GLOBAL television network, Al Jazeera, last week broadcasted its first of the four episodes documentary alleging a massive gold and money laundering scam in the country. The country is reportedly losing millions, if not billions, of hard currency to cartels run by influential people, allegedly with the complicity of high-ranking officials in the government and…
WITH the crucial ICC World Cup Qualifier coming soon, it is time for the country to rally behind Zimbabwe’s number one cricket team, the Chevrons, who have, in the continued absence of the Warriors from the international sporting scene, become the country’s most prominent international flag bearers. The Chevrons take on Netherlands in the third…
FOR a long time now, the government and Zesa have been giving Zimbabweans hope that the power challenges afflicting the country will soon be a thing of the past as they bring on board Hwange units 7 and 8 soon. However, there seems to be no end in sight as consumers continue to reel under…
IN today’s edition we published a story to the effect that Zimbabwe has since the beginning of the year recorded one death from cholera, 17 confirmed and 159 suspected cases of the disease 128 people recovered from the disease. The Healthy ministry has named Buhera, Chegutu, Chikomba, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Chitown, Chiredzi, Harare, Gokwe North, Marondera,…
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa last week lamented the poor performance of parastatals and local government authorities, accusing them of slowing the attainment of his 2030 upper middle-income nation. To achieve the vision, Mnangagwa needs proper supporting structures that work towards his vision and these come in the form of ministers, deputy ministers and permanent secretaries and…
AGAINST the backdrop of rolling power cuts which have now become the norm, with some residential areas going for days without electricity, the call by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) for Zimbabweans to invest in renewable sources of energy, particularly solar, makes perfect sense. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told a business summit on Friday that the country is now food self sufficient, thanks to his government’s huge investment in agriculture. This is despite climate change effects that have largely affected rainfall patterns in the country. Mnangagwa said to sustain food self-sufficiency, the government would continue to rehabilitate irrigation schemes across…
THE 10-day final mobile voter registration before the August harmonised elections commenced nation-wide yesterday with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) targeting to register 400 000 new voters. Zec has deployed 1 970 officers to 4 474 mobile voter registration centres across the country. Voter registration is intended to ensure that everyone entitled to vote can…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was at it again on Friday, saying the country should hold peaceful and credible elections in August this year. Addressing a business summit in the capital, Mnangagwa said: “As the country heads for the harmonised general elections, I once again call on all Zimbabweans to maintain peace. “My government wishes to assure…
THE Castle Lager Soccer Premiership season will get off the ground in exactly seven days, but it appears the more things change, the more they remain the same as the league is once again faced with stadia crisis. According to a circular by the league’s secretariat, only the National Sports, Baobab, Gibbo, Luveve, Barbourfields and…
