Child beggars for hire

CLAD in a tattered pair of grey shorts and a greasy T-shirt, a boy dashes from one side of the street to the other at a robot-controlled intersection in downtown Harare.

Holding a cup in his hand, the boy, one of the many young beggars that are ever-present at almost every corner of the capital city, makes a passionate plea to a motorist, asking him to drop any amount of money into his cup.

ED cheers innovation hubs

The Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) has been commended for funding innovation hubs that have been established at several universities across the country.

Promoting local content consumption

Government is critical to localising expenditures since it is the biggest procurer of goods and services in the economy.

In order to satisfactorily provide critical services and govern, Government gets the much-needed resources through collecting taxes from all economic agents.

Herentals stay in PSL

JUBILANT Herentals players were joined by scores of fans who stormed the pitch at Luveve in celebration of their victory over Bulawayo Chiefs yesterday which helped them survive relegation on the last day and ensure their third dance with the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League.

When society conspires to breed monsters

AS Sekai Munaku (not her real name) is a prisoner of unenviable circumstances.

She is also scarred both physically and psychologically.

African leaders challenged to fight climate change

African legislators have been challenged to come up with legal frameworks for climate change to enable countries avoid catastrophes and reactionary emergencies that eat up their budgets.

“African countries are spending up to 3,9 percent of their GDPs on climate emergencies, which in many cases have not been budgeted for,” said Dr James Murombedzi, the head of the Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Nakamba at Old Trafford

Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba was not overawed by the occasion when he faced Manchester City’s world stars in October and neither did he crumble when Aston Villa squared up against Sadio Mane’s Liverpool early November.

Warner’s lucky charm

David Warner has found his good luck charm, and it comes in the form of his three-year-old daughter Indi Rae.

The Australian opener took a bow and so he should have.

Zimbabwe’s richest footballers

FOR Marvelous Nakamba, booking his family into five-star hotels is no longer an issue.

His parents regularly fly to Europe and his father Antony now shuttles between Lusaka and Bulawayo in pursuit of business interests. The football star can even afford his parents the honour of being chauffeur driven as was the case when the Zimbabwe national team hosted Botswana in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Harare on November 15.

Zimbabwe reaches for the stars

Zimbabwe is primed for super-fast internet, a robust climate information and early warning system, better telecommunications coverage in every part of the country, including cost savings amounting to more than US$1,2 million per year if Government’s plan to launch a satellite materialises.

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