ZIMBABWE marked Africa Day on Thursday amid calls for the continent to fight for economic and social development as one entity given its vast and massive mineral and human resources — pleas that have largely fallen on deaf ears. African leaders have been pursuing national agendas in engaging the international community instead of working as…
Former president Jacob Zuma was yet again “playing for time” in launching another baseless application for the removal of Adv Billy Downer…
THE World Bank has moved U$150million of the funds it has ear-marked for Mozambique projects to help fund the southern African nation’s…
A CHITUNGWIZA woman allegedly killed her boyfriend and went on to file a report with the police where she claimed to be a Good Samaritan who found him lying on the ground wounded, a Harare magistrate heard on Friday. Nozizwe Mpengesi, 53, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi who charged him with murder. She was remanded…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT UNION leaders and captains of organised business have reiterated that the country’s mounting prices crisis can only be fixed through unity of purpose among all key stakeholders. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they emphasised that it was futile for the government and business to trade accusations over who was…
BY RUTENDO NGARA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will proclaim the date for this year’s eagerly-awaited national elections today. Speaking in Binga yesterday, Mnangagwa also implored Zimbabweans to “vote wisely” in the fast approaching harmonised polls. “Tomorrow (Sunday) I will be announcing election day. When elections are conducted, every person in Binga should safeguard our heritage by…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has extended the inspection of the voters’ roll in some areas by a further day after experiencing logistical challenges. In a statement, Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said the voters’ roll inspection, which started yesterday and was due to end on Wednesday, would be extended by…
THE Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says the country’s exports increased last month by 7.6 percent, generating over US$550 million. According to the Zimstat report on external trade statistics released at the weekend, while exports have increased, there has been a decrease in imports. “The total value of exports in April 2023 was US$554.6 million, representing…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE minister of Information Communication Technology Jenfan Muswere says more than 2 000 health and learning institutions now have access to Internet connectivity. Speaking during the commemoration of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in Plumtree on Friday, Muswere said the government was committed to providing access to Internet connectivity in…
THE United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among…
