Andile Tshuma CONCERN has been raised over the alleged emergence of counterfeit products which are said to be flooding Bulawayo’s informal market. Consumer rights groups have raised a red flag on the flooding of fake products amid fears that residents’ lives were potentially at risk as the products were not certified by the Standards Association…
LEGISLATORS want the country’s former colonial master, Britain, to pay reparations for the loss Zimbabwe incurred when it was under foreign rule. Raising a motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said Zimbabweans needed to be compensated, particularly because their forefathers had been disposed of their assets. “This disadvantaged…
EX-MINES ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been slapped with a two-and-a-half year effective jail sentence. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he solely sat as a full board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and received board fees and sitting allowances to the tune of…
THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…
ECONET Wireless, the country’s largest telecommunications company, yesterday launched high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, in partnership with global technology infrastructure suppliers Ericson and ZTE, making Econet the first mobile network operator to offer the service in the nation, starting with the capital Harare. Econet, which has invested over US$3 billion in infrastructure since…
THE government is working with its embassy in Germany to move to safety Zimbabweans in Ukraine following its invasion by Russian forces yesterday. With the prospects of a fully-fledged armed conflict in the Eastern European country increasingly becoming more likely, Foreign Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana urged Zimbabweans there to relocate to safer countries awaiting…
THERE is much excitement among ordinary people after it was confirmed that Zimbabwe’s first independent television channel, 3Ktv, will go live on both…
Shamaine Chirimujiri FOUR staffers in the Office of the President and Cabinet were killed in a road traffic accident which occurred yesterday morning at a black spot near Regina Coeli Mission along the Nyanga-Ruwangwe Road. The deceased were part of an office team delivering goods for the less privileged in Ruwangwe Community under First Lady,…
INDEPENDENT television channel, 3Ktv, will go live on both MultiChoice’s DStv and digital terrestrial television (DTT) platforms this coming Monday. The station will…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is concerned about the country’s toxic political environment ahead of the March 26 by-elections. Speaking at the official opening of a national multi-party stakeholder meeting in Harare yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba also said while Zimbabwe had one of the best electoral dispute resolution mechanisms on paper, the…
