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Cyber Etiquette: Beware how you behave in cyberspace
"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." - Carol Burnett. In my profession of project management it is estimated that we spend 90% of our time in communication. I can vouch fo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 526 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 719 | by Ayanda Manala
Eating mice is not poverty its our ways
When you see an African woman coming from the woods with a big bundle of firewood balanced on her head, young daughter in tow carrying a smaller bundle of twigs in same fashion, its not child labour. ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1669 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
'Public officials should declare assets'
A LOCAL governance expert, Vincent Chakunda, has called for legislative framework that ensures that public officials declare their assets to avoid looting and abuse of public resources.Speakin...Published: 22 hrs ago | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens cash barons
Zimbabwe's economy will rebound next year, as Government has set a solid foundation for growth despite being plagued by the worst drought in four decades in the 2018/2019 season, President Emmerson Mn...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:25hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Millers sell subsided maize at +200% profit
MILLERS are allegedly engaged in massive corruption, where they access cheap maize from Grain Marketing Board, mill a small portion and then divert the rest to rural areas especially those near the co...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says economy to rebound in 2020
Zimbabwe's economy will rebound next year, as Government has set a solid foundation for growth despite being plagued by the worst drought in four decades in the 2018/2019 season, President Emmerson Mn...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala talks about bloodshed, says MDC is coming for Mnangagwa
MDC national vice chairperson Job Sikhala, who is battling subversion charges and last week had his case moved from the Bikita Magistrates' Court to Masvingo High Court, has said he will not be cowed ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:19hrs | 6292 | by Staff reporter
Minister ordered to pay transgender activist $400k
THE High Court has ordered the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and police bosses to pay Bulawayo transgender activist Ricky Eugene Nathanson $400 000 as compensation following her unlaw...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:02hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni removed from chieftainship
Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief's Council. R...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 16:26hrs | 12214 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa meets World leaders
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa met with the Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish Democratic Party, Stefan Lofven on Saturday morning. Chamisa's spokesperson Dr Nkuleleko Sibanda said,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 11:18hrs | 12524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:08hrs | 802 | by Staff Reporter
Former Zinara boss jailed
Former Zinara finance director Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike has been jailed for an effective 15 months after being found guilty of criminal abuse of office. Taranhike abused the Zinara fuel facil...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1511 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Zinara boss jailed
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) Director, Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike will spend the next 15 months behind bars after he was found guilty and convicted for criminal abuse of offic...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:20hrs | 2195 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Youth leader calls for Mthuli Ncube to resign
ZANU PF Youth League National Commissariat Godfrey Tsenengamu says the Youth League will be marching to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Monday to push for the resignation of Governor John Mangudya and...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 09:20hrs | 8581 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank, CBZ fingered in new notes, coins withdrawal scandal
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken against Ecobank Zimbabwe and CBZ Bank after two clients withdrew $15 000 and $44 180 respectively from the t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1134 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF committing crime against humanity, says Chamisa
Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has pleaded with the donor community to immediately intervene and stop Zanu-PF from capitalising on the humanitarian crisis and using donated food to garner votes....Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank in hot soup over cash abuse
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says Ecobank is responsible for releasing the wads of brand new notes circulating on social media. RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya has this afternoon indicated tha...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 17:10hrs | 3094 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ investigates banks over new currency
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is investigating allegations of abuse of newly released bank notes. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 08:02hrs | 4905 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1133 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says inputs scheme abusers will be punished
President Mnangagwa has warned farmers that abuse inputs being allocated by Government under the Command Agriculture programme and the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme that they will be punished sev...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:30hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko trial set for Dec 3
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko will stand trial on December 3 for alleged criminal abuse of office after a Harare magistrate dismissed his application for exception. Mphoko, represen...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:30hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
NELSON Chamisa's opposition MDC has dropped a key demand questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zim...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 10130 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, State lawyers in verbal showdown
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday after tempers flared between the State counsel, Nelson Mutsonziwa, and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's defence lawyer, Zibusiso Nc...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Fired council boss seeks High Court relief
FOMER Victoria Falls Municipality housing director Lot Siatimbula, who was recently fired for allegedly allocating a housing stand to his nephew without council approval, has approached the High Court...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Villagers call for mobile phone connectivity
VILLAGERS in most parts of Rusape are pleading with Government to ensure they get mobile phone connectivity, and protection from cyber bullies. In separate interviews at Chiwetu Rest Camp in R...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's trial in false start
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on criminal abuse of office charges hit a brick wall yesterday after his lawyer Mr Zibusiso Ncube applied for exception without notice. It...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
ZESA's corruption & incompetence an unwarranted burden on Zimbabweans - need for urgent accountability
As I write this article, we are just seated, or milling around, incapable of engaging in any meaningful productive work. Why? Because there is no electricity - which, we desperately need for our effec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 1924 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zinara fatcats in tollgates scam
A FRESH storm has hit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) after the parastatal proposed to award a million-dollar deal to its perennial contractor Univern, a deal seen as a corrupt way ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
$50 fine for cutting wife's fingers
A MAN from Bulawayo has been fined $50 for cutting his wife's fingers with a pair of scissors in anger after she refused to give him money for bus fare. Nqobile Ncube (34) from Nkulumane subur...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Herdsman sodomises employer's sons
A 35-YEAR-OLD herdsman from Ntabazinduna has been arrested for allegedly sodomising his employer's two sons twice on separate occasions claiming that he was teaching them how to do push-ups. T...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:12hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC bosses in court on fresh charges
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Patrick Mavhura together with the former Director Human Resources and Finance, Ms. Benania Shumba and Former Manager Human...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree herdboy sodomises 2 boys...gives them two rand
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have announced that two boys aged have been rescued from a 35 year old man was sodomising them in Madlambudzi. The boys are aged 5 and 7 years. The man was...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 16:06hrs | 1875 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1427 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2832 | by Wilbert Mukori
Let's embrace new Zimbabwean dollar notes
WE welcome the roll out of the new Zimbabwe dollar five and two dollar notes, which begin circulating today and urge the nation to embrace them as the country takes another major step in its currency ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fires 30 cashiers for fraud
THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft. This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supe...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to President Mnangagwa
Your Excellency,Since your ascendency to the realms of power in November 2017 I have been monitoring your progress with keen interest.Mr President, today I will not write about the inc...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:42hrs | 550 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
MDC leadership meets, charts way forward on key national issues
The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of t...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2868 | by MDC Communications
Son makes sexual advances on biological mother
WHAT would B-Metro be without bizarre or shocking real stories?A devastated woman shared shocking details of her 21-year-old son's sexual fantasies and odd feelings claiming he was supposedly ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:57hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Police, children rights lobby group target child abusers
POLICE in partnership with Save the Children is working towards connecting its database with the Interpol to track paedophiles and other child abusers and molesters to combat cases of child online abu...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:12hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Rape accused cop acquitted
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo breathed a sigh of relief after he was acquitted of trying to rape a 54-year-old teacher after failing to locate his girlfriend whom he had come to visit. It had...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1015 | by Staff Reporter
Exit draught enters VP Chiwenga
The vice president of Zimbabwe comrade Constantino Guveya Chiwenga is set to return to Zimbabwe from a hospital in China. This comes after a full recovery of an illness which rumour paddlers have said...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 11:21hrs | 22201 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Deluded govt wants to invite back Zim doctors in diaspora, yet can't even care for local practitioners
This has been one of the most deluded weeks for the Zimbabwe government - even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards - firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economically ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2725 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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