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Suspended Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) director for the Financial Intelligence Unit Mirirai Chiremba, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office, has notified the State of his intentions to apply for the relaxation of his bail conditions on the next court date.
Zim splashes millions on luxury imports
Zimbabwe is spending millions of dollars on importing products that it should ordinarily manufacture locally or simply do without, latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) have revealed. Plastic bottles, carboys, flasks and other similar articles of plastic gobbled nearly $30 million in imports from February to October last year, as some minor commodities continue to weigh heavily on the country’s import bill.
Beer price increases hit social sports hard
SOCIAL and semi-professional sport leagues have already started feeling the pinch of the increase in beverage prizes as the commodity is central to their activities.
Life inside R. Kelly’s ‘cult’ . . . Grooming, sex training, brainwashing and beatings
Kelly has groomed, imprisoned and “trained” numerous young and often vulnerable women to be his sex slaves, a harrowing docu-series has claimed.
Geneva, Harare to bolster bilateral ties
Switzerland has pledged to support Zimbabwe’s economic reform process as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.The pledge was made by the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Councillor Ignazio Cassis, who was in the country on Wednesday. He toured Newlands Clinic in Harare, which primarily offers HIV and Aids treatment, counselling and research.
DFID rescues rural pupils
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has donated 3 000 bicycles as part of efforts to deliver quality education to marginalised children in rural areas by reducing the time they spend travelling to school.
President congratulates DRC’s Tshisekedi
Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter President Mnangagwa yesterday congratulated Democratic Republic of Congo president-elect Felix Antoine Tshisekedi on his victory in the presidential elections in that country. He also congratulated outgoing…
Lupahla confident of TelOne
TELONE head coach Joel Lupahla believes his side has the capacity to compete in their debut season in the Premier Soccer League which commences in March. The Wi-Fi boys gained promotion after winning the Central Region Division One championship ahead of army side Tongogara, who have since been banned for two seasons on disciplinary grounds.
Rains boost dam levels
Water levels for Zimbabwe’s major dams have increased slightly by 0,49 percent from last week thanks to the above average rains being experienced in most parts of the country. The Meteorological Services Department in its forecast said thundery rain showers are set to persist though light and isolated falls are expected to the south in areas such as Matabeleland South, southern areas of the Midlands, Manicaland and Masvingo.
ZINA league on verge of collapse
THE Zimbabwe Netball Association-run league is on the verge of collapse, as it is likely to lose some of their affiliated teams to its rival the Rainbow Netball Amateur Netball League ahead of the 2019 netball season.