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You would be excused for thinking the road to St Albert’s Mission was constructed in the year Jesus was born. Except that the scrappy tarmac will refute such thinking.
Zanu PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has been airlifted to South Africa for reconstruction surgery after her breast was ripped off when an explosion rocked an election campaign rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo last Saturday.
Former president Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga Bellarmine, is set to lose property after failing to pay rentals for his butchery in Chitungwiza. A writ of execution has since been issued for the attachment of Chatunga’s property, to be auctioned tomorrow, over rental arrears amounting to $12 000.
Energetic Zimdancehall chanter Jah Signal – real name Nicodimus Mutize – insists he doesn’t take performance enhancing drugs to boost performance at shows. The most sought after chanter reckons he is a prophet in his own way as he preaches to the people musically
Richard Mawarire (Economic Analyst)
At the centre of Zimbabwe’s economic problems is the question around currency. Over the past ten years, Zimbabwe has had a perpetual currency headache, off course with relief in the years 2009 to 2013 when the country enjoyed widespread economic growth and stability under a predominantly United States dollar dominated economy.
2014 and beyond witnessed the recurrence of currency problems, leading to the Central Bank introducing the bond notes under a $200 million “export incentive” scheme underwritten by Afrexim.
This piece will seek to explore possible measures that the economy might pursue to solve the economy’s currency dilemma. I will also try and predict a possible timeline (see attached diagram) that will guide all the possible policy options that can be adopted there in.
Patrick Zhuwao: Dear Honourable Prime Minister Theresa May, I write to you with a heavy heart today, exactly 10 years after the Zimbabwe Presidential Election Run-off that was held on 27th June 2008 and was reported by Zimbabwean local NGOs as having resulted in the tragic loss of hundreds of lives.
Local musicians have once again contemplated stopping radio stations from playing their music after they were given pittance as royalties this year.
Zora musician Leonard Zhakata will celebrate his golden jubilee in Kadoma at Odyssey tomorrow. He will be supported by Peter Moyo and Mostaff.
Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa is worried by the continued absence of team captain Ocean Mushure who has gone AWOL for the past three weeks.
Struggling low cost carrier Fastjet, which operates 92 flights per week in Zimbabwe, is on the verge of collapse and has sent an SOS for new funding from its major shareholders in a last ditch effort to save the company.