A UNITED Nations (UN) agency — United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) — is seeking to raise at least US$66 million to bankroll humanitarian needs in the country caused by the effects of Covid-19, floods and economic challenges. This comes as the country’s economy has shown signs of recovery on the backcloth of a bumper harvest,…
THE Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services has warned farmers to start vaccinating their cattle before rains start to protect them from lumpy skin and tick-borne diseases. This comes as Zimbabwe is expected to receive above to normal rainfall during the 2021-22 agriculture season. Vet Department chief director Josephat Nyika said last year there was…
ECONET Wireless, the country’s leading telecommunications and technology company, continued its network infrastructure investment drive in the second quarter of 2021, adding…
Econet Life, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (formerly CassavaSmartech Zimbabwe), has partnered the Zimbabwe Christian Ministers Association (ZCMA) toprovide an…
THE State yesterday categorically denied getting instructions from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to hold on to his estranged wife Marry’s passport and block her from seeking specialist medication abroad. This came after Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa sensationally claimed before the Harare Magistrates’ Court that her client was being denied treatment outside the country, while Chiwenga…
BUSINESSMAN Philip Chiyangwa has been granted a relief after the High Court ruled that police have the legal right to arrest nearly 30 residents who invaded his Chinhoyi Old Citrus Farm. High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday dismissed an application filed by the 30 residents to stop their eviction and ruled that the order…
EMPOWERMENT lobby bloc, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), yesterday put its weight behind gold buyer and miner, Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya, whose mining…
Shamaine Chirimujiri THERE was drama yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts when suspected armed robber and rapist Sam Muropa exhibited signs of insanity just before he was about to be sentenced for escaping from Harare Remand Prison. The 31-year-old, who is facing six counts of rape, 19 counts of armed robbery, six counts of indecent assault,…
ONE of the key strategies to plug mineral leakages is correctly pricing metal commodities in line with international prices, respected engineer and…
THE Zvishavane Civil Court has granted a protection order to two Mazvihwa sisters, who were being tormented by their “abusive” husband. The applicants, Violet and Kiwa Machazire, who are in a polygamous marriage to John Sibanda, petitioned the court to grant an order that will keep their husband away and stop him from harming them. …
