KUDZAI GEREDE OLD Mutual Limited has officially migrated its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), restoring liquidity for more than 30 000 local shareholders.The migration ends a six-year trading freeze on the insurer’s shares and signals growing confidence in VFEX as Zimbabwe’s alternative US dollar-denominated capital…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is establishing a Regional Oncology Centre of Excellence to improve access to specialised cancer care in Matabeleland.Speaking during a graduation ceremony for registered general nurses at Hwange Colliery Hospital last week, HCCL chief medical officer Nairos Deredzai said the proposed cancer treatment facility was part of the mining…
HAZEL MARIMBIZAIn Bulawayo VICE President Kembo Mohadi has told mining companies in Matabeleland South to take responsibility for damaging roads and destroying the environment.Speaking at the Zanu PF Matabeleland South Province national people’s conference fundraising luncheon and business policy engagement in Gwanda on Thursday, Mohadi said mining companies should not expect the government to shoulder…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says the city council has received a significant investment proposal from a prospective private partner seeking to revive Ingwebu Breweries, which is grappling with serious financial and operational challenges. The development comes as the municipal company requires substantial capital to retool its operations and restore production capacity. Ingwebu’s financial…
YVONNE NCUBE AN 18-year-old pupil has been convicted after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis inside his high school premises in Inyathi.Clifford Phiri, an Advanced Level pupil from Promise Village in Badala, appeared before magistrate Challenge Mahembe on Friday facing a charge of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. He pleaded guilty to the offence.The court heard…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has ordered Harare International School to honour full tuition scholarships for the two children of a deceased former teacher.The children’s mother, Primrose Manyozo, had appealed against the school’s decision to terminate the fees waiver which had been introduced while her husband was still alive.Her husband, Collen Manyozo, was employed as…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA A TOTAL of 6 819 children have received the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Bulawayo this year in a campaign structured to accelerate coverage and strengthen efforts to prevent HPV-related diseases. The figure includes 1 980 children vaccinated during a recent HPV vaccination intensification week, adding to the 4 839 children already vaccinated…
KUDZANAI GEREDE ZIMBABWE has been ranked number three on a key African index for budget transparency and fiscal openness after South Africa (SA), and Benin, officials say. This comes as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has recently disclosed that the country’s debt management and reporting regimes have remarkably improved — over the past five years —…
LOVEJOY NGORIMA ZIMBABWE is approaching an important crossroads in the development of its transport sector. The question before us is no longer whether e-hailing belongs in Zimbabwe. It already does. Thousands of Zimbabweans use smartphones daily to request rides, track vehicles, communicate with drivers, and complete journeys digitally. The real question is whether Zimbabwe’s laws…
BLESSING NYAHUMA ON THE morning of 6 June 1944, as Allied forces landed on Normandy, Adolf Hitler was asleep at the Berghof in Bavaria.He had reserved authority to release several important armoured divisions.His commanders hesitated to wake him.Fear of his temper combined with uncertainty about whether Normandy was the real invasion, and crucial hours were…

