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The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) was officially opened yesterday with world leaders, representatives of non-governmental organisations, young people, business leaders and community groups unveiling their commitments to end maternal deaths, meet all women’s demands for family planning, and stop violence against women and girls by 2030.
Zim taps into India’s US$5tn boom
Zimbabwe seeks to tap into India’s envisaged economic boom as espoused by the South Asian economic powerhouse’s Vision 2025 through which it is envisioning a US$5 trillion economy.
UPDATED: 6 perish in kombi crash
Six people died instantly at Maranda turn off, 166 kilometres from Masvingo on the Beitbridge Highway after their south-bound kombi collided head-on with a haulage truck that was heading north towards Masvingo early yesterday morning.
Cabinet frees Prosecutor-General from Judicial Service Commission
The Prosecutor-General should not be appointed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) as doing so constitutes an anomaly whose effect is to undermine his or her independence, a Cabinet minister has said.
Technical fault plunges eastern Zim into darkness
Eastern Zimbabwe lost electric power for almost three hours from 1am yesterday when a regional interconnector tripped and stopped generation at Kariba South Power Station.
Ruling reserved in Shah, Equity case
The High Court has reserved judgment on an urgent chamber application in which businessman, Jayesh Shah’s British Virgin Islands incorporated — Al Shams Global — sought the cancellation of a replacement title deed to a piece of land owned by local firm, Equity Properties.
Govt, UNODC build HIV Clinic for prisoners
Fulfilling its obligations under international rules on caring for prisoner health, Government, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), recently built the Opportunistic Infectious (OI) ART clinic and laboratory at Harare Central Prison.
AFM tenant contests eviction bid
The leadership row in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) has triggered notices of eviction for 28 church-owned houses, but one man in Highfield is fighting back, saying he was never involved in the row.
PPC anticipates sharp decline in business
Listed cement producer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), says it anticipates a sharp decline in business by up to 20 percent for the six months ending September 30, 2019, compared to R1,039 billion realised in the similar period in 2018.
Billiat donates to former school
ZIMBABWE international Khama Billiat yesterday gave back to his former primary school, Gwinyiro, in Mufakose, when he donated a consignment worth R100 000.