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Cyber crimes under-reported
Despite tireless efforts made by local, regional and global state and non-state actors to curb cybercrimes, statistics continues to spike because victims shun reporting these cases and therefore suffe...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 295 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Tackling Zimbabwe's property price surge
The Zimbabwean property market is facing significant challenges, marked by skyrocketing property prices that seem incongruous when compared to those in neighbouring South Africa.These challeng...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 10:13hrs | 81 | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu
Zimbabwe adopts a penalty points system for traffic offences
Zimbabwe is adopting a penalty points system for traffic offences, which will automatically suspend or revoke a driver's license once a certain point limit is reached. This initiative aims to ...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:24hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
French company wants to buy South Africa's MultiChoice for US$1.9 billion
French media group Vivendi's, opens new tab Canal+ made an all-cash mandatory offer on Monday to buy all the shares of South African broadcaster MultiChoice, opens new tab it does not already own for ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ adopts market-based exchange rate
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has adopted a market-determined system for setting exchange rates, with the auction system being replaced by a refined interbank foreign exchange market which connec...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
NRZ adopts strategy to reboot operations
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has announced a new inward-looking strategy aimed at enhancing its operations and efficiency. This initiative seeks to leverage domestic solutions to a...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-listed companies get leeway to report financials in US dollars
Zimbabwean companies listed on the stock exchange are now permitted to present their financial statements in US dollars due to the swift dollarization of the economy. The CEO of the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman turns into man when in bed
A resident of Chimanimani, Gibson Kufandada, alleges that his wife adopts a male persona when they enter their marital bedroom. According to Kufandada, his wife, Rumbidzai Ngomana, experiences a hoars...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversial Nevers Mumba excluded from SADC Panel of Elders meetings
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat in Botswana has dispatched its Panel of Elders (PoE) on a fact-finding mission into disputed 2023 harmonised elections results in Zimbabwe....Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC migrating to international accounting standards
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is adopting the Zimbabwe Financial Reporting Manual (ZFRM) for the public sector that will see it migrate to the accrual based International Public Sector Accounting Standa...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lifts mask, Covid-19 PCR test requirements
Zimbabwe on Tuesday lifted the mandatory wearing of face masks as a measure to prevent the spread of Covid-19, while also removing a requirement for visitors to show evidence of vaccination or p...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo adopts GIS to promote tourism growth
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has adopted the geographic information system (GIS) to enhance connection with local hotels and heritage sites as part of innovative strategies to promote the growth of...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Bulawayo celebrates 79 years as a city
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) on Sunday held its annual civic service, which was punctuated by dance and song as the local authority celebrated 79 years of the declaration of Bulawayo as a city....Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC adopts populist politics ahead of polls
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is moving to left wing politics in a populist bid to garner votes in the 2024 elections, which explains the party's newly adopted stance agains...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash records modest growth in first quarter
ECOCASH Holdings Zimbabwe Limited recorded modest growth in the first quarter to May 31, 2022 supported mainly by the fintech business which remains the group's highest revenue contributor.In ...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 8 | by Blessed Mupatsi
Allow the masses to trade in precious minerals, to bring stability to our Zim$ currency
Zimbabwe has had, what is now Refered to as a merry-go-round foreign currency policy, which has a five year cycle of a Zim$, dual currency and a USD$ and then back to Zim$. These cycles have been cons...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Precedent that undermines credibility of Human Rights Council
On April 7, the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia's membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Cou...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Alfred de Zayas
Forex auction market a perfect looting front for the connected
BUSINESSES finally had enough and told the Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya that the Zimbabwe dollar was done as a sustainable currency. They do not want it.Last Wednesday, at a review of t...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops MDC Alliance, adopts CCC
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has formed a new political party - Citizens Coalition for Change, a move he said will define a new course in Zimbabwean politics.Addressing a press conference ...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
City adopts door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination
BULAWAYO has started a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination programme, as the country ramps up its fight against the pandemic.The latest development comes as Government has also indicated that th...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urged not to give in
POLITICAL observers have urged under-siege opposition leader Nelson Chamisa not to give up on the MDC Alliance name, saying doing so would provide his nemeses Zanu-PF and the MDC-T ammunition to crush...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC finally adopts Master Plan
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has adopted the Bulawayo Master Plan 2019-34, which is expected to assist in refurbishing old infrastructure.The master plan was adopted after BCC conducted consult...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses COP26 today
President Mnangagwa, who had a busy schedule yesterday, meeting a number of leaders in a major boost to the engagement and re-engagement drive and to build up joint action on climate change, is expect...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra grants car importers duty grace period
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has extended a two-week grace period to importers who under-declared duty on motor vehicles, as the tax collector adopts moral suasion as a first option to promo...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Inside the cotton value chain
Cotton has been grown in Zimbabwe from as far back as 1940, even though production was enhanced after the establishment of the Cotton Marketing Board (CMB) in 1969. The white Gold is the second most i...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Eswathini burns an attack on Africanism
The events in eSwatini formally Swaziland is indeed knee shaking. There is an onslaught to the only remaining absolute monarchy in the world. The events reminds me of Lybia. Sea is must look across to...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | | by Amnesty International
Italy offers cyber security training in Zimbabwe
THE pervasive use of ICTs in the world, including Zimbabwe, has presented enhanced opportunities for achieving economic development and wealth to people and institutions joining the cyberspace....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to acquire US$2m surveillance drones
Zimbabwe will speed up the process of buying drones worth US$2 million to be used at all ports of entry to reduce smuggling, while plans are at an advanced stage to place a CCTV camera system at borde...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimra continues to curb transit fraud
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), continues to enforce controls to avoid importation of restricted or prohibited goods through the Electronic Cargo Tracking system (ECTS). In 2020, ...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 16:00hrs | | by Agencies
Ethnicity: Emmerson Mnangagwa's power weapon
THEORISTS specialising in social identity cite three main categories primordialism, constructivism and instrumentalism ethnic cleavages upon which human nature adopts distinctiveness. Without ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Brian Chitema
Zimbabwe artistes face a bleak 2021
TOMORROW we celebrate the New Year as we wave goodbye to the disastrous 2020.The year 2020 will be remembered as a painful one after the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.Caught u...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Plot Mhako
Mnangagwa promotes 1000 cops
President Mnangagwa has promoted 1 089 Zimbabwe Republic Police junior and senior officers to the ranks between inspector and commissioner, to improve service delivery to the nation.The promot...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 16:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
NGOs frustrated by Binga RDC
BINGA Rural District is being accused of frustrating Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) while making silly recommendations which are said to conflict the law of the Land, Citizen Watch pressure gro...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 21:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt adopts quarterly salary reviews
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government had now resolved to review civil servants' salaries after every three months to hedge against runaway inflation rate.Ncube announced the...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bank adopts new strategy
FIRST Capital Bank, formerly Barclays Bank Zimbabwe, has adopted an 'ever-changing' strategy going forward due to the monetary policy changes made in the country this year.This comes as banks ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual adopts hyperinflationary accounting for its Zimbabwe unit
SOUTH AFRICAN-HEADQUARTERED insurance company, Old Mutual Limited (OML) says it will apply hyperinflationary accounting for its Zimbabwe business unit in light of the runaway inflation plaguing the ec...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
August 16 exposes the MDC's insincerity
The much-hyped MDC's 16 August 2019 demonstration in Harare fell flat on its face despite the spirited attempts by some of its impressionable and excitable youths to defy the prohibition order issued ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 13:54hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
ZRP transformation buries ghost of Aug 1
The transformation over the past year of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which is part of President Mnangagwa's reform agenda, is burying the ghost of post-election violence that rocked the countr...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt adopts Mugabe terror tactics, says ZPP
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has taken after former President Robert Mugabe's regime through use of abductions and torture as a means of silencing government critics, a Zimbabwe Peace...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe's endless currency circus and cycle
When it comes to currency management in Zimbabwe there is always déjà vu which is a result of repeated fallible prescriptions. It's a circus where the actors enjoy their never-ending play with the a...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Ngonidzaishe Makaha and Adrian Mapiye
Macro-economic stability critical for development
Countries that enjoy peace and political stability also tend to enjoy economic stability. In Zimbabwe, it appears that there are some critical economic challenges that have been created by pol...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Panganai Kahuni
A Squirrel Wedding Party, As the MDC's Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) Makes No Show?
The originally proposed Internal Independent Electoral Commission(IIEC) by the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC), as it geared itself to hold its electoral congresses in 2019 had been hailed a...Published: 03 May 2019 at 15:20hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Can Zimbabwe manage to de-dollarize
The Zimbabwean government has indicated that a local currency will be introduced in the next 12 months in a move widely believed to be a precursor to joining the Common Monitory Area (CMA), also refer...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 15:18hrs | 8 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa wedged between a rock and hard place
THE recent wave of price hikes leaves government in a catch 22 situation. Their history of populism and new trends set by the new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to be contradicti...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:06hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News
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