adminEditorial Comment: Women’s Parly quota system extension progressive
The gender equality narrative often evokes different emotions and reactions whenever it is tabled for discussion at different forums and spaces.
OUTSCORED, OUTWITTED, OUTMUSCLED, OUT-THOUGHT, OUTPLAYED, OUTFOXED
GABRIEL NYONI — once of those black-and-white royal parishes but now a Green Machine player — has scored more goals than the entire Highlanders team in probably the most graphic illustration of the decline and decay which has paralysed the Premiership’s oldest football club.
RBZ calls for efficient interbank market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to discontinue twinning arrangements for their customers, with a view to promote efficient functioning of interbank market and willing-buyer willing-seller practice in trading of foreign currency.
Companies priced out of CBD
HIGH rentals, parking fees and the poor state of some buildings are forcing companies out of Harare’s central business district (CBD), with 70 percent of law firms now operating from medium and low-density suburbs near town.
Fuel procurement now via interbank rate
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, removed the 1:1 foreign currency exchange rate for the procurement of fuel by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), which will result in the interbank market being used. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday said the move sought to promote the efficient use forex and to “minimise and guard against incidences of arbitrage” in the economy.
Cottco to introduce hybrid seed varieties
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe is looking at introducing hybrid seed varieties with high yield potential compared to current non-hybrid varieties, in a development that will further boost the country’s cotton production, an official has said.
Trust new dispensation: Mthuli
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has called on citizens to trust the new dispensation, saying since coming into office, it has “walked the talk” and is determined to turn around the fortunes of the economy.
MUDIMU CHOOSES WARRIORS AHEAD OF CONTRACT TALKS
ZIMBABWE international defender Alec Mudimu has mandated his agents to deal with a possible extension of his deal with Welsh club Cefn Druids while he concentrates on the assignments for his beloved Warriors.
UPDATED: Sons vow to keep Sekuru Gweshe’s legacy alive
THE sons of mbira music maestro Sekuru Gweshe (real name David Tafanei Gweshe) have vowed to keep his legacy alive.
Wheat inputs for 75 000ha sourced
Government has sourced enough inputs for the winter wheat cropping season to cover at least 75 000 hectares, amid reports that over US$400 million was being spent importing three key agro-raw materials that can be produced locally.