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Trial date for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's ally, advocate Thabani Mpofu has been set for 10 February 2021...

Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušić has named a 34-man provisional squad for the 2021 Chan finals to be held in Cameroon from January 16 to 7 February 2021. The tournament will be held in Cameroon with Zimbabwe who are in group A which also has Mali and Burkina Faso kick starting their campaign against the hosts. According to Zifa communications manager, Xolisani Gwesela camping will start from 6 December 2020 and runs until the 20th and will break for the festive season before resuming on the 28th until the team departs…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged industry to embrace the government’s education 5.0 model within tertiary institutions for import substitution. Under Education 5.0, Zimbabwe’s state universities must launch into outcomes-focused national development activities towards a competitive, modern and industrialized Zimbabwe. It is now all about problem-solving for value-creation. President Mnangagwa made the remarks when he toured the US$80 million PPC Zimbabwe cement milling plant in Msasa, Harare. “I exhort…

Independent pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group (Ecobank) has launched a women-centric empowerment program dubbed “Elevate”- designed to help women reach their full potential by empowering, growing and supporting their small enterprises with customized financial and value-added solutions across 33 markets, including Zimbabwe, 263Chat Business has learnt. The initiative stems from the significant contribution women on the continent are offering into the African economy. Research shows that 1 in 4 of the adult…

MUTARE- City council has denied deliberately purging war veterans saying it is an equal opportunity employer which does not discriminate against anyone. This followed claims that the municipality Chief Executive Officer, Joshua Maligwa deliberately targeted ex-combatants who were reportedly retired in the latest job cuts. The City Town Clerk is also accused of having branded war veterans as used condoms, allegations council denied as misplaced utterances.' In a press statement today, Mutare City Council said reports…

The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has urged the government to enact stricter laws that lesson gold smuggling as the country continues to lose millions of dollars through the scourge. The country is reportedly bleeding as more undocumented gold leaves the country through unorthodox means. The recent case is of former Zimbabwe Miners Federation president, Henrietta Rushways who is implicated in six kilograms gold smuggling scandal, which saw some security service agents being arrested. In a media…

Property firm, Mashonaland Holdings Limited is set to commence several of its property development projects in first quarter (Q1) -2021 following delays encountered from the COVID-19 lockdowns and a difficult economic environment. Year on year Inflation peaked 834 percent in July making it difficult for business viability and planning. In its consolidated financial update for the full year ended September 30, 2020 the company said it will embark on its low risk projects despite headwinds in the sector. “The Charter…

Authorities at Bulawayo Polytechnic have reversed their decision in which they had expelled a motor mechanics student for alleged misconduct following the intervention of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights who protested the institution's decision. Lawson Machida, a mechanical student at Bulawayo Polytechnic was expelled on 4 November 2020 by Gilbert Mabasa, the Principal at the institution and suspended for a period of two years and advised that he may seek readmission at Bulawayo Polytechnic not earlier than 2023 on…