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Chamisa mustn't be blamed for poor service delivery
THE Urban Councils Authority of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) says the crusade by the ruling Zanu-PF to blame the opposition on the chaotic state of most urban councils, served no purpose but only worsened service ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 132 | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge upgrade to be complete by Nov 2022'
THE US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post upgrade to a one-stop border facility should be complete by November next year, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday....Published: 2 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zec clears way for fraud-accused Shava swearing-in
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the nomination of Dr Frederick Shava and Dorothy Mabika to replace the late Dr Sibusiso Moyo and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba respectively as Senator...Published: 3 hrs ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
Land barons misusing Zanu-PF name warned
Mashonaland West Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has warned land barons who misuse the names of Zanu-PF and Government officials that their days are number...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:07hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC elections investigated
ZANU-PF has dispatched a team to Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South as well as Masvingo province to investigate concerns raised by some members in connection with District Co-ordinati...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says youths to get more support
The Government is cognisant of the ever-changing global trends and will take full advantage of every opportunity to provide young people with opportunities for growth and participation in the broader ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 121 | 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
Children's home to be named after Mnangagwa's wife
Chambuta Children's home in Chiredzi district part of Masvingo province is going to be named under First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa in recognition of her philanthropic work in uplifting livelihoods of the...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 results under scrutiny
A STUDY of Grade 7 results is underway to establish the challenges encountered by schools and pupils, which saw some learning institutions registering a zero percent pass rate, the Government has said...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:51hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 2023 plot exposed
HARARE residents and MDC formations yesterday claimed Zanu-PF was behind the chaos in most urban local authorities as part of a grand plan to set the electorate against the opposition ahead of the 202...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 2791 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the opposition's failure confirms long-held suspicions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Good road network vital to revive domestic tourism
THE tourism industry has implored the Government to urgently fix the country's major roads that have been damaged by heavy rains to ensure smooth domestic travel. A majority of the country's r...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
'Inspect dams to avert disasters'
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs and Devolution Senator Monica Mavhunga has urged farmers in the province to ensure that their dams are inspected regularly by the Zimbabwe ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance councils have failed the people,' claims Mnangagwa
The opposition must be voted from local authorities as they have run-down urban councils much to the suffering of the people, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the Politburo meeting yes...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna denied National Hero status by the regime
CHIEF Vezi Maduna Mafu will be buried today at his rural home in Avoca, Filabusi in Insiza District, after Government accorded him a State-assisted burial. Chief Maduna (86) died on Saturday a...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF nominates Mabika nominated for Senate seat
Zanu-PF Manicaland Province has nominated Dorothy Mabika from Chipinge to fill in the Senate seat previously held by the late Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Dr Ellen Gwaradzim...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Land sales to private developers banned
Local authorities in the Midlands Province have been directed to stop allocating land to private developers while a recommendation has been made to demolish over 100 illegal settlements that exist in ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Newly appointed ministers take oath of office
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House.The four include a cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers.Honourable Felix...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Four new ministers sworn in
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House.The four include a cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers.Honourable Felix...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 16:20hrs | 1411 | by Staff Reporter
Iconic Chief Vezi Maduna mourned
ONE of the longest-serving Chiefs in the country, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, who died yesterday has been described as a father figure and exemplary traditional leader who constantly gave guidance to youn...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
DDF gets $40 million for Mat South roads
THE Government has availed $40 million as initial funding for the District Development (DDF) to rehabilitate the road network in Matabeleland South's seven districts. Some of the roads have be...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
UK firm to invest in Bulawayo renewable energy
BULAWAYO has lined up a number of renewable energy development projects worth millions of United States dollars, which are set to transform the city's economy and impact positively on the country's re...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:39hrs | 703 | 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
Mnangagwa's ministers tasked to draw up 5-year plans
Cabinet ministers must before the end of March, draw up five-year action plans aligned to the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), for consideration by Government with the offices of the Vice Presi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:25hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes Ministerial appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe's ambassador to the UN Dr Frederick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade while Chikomba Central legislator Felix Mhona takes ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Ncube warns local authorities over corruption
Matabeleland South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Abednico Ncube has reiterated the Government's commitment to deal with corruption and land barons in both urban and rural se...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
'Water woes man-made'
A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water.Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that "bore...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:29hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
US$700 million needed for Bulawayo roads
MORE than US$700 million is needed to rehabilitate roads in Bulawayo as 70 percent of the city road network is in a bad state. In an online session on Devolution Funds in Bulawayo: Water or Ro...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 290 | 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
Residents petition council over poor roads
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has petitioned the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over the poor state of the city's road network.Motorists have attributed the increased number ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts foot down on illegal settlements
GOVERNMENT is taking drastic measures to redress the illegal construction of houses on wetlands in most urban areas without requisite infrastructure and will offer alternative spaces for desperate hom...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland marginalisation can be solved
FORMER Speaker of the National Assembly and United Movement for Devolution (UMD) president, Lovemore Moyo has blasted government for neglecting Matabeleland region in economic development.Moyo...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs come face-to-face with Zimbabwe's crippled healthcare system
ON January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to Covid-19.The 61-year-old, who rose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
BCC: What went wrong?
"BULAWAYO'S success story is not something from outer space but a result of the constructive approach taken by councillors and the existence of a harmonious relationship between them and their elector...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1196 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Masvingo greenbelt project gathers pace
MASVINGO Province is poised to become the breadbasket of the country as the masterplan to set in motion a greenbelt of more than 100 000 hectares of irrigable land gathers pace following abundant wate...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 a ruthless juggernaut, says Chiwenga
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday described Covid-19 as a ruthless juggernaut, which kills everyone despite societal status as Zimbabwe buried three national heroes at the Heroes Acre....Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to preside over triple burial tomorrow
Acting President Dr Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga will tomorrow preside over the burials of three departed National Heroes.Chiwenga, 64, was last week reported...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 17:16hrs | 4059 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 induced triple heroes burial set for tomorrow
Zimbabwe will tomorrow witness the interment of three national heroes on the same day, the first time this is happening, in what will also highlight the grim times the country is enduring because of t...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
A genuine reform agenda could have saved Zimbabweans
Since the adoption of the new constitution in 2013, there have been expectations of constitutional reforms and realignment of the country's laws to the new supreme law.The reform agenda did no...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 19:48hrs | 381 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Chivi-Mhandamabwe roadwork resumes
WORK on the Chivi-Mhandamabwe Road upgrading is set to resume after Government sealed a deal with the contractor to complete outstanding work. Completion of the project dovetails with Governme...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
CONDOLENCE SUPPLEMENT: High profile deaths rise as Covid-19 surges
ZIMBABWE is reeling from a sharp surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. By 23 January 2021, the country's caseload was at 31,007 while fatalities were at 974. The victims include high pro...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3049 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi hospitalised, battling for his life in the ICU
Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affair, Ziyambi Ziyambi is currently battling for his life in the ICU of a Harare hospital amid a Covid-19 explosion that has paralysed President Emmerson ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 12:30hrs | 10798 | by Staff reporter
Larry Mavima recovers from Covid-19
A dark cloud has been hovering over the country and Government as freedom fighters, ministers, captains of industry, revered academics and top Government officials have been losing the battle to Covid...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi consoles nation
VICE President Kembo Mohadi yesterday sent condolence messages to families of five senior ZANU PF and Government officials who passed away last week.In a statement, VP Mohadi said Covid-19 con...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:28hrs | 2493 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns heroes
Acting President Dr Constatino Chiwenga has sent condolence messages to the families of three national heroes who died in the past week.Dr Chiwenga condoled with the Moyo family following the ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:12hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over the double funeral at Heroes Acre
President Mnangagwa has presided over the joint burial of the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and the late Zanu PF Central Committee member Morton Dizzy...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to cut his leave
President Mnangagwa will cut his leave tomorrow to preside over the joint burial of national heroes Moton Malianga and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba at the National Heroes' Acre, showing the importance he atta...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:10hrs | 10468 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes Malianga, Gwaradzimba
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the late founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga and Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
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