The EcoCash Super App’s new “Explore” feature has been welcomed as a bold step towards redefining digital financial services, with the Super…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 24-YEAR-old woman from Nkulumane 5 has been arrested after a newborn baby was found dumped in a neighbour’s vegetable garden in the early hours of Sunday. Privilege Ncube is accused of giving birth at her home before allegedly wrapping the infant and abandoning him in a nearby yard. Speaking to…
CHIEF WRITER MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF) chief executive officer John Mangudya has put the Cottco board under pressure to lift its game, demanding accountability and transparency while declaring that incompetence will no longer be tolerated. The intervention comes against a backdrop of years of chronic underperformance by State-owned enterprises, long plagued by mismanagement, aging infrastructure,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HIGH Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has imposed stringent bail conditions on former minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi, including a restriction barring him from traveling beyond a 30-kilometre radius of the court. Mzembi, who is accused of criminal abuse of office involving the loaning of public viewing area screens to…
Tapiwa Chirume A FRESH enforcement operation will be launched by the City of Harare this week in the central business district (CBD) and surrounding areas, targeting non-compliant businesses as authorities move to curb revenue leakages and restore order. This follows last year’s major campaign, “Operation CBD Order Restoration,” which enforced municipal by-laws and resulted in…
Tapiwa Chirume SIXTY-FOUR percent of consumers in Zimbabwe have used counterfeit products, highlighting growing concern over the spread of fake goods on the market, a survey by Buy Zimbabwe, in partnership with Topline Research Solutions, has revealed. The findings, released ahead of the Zimbrands Awards set for May 22 in Harare, showed that nearly half…
OR decades, the United States (US) has wielded financial and economic lever¬age as its ultimate geopo¬litical weapon—the so-called “nuclear option” of modern…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa BEING branded underdogs prior to the start of this season spurred Ngezi Platinum Stars’ surprisingly impressive start to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign, the club’s coach Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva has said. Last year, Ngezi Platinum Stars were handed a three-window transfer ban by FIFA after failing to settle a US$196,000 debt owed…
Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITORAMID rising factionalism, Zanu PF is moving to enforce strict social media protocols by mandating its provincial structures to clamp down on members who stand accused of using social media to divide the ruling party’s leaders.This follows the growing abuse of digital platforms within the squabbling former liberation movement, amid unverified assertions of…
Shamaine ChirimujiriTHERE is a need for stronger collaboration between the government and key stakeholders to tackle human-wildlife conflict, the minister of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife, Evelyn Ndlovu, has said.This follows Cabinet’s recent approval of the National Wildlife Policy, which replaces the 1992 framework.The new policy focuses on sustainable utilisation, community participation, and strengthening the wildlife-based…
