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- February 26, 2019
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Nigeria’s Buhari leads in poll count
ABUJA – Nigeria’s incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari extended his early election lead yesterday based on official results from a third of the country’s districts as the death toll from sporadic…
adminArtistes join hands to promote road safety
Following a move to promote road safety through music by Bulawayo-based dancehall chanter Njanji, real name Noah Wambe, more Zimdancehall artistes have released various such songs.
RBZ justifies gold miners’ forex thresholds
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe reduced foreign currency retention thresholds for small- scale miners as a way of managing cash challenges the country is currently going through after foreign banks mainly South Africans, cut hard cash supplies to Zimbabwe, an official with the Apex Bank has said.
Gem boys under probe
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company have launched investigations into allegations that two executive members at their football franchise, Manica Diamonds, could have been involved in illicit player transfer deals to enrich themselves.
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Botswana stance shows good neighbourliness
Botswana is extending $600 million to Zimbabwe’s private sector, a clear sign that President Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts are bearing fruits.
Makandiwa implicated in gold mine kidnap, torture
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has been implicated in a case in which five men were reportedly kidnapped and tortured for allegedly stealing gold ore from Havilah Gold Mine in Mutoko, which is believed to be owned by the clergyman.
Zim keen to export more to Botswana
Government is planning to exploit the warm relations prevailing between Harare and Gaborone to ramp up exports and generate more foreign currency for the country. This was said by Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu in an interview with The Herald Business yesterday.
NDIRAYA ON AFCON TIE
ZIMBABWE Under-23 coach Tonderai Ndiraya says they need thorough preparations ahead of their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique next month.
Local wheat suitable for bread: Baker
BREAD can be baked from locally produced wheat without blending it with imported ingredients as widely believed, it has emerged.
Sanctions drawing Zim back: Sadc
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has reiterated its call for Western countries to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the embargo was limiting private sector investment and hindering the country’s reform agenda.