NEW: President launches Victoria Falls Stock Exchange 

President Mnangagwa on Thursday officially launched the United States dollar-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which is a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). 

NEW: Dry weekend for Harare residents 

Harare residents should brace for a dry weekend, following an announcement by the Harare City Council (HCC) of plans to shut down Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Works and Warren Control Pump Station on Friday to allow maintenance works. 

NEW: State assisted funeral for Doug Munatsi 

THE late prominent investment banker and Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a fire incident earlier this week, has been accorded a state funeral. 

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. 

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]. 

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.  

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.  

NEW: Triangle player Mudimu laid to rest 

THE late Ronald Mudimu has been described as a natural leader, a veteran and a prayer warrior. 

Mudimu, a veteran goalkeeper who won two major Cups with Triangle, died on Sunday night and was buried at Zororo Cemetery near Chitungwiza on Wednesday afternoon. 

3 killed, 8 injured in shooting at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit 

Three students were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting Tuesday at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit, authorities said.  

NEW: Urban farmers risk losing crops: HCC 

THE Harare City Council (HCC) has warned urban farmers to take the right measures when farming to avoid their crops from being destroyed by the local authority. 

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