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Walter Mswazie in Masvingo Six family members died in a road traffic accident in Masvingo yesterday, while four others died in another accident along the Harare-Mutare Highway. In the Masvingo accident,…
Ntini quits Chevrons
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S preparations for the triangular series in Bangladesh suffered a blow yesterday following the sudden resignation of bowling coach Makhaya Ntini.
Man confesses to killing father over insults
Munyaradzi Doma in Zvishavane A 22-year-old Mberengwa man has confessed to fatally striking his father with an axe, saying he could not stand his continued insults whenever he got drunk.
A walk down Gappah’s ‘Rotten Row’
Tanaka Chidora Literature Today Having grown up in Magaba where words undergo serious reconfigurations due to mispronunciations or reinventions, I always thought Rotten Row was pronounced ‘Rotton Ro’.
Beating cash shortages . . .
Leroy Dzenga Features Writer These days in supermarkets and other places of trade, cash solicitors have become a close to permanent fixture. Some will be looking for amounts as little…
China and the global circular economy
Johanna Lehne Correspondent Shifting towards a more circular economy focused on reuse, remanufacturing and recycling may provide an urgent boost to growth and jobs in developing countries, and China can…
Major-General Dube knuckles down to work
Freeman Razemba and Samantha Chipoyera Newly-promoted Zimbabwe National Army Chief of Staff (Quartermaster Staff) Major-General Hlanganani Dube has promised to work hard to ensure that he meets the expectations of…
Govt turns down councils’ payment platform request
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Government has turned down a request by cash-strapped urban local authorities to use the Zesa pre-paid platform to collect revenues. Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president…
Ex-Zinwa worker convicted of 23 counts of fraud
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent An ex-Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) employee, who illegally connected water to 25 residences in Dema and demanded connection fees from beneficiaries was convicted by a Chitungwiza…
Disaster after disaster: Climate change headache
Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story This time last year large swathes of land in Zimbabwe was covered in flood waters. A torrent of rain had destroyed homes, schools, clinics, roads and…