adminZim lines up 10 diamond auctions
Zimbabwe is looking at conducting 10 diamond auctions this year, as it seeks to generate more revenue from the gems, the country’s minerals marketing agency has said. The targeted auctions are double what the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe held last year, the State-owned entity charged with marketing all country’s minerals except gold and silver, said yesterday.
HIGH-FLYING WARRIORS
THE Zimbabwe Warriors’ stock continues to rise, with the authoritative France Football Magazine, the franchise holders of the prestigious Ballon d’Or since 1956, saying they performed better than five-time African champions Cameroon, four-time AFCON winners Ghana and regional rivals Zambia last year. Two-time African champions, the DRC, who suffered a 1-2 home defeat at the hands of the Warriors in a 2019 AFCON qualifiers before needing a diabolical refereeing call, in which Knox Mutizwa’s effort was ruled out, to scrape a draw in Harare, were also cast into the Warriors’ shadow.
Zifa ready for blockbuster game
ZIFA have said the stage has been set for the blockbuster CAF Champions League showdown between FC Platinum and free-scoring Orlando Pirates at Barbourfields on Saturday.
Trade deficit drops
Zimbabwe’s trade deficit narrowed 37 percent in October last year to $144 million after total exports jumped 25 percent to $449 million largely driven by a 300 percent vault in tobacco shipments, according to latest data published by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
UPDATED: ‘Free and fair’ hearings for striking doctors
Disciplinary hearings for junior doctors who participated in the month-long illegal industrial action will proceed as scheduled and will be conducted in a fair and transparent manner, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said.
Ncube sells Zim reforms to EU
GOVERNMENT has developed a comprehensive plan to revive the economy, which will involve painful measures like a bitter pill administered to a patient, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said.
Glen View 1 High builds $3m multi-purpose court
IN what could be a first for a school in the high-density suburbs, Glen View 1 High School have constructed a $3million state-of-the-art multi-purpose court to upgrade the sports facilities at the institution. The outdoor court, which ranks as one of its kind in the so-called Group B schools, accommodates different sporting disciplines such as basketball, tennis, netball, volleyball and korfball.
US playwright assists local theatre practitioners
Theatre practitioners have commended assistance being offered to them at the ongoing Almasi Africa Playwright Conference under the stewardship of visiting United States playwright Alice Tuan. Also being facilitated by Walter Mparutsa fellow Gideon Jeph Wabvuta who is currently studying in US, the conference kicked off on January 3 and will run until this weekend with a series of stage readings.
MAHACHI FORM EXCITES MICHO
HE may have struggled to announce his arrival at South African giants Orlando Pirates, but Zimbabwe international Kuda Mahachi is starting to make waves at the Buccaneers.