Ghana to suspend issuing new gold licences
GHANA is to suspend issuing new gold-prospecting permits while it carries out an audit of existing licences to free up unused concessions for prospective investors, the chief executive of the…
Platinum bounce back in style
Paul Mundandi in ZVISHAVANE FC Platinum. . . . . . .. . .(2) 4 Triangle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Govt, schools relations sour
In-Depth Reporter Recently, Government has introduced a host of changes to the education system, supposedly to restore sanity, but most people feel that the sharp policy shifts are disturbing the…
‘Zim has the highest maize producer price’
Zimbabwe maize producer price is the highest in the region, the Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said. Farmers have been complaining that the price being offered by millers…
NAAZ begs
Brighton Zhawi The National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (NAAZ) is racing against time to secure funding for athletes who have qualified for July’s IAAF World Junior Championships in the United…
State of artisanal excavation
Wellington Takavarasha Artisanal mining is largely poverty driven and may be the only recourse for people in a collapsing economy. Whether or not the sector is a net contributor to…
Barclays fined US$44m for fixing gold prices
BARCLAYS Plc was fined 26 million (US$44 million) by Britain’s markets regulator after a trader was found to have manipulated the price of gold in 2012, dealing a blow to…
War against stubborn TB
An estimated 14 million people worldwide are infected with active tuberculosis (TB), which is a disease of poverty affecting mainly young adults in their most productive years.
Timberlake wins big at Billboard Awards
Justin Timberlake, hometown rockers Imagine Dragons and Robin Thicke, were big winners at the Billboard Music Awards last Sunday in Las Vegas where a computer-generated Michael Jackson danced and sang…
Is it time for women-only villages?
Doris Nyasha Kumbawa The full range of current media platforms have been awash with stories, messages and campaigns, compelling us to “bring back our girls” captured by notorious Boko Haram…




