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Both ZANU PF and MDC have betrayed and failed people of Zimbabwe, and it's time for citizens to reclaim their power
There is no better definition of 'fail', as the one provided by my trusted dictionary, which says, "Not to achieve a particular stated goal" - and as such, there is no other more appropriate way to de...Published: 14 hrs ago | 743 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Gweru seeks to borrow $100m for cars
GWERU City Council has approached the Local Government ministry seeking authority to borrow $100 million for the purchase of utility vehicles to improve service delivery.In a notice, Gweru act...Published: 17 hrs ago | 227 | by Staff reporter
'Wetland evictees to stay in tents'
GOVERNMENT says it is planning to house people who were settled on wetlands and illegal settlements in temporary shelters pending proper relocation. Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NSSA boss goes after top CAs
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Robin Vela wants the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) to investigate two BDO Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe partners Ngon...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:45hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
New twist to tycoon's estate
The late John Bredenkamp‘s widow, Jennifer, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to block her son Gavin from holding on to the family's Thetford Farm in Mazowe. The case...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:43hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
CBZ hunts down Command Agric looters
Zimbabwe's largest financial services group, CBZ Holdings, has roped in the police to hunt down alleged looters of the command agriculture inputs, Business Times has established.Business Times...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:42hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Hooker arrested over sex with 13-year-old boy seeks bail at High Court
A sex worker accused of sleeping with a 13-year-old boy she met on a dating website has launched a bail appeal at the High Court.Lawyers for Precious Teya, 26, say she had no way of knowing th...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:14hrs | 3359 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5255 | by Staff reporter
US$600m water project crumbling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on the verge of cancelling a US$600 million agreement, in which government had mortgaged 18 gold claims to a Malaysian company, ZimMal, which for 17 years failed to imp...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ advisors under fire
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has slammed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s "underachieving" outgoing monetary policy committee (MPC) saying it lacked depth and expertise to driv...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Zesa disconnects Kariba council offices
KARIBA Town Council headquarters has been without power for over two months after being switched off by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Hol...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
14 months water in Bulawayo dams
BULAWAYO supply dams have water that can last the city for up to 14 months without council implementing any shedding programme. Since 2019, Bulawayo has been under a tight water shedding sched...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani pipeline won't displace people'
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says a few people will be affected by the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo water pipeline under the National Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Power cut closes Bulawayo businesses
BUSINESSES in Bulawayo are counting losses following a five-day blackout in parts of the city centre due to an electrical fault at a Zesa substation in Belmont industrial area. The fault has a...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
US$70m for Beitbridge upgrade
THE African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank) has approved a US$70 million facility to fund the upgrading of the Beitbridge Border Post to enhance smooth trade in Southern Africa. Situated in M...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Mat'land 'green belt' nigh
In the 2018 election manifesto, ZANU PF party promised to improve service delivery to the people and eventually catapult Zimbabwe to an Upper Middle Income Economy by 2030 with or without sancti...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:26hrs | 1050 | by Tirivanhu Kateera
Chamisa's MDC blasts govt for evicting Chiredzi villagers
MDC Alliance has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for plans to evict thousands of villagers from their long-held land in Chiredzi.Local government minister July Moyo las...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Rising Kariba Dam water levels spur Zimbabwe, Zambia power generation
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) yesterday said the rise in water levels in the Kariba Dam catchment area would result in uninterrupted water allocation for power generation for both Zimbabwe and Zam...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents still without running water
PUMULA South residents in Bulawayo have petitioned the local authority over lack of running water in the area despite the recent easing of the water-shedding regime.Last year, council was forc...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporans launch party
A NEW political party formed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, the Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ), has proposed a financing strategy to revive the country's deteriorating road, rail, aviation and health and...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
'No free lunch under Second Republic'
THE Second Republic has no place for moonlighting and entitlement as it values creativity, initiative and persistence towards fulfilling both Zanu-PF's 2018 election manifesto and the National Develop...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Lake Kariba water rises above minimum level
Water at Lake Kariba has risen above its minimum operating level of 475.50 metres bolstering hopes for secure energy supplies for Zimbabwe and Zambia. A latest update from the Zambezi River Authority ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on Gweru
A ten- member Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) team is in Gweru to investigate land scandals involving senior Government officials and land barons.A number of senior Government offic...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 11:51hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF guns for MDC Alliance bigwigs
Zanu-PF yesterday claimed that more MDC Alliance bigwigs were ready to jump ship to save their political careers after realising that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party was reaching a dead end, w...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Residents oppose councillors' salary hike
PLUMTREE residents have warned Local Government minister July Moyo against awarding hefty salaries and allowances to councillors, saying the move would cripple service delivery in local authorities....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 692 | by Concerned
Zimbabwe dam levels break records
The country has witnessed record breaking national dam levels after gaining an average of 56,9 percent this season. As at March 1, the national dam level average had risen to 95,9 percent.In t...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
'We take umbrage at Timveous mischief' - strange, MDC leaders sold out big time during GNU and didn't even notice it
The trouble with people who are shallow, thick and slow is they have the propensity to make mountains out of mole-hills and thus waste not only their time and energy but that of everyone else involved...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 21:36hrs | 1410 | by Nomusa Garikai
Rains to ease off
Rains are expected to ease off countrywide from Monday to Sunday with sunny breaks by today with warmer conditions and sunshine expected from tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department has said....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:00hrs | 2649 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in Zimbabwe fueled by ZANU PF's 'tichingotonga' mentality of a leadership that believes will never leave power
After waking up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking, in the middle of a low-density suburb - as there has not been any electricity supply in our area for the past two days - there is not...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 14:08hrs | 690 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa petitioned over looming demolitions
AN international housing and land rights movement has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to stop the pending house demolitions in the country, particularly at Crowborough Farm, Harare....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2573 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water cuts
WATER-SHEDDING is set to continue in Gweru despite the city receiving incessant heavy-rains that have seen most of its supply dams spilling.This was revealed last week by Gweru mayor Josiah Ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Collapsing Zimbabwe infrastructure reflects national decay
YESTERDAY, we carried on our front page a picture of Mwaradzi Bridge in Headlands along the MayoChikore Road in Manicaland province which was swept away by rains at the weekend.The Standard, h...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani pipeline a game changer'
A MATABELELAND North traditional leader Chief Mabhikwa has hailed government's move to speed up completion of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline, saying the project, though long-overdue, would transform the ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:36hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave farmers at crossroads
After getting off to a sluggish start dominated by a long dry spell for the better part of the first half (October to December 2020), the 2020/21 farming season has since metamorphosed into a term wit...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe High faces water crisis
MAGWEGWE High School in Bulawayo is facing serious water problems amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was told last Thursday.The issue was revealed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to reopen economy
ZIMBABWEANS have urged the government to ease COVID-19 restrictions today and allow churches, businesses and informal traders to operate, arguing that the latest two-month lockdown had subjected many ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over US$4m fraud
A HARARE man was on Saturday arraigned before a magistrate facing a fraud charge involving US$4 million after he allegedly manufactured fake documents to change the ownership of an industrial stand be...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:56hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Prophet uses social media to diagnose
JUST a name and surname as well as a picture on WhatsApp is enough for Musawenkosi Vundla, a Victoria Falls-based prophet to "diagnose" and tell one's problem or misfortune. Vundla, who calls ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:55hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani greenbelt identified
GOVERNMENT has identified a vast track of irrigable land covering 10 000 hectares along the Gwayi-Shangani-Bulawayo pipeline and localised the construction of the pipeline resulting in cutting the ini...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:52hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
DDF in bridges, road rehab
The District Development Fund (DDF) in Mashonaland Central has started repairing bridges and 2 400km of roads after receiving $546,2 million from Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and Gov...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:50hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Grains harvest to hit record levels
Zimbabwe is on course for a record traditional grains harvest of 500 000 tonnes this year as the country inches towards attaining food security on the back of the highly successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa p...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:48hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 474 | by Dr John Basera
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: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 2388 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Without title deeds, Matobo residents fear losing their homes
Mafuyana residents in Maphisa, Matobo district, never imagined they would one day lose their houses.The ward 22- suburb residents are beneficiaries of a 2005 government housing programme named...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains spell doom for Plumtree villagers
After receiving poor rains in the 2019-2020 forming season which culminated in hunger, Macingwane, Ezimnyama, Ngwanyana and other villages in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, remain in despa...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks US$500m for water pipes upgrades
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires about half a billion United States dollars to rehabilitate, upgrade or replace the city's ageing water reticulation infrastructure and do away with frequent pipe b...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:52hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe construction: The Tonga joining the fray?
IT seems most local tribes could have contributed towards construction of Dzimbahwe Ruins with the Tonga being the latest clan laying the claim that they also played a leading role as far as thi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:49hrs | 442 | by Burzil Dube
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