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CCC MP calls for land tenure security
AN opposition legislator has called for the enactment of a law guaranteeing security of tenure for all land following the recent evictions of villagers from their communal lands.The evictions ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Free Russian fertilizer arrives in Zimbabwe
Over 23,000 metric tons of free Russian potash and NPKS fertilizer has arrived in Zimbabwe, the press service for Uralchem Group reported on Wednesday. The shipment is Uralchem's fifth humanit...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:21hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Unilateral sanctions are not illegal!
IT was so laughable listening to Information minister Jenfan Muswere fuming over US targeted sanctions on some Zimbabweans.I could easily tell that he was trying his best to please his boss, P...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 407 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The US should show us some respect
PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Iran seizes US tanker with $50 million of oil onboard
An Iranian court has issued an order confiscating a crude oil cargo from the Advantage Sweet tanker a year after the country's navy forcibly stopped the ship. It is the latest example of "tit for tat"...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 14:47hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Namibia comments on 'removal' of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
The Government of the Republic of Namibia has taken note of a new sanctions regime announced by H.E. Joseph B. Biden, President of the United States of America. on 4 March 2024. Article 96 of ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:58hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejects 'Let's Go Brandon's token sanctions review
NOTHING short of a prompt, unconditional and total removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States is acceptable and continued slanderous statements from Washington shou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 404 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube wants all sanctions removed
THE piecemeal removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States has been described as a step in the right direction, although the country prefers to have the illegal embargo completely rem...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
US makes piecemeal adjustments to Zimbabwe sanctions
THE United States yesterday made piecemeal adjustments to its targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe signalling the success of the country's engagement and re-engagement drive under President Mnangagwa....Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:56hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa wants to change culture of installing chiefs
GOVERNMENT says it is committed to having women considered for traditional leadership roles to promote gender equality, Women's Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.Mutsvangwa yesterday...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa third term bid, what does the law say?
ON February 21, 2024, some leaders of the Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province declared that they wanted President Mnangagwa to go beyond 2028, contrary to the Constitution of Zimbabwe.But what ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 752 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Seized Russian fertiliser consignment finally arrives
ABOUT 10 000 tonnes of fertiliser, which are part of the 26 000-tonne consignment from Uralchem Group, a leading Russian agrochemical producer, have arrived in Zimbabwe.Uralchem pledged close ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Youth Service back in April
THE National Youth Service (NYS), which seeks to provide a platform to groom youths to uphold Zimbabwean values and identity, is set to resume in April this year, a Cabinet minister has said.A...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Security firm boss in US$1m fraud
SPARTAN Security company boss Luka Fabris has been dragged to court over a US$1 million botched cattle ranching deal.Fabris who was represented by Musindo Hungwe and Joseph Nemaisa appeared be...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:19hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Deloitte exits Zimbabwe as management leads buyout
Deloitte, one of the world's big four accountancy firms, is leaving its Zimbabwe business and senior partners will buy out the unit.The Zimbabwe practice will exit the Deloitte network by Octo...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:15hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets more free fertilizer from Russia
A ship carrying 23,000 metric tons of fertilizers has reached and fully offloaded at the port city of Beira in Mozambique, Uralchem Group's press service reported on Monday.The fertilizers wil...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:39hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
'Violence deters youths from politics'
Violence has lowered the percentage of youth voters in the country, a study by a local non-government organisation has revealed.Project Vote 263, in a study titled Youth Participation in Elections, re...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
List of renamed places in Zimbabwe
Place names in Zimbabwe, including the name of the country itself, have been altered at various points in history. The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of indepen...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:46hrs | 1912 | by Wikipedia
Only Matebeleland has less road rehab work?
GOVERNMENT has so far rehabilitated and reconstructed more than 400 kilometres of road network in Manicaland Province under various initiatives, including the Post Cyclone Idai Recovery and Resilience...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Statement to mark the 2nd anniversary of the launch of the Freedom Alliance
The launch of Freedom Alliance on 18th December 2021 symbolised a renewed determination by our oppressed people in their heroic struggle for self-determination and human dignity. This is a con...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 16:45hrs | 190 | by Dr Samukele Hadebe
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 2461 | by Thula Bopela
MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the par...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 627 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Media development in Zimbabwe imperative
Media Institute for Southern Africa regional director Tabani Moyo has said media development in Zimbabwe requires a holistic approach, alive to the gains accrued thus far and complex enough to connect...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:19hrs | 188 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa tightens his grip on levers of Zimbabwe's Treasury
WITH his close business ally John Muyashavanhu now confirmed as the incoming Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, George Guvamatanga as Finance permanent secretary — chief accounting officer of ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:58hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Accident prone InterAfrica scoop transport award
TWO of the country's leading transporters, InterAfrica and CAG Travellers Coaches have bagged awards for best Transport Solution and Management Project.The prestigious awards organised by Char...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:54hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Russia ships 23 000t of fertiliser to Zimbabwe
RUSSIA's giant fertiliser manufacturing company, Uralchem Group, is in the process of shipping 23 000 tonnes of humanitarian fertiliser to Zimbabwe to complement the country's efforts to boost food an...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa names business associate as new RBZ governor
FBC Holdings CEO John Mushayavanhu, a business associate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will become governor of the central bank from May 1, 2024, the presidency announced on Friday.Current ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:52hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank fails to pay Equatorial Guinea debt for 40MW solar project
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reportedly failed to fulfill part of its debt to Equatorial Guinea for a local investment in a 40MW solar project in Bwoni Village, Seke District, according to i...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe's mother killed in Israeli attack
PALESTINE Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Tamer Almassri's mother has been killed in Khan Younis city in the Gaza Strip following an attack by Israeli forces.The killing of Ambassador Almassri's mot...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
CBZ in major strategic shake up
Pursuant to the strategic vision of creating one of the country's largest financial services groups, renowned banker, strategist and businessman Mr Luxon Zembe, has been appointed acting chairman of C...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:02hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa won't act on rand-fixing banks
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not act against the banks over rand fixing, according to Unisa Professor Boitumelo Senokoane.Senokoane, who joins the popular narrative that the president's stro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:35hrs | 536 | by Sifiso Mahlangu
FlyNamibia to launch new route linking Windhoek and Victoria Falls
Namibian private airline, FlyNamibia, on Tuesday announced the planned launch of the new Windhoek-Victoria Falls service, commencing on April 4, 2024.FlyNamibia Managing Director Andre Compion...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:39hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet suspends Victoria Falls-Maun route due to low bookings
Zimbabwe's low-cost airline, Fastjet, has suspended its flights from Victoria Falls to Botswana's tourism capital, Maun, just a year after launching the then seemingly lucrative route in June 2022....Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu, Welshman Ncube and fellow Mthwakazi, come let's declare Matabeleland independence!
"Be sure to appoint over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite."Blocked by a thick ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 4980 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa's decision to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on
POLITICAL analysts say the decision by the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on as it sends a message of defiance and wil...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 06:03hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
RBZ approves FBC acquisition of StanChart
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has approved FBC Holdings Limited's (FBCHL) purchase of Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited (SCBZL), making it one of the biggest banks in the country.A...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:12hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe statement on the abduction and murder of pastor Tapfumanei Masaya
ROHR Zimbabwe condemns with utmost disdain the State Sponsored abduction and murder of yet another activist in Zimbabwe, Pastor Tapfumanei Masaya, who was abducted whilst campaigning for a CCC candida...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:26hrs | 363 | by ROHR
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 209 | by Amnesty International
Fight against sanctions not a political battle, says Zanu-PF chef
Zimbabweans have been urged to rise above political divisions that hinder them from fighting against sanctions, with Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira sa...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 16:48hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Edgars sidelines Matebeleland executives
Two executive directors at the clothing maker and retailer Edgars Stores have tendered their resignations, effective today, as part of sweeping changes initiated by the new majority shareholder, Mauri...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Edgars CEO controversially booted out
EDGARS Stores Limited has announced the resignation of its group chief executive officer, Ms Tjeludo Ndlovu, effective tomorrow, Tuesday. The company's Group Chief Finance Officer, Ms Happiness Vundla...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:38hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assents to first private member Act
President Mnangagwa has assented to the Institute of Chartered Loss Control and Private Security Act, the first private member initiated law in recent years after it successfully sailed through Parlia...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:35hrs | 145 | by Staff reporte
EU blocks Zimbabwe fertiliser consignment
The European Union (EU) has halted the delivery of approximately 23,000 tonnes of fertiliser donated by Russia to Zimbabwe, as part of its broader blockade on Russian agricultural exports in response ...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:27hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests unverified human rights claims
Zimbabwe's delegation to the 77th session of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has formally lodged a complaint regarding unverified allegations made by a panelist from the Pan-A...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to be confident in themselves
Zimbabwe's Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development, Amon Murwira, encouraged Zimbabweans to have faith in their abilities, focus on the future, and c...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:03hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
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