EDITORIAL COMMENT : The bane of local authorities

The City of Harare has come up with a 2020 budget in which it increased rates and taxes seven-fold, on average.

Mai Sorobhi gets assistance

Veteran actress Rhoda Mtembe, popularly known as Mai Sorobhi in yesteryear drama “Paraffin”, who suffered a stroke early this year, got a shot in the arm when a well-wisher donated foodstuffs and facilitated physiotherapy sessions for her.

From Hurst in ’66 to the Prince in 2019, football has always walked on a tightrope

IT was a classic recreation of Geoff Hurst’s controversial, yet ultimately decisive moment, in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final at Wembley.

8 nabbed for illegal land sales

Police in Harare have arrested eight people for parcelling out land that did not belong to them in addition to selling non-existent stands as the Government cracks down on land barons.

Team Tourism clears the air on Vic Falls

VICTORIA Falls is not dry and the seasonal low water levels have not affected tourist arrivals, stakeholders in the industry have said.

R and F, Zisco US$1 billion deal collapses

A Chinese investor, R and F, that was looking at acquiring stake in the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company, has finally advised Government that it is pulling out of the deal.

Like a phoenix, Bosso have risen

MORE than a decade after their last flirtation with CAF inter-club football, giants Highlanders are set to revive their romance on the continent when they represent Zimbabwe in the second tier Confederation Cup next year.

R. Kelly, Kodak Black Bill Cosby spend thanksgiving in jail

Kelly and Kodak Black were among the newest crop of stars to spend Turkey day behind bars and they now know what a jailed turkey meal is like.

Harare mayor to blow US$32,5k on China jaunt

Harare Mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba and four senior council officials are set to spend US$32 500 on a reciprocal five-day visit to the Chinese city of Nanjing later this month.

Emily Hawgood shines in SA

ZIMBABWEAN ultra-distance runner Emily Hawgood had an impressive outing over the weekend when she came second at the Ultra Trail Cape Town 100km in South Africa.

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