NetOne seeks partner
HARARE - State-owned wireless network operator NetOne says it urgently needs a strategic partner to inject fresh capital. Its chief executive, Reward Kangai, told Parliament’s Information...
View ArticleZim to install mining cadastre
HARARE - Zimbabwe has floated a tender for the development and installation of a mining cadastre information system to help ascertain the players in the sector and assist in the administration of...
View ArticleRight to education under threat
LONDON - The right to education is a universal entitlement which is recognised in international human rights law. It is a human right that includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for...
View ArticleFuneral parlours deny polluting water
HARARE - Funeral parlours yesterday reiterated that they were not polluting water sources with embalming fluids or formaldehydes. Chomi Makina, president of the Funeral Services Association (Fusa),...
View ArticleAnglicans battle to clear Kunonga's debt
HARARE - The Anglican Church is struggling to pay off $100 000 in water and electricity bills accrued by ex-communicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The dethroned Anglican Church leader, who during his...
View ArticleSouth Africa platinum strike 'over'
JOHANNESBURG - A five-month platinum strike in South Africa is "officially over", says the leader of the union behind the strike. Joseph Mathunjwa, the president of the Association of Mineworkers and...
View ArticleSudan death row woman 're-arrested'
KHARTOUM - Sudanese woman freed from death row Monday has been arrested with her family at Khartoum airport, sources tell BBC More to follow.
View ArticleAndy Coulson guilty of phone hacking
LONDON - Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones. Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the...
View ArticleZim economy in precarious state: IMF
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s economy is in a precarious state, with usable international reserves covering less than two weeks of imports, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. In its article 1V...
View ArticleDrug abuse cause for concern
HARARE - Drug abuse is a sign of a troubled and a hopeless life. As reported elsewhere in this paper, the police, by their own admission, are grappling with ever increasing cases of abuse, chiefly...
View ArticleZuma to finish term
PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma will finish his five year term in office despite concerns about his state of health, the Sunday Times reported. “There is no indication to us that we should worry about...
View ArticleMore woes for 'Baba Jukwa'
HARARE - Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi, who stands accused of banditry, inciting the overthrow of a constitutionally-elected government, insurgency, terrorism and sabotage, has been remanded in...
View ArticleI am my sister's keeper!
LONDON - All too often, the feminist promise of sisters supporting each other does not reflect reality. I mean you do have the choice to either compete with the woman sitting next to you or to support...
View ArticleMawiwi hails City's fighting spirit
HARARE - Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi has hailed his team’s fighting spirit as they continue with an impressive turnaround after a turbulent start to the 2014 Castle Premiership season. With three...
View ArticleI'm staying at Aces - Ndoro
HARARE - Zimbabwe international striker Tendai Ndoro says he is happy at South African Absa Premiership side Mpumalanga Black Aces. Ndoro has been the subject of a lot of speculation linking him with...
View ArticlePSL relegation format to be reviewed
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Assembly is set to bring to finality the issue of the relegation format that will be used by the Castle Premier Soccer League (PSL). According to the...
View ArticleSables team announcement today
HARARE - Zimbabwe national rugby coach Brandon Dawson will today announce his final 26-member touring party for the 2015 World Cup qualifying tournament which is set to start in Madagascar this...
View ArticleParly summons Nhema
HARARE - Parliament has re-invited Indigenisation minister Francis Nhema to clarify the confusion surrounding the controversial $50 million Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT)....
View ArticleDonors push for direct aid to flood victims
HARARE - Organisers of the just-ended Soap and Shirt Winter Donation festival say government must allow them to directly donate proceeds of last weekend’s concert to the Tokwe Mukorsi, Tsholotsho and...
View ArticleHigh import duty fuelling smuggling: Zimra
HARARE - Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is proposing to lower import duty on finished clothes to reduce smuggling and increase tax collection. Gershom Pasi, the Zimra Commissioner General, this...
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