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China-Zimbabwe relations: A marriage not worthy?
A MARRIAGE built on rocks does not last. The Lome Agreement of 1975 between European Economic Community and African Caribbean and Pacific countries is a typical example to China-Zimbabwe relations tha...Published: 5 hrs ago | 266 | by Christine Rumbidzai Matinanga
ZimStat stops releasing poverty data
THE Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) has abandoned the release of poverty datum line (PDL) data for a family of five to focus only on individual data, the NewsDay Business has establishe...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Burial rites set to change
"AMA, where am I ever going to see you? Is this how it's going to end?" cried a heartbroken 21-year-old Chido Sibare as the funeral hearse carrying her mother's body drove past.Her mother succ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:32hrs | 815 | by Lorraine Muromo
Government to repossess underutilised irrigation schemes
GOVERNMENT has come up with a Statutory Instrument that will see it repossessing underutilised land at irrigation schemes. The SI, which is expected to be gazetted soon, will result in members of irri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 894 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Bulawayo residents demand transparency in awarding tenders
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has demanded that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) must explain the rationale behind the awarding of a tender to three contractors to develop housi...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:56hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe Centre has not lost its glitter
All memes and pass time jokes can not be complete without mentioning Gokwe, what makes Gokwe tick? In gone years the region was known for high quality cotton farming but when the white gold lost its g...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | 630 | by Murisa Tondo
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 907 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Nurses demand risk allowance
NURSES have accused the government of depriving them of the COVID-19 risk allowance several months after they were promised the stipend.Government offered to pay allowances for health workers ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:02hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Police impound pushcarts
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded scores of pushcarts which are popularly known as scanias at the fresh produce market between 4th and 5th avenues. The pushcart operators carry goods main...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies Covid-19 fight
The ruling Zanu-PF has abandoned conventional political functions in line with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:40hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Fake 'unity' gestures will never bring Zimbabweans together, but urgent need for real leadership
My views on political parties are very much on public record - as, I consider them the main drivers in dividing a nation apart, through purely artificial plots, deliberately designed by politicians in...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:10hrs | 728 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Varun opens new production line
VARUN Beverages Zimbabwe Private Limited (VBZPL) has commissioned a new production line to ramp up production of its Aquaclear bottled mineral water.VBZPL is a subsidiary of the Indian headqua...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:58hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba: How to hide a mining giant in plain sight
A year ago, Kuvimba Mining House did not exist. now it could be the country's biggest gold producer.How? The answer shows how transparency is still not a thing for Zimbabwean authorities....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | 457 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
Shelters in Limpopo overwhelmed by stranded Zimbabweans
Shelters for displaced foreign nationals in and around Musina, Limpopo, say they are overwhelmed with requests to take in stranded Zimbabweans.The Beitbridge Border Post has experienced heavy ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security personnel test positive of COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on annual leave at a time Zimbabwe is battling the intensifying Covid-19 pandemic, including attendant deaths, was last week forced to abandon a trip to his She...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4258 | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 7933 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chiefs to dump colonial regalia
CHIEFS are set to abandon their colonial regalia as it does not reflect Zimbabwe's traditional heritage and cultural values but cements colonial dominancy. The red and purple gown and round sh...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group blasts Chiwenga's 'elitist' lockdown measures
BULAWAYO pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu says the current Covid-19 lockdown measures recently announced will not achieve desired results because of government's elitist approach to the situation....Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Police abandon roadblocks
Masvingo CBD is busier and livelier today as people found their way into the city after rains forced ZRP to abandon roadblocks.Some shop owners who do not provide essential services have taken...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 19:42hrs | 9921 | by Staff reporter
Unions ditching dialogue over US$ pegged wages
LABOUR Minister Paul Mavima has criticised unions for pulling out of a dialogue process following a deadlock over demands by workers to be awarded US dollar-based wages.The Zimbabwe Congress o...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe registered truck abandoned in SA
There are reports of a Zimbabwe registered DAF truck that has been abandoned by the road in neighbouring South Africa....Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 10:28hrs | 4471 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman 'divorces' wife over witchcraft
A Bulawayo businessman is embroiled in a bitter marital battle which has all elements of a soap opera after his wife sensationally claimed her marriage had been turbulent and fraught with fights, quar...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi New Year message
New Year Greetings to all!As we leave the year 2020 behind and begin a new year journey in our struggle for freedom in Mthwakazi, it is important to reflect and highlight the obstacles that we...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:39hrs | 922 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
'Tough Botswana Covid rules contributed to Beitbridge congestion'
Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesday set the record straight regarding recent congestion at the Beitbridge border post.The home affairs minister was outlining the government's Covid-19 intervention p...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:21hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T legal battle looms
A BRUTAL legal showdown is looming between two main claimants to the MDC-T throne, Thokozani Khupe and Douglas Mwonzora - who controversially won the party's presidency at a chaotic extraordinary cong...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1767 | by Staff reporter
Spouses can now disinherit each other
The Supreme Court has ruled that parties to a marriage are free to disinherit each other, in a landmark judgment likely to spark fierce debate. A five-judge panel of the Appeals Court unanimou...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to address a press conference at Harvest House
MDC-T President-elect Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow at 11 AM address a press conference at Harvest House, the divided opposition MDC's Harare HQ, to address the recent chaotic, violent and messy extr...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 4599 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer charged over tweet critical of Zanu-PF propaganda video
Prominent Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was arrested on Tuesday accused of obstructing the course of justice over a tweet published in September.Mpofu attended Harare Central Police sta...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Benefits and drawbacks of casino No-Deposit bonus
Online casino sites are increasing day by day and spreading their arms all over the world. There are many top online casinos that allow their play...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 12:28hrs | 305 | by Staff Writer
Mwonzora claims victory
MDC-T interim secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora won the race to become substantive party president at a chaotic extraordinary congress on Sunday but outgoing acting leader Thokozani Khupe held a Pre...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 4189 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa abandons building houses for chiefs
THE government says it has no capacity to construct houses for each and every traditional chief across the country. This comes after Chief Ephraim Chikwaka, last week, pleaded with the National Housin...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 19:09hrs | 1856 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri raises a red flag
ONE of the four candidates contesting the MDC-T presidency, Elias Mudzuri, has raised a red flag over preparations to hold the extraordinary congress (EOC), saying the party did not have enough money ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 11:12hrs | 4308 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
ASPIRING MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday exposed by one of his top allies who described him as "a deceitful and crooked trickster" as the fight for the presidency reaches a chaotic climax ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 4703 | by Staff reporter
NRZ targets new mines
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is targeting several new mines that have been established in Zimbabwe to increase freight volumes while government scouts for fresh capital.Effo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
If General Tongo had been alive, today's crop of looters wouldn't have been anywhere near echelons of power in Zimbabwe
As the nation commemorates the 41st anniversary of the tragic and gruesome death of arguably the most principled, brave, and strategic leaders to ever emerge from this country (together with, another ...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 15:46hrs | 1171 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Workers decimate Mugabe's cattle herd
VILLAGERS have gone on a raiding rampage on a farm belonging to the late former president Robert Mugabe in Mazowe, hunting down and slaughtering over 1 400 cattle belonging to his family, in a which h...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 3616 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to stop violence
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop violence in the country, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture of civilians under his watch as suc...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2209 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project misses target
THE long-awaited Gwayi-Shangani Dam project, which is believed to be the panacea to Bulawayo's water problems, has once again missed its 2021 completion target amid claims that lack of financial resou...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1819 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP urges Zimbabweans to abandon the Unity Day
Former legislator for Masvingo Central, Jeffreyson Chitando (MDC Alliance) torched a social media storm when he urged Zimbabweans to abandon the Unity Day and instead turn it into Patriotism Day....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T condemns any form of secessionism in Zimbabwe'
POLITICAL parties yesterday urged Zimbabweans to set aside their differences and remain united as the prevailing unity and peace were a fundamental requirement for national development and prosperity....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Call for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Act to provide burial costs for COVID-19 deaths honked
President Maxwell Teedzai, the founder and leader of Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) political party has urged legislators to urgently introduce a bill to try to force gover...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 08:17hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge traffic now queues for up to 15km
Stringent Covid-19 regulations - including testing, symptom screenings, and curfews - is being blamed for a traffic jam stretching for kilometres on both sides of the Beitbridge border post between Zi...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 20:06hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T voters roll fight escalates
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe yesterday summoned all provincial structures to Harare on Wednesday to inspect the voters roll as she moves to curb interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer sues student for $3m
A lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has filed a $3 million defamation lawsuit against a female student who claimed that he failed her last year as punishment for spurning his love advances. ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
'Zapu 1963 split was the genesis of tribalism'
Opposition political party, ZAPU, says its 1963 split which led to the formation of Zanu, was the genesis of tribalism in the country. ZAPU celebrated its 59th anniversary in Bulaw...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Rtd Col. Dyck holds fort in Mozambique
SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile politic...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | 6943 | by Staff reporter
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