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- SundayNews
- October 18, 2020
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Midwest hand Amakhosi first defeat in National Premier League
Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter AMAKHOSI saw their chances of winning the National Premier League dented when they suffered their first defeat in the 45-over club cricket competition with a…
adminUnmasking sanctions promoters
Many had hoped that the coming of a new administration led by President Donald Trump in America was going to usher in a fresh foreign policy trajectory. This deduction was wrong. Let me explain.
Fake Covid-19 test certificate scam exposed
Staff at two public hospitals and laboratories are charging between US$20 and US$40 to corruptly issue fake Covid-19 certificates to individuals, who need them for international travel, without conducting tests.
President rallies media in Vision 2030 attainment
Zimbabwean media, irrespective of ownership, should put national interests at the top of its reporting, champion nation building and promote development to help the country achieve Vision 2030, President Mnangagwa said at the Great Zimbabwe University’s 14th graduation ceremony last Friday.
Six Harare land barons arrested
Six land barons have been arrested in Harare under an operation being conducted across the country to curb illegal selling of housing stands.
Wheat deliveries increase
Farmers had by mid last week delivered 45 000 tonnes of wheat to the Grain Marketing Board, with the parastatal expecting an intake of 250 000 tonnes of the cereal from the 2020 winter cropping season.
21 injured in bus accident
At least 21 passengers were injured on Saturday after a Changu Bus Service coach contracted to the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) overturned along Lytton Road in Harare when the driver failed to negotiate a curve.
Justice Ndewere tribunal to be announced today
The three-member tribunal to inquire into the suitability of Justice Erica Fungayi Ndewere to hold the office of a judge is expected to be announced today after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) last week recommended to President Mnangagwa to set it up.
Govt connects 90 000 rural institutions to electricity grid
THE Government has connected over 90 000 rural institutions, including business centres, schools and chiefs’ homesteads, to the national grid since the launch of the National Renewable Energy Policy in 2017.
Sanctions hamper business
THE illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West continue to work against efforts to grow the economy, as businesses fail to access offshore loans at concessionary rates.