Botswana has been touted as a future regional superpower, and a potential African financial hub due to its good global ratings and enabling macro environment. This was said by the founder and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Masawara, Shingai Mutasa. Mutasa was speaking at the just ended two-day National …
Read More »UK’s Shortest Serving PM, Liz Truss Resigns
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation Thursday after six turbulent weeks in office, making her one of the shortest-serving prime ministers in British history. Truss, Britain’s third female prime minister, was unable to save her embattled premiership even though she ditched her entire economic plan and replaced two …
Read More »Bindura Poultry Farmers Empowered
By Richard Kawazi in BinduraPoultry farmers in Bindura were recently empowered with knowledge and best practices to market their chicken products while retaining profits. They were also equipped with information on how to curb diseases that often left them with losses after their batches were affected. A workshop recently carried …
Read More »Mnangagwa Ally Mike Chimombe Arrested
Police have arrested former Affirmative Action Group president Mike Chimombe. Chimombe, who reportedly has close ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa was arrested Monday morning amid allegations of fraud. He is alleged to have resisted arrest forcing detectives to storm his Borrowdale Brooke home. “Former AAG president Mike Chimombe has been …
Read More »Veteran Actress “Mai Sorobhi” Dies
Veteran Zimbabwean actress Rhoda Mtembe known as Mai Sorobhi or Mai Parafin has died. She was 79. Kuwadzana West Member of Parliament, Mr Johnson Matambo made the announcement this Monday saying she died around 5 am. He said in a message shared on WhatsApp: Makadii hama mose pano. Ndatambira mashoko …
Read More »Liz Truss Next U.K. Prime Minister After Tight Race
Liz Truss will become the next prime minister of Britain, taking over from Boris Johnson at a time of economic and political upheaval in the United Kingdom. She wasn’t the top choice of Conservative Party lawmakers, and a majority of Brits tell pollsters she will be a “poor” or “terrible” …
Read More »Kenya’s Supreme Court Upholds Ruto Victory
Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld the victory of former Deputy President William Ruto in the August 9 presidential election, after ruling on a number of petitions brought by his closest challenger Raila Odinga. The unanimous verdict was delivered by Martha Koome, the chair of the seven-member court on Monday. “We …
Read More »BREAKING: Zexie Manatsa’s Wife Stella Dies
Stella Manatsa, widow to the late music legend Zexie Manatsa has died. Stella is reported to have died this morning during her sleep. This is according to her son Green who broke the news to Harare tabloid, H-Metro. She was 68. Her deaths comes just seven months after the passing …
Read More »US House Speaker Pelosi Lands In Taiwan In Defiance Of Warning From China
A plane carrying Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Beijing, which considers Taiwan an integral part of its territory under the One China policy, has been vigorously protesting the possible trip, threatening the US with “unbearable consequences” if it happens. Taiwan wasn’t mentioned among the official destinations of the speaker’s …
Read More »Former Japan Ex-PM Abe Dies After Being Shot While Making A Campaign Speech
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, an official from his political party said. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in …
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