THE ongoing crisis at Highlanders Football Club has transcended the boundaries of a routine administrative hiccup; it is now a full-blown existential threat to one of Zimbabwe’s oldest and most revered sporting institutions. The current player strike, entering its critical phase just days before the high-stakes “Battle of Zimbabwe” against bitter rivals Dynamos, is a…
MEDIA organisations must partner with universities to survive rapid digital transformation, an academic has urged. Speaking at Thursday’s broadcasters’ conference, National University of Science and Technology (NUST) vice-chancellor Mqhele Dlodlo said solutions to the challenges facing the media industry would largely come from institutions of higher learning, where knowledge is generated, tested, and refined. “Universities…
CONSTRUCTION of a multi-million-dollar shopping mall has commenced at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds. The project, which has already seen earth-moving equipment deployed on site, forms part of ZITF’s broader master plan aimed at modernising the iconic exhibition centre, diversifying revenue streams, and maximising the use of its infrastructure beyond the annual trade…
Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITOR THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has set stringent conditions for its continued support of Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3), ahead of the crucial vote on the draft law in the Senate. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — CCC spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, confirmed yesterday that…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is awaiting ministerial clearance for 2 760 residential stands to ease the city’s housing shortage. In its latest planning report, BCC said all technical work on the housing layouts had been completed, including surveying, planning approvals, and submissions for regulatory clearance. “The city has completed the planning and technical processes for…
ILLICIT practices within some key mining value chains are negatively affecting the country’s economic performance. So warns the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) deputy governor, Innocent Matshe, who adds that the smuggling and undervaluing of export invoices is draining Zimbabwe’s foreign currency inflows — thereby threatening national economic stability. Speaking at the Annual Chamber of…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Chinese businessmen have been remanded in custody over allegations of smuggling valuable minerals to Asia. The accused are Peng Jinming, who is in the haulage transport business, and Qu Lei, who owns a company named Leich Battery Recycle, which is involved in smelting lead blocks. They were remanded in…
Adelaide Moyo in VICTORIA FALLS THE government will repossess long-idle coal concessions and has officially classified coal as a special critical mineral as part of a regulatory overhaul aimed at ensuring national energy security. Officiating at the 2026 Chamber of Mines Mining Conference and Exhibition in Victoria Falls, the minister of Mines, Polite Kambamura, said…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on businesses, state enterprises and industry players to scale up investment in research, innovation and artificial intelligence, warning that Zimbabwe’s industrialisation drive and its 2030 upper-middle-income target hinge on these critical. Addressing delegates at the 14th Zimbabwe International Research Symposium in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa emphasized…
ZIMBABWE has held high-level talks with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to secure vital development financing. In a statement yesterday, the ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion said the engagement followed Zimbabwe’s formal expression of interest to join the multilateral development bank. “Following Zimbabwe’s formal expression of interest in joining the Asian Infrastructure…
