Day: February 10, 2024

Zim-Botswana stand firm on passports elimination
ZIMBABWE and Botswana will forge ahead with eliminating passport requirements for citizens travelling between the two countries in line with regional and continental aspirations of facilitating the free movement of people across borders. Addressing a Press briefing after the Fourth Session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission Summit here yesterday, both President Mnangagwa and his counterpart […]
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Infrastructure key to increased trade
ENHANCING bilateral trade among SADC countries through the development of cross-border infrastructure is a central pillar for achieving sustainable development and shared prosperity across the region, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the opening of the Fourth Session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) here yesterday, President Mnangagwa said by removing barriers and facilitating the flow […]
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First Lady launches model green park for children . . . conservation efforts to curb social vices
ENVIRONMENT patron First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a model children’s green park in Glen Norah in a development that will provide a serene place to relax, study and interact while connecting with nature. The initiative is aimed at promoting environmental conservation while encouraging children to desist from engaging in social vices like drug […]
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Cottco pays USD19,6million to farmers
The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has managed to pay farmers US$19,6million and ZWL$ 7,2billion of the outstanding dues. The company advised stakeholders in a trading update for the five months ended 31 January 2024. The US$ payments represent 83% of payments made while the ZW$ payments constitute 18%. All outstanding dues will be cleared […]
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From Gukurahundi survivor to reconciler
ONE of the 72 chiefs who are set to lead Gukurahundi hearings in Matabeleland North and South provinces knows the pains of the post-independence conflict because he is a survivor of the disturbances himself, vice president of the Chiefs Council, Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira, revealed yesterday. The conflict, which ended after the signing of the […]
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Geo Pomona hazardous waste landfill nears completion
Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter A DELEGATION from FIFA will soon certify a state-of-the-art football pitch being built by Geo Pomona Waste Management Pvt Ltd at Pomona in Harare as part of its up-market recreation facility, with the football section set for completion in a week’s time. Geo Pomona Waste Management’s chief executive officer and executive chairman […]
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Man escapes from Chawagona Hapana prison
ON a warm Monday morning, Kudzayi Brighton Tembo, a 23-year-old prisoner melted into the green maize and yellow banana fields at Chawagona Hapana, a prison in Mashonaland Central where no one has accomplished an escape in years. On the day of the escape he was working in the fields, unchained with only one prison officer […]
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Rufaro under the spotlight . . . faces FIB inspection today
THE ZIFA Normalisation Committee’s First Instance Board is expected to tour Rufaro Stadium this afternoon to assess if the venue is now able to meet international standards required to host soccer matches. Rufaro is key to the Premier Soccer League requirements for this season as the National Sports Stadium will be unavailable for almost two […]
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Tshabangu heads to Parliament
CCC interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu is now headed for Parliament as a Senator after his party nominated him as one of the group to take up vacant party seats in the Senate and the National Assembly. The group will fill the vacant CCC seats in the National Assembly assigned for the women’s and […]
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Kamambo judgment date set
Judgment will be delivered on March 4 on former Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo on allegations that he bribed his way to the Zifa presidency. Kamambo concluded his defence yesterday before magistrate Bianca Makwande blaming his predecessor Philip Chiyangwa for making these allegations against him, allegations which he denied. He told the court that […]
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