Sadc stands with Zim at UN

Sadc leaders are expected to use the global platform provided by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, to take a united stand against continued sanctions on Zimbabwe, as the country’s anti-sanctions lobby gains traction.

ED arrives for global indaba

President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where topical issues that include climate change, renewable energy and environmental sustainability will be discussed.

He was met at John F Kennedy International Airport by Zimbabwe Permanent Representative to the UN Dr Fredrick Shava, his deputy Mrs Kumbirai Taremba and senior staff at the mission.

Let’s unravel truth about the ‘abductions’

In a predictable fashion typical of a scripted docudrama, Zimbabwe woke up to the news of medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, having disappeared last Sunday morning. Dr Magombeyi is said to have texted his colleagues that he had been ‘abducted’ by unknown men.

LET’S DO IT PROPER – ANTIPAS

AFTER sobering up from what would have been the most embarrassing moment in his otherwise illustrious coaching career, interim Warriors coach Joey Antipas, now wants things done better.

ED urges farmers to plant early

Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country’s food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

Unwriting Mugabe’s white narrative

They thought Mugabe was their poodle and confused his love for cricket, exquisite suits and tea as proof of his undying love of all things British. They were wrong. Mugabe was never a British poodle. He was a statesman, who treaded a very cautious path in the early years of the country’s independence.

Big companies nailed over soaring prices

Galloping prices of basic commodities, which were experienced in the past week, were caused by big companies that injected cash on the parallel market causing volatility in the exchange rate, but corrective measures by Government has yielded instant results, Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said.

Tuku bash: Daisy creeps out of her shell

LEGENDARY artiste, the late great Dr Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi would have turned 67 today.

As was his custom, Tuku would have a series of interviews with journalists on his birthday and throw lavish parties, sometimes in triplicates.

Zim to ratify trade pact with UK

Zimbabwe will soon ratify a bilateral trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) to secure favourable trade terms ahead of Britain’s expected exit from the European Union (EU).

As the UK is preparing to leave the EU, Zimbabwe has already drafted a bilateral trade agreement in preparation for Brexit to strengthen the already existing trade relationship.

Whodunnit? And Why?

Two of the country’s dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised in the Hall of Infamy as well.

On one idle day in April this year, these morons from Mkoba, Gweru, decided to arm themselves with a machete and waylaid a hapless Hilary Watsikiwa, who had just disembarked from a commuter omnibus.

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