$700m for major highway rehab

GOVERNMENT will now rehabilitate and widen the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway over the next three years at a cost of $693 million, while dualisation will only take place on some sections of the road.

Retracing origins of the Chirandu clan: Part 4

Claude Maredza Correspondent These people today are found mainly in the Masvingo, Mberengwa and Buhera/Chivhu areas of Zimbabwe as the main original areas they settled in but with urbanisation, a…

Damn right Africans embrace nationalism

Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye For those Africans residing on the homefront, who are analysing the mood, sentiments and exact political temperature of their extended kith and kin languishing in the…

JSC grills acting PG Hodzi

ACTING Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi was yesterday grilled for allegedly not doing enough to effectively prosecute high-profile corruption cases in his first 93 days as head of prosecution.

ED calls for culture of buying local

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to Zimbabweans to develop a culture of buying locally produced goods and services to promote domestic industry and economic transformation.

Youths in business hail President

Youths have hailed President Mnangagwa as a listening leader after he urged them to actively participate in the economy.

Malaysian leader Mahathir (93), feeling his age

KUALA LUMPUR. – Leaning back in his chair and admitting he is feeling every one of his 93 years, the world’s oldest leader Mahathir Mohamad says his second stint as Malaysian…

ED confirms oil, gas discovery

President Mnangagwa yesterday officially announced the discovery of oil and gas in the greater Muzarabani area by Australian Stock Exchange-listed company Invictus Energy stretching over 200km.

Afghan govt continues to lose ground to Taliban: SIGAR

KABUL. – The US-backed Afghan government has lost control of a number of districts to the Taliban, while casualties among security forces have reached record levels, a US watchdog agency has said.…

AFRICA: Activists plead with Ramaphosa to release woman who killed abusive husband

JOHANNESBURG. – Civil society groups have pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Justice Minister Michael Masutha to release Martha Marumo, who is serving a life sentence for killing her abusive husband.…