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Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe, a sea change from the pessimism they've expressed through two decades of economic mismanagement and institutional decay.The south...Published: 1 hr ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
'Thief' beaten to death
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb, leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested for fatally assaulting suspected burglar
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:02hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fires terrorise families
A SERIES of mysterious fires have reportedly razed three homesteads belonging to three related families in Lupane, forcing them to flee and seek refuge in a bush. The bizarre incidents are tak...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi on the ropes
Vice President Kembo Mohadi is on the ropes as a growing sex scandal threatens to upend his political career.Mohadi, 71, missed a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the second major diary event he ha...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 4696 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1247 | by Agencies
Suspected serial armed robber out on $20 000 bail
ONE of the suspects allegedly linked to a series of armed robberies in Bulawayo during which they raided several homes in the city and went away with more than US$45 000 and R300 000, has been release...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown reprieve for customs clearing agents
Government has revised lockdown regulations and classified customs clearing agents and freight forwarders operating inland and at the country's ports of entry/exit as essential service providers in a ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Government steps up efforts to complete Gwayi-Shangani Dam
MATABELELAND region is poised for economic growth as Government has stepped up efforts towards the completion of the massive Gwayi-Shangani Dam project before the end of next year.It is envisa...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
TV drama characters wanted
Thekwane Television Soap Opera Series: written by Noreen MoyoAn Eye In the Sky production for KeYona Television.Series Main cast WantedDo you think you have w...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 20:45hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born actress, Sibongile Mlambo joins Black Lightning cast
ZIMBABWE-born actor, Sibongile Mlambo has been cast for American superhero series Black Lightning's spinoff, Painkiller, as an attractive icy and mysterious woman named Maya.Black Lightning is...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Ireland confirm Zimbabwe series
Ireland will meet South Africa and Zimbabwe in three-match One-Day International (ODI) series this summer.Both series will form part of the World Cup Super League, with 10 qualification points...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
US-based Zimbabwean actor lends role in new movie
LOS ANGELES-BASED Zimbabwean actor Rick Cosnett says he has landed a role in the forthcoming movie titled Go To The Moon which will start filming next month.Cosnett is popularly known for his ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:10hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Africa Gaming Industry and its Potential Growth
A few years back, Africa seemed a less profitable market for most online businesses, especially overseas brands that had their sights on more developed markets. However, time has shaped the continent'...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:16hrs | 323 | by Staff Writer
Faultlines exposed in Seed Co deal
RESEARCHERS at advisory firm Imara dug deep into the hyped Seed Co empire merger before the transaction sailed through early this month and their verdict could stun a market that had long accepted the...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:55hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7514 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba sweats over looming retirement dilemma
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba - who by operation of law retires at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70 years old - faces the biggest question of his long professional career as a judicial ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 5790 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands leaders panic as Mliswa goes back to his roots
CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has caused a political storm in his Midlands home province by commissioning various development projects in his village amid growing speculation and fe...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:57hrs | 5339 | by Staff reporter
British officials owe Zimbabwean people an apology, says Moss
A FORMER United States State Department official says the British government should consider apologising to Zimbabwean people for supporting a failed bid to back Harare's debt arrears plan which under...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:55hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Khanyi Mbau romantically linked to 'fugitive' Zimbabwean millionaire
KHANYI Mbau got tongues wagging after it emerged that she's apparently romantically linked to alleged Zimbabwean fugitive and millionaire, Kudzai Terrence Mushonga.In a now-deleted post, Khany...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 10:01hrs | 3081 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam work set to resume
THE construction works at the Gwayi-Shangani Dam are set to resume in April as the Chinese engineers involved in the project are expected in the country next month. They had been held up in Ch...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwean political party to launch shadow councils
A NEWLY formed political party, Patriotic Zimbabweans, says it will soon unveil shadow councils throughout the country to ensure service delivery.The party, led by the United States based reti...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:18hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Musanhi speaks on 'defying lockdown' video
Under fire ZANU PF politburo member and Bindura North legislator Kenneth Musanhi has spoken on defying Covid-19 regulations after his video went viral on social media.Through an email, Musanhi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1149 | by Staff Reporter
Rok Cup Global boost for Zimbabwe karting
ZIMBABWE has been re-admitted back into the Rok Cup Global karting family in what looks like a major boost for the growth of the sport in the country.The development has seen local karting ent...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:59hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mbudziyadhura's health deteriorates
POPULAR actor Blessing Chimhowa who plays Mbudziyadhura in the Gringo series broadcast on ZBCTV - was rushed to a local clinic in Gweru in the early hours of Wednesday after developing abdominal compl...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:57hrs | 4969 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo rubbishes Zimbabwe military involvement in dialogue
Jonathan Moyo, a Zimbabwean professor of politics, says calls by some local analysts for the military - which has become a power broker - to be involved in talks to resolve the country's deepening cri...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:25hrs | 4646 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military is key to any political transition
ZIMBABWE'S military should play a role in the mediation process that seeks to break the country's never-ending socio-political impasse, a study by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has proposed....Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
'Serious dialogue critical to end Zimbabwe woes'
ZIMBABWE'S economic woes will persist until there is serious dialogue among key domestic players in politics and the international community, renowned banker Nigel Chanakira has said.Chanakira...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga has not been flown to China,' says Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut short his annual leave after ordering his deputy and Acting President Constantino Chiwenga to take a rest, an official said.Chiwenga, who has undergone ext...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 5477 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out for Obadiah Moyo
THE recent exposure of an employee of a private laboratory who had been selling fake Covid-19 certificates has unearthed what appears to be bad blood between Agnes Mahomva, the chief co-ordinator, nat...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:52hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes $25bn mobile money scam
Prosecutions on a wide range of financial crimes are likely as investigations continue inside and outside Zimbabwe into the huge pool of unregulated liquidity estimated at $25 billion created within t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe printing $1 billion weekly to buy gold'
FORMER legislator and Monetary Policy Committee member Eddie Cross has made sensational claims that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was printing $1 billion weekly mainly to buy gold.At the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 3197 | by Staff reporter
Warriors crash out
Zimbabwe 1 - 3 Burkina FasoZIMBABWE became the first team to crash out of this year's African Nations Championships (Chan) tournament after they were beaten 3-1 by Burkina Faso in a Group A match ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:34hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Defiant Trump says 'The movement we started is only just beginning' in farewell speech
US President Donald Trump struck an optimistic and defiant note in his farewell address, vowing that his movement is here to stay and praising his administration's achievements in restoring America wh...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 484 | by Nomazulu Thata
Warriors off to a losing start
Cameroon 1 - 0 ZimbabweZIMBABWE put on a commendable defensive effort but it was not enough as they succumbed to a morale sapping defeat in their first Group A fixture of the 2020 Afri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa is going to get a third wave of coronavirus, even a fourth'
South Africa is struggling to contain a second wave of Covid-19 infections, fuelled by a virulent new local variant of the virus, "Covid fatigue" and a seriesof "super-spreader" events.On ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:43hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa must put Mugwadi in line, says Ibbo Mandaza
President Ramaphosa has reacted to a threatening tweet by Zanu-PF member, Tafadzwa Mugwadi.To discuss this, SABC is joined by the Executive Chairperson of the Harare-based So...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 19:22hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa dares Zanu-PF
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has waded into a potentially explosive diplomatic tiff between Zanu-PF and the ANC over threats by Zanu-PF to "leak a bombshell" that would expose and embarrass...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:13hrs | 5175 | by Staff reporter
Muridzo manager cancels birthday gig
MUSICIAN Andy Muridzo's manager Ronald Mujuru, who turned 37 on Tuesday, says the lockdown has stalled his plans to host a lavish birthday party.Mujuru has been managing Muridzo since last yea...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:31hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealer 'killers' in court
THREE suspects, who allegedly killed an illegal fuel dealer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo for intervening in a street fight, have appeared in court. Clifford Sibanda (24) of New Lobengu...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
UK Prime Minister imposes a total lockdown in England
Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England - with people instructed to "stay at home" as they did during last March's first shutdown.The prime minister revealed the action...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC brands Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy
The MDC Alliance has accused newly-elected MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora of being a Zanu-PF proxy, days after he exchanged vows of "cooperation" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mwonzora took...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:19hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Afghan tour in trouble
ZIMBABWE'S bumper 2021 international calendar is facing early trouble with the national cricket team's series against Afghanistan in doubt following the latest COVID-19 lockdown which has paralysed do...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
More demand for hospital beds as Covid cases increase
THERE has been a surge in the demand for hospital beds due to Covid-19 in some of the country's major health centres with patients having a torrid time accessing medical help as the institutions are f...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's leave, a pitstop to nowhere
Now that we have seen the edited versions of people's lives across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during Christmas and New Year festivities, its back to the basics, the da...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 10:21hrs | 1805 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Drawing parallels between bitter election losers Khupe and Trump
Is it even possible to make such comparisons between Madam Thokozani Khupe and Donald Trump regarding the shenanigans of the two politicians' elections defeat? Yes, it is possible; this is a global vi...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:30hrs | 839 | by Nomazulu Thata
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