ECONOMIC experts have praised the ongoing efforts by authorities to further stabilise the prices of basic goods and the Zimbabwe dollar. This comes after both Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya unveiled more measures to boost the economy last week — including promoting the wider use of the…
THE European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) says it is engaging minority groups in the country to determine their level of participation during the election period. This comes as the EU EOM deployed its 46 long-term observers to all the country’s provinces. Speaking over the weekend, the EU EOM deputy chief observer to Zimbabwe,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabweans must maintain the prevailing peace, adding that elections come and go and there is no need to create unnecessary divisions. Speaking at the Zion Christian Church (ZCC)‘s annual conference at Defe Dopota Shrine in Gokwe, Mnangagwa said there is no room for violence before, during and after the August…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has partnered with local and international organisations to develop an all hazard emergency preparedness and response plan meant to build resilient systems that easily cope with health challenges. In his latest report, BCC director of health Edwin Sibanda said the emergency plan is crucial as climate change is…
THREE police officers who allegedly stole over US$40 000 before torching the Criminal Investigations Department offices at Harare Central Police Station last week have been released on US$100 bail. The officer in charge of Harare’s CID Stores and Business inspector Stanley Musekiwa, and his subordinates, Takaidza Mugwisi, and Stanely Gwasunda, were arrested earlier this week…
THE government has come up with measures to increase the hectarage under small grains in the next summer cropping season, as part…
A HARARE man is facing fraud charges after he allegedly sold a house that legally belonged to his deceased sister’s family. Anthony Mubweza, 51, from Kuwadzana 5, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday before he was granted US$100 bail and remanded out of custody to September 29. The State, represented by Zororai Nkomo,…
TOMORROW Zimbabwe commemorates our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price to unyoke the country from the chains of repression under colonialism. Thousands of sons and daughters of the country perished fighting a suppressive regime to bring independence and democracy. In the first decade of Uhuru, the country achieved major milestones in education…
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean photographer Pardon Chisikaurai, popularly known as Gumbu Nyumu, is trending due to his dramatic portraiture that depicts and celebrates the vintage clothing of Sophiatown — one of the oldest black areas in Johannesburg — which was destroyed during South Africa’s apartheid era. Gumbu Nyumu, who grew up in Nyanyadzi in Chimanimani, 24…
BY KETTY NYONI AUTHORITIES have warned that they will deal decisively with anyone caught trying to foment chaos and disrupt the country’s eagerly-awaited August 23 harmonised elections. Speaking last Thursday on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said authorities had learned big lessons from the…
