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Storm leaves trail of destruction in Shurugwi
HEAVY rains have spawned a humanitarian crisis in Shurugwi district destroying schools, homes, roads and other public infrastructure such as bridges over the past few weeks.Shurugwi assistant ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 954 | by Staff reporter
'Independent body must confer hero status'
POLITICAL analysts have called on Zanu-PF to step aside and allow an independent body to confer hero status to deserving individuals to avoid contestations around the selection criteria and monopolisa...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Bid to bring Chelsea Legends to Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Chapter of registered fans of English Premiership giants, Chelsea, have embarked on an audacious bid to bring the London club's legends to come and play in this country. The suppo...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
MPs want to jump the Covid-19 vaccine queue
ZIMBABWE'S lawmakers have demanded that they be vaccinated immediately against Covid-19 as they are a top priority and frontline personnel at risk of contracting the deadly virus.The MPs have ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
BCC reclaims 'pits of death'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started reclaiming the city's "pits of death" following an outcry from residents and human rights activists.This was after two people drowned in disused pit...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive moves a gear up
THE Covid-19 vaccination drive will move a gear up today following the delivery of doses to all the provinces and districts at the weekend. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sat...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Magashule Houdini act, a Damascus moment to Zimbabwean politics
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule pulled a fast one this past week when he took a swipe at his party's national executive committee saying that only party branches can remove him from his position. ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1271 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Zimbabwe political terrain tough for disabled persons
DISABLED women, especially in rural set ups, aspiring to take up leadership positions are facing a double blow to their ambitions.Barbra Nyangairi, Deaf Zimbabwe Trust executive director, said...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises Chiwenga
President Mnangagwa has praised his deputy, who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, for volunteering to take the first jab when Zimbabwe launched the Covid-19 vacci...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Somewhere, along the line, we lost the magicians
WHEN we mourn the dearth of quality players, standards and coaching methods, we are perennially accused of being too obsessed with the past. The ''Know-it-all" brigade of nostalgic, and disgruntled fo...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 97 | by Phillip Zulu
Zimbabwe borrowed US$1,4bn to prop up economy
ZIMBABWE borrowed US$1,4 billion from the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) since 2017 to finance acquisition of strategic commodities, currency reforms and prop up the economy.Acco...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:55hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
300 additional prosecutors recruited
The withdrawal of police and military lawyers seconded to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) in line with the Supreme Court ruling has not affected the authority's operations, Prosecutor General...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF defy COVID-19, hold elections to replace Gwaradzimba
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that all COVID-19 protocols were followed by the party when it conducted its elections to fill in the senatorial seat which was left vacant after the death of Minister of Sta...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
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 | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mr Ramaphosa prefers American vaccines while Dr Mkhize prefers Sputnik V
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allegedly tussled behind the scenes over where to procure which jabs, resulting in the country's vaccine rollout programme being negativel...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's daily Covid-19 infection rate falls
By weekend the average daily infection rate for Covid-19 had fallen to around half the level of the start of the year and had dropped to actual numbers not seen since the middle of December. ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Fame without strategy, Mark Ngwazi loses out
Sungura man of the moment Mark Ngwazi says he is familiarising himself with various online streaming platforms so he can salvage significant profits from his new-found fame. The Njanja Express...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:51hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Masamvu succumbed to a disease he feared most
RESIDENTS of the farming town of Marondera, about 74km east of Harare last week woke up to the sad news of the passing on of renowned businessman and politician Luke Masamvu.The late former Mu...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | 3119 | by Staff reporter
Govt orders cut in boarding schools intake
GOVERNMENT has ordered boarding schools across the country to cut down on their intake for this year to allow for social distancing among learners.The order will come as another knock to the h...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:13hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand end of 6-week Covid-19 lockdown
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health Ruth Labode has called for an immediate end to the lockdown arguing any further restrictions would result in the crumbling of an already ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 jabs to start next week
AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase.Speaking ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Moyo backs national talks
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC bigwig, Lovemore Moyo, has thrown his weight behind the current push to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition and other key stakeholders in t...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:35hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T faces implosion
PLANS are afoot to challenge the constitutionality of the MDC-T extraordinary congress (EOC), its election results and the subsequent appointments made by its new leader Douglas Mwonzora after an atte...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4118 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe dismisses claims of rejoining Mwonzora's MDC
EXPELLED MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has rebuffed to claims by the opposition party's that he had been reinstated into the structures after begging for readmission.MDC-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must embrace 'spirit of optimism and confidence'
IT is my singular honour and privilege to have been invited to address this virtual Africa Reconstruction Global Summit organised by the World Economic Congress.The theme of this conference, Colla...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:16hrs | 183 | by ED Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa places hope on AfCFTA, NDS1
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), an economic blueprint that came into effect last month, will give fresh impetus to Zimbabwe's economic recovery ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
ZRP gold mine shut over cyanide leaks
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has shut down a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)-owned gold mine in Beatrice over reports of cyanide leakage at the site.EMA ordered the closure of Joyc...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean border jumpers busted with illegal firearm in SA
South Africa's organized crime unit, the Hawks, have arrested four Zimbabwean border jumpers in Giyani, Limpopo province for illegal possession of a firearm.The quartet aged between 18 and 35 ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:51hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3559 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in 'advanced talks' to procure Russian Sputnik V vaccine
ZIMBABWEAN government officials have announced that they are in talks with Russia over procuring a shipment of the Sputnik V vaccine.Zimbabwe is set to acquire a procurement of the Sputnik V v...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses more senior members?
MDC-Alliance continues to count costs after it lost more senior party officials to the MDC-T led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, who now leads the biggest opposition party in terms of representation in Parlia...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 8398 | by Staff reporter
Residents accuse govt over Harare mess
RESIDENTS yesterday accused the government of authoring the confusion currently devilling the Harare City Council (HICC) to push its own political agenda.Harare Residents Trust director Precio...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:55hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Forex trading guide: 9 valuable guides for beginners
Foreign exchange is one of the many areas people flock towards as far as investing is concerned. Many people around the world make a sustainable living purely from Forex trading. As a matter of fact, ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:40hrs | 569 | by Staff writer
Covid-19 grips six High Court judges
THE High Court in Harare has been thrown into turmoil after six judges and several officials were placed on quarantine after contracting Covid-19 or coming into contact with infected persons, it has e...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:23hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend AU virtual summit
President Mnangagwa will be virtually attending the 34th African Union Ordinary Session Assembly of Heads of States, which starts today and runs until the end of day tomorrow. Key issues expec...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans targets 2 top AU posts
TWO Zimbabweans are vying for top posts at the upcoming African Union 34th Ordinary Session where President Mnangagwa is expected to join other Heads of State for the summit virtually over the weekend...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Don't take life for granted under COVID-19, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged citizens to remain vigilant and follow prescribed health protocols until the COVID-19 pandemic is declared officially over.Mnangagwa made the remar...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mnanaggwa back at work
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa officially returned to work yesterday to a hectic schedule that included making far-reaching decisions on the Covid-19 vaccine and its roll-out plan, his spokesperson Mr George Cha...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent messages of condolences to the Ndlovu and Phiri families following the death of Ambassador Jethro Ndlovu and High Court Judge Justice Clement Phiri.In sep...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:22hrs | 4682 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
ZIMBABWE is set to be one of the first countries to benefit from the Covid-19 vaccines which the Chinese government will soon roll out to 14 developing countries in the fight against the deadly global...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
RBZ 'officials' arrested
Police in Midlands have arrested two Harare men driving around the country with fake Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe identity cards, swindling businesses after accusing them of using the wrong foreign exchan...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2930 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money clampdown erodes 2c tax earnings
THE clampdown on mobile money transfer services is negatively impacting on the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) popularly known as 2c tax, which contributed poorly to revenue performance in the...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:25hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Boris Johnson's fiancee to help rewild cheetahs to Zimbabwe
CARRIE Symonds' first job in her new role has been revealed - helping with a project to rewild cheetahs to Zimbabwe.The Sunday Telegraph revealed that the Prime Minister's fiancee has joined t...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1992 | by Staff reporter
Storms wreck nearly 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe
NEARLY 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe were destroyed by cyclones Chalane and Eloise, which swept across parts of the country over the past few weeks.This comes as the UN International Organisation o...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:51hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents 'fed up' with the recently-deployed commandos
BEITBRIDGE residents are "fed up" with the recently deployed commandos from a crack Zimbabwe National Army unit and the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit from Chikurubi who they accuse of committi...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:01hrs | 3359 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has capacity to buy Covid-19 drugs'
Zimbabwe, which has accelerated testing of Covid-19 around the country, has the capacity to acquire vaccines for the novel virus that has been spiking in the country since the start of the year, a top...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Civic group remembers Gukurahundi abductees
A MATABELELAND-BASED pressure group, Ibhetshu likaZulu, will on Sunday commemorate the abduction of 16 Silobela villagers who disappeared at the height of Gukurahundi massacres on January 31, 1985....Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:07hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Matiza labelled a listening minister
THE Zimbabwe Driving School Owners Association (ZDSOA) have said the death of Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza was a great loss to its membership, describing him as a listening leader who always ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
NRZ appoints Chitando new GM
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has appointed Tongoona Chitando as acting general manager (GM) following the recent death of Joseph Mashika.Chitando will double up as the acting chief ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4437 | by Staff reporter
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