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Police quiz Moyo over Baba Jukwa

MINISTER of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo was on Wednesday summoned by the law and order department of the police
Grace Mugabe eyes top Zanu PF position

Mugabe’s wife Grace is manoeuvring to enter the political fray by occupying the post of Women’s League boss.
No European interest in Musona

KAIZER Chiefs are confident of getting their man as the other options for striker Knowledge Musona remain limited and a deadline to exercise an option on him draws closer.
Mnangagwa camp fights for new poll rules review

THE rules and regulations for election into the Zanu PF central committee crafted by the party’s national elections directorate, and endorsed by the politburo with minor changes last week, have become the new battleground for factional battles.
AfrAsia to retrench, cut branches

AfrAsia Zimbabwe Holdings Ltd intends to lay off staff as part of efforts to restructure and consolidate the business.

Zimbabwe govt losing the plot on priorities

ONE would have imagined that the chastising experiences of returning home empty-handed, after extending the begging bowl for financial assistance

Bring finality to land reform

ON Wednesday, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda pleaded with foreign envoys to help convince their countries to fund the economic blueprint ZimAsset,

Presumptive tax is dead!

THIS week the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) published its revenue performance report for the first half of the year

Religious tourism to boost earnings

EARLIER this month, Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi announced his dream for Zimbabwe to host the Fifa world cup in 2034.

Politics

Ministry borrows to purchase luxury Mercedes-Benz cars

THE Ministry of Finance is set to purchase luxury Mercedes-Benz vehicles after successfully negotiating a US$1,4 million loan with the African Banking Corp

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Police quiz Moyo over Baba Jukwa

MINISTER of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo was on Wednesday summoned by the law and order department of the police

Grace Mugabe eyes top Zanu PF position

Mugabe’s wife Grace is manoeuvring to enter the political fray by occupying the post of Women’s League boss.

Zanu PF poll regulations to deal with ‘weevils’

THE rules and regulations for election onto the Zanu PF central committee continue to be a thorny issue in the party.

New poll rules leave Zanu PF young turks in the cold

THE contentious rules and regulations for election into the Zanu PF central committee may have been crafted with succession politics in mind, but deal a body blow to the party’s renewal needs across the deep factional divide.

Business

Platinum exports, earnings under threat

News that a Malaysian passenger jet had crashed in the Ukraine on July 17, attributed in the Western media to its having been targeted by a surface-to-air missile, was met with horror the world over.

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‘ZMDC must value Marange diamond reserves’

The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation must value Marange diamond reserves to ensure the state is not prejudiced in joint venture deals.

Zim’s savings deposits up 12,5%

ZIMBABWE’S savings deposits registered a 12,5% annual growth in May, inspiring an overall increase in money supply.

Zim economy in more trouble

At a presidential shooting competition last week, President Robert Mugabe had good news for the troubled nation: the economy is recovering.

Zimbabwe’s economy in turmoil

ZIMBABWE’S economy has underperformed in the first half of the year with the country’s gross domestic product growing by a mere 1,8% in the first six month of the year.

Opinion

How government can reduce national debt

LAST week this column addressed the colossal magnitude of Zimbabwe’s national debt.

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Leadership condemns nation to poverty

ZIMBABWE has gone for a quarter of a century under confrontational and conflictual leadership that eschews consensus building in the management of the country’s affairs.

Propaganda won’t heal broken hearts

The best illustration we could have had of delusional leadership in Zimbabwe came recently with two striking headings.

Who will listen to the new ‘caliph’?

“LISTEN TO your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day.”

Success all about skills, mindset

BUSINESS organisations emerge, grow and most of them eventually disappear for good.

Sport

Chigumbura appointed Zimbabwe Cricket team captain

NATIONAL cricket team all-rounder Elton Chigumbura has bounced back as the captain of the national One-Day Internationals

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Zimbabwe Cricket: Chingoka retires, Manase takes over

ZIMBABWE Cricket board chairman Peter Chingoka has stepped down as board chairman after 22 years at the helm, with his deputy Wilson Manase elevated

Zimbabwe Cricket team hits fresh low

The Zimbabwe national cricket team sunk to a new low after suffering a 100-run defeat to Afghanistan to share the One-Day International series in Bulawayo. .

Musona, Karuru moves slammed

The queuing up of Zimbabwe’s best football talent for contracts in the South African Absa Premier league, particularly the possible Kaizer Chiefs’ capture

A different test for Zimbabwe

It’s not the type of cricket Bulawayo fans would have been craving for, but at least it’s some cricket and it could yet produce the sparks expected as Zimbabwe engage Afghanistan.