© AFRICA and the world at large have been inundated with governments of coup d’e´tat of varying degree and magnitude since the 18th century. In Africa alone since 1956 to 2001, there were 80 successful coups, 108 failed attempts and 139 reported coup attempts. Further to that, from 2001 to 2019, almost 12 successful coups…
© LAFARGE Cement Zimbabwe (Lafarge) says it anticipates the last quarter of the year to remain flat compared to last year with demand being sustained by inflows from the Diaspora during the festive season. The cement maker said the onset of the rainy season means tapering off in cement demand. [GoogleAd] “The business will undertake…
© BORDER Timbers production for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, de- clined nine percent to 17 986 metric tonnes compared to 19 776 metric tonnes achieved prior year same period due to ma- chine breakdown and power shortages. Peter Bailey, the company’s ju- dicial manager, said the decline in production reflected in declining sales…
© AN EXTENSIVE slump in disposable incomes for Zimbabwe’s hard-pressed working class could inflict significant damage to the coun- try’s tourism destinations this festive season. It has been a difficult year for the southern African country, which has placed its world class holiday destinations at the heart of a long expected economic recovery, with domestic…
© ZIMBABWEANS are their usual selves — as gullible as ever — but very quick to blame the next person for their own shortcomings. Admittedly, the country’s economy is sinking by the day, but like famous Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe rightly put it we should “know where the rain began to beat us”. Once we…
© UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe Christ who strengthens me.” understood and exercised their (UZ)’s recently elected Q: You are the first SRC female power, they could remake the first female Student’s president, how do you feel? world.” Let us empower ourselves Representative Council A: I feel so proud and highly and become the innovators and (SRC) president…
© THE refusal by MDC MPs to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the legitimate president of the country and the subsequent retali- ation by Zanu PF legislators is both retrogressive and a bad omen for democracy, analysts say. In August, the MDC MPs whose party president Nelson Chamisa insists he won last year’s presidential elections…
© THE World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, has scaled up its small grains project in Zimbabwe to avert food shortages following the drought. The measures are being implemented at a time the country is experiencing one of its worst droughts in history where over five million people are facing starva- tion due…
© SEXUALLY Transmitted Infections (STIs) have declined by over 700 cases among commercial sex workers in Chiredzi following National Aids Council (Nac) interventions, which have seen them accessing free treatment. Chiredzi district Aids coor- dinator Peter Nyakudya at the weekend said Nac has been training sex workers to mobilise those with STIs for free treatment…
Highlanders………………………(1)1 Ngezi Platinum……………………..0 A CONTENTIOUS first half strike from red-hot Prince Dube was all Highlanders needed to beat Ngezi Platinum Stars to end their six-year trophy drought by lifting the 2019 Chibuku Super Cup. Dube’s goal came in the first minute of added time before the break when he struck a shot from the edge…
