Zim has all ingredients for growth: IMF

Zimbabwe has all the essential ingredients to build a dynamic agriculture and agribusiness sector, but it will have to shift spending priorities to fix weak infrastructure, market distortions, structural barriers and policy issues that generate headwinds to improving productivity in the sector, the IMF has said.

Gazza’s shattered dreams twenty years later

TWENTY years ago, Desmond “Gazza’’ Maringwa went down after a freak injury at Barbourfields, and his world changed forever.

President wishes British Premier speedy recovery

President Mnangagwa has sent a message to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wishing him a speedy recovery following his admission into the Intensive Care Unit on Monday.

Coronavirus delays Jennifer Lopez’s wedding

LOS ANGELES. — Jennifer Lopez says her wedding day to fiancé Alex Rodriguez has been “affected” by coronavirus lockdown and the couple doesn’t have a date .

Postal services take a dip

The country’s postal and courier services is continuing on a downward trend with latest figures showing a 32 percent dip during the year to December 2019 on e-substitution as technology is providing an alternative channel for transmission of information.

Cabinet okays taskforce sub-committees

Cabinet has approved the establishment of eight sub-committees from the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19 to ensure effective implementation of its mandate in the fight against the deadly pandemic.

Mapisa adjusting to Spanish lockdown

ZIMBABWE’S youth international football goalkeeper, Martin “Neuer” Mapisa, is finding ways to deal with the on-going coronavirus lockdown in Spain.

Former Fifa executives took bribes

LONDON. — Former FIFA executives took bribes in return for voting Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup, according to US prosecutors.

Covid-19 threatens Africa’s economy

Livelihoods of nearly 20 million Africans in both formal and informal economic sectors are under threat due to severe disruptions being caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a latest report by the African Union (AU).

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