adminAU chair urges Africa to intensify free trade pact
ADDIS ABABA. — Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday urged AU member countries to intensify efforts for the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
Is this Harare’s best oxtail dish?
It’s not often that you have a meal while dining out and, after consideration, declare it to be the best meal of its type that you have ever tasted. But that’s what my decision was after lunch at Harare’s Centurion restaurant this week: quite the best oxtail I have ever enjoyed!
Tracing roots of the Chirandu clan: Part 11
The other group of people to assimilate the Moyo Chirandu totem is the Tumbare people who are originally Dziva/Hungwe/Kalanga.
Mozambique deputy finance minister sacked
MAPUTO. — Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has sacked the country’s deputy finance minister, who has been implicated in a widening scandal over alleged fraudulent government loans totalling $2 billion.
Court confirms Chiyangwa win
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Dr Philip Chiyangwa as the legitimate legislator for Zvimba South, putting to rest rigging allegations by the losing MDC-Alliance candidate. Justice Joseph Musakwa dismissed with costs an election petition by losing MDC-A candidate Mr Nkosilathi Alloys Nyamadzawo, who accused Dr Chiyangwa and his election agents of corrupt practices.
ZRP, VID launch joint blitz on errant motorists
The Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Vehicle Inspection Department are conducting a joint operation targeting unregistered and unroadworthy vehicles on the roads in and around Harare.
Kudos for ED’s olive branch
New Innovative and Modernisation Front’s president Engineer Tendai Peter Munyanduri has commended President Mnangagwa for bringing together political parties that fielded presidential candidates in the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections.
Why it’s best to visit Nyanga
There is something about the life of a traveller, it is punctuated best by the challenges one takes and the adrenaline rush that you experience as you live on the wild side.
ZNA clears air on ‘armoury raids’ reports
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has corrected misrepresentations in some sections of the media that its armouries were raided by civilians during the recent violent demonstrations that rocked the nation.
Sierra Leone’s president declares ‘rape scourge’ a national emergency
FREETOWN. — The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President Julius Maada Bio to declare the prevalence of sexual violence a national emergency.