By Rutendo Ngara THE World Bank (WB) says Zimbabwe is among the countries experiencing droughts mainly due to climate changes hence there is an urgent need for the country to expedite smart-agriculture. This comes as the country expects low to below normal rains in the coming 2023/24 summer cropping season. Speaking at a breakfast meeting…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE cholera threat that the Harare City Council (HCC) council has been grappling with since the beginning of the year has now been contained with no cases currently being recorded, a city official has said. This comes after HCC has recorded 114 confirmed and over 1000 suspected cholera cases since the first…
MARRY Mubaiwa constantly attempted to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was admitted at a South African hospital in 2019, outgoing deputy Health minister, John Mangwiro, has alleged. Mangwiro said this while testifying as a witness before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, in the matter in which Mubaiwa is being charged with the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bitter rival Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa are both dead right that Zimbabweans must maintain peace after last week’s harmonised elections. This is despite the fact that Chamisa has rejected the outcome of the presidential poll he lost to Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa won with 52.6 percent, followed by Chamisa…
BY MATHEW NYASHANU THE big story about capitalism is not the kind of crisis that it has often presented such as the…
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean artiste Mr Brown is happy with the way collaborating with top RnB singer Akon has opened new windows of opportunities in his musical career. Gweru-born Mr Brown, real name Lynol Siwela, added a dash of the Amapiano on the remix of Akon’s hit Enjoy That, released a fortnight ago, which has already…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe and EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited have become the first companies in the country to obtain independent assurance on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. ESG reporting is the process of disclosing information about an organisation’s environmental, social, and governance performance. This information can include data on greenhouse gas emissions, water usage,…
THE national trade development and promotion organisation, ZimTrade, says it is facilitating more economic trade with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Currently, Zimbabwe is exporting goods to the DRC worth US$60 million annually. Speaking to the media yesterday at a DRC-Zimbabwe business meeting at the ongoing Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (Zas), Zimtrade chief executive Allan…
A MAN from Hatcliffe, Harare, has appeared in court facing charges of allegedly breaking into his mother-in-law’s bedroom and raping her. Harry Lyton Chidhakwa, 33, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, before he was released on a US$50 bail. He was remanded to October 13. Prosecuting, Pardon Dziva told the court that the accused…
THE Commonwealth observer mission has praised the country for the generally peaceful environment in which last week’s all-important elections were held. Addressing the media at State House in Harare — after meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa — the head of the Commonwealth mission, Amina Mohamed, also saluted Zimbabweans for their commitment to democracy. “We are very…
