‘Sub-standard equipment driving mining accidents’

USE of rudimentary or sub-standard equipment is largely to blame for most of the accidents in small-scale mining and the Government has since intervened by undertaking nationwide risk assessment and awareness campaigns to reduce such misfortunes.

Russian youth affairs leader hails First Lady’s empowerment programmes

The head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Youth has given First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa special mention for the sterling work she is doing with her Angel of Hope Foundation to economically empower youths across Zimbabwe and to curb drug and substance abuse.

Zim making financial inclusion progress: FinMark Trust

ZIMBABWE is making satisfactory progress towards meeting its financial inclusion targets, especially in light of the achieved milestones under the National Financial Inclusion Strategy 1 (NFIS 1) launched in 2014, Finmark Trust, which carried out the first survey to gauge the level of financial coverage, said.

 SA needs to get back to basics

Fin24 South Africa is facing a political crisis with “dysfunctional, weak and retreating state institutions”, and simultaneously focusing on fixing them while combatting corruption is the only way forward, according…

Borehole drilling firm eyes improved access to water

 Global Water Drillers, which scooped the Company of the Year 2022, Diamond Winner Award at the Megafest Southern Region Awards held recently, is targeting to improve water security and agricultural yields in Zimbabwe through drilling boreholes countrywide.

We will continue empowering youths: EEG

The Economic Empowerment Group will continue empowering Zimbabweans, both local and in the Diaspora, in line with President Mnangagwa’s policy of leaving no one and no place behind.

Oil drops for fourth straight day

Oil fell for a fourth day as warnings from major US banks of a tough outlook for 2023 stoked concern over demand prospects and dented appetite for risk assets including commodities.

COMESA develops regional policy on solar products

Regional policy frameworks have been developed to stop low-quality solar energy products entering and circulating in Eastern and Southern Africa and to ensure customs regulations for these products are harmonised, both moves designed to encourage manufacture, trade and use of solar power in the region.

Man electrocuted trying to steal transformer oil, copper cables

A suspected thief trying to steal transformer oil and copper cables from a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company transformer in the Engineering section of Highfield, Harare, was electrocuted around 5am yesterday.

‘Securico journey exciting, splendid’

Securico managing director, Dr Divine Ndhlukula has described her journey in founding and managing one of Zimbabwe’s leading security services companies as “exciting” and full of “splendour”.

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