Opinion & Analysis

Crush SA-style heists now

THE recent wave of Hollywood-style automated teller machine (ATM) bombings across Zimbabwe should send chill winds through the halls of our national security institutions.From Murehwa and Norton to Gutu, heavily armed gangs using commercial explosives are reducing financial infrastructure to rubble. This surge in violent, precision-driven crime bears all the hallmarks of the explosive cash-in-transit…

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Cornered vendors fight back with survival stratagems

Tapiwa Chirume VENDORS in Harare have turned to a cat-and-mouse game with municipal police, using whistles, shouted warnings and carefully planned working hours to evade the government crackdown on illegal vending as the ban continues to weigh heavily on ordinary people’s livelihoods.With authorities stepping up efforts to clear pavements and other undesignated trading areas, vendors…

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Business

African contractors target US$330bn market

AFRICAN contractors must position themselves to secure a meaningful share of the continent’s construction market, projected to reach US$330 billion by 2031, industry leaders have said.Speaking at the Master Builders South Africa Congress in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, last week, Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association (ZBCA) president Tinashe Manzungu said the rapid expansion of Africa’s infrastructure market…

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PREPARE OR PERISH: Super El Niño jolts nation to the brink

Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have warned anew of looming water shortages and food insecurity across Zimbabwe, as an extreme El Niño drought threatens the country’s summer crop season.In this regard, a joint report by the Ministry of Environment and the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) that was released yesterday says many parts of the country will experience…

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Features

Millers outline bold plan to avert famine

THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson, Tafadzwa Musarara, says private millers are implementing proactive grain procurement strategies to safeguard national food security and cushion consumers against rising global commodity prices triggered by the impending El Niño drought and geopolitical conflicts.Musarara was speaking to Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on his widely followed news and…

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Sport

Scottland pass 1st test

CLOUD FUSIREAT SOMHLOLO STADIUM, ESWATINI Scottland……………………0Nsingizini Hotspurs……..0(Scottland go through 1-0 on aggregate) LOCAL football kings Scottland secured their place in the second preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup after playing out an entertaining goalless draw against Eswatini champions, Nsingizini Hotspurs here yesterday.After battling to a one-nil home win in the first leg a…

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Shattered vows, crimes of passion strike Zimbabwe

Tapiwa Chirume THE midnight silence of Dzivarasekwa, Harare, was shattered on Wednesday by a tragedy that has left a nation reeling in horror.Martin Muduva, a respected technology expert, prominent academic, and recently appointed member of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), was killed alongside his wife, Lyliosa Chirara, in what police suspect to be a…

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Govt to revive adult literacy classes

BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI GOVERNMENT is set to revive adult literacy and non-formal education classes across the country following Cabinet approval of a new policy aimed at helping people who could not complete their formal education.The minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, told the National Assembly on Thursday that the policy would provide opportunities for school dropouts and…

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Zim bets on green mining

Brandon Josphat GOVERNMENT is pushing for the adoption of green technology across the mining value chain, with authorities calling for cleaner exploration, intelligent mining techniques, and real-time environmental monitoring to promote sustainable mineral development.This comes as Zimbabwe seeks to increase mineral production while promoting beneficiation and value addition, with the mining sector remaining a key…

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