ECONOMISTS have argued relentlessly that the country cannot turnaround the economy successfully without reviving three critical companies — the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), Air Zimbabwe and ZiscoSteel. The three are perceived as strategic to economic revitalisation after years of stagnation due to a myriad reasons, among them the political cacophony that resulted in the…
IRAN and Zimbabwe signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the end of the ninth meeting of the two countries’ Joint Economic Committee in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday to expand economic cooperation. The document was signed by Iranian Labour and Social Welfare Minister Solat Mortazavi and Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava….
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has appointed ex-TelOne managing director Chipo Mtasa as the new board chairperson of the national airline, Air Zimbabwe, with immediate effect. She took over from aviation professional Silvano Gwarinda, who was at the helm of the national airline since August last year. Mtasa would be deputised by former Air Zimbabwe chief…
THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) acting deputy executive director Sonja LeightonKone, jetted into the country yesterday and is expected to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior government officials to discuss issues on climate change, waste and pollution. She will be in the country until Saturday. Leighton-Kone is accompanied by Frank Turyatunga, the regional…
By Brandon Josphat MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has expelled former party vice president Elias Mudzuri and six others, after they took the party to court following their suspension last month. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Mwonzora said Mudzuri, Norest Marara, Gift Konjana, John Nyika, Den Moyo, Edwin Dzambara and Edwin Kakora were no…
HARARE provincial authorities have teamed up with police to crackdown on illegal drug dealing in the city, a senior official has said….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has placed wetlands management at the core of its development agenda to ensure judicious utilisation of these important…
ON JANUARY 2 this year, three days after giving birth to a baby girl, 14-year-old Delight Masomeke died from labour related complications….
Ashley Moyo CAPE TOWN-BASED Zimbabwean film-maker, Obi Misi will drop an edutainment series titled ‘The Avenues on Valentine’s Day. Misi, who was born and bred in Gutu, said the series revolves around the activities of sex workers in Harare’s avenues. “The idea was to look deeper into various reasons which…
THE death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, has exceeded 2,300 people across both countries. Turkey’s…
