Two perish in Mbare crash

TWO men died instantly after they were hit by a minibus that burst its front tyre and veered off the road in Mbare yesterday. They were seated on a pavement by the roadside.

DeMbare’s nearly men

ONLY four clubs from Southern Africa have reached the final of Africa’s premier football inter-club competition – the Champions League – 56 years after this prestigious tournament was inaugurated.

How to avoid a poisoned chalice

ARE women victims of the glass cliff?

After shattering the glass ceiling, women leaders often have to deal with precarious situations, which affect their careers thereafter. A glass cliff, according to Michelle Ryan, is phenomenon in which a woman or member of a minority group ascends to a leadership position in challenging circumstances where the risk of failure is high.

Public accountability key to curbing corruption

THE last couple of weeks have seen the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) ramp up the corruption fight through arrest of two high-profile figures.

Former NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje and Registrar-General Clemence Masango were taken into custody.

ZRU yearns for rugby’s return

DESPITE their game facing a long wait on the sidelines after being deemed too risky to resume, the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) are plotting a massive rebound when the sport eventually gets the greenlight to continue.

Rugby and other contact sports such as football, netball, karate, basketball and boxing remain suspended in Zimbabwe due to the coronavirus as they are considered by Government to be high-risk disciplines.

Lockdown extended indefinitely

The indefinite extension to the Level 2 Covid-19 lockdown announced by President Mnangagwa yesterday is expected to consolidate Zimbabwe’s fight against the global pandemic while giving businesses more latitude.

Government censures Chamisa

The leader of a faction of the MDC, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has to “disengage from abusive politics” of taking improper pot-shots at the Head of State, President Mnangagwa, and instead join efforts to fight coronavirus, a Government official has warned.

Lockdown extension offers opportunity to restart well

By going into lockdown early, Zimbabwe has been spared a lot of suffering and economic damage, with Covid-19 infection rates less than 5 percent what could have been expected, even if there are a handful of untested patients.

Private kombis to go for good

GOVERNMENT intends to extend the ban on privately-owned commuter omnibuses (kombis) beyond the national lockdown and will only allow them to operate under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise.

This is part of elaborate plans to de-congest urban centres and modernise the public transport system.

Zim to become global platinum game-changer

THE Great Dyke Investment (GDI) platinum project is poised to become the second biggest platinum venture in Zimbabwe and a global game-changer as initial works show that the mine’s platinum group metals (PGMs) are among the most economical in the world.

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