Imports standards Act on cards
HARARE - Government plans to establish a regulatory body and laws to control the standards of imports, Industry minister Mike Bimha says. This comes on the back of a massive influx of cheap and...
View ArticleZanu PF must ignore private media
EDITOR — The decision by the Zanu PF politburo to endorse elections recently held in Manicaland, Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces should be applauded. While the private media focused on the...
View ArticleDemolitions — a psychological torture
EDITOR — The plan by the Ministry of Local Government to demolish 10 000 houses in Chitungwiza is psychological torture and also a violation of human rights. The plan to demolish the so-called illegal...
View ArticleU.S. airlines comply with China's new fly zone
NEW YORK - Three major U.S. airlines on Saturday confirmed that pilots were complying with Chinese government demands that it be notified of plans to traverse the newly declared air defense zone over...
View ArticleCity council fails to pay salaries again
HARARE - Harare City Council (HCC) workers have endured a second month without salaries, with no explanation as to why they are not getting paid. Leslie Gwindi, Harare spokesperson, said: “I have not...
View ArticleZimbabwe faces 'industrial Armageddon'
HARARE - With a boom in corporate deal-making, including mergers and retrenchments amid a deepening liquidity crisis, companies need contentious due diligence if they are to avoid costly lawsuits, a...
View ArticleZanu PF MP named in poll ritual kidnap
KADOMA - Fani Phanuel Phiri, the Zanu PF MP for Kadoma Central, has been fingered in a ritual kidnapping, with his alleged accomplices imprisoned. Phiri is alleged to have instructed Dominic...
View ArticleGovt gazettes Caledonia Farm for acquisition
HARARE - Government has gazetted Caledonia Farm, located just outside Harare, for compulsory acquisition to accommodate the expanding capital city. Caledonia Farm, popularly known as kwaBhobho, is...
View ArticleCity Link, African Century Bank lock horns
HARARE - A $760 000 loan extended to City Link Coaches (Private) Limited by African Century Limited has opened a can of worms,with the bus company claiming the financial institution was inflating...
View ArticleExpect the best from me: Tomana
HARARE - Guthrie Munyuki, our senior assistant editor sits down for a chat with newly-appointed Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: PG congratulations on...
View ArticleWhites politically burnt out — MP
HARARE - Jane Nicola Watson, the MDC legislator for Bulawayo constituency, says she clinched a proportional representation seat in Zimbabwe’s 8th Parliament because race was no longer an issue in the...
View ArticleMujuru mauls Mnangagwa
HARARE - Vice president Joice Mujuru’s camp romped to an emphatic victory over the weekend, crushing their rivals in the Zanu PF provincial polls. The vote was blighted with violence, voter...
View ArticleCorporates should support arts
HARARE - A thousand definitions can be used to define arts centres but for the purpose of this write-up an arts centre will be described as a recreational facility that meets the economic and social...
View ArticleIntwasa lines up storytelling workshop
BULAWAYO - Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo will begin a two-day workshop on December 5 targeting more than 30 local teachers in order to resuscitate the art of storytelling in the country. The...
View ArticleNyandoro school wins Jikinya festival
BULAWAYO - Nyandoro Primary School from Mashonaland Central Province last Friday shrugged off competition from eight other provincial champions to land the 2013 Jikinya Dance Festival crown at the...
View ArticleUK-based musician returns to Zim
HARARE - Upcoming musician Pearl Natasha Waungana Doherty, who has made waves in the United Kingdom (UK), is back in Zimbabwe to work on her debut album titled I/U. The 22-year-old Pearl, whose album...
View ArticleZim introduces E15
HARARE - Zimbabwe has increased the mandatory blending of ethanol with unleaded petrol from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E10) with effect from last Saturday. Gloria Magombo, Zimbabwe Energy...
View ArticleTetrad courts foreign investors
HARARE - Diversified financial concern Tetrad Holdings Limited (Tetrad) is in negotiations with foreign investors to access credit lines and funds to recapitalise its flagship unit Tetrad Investment...
View ArticleAfrAsia approves Chanakira exit package
HARARE - AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AKZL) shareholders have approved Nigel Chanakira’s $12,5 million exit package. In September, Chanakira ? a prominent banker and founder of Kingdom Financial...
View ArticleChi-town residents welcome back KK on the road
EDITOR — There is joy and ululation among the majority of commuting public from Zengeza and St Mary’s to Harare following the return of Kukura Kurerwa Bus Company which has resumed operations along...
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