adminPresident mourns Prof Makhurane
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Vice-Chancellor and nationalist Professor Phineas Makhurane, describing him as a strong nationalist. Prof Makhurane, who was one of the first black Zimbabweans to attain a degree in physics and mathematics, succumbed to diabetes at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo on Saturday.
‘Resolve forex repatriation bottlenecks’
ZIMBABWE should institute urgent measures to eliminate bottlenecks choking repatriation of foreign currency by foreign companies if Harare is serious about attracting significant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, a top Chinese official has said.
Mountaineers eye title defence
MOUNTAINEERS will be looking to make it three first-class titles in a row as they begin their Logan Cup defence away to Rhinos at Kwekwe Sports Club, while Eagles will be hosting Tuskers at Harare Sports Club in the season-opening fixtures beginning today.
Mash East revels in lithium mine
Minister of State for Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs Appolonia Munzverengi has applauded the new dispensation’s “Zimbabwe is Open for Business” mantra, saying it is yielding positive results in her province and across the nation.
Minister Munzverengi said the mantra has wooed investors to Mashonaland East Province to invest in mining and other areas of economic development.
Another road crash claims 12
TWELVE people died on the spot yesterday near Checheche Growth Point in Chipinge when a Green Fuel sugarcane haulage truck collided with a commuter omnibus. Chairman of the Chipinge District Civil Protection Unit Mr William Mashava confirmed the accident.
UN climate talks open amid rising global temperatures
When the UN climate change conference opened in Katowice, Poland, on December 2, news that the year 2018 was on course to be the fourth warmest on record made for an uncomfortable background to the annual negotiations.
Tiger Woods remembers George Bush
NASSAU. — Tiger Woods on Saturday recalled George H. W. Bush as a passionate golfer and a “class act”, as many across the sports world mourned the death of the 41st US president.
Why Palestine is an AU member and Israel is not
Israel is really pushing hard to become an African Union (AU) member, with a recent call on the Ghanaian government to back its bid for an observer status, a position it lost in 2002 when the former Organisation of African Union (OAU) was dissolved and replaced by the AU.
Gweru taps run dry
A number of Gweru suburbs have been without water since last week, as the council is experiencing pumping challenges at Gwenhoro treatment plant due to low voltage electricity.
Avoid borehole water: Town Clerk
RESIDENTS in some parts of Mkoba suburb in Gweru have been warned against consuming water from boreholes following traces of Escherichia coli (E coli) in water from some of the boreholes.