Zim Business Lobby Group Calls For Govt To Destroy Illicit Goods

Business lobby group, the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has urged government to destroy all illicit goods especially cigarettes on the spot in an effort to improve accountability and transparency and generate income from under-reported exports. This development coincides with the fact that organized crime syndicates comprising prominent politicians …

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Ofcom Suspends Zimbabwean Director For Anti-Israel Comments

Ofcom’s online safety supervision director has been suspended after anti-Israel comments were posted on her Instagram account. Fadzai Madzingira’s private account posted messages after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October. The Guido Fawkes website posted screengrabs of what appear to be posts from her account. One described Israel …

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Fireworks As Winky D Headlines Braai Fest

After serenading fans at the Kadoma Music Festival last weekend, dancehall king Winky D promises fireworks as he headlines Zimbabwe’s biggest Braai Festival, the Castle Lager Braai Festival this Saturday. Slated for Old Hararians Sports Club in Harare and organised by Delta Beverages under its Castle Lager brand, the event …

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‘A Massacre’: Gaza Hospital Blast Estimated To Kill Hundreds

A blast at al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, a Christian-run medical complex in central Gaza City, killed at least 200 to 300 people Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry’s spokesman, Ashraf Al Qudra, estimated that at least 200 others were injured. Officials in Gaza and in Israel blamed each …

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Union Blasts ZIMSEC For Poor Exam Leakage Strategy

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has poked holes in a recent government attempt to plug rampant leakages of public examination papers under the management of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC). Under the new measures introduced by the government examination body, question papers will now be transported …

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Unemployment Increases 1.3pc

Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate increased by just 1,3% in the third quarter of 2023 pushing the aggregate unemployment rate to 19,7%, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reported Monday. The Third Quarter Labor Force Survey (3QLFS) also reveals that just a tiny proportion of the country’s citizens are unemployed. “The unemployment …

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