Council to get tough on water polluters
INDUSTRIAL firms could soon be compelled by law to pre-treat their effluent before discharging it into water sources. This comes in the wake of reports that the Harare City Council will be pushing for amendments to laws dealing with industrial discharge.more
Bears continue to dominate on stock exchange
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has continued in a bearish mood for seven consecutive days ending last week 2,93 percent lower at 137,22 points. A paltry 50 million shares worth US$4,4 million traded on the market characterised by selling pressure. In themore
Sadc team to visit Kariba
A THIRTY-MEMBER delegation of technicians from the Sadc Secretariat Directorate of Infrastructure and Services will be visiting Zimbabwe this week. The delegation will tour Kariba Power Station on Wednesday focusing on the contribution of infrastructuremore
We ignore environmental issues at our own peril
Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story I LISTENED with shock as Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Mr Karikoga Kaseke scoffed at a question on the construction of a hotel on wetlands on public television late last year. ". . . who cares whether the land ismore
TIMB to assess burley production
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will make a determination on the start of the 2012 burley marketing season once an assessment of the size of the crop is complete, TIMB board chairperson Mrs Monica Chinamasa has said. Mrs Chinamasa said thatmore
Nyaradzo acquires top of the range vehicles
FUNERAL services concern Nyaradzo Group has set the pace in premier funeral services after becoming the first local company to acquire state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz Vittos for use as hearses. The acquisition of 10 top of the range luxury Mercedes-Benzmore
Incubators provide cutting-edge support for your start-up
One of the channels to encourage the development of successful entrepreneurial ventures is the setting up of business incubators. These are organisations that help entrepreneurs get off the ground through mentoring, funding and facilities and the conceptmore
Hopes rise for Greek deal
DAVOS, Switzerland. - Europe's economic pointman last week said he expected Greece to agree a deal with private creditors to write down its debt this weekend as the US praised efforts to combat the eurozone crisis. Speaking at the Davos forum, EUmore
Zambia probes ex-finance minister
LUSAKA. - Zambia is investigating former Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane for abuse of power over a tax deferment deal he concluded with an Indian company. President Michael Sata's government has also reversed a number of deals it said weremore
European stocks mixed on renewed Greece concerns
LONDON. - European stocks were mixed on Friday on renewed concerns over Greece's ability to reduce its debt mountain and as markets awaited key US economic growth data. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares fell 0,25 percent to 5 780,62 points in middaymore
800 fall ill with typhoid
An independent doctors? group in Zimbabwe is reporting 800 cases of the bacterial disease typhoid. No deaths have been reported in the past three weeks. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said the government lacked urgency in dealingmore
Robert Mugabe plans to step down after next elections
Robert Mugabe (Pic: PA) Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe is planning to step down after his country?s next elections, it was claimed yesterday. The 87-year-old tyrant hopes to secure victory at polls this year or in 2013 before handing over to a youngermore
9 in a 1 000 at risk of contracting cancer in Harare
NINE people in every 1 000 in Harare are at risk of developing colon or liver cancer from eating contaminated fish harvested from Lake Chivero and other water bodies around Harare, local scientific studies have indicated. A researcher with the Universitymore
Census scuttles Zanu PF early election hopes
WHILE Zanu PF insists on holding elections this year, it has emerged that a population census expected this year may torpedo the party?s plans. The country is due to hold the fourth census by August and experts warn that it will not be possible tomore
Pressure On AU to Intervene in Zim
ZIMBABWE'S civil society organisations have descended on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ahead of the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to start at the weekend to lobby continental leaders to put pressure on the coalition government to adequately prepare formore
Mugabe health worries in Zim polls push
Fears over Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's advanced age and health are driving calls from his backers for polls this year to end the country's unity government, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told AFP in an interview. The 87-year-old veteran,more
Zim doctors report 800 typhoid cases
An independent doctors' group in Zimbabwe is reporting 800 cases of the bacterial disease typhoid in a recent outbreak. No deaths have been reported in the past three weeks. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said Sunday that themore
Johnnie Carson says Mugabe?s stay in power is infinite
United States assistant secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson said he had long regarded President Robert Mugabe?s stay in office as infinite as long as the security forces were behind him.more
Zimbabwe: Typhoid outbreak triggers fears of cholera
In Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, more than 800 cases of typhoid have been reported, while the city's health director has warned that poor sanitation conditions could also lead to a cholera outbreak. Patients receive medication at a typhoid screening andmore
Black Caps bowlers rise up rankings
Chris Martin, man of the match in New Zealand's Test rout of Zimbabwe, has climbed three places in the ICC Test bowling rankings to 13th.Martin recorded career-best figures of 6-26 to lead the destruction of Zimbabwe in the second innings at Napier andmore
Caps peaking at Wright time
WICKET WEATHER: The rampant Black Caps celebrate at McLean Park, Napier, as most Zimbabwe batsmen struggled to find any rhythm twice over. GLENN TAYLOR IT WAS awkward for everyone. "Sorry for giving you boys a day off tomorrow," a grinning New Zealandmore
Sales fall as Zimbabwe collapse
CLOSE BALL: Zimbabwe's Forster Mutizwa ducks a bouncer from New Zealand's Doug Bracewell. PHOTO/GLENN TAYLOR HBT120637-13 It was scheduled for five days - but, in the end, it effectively turned into a one-dayer with some overtime attached. Despitemore
Zimbabwe: General Died Before Fire, Say Allies
Mujuru's family lawyer, Thakor Kewada last week requested that Perumal be allowed to quiz local pathologists and forensic experts at the ongoing inquest into the general's death which enters day 10 tomorrow. Regional magistrate Walter Chikwanha who ismore
Black Caps Test report card v Zimbabwe
Few batsmen are as good to watch when in full flow as the Auckland opener. Transferred his stunning HRV Cup form into the Test arena while showing his trademark watchfulness and preparedness to leave outside off stump, peppered with the occasionalmore
Zimbabwe: General Died Before Fire, Say Allies
Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)-Allies of retired General Solomon Mujuru wants a prominent South African private forensic pathologist, Dr Reggie Perumal to get to the bottom of what happened to the former army commander as information filtering suggests hemore
800 typhoid cases reported in Zimbabwe
An doctors' group in Zimbabwe says there were 800 cases of typhoid in a recent outbreak. No deaths have been reported in the past three weeks but the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights says the coalition government lacks urgency in dealingmore
Biti describes Mugabe as bosom buddy, lambasts Mnangagwa
Finance Minister Tendai Biti said although there were three outstanding ?toxic? issues within the Global Political Agreement, President Robert Mugabe was very cooperative and acted as a ?bosom buddy?. There were, however, continuing challenges tomore
Zimbabwe reports 800 typhoid cases
Deadline for Zimbabwe polls: Tsvangirai - 28 Jan Amnesty calls on Zimbabwe to halt abuses - 27 Jan Army chief death - no electrical problem - 26 Jan Diamonds 'key to Zim civil service pay' - 26 Jan Zimbabwe civil servants resume strike - 26 Janmore
Mugabe's health behind Zimbabwe polls push: Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe's unity government leaders, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai (SABC) Fears over Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's advanced age and health are driving calls from his backers for polls this year to end the country's unity government, Primemore
Zimbabwe: Civil Society Presses African Union to Intervene
Financial Gazette (Harare)-ZIMBABWE'S civil society organisations have descended on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ahead of the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to start at the weekend to lobby continental leaders to put pressure on the coalition government tomore