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Zimbabwe govt rejects request to pay duty in forex
This comes as Treasury authorities want to ensure the country moves towards broader use of the local currency.Responding to a letter of request by Shallom Fiscal Consultant managing director, ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 493 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after police custody
A Mtapa Suburb man died in hospital yesterday morning after he was detained at a police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier. Tatenda Kasinyore (28) popularly known as Nyale was ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for ZANU PF cards at Kwekwe offices
Hundreds of Zanu PF members defied Covid 19 lockdown regulations by scrambling for party cards at Zanu PF Kwekwe district offices today....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:17hrs | 1122 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
ZETDC boss granted bail over tender
ZESA Holdings' distribution arm, ZETDC's managing director Lovemore Chinaka, was yesterday granted $30 000 bail on allegations of violating tender procedures involving US$1 405 920. He was also ordere...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:10hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
When opposing becomes nonsense
The times we live in have been blessed with a tremendous tool called social media; it is one marvel that if used properly can bring about remarkable social, economic and political positive change. Unf...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:39hrs | 971 | by Charles Motsi
Lawyer sues Econet over COVID-19 pandemic alerts
A HARARE lawyer, who recently lost a father through Covid-19, has taken Econet Wireless to court complaining about what he found as irritating alerts on the pandemic being sent continuously to him and...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku accuses Mnangagwa's govt of Mugabe era abuses
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation of perpetuating the human rights abuses that happened under the late fo...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF playing losing game in Harare'
TENSION is rising over the land issue in Harare, Chitungwiza and other major cities across the country with Zanu-PF accusing the opposition MDC Alliance of running down urban areas as well as being th...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF functionaries invade protected farm
ZANU-PF Masvingo provincial officials have grabbed a massive flourishing ranch in Chiredzi owned by an Italian national and ring-fenced under a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:47hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal in shambles
PRIVATE bus companies are on the verge of pulling out of the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) deal citing gross manipulation by the state enterprise, a move that can potentially ground the p...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa keeps tight grip on Mugabe's human rights abuses legacy'
OPPOSITION leader Lovemore Madhuku has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of preserving the tainted human rights abuses record of the now late former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe through systema...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:37hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cities plagued by open defecation
WITH flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25km east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on stree...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:48hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
VID 'inspectors' dupe job seekers
FAKE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials have been on the prowl in the Midlands Province where they targeted and duped desperate jobseekers of money after promising them jobs. Severa...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Fatal fight over amacimbi
A 44-year-old Bulawayo man died before admission to Mpilo Central Hospital after he was assaulted over amacimbi by two men in Old Pumula suburb. The late Mr Khumbula Homes Zulu suffered a swol...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1956 | by Staff reporter
US$650 compensation for cops who contract Covid-19 while on duty
POLICE officers deployed enforcing Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been promised US$650 each, with immediate, as compensation if one tests positive to the deadly virus.In a signed communic...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:09hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's COVID-19 address 'empty' says Professor of epidemiology
Zimbabwean professor of epidemiology and biostatistics Shinga Feresu has attacked main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying his Covid-19 address today was "empty". Chamisa sai...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 18:42hrs | 3006 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors decry police harassment
INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo are complaining of police brutality amid claims that some law enforcement agents are demanding bribes to allow them to operate in the cityduring the lockdown.S...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
55 000t fertiliser on the way
UP to 55 000 tonnes of top dressing fertiliser have been imported, while resources have also been set aside to ensure accelerated imports of fertiliser to avert local shortages and ensure summer crops...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave Zimbabwe farmers concerned
FARMER'S organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have the potential of ruin their crops.Most parts of Mashona...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
Confronting the scourge of persecution by prosecution
One of the most topical debates in national discourses in Zimbabwe over the last week has been around mechanisms to address and regulate the dissemination of false information and disinformation, in l...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 140 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 640 | by Mirian Mangwaya
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 2401 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Gweru Council hires Harare parking company without going to tender
Cash strapped Gweru city council has engaged a Harare City Council private parking entity, City Park, to run its parking department in a move that has drawn the ire of some residents who feel the move...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers angry with 'outsiders' exploiting macimbi
INSIZA villagers in Matabeleland South have complained over the exploitation of local resources such as amacimbi (mopane worms) and gold by people from outside the district who destroy vegetation....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Novuyo Seagirl relocates to SA
AWARD-winning Bulawayo-based musician and dancer Novuyo Seagirl says she is tired of the lack of support in Zimbabwe and is relocating to South Africa in search of greener pastures.The pint-si...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:58hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Trump likened to Zimbabwe's Chamisa
Political analyst Mr Goodson Nguni likened President Trump to MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who declared before the 2018 elections that he would not recognise the election result if he did no...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 206 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Beitbridge municipality hit by mass resignations
BEITBRIDGE municipality has been hit by mass resignations of key staff amid allegations of conflict of interest and abuse of office.It is understood that despite having been swept under the ca...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus steals festive season spirit
For Gogo MaSibanda, there have never been Christmas and New Year festivities without a family gathering.She says every year during the festive holiday, braai and drinks flow as her children ba...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pins hopes on 2021
THE year 2020 ends this week amid renewed optimism among Zimbabweans for a brighter new year, predicated on the emerging economic stability and hope for a robust lift off.For most Zimbabweans,...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Harare's flawed water billing systems irks residents
HARARE residents have expressed concern over the city council's patently flawed water billing systems which have seen some households going for six months while receiving estimated water consumption b...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:52hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Bus falls in a ditch, scores injured
AN unconfirmed number of passengers reportedly suffered varying degrees of injuries, some with fractures after a CAG Travellers Bus going to Binga from Bulawayo failed to go up the steep ascent on Gwa...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 20:25hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora fires salvo at MDC-Alliance
MDC-T Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has fired pot shots at the lawyer-studded MDC-Alliance saying they have let down their members by not educating and leading them in the legal path to avoid bei...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 4548 | by Staff reporter
Council shuts water treatment plant
Harare City Council (HCC) has announced a temporary shutdown of Morton Jaffray and Warren Control waterworks treatment plants until Sunday, forcing many residents in the capital to experience a dry we...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must stop shifting blame
Since his election as the Mayor of Harare in September this year, MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor, Jacob Mafume, has not done anything to resolve Harare's woes except to shift blame on central Governm...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 336 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 4658 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's minerals revenue hits US$2 billion
MINerAL revenues reached US$1,95 billion at the end of October this year, beating a projected US$1,52 billion target set by the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), official statistics s...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
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 | 877 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube 'reneges' on 2% royalty tax
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has ‘reneged' on a cabinet-approved plan to cut two percent royalty fee on gold delivery at Fidelity Printers and Refiners, which would immensely benefit small scale pr...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over son's health
A 51-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani man hanged himself last week after his son suffered a stroke.Steven Mafa of Gundura village was found hanging in his hut after he alerted his friends that he wanted to...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross president barred from work premises
HARARE Magistrate Trynos Wutawashe has barred re-elected Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) president Edison Mlambo from visiting his work premises so that he does not interfere with witnesses in his m...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1525 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa tells courts to 'fast track all corruption cases'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday urged the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) to fast track and conclude all corruption cases currently before the courts.Mnangagwa, whose administration ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Father shoots children
A 47-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Saturday night after he accidentally shot his three children at his home in Bulawayo. The man (name withheld) who is from Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bu...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Trumpism - Sanctions, Sex and Infiltration
That the MDC-Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is an ailing force is no longer a subject for debate.The party suffers mostly from self-inflicted wounds - ones that its opponents are grac...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 20:00hrs | 4491 | by Grace Kwinje
Things no longer looking good at NUST
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNSubject: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYGreetings to you Sir/MadamThings are no longer looking good at NUST. 2020 first year students have i...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 14:18hrs | 13543 | by Tapfuma Muganiwa
Mnangagwa's govt petitioned over police harassment on taxis
MATABELELAND secessionist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over harassment of commuter omnibus o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Popular prophet engaged to solve Mtshabezi Bridge mystery
ONE of the most talked about mysteries in Gwanda Town is of a mysterious creature which reportedly lies hidden in Mtshabezi River near Mtshabezi Bridge that is said to have claimed the lives of a numb...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig in poisoning scare
Zanu-PF commissar Victor Matemadanda is recuperating after he fell seriously ill amid suspicious that he was poisoned at a ruling party event a week ago.Matemadanda was taken ill after attendi...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:03hrs | 6282 | by Staff reporter
Salaries to be restored to 2018 levels
CIVIL servants' salaries will, by June 2021, be restored to the United States dollar value that they stood at during the multi-currency era as Government continues to reform and grow the economy, a Ca...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:42hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
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