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Kanyenkanye accomplice in court

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITE FORMER Allied Timbers chief executive officer and former president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Joseph Kanyekanye’s accom­plice, Lucia Kunaka appeared in court on Friday on allegations of forging president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s signature before extorting a business man more than US$600 000. Kunaka was remanded in custody until tomorrow…

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Mat’land targets 2 million kg tobacco output

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TOBACCO farmers in Matabeleland are target­ing to produce two million kilogrammes of the golden leaf during the 2026/27 summer crop­ping season. This comes amid growing interest in tobacco production across Matabeleland, with hundreds of small-scale farmers taking up the crop under the Tobacco Industry and Market­ing Board’s (TIMB) natural cured…

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Editorial Comment

One Africa or one broken dream

TOMORROW, as the rhythmic pulse of Africa Day echoes from the Cape to Cairo, it is time to silence the empty rhetoric of “Pan-Africanism” and face a devastating reality. Africa is a giant shackled by the hands of its own architects. For decades, our leaders have stood on podiums draped in flags of independence, yet…

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Features

Zimbabwe has finally turned corner: Eddie Cross

ZIMBABWE stands at a critical industrial cross­roads, balancing a legacy of power deficits against a future of aggressive liberalisa­tion and green energy. Speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki in his widely followed news and cur­rent affairs programme, Vantage, on leading national independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, on Thursday, renowned economist and businessman Ed­die Cross breaks…

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Business

ZMX battles tight commodity stocks

KUDZANAI GEREDE THE Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is bat­tling worsening commod­ity supply shortages, with demand outstripping available stocks across key agricultural products, triggering pricing pres­sures and weakened agro-indus­trial supply chains. According to the ZMX latest trading bulletin, the exchange re­ported severe supply imbalances in maize, wheat and soya beans as buyers struggled to secure ad­equate…

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Sport

Musona brothers sink Gamecocks… Scottland roar, as Herentals hammer Simba Bhora

SPORTS WRITER Chicken Inn………………………………0 Scotland………………………………(1)2 GOALS in either half from the Mu­sona brothers, Knowledge and Walter, helped champions Scott­land outclass an out-of-sorts Chicken Inn two-nil in a Castle Lager Pre­mier Soccer League match played at Bar­bourfields Stadium yesterday. Scottland’s win saw them close in on log leaders Hardrock, with Mabviravira now on 27 points, two…

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Life & Arts

Revisiting May’s biggest “I Do” moments

Senior Entertainment Writers WHILE February is tradi­tionally celebrated as the month of love, May 2026 emerged as a serious contender, arriving draped in white gowns, sparkling rings, roar­ing applause and the unmistakable sound of wedding bells. From glamorous helicopter arrivals to emotional vows, social media time­lines have transformed into a rolling showcase of romance, leaving…

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Global glut crushes Zim’s golden leaf

RUTENDO NGARA THE heavy, sweet scent of cured tobacco leaf usu­ally signals the arrival of the “golden” season for Zimbabwe’s rural communi­ties, bringing with it the prom­ise of liquid cash and economic renewal. This year, however, the air in­side the bustling Willowvale auc­tion floors is thick with an entirely different, volatile emotion: pure, unadulterated fury….

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Zimbabwe’s economy appears to have turned a corner: Cross

ALTHOUGH Zimbabwe’s economy appears to have turned the corner, a full return to the exclusive use of the country’s own currency remains a distant prospect. So says prominent economist and businessman, Eddie Cross, who also prays that the country’s history of political chaos does not scupper the current economic progress. Speaking on Thursday night on…

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