By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER GOVERNMENT has lifted the ban on chrome ore exports for mining companies in a bid to achieve a US$12 billion mining industry by the end of this year and allow mines to complete the construction and expansion of furnaces and processing facilities. Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday in Harare, Information minister…
IT’S a fascinating quirk of sport how hindsight can so completely colour the view of an event. When Scotland were being strangled by Zimbabwe’s bowlers throughout their innings, barely managing to keep their run rate at above four an over, it looked like Zimbabwe had by far the better of the proceedings. When Scotland somehow…
AT LEAST 17 people have died and 15 have been hospitalised after they were seriously injured in three separate road traffic accidents that occurred over three days since last Saturday. This comes after, last month, 10 people died and another 15 were injured in two separate road traffic accidents that happened on the same day….
THE five University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students, who were arrested in May this year, will remain in custody for another two weeks after the court remanded them to July 18. The five, Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24, Lionel Wadamombe, 22, and Gamuchirai Chadarumunda, are facing malicious damage to property charges. During…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE country will never ditch the under-pressure Zimbabwe dollar, Vice president Constantino Chiwenga vowed yesterday. Speaking at a Zanu PF rally in Harare’s high-density suburb of Mbare yesterday, Chiwenga put paid to claims that the government was wavering in its backing of the hapless local currency, adding that authorities would not allow…
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, is eyeing the presidency of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Geneva-based IPU is an international organisation of national parliaments and its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members. The term of office of the current IPU president, Duarte Pacheco, ends in…
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere wants the High Court not to entertain lawyer Lovedale Mangwana, who is seeking an order barring him from contesting the August 23 election, saying he failed to provide evidence of him being a non-Zimbabwean resident for a period of 18 months. In his opposing papers filed by his lawyer, Harrison…
By Cloud Fusire THE Chevrons will take on Scotland in a high-stakes match between the two teams at the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Bulawayo today. After winning five consecutive matches, Zimbabwe suffered a crushing defeat in their last game at the hands of Sri Lanka — who have qualified for the…
A WATERFALLS man gave a suspected conman his Mercedes Benz vehicle worth US$12 000 in exchange for a non-existent residential stand in Chitungwiza, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. The suspected conman, Brian Ncube, 39, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was charged with fraud before he was remanded in custody. He will be back…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Murozoreyi BOTH consumer watchdogs and economic experts are increasingly confident that the Zimbabwe dollar and prices of basic goods will stabilise if authorities persevere with current policies. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they also commended the government for pursuing prudent fiscal and monetary policies at the moment, despite the…
