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Mystery of Kuda Tagwirei's assets in Zimbabwe revival plan
In December, the government of Zimbabwe announced a multibillion-dollar project called Kuvimba Mining House Ltd. that would hold some of the nation's most valuable gold, platinum, chrome and nickel mi...Published: 11 May 2021 at 09:02hrs | 5415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in vaccination milestone
MORE than half a million Zimbabweans have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, marking a key milestone in the country's quest to achieve national herd immunity by year-end, Vice President ...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
South Africans crossing into Zimbabwe for Covid-19 vaccination
ZIMBABWE is seeing a boost in vaccine tourism as foreign nationals have started arriving in the country to get vaccinated against Covid-19, for a fee.With several African countries still facin...Published: 08 May 2021 at 19:24hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo warms up to Covid-19 vaccination
BULAWAYO residents have warmed up to the Covid-19 vaccination drive amid revelations by health officials that as many as 2 000 people are coming forward on a daily basis for inoculation compared to on...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
US investors trickle into Zimbabwe despite sanctions
A group of American investors is currently in Zimbabwe exploring business opportunities. This comes as a group of Indian investors has been in the country after being attracted by the Second R...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:25hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's energy import debt shoots to US$97m
ZESA's debt to Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) rose to US$97 million last year, up from just over US$45 million in 2019, the Mozambican power supplier HCB says.Zimbabwe was the second lar...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:46hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets top ranking for managing COVID-19 vaccination
ZIMBABWE has been ranked the 7th best African country in managing COVID-19 vaccination, beating its neighbour South Africa which came a distant 31 on the rankings ladder.According to the World...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should now embrace racial minorities
It is now forty one years since Zimbabwe secured its independence from the white minority oppressive regime. Forty one years is a life time and the only minorities left in Zimbabwe are true Zimbabwean...Published: 05 May 2021 at 18:25hrs | 628 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
Gotcha Nyama restaurant in ownership wrangle
Young female entrepreneur Julian Mutukudzi has been locked in an ownership and lease wrangle with Indian Businessman Kiran Patel.It is alleged that Kiran Patel unlawfully broke into his tenant...Published: 04 May 2021 at 14:52hrs | 3013 | by Claris Magwenzi
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Marry opens up on her relationship with Chiwenga
An ailing Chiwenga was airlifted to China from South Africa on 21 July where he underwent life-saving treatment at a top Beijing hospital amid revelations by his close associates that he could have be...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 4610 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC wants medical professionals to take lead in vaccination programmes
THE MDC Alliance has called on government to ensure that medical professionals take the lead in making decisions during the COVID-19 vaccination programme.In a statement yesterday, Simbiso Ran...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Cop up for drug smuggling
A POLICE officer, accused of being part of a drug smuggling syndicate, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates' Courts on criminal abuse of office charges.Harrison Muzarewetu, 35, all...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Heath Streak apologises
ZIMBABWE cricket legend, Heath Streak has apologised for his involvement with a shadowy character that resulted in the International Cricket Council slapping him with an eight-year ban from all cricke...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
NGOs mustn't be surprised when Govt cracks whip
I am not a regular imbiber but once in a while I go into a decent bar for an hour of two, just to catch up. And just last week, I popped into a hotel bar, seeking decency, social distance and a bit of...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 239 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off
While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
The most popular sport in the world
Sport is an important element of union between all peoples of the world. When you speak different languages, have different habits or when you are thousands of miles away from home, you just need to g...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 2020 | by Staff Writer
Caps United boss Jere trial continues
THE trial of Caps United boss Farai Jere and his company Helcraw Electrical on fraud charges involving a US$3,5 million smart meters supply deal continued yesterday with the cross-examination of forme...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:11hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe beat Pakistan in T20
Zimbabwe 118 for 9 (Kamunhukamwe 34, Hasnain 2-19) beat Pakistan 99 (Babar 41, Jongwe 4-18, Burl 2-21) by 19 runs Zimbabwe beat Pakistan for the first time in a T20I match in their 16th attemp...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:41hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's huge daily cash withdrawals exposed
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe allegedly made multiple United States dollar cash withdrawals amounting to US$300 000 per day in 2019 from her CBZ Bank account at a time ordinary Zimbabweans were allow...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 12446 | by Staff reporter
Birthday greetings, Zimbabwe
Like yesterday, I remember the day that the late former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith declared independence from Britain.I was driving down what was North Avenue in Salisbury (now Harare)...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 180 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe targets herd immunity by year end
Zimbabwe aims to achieve the 10 million herd immunity by year-end, with over 300 000 people so far receiving their first Covid-19 vaccination doses, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'let's get the jab to return to normalcy'
ZIMBABWEANS should receive the Covid-19 vaccines as that is one of the best and safest measures to protect the nation from the deadly pandemic and enable return to normalcy, President Mnangagwa said a...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fast running out of Covid-19 vaccines
AUTHORITIES have called upon the government and private players to procure more Covid-19 vaccines for Bulawayo where there is a short supply of the jabs. Addressing members of the Bulawayo Pro...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:34hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1994 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mnangagwa preaches unity
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Zimra engulfed in corruption storm over whistle-blowers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which operates a whistleblower facility in a bid to eradicate tax fraud and duty evasion, is caught in a damaging storm of corruption in which its senior office...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Teacher unions demand school testing
TEACHER unions have emphasised the need for regular testing of learners, educators and non-teaching staff to contain Covid-19 amid reports of an increase in confirmed cases at schools countrywide....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:20hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1118 | by Eddie cross
ZC backs ban on 'greedy, selfish' Streak
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani says the eight-year ban handed to former national team all-rounder and coach Heath Streak for corruption is the sport's darkest day in the country. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5306 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chinese jabs under probe, says WHO
THE success of Zimbabwe's mass vaccination programme is under scrutiny after a senior Chinese official made a rare admission that its COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the country have a lower e...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1961 | by Staff reporter
Botswana probes two AstraZeneca deaths
Botswana is investigating the deaths of two among thousands of people who had been given doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to see if there is any link, the health ministry said. The sout...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2711 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean film on land reform receives multiple global awards
A movie based on Zimbabwe's land reform programme called Harmony Valley has left some audiences around the world in tears and picked several international film awards.Set in the year 2000, the...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hunts for Zisco investor again
THE Government is in a fresh hunt for strategic partner to resuscitate operations at the defunct State-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco).Over the years, the Redcliff-based steel ma...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 4013 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'No free jab for foreigners in Zimbabwe'
FOREIGNERS who are not permanently staying in Zimbabwe will pay for COVID-19 vaccination, which is currently being administered for free to locals. This was said by President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo requests for more Covid-19 vaccines
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) Covid-19 vaccination drive is beset by inadequate distribution of doses, forcing the local authority to adopt a deliberate strategy not to actively promote the inoculatio...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 2649 | by Staff reporter
Council boss remanded in custody for bail ruling
Harare City Council director of works Zvenyika Chawatama appeared in court yesterday for the second time in a week charged with fraud after he allegedly appointed himself town clerk.He was rem...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Human rights doctors express concern over low COVID-19 vaccine uptake
HUMAN rights doctors have expressed concern over the low uptake of COVID-19 vaccines as the country battles to control the spread of the respiratory virus.In a statement to mark World Health D...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tennis star Benjamin Lock triumphs in Tunisia
ZIMBABWE tennis star Benjamin Lock continues to lift the country's flag high on the professional tennis circuit after winning his first title of the year on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) W...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:37hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Were MDC human rights violated in 2008?
MDC was created by the CFU (Commercial Farmers Union), capitalists and the west, so that they take power from Zanu-PF, reverse land reform and indigenization; pull the Zimbabwe National Army out of Co...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 566 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Zimbabwe govt increases Covid-19 vaccination sites
THE Government has introduced more Covid-19 vaccination sites across the country as part of efforts to decentralise the process and decongest existing service points. Wilkins Hospital, which h...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:49hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
ANC faces one of its trying times since independence
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa faces one of its trying times since independence in 1994 and it threatens to impact the stability of the country.The issue arises fro...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:39hrs | 717 | by Tapiwa Gomo
COVID-19 vaccines face political haggling in Zimbabwe
A staunch supporter of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance in Zimbabwe, 29-year-old Mateline Chiwandamira, is waiting for a signal from the party president, Nelson Chamisa, whether ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:32hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
President John Pombe Magufuli's demise: how Africa was sold a dummy!
The female President of Tanzania: Madame Samia Suluhu Hassan took office with crystal clear aims and objectives: to take drastic steps of combating the Sars-Covid 2 pandemic. She ordered the wearing o...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 21:37hrs | 1054 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe women get ODI and Test status
Women cricket in Zimbabwe will never be the same again after the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant one-Day International (ODI) and Test status to female teams of all full-member cou...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:42hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
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