Month: January 2024
CAPS Utd squad takes shape
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has hailed his charges for their work ethic as they angle to be competitive in the 2024 Premiership season. The veteran gaffer has chosen continuity over total rebuilding after retaining the core of the squad he had in his ranks last season. He has also added nine new players, most […]
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Drone technology deployed to plug porous borders
GOVERNMENT has deployed drones and fast cargo scanners at the Beitbridge Border Post as it intensifies the use of modern technologies to curb invasive leakages and smuggling through ports of entry to maximise revenue collection while promoting transparency and accountability in line with global best practices. Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli […]
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CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa throws in the towel
Nelson Chamisa has quit as president of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), an opposition outfit he founded barely two years ago. Chamisa had lost control of the echelons of power in the party to Interim Secretary General, Sengezo Tshabangu whose mission was to right the wrongs experienced in the nomination or election of party candidates […]
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Zim has vast trade opportunities: UK
THE United Kingdom is keen on increasing cooperation and forging closer ties with Zimbabwe for the mutual benefit of both countries, Tewkesbury Town member of parliament and Westminster Africa Business Group chairman, Mr Laurence Robertson, has said. The British politician, who is heading a Westminster Africa Business Group delegation which is currently in the country, […]
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Zim, Belarus sign policing deal
MORE cooperation on police work and related areas between Zimbabwe and Belarus will arise after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the two countries during a ceremony witnessed by President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare yesterday. Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kezembe Kazembe represented Zimbabwe while visiting Belarus Minister of Internal Affairs, […]
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Airzim gets Embraer, refurbished B737
AIR Zimbabwe yesterday took delivery of its second Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare to double passenger capacity and frequencies on domestic and regional routes while a Boeing 737, last operated in 2016, has been refurbished to ply the Harare-Dar es Salaam route. Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister […]
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Health Service Commission pledges to improve access to health
EMPLOYEE welfare and delivery of quality healthcare to all parts of the country are top of the priority list for the Health Service Commission that was sworn-in by President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare yesterday. The Commission, which will be chaired by Dr Vincent Hungwe, who is also the chair of the Public Service […]
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Govt meets media to tackle topical issues
THE Government will next Monday roll-out a massive cholera vaccination programme to prevent the spread of the diarrhoeal disease that has affected more than 20 000 people since its outbreak in February last year. This was said by Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora during a Government meets the media programme at the […]
Read More Govt to provide guarantees for critical economic sectors
THE Government is considering providing guarantees to the private sector this year related to the ongoing disbursements of the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) facilities, The Herald Finance and Business can reveal. The Treasury’s latest Public Debt Report highlights three facilities; the US$7,5 million Tourism Facilities Services Development and Upgrading Revolving Fund, the US$20 million Small […]
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Sikhala, Sithole convicted of incitement
CCC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza Member of Parliament Godfrey Sithole have been convicted of inciting the public violence that broke out in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza in 2022 after the killing of Ms Moreblessing Ali by a former boyfriend. The two were convicted after a full trial by Harare magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti who […]
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