AUTHORITIES recently banned the export of raw lithium and insisted firms granted the rights to mine the mineral should set up value addition plants. The move received mixed reactions, but in our view it was a masterstroke. The country should maximise on the mineral, as lithium has the potential to trigger major economic growth in…
ZIMBABWE plans to set up an offshore financial centre in the resort city of Victoria Falls that the government hopes will emulate the likes of Dubai and the Isle of Man to attract foreign investment. “The trigger is the success of the VFEX,” Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said in an interview, a reference to the…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged law enforcement agencies to take ruthless action against drug peddlers, saying that youth drug abuse is impeding economic development. Speaking at the National Youth Day commemorations held in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, yesterday, he said people selling illicit drugs must be removed from society. “I have directed…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has called on the police to investigate all cases of political violence as reports of disturbances are on the rise in the country ahead of this year’s general elections. The call comes as cases of political disturbances pitting the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu…
MADAGASCAR suspended schools and transport in the path of tropical cyclone Freddy yesterday, which was expected to make landfall in the south-east…
By Yvonne Ncube BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is clamping down on space barons who have allegedly been collecting bribes from desperate vendors, while promising them trading bays at the soon-to-be opened Egodini Mall and Fife Street Market. This comes at a time the menacing space barons have been illegally issuing vending bays in…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Harare City Council (HCC) expressed concern yesterday about a potential cholera outbreak in the capital city. This comes after reports of two cases in Chegutu, and the HCC has since December reported 28 confirmed cases and more than 100 probable cases of typhoid. In an interview with the Daily News, HCC…
ARTS fanatics will be in for a treat in May as Elysium Magna Dance Theater hosts the inaugural Africa International Festival of All Arts (Afrifaa) in Harare. Themed “Diverse Cultural Colours” the event, to be hosted at different venues, will run from May 26 through to June 1. “We are hosting this festival as part…
By Ashley Moyo TOP afro-fusion musician Braveman Chizvino, popularly known as Baba Harare, has paid tribute to the late Chazezesa Challengers band leader System Tazvida in a new single. Titled Wandiyambutsa, the single, which is imbued with Tazvida’s wry Smoko music wit, is part of a voice challenge started by veteran music producer Clive “Mono”…
THE move by authorities to ban with immediate effect parents and guardians from visiting learners at boarding schools as a measure to curb and mitigate the spread of Covid-19 is commendable. This comes amid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections with reports indicating that boarding schools were most affected. “The ministry has with immediate effect banned…
