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Rampant fraud on fuel in transit worries Mthuli Ncube
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a temporary import duty on fuel in transit to other countries to address ongoing issues with transit fraud. In his mid-term budget statement to parli...Published: 9 hrs ago | 637 | by Staff reporter
CCA, ZOU partnership bearing fruits
The Council for Churches in Africa (CCA), and Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) in its partnership with the Angel of Hope has started to bear fruits as witnessed by various indigenous churches who have e...Published: 9 hrs ago | 145 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
DA to protect Ramaphosa, guns for Mashatile
While the DA will now protect ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal, it still wants Ramaphosa's deputy Paul Mashatile answering to the police for several allegations - including c...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to utilise PPPs to expedite roads rehab in Matebeleland
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development says it is utilising Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to expedite the rehabilitation of some dilapidated roads in the Matabeleland region....Published: 16 hrs ago | 395 | by Staff reporter
Woman divorces husband over mubobobo claims
IN a shocking incident, a 38-year-old woman from New Harrisvale suburb in Bulawayo divorced her husband after claiming to have caught him, through a vision, using a sex charm popularly known as mubobo...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Baby mama wants to pluck out ex-lover's eyes
Most of the time men suffer in silence when they are abused by their wives or ex-wives. They fear to be branded not man enough by society.But Michael Manenji from Entumbane suburb summoned cou...Published: 16 hrs ago | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zondo was Ramaphosa's last line of defence
President Ramaphosa has on Thursday announced Justice Mandisa Maya as the Chief Justice of the Republic.Maya will take up her position on September 1, replacing the "politically conflicted" Ch...Published: 16 hrs ago | 991 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos chaos continue
Dynamos FC treasurer Musa Gwasira reportedly resigned on Thursday following the team's home match against Yadah FC. His departure was anticipated due to ongoing tensions with club chairman Bernard Mar...Published: 18 hrs ago | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foreign currency remittances hit US$1,2 billion
FOREIGN currency remittances surged by 16,5% to hit a record US$1,2 billion in the first half of 2024 leaving diasporans standing out as lucrative foreign currency earners for the economy.The ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube backs down on taxes
The Zimbabwean government has removed value-added tax (VAT) from selected meat products, reduced presumptive taxes for informal traders, and mandated that all government service fees be paid in local ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to officiate at Investment Forum
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is preparing to host the Investment Forum next Monday, attracting key stakeholders and policymakers from across Africa. The forum, held in collaboration with the ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
NRZ drones expose coal thieves
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has seen positive results from its investment in drones, leading to the arrest of four women for extracting coal along train tracks. NRZ security person...Published: 18 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens maiden UN gastronomy forum
President Mnangagwa is set to officially open the inaugural UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy for Africa in Victoria Falls, with attendance expected from eight First Ladies and approximately 10,...Published: 18 hrs ago | 85 | by Staff reporter
Phakamile Mabhena Moyo appointed acting Harare Town Clerk
Engineer Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, the Harare City Council's director of water, has been appointed acting Town Clerk following the arrest of Engineer Hosiah Chisango.Chisango was arrested last n...Published: 18 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 20 hrs ago | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
VID/Police in massive crackdown on Mshikashikas
The Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) has initiated a nationwide operation targeting illegal mushikashika and commuter omnibuses in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Tr...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:07hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Finance Ministry blacklists 51 govt suppliers
The Treasury has blacklisted 51 government contractors for engaging in black market activities after receiving payments in local currency. Treasury boss Mthuli Ncube state...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 12:48hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Verwoerd's grandson in new parliamentary role thanks to Ramaphosa
Wynand Boshoff, grandson of 'apartheid architect' Hendrik Verwoerd, will report to a new parliamentary leader as the Freedom Front (FF) Plus announces that Pieter Groenewald's appointment as Minister ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:43hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu denied work visa to represent Namibia's EFF
Prominent South African legal practitioner, Advocate Dali Mpofu and his colleague Advocate Lerato Moela were denied work permits this week by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Secu...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:29hrs | 8174 | by Staff reporter
'Deal with Phala Phala, not Dr Hlophe'
The DA had better prospects of winning on the Phala Phala matter involving President Cyril Ramaphosa, which they were "flip-flopping" on, than they did on challenging uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) lead...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:13hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official probed for stealing food aid
Police are investigating Linet Chirwa, a Zanu-PF councillor for Mhondoro-Mubaira's Ward 5, and several Chegutu Rural District Council officials for alleged theft of food aid. The suspects are accused ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:46hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Malema's EFF hits back at Ramaphosa
The EFF has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa's statement, saying he failed to address "pressing issues" they had brought up during the opening of Parliament debate.The Red Berets' respons...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:38hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates victorious Kagame
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Rwandan President Paul Kagame on his landslide re-election for a fourth term, securing over 99 percent of the vote. During the 377th Zanu-PF Politburo meeting in ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:35hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'super' Presidency slammed
Various political parties represented in Parliament have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for creating a super presidency concentrated in his office.This week, uMkhonto weSizwe Party Parliame...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:31hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Botswana suspends talks on passport-free travel with Zimbabwe
Botswana has reportedly suspended discussions on a passport-free travel agreement with Zimbabwe, despite positive talks last year. The decision comes after Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa prem...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 20:43hrs | 3213 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa orders reopening of White City bomb probe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a consolidated investigation into criminal incidents targeting his family, including re-opening the stalled investigation into a grenade attack that almost kil...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league slams Mutsvangwa
Zanu-PF youth league political commissar Taurai Kandishaya has slammed Christopher Mutsvangwa over the party spokesperson's recent claims Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was not ordained successor...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:26hrs | 2871 | by Staff reporter
Obert Masaraure fired from his teaching job
Firebrand unionist and human rights campaigner Obert Masaraure has summarily been dismissed from his job as a schoolteacher.The Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president reveale...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:25hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police launch manhunt for US$300,000 suspected fraudster
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a man from Bulawayo in connection with a fraud case involving US$300 000.In a statement, national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspe...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:15hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Man abandons pregnant wife who got paralysed on way to meet him
Brighton Cheza, a 34-year-old truck driver, is facing allegations of neglecting his paralyzed wife, Elina Chimbiro, 30. Elina was injured in a traffic accident while traveling to see Brighton. Despite...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:14hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Former Matopo students donate uniforms to the fire victims
Former Matopo High School students have rallied to assist 52 students affected by a recent fire at the school's boys' hostel. The group, represented by renowned poet Albert Nyathi, donated 52 boys' un...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:13hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off car over US$30,000 botched gold deal
A local businessman, Tawanda Makoni (28) from Domboshava, faces fraud charges after allegedly deceiving a client into purchasing fake gold. Makoni appeared before Harare magistrate Mr. Simon Kandiyero...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:11hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos forced to pay Gwekwerere US$27,000
Dynamos FC faced a significant hurdle in their return to CAF inter-club competitions due to a US$27,000 debt owed to former striker Evans Gwekwerere. Gwekwerere claimed this amount was due from variou...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:10hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Kamila Harris' grandfather lived in Zambia
Vice President Kamala Harris during her last diplomatic swing through Africa for something much more personal visited the site of her maternal grandfather's home in Lusaka, where he lived as an Indian...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:51hrs | 1642 | by AP
Zapu's soldier and child symbol individuals are still alive
The ZPRA soldier, Seven Dube, who became the face of the armed wing as "Isotsha eliphethe umntwana" (the soldier cradling the baby) is still alive 44 years after independence, and the baby has become ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:26hrs | 2258 | by Staff reporter
Khupe calls for cancer medicine research in Zimbabwean varsities
BULAWAYO proportional representative legislator Thokozani Khupe has called on the government to fully fund universities and promote research on cancer medicines throughout the country.Khupe wa...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:22hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank expands its ATM network
Harare, 24 July 2024 - Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has embarked on an exercise to expand its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in response to growing client demands.The move by the leading financial ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:01hrs | 179 | by Agencies
ZiG acceptance grows across Zimbabwe economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has observed a growing acceptance of the local currency, ZiG, by both businesses and individuals, which aligns with the central bank's efforts to stabilize the econo...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 08:54hrs | 1888 | by Staff reporter
8 dead as car smashes into bridge pillar
Eight people were confirmed dead Sunday while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a bridge pillar and flung passengers outside in a tragic road accident that h...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
SADC must kick out Zimbabwe for kiling and oppressing Matabeles
It is quite disturbing that members of the SADC region are falling over each other to condemn Israel for the war against Palestine while they wine and dine with the black apartheid government of Zimba...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 867 | by Israel Dube
African children are wood, and water collectors for the whites: nothing has changed!
I wish I lived in another planet and certainly not planet Earth because this one has painful contradictions. Africa, especially, a continent that was ravaged by slavery for centuries. The white popula...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:48hrs | 599 | by Nomazulu Thata
TAZI launches another Mozambique branch
Chairpersons of the Southern Africa Development Committee of Twins Association (SADCTA), Farai Lawyer Katonha and Tendai Mayor Katonha were invited to Chimoio where they launched the Mozambique associ...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:38hrs | 582 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF MP, Opposition councillor fight for recognition
Mazowe North Member of Parliament Tsungai Makumbe (ZANU PF) together with Mvurwi ward four councillor Thulani Ndlovu (CCC) on Sunday allegedly fought for recognition at Mvurwi stadium by donating spor...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:33hrs | 527 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimra denies UK-based returning resident rebate
Arreta Chidodo, a former UK resident, has lost a High Court case against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) seeking a refund of customs duty for goods she imported upon her return to Zimbabwe.&nbs...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:25hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets
ZANU-PF will hold a Politburo meeting tomorrow at its headquarters in Harare, announced the party's Secretary for Information and Publicity, Christopher Mutsvangwa."The acting Secretary-Genera...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:14hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs oppose 'King Munhumutapa's shrine tour
Some Chiefs in Matabeleland have called on the National Chiefs Council to investigate the alleged King Munhumutapa seeking to conduct rituals at some of the spiritual shrines.The ruling party ...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
NRZ eyes new passenger coaches to win back public trust
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) urgently needs new passenger coaches to resume its transportation services and compete with private buses in terms of ambience and speed, according to General M...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's second republic of corruption and controversy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's second republic, which he proclaimed when he came into office in November 2017 following a coup that ended long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule, has b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:59hrs | 908 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Bango Promotions motivates upcoming artistes
Mvurwi-based music promoter Blessing "Bango" Kamudyariwa is motivating upcoming artistes in Mvurwi by introducing a cup challenge in Mvurwi.The challenge is dubbed Mvurwi cup challenge which i...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 173 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Burnside's 'haunted car' stuns locals
In the quiet suburb of Burnside, along Circular Road and near the popular chill spot Bagcwele, an abandoned vehicle on an undeveloped stand has captivated the community, leading to rumours that it is ...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:12hrs | 1927 | by Staff reporter
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