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  • ZOU programmes suspension: Students in quandary

    THE suspension of some programmes offered by the Zimbabwe Open University by the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education last year has caused a lot of suffering among thousands of current and former students. Even the university  authorities do not have a c...
  • ZNA more lethal than ever — army chief

    Zimbabwe's detractors must never be fooled to assume that the Zimbabwe National Army is weak because of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country, a senior officer has said.  In an interview after officiating at the handover and takeover of 1 Field...
  • Sulu to unveil new songs

    DENDERA musician Suluman Chimbetu will sample new songs taken off his 2012 yet-to-be-titled album at Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield this Saturday. "Mwanawedangwe", as Sulu is affectionately called in music circles, will take the opportunity to wow fan...
  • Search for BBA housemates begins

    Casting for M-Net's Big Brother Africa reality show begins in February, with an interesting requirement that all would-be participants enter in pairs. The seventh season of the continent's attention-grabbing Big Brother Africa series reality show will be ...
  • Made briefs Politburo on crop situation

    Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made yesterday briefed the Zanu-PF Politburo on the crop situation, predicting low yields due to erratic rains. He said the situation on the ground pointed to a worse season compared to...
  • Civil servants reject US$52 increment

    GOVERNMENT yesterday offered civil serva-nts salary increments of US$84 for the highest-paid worker and US$52 for the least-paid, which the unions rejected and vowed to continue with their strike. The workers' representatives met Government negotiators y...
  • Import duty on clothes to be slashed

    GOVERNMENT will slash recent increases in import duty on clothes and textiles following a public outcry, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Minister Biti said this yesterday while add-ressing journalists on the state of the economy.  He also reveale...
  • ZWSL set to formalise Silengane suspension

    THE Zimbabwe Women Soccer League will hold an emergency board meeting this afternoon in which they are supposed to formalise the suspension of secretary-general Samukeliso Silengane. Silengane was suspended from the Referees Committee pending investigatio...
  • DeMbare kit sparks row

    DYNAMOS plunged into the eye of a storm yesterday amid revelations that the kit donated to the club on Monday, and the prospective sale of such material, violates the Glamour Boys' sponsorship agreement with their principal backers BancABC. The row coul...
  • Allan Chimbetu passes the torch to son Douglas

    IF ever there is one family renowned for producing more musicians than any other in Zimbabwe, it is the Chimbetu clan. Several music fans will recall how the late Simon Chimbetu groomed his young brothers Naison, Briam (both late) and Allan into polished...
  • Govt sets committee to audit illegal allocation of stands

    Government has set up an audit committee, which has already started investigating the illegal allocation of stands given to co-operatives in Harare in a bid to curb corruption and ensure that the land is developed and accommodation shortages are eased. T...
  • Gabon seeks support for Ping’s re-election

    A special envoy from Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba yesterday paid a courtesy call on Acting President John Nkomo at his Munhumutapa Offices to solicit Zimbabwe's support for Mr Jean Ping's re-election bid for the AU Commission chairmanship. Mr Ping h...
  • Lobels to spend US$3,6m on renovation

    Lobels Holdings will soon invest US$3,6 million on refurbishing and replacing its Harare and Bulawayo plants with a view to significantly ramp up production. The country's oldest bakery has reportedly set its sights on increasing daily production from 100...
  • Civil servants suspend strike

    CIVIL servants' unions have suspended their strike ahead of today's crucial meeting with the Government over salaries and working conditions. The suspension is only for today.Union leaders yesterday said they will proceed with the strike tomorrow if Gove...
  • Dynamos unveil 2012 official kit

    Dynamos got a big boost ahead of the new season when they received two playing kits from Betta Ball Sports yesterday as part of the consignment pledged by the company at the club's fund-raising dinner last month. Dynamos vice-chairman, Webster Chikengez...
  • Half-a-dozen Warriors

    KAIZER CHIEFS have created the biggest foreign base for Zimbabwean professional footballers and the club's latest recruit, Brian Abbas Amidu, feels it's a privilege to play for one of the premier sporting brands in Africa. The Amakhosi - who turned 42 on ...
  • Born Free Crew releases new single

    You probably have heard their music on the airwaves and seen them on television but you still cannot put the faces behind the music. These youngsters from Chitungwiza. popularly known as Born Free Crew (Team 88), have become fashion icons in their own rig...
  • The good, the bad and the hopeless

    Several musicians on Sunday put up a good performance at this year's edition of the Chipaz Charity Tournament while others went literally unnoticed. The match, in which they played against yesteryear soccer legends like Peter Ndlovu, Norman Mapeza and Age...
  • Pay deal for civil servants

    GOVERNMENT has come up with a new position paper on salaries and working conditions for civil servants to be revealed to the Apex Council during tomorrow's National Joint Negotiating Council meeting. The NJNC brings together Government and workers' repr...
  • Beitbridge council set to install more traffic lights

    Beitbridge Town Council will install more traffic lights to control high volumes of vehicular traffic that pass through the town daily. The town council has so far set up robots at two intersections at the Zesa Complex/Harare Road and the Main Road/Duliba...