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Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1781 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Hundreds of cattle die under new wave of January disease
A new wave of theileriosis also known as January disease is killing hundreds of cattle in Masvingo Province, leaving many farmers with nothing, a survey by The Mirror has shown.Provincia...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Uninspected meat floods butcheries
Some farmers and butchers are selling condemned meat from livestock affected by diseases such as January disease and anthrax, instead of burning the carcasses. Although cases of tick-borne diseases ar...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU rocked by battle for leadership
CRACKS have emerged in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) ahead of the labour body's elective congress scheduled for December.Sources within the country's largest labour representati...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:45hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Pensions scandal rocks CSC
Former managers and ex-board members of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) spirited away millions of dollars from the company's pension fund – magnifying the rot in State owned enterprises and parastata...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2188 | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
Record harvest expected in 2020/21 season
Government is expecting an increase in crop production under Command Agriculture after the planting hectarage increased by over 18 percent for the 2020/21 farming season, with maize, tobacco and cotto...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Call for revival of Bulawayo industry
CIVIL society organisations have called on the government to formulate a policy aimed at reviving industries in Bulawayo.Zimbabwe's second largest city used to be an industrial hub before a co...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death for stealing phone during beer drink
A 25 year-old Zaka man paid a heavy price for violating lockdown regulations and joining two friends on a drinking binge late into the night after the friends turned on him and allegedly killed him fo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:54hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is back to cattle country status
LIVESTOCK, especially cattle, play a critical role in the sustenance of most rural communities and commercial farmers in Zimbabwe and across Africa. Traditionally a symbol of wealth and a way ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes CSC investor
A PROBE into the operations of a firm that clinched the deal to revive the Cold Storage Company (CSC) two years ago kicked off in December, with Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minist...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
CSC deal under scrutiny
THE Government says the corporate rescue proceedings being implemented on the Cold Storage Company (CSC), among other issues seeks to examine Boustead Beef operations and capacity to revive operations...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Passion Java, brother clash over late mother's estate
FLAMBOYANT cleric Passion Java‘s South Africa based brother Simba, has launched a scathing attack on the United States-based clergyman, for allegedly blocking him from benefitting from their late mo...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 4056 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | 7903 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Platinum raid Caps
HARARE giants Caps United are set to lose midfielder Innocent Mucheneka who is on the verge of joining ambitious FC Platinum.Mucheneka joined Caps as a free agent after his contract with Chick...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Covid 19 cases reach 30 000
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 cases reached the 30000 mark on Thursday after 639 new infections were recorded.The country's Covid-19 cases jumped to 30047 including 917 deaths, 19569 recoveries and 9561...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Consortium secretly inspects CSC assets
FRESH details have emerged revealing how a consortium of local industrialists and companies - CSC (2016) - is angling to take over the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) through a US$225 million bid....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe business empire crumbles
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's business empire has crumpled amid revelations that Gushungo Dairy Estate is being leased to a company linked to a millionaire businessman.A once thriv...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5577 | by Staff reporter
Local firms vie for CSC
A CONSORTIUM of local companies and industrialists are seeking to seize a 75% stake in the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) after tabling a US$225 million investment proposal to the government....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
NRZ suspends commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) on Friday suspended commuter trains in line with the COVID-19 regulations recently announced by the government.The suspension of commuter trains came am...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2573 | by Samantha Power
Zupco implements social distancing on commuter omnibuses
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company in Bulawayo yesterday started implementing social distancing on its buses with kombis now obliged to carry a maximum of eight passengers per trip as part of the ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:50hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'funding' Chamisa's MDC - report
A South African daily newspaper The Star reports that P...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 15:47hrs | 5808 | by Staff reporter
400 cops, soldiers descend on Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army have deployed more than 400 officers from outside Beitbridge in a major clampdown that has seen hundreds of people arrested and fined in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:06hrs | 3872 | by Staff reporter
Over 275 border jumpers arrested
Police have arrested 275 border jumpers, including 23 minors after they allegedly attempted to cross into South Africa without valid travel documents at Beitbridge Border Post as the police services i...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:16hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Lions Den police on the rampage
LIONs Den resident Mavis Dangura (not her real name) will not forget December 29, 2020, the day she was badly beaten by a group of police officers from Murereka station for a crime she did not commit....Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1372 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mulls tolling voucher as gridlocks mount
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is planning to introduce a tolling voucher as part of a broad strategy already underway to ease congestion throughout its system.Ult...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:05hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
18 died in holiday accidents
Eighteen people were killed, while 73 others were injured in 147 road accidents on Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. During the same period last year, 17 were killed, while 174 others were injure...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Matebeleland South
HEAVY rains accompanied by strong winds have left a trail of destruction in Matabeleland South province where a number of key infrastructure mostly schools, clinics, dams, roads and homesteads were ad...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Christmas fever grips Bulawayo
HUNDREDS of people yesterday thronged supermarkets in Bulawayo to make last-minute shopping ahead of Christmas Day today. Shop attendants said they recorded much business with many outlets res...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Workers decimate Mugabe's cattle herd
VILLAGERS have gone on a raiding rampage on a farm belonging to the late former president Robert Mugabe in Mazowe, hunting down and slaughtering over 1 400 cattle belonging to his family, in a which h...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 3625 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils US$8 billion industrialisation plan
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister, Sekai Nzenza, has unveiled a massive industrialisation plan which seeks to transform Zimbabwe's 94 manufacturing and commercial sub-sectors into a mouthwatering US$8 bi...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:58hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo, Msika feast on CSC from the grave
THE late Vice-Presidents John Landa Nkomo and Joseph Msika are some of the beneficiaries of "questionable" long-term Cold Storage Commission (CSC) lease agreements beyond the company's specified tenur...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
Touts, conmen, pickpockets, prostitutes take over Beitbridge border
CHAOS continues at the Beitbrigde Border Post with touts, conmen, pickpockets and prostitutes having a field day.Despite the chaos, the department of Customs and Excise yesterday said it was o...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Curfew chaos at border
CONGESTION of vehicles and pedestrians travelling between South Africa and Zimbabwe has hit Beitbridge Border Post resulting in some travellers spending up to two days to cross the border. The...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
SA curfew forces Beitbridge border post to close at 10pm daily
The Zimbabwean side of the Beitbridge border post, which was fully reopened on Monday, will have to close between 10pm and 6am as the country is still under a Covid-19-related curfew.The borde...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2195 | by Staff reporter
Traffic surges at Beitbridge
ACTIVITY has heightened at Beitbridge Border Post as more Zimbabweans based in South Africa start trickling in for the festive holidays under strict Covid-19 management protocols.All traveller...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify border patrols
POLICE have stepped up patrols and checks along roads leading to and from the country's inland borders to fight rampant cases of smuggling.On Saturday, police in Beitbridge arrested three susp...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 11:47hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
10 new mini-factories for Matebeleland North Province
A TOTAL of 10 mini-factories will be shortly established to manufacture high-value leather products in rural Matebeleland North province following the handover yesterday of brand-new equipment sourced...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:05hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
The invisible GBV in the workplace
With the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence having come to an end, I am grateful abused women and men got a chance to be heard, understood and recognised.What pains me, however,...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 11:21hrs | 570 | by Gift Mashoko
JOC assesses border security
THE National Joint Operations Command (JOC) met in Beitbridge yesterday and committed to beefing up borderline security to control rampant smuggling of goods and irregular migration which peaks during...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed up at border post
THE Government is beefing up security at Beitbridge border post to curb smuggling and other illegal activities which authorities believe could be costing the country over US$1 billion annually in unpa...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Zimra reverts to manual clearance
Zimra is now implementing manual clearance as a temporary reprieve for transporters and clearing agents waiting for their required online profiles from the authority so they can use the automated e-ro...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:39hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Phugeni's rape case not over
THE family of a minor who was allegedly raped by suspended MDCT spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni has announced that it will appeal his acquittal at the High Court.Phugeni yesterday celebrated h...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:35hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge, Plumtree borders open on low note
The country's southern borders with Botswana (Plumtree) and South Africa (Beitbridge) re-opened as planned at 6am today with low activity under a new set up where passenger traffic including motorists...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:08hrs | 6465 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA to open B/Bridge amid tight COVID-19 protocols
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was going ahead with the reopening of the Beitbridge border post on December 1 as scheduled but with tight COVID-19 protocols in a bid to control the spread of the virus i...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:24hrs | 3150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Aafrica strike border deal
Zimbabwe and South Africa are working flat out to harmonise management and health systems at Beitbridge Border Post so that more people can cross the Limpopo during the festive season without health r...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trucker narrowly escapes death after SA highway ambush
A Zimbabwean truck driver who survived an ambush by six gunmen on the N12 highway near Daveyton, on the East Rand, yesterday was just 35km from his destination when the attack happened.Joseph ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | 4262 | by Staff reporter
Munyaradzi Diya set for Bosso return
GANGLY Dynamos goalkeeper Munyaradzi Diya, who will soon be out of contract, has decided to retrace his footsteps back to the City of Kings to reunite with Bulawayo giants Highlanders, a team he left ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Stolen Zimbabwe cattle rustled into Mozambique
THE rustling of livestock from southeast Zimbabwe to neighbouring Mozambique is a major headache for authorities.It is prevalent in Chiredzi South constituency in the Lowveld.The cattl...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:54hrs | 861 | by CAJ News
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