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Chiyangwa ally sparks verbal war against rival empowerment lobby group
A WAR of words has erupted between officials aligned to two rival indigenous empowerment lobby groupings, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) and newly...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt parcelling out ZPRA properties
FORMER ZPRA cadres who contributed their demobilisation payouts and managed to purchase various properties across the country are set to lose some of ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti loses recusal application
HARARE magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro has dismissed an application by lawyer Tendai Biti demanding that she must recuse herself from a matter w...Published: 12 hrs ago | 662 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe Jnr hospitalised
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's son Robert Jnr has reportedly been hospitalised in Singapore after his right lung collapsed.The heal...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3008 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK envoy roasted over Mnangagwa links
FORMER British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has been roasted by the United Kingdom Parliament for giving London misleading reports that port...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3306 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ's currency auction a headache'
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday told Parliament that the country's foreign currency auction system was problematic, resulting...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha bishops barred from church shrine
FORMER bishops and the secretariat of the African Apostolic Church (Vapostora VeAfrica) have been barred from visiting the church's shrine in Chivhu w...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Govt to avail more funds for Lupane Hospital
GOVERNMENT has promised to provide more funding for the construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital.Matabeleland North is the only province wit...Published: 12 hrs ago | 222 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger further detained
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendency to power, was yesterday further remanded in custody after ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 521 | by Staff reporter
Shortages show the poverty of ideas in govt
THE shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities due to the shocking decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose a blan...Published: 12 hrs ago | 591 | by Staff reporter
Forex auction allots US$107 million
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says a total of US$107,8 million was allocated to companies under the foreign exchange auction system in April....Published: 12 hrs ago | 300 | by Staff reporter
US$250 000 debt chokes Zanu-PF bigwig
FORMER State Security minister and Zanu-PF bigwig Sydney Sekeramayi has been dragged to court over a US$250 000 debt he owes a friend.Sekerama...Published: 12 hrs ago | 878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begs EU over it's ivory
ZIMBABWE yesterday begged the European Union (EU) to support its plea for a once-off sale of its ivory stockpile at the Convention on International Tr...Published: 12 hrs ago | 259 | by Staff reporter
Senators fume over bunking ministers
SENATORS have attacked the Executive after ministers bunked the Upper House question and answer session.Only five ministers pitched up to take...Published: 12 hrs ago | 324 | by Staff reporter
BCC abandons Centenary Park
BULAWAYO residents have accused the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of abandoning Centenary Park.Residents say the park is now an eyesore and a ho...Published: 12 hrs ago | 366 | by Staff reporter
Schools defy govt on fee
SCHOOLS are defying a government directive that they should not turn away pupils who have not paid school fees.When schools opened for the sec...Published: 12 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda calls out Zimbabwe on genocide
RWANDAN authorities have expressed dismay on how the Zimbabwean government is portraying the 1994 genocide against Tutsis.In an official state...Published: 12 hrs ago | 906 | by Staff reporter
Hwange to twin with Namibia, SA towns
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) plans to twin with Namibian and South African local authorities to improve service delivery in the coal mining town.T...Published: 12 hrs ago | 209 | by Staff reporter
Drill Hall storeroom gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth $600 000 was on Sunday destroyed by fire at the police's Drill Hall Licence Inspectorate Department.Bulawayo City Council chief...Published: 12 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes HIT demand for US$ fees
A-HIGH Court judge, Justice Happias Zhou has ruled that demands by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) for students to pay 35% of their fees in U...Published: 12 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
PSL suspends games over Dembare hooliganism
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has indefinitely suspended its programme as it seeks a lasting solution to acts of hooliganism that are tainting the i...Published: 12 hrs ago | 410 | by Staff reporter
Hope amid fear as relatives await fate of miners
FAMILY members of seven miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn sit around small fires and watch helplessly as rescue workers go in and out of the shaf...Published: 12 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Schools complain over exam fees collection
SCHOOLS are left financially poorer every time they collect examination fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) through ba...Published: 12 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Issuance of community TV licences on cards in Zimbabwer
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) is set to start licensing community television stations following the successful licensing of community r...Published: 12 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
'Flu bug not linked to coronavirus'
AS Zimbabwe is entering the Southern Hemisphere's colder winter months there is an increase in cases of flu but health authorities yesterday said the ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa dreams of a stable Zimdollar
Zimbabwe's economy continues to grow despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West and the nation is now being rallied to support Presi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
148 unregistered private schools face closure
So far 287 of the 435 private schools found operating illegally in Harare at the beginning of the year have gone through the licensing and other requi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 166 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ankle breaker apologises to Tandi
DYNAMOS' teenage winger Bill Antonio yesterday said he harboured no malicious intentions when he rammed into Andrew Tandi with a rather reckless tackl...Published: 12 hrs ago | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on high alert as Covid-19 fifth wave sweeps SA
The rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the last week is not an indication that Zimbabwe has entered a fifth wave of infection but is...Published: 12 hrs ago | 200 | by Staff reporter
CCC members bid to stall trial hits snag
CCC members' bid to stall trial proceedings in a matter they are accused of staging illegal demonstrations in Harare in May 2020 yesterday hit a snag ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Public transport system normalises?
THE public transport system has improved after the Government liberalised the sector while Zupco contracted private companies with kombis and increase...Published: 12 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends platinum levy
THE Government has suspended the 5 percent levy on raw platinum exports after miners lobbied the Treasury for its removal citing its detrimental impac...Published: 12 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
Sekeramayi falls on hard times, fails to repay US$250,000 debt
ZANU PF politburo member, Sydney Sekeramayi has fallen on hard times and is failing to repay a US$250 000 debt to a friend.This has emerged af...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Indonesia for a week
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Sunday for a week-long visit during which he will attend a UNICEF mee...Published: 22 hrs ago | 821 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU slams Mnangagwa
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for implementing a raft of economic stabilisation measures before consu...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF presidium admits CCC causing ruling party headaches
THE trailblazing Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is causing Zanu-PF serious headaches, with the ruling party's presidium openly...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 4491 | by Staff reporter
New fissures rock Zanu-PF youth league
THE just-ended Zanu-PF youth league conference created new fissures, resulting in the leadership resorting to threats to whip members into line....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Basics run out of Zimbabwe shelves
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent economic pronouncements have reportedly triggered a shortage of most locally-m...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 5089 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally says 'Zec must pass credibility, transparency tests'
POLITICAL parties and election watchdogs have challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to dispel poll rigging accusations for it to gain pub...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sweats over Rwandan fugitive links
GOVERNMENT has denied harbouring Rwandese genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya, saying it abided by international treaties.Mpiranya, who has bee...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
MPs gang up against Mthuli Ncube over Mnangagwa measures
LEGISLATORS across the political divide joined hands in strongly condemning recent economic containment measures introduced by President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 2218 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for trying to bribe cops at road block
A HARARE man was arrested after he tried to bribe a police officer at a checkpoint along the Harare-Beitbridge highway on Friday.The man, iden...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to name firms taking bank loans to black market
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has unearthed an elaborate practice by some big corporates in the country, who were borrowing large amounts of mone...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over rise in brothels
Residents have called on the Municipality of Gwanda and police to act on illegal activities which have resulted in the increase in crime in the mining...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
'The Reserve Bank is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in th...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt starts issuing title deeds
Government has started regularising informal urban settlements by issuing title deeds, with residents in Caledonia, Harare, being the first to benefit...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:11hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loans suspension review this week
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will this week review the suspension of bank lending that was recently announced, as it moves to investigate contra...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:11hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped eas...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Gang harvest semen from kidnapped man
A 22-year-old Glen View man was kidnapped by two men, before being sexually abused by two women for three days, at an unidentified place.The p...Published: 14 May 2022 at 20:02hrs | 1720 | by Staff reporter
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