By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO CONCERNED Bulawayo residents have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to address the proximity between the Ngozi mine dumpsite and residential suburbs as it continues to pose health challenges to the local community. Ngozi Mine is located 12km from Bulawayo’s central business district (CBD) and sits next to Cowdray Park, one…
By Progress Chaya MUSIC stars Josh Meck, Selmor Mtukudzi and Alexio Kawara will share the stage at this year’s edition of the Jabulani Jazz Festival scheduled to take place at The Venue in Avondale, Harare on April 27. The upcoming event is the official celebration of the International Jazz Day which was designated by the…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A DIABETES campaign has been launched in Bulawayo to raise awareness and dispel misconceptions about the condition. According to WHO, diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterised by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and…
GOVERNMENT says it is currently reviewing the share trading suspension of Old Mutual Zimbabwe and PPC Zimbabwe on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) which has been in effect for close to four years. Old Mutual Zimbabwe, SeedCo International and PPC — all listed on foreign bourses — were suspended from the ZSE in June 2020…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the challenges encountered by formal business operators regarding the statutory 10 percent trading margin on the official exchange rate for instore use will no longer be an issue following the introduction of a much stable new local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Government through a Statutory Instrument 118a…
Smart Makuyana braves the hot summer temperatures as he wobbles along the 3-kilometer distance (a little under 2 miles) toward the house…
IN December 2022, cabinet approved the principles of an Economic Empowerment Bill. Over a year after the approval, the Bill is yet to be tabled in Parliament. There is a need for an economic empowerment law to pave the way for indigenes to play a critical role in the economy. An empowerment law is not…
WHEN Priscilla Moyo’s husband Brian returned home to Harare from Mvurwi, about 100km north of the capital on Sunday night, he seemed…
Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe have dropped dramatically because of the latest El Niño drought. The country’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
A TOTAL of 50.1 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$176.6 million have been sold so far at both auction and contract floors…
