adminZanu-PF wins in Wedza, Tsholotsho
ZANU-PF resoundingly won Saturday’s Wedza and Tsholotsho council by-elections, a clear sign that it is a people’s party, officials have said.
Lionel Messi inspires Barca
Lionel Messi delivered an incredible dead-ball hat-trick on Saturday to steer Spanish football champions Barcelona to a 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo and ease the pressure on his coach Ernesto Valverde.
Food outlets, vendors fined over kaylite
EIGHTY food outlets and vendors in Harare have been arrested and fined for using the expanded polystyrene material, commonly known as kaylite, which the Government banned in 2017 because of health and pollution concerns.
Mimosa shelves US$70m refinery plant
Platinum Group of Metals (PGM) producer, Mimosa Mining Company, has shelved plans to build a US$70 million refinery plant at the Zvishavane premises for local beneficiation of the minerals after feasibility studies showed the investment would be uneconomic.
SAA in scramble
South African Airways is apparently scrambling to obtain R2 billion before November 20, a source told Fin24 last week.
Boxer Dwight Ritchie dies
Australia’s boxing community was in shock yesterday after middleweight Dwight Ritchie collapsed and died aged just 27, reportedly while sparring.
Lock brothers lift doubles title in Moza
TWO of Zimbabwe’s top tennis players Benjamin and Courtney Lock combined well to beat Australia’s Jake Delaney and Bruno Nhavene of Mozambique 6-4, 6-3 to win the doubles title in the US$15 000 ITF Men’s Tournament in Maputo, Mozambique, on Saturday.
Govt approves Mutare City supplementary budget
GOVERNMENT has approved Mutare City Council’s supplementary budget in which rates for residential properties in low-density areas have gone up by 500 percent.
US scoops up overseas fuel oil in pre-IMO push
The United States is taking advantage of record-low prices of one of the world’s dirtiest fuels by buying record volumes, which it intends to upgrade into cleaner products before new shipping rules take effect, trading and analyst sources say.
China seeks meat
China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers as it re-shapes global markets for pork, beef and chicken.