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EDITOR —As a result of the glaring integrity deficit and rampant corruption in local and national governing authorities in Zimbabwe, the Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ) Party will set a novel trend in ensuring that there is accountability,…

ON TUESDAY, the country’s former ambassador to the United States (US) Fredrick Shava was sworn as Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister to replace the late Sibusiso Busi Moyo who died in January from Covid-19.

THE government, in partnership with the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), on Wednesday launched the US$2,8 million Waneka Flats Phase 3 development project in Mbare, Harare.

ONLY genuine national dialogue that includes the opposition and other key stakeholders in the country can energise Zimbabwe’s faltering re-engagement efforts with Western powers, political analysts say.

SOUTH Africa power utility, Eskom, will require government funding of approximately R1 billion per week — the equivalent of R6 million every hour of the day — to remain both financially and operationally stable in 2021.

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has assured the nation that Zimbabwe has sourced enough Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate at least 60 percent of the population.

THE executor of late socialite and businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s estate, Patricia Darangwa, has denied allegations that she influenced his relatives into accepting an unsigned will.

THE government is set to offer postCovid-19 counselling sessions to learners to deal with depression and anxiety following the disruption caused by the months away from school during the pandemic.

LAWYERS representing a self-confessed sex worker arrested for bedding a minor, have applied for bail at the High Court challenging that the victim is not 13-years-old as being claimed by prosecutors.

THE World Food Programme (WFP) says it has drilled boreholes at 55 schools countrywide in support of the government’s School Feeding Project. 

This comes as Treasury authorities want to ensure the country moves towards broader use of the local currency. 

A 32-YEAR-OLD Lupane man will serve an effective 30 months behind bars after being caught red handed trying to rape a 78-year-old woman in a bushy area. 

Painted dogs, also known as wild dogs, are actually not dogs at all, but represent an evolutionary line of their own that is unique to the African continent.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a difficult choice as he looks for suitable candidates to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned under pressure on Monday.

ZIMBABWE will soon receive 984 000 doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines through the World Health Organisation (WHO)-led Covax initiative. 

ZIMBABWE, like the rest of the world, must prepare for a post Covid-19 lockdown “new normal”. This comes on the back of the government’s announcement last week that re-opening of schools is inevitable.

A 50-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo serial fraudster has been jailed for 27 months for allegedly duping a number of people of US$1 500.

HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has rejected bail applications by two of the suspects in the US$2,7 million cash-intransit heist that occurred in January.

THE United Nations (UN), through its International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has distributed agricultural inputs to migrant returnees and small-scale farmers in Lupane, Hwange and Gokwe South and North districts.

AN ANIMATED debate is raging in our country and around the world regarding the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines.

EDITOR — The Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ) Party which was formed in January 2021 by Zimbabweans in the diaspora and at home, has developed as part of its economic policy, a genuinely Zimbabwean solution to financing capital projects in the…

MINES minister Winston Chitando says the government is working on curtailing rampant smuggling of gold out of the country by amending the Gold Trade Act.

ALMASI Collaborative Arts, a Zimbabwean-American dramatic arts organisation cofounded by Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira, will hold a virtual edition of the African Playwrights Conference later this month.

IDEAS Party of Democracy (IPD) leader Herbert Chamuka says President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to lift the covid-19 lockdown is a welcome idea which will help move the country forward.

BUSINESS executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe, a sea change from the pessimism they’ve expressed through two decades of economic mismanagement and institutional decay.