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Bulawayo needs water, not political rhetoric
BULAWAYO's perennial water crisis has hogged the limelight for far too long, especially towards an election, and it's time politicians stop politicking over the issue, but deliver the precious liquid....Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets new Covid-19 mortality daily record with 70 deaths
Zimbabwe has set a new Covid-19 mortality daily record with 70 deaths reported on Monday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,075. Caseload now at 31,646.Zimbabwe breached wha...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 21:17hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 deaths breach 1,000
Zimbabwe has breached what President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday described as the "grim mark" of a thousand coronavirus deaths. The ministry of health says 31 people died from the resp...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 21:17hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 2488 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
One-stop border post could address Beitbridge chaos
Long delays recently resurfaced at Beitbridge Border Post, with travellers spending close to three days to access either South Africa or Zimbabwe. Among other factors, a bad work attitude amon...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:27hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Forbes Border Post
CHAOS continues to reign supreme at the Forbes Border Post as only haulage truckers with Covid-19 certificates are being allowed entry into either Zimbabwe or Mozambique, leading to long queues and de...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Zinara sets aside $1,1bn for new tollgates
Government, through Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), has set aside $1,1 billion towards the construction of standard tollgates across the country. Long queues, moving at a snail...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:57hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa govt new dispensation?
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office through a military-assisted transition, he immediately called his government a Second Republic or New Dispensation.It is critical to have an ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | 285 | by PS
Chamisa's youths hit back at Mohadi
MDC Alliance youths have hit back at Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has improved the lives of ordinary people since taking over power from the late former Presi...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 5754 | by Staff reporter
'Push for US$100m IDC'
ZIMBABWE's industrial sector has appealed for a lifeline of up to Us$100 million to recapitalise the state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and bolster its capacity to bail out struggling ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs desperate for dialogue with Mnangagwa
MDC bigwigs say they are frustrated by the painfully slow progress towards the much talked about national dialogue — amid claims that authorities are blocking South African officials from returning ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:20hrs | 4578 | by Staff reporter
MDC frustrated by toxic politics
MDC bigwigs say they are frustrated by the painfully slow progress towards the much talked about national dialogue amid claims that Government are blocking South African officials from returning to th...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | 2782 | by Staff reporter
10 Top Takeaways from the August 2020 Protein Challenge Webinar
The disruption precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has driven the world virtual. Digital meetings and webinars (seminars on the web) are now the new normal.While there are now webinars fo...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 20:29hrs | 501 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa Trade Union turns heat on Mnangagwa
The biggest single trade union in South Africa National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF has betrayed the revolutionary ethos and adopted...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:42hrs | 9275 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Peace begins with you
Each and every call for the phantom demos leaves Zimbabweans more poorer and our economy much closer to the 'black hole'. The only people that remain smiling from ear to ear are the ones calling for s...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:12hrs | 875 | by Tincuts
Zimbabwe sets its sights on nuclear power
Zimbabwe will have a draft sustainable energy policy by year end that among other critical issues, will promote greater use of renewable sources including nuclear power, according to Energy and Power ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 4191 | by Staff reporter
The 'witchcraft' of Nehanda's statue
There is nothing that Bishop Lazarus finds as nauseatingly revolting as the holier-than-thou brigade.Yes, those low-lives that seemingly have the uncanny ability of seeing past the girthy logs...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 703 | by Bishop Lazarus
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1560 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Tobacco sales rake in US$172m
AT least US$172 million has been realised from tobacco sales after 74,8 million kilogrammes were delivered at the country's auction and contract floors since the beginning of the season, statistics fr...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:36hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Reckless police action almost cost girl's life
Dear Editor, On Monday 18 May 2020 I witnessed a horrific accident caused by ZRP's reckless action. The accident occurred along Zvishavane - Gweru road a few metres from Zvishavane hospital. T...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:19hrs | 2093 | by Munya Shumba
State firms privatisation drags
THE privatisation of subsidiaries and associate companies of state-owned Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) is moving at a snail's pace as most offers are well below market value, a...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt too poor to pin down corrupt bigwigs
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has admitted it was not easy for the state to go after corrupt bigwigs he said had a tendency of deploying all their financial might to fight their crimes within natio...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:26hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told that he has no choice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been told by his allies that he has no choice but to implement reforms and end human rights violations in order to win over western countries that are increasingly tig...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:08hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Dream houseboat heads home
The Zimbabwe Dream houseboat, a new addition to Lake Kariba's growing list of luxury boats, is making a 7-day road trip to the resort town from an engineering factory in Harare. Sitting at a s...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'step-child' dilemma
Last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa penned an opinion reflecting on his two-year rule since taking over from his long-time ally and mentor turned foe, the late former President Robert Mugabe in a ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 4168 | by Everson Mushava
Chamisa's MDC struggling to restructure its Bulawayo structures
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance (MDC-A) is reportedly struggling to restructure its Bulawayo party structures as members are resisting the abolishment of the Ward Executive Comm...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-bound R7m seafood intercepted
THE SOUTH African Police Service (Saps) has arrested three Zimbabwe-bound men found with a R7 million load of the endangered abalone sea fish destined for Zimbabwe.The men were intercepted in ...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:18hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Chinehasha Secondary School leading by example
They froze in complete perplexity and fear, Chinehasha Secondary School has done it and the icing on the cake, the girl child led by example. I shall not elucidate and expand in case more fles...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 10:12hrs | 951 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 2074 | by Staff rpeorter
We buy junk cars near you
Have you ever wondered a way to sell your junk car for top dollar? Cash Cars Buyer could be a service made to resolve that problem. Selling a car privately are often a large number. From insurance to ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 17:38hrs | 3730 | by Staff Writer
Zim parents turn to South African schools
Unlike the 1970s when children came from South Africa, Zambia and Malawi for better education, more and more Zimbabwean parents now look across the Limpopo for schools which seem to promise a brighter...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 12:26hrs | 3174 | by Mpongo Simwambi
Diplomats 'disappointed' with Mnangagwa admin
DIPLOMATS attached to Zimbabwe from Sadc, African Union (AU), Europe and Asia are highly disappointed and concerned about the course Zimbabwe has taken under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
ZACC closes in on 44 bigwigs
Forty-four serving and former Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, parastatal bosses and legislators are facing "imminent" arrest for corruption, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairp...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission hangs in the balance
ZIMBABWE'S desperate bid to re-join the Commonwealth is hanging in the balance after the United Kingdom this week accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of falling short of satisfying r...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Minister puts measures in place to speed up Beitbridge road project completion
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development Minister Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza says the Government has come up with a raft of measures to speed up the completion of a 6km road project under the Beitbri...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tries the Kagame way
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame's economic development model, which blends authoritarian practices and homegrown solutions with international best...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2190 | by Staff reporter
US$100k tourism boost for Tsholotsho
GOVERNMENT has set aside US$100 000 to establish a tourism camping site in Tsholotsho to be run by communities living adjacent to the Hwange National Park. The move is aimed at empowering the ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
If you don't believe in yourself, who else will?
Believing is the only gateway / input into making into life. There is no where you can make it in life without self confidence . Believe is to accept that something is true, especially wit...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 14:34hrs | 526 | by Enos Denhere
Lion and Shark never envy each other but they all professional hunters
Life is in your hands. There is something amazing about nature . A Lion and Shark never went to hunting school but they are professional hunters.A lion can't hunt in the ocean but ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 12:58hrs | 956 | by Enos Denhere
Lupane election results call for 'MRP' self-introspection
I am seriously disappointed by the election results of the Lupane-East parliamentary by-elections. We didn't perform well.While I understand the many factors that influences our poor performan...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 13:44hrs | 1620 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Mthwakazi Republic Party at crossroads
I am seriously disappointed by the election results of the Lupane-East parliamentary by-elections. We didn't perform well.While I understand the many factors that influences our poor performan...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 637 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations by
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:33hrs | 389 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Teachers appeal for wages above poverty line
TEACHERS unions, represented by the Zimbabwe Teachers' Union (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), yesterday demanded that government pays salaries above the poverty datum li...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
August 1 killings: Only 35 to be compensated by Mnangagwa's govt
GOVERNMENT is reviewing the eligibility of only 35 cases for compensation in the aftermath of the August 1 2018 shootings, amid growing frustration from aggrieved victims, who say the process is movin...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Comeuppance for Gucci comrades
Most people clumsily stumble through life thinking that intelligence is similar to wisdom.Well, it isn't!Intelligence is natural, but wisdom is preternatural. Similarly, while intellig...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 20 | by Bishop Lazi
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 29 May 2019 at 13:22hrs | 481 | by Makhoprecious Moyo
Logistical nightmare cast doubt on MDC congress credibility
THE just-ended MDC congress was a logistical nightmare, with the party failing to meet set timelines and pushing voting into the dead of the night.Already, knives are out for organising secret...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Devolution confusion - marginalised communities lose out
Concern has arisen amongst some marginalised rural communities in Southern Zimbabwe about the slow implementation of the devolution process and how it was rushed to line up the pockets of a few ruling...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 346 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
When the boom comes - A What-if Scenario Analysis
I would like to carry out a What-if Scenario Analysis (WISA) based on the prediction of a positive change in the outcome of the Zimbabwean economic performance. In Project Management we use WISA to pr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1761 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
After gukurahundi meeting, Mnangagwa gives Matebeleland Collective the Zambezi water project
Government has given back ownership of the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) to Matebeleland Collective (MC) and its technical partner, the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT).The ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
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