Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER A FLAWED system and the trademark failure to prepare are the biggest reasons why Zimbabwe’s junior national teams failed to make an impression at the Caf African Schools Championships which come to a close at Ngoni Stadium in Norton today, stakeholders have said. This comes as Zimbabwe’s U15 boys and girls’…
Tapiwa Chirume FERROCHROME producer, Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (Zimasco), plans to establish a 100-megawatt solar power plant in Redcliff, Midlands Province, to secure reliable electricity for its smelting operations and feed surplus power into the national grid. In a public notice yesterday, the company confirmed the proposed solar farm would be developed on a…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR WAR veterans opposed to the government’s planned law changes want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to personally respond to their court challenge. This comes after Attorney General Virginia Mabiza recently filed opposing papers to their February petition in the Constitutional Court, representing both the government and Mnangagwa. But the six ex-combatants — Reuben…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE government has approved sweeping reforms to the agriculture sector to improve the ease of doing business and strengthen national food security. In a statement yesterday, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said the reforms were part of a broader effort to streamline regulations and reduce the administrative burden on farmers and agribusinesses….
Tapiwa Chirume THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) is monitoring a potential sodium cyanide disaster following a truck accident on the Harare–Bulawayo Highway. In a statement yesterday, Ema confirmed the accident occurred on April 8 at approximately 4pm near the 20km peg in the Rera area along the Harare–Norton Road. The truck was transporting roughly 30…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE High Court has ordered the immediate release of a 21-year-old man convicted of having sexual intercourse with a minor, ruling that the sentence imposed by a lower court was excessive. In a criminal review recently, Justices Munamato Mutevedzi and Ngoni Nduna set aside the 21-month effective prison term imposed on…
Tapiwa Chirume THE minister of Industry and Commerce, Mangaliso Ndhlovu, has called for the urgent adoption of energy-efficient transport, including electric vehicles (EVs), to shield Zimbabwe from global geopolitical shocks. Speaking at the First Quarter Review Dialogue on Geopolitical Risks in Harare, Ndhlovu argued that the nation must overhaul its energy and transport systems to…
ZIMBABWE’S political trajectory has long been shaped by the dual imperatives of unity and sovereignty.From the liberation struggle to the post-independence era,…
AWARD-WINNING acapella gospel group Firm Faith Zimbabwe will celebrate 20 years in music ministry with a major concert scheduled for May 30 at the Hippodrome in Braeside, Harare.The milestone event will feature regional acts including South Africa’s Reality 7, Zambia’s Rudo Acapella and local ensemble Shower Power, organisers said.“The main event will be a major…
CHIMURENGA music and Hip hop are both creative responses to racism, systemic inequality and social injustice, thus when two artistes from the two genres collaborate, the result is bound to be a song rooted in defiance.That is precisely what happened when US-based Hip hop artiste Draze-the son of the late vocalist, composer and performer of…
