JOHANNESBURG - Filmmaker Shona Ferguson has passed away at the age of 47. He had undergone a heart operation at the Milpark hospital in Johannesburg a week ago after complaining of chest pains. Ferguson was married to actress and producer Connie Ferguson. The Botswana-born Ferguson has acted in a
Zimbabwe’s economy is largely expected to register modest growth in 2021 buoyed by a bumper harvest in agriculture, partial dollarization and declining inflation, growth in export earnings and increase in industrial capacity utilization. The improved crop harvest is driving consumer spending and reducing the import
Shamwari Yemwanasikana (SYS)- a local community based, non-governmental organization that promotes the rights of girls has commended the government for giving the nod to the Child Justice and Children’s Amendment Bills as the move will strengthen child protection and ensure that best interests of children are
Platform for Youth and Community Development (PYCD) team leader, Claris Madhuku says operations of ethanol producer-Green fuel Private Limited in Chisumbanje, east of Zimbabwe have destroyed livelihoods of cotton farmers in the area by encroaching into their farm land as the company targets 40 000
Government surpassed its half year expenditure target of ZWL$189.8 billion by ZWL$7.8 billion to reach ZWL$197.6 billion on employee compensation, non-financial assets, social benefits and subsidies, the Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Ncube has revealed. Treasury-however still managed to record a modest half year surplus
Harare Provincial Development Coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti has barred defiant non-governmental organisations who did not register with his office to stop operations in what is likely to set the stage for a possible legal battle. In a statement Thursday, Muguti said those who failed to comply with
Year-on-year inflation is expected to continue on a downward trajectory to 35 percent by December 2021 on account of continued strict fiscal and monetary monitoring by government, the Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has told legislators during the Mid-Term Budget Statement presented
Mutare City father's are trying to downplay a Covid-19 outbreak that hit municipal workers early this week which saw seven employees testing positive to the deadly pandemic. In a public notice, City of Mutare said there was no COVID-19 scare adding that earlier reports were based
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. By Victor Bhoroma The report points that the number of extremely poor reached 7.9 million in 2020 (Half of the population). The economic disruptions
Prophet Uebert Angel, who was appointed as the envoy and Ambassador-At-Large to the Americas and Europe by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is hogging the limelight after a video of him discouraging his followers from getting vaccinated surfaced online yesterday. The televangelist who was entrusted by Mnangagwa to
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