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Zim need to bounce back
AFTER Zimbabwe’s missed opportunity against Pakistan where the national cricket team loosened up with the bat after taking a firm grip of the ICC World Cup match against Pakistan with the ball in their World Cup Group B clash on Sunday, Dave Whatmore’s men have not lost hope for a quarter-final berth.
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ZSE registers mixed performance in February
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange recorded mixed performance in the second month of the year with the market capitalisation declining to $4,35 billion from the $4,36 billion in January this year.
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TIMB to assist farmers to produce quality tobacco
Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) chairperson Monica Chinamasa says her organisation has formulated a plan to assist farmers to produce quality tobacco.
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TelOne to connect 9 500 homes
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company TelOne is set to commission four additional Fibre to the Home this month with the remainder to be commissioned next month.
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Caps set up Dynamos final
HIGHLANDERS were left to rue their failure to convert superior ball possession into goals after the Bulawayo giants were eliminated from the Bob91 competition by Caps United in an incident filled encounter Barbourfields Stadium yesterday.
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Massive fire in South Africa destroys thousands of acres in Cape Town
A massive fire in Cape Town, South Africa, destroyed thousands of acres of rare plants and 52 senior citizens from a nearby nursing home needed treatment for smoke inhalation.
Mujuru hits back
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru yesterday hit back at President Robert Mugabe for labelling her a witch and dismissed the allegations as baseless and outright lies meant to divert attention from concentrating on national issues.
Kudzayi’s freedom bid flops
SUSPENDED Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi’s freedom bid flopped yesterday after Harare magistrate Milton Serima dismissed his application for discharge .
Alpha and Omega dairy plans to diversify production
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Alpha and Omega dairy company says it now plans to diversify into production of ice-creams and chocolates this month as it seeks to bring more competition into the market.
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Zim need to bounce back
AFTER Zimbabwe’s missed opportunity against Pakistan where the national cricket team loosened up with the bat after taking a firm grip of the ICC World Cup match against Pakistan with the ball in their World Cup Group B clash on Sunday, Dave Whatmore’s men have not lost hope for a quarter-final berth.
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ZSE registers mixed performance in February
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange recorded mixed performance in the second month of the year with the market capitalisation declining to $4,35 billion from the $4,36 billion in January this year.
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Mineral discovery: A blessing or curse for the community?
ZIMBABWE is endowed with natural resources and whenever fresh mineral deposits are found, promises are made to the community that their days of unemployment and hunger are over.
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Zim has one radiation physicist
ZIMBABWE has only one radiation physicist in the public sector, a situation which has compromised effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Woman kills hubby over phone texts
A JILTED Chitungwiza woman, Fortunate Nsoro, allegedly stabbed her husband with three kitchen knives and killed him instantly last Thursday after she bumped into his girlfriend’s text messages on his mobile phone.
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Mzembi eyes chicken breeder’s farm
Tourism minister Walter Mzembi may be going against promoting the Brand Zimbabwe that he so tirelessly advertises after he recently obtained an offer letter to take over a farm belonging to prominent Masvingo chicken breeder Helen Mitchell.
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Khaya Moyo belongs to us — Mutasa
EXPELLED former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa yesterday dared party national spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo to speak the truth and publicly admit that he belongs to the ruling party faction led by ex-Vice-President Joice Mujuru .
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Mutoko black granite miners under siege
GOVERNMENT has ordered black granite miners operating in Mutoko and its surrounding environs to make cash contributions to the area’s Community Share Ownership Trust.
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ZimTrade to launch rebranded export capacity building programme
ZIMTRADE will this month launch its reviewed and rebranded export capacity building programme dubbed Marketing and Branding for International Competiveness in Mutare.
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IMF offers ZAMCO technical assistance
AN International Monetary Fund team is in Harare where it is offering technical assistance to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Zimbabwe Asset Management Company.
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Tourism sector urged to embrace the 15% VAT
Zimra Commissioner-General Gershom Pasi has urged the tourism sector to embrace the 15% Value Added Tax which was introduced by Treasury in January.
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TelOne to connect 9 500 homes
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company TelOne is set to commission four additional Fibre to the Home this month with the remainder to be commissioned next month.
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Depressed sales volumes: Zimplats records drop in profit
ZIMPLATS Holdings Limited (Zimplats) profit dropped by 88% to $3,9 million from $32 million for the six months ended December 31 2014 due to a decline in sales volumes.
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ZSE invites input for debt listings
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has called for stakeholder to submit input for the second draft of the debt listings requirement.
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Protecting yourself from card fraud
Using plastic money and electronic payments are both very secure modes of accessing ones bank account. However, despite the many safeguards that banks have put in place to protect their clients from scammers and fraudsters, some clients have found themselves holding the short end of the stick
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Good quality tobacco leaf grades in high demand this year
AN increase in global supply of stocks of lower grades of tobacco may weaken the marketability of inferior quality leaf, a Tobacco expert has said.
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Masimba dominates Mutare Chess Grand Prix
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) student Anesu Masimba emerged the clear winner at the Zimbabwe Chess Federation Mutare Grand Prix held at Mutare Polytechnic College over the weekend.
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‘PSL season will end on time’
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) says the upcoming season will run smoothly and on schedule despite what appears a busy calendar ahead.
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Good outings in Champions League, Confed Cup
AFRICA’s prestigious’ football club competitions, the Caf Champions League and the Caf Confederation Cup, reached the first round stage at the weekend
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Long jumper Madzivire third on return from injury
ZIMBABWE track and field star Paul Madzivire marked his return to action with third place in the long jump competition at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the United States at the weekend.
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Thindwa confident ahead of Zambezi Challenge Cup final
MALAWI international striker Ishmael Thindwa’s confidence is rocket high and has vowed to help his side Caps United defend the Zambezi Challenge Cup final against Malawi champions- Big Bullets scheduled for tomorrow at Civo Stadium.
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‘Mental flaws’ hurting team: Taylor
Harare 1995, Sheikhupera 1998, Harare 2013 and now, just 20 runs away from Brisbane 2015. Five fours. Three sixes and a two.
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Zimbabwe qualify for Afro basketball
THE ZIMBABWE senior men’s basketball team has qualified for the Afro-basketball championships to be co-hosted by Cameroon and Tunisia later this year.
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Suspected quadricep tear for Chigumbura
Elton Chigumbura, the Zimbabwe captain, was helped off the field in the 24th over of his team’s group stage match against Pakistan with a suspected torn quadricep.
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Chiguvare restores sober gospel music
ZIMBABWEAN gospel music is currently going through a difficult dispensation that has left many gospel artistes in the doldrums.
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Whither thee Kanindo music?
The country’s musical history cannot be told without including the impact of Kanindo music, a genre that was once a force before sinking into oblivion.
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Anthology captures the hearts, minds of readers
Writing Free is the fifth anthology in a series of short story collections published by Weaver Press that captures the agonies of a travailing nation in transition.
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AKA returns to Harare
SOUTH African hip hop star Kiernan Jordan Forbes, affectionately known as AKA, is billed to perform in Harare this coming Saturday at a show organised by Magma Beverages.
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Kumasowe at Midlands State University
PRODUCERS of Kumasowe film today visit Midlands State University in Gweru where they will share ideas on how to make low budget productions with Theatre and Film students at the institution.
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Chimanga album launched
Acclaimed drummer-cum-singer Blessing Chimanga, popularly known as Bled, launched his debut nine-track album Dreams at Alliance Francaise, Harare at the weekend.
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Zimpraise embarks on soul-harvesting programme
At least 100 students from Kutama College recently gave their lives to Jesus Christ through the debut Zimpraise Save Our Souls (SOS) launch programme.
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Francophonie Week to include film festival showcasing latest Francophonie movies
FROM March 13 to 27, the main French-speaking embassies and institutions in Zimbabwe together with Alliance Francaise in Harare and Bulawayo as well as Gweru will present a series of the latest films as part of their annual Francophonie Week.
