Tsitsi Dangarembga and her husband arrive at the Harare magistrate courts yesterday. — Picture Lee Maidza Senior Court Reporter The trial of novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga finally ended yesterday with a $70 000 fine (or three months) after being convicted on charges of staging an illegal demonstration during the Covid-19 national lockdown in […] …
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Govt contributed US$305m towards fighting Covid-19
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa addresses the media 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 Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Honourable General […] …
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SRC adamant on ZIFA reforms
Felton Kamambo Eddie Chikamhi and Grace Chingoma THE Sport and Recreation Commission are adamant that the process of reforming local football will only succeed once the ZIFA Congress meet to discuss the forthcoming forensic audit report and recommendations of the Restructuring Committee. This comes as the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation […] …
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CCC tables electoral demands it says will ‘solve quagmire of disputed elections’
‘This document is our humble submission on the discourse on what needs to be corrected’ …
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100 hectares for Figtree smart city
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter Bulilima Rural District Council has offered a 100-hectare farm for the development of Figtree into a smart city whose transformation will be anchored on digitisation and adoption of green energy. Cabinet last year resolved that Figtree in Bulilima District in Matabeleland South be transformed into a smart city. While there has been […] …
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Zimbabwe health sector flourishes despite illegal sanctions
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWEANS are a resilient lot as witnessed by the fact that the country continues to record milestones in the health sector despite illegal and crippling sanctions that were imposed on the country in 2002. These are the words by former Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa who served Government […] …
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COMMENT: Government moving in the right ‘smart cities’ direction
As the Government moves ahead with Vision 2030 which seeks to transform the country into upper middle-income status by that year, it is prioritising green development in that agenda. It is building smart cities that will be oases of responsible development. As the name indicates, the cities would be smart, ambient, spacious, highly digitalised and […] …
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Exporters seek export surrender threshold review
Business Reporter EXPORTING companies have lobbied the Government to increase the mandatory 40 percent surrender requirement saying it diminishes the incentive to export and is not viable for sound business operations. Those in the clothing sector claim the 40 percent surrender requirement constrains ability to export noting that the sector, in particular, is raw material […] …
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WATCH: English Brown flavour for Gamecocks
Fungai Muderere, Senior Sports Reporter AFTER yet another five-star performance in Whawha colours when his side took on Chicken Inn at Luveve Stadium, Calum English-Brown dribbled into the hearts of many local football enthusiasts, a development that compelled Gamecocks head coach, Joey Antipas to reveal he wants the artistic footballer’s signature. English-Brown (19) made his long-awaited […] …
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Bidder could have supplied parliament computers at US$1,200, MPs reveal
Pressure mounts on Clerk of Parliament to quit over US$9,000-per-laptop scandal …
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