With runaway inflation eating into incomes, staple foods have vanished from the tables of Zimbabweans like Emina Chishangwe, who lives in Chitungwiza, a poor dormitory town south of the capital Harare. “I can’t remember the last time I ate meat. It has become a luxury for some of us,” said …

Exporting unprocessed granite is now banned unless authorised by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development as part of the process to add value to Zimbabwean mineral exports. Granite, usually black granite, has been exported for many years, but until very recently was exported as large blocks, almost cubical in …

Zimbabwean-born British heavyweight Derek Chisora beat Kubrat Pulev on a split decision on Saturday to avenge his 2016 loss to the Bulgarian and revive his career after three straight defeats. The 38-year-old veteran and former WBC title challenger won 116-112 116-114 and 112-116 on the three judges’ scorecards at London’s …

Innovation and agro-industrial parks at institutions of higher learning are an important tool for agricultural value addition and competitiveness as well as a strategy to support the development of a multiplicity of agricultural food value chains, President Mnangagwa has said. He said strategic national institutions such as universities and tertiary …

FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi’s daughter Abigail Millicent Mohadi Ambrose (AMA), who is part of six recently sworn-in Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, had a difficult time answering job-interview questions when she appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. In view of her controversial appointment by President Emmerson Mnangagwa …

FIVE other black Zimbabwean cricketers had played for the country before him, but in a sport that never misses every bit of milestone, David Mutendera emerged onto the scene 22 years ago with his own piece of history. In an ODI away to Kenya on 25 September 1999, the pace …

Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said on Facebook on Friday. The former president died at 11:10 am Spanish time at the Barcelona Teknon clinic following a prolonged illness, the presidency …

By MazzeltovWhat’s up Fam? It’s your girl Mazzeltov back with a concert schedule that is set to keep you busy throughout the wintry weekend. Here is this weekend’s package… Suluman Chimbetu @ Bar RougeDendera musician Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu and his Dendera Kings outfit kick off the weekend tonight at Bar …

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the artisanal mining sector in Zimbabwe are responsible for leakages of an estimated 3 tonnes of gold, valued at approximately USD157 million every month. The sector has now spread its tentacles from alluvial gold deposits along rivers and dry riverbeds to large-scale disused mines that …

THE negative spotlight on Zimbabwe’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 30th meeting of the 50th session in Geneva, Switzerland, has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement drive into further jeopardy. Since taking over as President in 2017, Mnangagwa has made re-engagement with Western countries, particularly the …