Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER GOVERNMENT says it is intensifying efforts to internationalise Zimbabwe’s higher education sector as part of efforts to boost research, innovation, industrialisation and global competitiveness.Officially opening a two-day Internationalisation of Higher Education workshop hosted by the Women’s University in Africa in Harare yesterday, the permanent secretary for the ministry of Higher Education, Fanuel…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has demanded a coordinated crackdown to dismantle entrenched drug supply networks across the city.Speaking during a courtesy call by the Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) at his offices yesterday, Coltart said while awareness campaigns and rehabilitation programmes were important, greater attention must be directed towards those supplying drugs.“We…
SAXON ZVINA FOR decades, Western mainstream commentary has framed China’s anti-corruption drive through a narrow, ideologically charged lens, dismissing it as internal…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa FC Hunters…………..… (0) 0Scottland………………… (1) 3 SCOTTLAND stretched their unbeaten run to 11 matches and strengthened their title ambitions after a dominant 3-0 victory over FC Hunters in a lively Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter played here yesterday.Victory yesterday meant Mabviravira, who now have 46 points from 21 matches, completed a season…
FOR decades, Zimbabwean authorities have treated monetary policy like a martial art, attempting to wrestle confidence into the local currency through brute administrative force.Statutory instruments, frozen bank accounts, and midnight raids on informal traders have historically been the tools of choice. It is, therefore, a welcome breath of fresh air to hear Reserve Bank of…
RENOWNED economist Eddie Cross has warned that the escalating Afrophobic violence gripping South Africa is a catastrophic flashpoint that could destabilise the entire region.Speaking on Vantage, the flagship current affairs programme on leading national independent television station, 3Ktv, the former government official told Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on Thursday night that the unfolding crisis is…
FELIX MHONA GOVERNMENT has suspended the operating licence for all omnibuses run by transport operator Blessing Matimbe after investigations into a fatal road accident exposed multiple breaches of road traffic and public transport regulations.The minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona, said the suspension was with effect from last Thursday following investigations into a…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI THOUSANDS of citizens will access free medical screenings next week during Zimbabwe’s inaugural Public Health Sector Wellness Festival.The five-day festival, organised by the Health Service Commission (HSC) in partnership with the ministry of Health, will run from July 6 to 10 at Midlands State University under the theme “Stronger Together, Healthier Together.”In a…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ESCALATING Afrophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa, which have triggered a mass exodus of migrants there, will have huge social, political and economic consequences for Harare, Pretoria itself and the rest of the region.So says veteran economist and businessman, Eddie Cross, who adds that although Zimbabwe is now in a much better shape…
SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI INFORMAL traders are demanding an equal voice and dedicated funding in the rollout of Zimbabwe’s new National Formalisation Strategy (ZNFS).The (ZNFS, adopted alongside the National Employment Policy (2026–2030), is a government framework designed to integrate the country’s vast informal economy — including vendors, cross-border traders, transport operators, home-based workers and waste pickers —…

