EDITORIAL COMMENT: Put the interests of residents first

IF ever there were any doubts that the people chosen to lead towns and cities in Zimbabwe are only interested in their own self-aggrandizement at the expense of service delivery, then these doubts should by now have dissipated because of the manner in which urban centres are being run by local authorities.

Mayor should have rejected gift from homosexuals

By Dosman Mangisi
If an apparition stretches its hand to greet you, withdraw yours. Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor Thaba Moyo did not see it coming.

Mimosa gives shares to Zvishavane communities

Harare Bureau
MIMOSA Mining Company has given 10 percent shareholding to Zvishavane communities as more foreign-owned companies comply with indigenisation and economic empowerment requirements.

Re-introduction of Zimdollar, Chinese yuan feasible: Gono

Harare Bureau
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has said the introduction of a reconstituted Zimbabwe dollar alongside the Chinese yuan and other existing currencies is feasible and beneficial to the economy.

Fans united in Monya case

Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS fans yesterday united in welcoming Murape Murape’s decision to reconsider his retirement from football. The

Arubi set for more glory

Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
SOCCER Star of the Year, Washington Arubi, is set to hog the limelight again tonight when Dynamos host a ceremony to

US slaps diamond firms with sanctions

Bulawayo Bureau
THE United States has added on its sanctions list two Zimbabwean diamond mining firms, Mbada Diamonds and Marange Resources.

The move, seen as a ploy to frustrate efforts to improve the economy through diamond sales, comes shortly after the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme granted Zimbabwe the nod to unconditionally export its gemstones from Marange fields.

Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu is on record as saying Zimbabwe was geared to become an economic giant after the KP approval.
He said the country would no longer beg for foreign funding as it was expecting to rake in over US$3 billion per year from diamond sales.

According to the latest US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the two companies have been added onto the “specially

Taylor thrilled ahead of NZ experience

Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE captain, Brendan Taylor, is thrilled by the prospect of playing for Wellington Firebirds in the New Zealand HRV Cup

Southern Rocks plumb the depths

John Ward
Southern Rocks hit rock bottom yesterday as they went down to a humiliating innings defeat at the hands of Mashonaland

Znssa slam Owen Chandamale

Senior Sports Editor
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association have slammed Zifa Councillor, Owen Chandamale, for neglecting

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