EDITORIAL COMMENT:Prepare for the downside of good rains

WITH what we all hope will be a good rainy season, as provisionally forecast, having started well, we also need to take precautions over adverse weather, as well as count…

Economic growth, erratic rains affect power supply: Gata

Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor The combination of massive economic growth in response to favourable policies introduced by President Mnangagwa’s administration and climate change resulting in erratic rains have led to…

27 bodies of foreigners dumped in Zambia

Crime Reporter Twenty-seven bodies, believed to be of Ethiopians or Somalis, have been found dumped along a road in the Meanwood Khosi Area in Lusaka, Zambia, after apparently suffocating in…

Two illegal miners die, 5 trapped in shaft

Bulawayo Bureau TWO illegal gold miners died while five others are feared dead after they were trapped underground when a shaft collapsed. The accident occurred in the early hours of…

Platinum projects to put Zim on world map

 Nelson Gahadza ZIMBABWE’S upcoming platinum mine projects and upgrades to existing opera- tions valued a combined US$10 billion will position the country as a global platinum powerhouse, a Cabinet Minister…

‘Hairshow’ event brings new dimension to sector

Acting Entertainment Editor Who still remembers the popular 2007 romantic comedy film based on 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, “Hairspray” directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman and featuring…

Morocco ‘Rocky’ of the World Cup

DOHA. — History makers. Three previous African sides had reached the quarter-finals of the competition — but could not take that step further. This time, it was different. Marvellous Morocco…

 Industry and commerce capacity utilization at 63 pc: ZNCC

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Capacity utilisation in industry and commerce increased by 15,5 percentage points in 2022 to 63 percent from 45,5 percent in 2021, boosted primarily by performance in information and…

Sugar Amendment Bill set for overhaul

Business Writer The Sugar Amendment Bill, which seeks to repeal the Sugar Production Control Act of 1964 may be overhauled to align it to the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1),…

Human, vehicular traffic peaks at Beitbridge border

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Human and vehicular traffic through the revamped Beitbridge Border Post has started peaking as many Zimbabweans and other citizens from neighbouring countries such as Zambia and Malawi,…

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