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Lumumba calls ZANU PF leaders mad
Embattled whistleblower Wiiliam Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) has blasted ZANU PF government over its management of the national Airline, Air Zimbabwe. Said Lumumba, "I do not understand my party Z...Published: 4 hrs ago | 3690 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Air Zimbabwe - The World's Most Dangerous Airline?
Aviation blogger Sam Chui's journey around the world reviewing airlines took him to Zimbabwe.Chui discovered a very Zimbabwean tradition: "burning money". By changing his valuable United State...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1612 | by youtube
Mnangagwa likens himself to Margaret Thatcher
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has equated himself and his rise to power as equivalent to that of the late British Premier Margaret Thatcher who was popularly know as The Iron Lady. Writing...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Industrial action against Mthuli Ncube looming
Air Zimbabwe has been allowed by the cabinet of President ED Mnangagwa to charge its clients (especially diasporas) in foreign currency. The confused minister in charge of Air Zimbabwe Joel Biggie Mat...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 11:50hrs | 3209 | by Don Chigumba
Govt invites troubled Air Zimbabwe bids
GOVERNMENT has invited bids for the troubled national airline, Air Zimbabwe, as it pushes ahead with privatisation of its loss-making parastatals.The airline owes creditors $341 million and wa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe flights tender for a B767-200ER aircraft
GOVERNMENT will this week float a tender for Air Zimbabwe seeking an investor to turnaround the fortunes of the troubled national airline.Of late, Air Zimbabwe has been struggling to service i...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
'Diasporans should pay for Air Zimbabwe services in US$'
CABINET has resolved that Zimbabweans living in the diaspora should pay for Air Zimbabwe services in United States dollars, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza has sa...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks investor for Air Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT will this week float a tender for Air Zimbabwe seeking an investor to turnaround the fortunes of the troubled national airline. Speaking at the just ended 2019 pre-budget seminar in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officials use personal bank accounts for business
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) were using personal bank accounts for employees outside Harare to administer cash transact...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's freedom bid flops
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law unsuccessfully challenged his continued remand Wednesday after being told he was to be jointly charged with a former Air Zimbabwe security guard.Sim...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:14hrs | 9330 | by newzimbabwe
Full list of Ministers arrested by Mnangagwa
On Wednesday, the Harare magistrate courts was flooded with high ranking ZANU PF linked officials who were coming for routine remand on charges relating to corruption. Some of the accused who tu...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 13:10hrs | 18041 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa dumps Air Zimbabwe for luxury Swiss jet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again ditched the struggling national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe and opted to fly to Guinea aboard a luxurious jet operated by Comlux - headquartered in Switzerla...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:05hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 615 | by newZWire
Fresh plan to save Air Zimbabwe
Government's ambitions to save AirZim intensified last week as it invoked the Reconstruction of State-Indebted Insolvent Companies Act to ring fence the airline's assets and work out a repayment plan....Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet: The skeletons are tumbling
The last time a Zimbabwean Cabinet minister publicly claimed that his hands were clean, he got rapped on the knuckles with handcuffs and thrown into the cooler for his efforts. Another minister has ju...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | 7597 | by Tawanda Majoni
Tendai Biti always has something to say
The Daily News on Sunday's Pauline Hurungudo sits down for a wide-ranging interview with former Finance minister Tendai Biti, who is also the deputy national chairperson for the MDC, about the state o...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 14:19hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo must leave office and face justice
The man at the centre of the jerry can madness is actually worse than revealed by his opinions on fuel containers. While his expressions on jerry cans were reflective of his unfitness to hold public o...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 18:01hrs | 4813 | by MDC Communications
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways merge
DEBT-RIDDEN Air Zimbabwe's new administrator Grant Thornton has been assigned the task of merging Air Zimbabwe and controversial carrier Zimbabwe Airways within the next six months.Transport m...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resuscitation begins
The resuscitation of Air Zimbabwe has started in earnest following the commencement of work by a Government appointed administrator to superintend over the national airline's revival, a Cabinet Minist...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 17:12hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo denies any wrongdoing at Zinara
Former Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has denied any wrongdoing in corporate governance malpractices that dogged the Zimbabwe National Road Administration during his...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mid-air scare for Air Zimbabwe chattered aircraft
AIR Zimbabwe passengers were left seething with anger at the weekend after a plane chattered by the troubled flag-carrier developed problems mid-air only to be refused emergency landing in Bulawayo....Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:21hrs | 6273 | by NewZimbabwe
Mnangagwa's relative appointed to NBS board
THE main opposition MDC Alliance has expressed displeasure at the appointment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's relative, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, to the National Building Society (NBS) board, desc...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law 'wanted by police'
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law is wanted by police on allegations he detained a senior airline company official against her will, a newspaper reported.Simba Chikore alleg...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:31hrs | 3923 | by Staff reporter
Air transport connectivity boosts Vic Falls tourism
The number of tourists to Zimbabwe's premier resort centre, Victoria Falls, has risen by 21% to 150 000 in the first six months of this year due to improved air connectivity, a survey has shown....Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses top pilots
Air Zimbabwe has lost two of its best female pilots who have reportedly joined Emirates and Fast jet.Chipo Matimba who in November 2015 together with Captain Elizabeth Simbi Petros flew the co...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:03hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses top pilots
Air Zimbabwe has lost two of its best female pilots who have reportedly joined Emirates and Fast Jest. Air Zimbabwe corporate services manager Tafadzwa Mazonde said the two Chipo Matimba and M...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4258 | by Staff reporter
Tourism sector calls for Air Zimbabwe revival
THE Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe (TBCZ) has exhorted Government to facilitate speedy resuscitation of ailing Air Zimbabwe, which is a key enabler to the country's tourism industry. Air...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Be wary of the ways of the crocodile, Cdes!
MANY of you appear to be convinced about this nonsense that I am now warming up to my tormentors. Do I look like the type of person who flip-flops on matters of principle? I will never compromise on w...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:34hrs | 1827 | by CZ
Matiza talks tough on VID corruption
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza inherited a portfolio that superintends over struggling, but key parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe and the National Railways of Zimbabwe.Matiza (JBM) told ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:59hrs | 603 | by Staff reporer
Govt talks tough on Air Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT says the time for parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe to be perennially carrying begging bowls seeking funds from Treasury when they have idle assets, is over.Deputy Minister of Transp...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet set to fly 500,000 passengers on its Zimbabwean routes this year.
LOW cost airline Fastjet says it is on course to fly almost 500 000 passengers on its Zimbabwean routes this year.Hein Kaiser, the group's spokesperson, said the regional airline carries aroun...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:07hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to purchase smaller Embraer aircraft
Newly appointed minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Joel Biggie Matiza, revealed that the Government is securing smaller Embraer aircraft in other deals still being negotiated for t...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:06hrs | 2429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways $70m scandal sucks in Mugabe, Gumbo
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the controversial Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) deal in a probe that has sucked in former president Robert Mugabe's so...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:32hrs | 2345 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2948 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee ( DCCC)
We have set up a Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee (DCCC ) composed of the following people who are championing various fundraising activities to end this Cholera Outbreak.Caroline Nyakudya - ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 163 | by DCCC
Air Zimbabwe sued over debt
SAFEGUARD Security Services (Pvt) Ltd, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Air Zimbabwe to settle a $47 164 debt for security services rendered at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Intern...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:05hrs | 457 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe in trouble over internet services debt
NATIONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd has been taken to court by local internet service provider, Powertel Communications (Pvt) Ltd, over a $18 441 debt for services rendered.On August 17 t...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe should up its game, says Chiwenga
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said the national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, needs to up its game by quickly transforming its operations to be able to compete with international players an...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for open skies
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says there is need to open the skies to boost local tourism, which recovered significantly in the first half of the year.Officially opening the Hlanganani/S...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:49hrs | 5318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Chamisa to play a positive role in running the country
September is the first month of spring in Zimbabwe. The jacaranda trees that line Harare's avenues will soon flower into a sea of purple. Last November their blossom formed the backdrop to the people ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 21:15hrs | 5230 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa wants a healthy opposition
September is the first month of spring in Zimbabwe. The jacaranda trees that line Harare's avenues will soon flower into a sea of purple. Last November their blossom formed the backdrop to the p...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:23hrs | 933 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15553 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe aviation industry faces collapse
THE aviation industry faces collapse, owing to failure by monetary authorities to remit ticket sales to foreign airlines, which have now ballooned to $76 million, making Zimbabwe an unprofitable ticke...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Air Zimbabwe debt plan
GRANT Thornton is in the dark over its alleged "appointment" as the caretaker administrator of troubled national airline Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) after the sacking of the board early this month, escalati...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to 'refresh' cabinet
VICE-PRESIDENTS Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi yesterday took the oath of office at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing a litmus test over the calibre of ministers who will constitute...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Fly Africa sued over poor service, $150 000 debt
FLY Africa Zimbabwe has been taken to court by the Zimbabwe Association of Pension Fund (ZAPF), which is claiming $150 000 in compensation, after the airline allegedly failed to provide proper flight ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Fake CIOs 'fund-raise' for Mnangagwa inauguration
An Air Zimbabwe employee and an accomplice allegedly misrepresented to the chief executive officers of ZB Bank and NetOne that they were intelligence operatives before seeking "donations" for the inau...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Air Zim leaves passengers stranded in Bulawayo
In Bulawayo, passengers travelling to Harare were stranded at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo airport as they failed to depart the airport at 7pm today with Air Zimbabwe advising them that the state run airline'...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:14hrs | 1350 | by Stephen Jakes
Air Zimbabwe depleted fleet causes flights delay
THE national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, which is tottering on the brink of collapse, has on two occasions delayed its Bulawayo flights after one of its aircrafts hit a bird during take-off, resulting...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
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