President commends civil servants

President Mnangagwa has commended civil servants for their resilience in the face of Covid-19 pandemic assuring them that his Government remains committed to improving their conditions of service.

LIVE BLOG: CDE NZUWAH BURIAL

We are at the National Heroes Acre for the burial of Cde Mariyawanda Nzuwah, the former Chairperson of the Public Service Commission who died on Tuesday last week.

Govt accelerates NDS1 projects — President

The GOVERNMENT is accelerating efforts to achieve benchmarks that were set under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the Vision 2030 target for the country to become an upper middle-income economy, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.

NRZ-Turkish deal takes off

YAPI MERKEZI, the Turkish company which recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to recapitalise and modernise the nation’s railway system, has started implementing Phase One of the deal which includes assessing rail infrastructure across the country.

UN must act on lifting of Zim sanctions

THIS year’s United Nations General Assembly, held in hybrid format in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, has once again shone the spotlight on the devastating impact of years of sanctions on Zimbabwe while accelerating calls for the punitive measures to be lifted.

ED abandons plane . . . drives 352km assessing communities

Vusumuzi Dube in Lupane PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed that he is a listening leader in touch with the people when he travelled by road from Bulawayo to Lupane and also…

THE GROWING SCOURGE OF TEEN SUICIDES

SUICIDE cases involving minors are worryingly on the increase since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The global health crisis has been as hard on children as it has been on adults.

Tobacco contract financing needs rethink

OVER the past two seasons, net foreign currency inflows from tobacco stood at US$87 million from nearly US$1,6 billion in exports.

The folly of manufactured heroes

IN “Hotel Rwanda” — a film released in 2005 to dramatise the unconscionably senseless ethnic bloodbath and slaughter that took place in the Central African country in 1994 — we are shown Hollywood in all its awesome and riveting story-telling glory.

A MENTOR’S BACKING

EXACTLY 29 years ago, one of the biggest shocks in local top-flight football was brewed at Rufaro Stadium.

It was on September 26, 1992 when Darryn T walloped pre-tournament favourites CAPS United 4-0 in the Castle Cup final in what has remained one of the Cinderella stories in local football history.

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