Business

Zimbabwe generates US$9bln in mineral exports

DESPITE illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe was able to generate US$9.77 billion in mineral revenue, making it the 10th African country to export the largest volumes of natural resources last year. According to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the research and analyst of the Economist Group, Mining Zimbabwe, the country is likely to improve its…

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Editorial Comment

No lessons learnt from 2008 cholera epidemic

CASES of cholera continue to rise in the country. It’s a sad development. As of yesterday, the country had confirmed over 800 cases since February. Scores of people have needlessly died! The cases are being reported across the country. Diarrhoea cases are also on the rise. The outbreak is a result of inefficient supply of…

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Government workers strong strong new salary offer … despite proposed rise in both U$, Z$ pay portions

By Rutendo Ngara MAJOR differences remain between the government and public sector trade unions over salary negotiations and other conditions of employment for civil servants. This comes as restless civil servants who say they are currently “incapacitated” have turned down the offer which the government brought to the National Joint Negotiating Forum (NJNF) on Friday…

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Life & Arts

There’s nothing rubbish about ‘Garbage Boy and Trash Can!’

HE’S a superhero with no actual superpowers, and his sidekick is a trash can, but that’s not going to stop young Tobi from using absolutely anything he finds to set off on a world of amazing adventures in Garbage Boy and Trash Can, the first Cartoon Network superhero animated comedy series to be produced in…

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Sport

Chess GM Short excited by Zimbabwe visit

Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER INTERNATIONAL Chess Federation (FIDE) Development Director Nigel Short, who arrived in the country yesterday, is excited by his latest visit to Zimbabwe during which he, along with two other officials, FIDE Chess in Education Commission (EDU) chairman Jerry Nash and Anzel Laubscher, will engage in various activities aimed at growing the…

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Zimbabwe awaits Fifa decision

HOPES are high that Zimbabwe’s 18-month exile from the international football family will end this week amid reports that Fifa could make an announcement to that effect as early as today ahead of Caf’s draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers to be held in Benin on Wednesday. This comes after the Sports and…

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Bosso go top

Nash Mkokwayarira at BARBOURFIELDS STADIUM Highlanders……… (0)1 Triangle United…. (0)0 HIGHLANDERS returned to the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League log after a 1-0 win against a battling Triangle United here yesterday. Bosso, who are yet to taste defeat in the league this season, continued with their fi ne run as the collected…

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News

Man up for raping 98-year-old woman

A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Inyathi village in Matabeleland North Province has been arrested for allegedly raping a 98-year-old woman after asking for water at her homestead. Thembinkosi Ncube appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing two counts of rape. He was not asked to plead and was remanded to July 14 for commencement of…

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Zimbabwe faces drought

By Rutendo Ngara THE Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says Zimbabwe is among Southern African countries that are likely to receive below normal rainfalls in the 2023/24 rainy season owing to El Nino conditions. Fewsnet is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) global provider of timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent early warning…

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