adminChrome rakes in US$100m
HIGH carbon ferrochrome exports have registered a 35 percent jump in the first quarter of the year compared to 85 000 tonnes produced the same period last year, earning the country US$100 million, according to official statistics.
Warriors dinner set for Wednesday
WITH less than two weeks to go before the African Cup of Nations burst into life, the Warriors Fundraising Committee will get down to business of mobilising funds for the senior national football team by hosting a fund-raising dinner at a local hotel in Harare on Wednesday.
Bako untouchable at DonnyBrook
ZIMBABWE’S junior motocross champion rider Emmanuel Bako showed that his nerves are made of steel when he made a miraculous recovery from a hand injury to win the 85cc Class during yesterday’s round three of the Bogwheelers Club’s Club Championship series at Donnybrook Raceway in Harare.
Falling renewable power costs may prop up climate action
Zimbabwe’s ongoing power outages have once again brought into focus the need for accelerated investment into alternative renewable energy by both public and private actors.
I did not expect to win: Barty
PARIS. — Newly-crowned French Open champion Ashleigh Barty said that she did not imagine winning a Grand Slam title “at all” when she took a break from tennis in 2014 to play cricket.
Govt to complete 17 new schools
THE construction of 17 schools funded by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is almost complete and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is now purchasing learning equipment.
Govt welcomes support for Idai
Government has commended efforts by Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora in assisting victims of Cyclone Idai.
‘China will continue to speak up for Zim’
China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Guo Shaochun, officially presented his credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in March this year. Last week Ambassador Gou (AG) held his first exclusive interview since he started his official duty. Below is the full interview which he held with our Chief Reporter Kuda Bwititi (KB) to unpack relations between Harare and Beijing.
Ideological strife in ‘The Last of the Empire’
OUSMANE Sembene’s “The Last of the Empire” (1981) remains one of the most revealing repertoires of the challenges bedevilling the post-colonial nation state in Africa.
Govt to bring in new dairy investors
Government says it is in negotiation with a consortium of local and international dairy investors with a view of concluding a deal that could see the country augmenting current production which is in excess of 65 million litres.