THREE armed robbers attacked a Beitbridge-bound bus on Thursday morning and got away with over R500 000, US$11 000 and other valuables belonging to passengers. Police said the robbers boarded the MT Transport coach in Harare and pretended to be passengers headed for Beitbridge, but when they got to Ngundu, Masvingo, one of the muggers…
THE Buy Zimbabwe Company is earmarking a partnership with the Zimbabwe Institute of Foundries (ZIF) and the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in buying scrap motor vehicle metal for recycling. Scrap car recycling is the process of deconstructing an end of life vehicle to extract valuable and recyclable components. By taking a car to a scrap…
LARGE crowds were still swamping shopping centres in most urban areas around the country yesterday, as many people made last minute dashes to supermarkets and other retail outlets for goods ahead of Christmas Day tomorrow. At the same time, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) urged shoppers to spend their money responsibly during the festive…
DESPITE the high cost of raw seed, the Covid-19 pandemic and foreign currency challenges, Seed Co Limited has assured farmers that they are still developing pest-resistant seed varieties. Speaking in the group’s financial statement for the half year ended September 30, 2021, Seed Co chairperson, David Long said they have not stopped researching on seeds…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE 2,5 megawatt (MW) Centragrid Power Plant in Nyabira, Mashonaland West is set to undergo an expansion that will see it churn out 25MW in the next nine months, becoming the largest solar plant in the country. The plant that will sit on 120 hectares is expected to produce electricity that will supply…
ON WEDNESDAY, Zimbabwe commemorated the Unity Accord signed between Zanu and PF Zapu in December 1987. The accord ended internal civil strife which is estimated to have killed over 20 000 people in the Matabeleland and Midlands regions in what the government claimed was a counter-insurgency operation against dissidents. Clearly, what happened in the two…
Andile Tshuma THREE artisanal miners were killed after they were assaulted for kidnapping a friend’s rival suitor in a love triangle that turned deadly in Lumene Siding, Matabeleland South Province. Matabeleland South police are appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of four men, who are on the run after allegedly committing the…
IT HAS emerged that more Zanu PF bigwigs are set to fall by the wayside ahead of the ruling party’s provincial leadership…
POLITICAL parties yesterday insisted that national dialogue is the only way to go if Zimbabwe is to resolve its decades-long myriad of economic and political challenges. In his Unity Day address to the nation yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is the leader of the ruling Zanu PF party, said Zimbabweans must resolve their differences through…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to meet his Botswana counterpart President Mokgweetsi Masisi in Victoria Falls for crucial bilateral talks. Speaking…
