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Mnangagwa cancels Marange 'thank you rally'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his first thank you rally that was scheduled for St Noah College in Bocha, Manicaland province on Saturday.NewsDay is reliably informed that the rall...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1390 | by Staff reporter
US$15 for five bales of tobacco, a smallholder tobacco farmer's tale
Smallholder tobacco farmers are reeling under the yoke of high-interest loans, amid shocking revelations one of the farmers received a pay-out of US$15 after selling five bales of tobacco at the contr...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 3980 | by Erick Matotoba
Massive rot hits RDCs
SEVERAL rural district councils (RDCs) across the country have come under the spotlight amid allegations of rot following audits by relevant authorities.The Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commissi...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo to bring Sean Kingston to Zimbabwe
Businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is set to bring Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston to Zimbabwe.This comes after Chivayo recently met Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston during a trip to t...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 20:35hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, ex-workers fight over apartments
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has given its former employees a 90-day ultimatum to vacate some apartments they have been staying at for decades to pave way for "renovations."The ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:15hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 682 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Matebeleland villagers appeal for govt intervention
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene and save them from starvation as the food crisis reaches alarming levels.Several villagers have alread...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
'Mutapa Investment Fund mustn't become conduit for looting'
AS prevalence of public sector corruption reaches alarming levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded that Zimbabwean authorities ensure the newly-established Mutapa Investment Fund (M...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:09hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 1411 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer collapses, dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, Professor George Shava has died. He was 59. Prof Shava succumbed to heart disease on Saturday at ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies
With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 337 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda remain Bosso principal sponsors
HIGHLANDERS on Friday evening got the much-needed financial boost to wage a serious challenge for honours in Zimbabwe football when BetterBrands stepped up as co-sponsors of the football giants....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:25hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Pirate kombis, taxis wreak chaos
BULAWAYO police, motorists and registered commuter operators have flagged pirate taxis and kombis for bringing "wild-west" chaos to the city through wanton violation of traffic laws.Traffic ac...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:03hrs | 262 | 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
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Luxury estate to launch in May
WESTPROP Holdings chief executive Ken Sharpe has revealed that the company will launch the highly-anticipated US$100 million mixed use Hills Luxury Lifestyle Estate in May this year."It is wit...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pirate taxis regularise operations
A NUMBER of pirate taxis and kombis in Bulawayo are reportedly jostling to register with transport associations to regularise their operations to avoid having their vehicles impounded.The Zimb...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:06hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sneaker expo calls for new design
ORGANISERS of the Bulawayo Sneaker Expo are calling on interested designers to create this year's design for their merchandise as the foster a relationship with the creative community.The expo...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:05hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwe Tourism Authority CEO Karikoga Kaseke dies at 62
Harare, Zimbabwe - The tourism industry mourns the loss of Karikoga Kaseke, the former CEO of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), who passed away at the...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 11:58hrs | 2307 | by Staff Reporter
Peter Ndlovu celebrates 51st birthday
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwe football legends have hailed former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu for the role he played and continues to play in the development of the game in the country. Ndlovu...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:52hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Water levels in Zimbabwe dams decline
WATER levels in major dams have started declining as demand for irrigation water has been picking up with a significant number of farmers resorting to irrigation to sustain their summer crop.I...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:24hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP raps Zanu-PF over partisan food distribution
BINGA South Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Fanuel Cumanzala, has accused Zanu-PF officials of hijacking the yet to be launched food aid distribution programme to ensure only its party...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Cleopas Dube wants Bosso comeback
FORMER Highlanders striker Cleopas "Balotelli" Dube is inching closer to a comeback amid revelations that he is training with the Bulawayo football giants.An impeccable source told this public...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:15hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
A life-giving greenbelt in Matabeleland South
AMID the anxiety and disillusionment occasioned by projections of below-normal rains in the 2023-2024 summer cropping season due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, some farmers opted not to plant any...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Russia donates 25,000 metric tonne wheat to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has received part of Russia's 25,000 metric tonne wheat donation and an additional 10 tonnes of fertiliser.The donation is part of Russia's 200,000 metric tonne aid to six African cou...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 08:10hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds blew off roofs
TSHABALALA Residents Association has come to the rescue of four families whose house rooftops were blown off by strong winds.Tshabalala Residents Association chairperson, Webster Tsondoyi, sai...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Gashirai Nyemba: The digital maverick of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's digital marketing scene has found its trailblazer in the form of Gashirai Nyemba, a 25-year-old prodigy known for his innovative and dynamic approach to marketing in the digital space. From...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 18:35hrs | 619 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Business Scaling: When is the right time?
Business scaling refers to expanding a business in a sustainable and manageable way. Unlike simple business growth, which can be unplanned or organic, it's a deliberate and strategic effort to increas...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:34hrs | 330 | by Staff Reporter
Minister grilled over late payment of farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was on Wednesday grilled in Parliament over late payment of farmers for deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).Legislators from Zanu-PF and the opposition ...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner sets up New York office
HARARE - Local financial services firm Bard Santner Inc has set up an office in New York, United States, in a move to attract capital investment and transaction opportunities offshore.The comp...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 18:42hrs | 418 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to grow trade with friendly nations
THERE is a need to increase trade with friendly countries as a strategy to counter illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some powerful Western nations, President Mnangagwa said here yesterday after...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:03hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to boost trade to bust sanctions
THERE is a need to increase trade with friendly countries as a strategy to counter illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some powerful Western nations, President Mnangagwa said here yesterday after...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Call to scrap import duty, VAT on condoms
MORE than 455 million condoms have been distributed in Zimbabwe during the past five years amid calls for the removal of import duty and VAT to make condoms more accessible and less costly.Acc...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet launches 'Amazing Zimbabwe' campaign
FASTJET Zimbabwe has launched the "Amazing Zimbabwe" marketing campaign that focuses on promoting the hidden gems of the country."Amazing Zimbabwe" is a celebration and promotion of all things...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF official jailed for stealing
Mazowe Ward Six councilor Shamie Sande (51) and his district chairperson Tichaona Sorotiya (41) have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 bags of fertilizer valued at US$4600.The duo were ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 13:55hrs | 908 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-deputy minister Karoro trial kicks off
Former Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister Douglas Karoro's trial kicked off at the Harare magistrates' court yesterday.He is being charged with Grain Ma...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 17:16hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
TelOne mulls decommissioning copper cable infrastructure
THE country's landline telecoms provider, TelOne, says it will be decommissioning some of its copper cable infrastructure to stem rampant vandalism, which cost the firm US$1 million last year....Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:01hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
GMB contradicts government on grain supplies
Government and its parastatals are known to pull in the same direction and speak with one voice or sing from the same hymn book. The President , the Minister of Agriculture have all said that ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:07hrs | 769 | by John mbizvo
Zimbabwe tobacco auction floors open in March
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said auction floors are set to open next month encouraging tobacco stakeholders to fully utilise the TIMB booking system. In a notice t...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry allays cholera fears
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has assured the safety of participants at next week's Bonaqua Africa Triathlon Cup Troutbeck competition set for Nyanga in Manicaland, amid fears of an event boycott as...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:31hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Traders shun Egodini, decry exorbitant user fees
TWO days after the opening of the upgraded Egodini Terminus in Bulawayo, traders and commuters are yet to move to the facility amid revelations that vendors want a reduction of the proposed US$90 mont...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough maize' GMAZ says
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has emphatically reassured the nation that the country's maize supply is robust and secure. Addressing recent assertions that Zimbabwe had a mere four ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 12:11hrs | 193 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Egodini finally re-opens
BULAWAYO'S Egodini Terminus finally opened its gates yesterday following the completion of the upgrade works on the taxi rank under Phase One of the multi-million-dollar construction project that shou...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Millers dismiss claims of maize shortages
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has assured the nation that the country is maize secure as there are adequate and satisfactory supplies of grain across the country.In a statem...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets 2 000 tractors from Belarus
ZIMBABWE has received at least 2 000 high-tech tractors, 80 combine harvesters and other agricultural equipment from Belarus over the past three years to modernise the sector and boost productivity....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:36hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt unveils ZWL$11b food aid package
GOVERNMENT has availed a ZWL$11 billion food aid programme to prevent hunger related deaths in food insecure hotspots countrywide.Public Service deputy minister Mercy Dinha revealed the approx...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infra...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Counterfeit electronic appliances flood Zimbabwe
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has flagged the increasing proliferation of counterfeit goods especially electronic appliances, amid calls for Zimbabweans to be wary of the products.In ...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
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