Dodgy characters behind power plant tenders…Zim’s $600m energy gamble
The Source— ZIMBABWE has put $600 million worth of the country’s critical power projects in the hands of a middleman accused of drug trafficking, and awarded big contracts to companies that are...
View ArticleBREAKING: President Mugabe’s former teacher dies
The late Mr Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya Senior Writer PRESIDENT Mugabe’s former teacher, Sekuru Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya (120) has died. Katsukunya, who could have been one of the world’s oldest people,...
View ArticleMugabe teacher dies aged 120
The late Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya Sydney Kawadza Harare Bureau— PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s former teacher, also believed to be Zimbabwe’s oldest person, has died aged 120. Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya,...
View ArticleWe’ll go to war over school pledge: Mohadi
Minister of State Security Kembo Mohadi Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau— THE national school pledge introduced by the government on the opening day of schools this week is not a Zanu-PF scheme and the...
View ArticleRBZ to unveil ‘bond notes’ …-New withdrawal limits set, rand returns -Cash...
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya Happiness Zengeni and Martin Kadzere Harare Bureau— THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is set to introduce bond notes to curb money flowing out of the...
View ArticleKeep your quail birds: Mnangagwa
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter— THE government supports the production of quail birds (izigwaca in isiNdebele or zvihuta in Shona) as this improves nutrition and livelihoods of people, Vice...
View ArticleChiadzwa miner ‘externalised’ $450m
Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau— ONE of the diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa, Jinan Mining Private Limited, could have externalised about $450 million that came from the Chinese investor, Anhui Foreign...
View ArticleHORROR IN NKETA… 5 family members killed in inferno
FIVE members of the same family from Bulawayo’s Nketa 6 suburb were burnt to death while three others escaped, one with serious burns, after their rented house caught fire yesterday. Bulawayo’s chief...
View ArticleMidwives vital in reducing maternal deaths: VP Mphoko
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko speaks at the International Day of the Midwife commemorations at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday. Listening from left are Dr Lilian Dodzo and Minister of...
View ArticleNRZ case struck off the roll
Minister Prisca Mupfumira Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter A LABOUR Court judge has struck off the roll the matter between the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and its workers who downed tools last...
View ArticleUZ to introduce Tonga degree
Prof Levy Nyagura Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) will starting this August introduce a degree in Tonga as the institution of high learning moves to promote the...
View ArticleZimbabwean men create thriving farm on ‘useless’ land in SA
Albert Zinhanga examines part of the vegetable crop on the 1 500-hectare farm he and his partners are leasing in Malmesbury, Cape Town. Tariro Washinyira Cape Town — Five Zimbabwean men have been...
View ArticleTshinga Dube rips into former aide
Some of the food aid maize given to the elderly in Makokoba by Rtd Col Tshinga Dube yesterday Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent WAR veterans Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube yesterday...
View ArticleEase of doing business…Zimbabwe targets top 20 global ranking
Jacob Mudenda Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor ZIMBABWE is angling for top 20 position from 155 in the global ease of doing business ranking, riding on a raft of reforms being undertaken to accelerate...
View ArticleAirZim Boss ‘murdered’ . . . Found dead in a bush in Botswana
The late Shingai Dhliwayo Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter AIR ZIMBABWE public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo, has been found dead in a bush in Botswana. Family members, in a series of...
View ArticleGold, platinum deposits discovered in Kariba
Minister Walter Chidhakwa Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau The government has moved in to conduct large scale mining in Kariba following the recent discovery of gold and platinum group mineral...
View ArticleNRZ workers get salaries
Minister Joram Gumbo Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter THE government has released about $3 million to pay striking National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workers in a bid to end their strike which...
View ArticlePOLICE HUNT AIRZIM BOSS ‘KILLERS’ . . . Body found hanged near border post ....
The late Shingai Dhliwayo Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter AIR Zimbabwe public relations executive Shingai Dhliwayo, 36, was murdered and her body hanged on a tree a few kilometres from the...
View ArticleSpeaker blasts inept ministers
Jacob Mudenda Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor THE Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has blasted some ministers for their “lethargic” response to implementing investment proposals thereby frustrating...
View ArticleZim dollar fears allayed
Willard Manungo Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has reassured the nation that the government is not re-introducing the Zimbabwean dollar...
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