adminOK’s mega promotion in grand return
Zimbabwe’s biggest retail promotion, the OK Grand Challenge Jackpot Promotion, returns this year after a year-long hiatus following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus pandemic last year.
Streakgate explodes, buries legend
ZIMBABWE Cricket have called it the darkest day in the history of the domestic game after one of their legends, Heath Streak, was banned for eight years, by the International Cricket Council.
Reprieve for PDP legislators
THE man who recalled MDC-Alliance vice president and legislator, Mr Tendai Biti and five others from Parliament, is not a member of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the High Court has ruled.
10 000ha earmarked for urban housing
THE Government will acquire 10 000 hectares of land for urban housing development between now and 2025 to address the housing backlog, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Monitoring Implementation of Government Programmes, Dr Joram Gumbo has said.
A silver lining amid the darkness of Streakgate
IT all started with a WhatsApp chat with an Indian bookmaker, identified only as Mr X, which was then followed by a US$35 000 payment, and then an iPhone gift.
Experts hail side marketing law
Some rich oil seed expressers and grain millers have been reluctant to contract farmers for fear of side marketing, and agriculture experts have now welcomed Statutory Instruments 96 and 97 of 2020 on cotton and soya beans marketing, which seek to bar the practice.
SRC engage NPA over Streak ban
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation, and the Sports and Recreation Commission, have requested the National Prosecuting Authority to look into the eight-year ban of former Zimbabwe captain, Heath Streak.
ZEC has capacity to run credible polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has capacity to manage elections despite the complexity of the process, and is committed to dispensing its duties without fear or favour, chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has said.
Cotton farmers warned against cheating
As the cotton marketing season draws near, the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has warned cotton farmers to desist from soaking their cotton bales in water, place stones or pumpkins to increase weight as this was a criminal offence.
Eagles win Super Over thriller
AWAY from the darkness of Streakgate, there was some cricket, in Harare yesterday, and an excellent game, too.