PREMIER African Minerals has finished building a lithium processing plant at its Zulu mine in Zimbabwe and expects to start production of…
THE country will mark its 43rd year of independence on Tuesday, freedom which came after a protracted war of liberation that claimed lives of thousands of Zimbabweans. With President Emmerson Mnangagwa leading national celebrations, calls have been made by political players, the Church, civil society and ordinary people on the need for an all hands…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has come up with a manifesto, which espouses voters’ expectations from all who are seeking public office in the forthcoming general elections. In the People’s Human Rights Manifesto (PHRM) containing views gathered from 250 000 individuals across the country’s 10 provinces, voters say they would only vote for candidates…
Givemore Mudzinganyama came from left field to score a surprise TotalSports Two Oceans Marathon victory on debut on Saturday morning in Cape…
By Ketty Nyoni AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to slide against major currencies, authorities have been warned that they face a gargantuan task of convincing jittery businesses and consumers to keep faith in the hapless local unit. Speaking last Thursday on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, economist Vince…
By Ketty Nyoni CIVIL servants have vowed to storm government offices next week to force authorities to call for a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting to discuss their welfare. This comes as the government workers last month rejected the government’s 100 percent salary increment saying it was far below what they were demanding, hence…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE government has expressed concern over the continued decrease in agricultural productivity in the Midlands province mainly due to climate change. Speaking during a field day in Shurugwi on Friday, Agricultural Advisory and Rural Development (AARDS) chief director, Obert Jiri, said the only solution for the province to boost productivity was to…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT CONFUSION and chaos reigned supreme during the Zanu PF primary elections that were re-done yesterday in Harare, at the behest of the former liberation movement’s politburo following allegations of electoral malpractices. This comes after the ruling party ordered five constituencies to conduct re-runs due to cases of political violence. A snap visit…
AS the fight against illicit drug and substance abuse in the country intensifies, a top police officer said over 4 000 suspected…
HELPLESSLY watching her maize turn yellow as she waited for free fertiliser from the government, Zimbabwean farmer Marian Kanenungo had nothing but makeshift compost from an anthill to help save her crop — and she had low hopes of that. Kanenungo, a smallholder farmer in Mudzi, 230km north-west of the capital Harare, is one of…
