Tshabangu rushes to court to block recall
Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-styled interim secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has approached the High Court seeking to bar his recall from Parliament. Tshabangu, who spearheaded mass…
Top lawyer takes The Standard newspaper to task over ‘false’ reports
Staff writer PROMINENT Harare lawyer Wellington Magaya has lodged a formal complaint against the independent newspaper, The Standard, under the Alpha Media stable, with the Zimbabwe Media Commission for investigations…
Beitbridge border clears trucks in 3-6 hours, SADC study finds
The Beitbridge Border Post, one of Africa’s busiest land crossings, clears heavy-duty trucks in three to six hours and light vehicles in about an hour, a Southern African Development Community…
Harare urban farmers poised for bumper harvest
Staff writer Harare residents who are into urban farming are hopeful that they will get good harvests following good rains. In interviews farmers told The Blast that they had lost…
Scottland marked their territory
When Scottland FC, raised all dust last season in the NRSL, it never looked like a serious football club beyond a glorified billionaires’ toy, but just months into its PSL…
Teachers call for salary review
Staff writer Teachers are calling on government to urgently convene a meeting for a salary review as their conditions of service have become deplorable. In a letter addressed to minister…
Former soccer star Simba Gate now a player agent
Sports writer Former Masvingo United and Highlanders red hot striker, Simba Gate is now a football agent. Gate who is running a successful football academy in Kwekwe, his home town,…
Jobs to be created as Masvingo truckstop construction gathers momentum
Staff writer Jobs are set to be created as city of Masvingo has started the construction of a brand-new truckstop located a few meters from Exor shopping mall along Beitbridge…
Chinese national arrested over Rhino horn smuggling at Harare Airport
A Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle five rhino horns worth US$360,000 to China via Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. Lin Wang was taken into custody…
‘172 million people don’t have access to electricity in SADC region’
Staff writer There have been calls to intensify programmes of making electricity accessible to communities in the SADC region as research has revealed that 172 million people in the region…