adminConcern over SPB solar tender delay
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter the State Procurement Board’s delay in announcing the winning bids for the solar tender projects with four months having lapsed since the price opening ceremony has raised…
Editorial Comment – Urban tollgates: More needs to be done
Urban tollgates are, in the correct circumstances, an excellent idea to reduce congestion and raise funds for essential infrastructure from the users of that infrastructure, as Transport and Infrastructure Development…
Parly must receive audits on time: MPs
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Audit reports of parastatals need to be timely presented to Parliament for the enterprises to make a meaningful impact in nation-building, Parliament has heard.
Another sungura star from DZ
Wellington Kudiwa Entertainment Reporter The high-density suburb of Dzivarasekwa seems set to produce a new sungura star in the name of Gift Makuni, who has recently released his third album in…
We should be proud of the threat we pose to US
Don’t we all know that the US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in response to the land reform programme, which saw poor black people benefiting from their God-given resource which had…
SPB blocks Zesa on meters
Felex Share Senior Reporter The State Procurement Board has blocked Zesa Holdings from buying 30 000 prepaid meters directly from companies that have them, telling the power utility to wait for…
Morsi death penalty upheld
CAIRO. — An Egyptian court yesterday confirmed the death sentence against ousted President Mohamed Morsi over mass jailbreak during the 2011 political turmoil, state-run Nile TV reported.
Blazer the whistle-blower
LONDON. — A corrupt FIFA official worked undercover for investigators for 18 months while on the governing body’s executive committee, it has emerged.
Anger over Arab wars
RIYADH. — Sophisticated attacks by an Islamic State branch in Saudi Arabia show the jihadist group is better established there than previously suspected, and that fuelled by anger over Arab…
Drought hits North Korea
SEOUL. — North Korea has been hit by its worst drought in a century, state media said yesterday, sparking fears of worsening food shortages in the impoverished communist country.