Taxman to tighten screws on informal sector
Sunday Mail Reporter The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will tighten the noose on the informal sector as it seeks to widen its revenue collection base. This follows reports…
Russia punches back
Russia increased the gas price for Ukraine for the second time in just three days to push prices up by 80 percent, piling the pressure on an economy already on…
Uganda nabs gay American
A United States-funded health project in Uganda has suspended operations after police arrested a staff member on suspicion of promoting homosexuality, highlighting the mounting legal risks confronting the gay community…
Japan, Korea stiff
Japan has ordered a destroyer in the East Sea/Sea of Japan to strike any ballistic missiles that may be launched by North Korea in the coming weeks after Pyongyang fired…
Two stinging blows to HIV nemesis
Sharon Kavhu The deaths dropped from 170 000 in 2003 to 60 000 last year, marking a major decline of at least 64,7 percent. While such statistics portend the fall…
New drug for HIV+ women
HIV-positive mothers and TB patients are set to access the new anti-retroviral therapy (Art) fixed-dose combination for free under a new national programme, Government has announced. The fixed dose combination…
The twins: ‘Tokwe and Mukosi’
Faith Mhandu “When I heard that water from Tokwe-Mukosi Dam was now only 100 metres away, I felt some stomach cramps, it was shocking and the pain was very sharp,”…
From biting poverty to prosperity…The tale of Kurera/Ukondla Youth Fund beneficiaries
Tendai Chara For 37-year-old Mr Edson Chimombe, a carpenter from Mbizo, Kwekwe, paying rent and putting food on the family table was at one time a source of recurring headaches.…
When lions terrorise . . .
Sharon Kavhu Some even barred their children from going to school. The villagers were temporarily relieved after three of the roaming beasts were recaptured and the fourth was put down.…
Reigniting economy through sustainable agric markets
Charles Dhewa Our agro-based economy could perform better if more knowledge on marketing dynamics and value-addition of our agricultural products was acquired. Extension officers, farming organisations, seed companies and non-governmental…







