China extends $213m loan facility for 3 projects

Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter The People’s Republic of China yesterday extended a $153 million loan facility to Zimbabwe for the upgrade of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, as the two…

Watch out for political vultures

Tafara Shumba Correspondent The political situation in Zimbabwe has given rise to political vultures. One may remember from nature studies in primary school that a vulture, that large carnivorous bird, is…

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Traffic fines control must return to Treasury

Police investigate traffic accidents, assigning causes and fining those at fault and have a responsibility to enforce all law, including traffic regulations and safety standards. But, it had become apparent in…

Runde struggles to recover $1,2m

Munyaradzi Doma in Zvishavane Runde Rural District Council (RDC) is struggling to recover $1,2 million in outstanding water bills and levies from ratepayers, as debt collection strategies have failed to…

World, bar Israel, condemns Trump’s Jerusalem announcement

PARIS. – US President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn sharp criticism, with the significant exception of Israel.

Ending GBV: Time for a holistic approach

Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Zimbabwe will for the next 14 days join the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence as the globe makes…

Palestinian leader hits back at Trump

RAMALLAH. – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that with US President Donald Trump declaring that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, he has chosen to disregard all international resolutions…

US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital stirs sentiments of Islamic world

CAIRO. — US President Donald Trump’s declaration on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital drew strong condemnation from the Arab states and the Islamic world, despite Israel hailing the…

LIVE BLOG: 2018 NATIONAL BUDGET

UPDATES by Costa Mano 1421: Minister Chinamasa has ended his budget statement presentation and that concludes our updates. Thank you for joining us.  1618: The Government entered into Special Mining…

Fall armyworm on the march in Chipinge

Luthando Mapepa Chipinge Correspondent Fall armyworm is destroying maize crops at Musikavanhu Irrigation Scheme in Chipinge, one of the biggest such schemes in the country. In an interview last week, the irrigation…

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