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Zanu-PF MP demands 'ChineseMustGo' police operation
A Zanu-PF legislator has called for a 'MaChina Ngaande' (the Chinese Must Go!) police operation amid increasing concern over abuse of workers, wanton flouting of laws, and smuggling by Chinese compani...Published: 2 hrs ago | 802 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents spend 3 months with garbage
SOME parts of Gweru city have reportedly clocked three months without Gweru City Council (GCC) collecting refuse.This has resulted in Gweru residents blaming GCC for failing to court the corpo...Published: 2 hrs ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction
The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their a...Published: 14 hrs ago | 791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's guns amnesty: Only 85 firearms surrendered
At least 85 unregistered firearms have so far been voluntarily surrendered to the police by members of the public countrywide following the recent amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa.Last w...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar makes paper gains
The economy has largely stabilised, especially from late last month, as a result of aggressive measures by Government to rein in market indiscipline, and market watchers are confident the latest inter...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
All set for Zanu-PF war vets league district polls
All is set for the district elections of the Zanu-PF War Veterans League being held today across the country, with only Masvingo Province postponing their polls until tomorrow.Zanu-PF National...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc, a toothless bulldog'
THE Citizens in Action Southern Africa (Ciasa) has accused the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) of failing to effectively deal with electoral crises in countries such as Zimbabwe.I...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 409 | by Victor Bhoroma
Former Amakorokoza lead actor, AK returns to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa
FORMER Amakorokoza lead actor Bhekilizwe Ndlovu, best known for his role as AK in the hit 2002 drama, has returned to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa.Ndlovu, who seems to have diverted...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cash-rich govt suppliers fuel currency volatility
GOVERNMENT procurement and service providers - who include public works contractors and suppliers of goods and services - are destabilising the foreign exchange market by offloading part of their stag...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares amnesty on illegal gun holders to surrender weapons
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a near two-month long amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender the lethal weapons to their nearest police stations with no questions as...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 10:54hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
We know our heroes
THOUSANDS of people yesterday thronged the National Heroes Acre to remember the country's luminaries who sacrificed limb and life to liberate Zimbabwe and deliver freedom that flourishes today....Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Why are we placing our lives and livelihoods at risk when ordinary Zimbabweans unwilling to play their part for a New Zimbabwe?
There are things we all as human beings keep bottled up in our hearts and minds - usually for long periods of time.These could be hurts...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:26hrs | 3071 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa setting CCC up for another potential storm
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) could be setting itself up for another potential storm following its resolution to open up its candidate selection pool to both active party politicians and charism...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:19hrs | 6945 | by Staff reporter
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | 2392 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo councillors want parking system contract revised
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday hit out at the "unfair" parking system which was imposed on the city's residents, with one warning fellow councillors that they were underestimating the depth of publ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets sights on UN Security Council seat
ZIMBABWE has presented its candidacy for an African rotational slot as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2027-2028, and now awaits the authorisation of the African Unio...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe buys new Embraer plane
IN a move expected to boost the fleet of national airliner Air Zimbabwe, Government has bought a new state of the art Embraer ERJ-145 jet that is expected to take to the skies in the next eight weeks....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in bid to block SA from taking over foreign electricity deals
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit Mozambique and Zambia in a bid to save the country's electricity import contracts that are being eyed by Eskom.Mnangagwa's trips come at a ti...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:08hrs | 4166 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 7174 | by Staff reporter
3 council bars corruptly sold
Three Harare City Council beer halls were allegedly sold without following proper procedure, amid reports authority to sell was never confirmed.The council's acting finance director verbally t...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
If civil servants not serious about their own sad plight then why should the rest of us care anymore?
There is a popular saying, "God helps those who help themselves"!I am not quite sure just how scripturally accurate that is - but, it is clearly packed with some wholesome truths!Even ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 18:00hrs | 365 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans who are truly suffering have no time for Jonathan Moyo and elitist activism!
There have been those who have asked me for a comment on statements by Professor Jonathan Moyo, and his relentless attacks on the main opposition CCC party - disparaging its lack of a constitution and...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 22:55hrs | 1323 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans' priorities are misplaced, says Mliswa
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has hit out at Zimbabweans for having misplaced priorities after over 12 000 people spent four hours listening to his ex-girlfriend, Susan Mutami pouring her...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2217 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash introduces Thembie the chatbot
EcoCash, Zimbabwe's leading mobile money platform and a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings – the diversified digital and fintech group listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange – on has added another digi...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is ripe for investment - it just needs to be done the right way
The massive surge in diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe - up to $1.4 billion last year - makes for an interesting case study of an economy significantly different from others. Not many countries can loo...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 13:01hrs | 1711 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe gold coins start circulating
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday released the first batch of 2 000 Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins into the market to provide a store of value alternative to the US dollar in a development expect...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC fires 'warning shots'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was on cloud nine yesterday after thumping the ruling Zanu-PF party in weekend council by-elections, prompting it to declare that this was a harbinger fo...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:46hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa battles party factionalism
HUMAN rights defenders in Zimbabwe are fretting over a political crisis as the 2023 general election looms, saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa will use every trick in the book, including violence, to...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:58hrs | 3382 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway project: A new big step in the right direction
AS we turn right off the Harare-Beitbridge highway - just before the intersection of the Harare and Bulawayo arteries five kilometres north of Beitbridge Border Post on the banks of the Limpopo River ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
BCC unveils US$ housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council has unveiled 117 pre-sale housing stands, but they are only sold in United States dollars.In a notice, town clerk Christopher Dube said applicants will be required to pay...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Democratisation of mine workers representation platform critical to build an inclusive NEC
HARARE: Zimbabwe has a monopolistic mine workers' representation system which constitutes National Chamber of Mines and AMWUZ - Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe.This uneven terrain in...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:54hrs | 119 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Postal, telecoms sector revenue up
TOTAL revenues for the country's postal and telecommunications sector increased by 11% to $43,5 billion during the first quarter of this year, despite depressed consumption, inflation, foreign currenc...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining surpasses US$5 billion
Zimbabwe's mining sector is registering unprecedented growth, for the first time in history, with earnings jumping to US$5,2 billion in 2021 from about US$2,9 billion in 2017, as positive gains contin...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe revolution is nigh
"LET the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose, but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of all countries unite!"This was Karl Ma...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 430 | by Nomalanga Kabanzi
Arm of colonialists getting more active, told to form structures
THE mad season is upon us where the country's detractors enter into all sorts of alliances with willing vessels in an attempt to effect illegal regime change.Even the Citizens Coalition for Ch...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Cyber-City putting Zimbabwe on 4th Industrial Revolution footing?
The Cyber-City development in Mount Hampden, a major investment by a group of Dubai-based investors and part of the efforts for Zimbabwe to push ahead through the Fourth Industrial Revolution, took an...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa fighting for his political life'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting for his political life ahead of a Zanu-PF congress slated for October, according to political analyst Ibbo Mandaza.Mandaza believes the Zanu-PF leader,...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 18:23hrs | 7417 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold coins to be held for at least 180 days
Individuals and institutional buyers of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ's) gold coins will be required to hold them for at least 180 days before selling while exporters earning less than a million US do...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:34hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
'New Zec commissioners too young'
POLITICAL commentators have described the recently-appointed new members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) as too young and incapable of stopping meddling by the military on electoral issues....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mohadi ZEC appointment
A POLITICAL storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party's Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Mi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers to improve leaf quality
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, with special reference to small-scale farmers who now constitute more than 90% of active tobacco farmers in the country to upgrade their lea...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 08:07hrs | 86 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The return of border gezi militia
The government's plans to rescuscitate the green bombers ahead of 2023 harmonised elections is another Zanu PF strategy of trying to intimidate the voters.This governing Zanu PF has been prove...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:25hrs | 774 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa relives 2017 'ice cream' horror
President Mnangagwa yesterday opened up on his infamous Gwanda poisoning incident in 2017, saying the medical treatment that saved his life after being airlifted to South Africa inspired his mantra th...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:29hrs | 4383 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt quakes over looming strike
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima yesterday pleaded with civil servants not to abandon salary negotiations fearing a full-blown strike beginning next week."At this particular point in time, ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean NGOs take Mnangagwa head-on
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a grouping of over 75 civic society groups, has threatened to organise large-scale protests in response to the persecution of human rights defenders.Th...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:52hrs | 1903 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 5567 | by Staff reporter
Kuyenda Collective to empower rural youths in 4 SADC countries
Rural youths in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania are set to be empowered through Kuyenda Collective project 'Education Out Loud' which seeks to addressing the learning crisis trou...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 11:39hrs | 458 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Elvis Nyathi's suspected killers back in court
The seven men accused of killing Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, will return to the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.The group faces charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:21hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
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