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© STAKEHOLDERS in the Matabeleland region are cautiously optimistic about the much-hyped US$130 million deal inked between government and a United Kingdom firm to revive the moribund Cold Storage Company (CSC). [GoogleAd] On Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa revealed that Cabinet had approved a joint venture between the troubled meat processor and Boulstead Beef (Private)…

SOUTH Africa piled pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday by pushing for all-inclusive talks involving MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying Pretoria is ready to recommend a credible mediator to kick-start dialogue. [GoogleAd] Mphakama Mbete, South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe revealed yesterday that the neighbouring country is once again ready to assist Mnangagwa and his…

© CIVIL society organisations and opposition parties said yesterday that they were appalled by Wednesday’s shameful scenes in the City of Kings, in which outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader — Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni — was nearly assaulted by suspected Zanu PF thugs. [GoogleAd] This comes as Ndiweni has attracted the wrath of ruling party apparatchiks after…

©  PROSECUTORS did not report for work at the High Court yesterday in protest over the arrest of their colleague Tapiwa Kasema who has been charged for consenting to relaxation of ex-minister Ignatius Chombo’s bail conditions. [GoogleAd] The Prosecutors Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) petitioned Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, slamming the harassment and also protesting the deteriorating…

© EXILED former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman. [GoogleAd] Bigboy Pachirera had listed Chihuri, his wife Isabel and their company Kidsdale Enterprises as respondents to his claim of compensation and…

© ON THE back of an excellent year of Isuzu bakkie sales in Zimbabwe, Industry and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu this week visited Isuzu’s production facility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. [GoogleAd] He is the first Zimbabwean dignitary to visit Isuzu Motors South Africa’s production facility in Struandale since it’s opening last year. As…

© THE Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC), which recently completed the first phase of the audit involving more than 18 000 farmers, has unearthed gross underfunding of the agricultural sector and is now pushing for the establishment of a Land and Agricultural Bank to facilitate funding for resettled farmers. [GoogleAd It is also recommending an integrated…

© ZANU PF honchos tasked with the restructuring of the party’s dissolved Harare provincial executive say the deadline they were given to complete the exercise is not enough considering the work at hand. [GoogleAd] This comes amid reports that the ruling party is struggling to come up with a complete set of cell structures as…

© ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has rubbished the United States’ advisory warning Americans against travel to Zimbabwe because the country was unsafe, lacks peacel and was insecure. The State Department travel advisory warned its citizens that they should exercise increased caution in Zimbabwe due to high chances of disorder or attacks, crime and civil unrest….