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US$15 for five bales of tobacco, a smallholder tobacco farmer's tale
Smallholder tobacco farmers are reeling under the yoke of high-interest loans, amid shocking revelations one of the farmers received a pay-out of US$15 after selling five bales of tobacco at the contr...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 3046 | by Erick Matotoba
Chamisa supporters removed from CCC office
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an application by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) represented by Sengezo Tshabangu to remove Nelson Chamisa and his alleged supporters from the party's Bula...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei amassed his wealth through legal means
Former opposition politician Eddie Cross has defended Zanu-PF-affiliated business magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei, asserting that the billionaire's wealth was accumulated through lawful means.Tagw...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to medicinal herbs
PEOPLE are flooding traditional herbal markets, as prices of prescription drugs spike and the public health delivery system deteriorates at an alarming rate under pressures from a relentless economic ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 18:15hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers get paltry US$20 wage hike
Teachers unions have declared a three-day strike starting this Wednesday in a bid to press for better wages after government recently offered a paltry US$20 increase on monthly salaries for civil serv...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge killer bus operator yet to submit insurance certificate
A Blue Circle cross-border bus collided with a City bus 10 kilometres outside Beitbridge on Saturday, killing seven people on the spot and four others on admission to hospital.One of the bus c...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:12hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt renews attack on NGOs
GOVERNMENT has maintained that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) remain a security threat requiring tough legislation to oversee their operations and whip them into line.Social Welfare min...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to decommission 2 more dams as Gwayi-Shangani stalls
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned that Upper Ncema and Lower Ncema will likely be decommissioned in about six months, a development set to further worsen the city's already dire water situation....Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Rutendo Matinyarare labels the High Court a Kangaroo Court
Controversial Rutendo Matinyarare, a well-known public figure, recently faced backlash for his absence during a court hearing. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe had taken legal action against ...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 14:57hrs | 1770 | by George Tshuma
Shadowy COZWVA: Purveyor of fake news threatening national stability
In a recent revelation, the Shadowy Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans Association (COZWVA) has emerged as a prominent provider of fake and malicious news content, with the apparent intention of destab...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 14:54hrs | 468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 110 | by APO
Mnangagwa desecrates constitution
ZICOMO operates as a grassroots citizens' initiative, uniting diverse stakeholders across all 10 provinces of Zimbabwe.The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, through its Zimbabwe Constitutional Mov...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 19:50hrs | 1711 | by Tapiwa Zivira
Benson Matinyarare ordered to pull down defamatory material from X
The High Court has granted a provisional order directing social media activist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare to pull down from X (formerly Twitter ) defamatory material against members of the Grain Mille...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:07hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
UK tightens home care workers' visa regime
Some Zimbabwean home care workers based in the United Kingdom are facing tough times as it has become increasingly difficult to renew their immigration permits. Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK's ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Potholes develop at Egodini terminus
THE recently-opened and hyped Egodini terminus' tarmac has seen potholes emerging, exposing poor workmanship by the contractor. Residents have since raised alarm on the deteriorating infr...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host military games
ZIMBABWE will play host to the 15th World Military Golf Championships in Victoria Falls in June.The event, to draw participants from 20 defence forces from across the globe, will be held from ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Grain imports into Zimbabwe liberalised
GOVERNMENT has liberalised the importation of grain at household level as part of a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and guaranteeing national food secur...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mourns 15 SA crash victims
The Government yesterday extended its condolences to families of the 15 Zimbabweans who died in a road accident when a Simlex Transport and Logistics (Pvt) Limited cross-border bus collided with a hau...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans explode
WOES are continuing to mount for veterans of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle, who say their welfare is continually being neglected, with tertiary learning institutions refusing to enrol their chi...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:38hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy deploys to aid SA crash victims
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town has sent a team to the scene of an accident where 13 Zimbabweans were killed and others injured, including 12 still in hospital, when their coach collided with a ha...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa just had its driest February on record
A swathe of Southern Africa suffered the driest February in decades that wiped out crops, precipitated power shortages and threatened to send already high food prices surging further.Last mont...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 17:10hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Why an uprising against Zanu-PF will fail
I SEE some people advocating an uprising against Zanu-PF Have you people thought this through? If you really provoke a crisis, with the populace on one side and the machinery of the Zanu-PF go...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:32hrs | 1076 | by Kumbirai T Nhamo
African-American investors eye Zimbabwe opportunities
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from investments valued at more than US$500 million in several sectors of the economy from a group of African-American owned businesses that have set their eye on the local ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:52hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
13 Zimbabweans die in Cape Town crash
THIRTEEN Zimbabweans were killed and 26 others injured when their coach belonging to Simplex Bus Company collided with a haulage truck on the N1 Highway near Hex River Pass in Western Cape, South Afri...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:51hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council bid to splash US$2m on 500 desktops exposed
Some Harare City Council officials have been caught in a procurement scam in which they are fighting for the purchase of 500 desktop computers at US$4 000 each, above the market price of about US$700....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by a 'corrupt business network' says the US
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa is involved in corrupt activities, in particular those relating to gold and diamond smuggling networks, United States President Joe Biden and his government say...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 2310 | by Staff reporter
US spies busted, deported
FOUR United States nationals contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly sneaked into the country last month without notifying the authorities as per protoc...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions review. . . Devil is in the detail
ON March 4, 2024, United States President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14353, which somewhat shifted the US' sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.But what exactly has changed?The devil is ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:23hrs | 222 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Tshabangu and Chamisa battle over CCC party offices, court reserves judgement
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgement in a case involving the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Sengezo Tshabangu posing as its Interim Secretary General seeking spoliation damages from...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:39hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
War Victims endorse Mavhunga; praise ED's choice
The Zimbabwe Liberation War Victims Association (ZLWVA) welcomes the recent appointment of Senator Monica Mavhunga as the Minister of the Veterans of Liberation Struggle Affairs while describing the c...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 22:10hrs | 589 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
More trouble brewing for Rutendo Matinyarare
Legal trouble is brewing against Rutendo Matinyarare as the chickens come home to roost over unfounded and defamatory allegations leveled against grain millers. In a recent development that has stirre...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 13:38hrs | 1563 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Ian Khama blasted over anti-trophy hunting stance
FORMER Botswana President Ian Khama has been criticised for assisting United Kingdom lawmakers in their efforts to enact a ban on imports into Britain of trophy hunting products, a major source of liv...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
All posts up for grabs at war veterans congress
PREPARATIONS for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) congress to elect new national executive members are now at an advanced stage, a senior official has said.Sp...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU PF speaks on Mnangagwa's 3rd term bid
In a recent interview, ZANU-PF Information Director, Farai Marapira, emphatically denied any connection between the party's slogan, "ZANU PF- Mnangagwa will be there," and President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2720 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pirate kombis, taxis wreak chaos
BULAWAYO police, motorists and registered commuter operators have flagged pirate taxis and kombis for bringing "wild-west" chaos to the city through wanton violation of traffic laws.Traffic ac...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:03hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zidera is the primary obstacle Zimbabwe's economic progress
INDUSTRY leaders have pleaded for the total removal of the sanctions programme under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), citing them as the primary obstacle to the economic prog...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:54hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
New curriculum divides teachers
THE proposed Heritage-Based Education 2024-30 Curriculum has divided teachers with some expressing scepticism, while raising concern on history of the country being made a compulsory subject.T...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa picks Monica Mavhunga as new war veterans minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday named Mashonaland Central senator Monica Mavhunga as the new minister for veterans of the liberation struggle affairs after Christopher Mutsvangwa was sacked las...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:34hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, elected officials renege on election pledge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa together with hundreds of elected officials have reneged on their pledge to enhance the provision of basic amenities to the public, a few months after they were voted into...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on BCC over water crisis
BULAWAYO residents have given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) a one-week ultimatum to resolve the water crisis bedevilling the city.The residents represented by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Asso...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
139 file for divorce in Bulawayo in 2 months
BULAWAYO has since the beginning of the year recorded shocking divorce statistics with 139 applications filed at the High Court before the end of February.From the 139 divorces filed at the Bu...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt yet to declare Bulawayo water crisis a national disaster
GOVERNMENT says it will only declare Bulawayo a water crisis area after a committee appointed to assess the water situation in the city completes its work and is satisfied there is need to make such a...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Starlink scandal exposes ZBC rot
One of the reasons former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer Adelaide Chikurungu was pushed out was because she allegedly acquired a Starlink internet kit for the state br...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields or Heart Stadium for Dynamos 'home' games?
BARRING last minute improvements on stadia condemned as unfit to host Premier Soccer League games, giants Dynamos have the option to taking trips to Bulawayo, again, to play "home" games at Barbourfie...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:48hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pirate taxis regularise operations
A NUMBER of pirate taxis and kombis in Bulawayo are reportedly jostling to register with transport associations to regularise their operations to avoid having their vehicles impounded.The Zimb...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:06hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa denies involvement with new political movement
Nelson Chamisa, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, has claimed that he is not involved with any current political organisation or movement.This was disclosed in Chamisa's o...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt intimidates doctors, nurses
GOVERNMENT yesterday intimidated health workers against engaging in strike action beginning today over poor wages and working conditions, with the responsible minister Douglas Mombeshora accusing the ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
World Bank VP visits Zimbabwe
WORLD Bank (WB) vice-president for Eastern and Southern Africa Victoria Kwakwa will arrive for a four-day visit to Zimbabwe today, as the global lender develops a new country engagement framework that...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
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