THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says it is eyeing expansion of the country’s source markets by charting new frontiers as part of efforts to achieve a US$5 billion tourism sector by 2025. Over and above the traditional source markets, that include the United Kingdom, the United State, Germany and Belarus, among others, the local authority…
A SHOCKING number of women are shot dead by their partners in Zimbabwe every year — 11 in the first half of this year alone — prompting authorities to review the licensing of firearms to individuals in the country. The horrifying statistics emerged last night on independent national commercial television station 3Ktv’s hard-hitting and widely-followed…
FORTHRIGHT liberation stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says there is all likelihood that the looming Zanu PF congress will restore a woman as one of the party’s top three leaders. Speaking last Thursday on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage, Dube noted that the wishes of the women’s league had historically always…
OUTSPOKEN former Cabinet minister and still Zanu PF politburo member, Tshinga Dube, has pooh-poohed ongoing calls for the exhumation of the revered late vice president, Joshua Nkomo, from the National Heroes Acre in Harare for reburial at his rural home in Kezi, Matabeleland South. Speaking on Thursday on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage,…
CONCERNS are growing over the desperate state of the country’s public hospitals, with Parliament imploring the government to urgently address the untenable situation. This comes as United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) — which serves as a referral centre for Matabeleland, the Midlands and Masvingo — has suspended surgeries due to shortages of anaesthetic drugs and agents….
CLERGYMAN Obadiah Musindo, who is an ardent supporter of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, has warned the ruling party’s regrouping Generation 40 (G40) faction — saying it will be dealt with ruthlessly if it continues to attempt to foment chaos in the former liberation movement. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely…
THE High Court has thrown out a case in which City of Harare, Augur Investments and its director Kenneth Raydon Sharpe, pictured, were being sued by the Zimbabwe Homeless People Federation and two others seeking to stop a 2007 transfer of land from council to Sunshine Development (Private) Limited. In the joint-venture, Augur would provide…
VILLAGERS evicted from Arnold Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central by the State to pave way for the former First Lady Grace Mugabe are set to get compensation after a court awarded varying degrees of rewards to the 22 applicants. The 22 were represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights representative, Idirashe Chikomba and are…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has called on the corporate sector to join the government in supporting sport. Ncube made the remarks on Sunday after announcing government plans to offer incentives to sporting teams in form of tax rebates. Speaking on the side lines of Zimbabwe Cricket men’s team T20 World Cup Qualifier victory at Queens Sports…
ZIMBABWE beat the Netherlands by 37 runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B final played here yesterday to remind doubters that their level is still that of test-playing nation. The Chevrons, who won the tournament without losing a single match, were too strong for the Dutch. Even without being at their usual…
