THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says its Southern Africa Regional Office, the Afreximbank African Trade Centre Harare (AATC), is expected to become one of Harare’s green-certified buildings when construction is completed in the first quarter of 2027.The mixed-use development, located at the corner of Chitepo Avenue and 7th Street in Greenwood Park, central Harare, is…
Ashley Moyo & Anesu Mirisau THERE are musicians whose songs entertain, and then there are those whose music becomes part of a people’s identity — Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi belonged to the latter.For decades, his unmistakable voice, guitar melodies and deeply rooted lyrics travelled far beyond Zimbabwe, carrying stories of love, family, social responsibility and the…
SANDILE MEMELA AT A top restaurant in Sandton, South Africa, a man — supposedly successful, black, expensive watch, German car parked outside with a driver – threatened to shoot and kill women.Their sin was to reject his advances.He did not like being told no. So he reached for the language he knows: a gun. “I…
HAZEL MARIMBIZAIn Bulawayo GOVERNMENT is demanding integrated urban planning to ensure water, sanitation, and infrastructure match rapid settlement growth and prevent service delivery failures.Speaking during the Zimbabwe Water Indaba and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Joint Sector Review in Bulawayo yesterday, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said development planning could no longer be…
THE Warriors will be banking on home advantage when they face the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a Group E 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier at the National Sports Stadium in the capital tomorrow.Kick-off time is 6pm.After getting their campaign off to a winning start with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Sierra…
WELLINGTON MUZENGEZA STANDING on the wall of Kariba Dam, one sees turbines on the north bank feeding Zambia and those on the south serving Zimbabwe.On paper, the two countries operate distinct power systems. Their utilities have different balance sheets, tariffs, regulators and government owners.Yet the water turning those turbines is shared.This is the paradox at…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Political Editor THE ruling Zanu PF says it has no intentions of replacing the country’s current republican framework with a monarchy. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, the party’s spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, said the recently introduced Munhumutapa Day holiday had “absolutely nothing to do” with establishing a monarchy in…
Brandon Josphat HARARE Metropolitan is sitting on a public health time bomb as the continued discharge of raw sewage into public water sources threatens to fuel outbreaks of waterborne diseases, Parliament has warned.The warning is contained in a report tabled in the National Assembly last week by the Portfolio Committee on Environment, which said the…
KUDZANAI GEREDE G THE combined US$50 million credit facility extended by British International Investment (BII) to two local banks signals growing confidence in Zimbabwe’s economic reforms and re-engagement efforts.The credit lines, split into US$30 million and US$20 million for CABS and NMB, respectively, mark a return to Zimbabwe by the United Kingdom government-owned development financier…
YADAH Hotel, owned by Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya, has been acquitted by the Harare Magistrates Court in a case in which it was accused of possessing various unregistered medicines at its Waterfalls premises.Yadah Hotel, represented by Donald Makuvaza, was facing two counts of violating the Medicines and Allied Substances Control…

