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- February 24, 2019
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Liverpool go top with draw at injury-hit United
LIVERPOOL moved one point clear at the top of the Premier League after being forced to settle for a 0-0 draw at injury-ravaged Manchester United on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp’s side…
adminBotswana boost for Second Republic
Zimbabwe and Botswana are set to boost their ties in various economic and political fields when Harare hosts the inaugural Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission that kicks off with preparatory meetings today. Various Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in the areas of diplomacy, mining and geology, health, agriculture and science and technology are expected to be signed during the BNC.
NOT SO MARVELOUS FOR NAKAMBA
ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is enduring a very frustrating spell at Belgian football champions Club Brugge amid reports his relationship with his Croatian coach Ivan Leko has been severely strained in recent weeks.
DeMbare reject Gamecocks offer
A PROTRACTED battle is looming between Dynamos and Premiership football rivals Chicken Inn over midfielder Valentine Kadonzvo after the Glamour Boys rejected the Gamecocks’ offer to regularise the player’s move. The Harare giants — who claim that they were tricked into releasing the player last month — are demanding $8 000 from their Premiership rivals.
Editorial Comment: Dialogue must aim for nation-building
Political parties that participated in the July 2018 harmonised elections met on Friday last week and formed four thematic committees to give national dialogue the much-needed depth and direction.
Taxman rolls up sleeves
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to rake in billions of dollars, thanks to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) tool that puts the tax collector in the global-best category. Zimra has targeted to collect $6,037,293,100, but the figure is likely to be surpassed due to changes in the monetary regime announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week which floated foreign currency rates.
Govt is cash positive: Mthuli
Government is currently operating on a positive cash basis as revenue enhancement and austerity measures announced in the 2019 National Budget continue to yield dividends, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said.
Massive fraud rocks Amnesty International
An audit has unearthed serious fraud and financial mismanagement involving millions of dollars at Amnesty International (AI) Zimbabwe. AI, an international human rights organisation that has been part of a phalanx of anti-establishment non-governmental organisations (NGOs), joins a lengthening list of Western NGOs that have lost money to local activists that purport to fight for civil and political rights in the country.
A budget designed to steady the ship
South Africa is supposed to be a secular state, but one can perhaps forgive Tito Mboweni, the Minister of Finance, for quoting numerous biblical verses in his 2019 Budget Speech. After all, South Africa’s fiscal situation is enough to make many people hope for divine intervention.
Rule of law cannot be matter of opinion
From its formation, MDC has largely misread the impact of protest politics, hoping this in and of itself will one day bring regime change. There was hope that urban mass action would propel Morgan Tsvangirai to State House in 2002, and nothing close to that ever happened.