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The pound to euro exchange rate has plummeted to a five-month low just as Britons prepare to jet off for half term holidays. Despite gains made yesterday following optimism that a second Brexit referendum could be on its way, GBP soon slumped. The pound continues to react to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech today as well as to UK April inflation figure. The European Elections in the UK tomorrow could also have ramifications for the pound.
Huawei woes widen as Asian carriers drop its handsets
Wireless operators in Asia have begun to drop Huawei mobile phones after the US put the Chinese telecom-gear giant on a blacklist blocking it from buying vital American components.
Top lawyer up for $230 000 fraud
The trial of prominent Harare lawyer Puwai Chiutsi (50), who is facing fraud allegations after allegedly selling land that had been repossessed from him by the Sheriff of the High Court to Mashwede Holdings, has been set for June 20.
Govt urges artisanal miners to register
Government has urged small-sale miners to register their operations to enable planning and coordination so that they have full access to resources and services that will effectively boost their operations.
Crime rate declines 8pc
Police recorded an 8 percent drop in crime in Kadoma District in the first quarter of this year compared to the past two years.
Tobacco sales hit 100m kg mark
The 2019 tobacco sales have hit the 100 million kilogramme mark as farmers continue to deliver their crop for marketing.
Cashless bus fare system: Lessons from Rwanda
It is often said that development in technologies has replaced a few things that we grew up with back in the day, like the watch, the alarm clock, the tape recorder, music players, and it seems that very soon, we will add cash and wallets to that list and many others that would not have relevance in people’s everyday lives.
Forex boost for cane growers
More than 1 000 indigenous sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld have been thrown a timely lifeline after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) cleared Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to pay them in foreign currency for their exported crop.
Five ‘plotters’ up for subversion
Five members of shadowy anti-Government organisations who allegedly received training in Maldives with intent to roll out violent demonstrations in the country, yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government.
A homage to Cde Coltrane Chimurenga
Coltrane Chimurenga, Field Marshal of the December 12th Movement, joined the ancestors on May 13, 2019. Chimurenga, a founding member of the movement and a committed Pan-Africanist, devoted his life to the liberation of black people.