Tough times for Bonne

ZIMBABWEAN striker Macauley Bonne will be playing in England’s League One next season – unless he gets an offer elsewhere – following his side Charlton Athletic’s relegation from the Championship on Wednesday night.

Bonne played 79 minutes as Charlton were hammered 4-0 by champions Leeds to slide back into the League One after only one season in England’s second-tier division.

Bodybuilding championships cancelled

THE Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe bodybuilding, with the 2020 edition of the Zimbabwe National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships becoming the latest casualty.

Hope springs eternal for tobacco farmers

Tobacco, a high-value cash crop, has been regularly bringing good cheer to farming communities around Zimbabwe, not least the more than 100 000 farmers who were resettled at the turn of the millennium.

Public warned against inciting security services

Security services have warned members of the public who are using social media platforms and “cellphone numbers with foreign codes” to peddle hatred and violence, including generating messages that are ostensibly meant to divide security forces.

Hands off procurement, ministers warned

A FORENSIC audit into the purchase of Covid-19 materials and medical supplies has commenced, with Cabinet ministers being warned against interfering with procurement in parastatals under their purview.

Gono clarifies farm mechanisation

GOVERNMENT’S Farm Mechanisation Programme undertaken between 2007 and 2008 was not a loan scheme and beneficiaries were not required to pay for the equipment they received, former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr Gideon Gono has said.

Women’s League joins Covid-19 fight

Women usually bear the burden of diseases and should, therefore, have the necessary knowledge to protect themselves, their families and communities, Zanu PF Women’s League secretary for administration, Cde Monica Mutsvangwa, has said.

Mthuli made right call on Supplementary Budget

The 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review Statement presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, for the first time in years, did not table a Supplementary Budget.

Economy outlook encouraging

Like every economy across the world, Zimbabwe has inevitably been negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has turned the global economy on its head.

However, the impact of the virus on the country may after all not be as severe as initially anticipated.

Zanu PF hails health minister’s sacking

ZANU PF will not shirk from its responsibility of recalling party members tainted by corruption from all levels of Government in line with its zero tolerance to graft policy, a senior official has said.

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