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Truckers face Beitbridge chaos
When it was controversially awarded a US$240 million contract to upgrade the Beitbridge border post in 2018, the Zimborders Consortium said it would provide "world class border facilities that optimis...Published: 7 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Is Guvamatanga altogether there?
An observation made by my daughter, Dr Rumbi, when she was 27 years old has haunted me ever since. Dr Rumbi was preparing for her doctoral defence on governance, and she had returned from a research t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1212 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zacc okeys Bulawayo mayor's $165 per month rent
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has cleared Bulawayo mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni and the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, of any wrongdoing regarding corruption allegations that were level...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:03hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga invites private sector to partner Govt
GOVERNMENT is forging ahead with infrastructural development as it is the bedrock for sustainable economic recovery and growth, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Car...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 31513 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF neglecting cadres, says Clive Malunga
JENAGURU Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of "gr...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Wage dispute threatens Hwange power station upgrades
A Chinese firm, SinoHydro Corporation, which is undertaking the refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station is reportedly engaged in a wage dispute with its employees who accuse it of unfair labour ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business reach consensus on exchange rates, pricing
A number of agreements were thrashed out yesterday between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and leaders of the business sector to deal with what everyone agreed were unjustified jumps in black-market exch...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife
They bring international hunters and income to Africa. Additionally, they contribute to wildlife management and conservation through acceptable hunting...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 409 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa told to reopen Moyo graft case
ZIMBABWEANS have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reopen the corruption case against former Health minister Obadiah Moyo , who was acquitted last week by the High Court over the irregular aw...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:03hrs | 3809 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't any different - even at school we had those who celebrated failure!
I am sure we all remember those school days - with all the craziness of youth.Surely, who can forget those ever-present mind boggling scenes of pupils who would helplessly weep in agony, after...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:29hrs | 3086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa warns 'name-droppers' in bloody clashes over gold claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has distanced the Zanu-PF leader from the bloody clashes over the control of one of Manicaland's richest gold mines.Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya, a gold dealer...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
Africa's future is being sold out even as we speak
Even if one disagrees with their policies, one must recognise that European policies towards Africa and Asia were guided and designed by deep thinkers in their societies.African leaders today ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 696 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Warriors thumped by Black Stars in World Cup qualifier
ZIMBABWE were beaten 3-1 by Ghana in a Group G 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier match played at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in Ghana yesterday.Mohammed Kudus, Thomas Partey and Andre Ayew were ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by dodgy characters
ALMOST four years after getting into power, riding on the narrative of removing criminals that had surrounded the then president Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's circle of associates and ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 385 HIT graduates
President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 385 graduates at Harare Institute of Technology in different disciplines as the institution positions itself to become a national and global powerhouse in innovati...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana-Village clown to stardom
He wakes up at 3AM every day and cycles 70KMs to see the progress at his new home. He makes numerous pit stops — it takes about five to six hours to-and-from his homestead in Gwamba Village in Nkayi...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Belarus elites' golden deals with Mnangagwa
IN MARCH 2018, Belarus' autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko dispatched his right-hand man Viktor Sheiman to Zimbabwe to negotiate trade and business deals on the government's behalf.Shei...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Viktor Sheiman's son secretly mines gold in Zimbabwe
IN March 2018, Viktor Sheiman, the then head of the Property Management Directorate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, paid an official visit to Zimbabwe where he and Mines minister Winston...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:23hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Health minister Moyo acquitted
FORMER Health minister Obadiah Moyo, who was being accused of criminal abuse of office, has been acquitted by the High Court.Moyo appeared before Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday who upheld h...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigator exposes top cop
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissioner (Zacc) investigating officer Eric Chacha yesterday exposed how police commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza had been benefiti...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Noose tightened on Innscor and other retailers using black market rates
Retailers that continue to flout foreign currency regulations by setting prices in US dollars and then converting at the blackmarket rate will have their operating licences immediately suspended while...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Moyo cleared by High Court
FORMER Health Minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after being discharged from prosecution on corruption charges for illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contra...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Ilala Lodge Hotel celebrates 30 years in hospitality with loyal industry partners
Zimbabwe, 7 October 2021. The renowned Ilala Lodge Hotel in Victoria Falls celebrated three decades in hospitality at a private event held with longstanding regional tourism partners on Monday evening...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
ZimThrive on course for December 2021 with scaled down event
The organisers of ZimThrive have announced that the event will go ahead in December as a scaled back celebration.In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the event which was due to run from 1-...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 450 | by Staff writer
Ndolwane Super Sounds star snubs Roil BAA
Martin "The Big Boss" Sibanda of Ndolwane Super Sounds has snubbed the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards and will not appear at the event because he has other plans.The nominees were announced on Frid...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Lusengo scales up Dynamos fight
Dynamos Football Club chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo, who is being accused of fraud after allotting himself 51% shareholding of the popular club, has indicated he wants to approach the Constituti...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
High Court judge dismisses minor's case
BULAWAYO High Court Judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has dismissed with costs the application by a nine-year-old pupil from Gwanda, who was suing teachers' unions and Government.Amuhelang Ulukile ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Busi Mhlanga drops Gqi Gqi Gqi single
MULTI-AWARD winning traditional singer Busi Mhlanga on Saturday released yet another cultural single.The Gqi gqi gqi single, which incorporates a popular Ndebele poem "Mzwazwa kankoviyo", is a...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over 24% mining wage increase
MINE workers' unions have complained about the recent 24% wage increase awarded to the sector saying it is insignificant and has been eroded byinflation.The increase, effective from July 1...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
US$4m tender scandal rocks Zinwa
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) awarded Helcraw Electrical (Pvt) Ltd - owned by Harare businessman Farai Jere - a tender worth over US$4 million to supply pre-paid water meters despite t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 93 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mnangagwa to address African CEOs
ABOUT 700 participants, 500 virtually and 200 physically are set to attend the 7th edition of the CEO Africa Annual Roundtable and Awards, with President Mnangagwa expected to deliver the key note add...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:13hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Gift Nyoni wins UK writers award
Zimbabwean-born writer Gift Nyoni has continued to lift the Zimbabwean flag in the United Kingdom and recently won the New Black and Minority ethnic writers award.Nyoni won the New Black and M...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa breathes fire at prosecutors
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused the National Prosecuting Authority of failing to present solid corruption cases before the courts leading to Zimbabweans losing faith in the judici...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 10:07hrs | 2649 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dembare shares tiff takes new twist
A HARARE magistrate yesterday removed the lawyer of Dynamos Football Club chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo from representing him in a fraud trial, saying he was conflicted as he was involved in the...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank panics as exchange rates spiral
MONETARY authorities revised annual inflation targets upwards on Monday before lining up a sea of fresh policy proposals to government, as they scurried to stem a "worrisome" surge in parallel market ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | 2674 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's Mnangagwa bootlicking remarks spark outrage
BULAWAYO rights groups have reacted angrily over utterances on Wednesday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the best boss ever, saying Ncube was exhib...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lobbyists court German investors
The sterling work being done by the Second Republic has charmed Zimbabweans based in Germany where lobbyists are courting investors from Europe's biggest economy to come to the southern African nation...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Paltry income for mine workers - NMWUZ rejects NEC wage adjustment
National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe Acting President Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has trashed and rejected NEC - National Employment Council's recent 24.5 percent minimum wage increase which he lab...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:58hrs | 568 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimra boss wins gong
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority acting (Zimra) commissioner-general Rameck Masaire was the recipient of the Chartered Secretary of the Year for 2020 by the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya drops video for Lalela
VUSUMUZI Mkhaya Ndlovu popularly known as Vusa Mkhaya has released visuals for his song Lalela.The Masiyephambili hitmaker shot the video at Ubuntu Crawl in Soweto, South Africa.The so...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo not guilty
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe have been cleared of allegations of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ex-board chairman Stanley Kazhanje US$10 000 to influenc...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 20:16hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure extends cover to millions, boosts national insurance penetration
HARARE - EcoSure, the micro-insurance product from Econet Life, has played a significant role in raising the country's insurance penetration by over 200%, from as low as 5% to over 16%.The inn...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 789 | by Agencies
Nkayi diasporans mobilise R22k to construct dam back home
NKAYI residents based in the diaspora have mobilised R22 000 to construct Mbizi Dam to ease the water crisis in Nkuba village.This comes as the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is set...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
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