SUPREME Court judges say the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)’s appeal against a High Court ruling reinstating businessman Wicknel Chivayo’s controversial Gwanda solar…
POLICE have arrested Benjamin Chipiri, aged 36, in connection with a case of robbery, which occurred at a house in New Zengeza 5, Chitungwiza, on Saturday. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said in a statement yesterday that the case in which the criminals made off with US$8 140 was under investigation. “Zimbabwe Republic Police reports…
TREASURY says economic growth is expected to decline by 3,5 percent in 2024 compared to a 5,5 percent growth expected this year, weighed by a slump in commodity prices, El Niño effects and high global inflation. The projections come as the late start of this year’s rainy season has caused significant anxiety among both farmers…
ZIMBABWE is set to establish a robotic manufacturing plant, which will produce solar collectors and provide fossil-free heat, replacing the 1 400…
By Yvonne Ncube POLICE in Bulawayo have sent a strong warning to school-children who usually have the habit of staging Vuzu parties, mostly during school holidays. In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said officers were on high alert to arrest the culprits. “Police in Bulawayo have intercepted a message circulating on…
SOUTH Africa Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA) Mike Masiapato has confirmed that it intercepted 443 children, under the age of eight, who were trafficked from Zimbabwe into South Africa. This follows a sting operation the BMA conducted with the South African Police Service and Home Affairs at the Beitbridge border post on Saturday….
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has decried the state of the Beitbridge Border Post following his visit to the problematic border that connects South Africa with its neighbour, Zimbabwe, on Monday. He described it as dysfunctional, adding that the country’s’ law enforcement and border management personnel were working under trying conditions. “The dysfunctional state of the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set aside US$55 million for compensation of white farmers who lost land under former President Robert Mugabe’s land reform. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration sees the paying of compensation to white farmers as key to mending ties with the West. Presenting the 2024 National Budget last Thursday, Ncube said the compensation…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government has been warned that its bid to ban traders who are not paying tax from accessing goods from manufacturers is fraught with many risks. So say economic experts Kipson Gundani and Eddie Cross, who add that the move which was announced in the 2024 National Budget could lead to shortages…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country is making progress in putting policies in place to lessen the consequences of climate change. Speaking at a High Level Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday during the ongoing COP28 conference, Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe is taking transformative actions to resist climate change. “Zimbabwe…
