adminCovid-19 third wave recedes
The third wave of enhanced Covid-19 infection has almost fully receded with the average rate of daily infections now 6,4 percent of the mid July peak, although still more than three times the rate seen between waves.
Lorcia Cooper joins the judging panel on ‘Stand Up SA’
Pretoria. — The last time I interviewed Lorcia Cooper, she was getting her feet wet as Charmaine Jacobs, on e.tv’s pioneering youth drama, “Backstage” — circa the 2000s.
Nothing blights the President’s reform agenda
Faced with an unstoppable economic crusade being spearheaded by President Mnangagwa, opposition cynics are resorting to all manner of tactics to blight the impact of the reforms.
Loga works on Warriors puzzle
THE Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic does not need anyone to remind him of the gravity of the job on his hands as Zimbabwe go out in search of points against hosts Ethiopia to sustain the 2022 World Cup football campaign.
Govt to list US$ bond on VFEX
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube says the Government intends to launch a US-dollar bond and list it on the US dollar-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) to build a yield curve for both domestic and foreign debts.
Zim beat Ireland by 5 runs
BREADY. — It was six or bust for Craig Young off the final ball of Ireland’s chase, and bust it was.
‘RioZim Sengwa deal still on track’
THE Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has not pulled out of an agreement to finance the US$3 billion coal-fired power plant RioZim intends to develop in Sengwa, Gokwe North, well placed sources have said.
We’ll not wait for polls to deliver — Zanu PF
Although ZANU PF is poised to reclaim urban constituencies run down by successive MDC administrations in the harmonised 2023 elections, the party will not wait to be elected to improve the lives of urban residents, already benefiting from a number of central Government initiatives taken after local authority failures.
Child abuse cases worry First Lady
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took her Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba programme to Gokwe where she heard worrying reports of rape cases that are being perpetrated against juveniles in the area.
AfDB chief lauds Chinese investors
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina has lauded Chinese engagement in Africa saying it has impacted development in the continent in multiple ways.