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NHIMBE welcomes new cabinet, expresses concern over delayed filling of National Arts Council positions
Nhimbe Trust, an advocate for a vibrant and sustainable Zimbabwean creative sector that is sufficiently regulated and well resourced, has welcome the appointment of Minister Kirsty Coventry."H...Published: 7 hrs ago | 209 | by Stephen Jakes
Obidiah Tarumbwa jailed 8 months, starts serving sentence
CHICKEN Inn FC striker Obidiah Tarumbwa has been sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to pay maintenance arrears of about $6 000 for the upkeep of his two minor children. He started serving...Published: 9 hrs ago | 853 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4246 | by Paul Siwela
Mnangagwa must take a chance on Mthuli Ncube's ideas
It is clear that Zimbabwe's new Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is not a shy man and neither is he a coward. He would have been aware, weeks in advance, that he would be appointed Zimbabwe's Treasury ch...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:25hrs | 4600 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa side-lines Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent cabinet and party appointments featured curious inclusions and exclusions.After taking over power late last year following a military backed intervention ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:35hrs | 15679 | by Staff reporter
Sugar firm in $45m tax storm
Zimbabwe Sugar Sales (ZSS) Ltd, a company that sells and distributes sugar on behalf of Hippo Valley Estates and Triangle Limited, has been caught up in a $45 million tax evasion storm. The Zi...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Government secures $940m lifeline for Harare water
Government has secured funding commitments worth $940 million from China to overhaul Harare's water and sewer system, which is in a state of disrepair and has been blamed for the current cholera outbr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1681 | by Staff Reporter
Salaries, benefits freeze still in force
GOVERNMENT has said the salary and benefits freeze imposed on chief executive officers and board members of State enterprises will remain in place until the reform process in the public sector is comp...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:19hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
GMB executive in court over $1 million fraud
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) non-executive board member, Basilio Sandamu yesterday appeared in court facing charges of swindling the parastatal of $1 040 000 and a potential $2,5 million in a botched l...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Banning White City Stadium and approving Vhengere is witchcraft
HIGHLANDERS have described as "witchcraft" the decision to continue allowing Vhengere Stadium in Rusape to host Premier Soccer League matches after falling 0-1 to relegation-threatened Mutare City Rov...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade board appoints new substantive CEO
THE ZimTrade board has announced the appointment of Mr Allan Tawanda Majuru as the new substantive chief executive officer for the country's trade promotion agency with effect from 1 September 2018. ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Scores of patients stranded as theatres undergo renovation
SCORES of patients in need of minor surgeries in the southern region have been left stranded as theatres in the two referral hospitals in Bulawayo have not been operational. The southern regio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate warns pupils against sexual activities
A GWANDA regional magistrate, Mr Mark Dira, has told pupils to focus on their studies and not engage in sexual activities that will destroy their lives. He said this after a teenager appeared before h...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction
Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be condu...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urgently needs $4bn bailout package
Zimbabwe needs up to $4 billion to avert a looming currency crisis that could unleash economic havoc, with the new Cabinet urged to take tough decisions to increase confidence in the economy.P...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:08hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare fever grips Zimbabwe
AN electric atmosphere is expected to engulf Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon when two of the country most supported football teams, Highlanders and Dynamos collide in a Castle Lager Premier Socce...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's biggest winner in China
The Zimbabwean economy will emerge the biggest winner following President Mnangagwa's attendance at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China – Africa Co-operation (FOCAC).With Chinese P...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:10hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Harare road dualization in limbo
GOVERNMENT could abandon the controversial US$2,7 billion deal with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the dualisation of the Chirundu-Beitbridge highway after ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 3930 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa lawyers join hand, fight in Wicknell's corner
INTRATREK Zimbabwe, founded by businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has filed a lawsuit at the High Court demanding $25 million from Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) in damages for alleged repudiation of a multi...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:22hrs | 10046 | by Staff reporter
Majome releases CDF expenditure report
Former Harare West MP Jessie Majome has released the Constituence Development Fund report to upraise the constituency on how the funds were used during her tenure."As I promised, I hereby pres...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1437 | by Stephen Jakes
Madinda itches for Dynamos
DESPITE a lean spell in the last few games, underlined by two home defeats to Chicken Inn and Ngezi Platinum Stars, Highlanders' coach Madinda Ndlovu returns to Barbourfields Stadium confident that hi...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
ED rigged the elections, first came cash shortage and next is the exodus - no lights to turn out
"If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights." Screamed the headlines in The Sun April 1992, Britain's leading tabloid newspaper. Neil Kinnock, Labour, did n...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1179 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Kariba town runs dry
KARIBA town, which lies on the shores of the country's mighty Zambezi River and Kariba Dam, has been without running water for the past two weeks, raising fears of a major disease outbreak.Tow...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over Zesa corruption
Youth Against Corruption (Yac) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding him to act on corruption at power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa).Yac accused Zesa senior management of firing...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investors line up to meet Mnangagwa
Chinese and international investors are lining up to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is in Beijing where he was attending the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit.Some of the...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 3040 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt fails to pay back diamond investor
GOVERNMENT has failed to reimburse over $13 million to an Asian diamond investor, Pure Diam after cancelling its mining licence in 2016 to pave way for consolidation of diamond mining operations in Ch...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Cement shortage: PPC calms the market
THE country's largest cement manufacturer, PPC Zimbabwe, has said the market has no reason to engage in panic buying of cement and advised retailers to act responsibly in pricing the commodity to avoi...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Cop sues Matanga over dismissal
A POLICE officer based in Bulawayo, who was dismissed for allegedly failing to arrest a motorist involved in a hit-and-run accident, but instead arrested the mechanic who was repairing the vehicle, ha...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's $20 million transformers burden
NATIONAL power utility, ZESA Holdings, requires a staggering $20 million to replace over 4 000 transformers that were either vandalised or stolen across the country. Government says thieves ar...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
The in-gathering of our exiles
Much has been talked lately about our diaspora. They have become a talking point of the MDC, fighting for their right to vote. Economists debate what amount of money they send back every month, and ho...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1243 | by Joice Tsitsi
Councils offer discounts to ratepayers
Zimbabwe's local authorities which are owed over $2 billion are now desperately discounting their ratepayers in a bid to recover some of the money.Since the beginning of the year, most council...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man takes Sedco to court
A Bulawayo resident, Mandlenkosi Ndlovu, has filed a chamber application for leave to file a Constitutional Court application, challenging the constitutionality of the Small Enterprises Development Co...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for new gains at Focac
Zimbabwe is expected to sign new deals in China this week, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government upscales its economic growth agenda.President Mnangagwa is in Beijing for the Forum for ...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:22hrs | 301 | 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 | 687 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa renews $2 billion Chinese bid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow leave for Beijing, China, to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) summit after which he will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:41hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in fresh Commonwealth bid
ZIMBABWE has again expressed interest in rejoining the Commonwealth after it sent a parliamentary delegation led by Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to lobby for readmission at the 49th Commonwealt...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 879 | 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 | 234 | by Staff reporter
Church dispute rages on
THE United Pentecostal Church in Zimbabwe (UPCZ) has approached the High Court seeking an order interdicting a breakaway group from disrupting church activities and harassing congregants pending an ap...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold output to surpass target
ZIMBABWE'S gold output is projected to surpass the 2018 annual target and is already marginally above last year's total with four months to go, according to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR), the...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Zinara's Infralink challenges $934 000 judgment
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s special purpose vehicle Infralink (Pvt) Ltd has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment in a matter where it was ordered to pay a...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will succeed in reintegrating Zimbabwe'
FITCH Solutions, a leading economic research firm, which is part of reputable global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, believes President Mnangagwa will make progress in reintegrating Zimbabwe into ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Stray buffalo gores woman to death
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman from Chipinge was gored to death by a stray buffalo while fetching fire wood in a nasty incident that exudes the intensity of human-wildlife conflict in the Save Conservancy....Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Beef cattle calendar guideline
Beef cattle calendar guidelineJANUARYEnd of bulling for mature cows on 31 JanuaryDe- worm all stock above six months against liverfluke in problem areasDe –worm against roundworms in...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:03hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet President Xi
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's participation at this year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is expected to inject new vitality into the relationship between the Asian economic powerhouse and...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:00hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's property attached over debt
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) boss Albert Mugabe has petitioned the court, seeking an order for stay of execution after his property was attached by the Sheriff of the High Cou...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:22hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get off with $2 million
An armed robber who was part of a gang that stole from PHI Commodities and went away with nearly $2 million in cash was yesterday hauled before the courts.Edison Nyamuchengwa, 38 who was reman...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:51hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to appoint a young, dynamic and small Cabinet?
Jostling for Cabinet posts has reached fever pitch, as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a young, dynamic and small Cabinet capable of breathing fresh life into the country's ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3802 | by Staff reporter
$1,7 million Chinese company cash heist: Suspect in court
One of the suspects who allegedly robbed a Chinese company, PHI Commodities, of $1,7 million cash in Aspindale, Harare, while armed with pistols, metal bars and explosives early this year appeared in ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:58hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Con-Court ruling final nail in dashing Zimbabwe's hopes
LAST Friday was to all intents and purposes, as bleak as a Black Friday. Flags might as well have flown at half-mast. As Chief Justice Luke Malaba delivered the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 196 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
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