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2 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo |Silas Nkala |Bongile Moyo |Peter Dube
A VILLAGER from Zhombe in the Midlands, has succumbed to high blood pressure after losing 37 heads of cattle to January disease, a tick-borne infection.
This emerged at the commissioning of the Senkwasi village business unit and a solar-powered dip tank in Zhombe’s Senkwasi village on Monday.
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3 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo |Silas Nkala |Bongile Moyo |Peter Dube
A REVOLVING fund targeting informal traders in Gutu Central Constituency aimed at transforming livelihoods and boosting small businesses was unveiled on Monday.
The fund, unveiled by Gutu Central lawmaker, Winston Chitando and structured on a borrow-and-repay model at low interest rates, was disbursed to scores of beneficiaries at the Rural District Council offices in Gutu on Monday.
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3 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo |Silas Nkala |Bongile Moyo |Priviledge Gumbodete
GOVERNMENT is moving towards addressing structural barriers that limit women from accessing markets, technology and entrepreneurial skills, Women Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa said.
Mutsvangwa said efforts to strengthen women’s participation in economic activities remain central to Zimbabwe’s development agenda.
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3 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo
A MURDER suspect, who shot and killed his nephew in 2018 following a misunderstanding over infidelity, is still on the run.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, said they were appealing for information that might lead to the arrest of Mthandazo Sibindi in connection with the murder of his nephew.
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3 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo |Silas Nkala |Bongile Moyo
Intra-African trade rose 12,4% last year to US$220,3 billion as countries trade more among themselves, a new report shows, tipping the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to drive growth in continental trade.
The growth comes from a 5,9% dip in 2023, the African Trade Report said.
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3 days ago | 
newsday.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo
THE die is cast. A date has been set for the anticipated second edition of Miss Teen of the Universe Zimbabwe.
Slated for July 26, the ceremony is being billed to be grander than the previous one.
The pageant’s spokesperson, Mbulelo Mpofu, said preparations had entered the final phase.
“After months of fierce competition, 14 finalists of Miss Teen of the Universe Zimbabwe are ready to take the stage for the grand finale.
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3 days ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo |Silas Nkala |Bongile Moyo
THE Gukurahundi public hearings begin today as the government seeks to find closure to the emotive issue, more than 40 years after the North Korea-trained 5 Brigade rolled into Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, leaving thousands dead, according to human rights groups.
Then, the Robert Mugabe administration said the 5 Brigade was meant to “flush out” dissidents, although critics say it was designed to pave way for a one-party State.
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1 week ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo
Business THE Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) witnessed a surge in demand for grain commodities in last week’s trading, underscoring a dynamic shift in the country’s agricultural commodity markets.
According to the latest ZMX Weekly Bulletin for the week of June 9 to 13, buyer interest in maize and soybeans exceeded the available supply.
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2 weeks ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo
United Kingdom Minister for Africa Lord Collins of Highbury last week applauded Zimbabwe's efforts to be readmitted to the Commonwealth, but reminded the southern Africa country of some housekeeping issues that need to be undertaken.
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration has been pushing for Zimbabwe’s readmission to the club dominated by former British colonies as part of the “friend to all and enemy to none” drive.
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2 weeks ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Mpumelelo Moyo
Local TRADITIONAL leaders appointed to spearhead Gukurahundi public hearings have revealed that the government is ready to compensate victims.
The public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres are expected to start on June 26 after stalling for more than four years. Addressing journalists in Bulawayo on Sunday, the traditional leaders said they were on course to conduct the exercise.
