NRZ to miss 2016 freight target
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it will not meet its full-year target of moving 4 million tonnes of freight after it moved 2,5 million tonnes by the end…
Govt remains SA’s biggest employer
Johannesburg — The government continues to be the employer of last resort since the 2008/09 recession, despite freezing the number of state employees and limiting public sector wage increases amid…
‘Save water’
WINDHOEK. – Namibia has embarked on a National Water Saving Campaign targeting public institutions such as government offices, schools, hospital and correctional services centres starting in the capital Windhoek and…
No DRC poll till 2019
Kinshasa. – The election to pick DRC’s next president will not happen before early 2019, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, a delay that raises fresh security worries in the…
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Fiscal adjustments to boost economy
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa did not have a lot of fiscal space to make dramatic changes in his budget. He could not order significant tax increases because the economy would…
Criminals posing as vendors jailed
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A four-member gang of criminals posed as street vendors in Harare’s central business district (CBD) and waylaid a man in the wee hours who was on…
VP warns Command Agric inputs abusers
Senior Reporter A NUMBER of people have been arrested in Manicaland and Mashonaland East provinces for abusing crop inputs under the specialised Command Agriculture scheme as Government tightens supervision to…
Govt working on new schools infrastructure
Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter Government is creating opportunities for joint venture partnerships to accelerate the construction of requisite infrastructure for new schools through the ZimAsset economic blueprint, a Cabinet minister has…
SI64 review continuous: Chinamasa
Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016, which placed blanket restrictions on importation of a wide variety of goods, remains temporary and will be reviewed from time to time to add or…
Court okays Zuma prosecution
Johannesburg. – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that President Jacob Zuma can face prosecution on almost 800 charges of corruption relating to a 1990s arms deal. Zuma had…








