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Thabani Mpofu strikes again arrests prominent businesswoman Smelly Dube
Prominent Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube has been arrested by a Special Anti Corruption Commission team on allegations of selling State land.Her arrest came after she approached the High Cour...Published: 15 hrs ago | 47 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hwange MP wades into villagers' land dispute
HWANGE Central legislator Daniel Molokele (MDC Alliance) has waded into a land dispute between a Chinese coal-mining firm and Dinde villagers who face eviction to pave way for the former to kick-start...Published: 16 hrs ago | 919 | by Staff reporter
Govt expects bumper harvest
INFORMATION and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the country this year expects a bumper harvest, adding that government was putting in place measures to ensure that there would be enough grai...Published: 16 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC enjoys pressing self-destruct button
Last week, the social media was abuzz with the news of the defection of two senior MDC Alliance members, Blessing Chebundo and Lillian Timveous, to Zanu-PF. In response to the development, the...Published: 16 hrs ago | 763 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mary Chiwenga's under renewed siege?
Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife Marry, locked in a nasty divorce affair, says she is under renewed siege from the retired general. She says her office wall in Highland...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 20:15hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube arrested
Prominent Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube has been arrested by a Special Anti Corruption Commission team on allegations of selling State land.Dube was arrsted while in hospital where she is be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:54hrs | 3674 | by Staff reporter
Why I dumbed Chamisa
LAST week, two senior MDC officials, former Midlands senator Lillian Timveous and former Kwekwe Central MP Blessing Chebundo, jumped ship and joined President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | 5447 | by Staff reporter
Forex demand in upward trajectory
Demand for foreign currency on the auction platform is showing an upward trajectory with 540 valid bids receiving their allotments with SMEs hitting a record total allotment of over US$3,1 million. ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 5153 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Caps boss blasts PSL, Zifa
CAPS United vice-president Nhamo Tutisani has savaged Zifa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) leadership as mere event managers who lack strategies to turn around domestic football and make it compet...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Exemption letters no longer required
CITIZENS no longer need exemption letters for movement while intercity travel is now permissible with businesses including the informal sector allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed Lev...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Govt stifling NGOs democratic space: Lawyers
HUMAN rights lawyers have criticised government for closing democratic space in the county to stifle the free operation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).In a statement to mark the Inte...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:56hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is doomed, says Chebundo
ONE OF the prominent founding members of the MDC and former legislator, Blessing Chebundo, says the country's opposition is going downhill due to tribalism, senseless infighting and a hatred for new i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 16:21hrs | 3656 | by Staff reporter
South Africa gives up on Beitbridge border fence
The R37 million 40km fence built along the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe will not be repaired despite the recommendations of parliamentary committee because it's just not worth it....Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:52hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 274 | by Bishop Lazarus
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 3207 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Zimbabwe gets €4.1 million to upgrade Chirundu Border Post
COMESA and Zimbabwe have signed an agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of Coordinated Border Management activities, Trade and Transport Facilitation programme at the Chirundu border post....Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:13hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
How your business can benefit from OCR technology
Optical Character Recognition or Optical Character Reader is the electronic and mechanical conversion of the image typed into machine-encoded text. OCR is a field of research in pattern recogn...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:03hrs | 185 | by Staff Writer
Assessment of Matabeleland South roads begins
An assessment of the state of major roads in Matabeleland South province's seven administrative districts has begun to ascertain the extent of rainfall-induced damages. The Ministry of Transpo...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:27hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Huawei partners NetOne to launch mobile broadband services
Leading global provider of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure, Huawei, has partnered local telecommunications service provider NetOne, to improve Zimbabwe's ICT techno...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 931 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Govt axes WHO, Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities
GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreachi...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4637 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will surpass 5 million votes, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF has expressed confidence that it will surpass the five million votes it is targeting ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections as the opposition continues to crumble in the face of defections. ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe in demo demanding Matanga's resignation
MDC Alliance Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and scores of party youths Thursday staged a flash demonstration outside the Harare Magistrates' Courts demanding the release of activist Makomborero Haruziv...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 18:38hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
4 suspected rustlers arrested for possessing stolen cattle
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have arrested four suspected rustlers who were found in possession of three cattle stolen from a farm in Gwanda.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector L...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:01hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Amplats warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S decision to compel exporters to surrender more of their foreign currency earnings may leave miners unable to fund operations, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), one of the country's biggest...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Raging bulls trample man to death
VILLAGERS in the resettlement area of Moyo Ranch, Ward 30 under Zibagwe Rural District Council (RDC) are living in fear after bulls that have reportedly gone wild and are attacking villagers.T...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:06hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar remains steady
THE Zimbabwean dollar remains steady against the United States at 1:83 this week with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) saying it has resolved the issue of delayed settlement of foreign currency auct...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:01hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed lettable shops bleed BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) could be losing millions of dollars in potential revenue from hundreds of lettable shops that have mushroomed in the city and are not paying licence fees and other related ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned.I also address you in my own capacity as a citiz...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1276 | by Peter Mutasa
RBZ resolves auction payment glitches
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has resolved the delayed settlement of foreign currency auction payments that occurred at the end of last year, as the authorities continue to refine the sys...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening preps underway
Preparations continue for the "inevitable re-opening" of schools with Covid-19 control measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines being put in place to avoid a spike in infections...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Dr Masimba Mavaza
I normally do not want to respond to social media neither do I want to be vilifying people. But after reading the article by Nomaz...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2311 | by Mandla Khumalo
Zimbabwe UK Business Chamber launches platform for entrepreneurs
A group of leading entrepreneurs have come together to create a business platform to support UK based Zimbabwean business people. The Zimbabwe UK Business Chamber (ZUKBC), launching this Satur...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 14:51hrs | 1338 | by Agencies
'Millions going hungry in Zimbabwe'
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says.The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Comm...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Leaders should lead by example
The much-talked scandal of our vice president is less expected of him. While vice president's social life should be separated from his office I personally finds it very disheartening to find someone f...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:13hrs | 421 | by Isaac Nkomah
Cowardice is when you pounce on the weak and shout Courage!
For abusing his office Mohadi must be condemned for his deeds. I refuse to hear tribalists talking about Mohadi resigning from office because of the last week's scandals that were caught on media. Why...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 12:44hrs | 2564 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mohadi under pressure to step down over sex romps
THE Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has demanded the stepping down of Vice President Kembo Mohadi who is mired in embarrassing sex scandals with married women and subor...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 6330 | by Staff reporter
Vice President Mohadi's weapon of mass destruction misfired or was he trapped?
One American writer by the name Samantha Rose Hill once said" we can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don't stand on common ground"So how vulnerable ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3226 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Graft-accused police boss guns for Zacc
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to the Special Anti-Corruption...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Constructive criticism of leaders needs courage
The Honourable Vice President KEMBO Mohadi's Shenanigans have touched a gas cylinder there by creating a social media blast. Many people have urged party ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 19:58hrs | 768 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with Senator Tambudzani Mohadi that left us cold about ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 2005 | by Nomazulu Thata
Police warn felons, rotten cops
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activit...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:12hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1508 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Mnangagwa's damning scorecard from allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been asked to breathe life into an outfit he has been touting as the panacea to Zimbabwe's intractable political and economic reforms in a telling assessment of his le...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa a lost cause?
One of Barack Obama's contribution to US foreign policy was the encouragement of a class of liberal whites and blacks with absolutely first-class brains, but above everything else, loved their subject...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 439 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 186 | by Zifiso Masiye
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3212 | by Staff reporter
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