China extends US$36 million loan for projects

Farirai Machivenyika  and Tendai Mugabe
CHINA has extended a US$36 million loan to Zimbabwe for various

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Vice President Mai Mujuru, Prime Minister Cde Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Ministers Mutambara and Madam Khupe, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mai hanzi

Govt sets maize price

Business Reporters
GOVERNMENT has set an interim producer price for maize at US$310 per tonne, up from US$295, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Jose...

Beauty without brains syndrome haunts pageants

Ruth Butaumocho Entertainment Editor
The beauty without brains syndrome continues to haunt local the beauty pageantry judging by the levels of ignorance local models continue to sho...

DeMbare held

Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
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DJ Munya, accomplices remanded in custody

Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
STAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo, accused of killing a man he suspected of having an extra-marital affair with his wife, yesterday appeared in court ...

ZFU now texting farmers

Agriculture Reporter
The Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union has begun using mobile phones to disseminate important information to farmers.
Farmers receive information on farm produce prices and...

Govt approves 29 medical aid societies

Health Reporter
GOVERNMENT has licensed 29 companies to operate medical aid societies after proving their commitment to paying up claims  in excess of 60 days to service providers. ...

Horror tales from the war

Fortious Nhambura
A VISIBLY disturbed 66-year-old Rangadza Machiha narrates the “worst” years of his life. It is a period that he rarely wants to talk about. For him it was a time o...

The new face of hip-hop

Brenda Phiri Arts Correspondent
New kid on the block Timothy Makuviri, known in the music circles as Timz Carter, is set to set the hip-hop scene ablaze with his eagerly

Great Lakes region gets US$1bn in aid

KINSHASA. — The World Bank yesterday announced US$1 billion in aid for Africa’s Great Lakes region as UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo where fresh f...

Is the AU equipped to serve Africa’s people for another 50 years?

Geoges Nzongola-Ntalaja

THE African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations this week, the AU — which was established as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 196...