Brian Sibanda and Sylvester Muzingini dry kapenta in the sun after a night’s catch in Binga recently. This follows the donation of fishing rigs by President Mnangagwa to the Binga community to enhance the fishing business. – Picture: Eliah Saushoma Bongani Ndlovu in Binga |A SYMPHONY of boat navigation lights from a fleet of kapenta […] …
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Biti assault trial continues Friday
Tendai Biti Herald Correspondent The assault trial for Tendai Biti was last week postponed to this Friday. Biti is facing charges of assaulting a Zimbabwean investor Mrs Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magistrates Court. During the previous sittings, the Biti made false claims that the complainant’s company had been illegally given more than 200 000 […] …
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Plan to strengthen national preparedness, response capacity for floods gets priority
Acting Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere addresses journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday Cabinet received an update on the country‘s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the chairman of the Ministers’ Committee on the National Covid-19 response, […] …
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Airlines see return to profit next year
The airline industry remains likely to return to profit next year, with high employment levels and growth in key economies sustaining demand even as household bills spiral, the head of its main lobby group said. Carriers should achieve positive earnings in 2023 for the first time since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic roiled global travel, […] …
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2023 budget to boost investor confidence, arrest inflation
Minister Ncube When Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube presents the 2023 national budget tomorrow, three things will be uppermost on his mind: maintaining current investor confidence, ensuring stable exchange rates and keeping a tight lid on inflation. At a glance, this is a big ask in an election season when, traditionally, politically-motivated largesse often comes […] …
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Murder, armed robbery suspect dies in police custody after wife meal: ZRP
The suspect had consumed food and diabetes medication brought by his wife …
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Ministers approve patriotism law criminalising undermining ‘national interest’
‘This is a predatory instrument to proscribe alternative views and values’ …
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Kazembe says security guards must undergo basic training by police
This came up during cabinet deliberations in Harare Tuesday. …
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Inside Zambezi’s floating economy…The ‘suspended city’ along Zambezi shores where men, women literally swim in money
Bongani Ndlovu in Binga A SYMPHONY of boat navigation lights from a fleet of kapenta fishing rigs reflected off the Zambezi River on a dark and clear night, creating a magical streak of glittering light reaching across the water. From a distance, the all-around white lights resemble a floating city on the Zambezi River, the […] …
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Gone in three hours… Daring cable thieves ‘loadshed’ suburb from unsecured substation
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter COPPER cables thieves are resorting to switching off electricity substations, plunging suburbs into darkness to then steal the wires. Thieves have been wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe, targeting Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) copper cables and transformers, leaving suburbs in darkness for days or months on end. The ZETDC […] …
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