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Climate change: Africa confronts global warming
New IPCC report projects greater temperature increases in the region than elsewhere Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a p...Published: 4 hrs ago | 511 | by Dan Shepard
Operation #Sesingaphi targeting MPs launched
The Election Resource Centre on Wednesday launched an operation targeted at holding Members of Parliament accountable over electoral promises.The Operation dubbed: #Sesingaphi, #Tavepapi #Howf...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1120 | by Mandla Ndlovu
OneMoney debit card use rises
NetOne's mobile money platform, OneMoney, recorded a 32,7 percent increase in subscribers to 241 566 in the fourth quarter to December 31, 2018 from 181 990 in the previous quarter, latest data show. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 555 | by Staff reporter
Pastor demands an end to 'elitist dialogue' - confused, doesn't even know elections were rigged
Confusion reigns supreme in Zimbabwe. Confusion is when one says this, the other says that and the third says something else which is neither this nor that in a matter as simple as 1 + 1 = 2. ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1049 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Buyers bring in $1 billion to buy golden leaf
International tobacco buyers have mobilized US$1 billion to buy the country's golden leaf crop this year, a move expected to boost foreign currency inflows in the country. The 2019 tobacco mar...Published: 11 hrs ago | 762 | by Staff reporter
Mobile network operators record 36% revenue jump
ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators recorded a 36% increase in revenue to $1,1 billion in the full year to December 2018 despite a 25% increase in operating costs, the industry regulator has reported....Published: 11 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council defends selling stands in US$
THE Bulawayo City Council has defended the sale of residential stands in low density areas in foreign currency, saying the pricing was on a cost recovery basis at no profit. The city council s...Published: 12 hrs ago | 504 | by Staff reporter
Slovakia club disown Zimbabwe U-23 player
SLOVAKIA Super Liga club, AS Trencín, has refuted reports that Enrique Ndlovu, who was called up to the Zimbabwe Under-23 squad, is in their books, raising suspicions that influential player intermed...Published: 12 hrs ago | 298 | by Staff reporter
NetOne outpaces competitors, active subscriber base balloons
STATE-OWNED mobile phone company NetOne recorded a massive growth in active mobile subscriptions in the fourth quarter of 2018, while its two rivals, Telecel and Econet, reported a marginal increase o...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 1253 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa plans to stop using army in demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government's plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:10hrs | 6489 | by Staff reporter
Government sells NetOne and TelOne
The Government has announced that it is selling its shares in the two giant Telecommunications companies TelOne and NetOne.The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, MthuliNcube told a ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 09:52hrs | 7294 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe inflation to decline to 10%
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube sees inflation - currently at 59% - declining to 10% by the end of the year.He is banking on slowing down money supply, liberalisation of the exchange rate and ot...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Over 100 trucks transporting Zimbabwe wheat stuck in Mozambique
CLOSE to 100 truckloads of Zimbabwe's wheat imports are holed up in Beira after Cyclone Idai damaged infrastructure and made most roads impassable.Chairperson of the Grain Millers Association ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
'Adultery & murder plot' nurse faces US$10 000 lawsuit
A NURSE from Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo is facing a US$10 000 adultery lawsuit after he allegedly engaged in an extra marital affair with a married woman and pressured her to kill her husband ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:09hrs | 4121 | by Staff reporter
Late Zimbabwe VP exposed for raping Harare school teacher?
With so many rapes going unreported and unprosecuted, victims are instead forced by circumstances to commit paternity fraud. Most have managed to keep their secrets, but the arrival of affordable DNA ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 20:17hrs | 7952 | by TRT World
Chamisa attacks Mwonzora ally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa railed at party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's ally in Masvingo last weekend, blaming him for the opposition party's poor showing in the region during last year's harmo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:34hrs | 5490 | by Staff reporter
G40 regroups, plots Mnangagwa ouster
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo extended an invitation to Saviour Kasukuwere to join him in the fight against ZANU-PF after the later appeared to say he is now prepared to fight...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:31hrs | 8013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to change course to escape sanctions
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, is using every platform to denounce targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and the European Union (EU), analysts contend he must do w...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's grand lie on forex list revisited
In March 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a list on companies that engaged in illicit financial flows externalized through non repatriation of export proceeds.The much-hyped list ca...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 17:54hrs | 4611 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Revisiting the ZUPCO urban transportation model
The re-introduction of ZUPCO buses to ply urban routes in the aftermath of January fuel protests was a welcome move for most urban commuters. This is largely because commuter omnibus operators had tak...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3412 | by Victor Bhoroma
New dispensation rejects corruption
The advent of the new dispensation in November 2017 has seen a new impetus in the fight against the scourge of corruption. Right beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President M...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:25hrs | 706 | by Bevan Musoko
Cyclone Idai a disaster to the region
Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Mozambique since Jokwe in 2008 and the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2019. The tenth named storm and re...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:24hrs | 388 | by Enos Denhere
Stadium crisis hits Zimbabwe top-flight teams
The 2019 Zimbabwe top-flight season gets underway at the end of this month after a Charity Challenge match in Harare and a friendly match in Bulawayo last week, but there are concerns the Premier Socc...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe speaks on the arrest of Rashid Mahiya
Heal Zimbabwe takes great concern over the allegations leveled against Rashid Mahiya who is the Executive Director of Heal Zimbabwe and the Chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. He was arre...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1392 | by Heal Zimbabwe
MDC told to divorce G40 members
Journalist Mr Brighton Musonza has called upon the leadership of MDC Alliance to disassociate themselves from the former member of a ZANU PF faction known as the G40.G40 was fronted by Exiled ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:28hrs | 6914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe cannot outsource its development - it has to fix the fundamentals first
While South Africa believes sanctions should be scrapped in Zimbabwe, analysts indicate that the sanctions narrative has been an easy scapegoat in addressing the real issues affecting the country....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 407 | by Sally Nyakanyanga
Forex shortages gnaws Zimbabwe's fertilizer industry
ZIMBABWE'S fertilizer industry says it is constrained by forex shortages, but it still has the capacity to produce enough to meet the country's demand this year and export excess production.Zi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Corruption still rife in Zimbabwe: US report
CORRUPTION remains a major problem in Zimbabwe despite government pronouncements to fight the rot, a report by the United States has revealed.According to a 2018 Human Rights Report prepared b...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mauls Mwonzora ally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa railed at party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's ally in Masvingo last weekend, blaming him for the opposition party's poor showing in the region during last year's harmo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1977 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss' case deferred
Suspended Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit director Mirirai Chiremba's application for refusal of further remand was yesterday rolled over to Thursday after his lawyer, Mr Ad...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Interbank rate sparks row
Aspindale Park owners, Marimba Industrial Properties Limited, have come under fire from homeowners who purchased stands at their property after it allegedly revalued outstanding instalments for stands...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:27hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda to stay in the cold for much longer
ON Saturday, the clock marked exactly two months since ZIFA vice-president Gift Banda was suspended and, with the association postponing the Congress where his fate was meant to be discussed this week...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
US 'very enthusiastic' about Mnangagwa govt
AMERICA'S Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said on Friday that Washington was "very enthusiastic" about the new Harare government, but wanted to see more action on reform."We are very enthu...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 4138 | by Staff reporter
Small house challenges $50k adultery damages
LORRAINE Chitereka, who has been ordered to pay Harare businesswoman Rudo Boka US$50 000 for having an extra-marital affair with her husband, has approached the court seeking to overturn the judgment....Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 3002 | by Staff reporter
Komichi to appeal against conviction
MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi says he will lodge an appeal with the High Court challenging his conviction and sentence.This comes after Komichi was fined $200 for disrupting electoral pr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:46hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
US 2018 Human rights report on Zimbabwe biased
Last week the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour released its 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. An examination of the report shows a fair vi...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:12hrs | 787 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Army killings stiffled UK efforts to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe'
THE British government has maintained that the August 1, 2018 post-election violence shootings and January 14-16, 2019 killings, which claimed over 20 lives after security forces fired into protestors...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2302 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in pole position as MDC Alliance congress beckons
The MDC Alliance will elect new leaders at congress in May - a process which will make or break the country's biggest opposition party. While the nomination process has not yet started, party leader N...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
Trump sends US officials to investigate land expropriation in South Africa
A number of US officials visited South Africa at the request of President Donald Trump as part of an investigation into the country's land expropriation process.Trump raised eyebrows in 2018 a...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1297 | by Staff Writer
Jonathan Moyo recruits Kasukuwere
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo on Sunday extended an invitation to Saviour Kasukuwere to join him in the fight against ZANU PF in defence of Nelson Chamisa's claim that he was ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 08:10hrs | 11774 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers terrorise Marondera residents
Daring armed robbers have besieged Marondera, with the gun-totting gang reportedly terrorising residents, money changers and businesspeople, a local businessperson has said.The gang is reporte...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimra taken to court over forex duty
A BULAWAYO man has taken the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to court challenging its decision to charge him duty in foreign currency for his imported vehicle. The vehicle, a Toyota Hilux w...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zera to beat SADC lightbulbs deadline
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says the country is well on course to meet the year-end deadline of eliminating trading and use of the incandescent light bulbs set by the Southern Afri...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targeting to process FDI approvals in hours
The establishment of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) will capacitate the country to process foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals within a day, Finance and Economic Developme...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Makomo wins claims dispute
The Mining Affairs Board has finally settled the acrimonious coal claims dispute between Makomo Resources and Zambezi Gas, delivering a ruling in favour of the former as the rightful owners of the coa...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:22hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wages war against surging inflation
Zimbabwe's annual inflation has risen to a 10-year high since hyperinflation, but month-on-month prices are beginning to drop as monetary reforms aimed at combating inflation, addressing foreign curre...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri takes aim at Chamisa
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has given the clearest indication yet that he will challenge the main opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa at the party's congress in May.Mudzuri (EM) (pic...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 14:44hrs | 4787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles despite huge forex inflows
ZIMBABWE is doing fairly well in terms of foreign currency earnings compared to countries such as Rwanda and Ethiopia yet the country is struggling to meet its forex obligations, a situation which has...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2933 | by Staff reporter
TelOne gears up for privatisation
TelOne says it has appointed a consultant who will advise the company on the restructuring of its staggering $380 million debt as it seeks to clean its books and attract private capital.TelOne...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
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