Ashley Moyo SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER THE Children’s Performing Arts Workshop (Chipawo) has rebranded its traditional end of year concert to Chipawo Showcase, a new platform aimed at bringing together children and youth performing arts organisations from across the country. The inaugural Chipawo Showcase is set to take place on August 1 at Alfred Beit School…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector, churches, communities and well-wishers to partner with the government in accelerating the repatriation and reintegration of thousands of Zimbabweans returning from South Africa.The appeal comes as the government says nearly 59 000 Zimbabweans have already returned home through both state-assisted and self-repatriation programmes…
CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have amended regulations governing the production of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes, introducing stricter oversight, expanding regulatory definitions and placing the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) at the centre of licensing and enforcement.The changes are contained in the Dangerous Drugs (Production of Cannabis for Medicinal and Scientific Use) (Amendment) Regulations,…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER MASVINGO City Council is considering privatising its parking management system as part of efforts to curb corruption, plug revenue leakages and improve income collection.The proposal was tabled during a recent full council meeting after mayor Aleck Tabe raised concern over alleged corrupt practices by municipal police officers, which he said were undermining…
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…
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…
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…
