Zim to manufacture lithium batteries

Business Reporter Zimbabwe plans to manufacture lithium batteries and has since struck an agreement with a potential investor willing to set up a plant, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister…

Decisive action needed on parastatals

Victoria Ruzvidzo Editor’s Brief It is incumbent upon the powers that be to move with haste in dealing with the ailing parastatals. Zimbabwe has skilled turnaround strategists who can easily…

NO RESTING IN PEACE . . . ■ Sand poachers invade graveyard ■ Greed dwarfs logic

Rudo Mandiro and Theseus Shambare A year after burying his 18-month-old daughter, Mr George Chigwida of Epworth decided to pay homage to his departed “angel” by visiting her grave. However,…

All hail the boxing queen! . . . Chiwandire is showered with US$45 000

Langton Nyakwenda SHE was accompanied to the ring by local hip-hop artiste Holy 10 and she delivered a masterclass performance over 10 rounds. At the end, the late Oliver Mtukudzi’s…

South Africa keen on bringing township tourism to life

Simba Jemwa, Business Reporter SOUTH AFRICA’S tour operators are keen on bringing township tourism in Zimbabwe to life through mutually beneficial synergies between the two countries. This was revealed by…

More than 15 000 to benefit from US$10,4m woodland grant

Sharon Chimenya, Masvingo Correspondent MORE than 15 000 Zimbabwean households are set to benefit from a US$10,4 million grant rolled out by the Global Environment Facility 7 (GEF-7) for the sustainable…

WATCH: Minister plants trees at former primary school

Rutendo Nyeve, Sunday News Reporter COMMUNITIES in the country have been urged to plant trees as part of efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change whose devastating nature to people’s…

Chiwandire earns shot at WBC Gold

Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter FOLLOWING her successful defence of the World Boxing Council super-bantamweight interim title with victory over Mexican challenger Zulina Munoz at the Harare International Conference Centre early…

Man murdered for failing to pay sex worker

Sharon Chimenya, Masvingo Correspondent A 32-YEAR-OLD Zaka man was allegedly killed by a 24-year-old commercial sex worker last week for failing to pay for her services. Alphios Mukovera of Manyanga…

The Sotho people of Zimbabwe (Part 2)

By Mzala Tom The BaBirwa are Sotho people who came from Transvaal in present-day South Africa and settled in modern day Zimbabwe. The language spoken by the Babirwa people, seBirwa,…