Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS Football Club’s assistant coach Antonio Torres believes the squad they have assembled is stronger than the one that they had last season. Pritchard Mphelele is the notable absentee from Highlanders’ season squad that was announced on Thursday. Bosso announced a squad of 25 players that has seven new signings, […] …
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Conversations on Zimbabwe’s land reform: “well, it’s a bit more complex than that….”
I am often involved in conversations with people who are intrigued that I work on land issues in Zimbabwe. Such conversations frequently lead off with something along the lines ‘Oh it was such a terrible thing, wasn’t it?’. Their assumptions … Continue reading → …
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7 years in jail for culpable homicide
Fairness Moyana in Hwange A HWANGE man who fatally assaulted a fellow reveller with a wooden plank following a misunderstanding over beer has been jailed seven years for culpable homicide. Ragee Muleya from BH43 village under Chief Shana in Jambezi, who was 24 at the time of committing the offense in March last year, […] …
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AfDB launches US$2bn five-year Global Benchmark bond
Business Reporter THE African Development Bank has launched and priced a US$2 billion five-year Global Benchmark bond due March 14, 2028, its first of the year. The bond was issued on Monday this week as the regional financing institution continues to carry out its funding strategy of issuing large liquid benchmark transactions. With the final […] …
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Pressure group flags doctors for double dipping, shortchanging patients
Chinhamo called on government to ban opening of private surgeries by public sector medical personnel. …
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Naph Matabeleland North athletics competition kicks off
Leonard Ncube, Online Reporter ATHLETES from the seven districts in Matabeleland North are gathered at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls for the National Association for the Secondary Heads Association (Nash) track and field events. The inter-district competitions started this morning with long distance. Some of the field events will spillover to tomorrow for […] …
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NPA drops criminal charges against former minister Chombo
He is now left with only two criminal accusations after more than 10 charges against him collapsed …
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Livelihoods analysis and agrarian political economy: a new podcast
At the end of last year, I had a great week at PLAAS (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies) at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town discussing with a great cohort of post-grad students working on … Continue reading → …
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Gold Star resumes operations after agreeing terms with supplier
‘GSS has resumed the supply of granulated white sugar to the market and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future’ …
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Firms directed to start compensating pensioners
AFTER a long and uncertain wait, pensioners and insurance policyholders who were heavily prejudiced during the conversion of their benefits at dollarisation in 2009 could have smiles on their faces soon after the Insurance and Pension Commission directed insurers and pension funds to start computations to the losses. Nearly a decade after the Government commissioned […] …
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