NEW: Gwayi-Shangani Lake ends Bulawayo water woes 

GOVERNMENT has accelerated the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani lake, which it said will start collecting water this month, with 20 million cubic metres expected by April next year. 

Woman on the run

A 28-year-old Harare woman has gone into hiding after she allegedly stabbed to death her husband following a domestic dispute at their house in Epworth.

What to expect from BizTrends 02.02.2022

As the excitement builds up to the launch of BizTrends 2022, we get behind the speakers confirmed to share their vision of the future via specialised trend forecasting and analysis…

President Mnangagwa launches Vic Falls Stock Exchange

Vusumuzi Dube, Online News Editor PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today (Thursday) launched the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), the first stock exchange in the country that will be trading in the United States…

International Labour Organization (ILO) and Malawi Congress of Trade Unions partner for trade union action to accelerate the elimination of child labour

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) have entered into a new partnership to strengthen trade union action in the fight against child labour…

NEW: Uncle in dock over rape charges 

A Harare man has appeared in court on charges of raping his 17-year-old niece, on two separate occasions. 

Frank Muchagoneyi appeared before Magistrate Dennis Mangosi at Rotten Row Courts on charges of rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. 

E.D. officially opens VFEX and Caledonia Corporation listing

Prosper Ndlovu in Victoria Falls PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has officially opened the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) here and presided over the listing of global mining giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc.…

NEW: Four miners arrested for murder 

POLICE have arrested four gold panners, who allegedly bludgeoned a fellow illegal panner to death in a fight over mining claims in Zhombe, Kwekwe on Sunday.  

Nigeria: Escalating attacks targeting children endanger right to education

More than 61 children still in captivity months after mass abduction by bandits; More than 780 children abducted for ransom in 2021; Many schools shutdown indefinitely because of rising insecurity.…

NEW: Will omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and what they don’t  

A new variant named omicron (B.1.1.529) was reported by researchers in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and designated a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organisation two days later. Omicron is very unusual in that it is by far the most heavily mutated variant yet of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.  

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