Fungai Muderere, fungai.muderere@bmetro.co.zw THE start of the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) season has been deferred by a week, amid revelations that it will now commence on March 9. This year’s much awaited league programme was initially scheduled to kick-off on Saturday, a week after the season opener Castle Challenge Cup that was played […] …
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Monthly Archives: February 2024
Sub-standard imports continue to stifle clothing industry giants
Senior Business Writer CLOTHING retailer Truworths Limited chief executive officer Bekithemba Ndebele says sales and profitability continue to be adversely affected by the importation of sub-standard clothing and footwear by the informal sector that does not pay tax. Established clothing and footwear outlets are caught up in a vicious price war with the informal sector, […] …
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5 arrested after Zimbabwean man, 26, murdered in England
2 women released on bail on suspicion of assisting an offender
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Thank you rallies to set tone for ED’s 3rd term bid
Source: Thank you rallies to set tone for ED’s 3rd term bid –Newsday Zimbabwe PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon embark on thank you rallies across the country in a calculated move to lay the groundwork for a third term bid in 2028, ruling party insiders have alleged. Zanu PF political commissar Mike Bimha told NewsDay […]
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Farmers pin hopes on village banks
Source: Farmers pin hopes on village banks – The Southern Eye BULILIMA farmers in Matabeleland South province have embarked on the village savings and lending (VSL) programmes, a development meant to mitigate the effects of an El Nino-induced drought. Sisonke Working Together Trust director Themba Phiri revealed that his organisation is assisting the farmers with […]
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Masisi reprimands Botswana MPs over ‘xenophobic’ comments against Zimbabweans
As he continues battling fires torched by Mnangagwa passport waiver policy
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Gender and generation: social reproduction and livelihood change following Zimbabwe’s land reform
This is the second in a short series of blogs reviewing recent literature on Zimbabwe’s land reform. The theme of gender and generation is a crucial one. Land reform changed gender relations as women gained access to land, sometimes in … Continue reading → …
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President bids farewell to Geingob
Kudakwashe Mugari in WINDHOEK, Namibia THOUSANDS of mourners from all walks of life gathered to pay their last respects to the late Namibian President, Dr Hage Geingob, who was buried at the Heroes Acre here yesterday. Among the mourners was the late Namibia leader’s friend and brother, President Mnangagwa, who came to bid farewell to […] …
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Zanu-PF warns land barons
Nqobile Tshili, nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw ZANU-PF has said law enforcement agents should go after the “big fish” land barons who have made millions of dollars through selling State land which is against the Government and the ruling party’s land redistribution programme. Zanu-PF Secretary General Dr Obert Mpofu said this yesterday on the sidelines of the party’s victory celebrations […] …
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Council revamps CBD roads
Peter Matika and Ashley Phiri, Chronicle Writers THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a road rehabilitation exercise targeting major roads in the city centre. The roads rehabilitation is part of a number of key projects the local authority is pushing aimed at sprucing up the image of the city and restoring order. This comes […] …
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