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Mohadi's ex-wife jailed
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's former wife was last week jailed for 90 days for interfering with farming activities at the Zanu-PF heavy weight's farm.Tambudzani, a Zanu-PF senator, violated a ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube challenges land probe
A Gweru land developer has approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking to bar a commission set up to investigate the parcelling of out state land across the country from summoning the company's directo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 621 | by Staff reporter
I never give up, says Ruvheneko
Award-winning broadcaster Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa's career has been a see-saw affair in which she tasted the beauty of triumph and horror of strife in equal proportion yet she never ceases to amaze....Published: 7 hrs ago | 225 | by Staff reporter
Another Anderlecht chance for Musona
BELGIAN giants RSC Anderlecht's new head coach Frank Vercauteren has given Warriors hitman Knowledge Musona a big chance to salvage his future with the club after welcoming him back into the first tea...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1136 | by Staff reporter
The Anti-Sanctions Declaration: Disentangling Neo-Colonial Political thought
The burden of historyToday the pan-African nationalist movement is bestowed with the mandate of tackling the ever-changing complexities and complexions of colonialism. This comes again...Published: 7 hrs ago | 26 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
600MW Hwange plant takes shape
WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contract...Published: 7 hrs ago | 83 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi sees-off Russia bound shona students
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has bade farewell to 47 students destined for university studies in Russia, under the Russia Bilateral Scholarships Programme.Addressing the students before their d...Published: 7 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU is fighting institutional marginalisation and Zimbabwean state scorched earth policy
Whereas on Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th meetings were held at Mpilo Hospital administration between Zimbabwe African People's Union ZAPU and Mpilo Hospital public relations office,Whe...Published: 7 hrs ago | 64 | by Iphithule Maphosa
In-house politics cost Zimbabwe's Gems
Zimbabwe's senior netball team, the "Gems" started off their campaign of the 2019 African Netball Championships on a low note. Yesterday they lost their opening game to the She Cranes of Uganda, 60 - ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 153 | by Daniel Itai at the Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 64 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF government continues to kill defenceless citizens
Esther Tafadzwa Munyira 43 Charlbury RoadTS3 8JTMiddlesbroughEmail: esthermvemve@gmailPhone: 07492058107Editor SirI am saddened and heartbroken to learn about t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 35 | by Agencies
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 7 hrs ago | 56 | by Agencies
Bulawayo Mayor rebels against MDC
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has thrown into the drain attempts by his party MDC-Alliance to reinstate embattled former Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami, in a latest twist that shows fissu...Published: 23 hrs ago | 6474 | by Staff Reporter
BCC inviting University Graduates for post graduate traineeship posts
Bulawayo City Council is inviting University Graduates for a post graduate traineeship in the under listed fieldsAuditingHRMOccupational Health and SafetyEconomicsGeneral Manag...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 11:11hrs | 6938 | by BCC
Acie Lumumba endorses Saviour Kasukuwere for President?
Self-styled Communications strategist William Gerald Mutumanje has posted a tweet suggesting that he is throwing his weight behind the exiled former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to take over as...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 11692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1276 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
Cabinet meeting rescheduled
NEXT week's Cabinet meeting will be held on Monday. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda yesterday said: "The Chief Secretary to the President and Ca...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
Government further reviews health sector allowances
GOVERNMENT has reviewed health sector specific allowances by a further 40 percent from the initial 60 percent with effect from 1 October 2019. This latest revision will see junior doctors pocketing $2...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Under probe ex-Zinara boss changes name from Chitukutu to Mandlamakhulu
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku, who is under investigation for fraud, has changed his surname. He has done so together with his family. This i...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Boy (14) fatally assaulted over stolen hen
FIVE Rusape villagers allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a 14-year-old boy accused of stealing a hen from one of their colleague, last week.Three of them – Jonathan Elias (43), Michae...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Govt further reviews health sector allowances
GOVERNMENT has reviewed health sector specific allowances by a further 40 percent from the initial 60 percent with effect from 1 October 2019. This latest revision will see junior doctors pock...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 824 | by Staff Reporter
100% bonus for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has resolved to pay civil servants full bonuses for 2019 pegged on gross income, a departure from last year when the 13th cheque was based on pensionable salaries only. In an interv...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 4256 | by Staff Reporter
UK think tank sees Zimdollar firming
The Zimbabwe dollar is expected to largely stabilise next year before it starts firming against the US dollar on the back of growing confidence in the domestic currency.The local currency woul...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 19:02hrs | 4257 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall developer alters structural designs to cut costs
EGODINI Mall developer Terracotta (Pvt) Limited has reportedly been forced to change or amend some structural designs of the mall to cut costs owing to the punishing hyper-inflationary environment....Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
'Banks should focus on savings deposits'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy governor Jesimen Chipika has urged banks to focus on savings deposits in order to enhance financial support to the productive sectors.Productive sectors o...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa encourages industries to export 20% of their produce
President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) yesterday urged companies and producers to export 20% of their produce to the foreign markets, but retain 80% for local markets.Mnangagwa made the remar...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Woman to languish in jail after poisoning cousin's dog in revenge mission
A WOMAN from Hwange has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for killing her cousin's chickens, guinea fowl and a dog with a fungicide. Nelia Shoko (49) of Diki Village in St Mary's was arreste...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZHRO Calls on SADC to Stop Propping Up Dictators
ZHRO (Zimbabwe human Rights Organisation) successfully held a planned peaceful Wednesday Vigil protest at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London, on the 16th of October 2019. This protest was a prequel to the...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1476 | by ZHRO Team
Banking Survey places NMB among country's top three banks
NMB Bank's top level performance was acknowledged in this year's Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey, where it was second runner-up for the Overall Bank of the Year award.The results...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 1275 | by Agencies
Logan Paul's struggles with YouTube stardom
Logan Paul might not be a name you're familiar with, but his face certainly will be. The YouTube star has gone viral multiple times for his hilarious videos, but in recent years has gone somewhat off ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 12:49hrs | 634 | by Staff Writer
WATCH: Mnangagwa fires warning shots at doctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a veiled threat on doctors accusing them of neglecting their job in pursuit of money. Speaking on Thursday Mnangagwa said doctors used to prioritise the l...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1369 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No prospects of return to a multi-currency regime
ZIMBABWE'S central bank deputy governor Jesimen Chipika says the nation is grappling with symptomatic challenges instead of tackling structural problems in the economy as she that the multi-currency s...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:32hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
World Bank says Zimbabweans should brace for misery
The World Bank has warned that Zimbabwe's economy faces massive turmoil unless the country gets much-needed international assistance urgently. This comes as the country is currently going thro...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:31hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 199 | by Tony Hawkins
RBZ's currency policy doomed to fail
THE latest move by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to manage the exchange rate yet again is another experiment doomed to fail as laws of supply and demand will prevail.Economists say Zimbab...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar stability: The war is still on
THE war on currency stability is definitely not over. Those who are conversant with the economy often know exactly what I mean. Of course, in the first instance, the expectation of instant stability f...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:25hrs | 136 | by Persistence Gwanyanya
Harare blows millions on bloated trips
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council (HCC) has splurged ZW$1,6 million and US$69 000 on local and foreign travel at a time it is battling to provide treated water and other essential services to resi...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:23hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
'Transformer thieves are Zesa workers'
ZESA workers have a hand in the rampant vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure, which has cost the country millions of dollars and led to disruption of efficient power transmission across t...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Gems coach sacked for complaining about unpaid allowances
SENIOR netball team coach Lloyd Makunde has been sacked ahead of the Africa Netball Cup that gets underway in South Africa today. The Zimbabwe Netball Association (Zina) executive led by Letic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:02hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
'No going back on Zimdollar usage,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday directed all businesses in the country to comply with the new monetary policy regulations as there is no going back on the use of the Zimbabwe dollar for all local transa...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:01hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Ramp up domestic productivity, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Zimbabwe National Trade Policy and the National Export Strategy Policy aimed at rejuvenating domestic production towards export-led economic growt...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:00hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's interbank market not yet perfect
EXPORTING businesses have said their operations are being hampered by the ineffective interbank exchange market and speculative tendencies that promote manipulation of the foreign exchange system in t...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:54hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 244 | by Cyril Zenda
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 171 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean fugitive living his best life in South Africa
Roland Muchegwa (49) is on the run from police in Zimbabwe after savagely attacking his ex-wife, mother of two Mitchell Kawome, on the 16th of September 2015 leaving her fighting for her life....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesman exits Twitter after porn video shame
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba deleted his Twitter account late Tuesday after inadvertently posting a link to a pornographic website.Possession and sharing of pornogr...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 29 | by ZimLive
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 28 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
RBZ wins accident lawsuit
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling ordering the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay accident damages amounting to US$33 552 to a local company.The judgment, nullifying the ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Specialist neurosurgeon in trouble for saving life
Parirenyatwa Hospital-based neurosurgeon Aaron Musara has accused the institution's department of anaesthesia and clinical medicine of neglecting and refusing to attend to patients in need of urgent s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Curb corruption in the police force now
The recent case involving 11 police constables from different police stations who were arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in forei...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 5 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
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