Zim-China ties boost as top envoy jets in
President Xi Jinping’s top diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi has arrived in the country on an assignment by the Asian country’s leader,...
Machete gangsterism: Is govt implicit?
Gabriel Banda
BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA
MAZOWE — Taking sips of opaque beer, Gabriel Banda (37) enjoys an intermittent break from digging a new pit a stone’s...
Machete gangsterism: Is govt complicit?
Gabriel Banda
BY KENNEDY NYAVAYA
MAZOWE — Taking sips of opaque beer, Gabriel Banda (37) enjoys an intermittent break from digging a new pit a stone’s...
Zim’s new Parly symbolises China’s chequebook diplomacy approach
With China’s help, a new city is taking shape on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, as Beijing deepens its influence in Africa.
A US$140...
Schools get blank cheque on fees
BY BLESSED MHLANGA
SCHOOLS have received a blank cheque to increase school fees according to market forces despite government’s earlier moves to block “unjustified fees...
Jairos Jiri must be turning in grave
ACCORDING to a very brief, but incisive synopsis on the web-based free content encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, in 1950 a Zimbabwean philanthropist by the name Jairos...
High costs impede BCC’s anti-mosquito drive
The Bulawayo City Council is looking at other options of destroying mosquito-breeding spaces in the city after abandoning the idea of hiring a forking...
BCC requires US$700m for roads rehab
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) needs about US$700 million to rehabilitate three quarters of its road network, mayor Solomon Mguni has said.
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2008 abductions haunt VP
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi is still being haunted by the 2008 alleged abductions of opposition activists, with one of the victims, Pieta Kaseke, still pursuing...
Defence ministry bosses in court
TWO senior employees at Defence House appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday charged with fraud after they allegedly raised fake invoices valued at $306...