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Zimbabweans head to court to stop 'harassment' by SA banks and schools
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) heads to court next week seeking an urgent interdict to stop banks and schools in South Africa from harassing Zimbabweans who are under threat...Published: 10 mins ago | 23 | by Ciaran Ryan for Moneyweb SA
Chiwenga calls Zimbabwe hotels to order
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned operators in the hospitality industry against charging exorbitant rates which he said contributed to economic instability.Officially opening the ...Published: 11 mins ago | 26 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife trial postponed to 2023
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa's application to have her trial for attempted murder postponed to January next year was yesterday granted by Harare magistrate Feresi...Published: 13 mins ago | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chissano to lead Zimbabwe re-engagement drive
ZIMBABWE has roped in the services of former Mozambican President Joachim Chissano to head a delegation that will seek to resolve the nation's long-standing impasse with its creditors and the internat...Published: 13 mins ago | 23 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'
ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice...Published: 14 mins ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not ready for free, fair elections
FOR decades after independence, Zimbabwe seems to have been disillusioned by the electoral system.Democracy has been elusive. Elections have been marred by violence. Every past election has be...Published: 19 mins ago | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
Government outlines measures to stabilise electricity supply
Efforts to stabilise electricity supply are ongoing, with the Government coming up with a raft of measures such as gradually reviewing the tariff upwards so that funds are available for maintenance, i...Published: 19 mins ago | 11 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga appeals reinstatement of arrest warrant
The appeal against a decision by a High Court judge not to recuse himself from the application by the National Prosecuting Authority for a review of cancellation of Frank Buyanga Sadiqi's Zimbabwean w...Published: 20 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'cool' after misconduct report
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not going to make a "hasty" decision of resigning after the section 89 panel report finding that he has a case to answer to on Phala Phala. This is according...Published: 21 mins ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's application dismissed
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Feresi Chakanyuka dismissed Marry Mubaiwa's application for a stay of proceedings pending the High Court's decision on her application for review of the court's ruling d...Published: 8 hrs ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
New free-to-air satellite service Imperial TV launched
A new free-to-air satellite TV service Imperial TV HD has been launched on Eutelsat 7B at 7° E available in 83 countries with an estimated combined viewership of 53 million. Imperial TV's bou...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1321 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe documentary selected for Climate Story Lab ZA
The 2023 Climate Story Lab ZA is excited to announce that nine creative projects from five African countries have been selected to participate in the Lab. The 4-day residential lab brings together cli...Published: 17 hrs ago | 287 | by Agencies
America, Europe easing their stance on Zimbabwe
The current economic stability prevailing in the country is indirectly forcing the West to mend its relations with Zimbabwe, economic analysts have said.Economic analysts, Abednigo Matsika sai...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1725 | by Innocent Mujeri
WATCH: Fabiola Mukonda's Mupase challenge breaks the internet
Zambian songstress Fabiola Mukonda has broken the internet with a Mupase challenge which has seen her breaking records. Mupase challenge has racked in more than 500 000 views in less than 2 we...Published: 20 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean woman who has been 'pregnant for seven years' seeks help
IN a shocking matter, a 29-year -old Mufakose woman, Alisa Sakile Marova claims she has been pregnant for the past seven years.The condition, NewZimbabwe.com was told, is suspected to be an ac...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Chisora to use £2m Fury pay-day to keep kids in private school and away from his old dangerous neighbourhood
DEREK CHISORA will use his £2million Tyson Fury windfall to keep his daughters in private school and away from his old dangerous neighbourhood.The 38-year-old heavyweight moved to North Londo...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates Buyanga arrest warrant
THE High Court has set aside the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for South Africa-based controversial businessperson Frank Buyanga Sadiqi.This follows an application by the National Prosec...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Karuru lifts lid on huge earnings in Saudi Arabia
WARRIORS midfielder Ovidy Karuru has defended the standard of football in Saudi Arabia while lifting the lid on the lucrative earnings on offer in the oil-rich Asian nation.The 33-year-old vet...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Be patriotic, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain for Zimbabweans and outsiders intending to contribute towards developing the economy should do so without dictating the path for citizens, who have the rights to do that themselve...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimate...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Biti details illegal land grab in dodgy deal between Augur Investments and Harare City Council
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has revealed that part of the land reportedly grabbed by Augur Investments in their dispute with the City of Harare (COH) was nefariously seized without the knowled...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual-backed tech hub trains start-ups on venture capital
Old Mutual Zimbabwe's corporate incubator and accelerator in Harare, Eight2Five Innovation Hub has collaborated with the US Embassy to bring a US Venture Capital expert, Dawn Batts to upskill local en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 17:44hrs | 123 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimplats dumps community share payment obligations?
Despite notching up a record revenue of US$1.4 billion last year coupled with tax contributions and royalties totalling US$404,6 million, platinum mining giant Zimplats has been dragged to court for f...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
British newspaper brands Cyril Ramaphosa as a 'dreadful fellow' after state visit to UK
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been labelled "a dreadful fellow" by the UK-based Sunday Times newspaper, where he was described as a man who prefers "folded stuff" over chequebooks.In the...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | 4156 | by Staff reporter
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4053 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to the US as the West lose hope on Zimbabwe's hopeless opposition
ZIMBABWE has been invited to the upcoming United States-Africa leaders' summit in Washington despite concern over a "dire" authoritarian pivot by the Harare government which has seen a crackdown again...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3351 | by Staff reporter
African Sun shuts down Victoria Falls Kingdom Hotel
African Sun Limited has announced it is shutting down its Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls January next year after failing to agree on lease terms with First Capital Bank, owners of the property....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa's lawyer says CIO operatives are State witness in Chiwenga case
Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Mary Mubaiwa, is seeking postponement of trial in a case where she is accused of the attempted murder of the State and ruling Zanu-PF party vice president.P...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala freedom bid now lost cause, declined bail AGAIN
DETAINED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala's freedom bid is turning out to be a lost cause after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka yesterday denied him bail for the umpteenth ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
'20 000 pupils fall pregnant in Zimbabwe'
CRISIS Coalition in Zimbabwe (CiZC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls as statistics indicate that 20 000 schoolgirls fell pregnant between September last yea...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Harare - Chirundu Road upgrade set to start No Bulawayo - Beitbridge
The Government will appoint at least six contractors to work on the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare-Chirundu highway beginning January as the Second Republic ups the ante in the development...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets National Budget allocation
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has been mentioned in the National Budget - the first time for a first lady - and will get Treasury funding for her programmes as she increasingly gets involved in govern...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:01hrs | 4510 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rejigs US$3.5bn compensation to farmers
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped Treasury has proposed a staggered payout plan to settle the US$3.5 billion compensation to white ex-commercial farmers who lost vast tracts of land when the government embarke...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
$3 billion for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade, amid faulty radar system
THE upgrading of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has been allocated ZW$3.1 billion by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as fears mount that the port of entry has become a major c...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga seeks recusal of SA judge for throwing himself into proceedings
SOUTH Africa based property mogul, Frank Buyanga, currently locked up in a South African prison, has applied for recusal of High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda in a case he is seeking freedom....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:49hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
All set for Old Mutual Schools Quiz grand finale
A nail-biting Old Mutual Schools Quiz finxale is in the offing after ten heavyweight schools won provincial spots to fight out in the national championship tourney to be held next month on 2 December ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:47hrs | 227 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Eskom has to cut off Zimbabwe or 'SA's grid will collapse'
Although South Africa is well-known for its "humanitarian approach" towards Zimbabwe, according to experts and Eskom, Zimbabwe is now on its own following its electricity shortages which are set ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 5247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a 'hypocrite' who can't preach tolerance when Sikhala is jailed, says Sybeth Musengezi
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu-PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, has once again dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa over hot coals labelling him a hypocrite, who was unqualified to speak of political tolerance when h...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi 'lost everything'
WARRIORS and SuperSport United star Kuda Mahachi has finally broken his silence following his recent acquittal on serious allegations of abusing and attempting to murder his son.Mahachi is now...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2741 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to testify on murder attempt
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga is set to testify in a case where his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa is accused of attempting to kill him in South Africa two years ago.Mubaiwa, who is being represe...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt likely to print money to fund deficit'
ONE of Zimbabwe's top financial institutions, FBC Holdings Limited (FBC) says the 2023 National Budget announced last week will likely be funded by money printing, amid dwindling revenue options for T...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's draconian law won't instil patriotism
NEVER in the wildest dreams of some of us did we ever imagine there would be a time we would turn swords against each other as fellow citizens, especially following a protracted bloody liberation war ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt pays US$50,28m to service external debt
TREASURY paid out US$50,28 million between January and September this year towards servicing its active debt portfolio while token payments were also made for debt arrears owed to International Financ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt splurges on COP27
ZIMBABWE sent a delegation of 264 people at a minimum cost of nearly US$1,6 million to the just-ended Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) hel...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
'VFEX growth exceeds expectation'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has lauded the rapid growth of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which witnessed the listing of the fifth counter, Nedbank Gr...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites African finance houses for talks
ZIMBABWE is ready to tap into available financial services provided by the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to bolster its industrial transformation ...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zifa stooges battling a rebellion from association's members
ZIFA interim president Gift Banda is battling a rebellion from some of the association's members who have refused to recognise his executive board.The association's Central and Southern region...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 18:55hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to challenge Mnangagwa for Zimbabwe presidency?
Saviour Kasukuwere has declared he is ready to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zimbabwe presidency during a virtual meeting with supporters.In his first public comments about hi...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 16:11hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
3 dead in bus crash with private vehicle
Three people died while one was seriously injured when an Inter Africa bus carrying some 50 passengers was involved in a fatal road traffic accident with a private vehicle Friday.The tragedy, ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 16:11hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
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