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FNB Botswana, STOP leaking your client's information!!
Dear Tebogo, Batsaakane,As requested several times, can you kindly do not leak your customer's transactional information to strangers. I have requested you to stop it several times but it look...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:45hrs | 87 | by None FNB Client
Air Zimbabwe in mid air scare...makes emergency landing in Thailand
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 ER made an emergency landing on Wednesday after it developed an abnormal engine parameter on its flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok....Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 14:14hrs | 4432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump, asks Interpol to help
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:57hrs | 3885 | by Al Jazeera and news agencies
The differences between Malawi events and Zimbabwe.
I have been closely following the events of Malawi for the recent and the people comparing the situation to Zimbabwe.In my view in this article l would beg to differ that the situation was the...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:36hrs | 2900 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Chihuri says Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President Mnangagwa is persecuting him over a war time clash over a woman, in a case where he is challenging the validit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5143 | by Staff reporter
There was no attempt to arrest Chiwenga, claims Chihuri
One of the alleged triggers of a 2017 coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe was based on false information, according to the former Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri.Chih...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5117 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on mine shooting
The Chinese national who has been charged with shooting and injuring two people at a mine in Gweru over a salary dispute will receive a fair trial, without discrimination, in accordance with the count...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
State builds its case against Obadiah Moyo
GRAFT accused Health minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday appeared in court and was granted $50 000 bail.The 66-year-old was arrested on Friday on graft charges linked to the US$60 million acquisit...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo arrest drama: Details emerge
Government officials allegedly put pressure on police to release Health minister Obadiah Moyo after his detention on Friday over the $60 million Covid-19 medical supply scandal amid fears his case wil...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:47hrs | 9023 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso junior speaks on his military training
WE continue our interview with Clarence Tshuma aka Shungu Moyo, one of the several Highlanders junior players who left the country in 1976 to join the armed struggle in Zambia.Today, Tshuma co...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Incredible potable water potential around Bulawayo
SO the City of Bulawayo is re-commissioning Khami Dam sewer treatment works as another source of potable for the city. Why not go further and include Aisleby Farm sewer treatment works into its water ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 378 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
'Zimbabwe police working without PPE, allowances'
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga (pictured) yesterday disclosed that his subordinates were at high risk of contracting COVID-19 as they did not have personal protective equipment (PPE)....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pulled the plug on shady Covid-19 deals, claims Charamba
WITH the advent of the global pandemic, coronavirus (Covid-19), many civil society organisations have called for transparency in the use of various donations that the government has been receiving....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1973 | by Staff reporter
Prolonged detention a Pakistani national raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe is still holding a Pakistani national in remand prison seven months after he paid a fine for breaching immigration rules, The Standard, working together with the Information Development Trust...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
1976: The year Bosso lost its entire junior squad to the armed struggle
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has over the years been viewed as more than a soccer outfit, in the process earning itself countless monikers such as Ithimu Yezwe Lonke, Ezikamagebhula and Bosso just to nam...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga throws top govt officials under the bus
MINISTRY of Finance and Economic Development Secretary George Guvamatanga has this week absolved himself from any wrongdoing in the controversial procurement of COVID-19 medical supplies from Swiss-ba...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 10:06hrs | 7927 | by Staff reporter
Huge diamonds, gold deposits in Masvingo
Huge diamond and gold deposits have been discovered in Mwenezi and Chiredzi in a massive boost for the country's economy as the resources are expected to help the Government meet its target of transfo...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
Zacc quizzes NatPharm managers
Managers at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) and Government officials were this week quizzed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) during investigations into procurement, inc...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:01hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Any 'policy reform hallucinations' hapless Zimbabweans experience in daily fuel queues?
THERE is no such thing as "queuing" in animal kingdoms. Feeding troughs, grazing pastures and drinking places are bastions of hierarchical chaos. Survival of the fittest, the fastest and the biggest. ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 217 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
New termini for Zupco buses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has identified seven bus termini which will be used by Zupco buses and kombis as designated picking and dropping points to decongest the central business district (CBD)...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Welcome to Chambia
Save Zambia or PerishCome on now Zambians, are we that ignorant, stupid, foolish, gullible, brainless, naïve, primitive we can't see the consequences of the "wonderful Chinese gifts" in roads...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 21:39hrs | 3349 | by Field Ruwe EdD
'Zimbabwean contract killer faces competition in Mozambique'
The Mozambican government is reported to have hired a Dubai based private military contractor to compete with the Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) owned by Zimbabwe's Retired Colonel Lionel Dyck in fig...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 20:26hrs | 12597 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Key economic lessons for Zimbabwe from South Africa
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a long history of trade, socio-economic, political and cultural ties that span for decades. The two countries are separated by a 225km border that runs along the Limpop...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:42hrs | 683 | by Smetch Sibanda
223 returnees fly into Harare, quarantined in hotels
Three flights from the Philippines and Namibia brought 223 returning citizens and residents into Zimbabwe over the weekend, with all now in formal quarantine at two hotels serving as private quarantin...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
US$1m COVID-19 tender scam deepens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, yesterday distanced himself from Delish Nguwaya, whose firm Drax International was recently controversially awarded a US$1 million contract to supply COVID...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in US$1m COVID-19 tender scam
GOVERNMENT early this month went out of its way to authorise payment of nearly US$1 million for a consignment of COVID-19 equipment at an inflated cost from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Ministry of Finance denies giving Mnangagwa's son US$1 million
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga has refuted reports that the Treasury had paid an amount of US$1 million to Drax International, which is owned by Delish Nguwaya, a bu...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 4832 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa-linked company nets US$1 million in Covid-19 funds
The finance ministry authorised the payment of US$1 million for a consignment of Covid-19 equipment at inflated prices from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, according to a leake...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4488 | by Staff reporter
Africa Day celebrations while abroad makes you home sick
IT is that time again when Africa comes together to celebrate being African.It is not just jumping up and down in cultural costumes to great applause.It is deeper than cultural display....Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:21hrs | 288 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Arrested journalists to spend four nights in remand prison
Two journalists arrested for trying to interview three hospitalised MDC Alliance activists will spend at least four nights in remand prison after they were denied bail yesterday.Frank Chikowor...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:55hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
The cost of Chinese aid to Africa
THE adage that one cannot bite the hand that feeds him/her cannot be truer and more applicable than on the issue pertaining to the relations between China and Africa. There is a truism that a benefact...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:06hrs | 373 | by Reinford Khumalo
Presidents jets into Zimbabwe for SADC Organ Troika meeting
Three presidents arrived in the country this morning to participate in the SADC Organ Troika meeting in the area of Politics, Defence and Security chaired by President Mnangagwa.The presidents...Published: 19 May 2020 at 16:39hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Non-tourism businesses start to re-open in Victoria Falls
VICTORIA Falls is slowly coming back to life as some businesses reopen but tourism, the town's mainstay, remains the missing link. A snap survey around town showed that shops, construction sit...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
German firm prints, delivers 60 tonnes of Zimbabwe's new bank notes
Zimbabwe on Thursday received 60,000kg (60 tonnes) in freshly-printed higher denomination bond notes, which the central bank says will go into circulation at the end of the month.The RBZ annou...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:07hrs | 16324 | by Staff reporter
Zambian President orders re-opening of Victoria Falls 'to save jobs'
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday ordered the re-opening of the Victoria Falls and local hotels to tourists – on the same day that the country announced the highest daily jump in coronavirus ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 20:52hrs | 4387 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga demands Matanga's suspension
African Medallion Group millionaire Frank Buyanga has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to protest claims by police chief Godwin Matanga that he is a "fugitive from justice."Buyanga wrot...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Police profile 129 returning fugitives
AT least 129 criminals and suspects who fled the country after committing various offences are among the returnees from Botswana, South Africa and other countries. The returnees are being sent to vari...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe returnees top 3 000
THE country received 527 citizens returning from South Africa yesterday through the Beitbridge Border Post bringing the number of returnees from various countries to 3 134 since the country and other ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
UAE donates PPE to Zimbabwe
The United Arab Emirates has donated an eight-tonne consignment of Personal protective equipment to assist in the fight to contain the Coronavirus in Zimbabwe.The equipment comprising gloves, ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:36hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet proposes rent deferrals
CABINET has proposed that President Mnangagwa should consider promulgating Presidential Regulations to give relief to tenants and landlords during the lockdown period. The lockdown period began on Mar...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
'No evictions over rent delays'
Cabinet yesterday recommended Presidential Regulations imposing a moratorium on evictions of tenants delaying rent payments during the lockdown and staying legal action against their landlords delayin...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Hard times for taxi operators
HUNDREDS of taxi operators in Victoria Falls have been thrown out of business, hoping for a return only when the tourism industry regains its feet. The tourism industry ground to a halt becaus...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are not the problem in South Africa, Big business is
While studying at the University of Cape Town in 1997, I discovered the presence of "gaps" in the South African labour market. Sometimes my friends Credence, Fair, Chi and I would catch a ta...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 15840 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwean engineers rebuild Boeing 737 plane
AIR Zimbabwe's rebuilding exercise has paid dividends as local engineers successfully overhauled engines and re-assembled the airline's Boeing 737 plane which took to the skies Friday afternoon ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 16:31hrs | 2757 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF not covid-19 testing malaria cases just as China silenced Dr Li Wenliang and regardless of heavy price to pay
Last week government announced that it was going to increase the number of covid-19 tests from 40 or so per day to 1 000 per day. This was a welcome move. "Long overdue!" many people rightly said beca...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 10:17hrs | 877 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Cross border truckers pose Covid-19 concern
GOVERNMENT has made it mandatory for cross-border truck drivers to have functional thermometers, face masks and hand sanitisers as it intensifies measures to fight Covid-19. The new regulations govern...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus 'cure' unveiled in Madagascar
The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has unveiled a controversial tea that prevents and cures the deadly Coronavirus. The herbal medication which is called COVID-Organics was developed ...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4610 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Free COVID-19 clinic opens in Harare
HARARE medical doctor Vivek Solanki and his team of medical professionals have set up a COVID-19 clinic in Milton Park, Harare, which will offer free treatment to the public.According to Solan...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
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