Graduation party for boxing referees and judges
Gilbert Munetsi recently Chivhu
SEVEN Chivhu-based boxing referees and judges who recently completed a ZNBCB-sanctioned course were officially handed over their certificates and had a celebration party hosted for them by the Charles Manyuchi Boxing Academy.
China to inject fresh funds into economy
China will provide fresh funding for new infrastructure projects that are expected to jerk the economy and create new jobs. Reports of prospective funding come in the wake of last week’s visit by the Asian giant’s top diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi.
All-out war on machete gangs
Police have deployed one of their largest ever forces in recent history to different parts of the country as they intensify a crackdown on machete -wielding gangs that have been terrorising small-scale miners and ordinary citizens.
Zim C’wealth bid nears
Zimbabwe is inching closer to readmission into the Commonwealth ahead of the grouping’s biennial meeting slated for Kigali, Rwanda, in June.
Corruption: A national security threat
THE Willowgate Scandal, one of the major investigative stories in the history of the media in Zimbabwe, is pregnant with many important lessons.
Shocking corruption at Passport Office…Minister Kazembe vows to deal with the rot
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister — which is a threat to the country’s security — is taking place at the Department of the Registrar-General.
Are the Warriors ripe for Qatar?
WHETHER or not Zifa president Felton Kamambo and his predecessor Philip Chiyangwa decide to prolong their fight or eventually smoke the peace pipe, football will still have to be played.
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a move likely to close the chapter on historical squabbles among shareholders.
University fees subsidised
Treasury has released at least $6 million to each State university to subsidise student tuition fees as well as the institutions’ daily operations.
The money will help the higher learning institutions to moderate their fees structures.
Mthuli sticks to his guns
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stuck to his guns, maintaining that the country is going to achieve 3 percent economic growth for 2020 in the face of independent figures claiming the economy could contract by as much as 13 percent.











