Zimbabwe boasts a highly diversified mineral resource base, with the mining industry contributing approximately 12% to the country’s GDP. Source: Top 5 Minerals Produced in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe boasts a highly diversified mineral resource base, featuring close to 40 exploitable minerals that include platinum group metals (PGMs), chromium, gold, coal, diamonds, lithium, manganese, iron ore, copper, […] …
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Monthly Archives: April 2023
UNESCO laureate helps a young woman continue her studies in Zimbabwe
Source: UNESCO laureate helps a young woman continue her studies in Zimbabwe | UNESCO © The Female Students Network Trust Speaking out “I was a first year student at university and was thrown out of school. I did not live up to society’s expectations of how a girl should live,” said Audrey. Audrey was suspended […] …
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party vilifies the opposition as American puppets. But the party itself had strong ties to the US
Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach, it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home. Source: Zimbabwe’s ruling party vilifies the opposition as American puppets. But the party itself had strong ties to the US Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressing a rally in Bulawayo recently. Zinyange Auntony/AFP […] …
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ZRP undertakes to fix illegal bus rank menace after ZLHR’s protest
Source: ZRP undertakes to fix illegal bus rank menace after ZLHR’s protest THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has undertaken to dismantle a chaotic and illegal bus rank in Harare and bring sanity and order following a complaint lodged by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). ZRP assured ZLHR that it is working towards bringing sanity […] …
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‘Middlemen milk women smallholder farmers’
Source: ‘Middlemen milk women smallholder farmers’ -Newsday Zimbabwe THE majority of women smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are getting less than 15% of the value of their produce while middlemen, transporters, processors, wholesalers and retailers get the lion’s share, a recent survey has revealed. The survey conducted by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) […] …
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State Lands boss back in court for fraud
The suspended physical planning head is jointly charged with a Borrowdale-based private developer …
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Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
High-profile users who lost their blue checks Thursday included Beyoncé, Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former President Donald Trump. …
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‘Hospitals, clinics in every corner of Zimbabwe’
Fungi Kwaramba, Harare Bureau TOWARDS universal access to health, every district in the country will have quality healthcare services that come with the latest equipment and specialist medical officers, President Mnangagwa has said. This can be achieved through partnerships between Government and the private sector which is critical in the attainment of Vision 2030, to […] …
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New Government programme to revamp road network
Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a new road development programme as the Second Republic steps up efforts to revamp the country’s road network in line with the National Development Strategy1 (NDS1). The new programme, set to be rolled out next year, succeeds the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP 2) which expires […] …
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Police ready to pounce on cyber bullies
Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw AS the country heads towards the harmonised elections, police are ready to tackle cyber-bullying, one of the emerging crimes being recorded in the country with most of the cases occurring in political debates. While political parties are canvassing for votes, social media has become one of the tools used to debate political […] …
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