adminNigerian troops kill 12 Boko Haram fighters
Lagos. — Nigerian troops have killed 12 Boko Haram fighters and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from the hard-line Islamist group whose six-year insurgency has claimed thousands of…
CASH BOOST FOR ZIFA
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter JUST over two weeks into office, ZIFA have moved to start offsetting their crippling debt with the association’s president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday securing a crucial million-dollar…
Scourge of pointless political parties
Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora THIS week this column comes back again to the subject of personal interests in factions as well as the proliferation of self-serving political parties grounded…
Early Christmas treat for young offenders
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Arts Reporter Bald-styled gospel musician Abraham Mutuka recently hosted a Chistmas party for young offenders at Hwahwa Prison. The musician also gave the youths early Christmas gifts which included…
MFI loan disbursements up 50pc
The Zimbabwe Micro-finance Fund (formerly the Zimbabwe Micro-finance Wholesale Facility) said yesterday its loan disbursements shot up by more than 50 percent to $10,3 million this year as appetite for…
Support unit nabs 90 000, recovers $5m stolen goods
Crime Reporter The Police Support Unit arrested more than 90 000 suspects this year and recovered goods worth over $5 million countrywide. Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri said the unit managed…
Unity Accord was not an event, compromise
Lovemore Mataire Senior Writer— The Unity Accord is not a compromise document, but has its roots embedded in the liberation struggle where the two revolutionary parties — Zanu and PF…
More AU peacekeepers for Mali
ALGIERS. — The African Union is set to deploy another peacekeeping force in the troubled Northern Mali territory to fight terrorism and organised crime, a senior AU official said on…
PMTCT – Cuba leads the way
Erica Penfold Cuba has officially become the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child. Margaret Chan, director-general for the World Health…
Msipa makes significant revelations on road to unity
Geoffrey Nyarota Correspondent THE timing of Cde Cephas Msipa’s recently published memoir, “In Pursuit of Freedom and Justice” could not have been more perfect, narrowly missing, as it did, Unity Day…