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The UK’s new chancellor of the exchequer, or finance minister, who has become the first black person to take on such a high-profile role in British politics, is trending in Ghana. Conservative politician Kwasi Kwarteng was born in the UK in 1975, but his parents came to the UK from …

Several church founders and business leaders attended Impact Training Institute’s (ITI) colourful graduation ceremony conducted last Saturday at Hellenic Sports Club. Sixty graduands who underwent training in various courses that include Biblical and Pastoral Studies, Supervision and Management, Events Planning and Management, Ministry Studies, Church Administration, Public Relations, Marketing, Office …

Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has set new driver’s licence fees that will see new drivers paying between US$15 and US$30. In Statutory Instrument 158 of 2022, published on Friday, Mhona said: “A person applying in terms of section 8(2)(b) or (3) of the Act to an issuing …

By Daniel Kachere News Editor Over 250 exhibitors are set to throng Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre (ZITF grounds) for this year’s Sanganai/Hlanganani–World Tourism Expo. Set for October 13-15, 2022; the expo will be conducted physically after a two-year hiatus induced by the Covid-19 restrictions. Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Chief …

Mines and Mining Development Minister, Winston Chitando faced the wrath of parliamentarians for maintaining laws, which continue exposing communities to losing land. The legislative framework, it is argued, risks reversing the gains of the land reform exercise. There are concerns by a section of stakeholders who believe that the bulk …

DELAYS in approving tariffs against the backdrop of rising inflation and a weakening domestic currency almost brought the country’s multi-million-dollar telecommunications industry to its knees as overheads and pressure to meet international obligations outpaced the pricing regime, the country’s largest mobile phone operator says. Official figures show that the year-on-year …

State-owned power utility Zesa is banking on the judiciary to hand down severe penalties against copper cable thieves who cost the company US$4.5 million last year alone as the criminals continue wreaking havoc on suburbs and farms. Zesa officials said they have recorded more than 1 300 cases of vandalism …

By Bindura Bureau Bindura Municipality Town Clerk Kelton Chinowaita who has been facing demotion to a lower position on allegations of incompetence survived humiliation after Bindura District Development Coordinator (DDC) Richard Chipfuwa blocked the move. This follows an urgent Special Full Council meeting convened by the City Fathers led by …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threw down the gauntlet, accusing Zimbabwe’s private sector of failing to confront government over its shortcomings. This was after members of the private sector and delegates attending the inaugural Zimbabwe Annual Investor Forum in Harare failed to ask questions after his address. The event was hosted …

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s claims that Treasury attained a surplus have come under the spotlight as members of Parliament are questioning how the country ended up spending outside its allocated budget in 2019 and 2020. Debating the 2022 Mid-Term Budget and Economic Review during Tuesday’s National Assembly session, Norton MP …