BY HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE World Bank (WB) says Zimbabwe can largely benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if trade barriers are removed. This comes after Zimbabwe was recently among four member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) which received WB capacity building support aimed at eliminating non-tariff…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up their efforts to contain soaring armed robberies in the country, with police holding a high-level indaba with bankers on Thursday as part of a multi-pronged approach to the scourge. The meeting comes as some financial institutions have been the target of armed robberies, many of which law enforcement agencies suspect have…
By Brandon Josphat THE debate around high nomination fees for candidates seeking public office in next year’s elections has spilled into Parliament after the Institute for Young Women’s Development petitioned the august House to intervene. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently hiked nomination fees, which will see presidential candidates paying US$20 000…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BUPRA) yesterday petitioned the city fathers over exorbitant rates, estimated bills and United States Dollars-pegged rates. This comes at a time residents have in recent weeks demanded from the municipality justification of the exorbitant bills which they have been charged since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic….
LEGISLATORS have urged the government to give title deeds to people living in rural areas as is the case with their urban counterparts. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change MP for Harare East Tendai Biti said people in rural areas were being displaced against their wish but they are unable…
By Dionne Kanyowa A GLEN Norah man, who murdered his girlfriend after hitting her in the head several times with a hoe after she had called off their relationship, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by the High Court. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi convicted Collen Tinashe Jamu for what he termed a “macabre and…
By Brandon Josphat MDC chairperson, Morgen Komichi says Zanu PF and the opposition need to give national dialogue and unity one last chance ahead of the crunch 2023 elections. Speaking last night on fastgrowing independent national commercial television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, Komichi also said the country’s current electoral system meant that…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka, says the government will this week pay $2,7 billion owed to farmers who delivered grain to the Grain Marketing Board of Zimbabwe (GMB). Over the years, the government never managed to pay farmers on time, a situation which led to some to opt for side marketing.Speaking in the…
By Brighton Muronzereyi JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said the government is not going to take orders from western countries on how to deal with its past internal conflicts like Gukurahundi. Speaking on the sidelines of the Law Society of Zimbabwe conference that ended in Harare yesterday, Ziyambi said the country had its ways of…
By Dionne Kanyowa ZANU PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascension to power as the party’s leader, intends to appeal against the High Court’s decision to allow fellow Zanu PF member Goodson Nguni to be part of the case. Musengezi was supposed to apply for his legitimacy challenge to be live…
