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JSC concludes judges’ public interviews, as male candidates dominate list
Chief Justice Luke MalabaOscar J JekeZim Now ReporterThe Judicial Services Commission on Wednesday concluded public interviews for vacancies of judges at the High Court of Zimbabwe and the Administrat...
CBZ Financial Holdings Group Prioritises Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility
 The Environment - Leading financial institution CBZ Financial Holding Group says it has taken a strategic shift towards sustainability and environmental responsibility. Announcing the Group’s financi...
Zambia raises lending rate to halt inflation surge
LUSAKA, Xinhua - Zambia's central bank on Wednesday raised its key lending rate by 100 basis points to 13.5 percent in an effort to contain the inflation rate, which has continued to surge up.Denny Ka...
Man steals vanish, thinners from boss, replaces them with water
Michael MashiriZim Now CorrespondentA man from Borrowdale, Harare, who was allegedly in the habit of stealing vanish and thinners from his boss and putting water in the containers, has been taken to c...
Credit facility for schools infrastructure launched
Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Torerai MoyoZim Now WriterThe Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, in partnership with Barmlo Construction, yesterday launched a credit facility for s...
Putin says open to dialogue on Ukraine crisis
 Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, Xinhua - Regarding China’s efforts towards the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed positive views on China’s...
Illegal currency traders vanish following crackdown as Zim tries to stabilise the ZiG currency
HARARE, Xinhua - Illegal currency traders have disappeared on the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare as authorities crack down on illegal money-trading in a bid to maintain the value of the new Zimb...
Don't vote ANC or IFP as Mandela and Buthelezi are gone, says Malema
EFF leader, Julius Malema… A vote for the EFF would be 'a vote to restore the dignity of South Africans' TimesLIVE - EFF leader Julius Malema has appealed to elderly voters to stop voting for the ANC...
Russia expels British diplomat, after UK orders Moscow’s military attache to leave ‘for spying’
LBC - Russia has told a British diplomat he has a week to leave the country, in an apparent retaliation after the UK expelled Moscow’s military attache.Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said that the exp...
French police kill man trying to set fire to synagogue
 PARIS, VOA — French police on Friday shot dead an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen.“National police in Rouen neutralised early this morning an armed i...