabwe needs to reform in order to achieve lasting economic success. Speaking in Harare yesterday, during the second structured dialogue platform on Zimbabwe’s arrears clearance and debt resolution, Adesina said Zimbabwe should put its past behind it and implement reforms.He also pleaded with the United States…

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Matopos Research in bid to reduce Zimbabwe’s milk deficit

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THE Matopos Research Institute has embarked on a programme to produce dairy cross-breeds of 300 indigenous cows after artificially inseminating the herd in effort to close the country’s milk deficit gap. Rural farmers are expected to be the main beneficiaries of the project. The cross-breeding programme is part of the research institution, in partnership with…

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3 in court over drug dealing

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THREE men, who are accused of dealing in meth (mutoriro) in Eastview and Whitecliff, both in Harare, have been arraigned before the magistrate’s court. Obedient Hove, 24, Maxwell John, 18, and Tafadzwa Jiwa, 31, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, facing charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. The three were arrested on Tuesday…

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Man jailed 15 years for raping 13-year-old girl

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By Yvonne Ncube AN UMGUZA man in Matabeleland North has been sentenced to an effective 15 years’ imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Siphethengani Ndebele, 31, was found guilty of charges of rape and theft by Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube. It was in the State case that on December 11, 2022, the complainant’s grandmother…

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Zimbabwe’s first-ever Ndebele sci-fi film attracts global attention

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THE Signal — Zimbabwe’s first-ever Ndebele Sci-fi film — is now showing on the world’s leading science fiction YouTube channel called Dust which boasts close to three million subscribers. Released in July last year, The Signal is about a deadly sound transmitted from space which corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them…

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Ruthlessly pursue all drug traffickers

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IT is heartening to see that our leaders insist on taking tough action and acknowledge how terrible drug abuse is. In a speech he gave on Tuesday at the National Youth Day celebration in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged law enforcement agents to mercilessly pursue drug dealers. Illegal drugs are currently engulfing…

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Gold dealer ordered off Zesa power plant

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THE High Court has rescinded an order granted to a gold dealer, Sebastian Magodo, that gave him authority to conduct mining activities at Electrom Farm in the Midlands Province. The ruling comes after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, filed an application at the High Court seeking a rescission of the order that…

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Catholic bishops concerned over spike in graft

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THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) has expressed worry about the rising levels of corruption in the nation and encouraged authorities to adopt the recommendations in the 2021 Auditor General’s report and hold those responsible accountable. In a statement yesterday, the bishops also advised their parishioners to follow Lent in order to prepare for Easter,…

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