Bobby Makaza, 59, was freed after serving just 4 years of a 16-year prison sentence …
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Police get new instructions to allow CCC rallies and avoid ‘skirmishes’
‘Commanders should note that for elections to be deemed free, fair, peaceful, and credible, the playing field should be reckoned as level’ …
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2 Chinese nationals robbed of US$100,000 cash in raid at Harare home
Victims intended to invest the money in their mining operation, police told …
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Bulawayo woman, 30, is raped and robbed on night out with friends
Woman threatened with knife after temporarily leaving bar for a comfort break in secluded area …
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Sinomine completes $300 mln Zimbabwe lithium projects
Sinomine becomes the third Chinese battery metals producer to start production at recently acquired Zimbabwean lithium projects. …
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Dreamstar talent search show returns after two-year hiatus
The winner of the competition walks away with US$3,000 while the second and third placed winners get US$1,500 and US$500 respectively. …
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NEW books: Why farmer participatory research is essential for agricultural development
The trio of ‘Farmer First’ books published originally between 1989 and 2009 have just been released as open access versions. You can download and share them for free. Together, they make the case that we must put farmers first if … Continue reading → …
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Flourishing gold town…Magnificent homes sprout in Filabusi
Raymond Jaravaza, raymondjaravaza@gmail.com “BEKEZELA” is an IsiNdebele word for patience. For residents of a suburb that bears that name in Filabusi in Insiza District, Matabeleland South, development has been a long way coming for the now bustling mining and farming community. The Filabusi economy is buoyed by the rich pickings of gold that artisanal miners and […] …
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No to external interference in Zim elections — Zuma
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw FORMER South Africa President, Cde Jacob Zuma, has said Zimbabwe must be allowed to conduct its forthcoming harmonised elections without external interference. Other countries, he said, should also not “try to rule from a distance” by dictating how the polls should be conducted. Cde Zuma, who was in the country last week to […] …
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COMMENT: Government must, after exposing errant businesses, effect all the sanctions applicable at law
THE Government has been exceedingly patient with misbehaving local businesses for a very long time. Wherever and whenever it sees them getting astray, it cajoles them back in line when the stick would have been appropriate. That approach is very good, we must say, but the problem is that the businesses obey the rules […] …
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