Columnist / Lincoln towindo
Government starts laying off workers
Government has begun restructuring the civil service on a large scale, with several ministries directed to shed thousands of posts immediately. A manpower survey is also underway to determine the skil...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Prophet Magaya rape charges report
Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya was last Friday arrested in Harare for allegedly raping a congregant.Sources told The Sunday Mail he spent the night ...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo and Debra Matabvu
Zimbabwe to get US$50m biometric voting system
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is preparing biometric voter registration (BVR) for the 2018 harmonised elections after securing US$50 million from Government and the United Nations Development Prog...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Good news for Zimbabwe workers
Workers could soon have shorter periods to inform employers of planned strikes, get softer penalties for illegal job actions, and go on maternity leave without restrictions. Labour dispute...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:09hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe stands firm on import ban
Restrictions on imports of selected basic commodities under Statutory Instrument Number 64 of 2016 will not be reversed because the policy is in Zimbabwe's best interests and was introduced after ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:14hrs | 3 | by Lincoln Towindo and Thupeyo Muleya
Over 800 000 criminal cases in 2015
Police handled over 800 000 alleged criminal violations in 2015, with traffic offences constituting over half of those cases, data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency shows.Overally, ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Ghost civil servants flushed out
CIVIL servants are now required to sign up collection forms upon receiving pay slips as Government moves to clean up the public service of ghost workers.The move is part of the implementat...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Million Man March: Just the beginning
Zanu-PF's Million Man March will be held annually alongside provincial rallies aimed at driving youth development and economic empowerment, a ruling party official has said.The inaugural march...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:17hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zim consolidates diamond mining in Chiadzwa
Zimbabwe has consolidated diamond mining operations in Chiadzwa procedurally and indicated that it will not dump this model as it has worked effectively in other countries, a Cabinet minister has said...Published: 22 May 2016 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Lincoln Towindo
21 ‘sex slaves’ arrive from Kuwait
TWENTY-ONE more Zimbabwean women lured to Kuwait under the false pretext of getting jobs as housemaids only to be sold into slavery arrived back home on Friday while seven more are at the country’s ...Published: 15 May 2016 at 14:12hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zim women auctioned as sex slaves
Zimbabwean human trafficking victims in Kuwait were paraded naked and auctioned to “sex merchants”, it has been revealed, while others were tortured by their slave masters resulting in several com...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:30hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe to create its own Facebook, Twitter look-alike
Social media use will soon be regulated in Zimbabwe, with the State already drawing up legal and policy instruments to govern information communication technologies.Local web developers are al...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Mujuru stalls sharing Solomon's estate
ZIMBABWE People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru stands accused of withholding vital information about her late husband General Solomon Mujuru's vast empire, stalling finalisation of the estate.In...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Tshinga Dube takes over
President Mugabe has dismissed War Veterans Minister Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa from Cabinet, replacing him with his deputy, Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube.This follows Ambassador Mutsv...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 23:14hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
'Mugabe's word is final'
President Mugabe's warning to Zanu-PF members against factional fighting linked to successionism is final and there should be no further debate around "petty" differences, a senior Politburo official ...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Kuda Bwiti and Lincoln Towindo
Zanu-PF to dump factionalists, says Khaya Moyo
ZANU-PF will dump - without fear or favour - factionalists seeking to undermine President Mugabe's authority, a senior official has said. When the Politburo meets this Wednesday, said Zanu-PF spokespe...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:37hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
End nigh for Zanu-PF kingpins
Zanu-PF will dump - without fear or favour - factionalists seeking to undermine President Mugabe's authority, a senior official has said.When the Politburo meets this Wednesday, said Zanu-PF s...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe outstrips UK, France in internet freedom - report
ZIMBABWEANS are enjoying considerable freedom of the Internet, although a United States conservative think tank that has always been anti-Government has identified MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai as...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:15hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
ZRP investigated for human rights 'abuses'
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is investigating the Zimbabwe Republic Police for at least 20 violations, chief among them unlawful arrests and detentions, and torturing suspects.At least...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 07:55hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
UN honours Nehanda, Kaguvi
The original Rhodesia police dockets and court judgments that saw First Chimurenga heroes Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi executed are now on the Memory of the World Register, recognising their roles ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 07:49hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Cash strapped Zimbabwe to reward more war vets
Government requires US$4 million to complete a fresh vetting process of former liberation fighters who were left out in the previous screening exercise in 1997.The exercise has seen 700 000 in...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
7 500 Zimbabwean tax cheats hide millions
At least 7 500 tax evaders have prejudiced Treasury of millions of dollars in unremitted dues since introduction of the multi-currency system in 2009.This emerged when the Zimbabwe Revenue Aut...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:58hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Mugabe helps 25 000 students
At least 25 000 underprivileged Zimbabwean students have benefited from the Presidential Scholarship Scheme since its inception 20 years ago, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Scholarship dir...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 13:09hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe Digitalisation: The full story
Zimbabwe has been preparing to make the inevitable switch from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television in keeping with International Telecommunication Union requirements. We now have s...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 15:09hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
Sikhanyiso Ndlovu burial - live update
12:05 President Mugabe has finished his address.12:04 We say goodbye to him as a free and emancipated people..he goes to rest a happy and fulfilled fighter for freedom. He leaves behind a free...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 10:44hrs | | by Costa Mano and Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe govt no longer issuing 99 year leases on land reform beneficiaries
Government is no longer issuing 99-year leases to land reform beneficiaries after private companies commissioned to survey farms pulled out over a US$6 million debt. Standing regulations mandate the S...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe's new capital city starts taking shape
Construction of Zimbabwe's new capital city in Mt Hampden - some 20km from central Harare - will begin within the next two years after Cabinet approved the multi-million-dollar project. The...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 21:51hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Mugabe gets special award
President Mugabe yesterday received the prestigious Open and Distance Learning Scholar of the Century Award from theAfrican Council for Distance Education (ACDE) in recognition of his outsta...Published: 23 Nov 2014 at 13:08hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Malawi's Ambassador disowns alleged remarks about Mugabe
Malawi's Ambassador-designate to Zimbabwe, Mr Thoko Banda, has made a U-turn on his disparaging remarks about President Mugabe, claiming "words were put" into his mouth.In 2006, Mr Banda insul...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 12:02hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zimbabwe, SA to meet over permits
MINISTRY of Home Affairs officials and their South African counterparts are scheduled to hold an emergency meeting soon to discuss the fate of 250 000 Zimbabweans living across the Limpopo whose speci...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 11:40hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
Zesa engineers up in arms against ministry
Senior Zesa Holdings engineers have blamed their parent ministry for the loss of millions of United States dollars in electricity revenue, saying the latter opened the pre-paid metering system to ...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 13:37hrs | 5 | by Lincoln Towindo and Tinashe Farawo
MDC-T, The gloves are off!
The MDC-T is characterised by unrelentingly venomous verbal clashes, leadership squabbles and general in-house hurly-burly. As many may have predicted prior to the July 31 harmonised elections, the pe...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 09:18hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
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