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ASIF endorses Mutapa Investment Fund
The African Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) has formally welcomed the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) as its newest member, marking a significant milestone for Zimbabwe's sovereign wealth fund.F...Published: 8 hrs ago | 100 | by Staff reporter
Honda Fit gangs stage flash protest at City Hall
A convoy of seven Honda Fit vehicles disrupted normalcy outside City Hall this afternoon as unidentified youths staged a flash demonstration to denounce alleged corruption by city councillors and the ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 19:09hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott by Jaravaza is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:41hrs | 616 | by Ezra Tshisa
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 10:35hrs | 995 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Businessman acquitted of selling stolen fuel
Kwekwe businessman Mr. Asif Kurawely, the director of Seven Rows Investments (Pvt) Limited, trading as Arman Petroleum, has been acquitted of charges alleging he sold stolen fuel.Mr. Kurawely,...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:46hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investor threatens to dump coking coal project
A Chinese investor, Guo Feng, is facing challenges with the Hwange Coal Gasification Company (HCGC) after allegedly losing approximately US$2 million worth of coke due to what he claims are corrupt ac...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:29hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Chinese coal miner under siege in Hwange
Philcool Investments, owned by Shepherd Tundiya, recently engaged in a contentious seizure of coke valued at over US$500,000 from Hwange Coal Gasification Company (HCGC) in Matabeleland North's Hwange...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Court stops businesswoman's Hwange coal mine raids
THE Bulawayo High Court has blocked a Harare businesswoman from seizing coke from a Chinese-owned mining company in Hwange until a dispute over the payment of security services she was providing the f...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, police disown 'marauding' executive
A BUSINESSWOMAN is allegedly using names of high-profile individuals, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to lay siege to a Chinese coal mine in Hwange where she has been seizing coke since last w...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally in US$300,000 coal heist scandal
A WOMAN, who is said to have close links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family, is at the centre of an alleged theft scandal involving the seizure of coke worth US$300 000 from the Chinese-ru...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:43hrs | 29 | by Tawanda Majoni
Oil thieves jailed
Two Hwange men were arraigned before Hwange magistrates courts yesterday for stealing 53 drums of oil from Hwange Coal Gasification Company.Mubita Mulundano (46) and Karl Marx Nyoni (21) both ...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka | Simbarashe Sithole
International cricket stars for Zim Afro T10
AN ARRAY of international cricket stars is expected to descend on Zimbabwe in the next two weeks for the inaugural Zim Cyber City Afro T10 following the success of the player draft conducted yesterday...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Comprehensive win for Zimbabwe cricket team
Zimbabwe won the toss at Harare and chose to take the field on the opening day of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023.Brilliant hundreds from Craig Ervine and Sean Williams helped Zimba...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to convert coal to fertiliser
A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity."We ...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:42hrs | 32 | by Takudzwa Changadeya
Judge Makonese resignation saves Mnangagwa from embarrassment
AFTER President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a tribunal last week which he swore in this week to inquire into the question of removal from office of High Court Justice Martin Makonese following allega...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:28hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints tribunal to probe Justice Makonese
Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, now faces a tribunal investigating his suitability for judicial office after he issued an order in a commercial dispute in which he allegedly had a ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Judges Chinamora and Makonese face tribunals
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that President Emmerson Mnangagwa sets up tribunals to investigate the suitability of Justice Martin Makonese of the Bulawayo High Court and Justi...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:11hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law is still offside
A significant number of our readers have reacted with anger and disappointment to comments made by Sports and Recreation Commission chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa who said that his organisation was unmov...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwe High Court judges facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct
Two High Court judges are facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct, ZimLive revealed.Justice Martin Makonese of the Bulawayo High Court and Justice Webster Chinamora of the Har...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Bean' causes huge 'rivalry' between Zimbabwe and Pakistan
A Twitter spat between Pakistan's cricket team and a Zimbabwean user on the platform is snowballing into a "rivalry" between the two nations.Most astonishing of all is that the cause of the di...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Chevrons
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has congratulated the Zimbabwe senior men's cricket team following their spectacular triumph over Pakistan at the International Cricket Council Men's T20 World Cup that is underway...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NUST student has solutions to power challenges
HE started with developing a unique dry biomass-powered prototype machine in 2020, which has the capacity to pump up to 60 000 litres of water per hour, a model that could be scaled up for use on larg...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Haulage trucks damage highway
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is in a bad state especially in Hwange where the road is almost caving in at some sections, with haulage trucks belonging to mining companies being blamed for infli...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Councillor pays $750 for rent in two years
A BULAWAYO councillor reportedly leased a council property in 2019 which is fully guarded by council security and to date has only paid $750.Further, despite added costs of securing the ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Teachers pen O-Level IsiNdebele textbooks
TWO teachers have co-written two IsiNdebele text books for ordinary level pupils in line with the competency-based curriculum. Titled Asifunde IsiNdebele book 3 and 4, the books are designed to prepar...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe beat Pakistan in T20
Zimbabwe 118 for 9 (Kamunhukamwe 34, Hasnain 2-19) beat Pakistan 99 (Babar 41, Jongwe 4-18, Burl 2-21) by 19 runs Zimbabwe beat Pakistan for the first time in a T20I match in their 16th attemp...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pakistan name strong squad for Zimbabwe tour
ALL-ROUNDER Mohammad Hafeez returned after missing the home series against South Africa while Sharjeel Khan made a comeback to the T20I side as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced a 35-member squad...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits man accused of demonstrating in support of Hopewell Chin'ono
Bulawayo Magistrate Shepherd Mjanja has acquitted a 22-year-old Muzingaye Thaka represented by Lison Ncube of ZLHR, who had been on trial after he was arrested on 30 July for embarking on a one-man de...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:18hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Town Clerk: A man on a mission
Bulawayo City Town Clerk Christopher Dube has demonstrated that he is a man amongst men. The Town Clerk bravely thwarted attempts to illegally kick him out of office and equally thwarted a robbery att...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 11:15hrs | 7 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chitando sued
MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been taken to court for allegedly delaying issuing a coke export licence to Hwange Coal Gasification Company (Pvt) Ltd (Hwange).The c...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MRP members summoned by police
Two MRP members Cde Marshall Sibanda and Cde Luckson Maphosa have been summoned by police over the foiled ZANU PF v MDC demonstrations. We are yet not sure of the link between our Cdes and the said de...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 5 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Hwange sues Chinese firm
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Chinese firm, Taiyuan Sanxing Company Limited and Hwange Coal Gasification Company (PVT) Ltd to surrender a cok...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
'Pick n Pay at it again as TM Cowdry Park re-opens'
It has come to our attention that Pick N Pay Cowdry Park is set to re-open on the 5th of August 2019 and the company is not employing locals there.According to the information we have the comp...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Spirited efforts to smear Mthwakazi leadership
There has been a spirited effort in the past few days by known and unknown MDC members and sympathizers on social media networks as well as some online publications to smear campaign the Leadership of...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:27hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Mnangagwa pursues Mthwakazi Republic Party official over Gukurahundi genocide
When we heard that ZANU-PF president and the commander-in-chief of the defence forces was in Rwanda last week at the commemoration of the 1992 genocide that took place there, we thought he had gone th...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:39hrs | 5 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Zanu-PF must back off
We are at the residence of the late Dr Dumiso Dabengwa's house. The official position is that the body of the late national and international hero was left in SA because of lack of space in the cargo....Published: 26 May 2019 at 18:31hrs | 15 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Open letter to Delta Coaches management
Dear Delta coaches management,On the 13th of May 2019 I used a Delta coach from Bulawayo to Johannesburg (Bus Registration HD 64 FG - GP) and I would like to register my displeasure to the Delta C...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:27hrs | 7 | by Sizwesimanyene Godlwayo
Bio-fuel projects remain redundant
The long fuel queues being experienced across the country coupled with shortages of critical energy needs like electricity indicate mammoth challenges facing Zimbabwe, despite the abundance of alterna...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
3 Chinese firms shut down
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Authority (EMA) recently ordered the closure of three Chinese companies that were setting up coke-processing and solar power plants in Hwange without conducting environmental ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 36 | by Itai Mushekwe
Why we need to be open to each other on the currency Mr Finance Minister
Zimbabwe in January 2009 adopted a basket of currencies as the official medium of exchange. Government business and transactions where done in United States dollars. Eventually the United States dolla...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Henry Madiro
Van Hoogstraten opens up on Hwange Colliery
BRITISH businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday opened up to journalists on the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited, saying it was being run down by corruption and financial mismanagement...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi, which way now?
The days we were growing up, back then in Masvaure area kwaMarange, watching domestic animals fight was a popular hobby. Dominant bulls would fight for territory. Dog fighting was however most enterta...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:34hrs | | by Bornface waNgaikere Masikati
Sable Chemicals warns of fertiliser crisis
SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), says it will only be able to meet just about 38% of national demand this year.AN is a top-dressing fe...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the president of Zimbabwe
Dear honourable President (ED MNANGAGWA), First of all I would like to say congratulations for winning the 2018 elections. Yes we were not pleased as youth of Zimbabwe but anywhere we don't ha...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Tracy Mpofu
MDC Alliance not going to court
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa said they will not waste their time by taking grievances to courts, alleging such a move was unnecessary since the Judiciary was compromised.Addressing hi...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to take to the streets
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash violence that has never been seen before if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission does not give in to his party's demands for electoral refo...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
A polling station in Matobo has only 7 registered voters - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said one polling station in Matobo district has only seven registered voters a figure that gets into the number of presidential candidates three times....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 10:11hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
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