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Who are the best South African poker players?
If you're an avid fan of poker, you'll know that the majority of the big-name players on the circuit, particularly in the World Series of Poker, and at the top rankings of the all-time money list are ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 310 | by Staff Writer
500 Zanu-PF supporters fight eviction
THERE was pandemonium at Lot H, Whiteside Farm in Bromley on Friday after 500 illegal settlers attacked the High Court Sheriff who was evicting them to pave way for a new owner.The settlers, m...Published: 12 hrs ago | 884 | by Staff reporter
Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall
Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight. They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water wor...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 235 | by Editorial comment
Govt must set up independent commission on Gukurahundi
This is the second installment of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the Stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 925 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Chiredzi facing shortage of schools
CHIREDZI urban is facing a shortage of schools with hundreds of pupils failing to enrol for Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Grade 1 every year. The town has a population of 30 197, according to ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 06:56hrs | 265 | by Staff Reporter
'I was paid to accuse TB Joshua of rape'
The accusation of sexual misconduct against prominent Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua has taken a new twist with the admission of the lady involved that she was paid money to smear the name of the cleric....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:59hrs | 3917 | by Tawia Acheampong
Gvt threatens to unleash security apparatus on MDC
The Government has said it will not hesitate to unleash the security apparatus on the MDC if they go along with their threats to overthrow the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration. MDC ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 12:05hrs | 5836 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan faces collapse
A coalition of civil society groups from Matabeleland that struck a deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa that paved the way for a government intervention on the Gukurahundi killings is disintegratin...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:29hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets out
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to join other Heads of State and Government for the African Union Extraordinary Summit that will see the launch of a single continental trade bloc.He...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to inject additional 160MW this week
Zesa will this week add 160 MW of electricity to the national grid following the successful refurbishment of Unit 5 at Hwange Power Station (HPS), while a further 160MW from Unit 6 is expected within ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF tried to kill David Coltart?
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has alleged that suspected ZANU PF agent attempted to kill him thrice through a road accident in the past 20 years.Said Coltart, "In the last two decades my...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 09:23hrs | 8598 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa appoints acting High Court judges
President Mnangagwa has appointed three retired judges — Justices November Mtshiya, Nicholas Ndou and Vernanda Ziyambi — as acting judges of the High Court bench to preside over matters in the spe...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 402 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
Joshua Nkomo's love letter to MaFuyana
BEFORE WhatsApp, Facebook posts and text messages, there were hand-written love letters and apparently of all the intriguing love stories in the heat of the liberation struggle nothing is much sweeter...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:05hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
Mutanga deported from UK
GORY details have emerged about how former Highlanders and Hwange goalkeeper Luckson Mutanga, who tried to resuscitate his career at Bosso, was deported from the United Kingdom after serving a six-yea...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA transporters in route wars
There is a looming route war between Beitbridge-based Zimbabwean Cross-border Transport Association (ZCTA) and South Africa's Beitbridge Taxi Association (BTA) after the groups clashed over passengers...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:20hrs | 3975 | by Staff reporter
Scandal prone Zinara caught up in yet another murky deal fiasco
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have lost US$5,2 million in a murky deal which was supposed to see a 'controversial third party' earn a US$5 million kickback as a condition fo...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1688 | by Staff Reporter
4 councillors 'implicated' tender scandal
FOUR Bulawayo councillors have been implicated in an alleged tender scandal after a prospective parking management company allegedly pampered them with five-star hotel junkets among other goodies, Sun...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2052 | by Staff Reporter
Favorite sports in Zimbabwe
In an African country like Zimbabwe, almost all the people here love sports. Like anywhere else in the world, there are tremendous sport fans, especially in some particular sports. According to the re...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 21:51hrs | 1320 | by Staff Writer
Zinara revenues projected to hit $136m
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s combined revenues are projected to rise to $135,6 million for the current year, up from $133,3 million last year. The improvement in the roads aut...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Rainbow Tourism Group trading update
The company delivered a strong performance in 2018 achieving revenues of $34.3 million which was 27% above the prior year despite an increasingly challenging economic climate. This performance w...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:00hrs | 298 | by Rainbow Tourism Group
Another blow for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO textile manufacturing firm, National Blankets (Pvt) Limited, has been liquidated following years of poor performance and failure to find a good investment suitor in yet another blow to the ci...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3051 | by Staff reporter
Singaporean man loses US$517k investment to Zimbabwean partner
A SINGAPOREAN investor Ramason Bupedra allegedly lost his investment worth US$517 000 after his Zimbabwean business partner fraudulently changed the shareholding structure before selling their mining ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa
Dabengwa: Please tell us how your mother died? This was a question Dumiso had to answer in a Zanu court when he was incarcerated by Mugabe regime in the early independent of 80s. He was holed up in pr...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 17:42hrs | 5414 | by Nomazulu Thata
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1617 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
Coltart raises red flag over education crisis
FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
'Political rivalry shouldn't translate into animosity'
Indo-Zimbabwe relations are largely timeless as trade between the two countries can be traced to the pre-colonial era. Last year, Indian Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu visited Zimbabwe and pledged...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
David Whitehead sale raises a stink
CONFLICT of interest and possible abuse of office concerns emerged this week after David Whitehead Textiles Ltd (DWTL) judicial manager Knowledge Hofisi sold a 51% equity stake in the textile company ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth faces expulsions for court action against party
Zanu-PF Bulawayo Provincial youth league aspiring chairperson Mthunzi Mabhena faces censure after taking the party to court.Mabhena took the party to court after losing in the elections for yo...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1207 | by Gibdon Nyathi
Probe unearths Zesa rot
SHOCKING revelations of deep-seated rot and corporate malfeasance have been unearthed at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), where millions of United States dollars were siphoned through...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Former deputy minister in $766 000 debt row
Former Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo is said to have attempted to conceal an attached property into a family trust to prevent a financial institution from selling the property...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Funding Africa's infrastructure gap
Key to enabling African economies to make the most of their opportunities is developing infrastructure in the region. Across the continent, new laws are being implemented and alternative sources of in...Published: 30 May 2019 at 19:52hrs | 809 | by Agencies
Mugabe's ex-minister loses estate over US$766k bank loan
Former Mines and Mining Development deputy minister Fred Moyo has lost his family property and estate after the High Court recently ruled in favour of Stanbic Bank which is seeking to recover over US$...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1600 | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
Police brutality victim compensated 9 years on
A HARARE man, who was shot several times on both legs by the police in a case of mistaken identity during an investigation into the theft of a motor vehicle in 2010, has finally been paid ZWL$21 000 i...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Sex predators prey on women
An increasing number of Zimbabwean women say they have become victims of sexual abuse at their workplaces, a study has revealed.According to the Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) surve...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:54hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Ariel Sibanda speaks out
HIGHLANDERS captain, Ariel Sibanda has revealed the agony of being handed the leadership mantle at a time when the club has been going through one of its most difficult moments and having to overcome ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:45hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to keep its fledgling currency 'zollars' alive
MOST CURRENCIES have snappy names, like yen, won, kip or lek. Some have unfortunate ones: dong or colón. Few have names as cumbersome as Zimbabwe's Real-Time Gross-Settlement Dollars, also known as R...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1354 | by The Economist
Air Zimbabwe stashes US$5m in UK
INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe Private Limited (AirZim) is still active in the United Kingdom (UK) under the same name, with financial records showing that the moribund airline has £4 million (U...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
ZNA used loot-all-you-want platinum concession to secure $500m loan - proof junta resolve to hang on
Last week RBZ Governor, Dr John Mangudya, and Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, were thrilled to announce that the country secured a $500 million loan. The loan would end the shortages of fuel...Published: 23 May 2019 at 18:29hrs | 1527 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe's ally accused of grand corruption, swindle Israeli investors
A long-time ally of former president Robert Mugabe has been accused of grand corruption after he allegedly swindled Israeli investors in a lucrative gold mining venture in Midlands province.Hi...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:39hrs | 3445 | by Staff reporter
If Zanu is not for Mugabe, Sithole, Nkala, Mujuru or Gumbo, then how can it be yours?
Anyone who thinks is a Zanu Member, is a proper fool who will never Learn. Foolishness is the Quality to be Unable to Learn, and unfortunately, in Zimbabwe, we have a surplus of that Quality.D...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1327 | by Multiverse Dungani
When the boom comes - A What-if Scenario Analysis
I would like to carry out a What-if Scenario Analysis (WISA) based on the prediction of a positive change in the outcome of the Zimbabwean economic performance. In Project Management we use WISA to pr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1716 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Terrence Mukupe faces jail over debt
Former Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe is facing jail over a US$24 237 debt after Quality Insurance Company approached the High Court seeking an order to have him caged over a 2012 debt....Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military stake stymies $4bn platinum project
A plan to build Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers, according to people familiar with ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:05hrs | 1079 | by Bloomberg
Police in Zimbabwe: Helping hand or iron fist?
In response to public protests against a drastic increase in fuel prices in January 2019, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were joined by the army in a brutal crackdown that resulted in at least 15 ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:03hrs | 603 | by Afrobarometer
PHOTO: CIOs try to grab car from Chief Ndiweni
A group of self-proclaimed members of the Central Intelligence Organisation attempted to grab Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiiweni's car at the Bulawayo Central Business District on Wednesday. ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 11:50hrs | 10953 | by Mandla Ndlovu
War vets act on Gukurahundi
Zpra war veterans have established a committee on Gukurahundi to address issues specific to them after indications the government is now ready to address the 1980s killings.The Zpra Veterans' ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Epic start for Kaitano Tembo
Its been a long and stressful journey for the Zimbabwean born gaffer of Supersport United who has managed to anchor the Matsatsantsa a Pitori as they are affectionately known by their fans to the sixt...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:18hrs | 929 | by Daniel Itai
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