Brand Zim shines at Botswana expo
The Zimbabwe Pavilion at the Global Expo Botswana (GEB) took home top honours on Thursday last week, winning the award for Best Country Pavilion at the four-day trade show.
Bus operators bank on SI 122 suspension
The Coach and Bus Operators Association (CBOA) last week said they were looking forward to an improvement in their business due to an anticipated increase in people travelling within and outside the country’s border to purchase basic commodities following Government’s suspension of Statutory Instrument (SI) 122 of 2017.
Gokwe owed $2,8m
Gokwe Town Council is owed $2,8 million in unpaid rates and bills by ratepayers, crippling the local authority’s service delivery system.
German bank wants guarantee over Zisco debt
GERMAN Development Bank (KfW) has engaged Government to guarantee the sovereignty of the $225 million debt, which it is owed by the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) in case ZimCoke that recently made an undertaking to take over the debt fails to honour it.
Mayor’s Xmas Fund launch raises $7k
The Mayor of Masvingo, Advocate Collen Maboke, has called on corporates to donate generously to help the needy in the community as part of their social development initiatives.
Springboks lose to England
Disappointed South Africa rugby captain captain Siya Kolisi has admitted his side made it “tough for themselves” in going down 12-11 against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Govt has children at heart
GOVERNMENT is committed to taking care of disadvantaged children as evidenced by its social welfare programmes that include the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), Shamva district administrator Mr White Nkoma has said.
Review of two percent tax
Government will review the two percent transactional tax on electronic money transfers to make it sensitive to the needs of both business and consumers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
Six Indo-Zim agreements sealed
Kuda Bwititi and Norman Muchemwa Zimbabwe and India yesterday signed six agreements to heighten bilateral co-operation and explore mutually beneficial opportunities in health, media, sports, mining and ICTs.
Do well by doing good
The big issue among some the “twitterati” — that chattering class that believes the world can be captured by their thumbs in a very limited character count — was Econet…







