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Recycled bad politicians as the last resort of saving Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe is full of talented and equally good citizens who if coopted into politics can turn around the fortunes of our country. Unfortunately for our beloved motherland we seem to be cased. We have a...Published: 14 hrs ago | 178 | by Henry Madiro
Climate change: Africa confronts global warming
New IPCC report projects greater temperature increases in the region than elsewhere Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a p...Published: 18 hrs ago | 642 | by Dan Shepard
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 22 hrs ago | 4052 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tasks 2 ministers to address Beitbridge plight
President Mnangagwa has instructed two Cabinet ministers to work together in addressing challenges affecting the teaching of sciences in Beitbridge district. Higher and Tertiary Education, Sci...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
ED and Chamisa must not use the cyclone as a tool for political mileage
Traumatic events, including natural disasters, are distressing. Strong reactions immediately after the event are very common. Fear, sadness, guilt and anger are all common emotions felt by children, t...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2850 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cyclone Idai a disaster to the region
Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Mozambique since Jokwe in 2008 and the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2019. The tenth named storm and re...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:24hrs | 396 | by Enos Denhere
'Zimbabwe sanctions affecting Sadc'
A GROUP of South Africa-based civic society groups is in Bulawayo campaigning for the removal of Western imposed economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying they had missed their targets and are no...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance dismantling patriarchy towards a people’s movement
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deep economic and political crisis, further worsened by Cyclone Idai that has ravaged the eastern parts of the country leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thousand...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 05:19hrs | 3519 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Chamisa to tour cyclone-ravaged areas
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly planning to visit the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Manicaland province this week for a first-hand assessment of the disaster and appreciate the needs of the ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:32hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Zera to beat SADC lightbulbs deadline
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says the country is well on course to meet the year-end deadline of eliminating trading and use of the incandescent light bulbs set by the Southern Afri...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Internet key to economic development
IN the article, "The great transformer: The impact of the Internet on economic growth and prosperity" (2011) James Manyika and Charles Roxburgh seek to explain the influence of Information Communicati...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
We need toll-free numbers for essential services
Entities like ZETDC (faults), NSSA (benefits), City of Harare (Works), ZRP etc must have toll-free numbers for easy of communication. Power outages due to faults are very common especially these days ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:26hrs | 311 | by Tondo Murisa
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 3071 | by Staff reporter
Optic fibre link - another feather in the cap for Zimbabwe
THE commissioning of the $23,6 million TelOne national backbone fibre link in Beitbridge is a game changer in the telecommunications sector at it will allow for faster, reliable, secure and cheaper in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko heading to court to get his pension, benefits
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is heading to court to force the government to pay him his pension, his lawyer said.Mphoko, forced out in a military coup that ousted former President ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:33hrs | 1554 | by ZimLive
Chamisa exposed
In his 1997 report on the work of the United Nations, Secretary General Kofi Annan stressed the importance of economic sanctions: the Security Council's tool to bring pressure without recourse to forc...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:42hrs | 12262 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The most popular gaming genres
Even if gaming as we know it only got born recently, video games and an earlier form of gaming have been around for quite a while. The earliest form of gaming and gaming communities date as back as th...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:01hrs | 366 | by Tech Reporter
Mphoko fights for his benefits
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is now planning to approach the courts to force the government to release terminal benefits. This comes one-and-a-half years after his inglorious exit ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:55hrs | 4155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana seek to fast-track $600m railway project
The just-ended Zimbabwe Botswana Bi-national Commission promises to bear fruit for the SADC regional integration agenda as a railway line linking Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique emerged as one of th...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1869 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Beitbridge
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the multi-million-dollar TelOne fibre optic link in Beitbridge. The link connects Beitbridge with Bulawayo, Harare, Masvingo and the rest of...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:52hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
STEM redesigned
THE Government has redesigned the STEM programme in universities to be heritage based with focus on the modernisation and industrialisation of the country. The heritage theme focuses on the us...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge optic fibre project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission the multi-million dollar optic fibre link in Beitbridge, which connects the border town with South Africa and the rest of the country via Bulawayo and Masv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 525 | by Staff rpeorter
Ramaphosa arrives
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in the country last night ahead of today's third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission Summit in Harare. President Ramapho...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:48hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1755 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4294 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flies in tomorrow
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will arrive in Harare tomorrow for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) that is expected to deepen bilateral relations an...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Billions missed through raw tobacco exports
Zimbabwe prepares for the opening of the 2019 Tobacco Marketing season set to start on the 21st of March, the local market is hyped up in anticipation. In 2018, Zimbabwe produced an all-time high of 2...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 644 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Government values women through empowerment
As the world celebrates International Women's Day on 8 March 2019, it is imperative to note that the Government of Zimbabwe has been playing a critical role in empowering its women from all the differ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 22:23hrs | 545 | by Chido Chikuni
Best ways to keep studying without feeling bored and tired
Almost every student experiences a difficult time keeping up with study at one point of time in their life. This is especially possible when the subject is lengthy or boring or tough. For some, maths ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 3571 | by Stephanie Ward
EcoSure apologises
CASSAVA SmarTech Zimbabwe's insurance arm, EcoSure, has apologised for erroneously deducting money from subscribers' EcoCash wallets on Saturday. EcoSure was under fire on social media at the ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa, Mpilo radiotherapy machines grounded
The fight against cancer requires more interventions after revelations that only one out of five radiotherapy machines in the country is functional. The other four machines, two at Parirenyatw...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 19:41hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Her privates are too big for Chamisa: My reply
Her privates are too big for Chamisa; Herbert Garikai commented on an international world's favourite newspaper: "The Angolan Times." To think that this man is a diplomat representing Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 15:21hrs | 17815 | by Nomazulu Thata
Throwback Monday:- The rise and fall and rise of Tendai 'Wananchi' Biti
THE political circus unravelling in the country's opposition politics needs no introduction. The tag of war between the Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti camps over control of the opposition MDCT has ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 3382 | by Wezhira Marihwepi
Exploring joint ventures for Special Economic Zones
The Zimbabwean government has designated various tracts of land as Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in a noble production oriented policy which requires follow through. The Special Economic Zones Act (Cha...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:15hrs | 733 | by Victor Bhoroma
Botswana credit line to Zimbabwe unpacked
The $95-million credit line to Zimbabwe is earmarked for the private sector and revival of struggling industries.Although this is a drop in the ocean to what Zimbabwe requires for total recove...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1006 | by DW
Government implements vehicle loan scheme
GOVERNMENT has started implementing a vehicle loan scheme for senior officials replacing personal issue vehicles as part of an expenditure management strategy meant to curtail wasteful spending. ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
How effective is CBD really?
Every so often, we jump to a conclusion without analyzing both sides of a picture. This is often the case with Cannabis. People associate it with negative effects due to its addictiveness. However, as...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 706 | by Staff Reporter
Beggar-thy-neighbour protectionist policy is decadent
Reports that the Zimbabwean government wants to liberalize fuel imports is a very significant development that will go a long way towards solving the country's artificial fuel shortages once and for a...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:06hrs | 683 | by Colls Ndlovu
Selfishness, self-interest, opportunism and corruption
Dear Mr President,Policymaking and policy implementation are areas that we like to think of in idealistic terms in which the actors are altruistic. Often, we accept a certain level of self-int...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:51hrs | 191 | by Zifiso Masiye
The impossibility of abolishing lobola
THIS is the conclusion of a three-part series which discussed the feasibility of doing away with roora or making it optional in customary marriages.The position taken has been that it is impos...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:00hrs | 347 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zim-Bots co-operation commendable
The inaugural session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) Summit which ended yesterday in Harare presents both countries with mutual benefits that are set to improve the lives of cit...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 384 | by Letty Mabhena
Education 5.0 - towards problem-solving and value creation
Many thanks to a serious and strong hint by His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa, Education 5.0 is now a reality having been adopted by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Tech...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:22hrs | 1511 | by Enock Jonathan
Auxillia Mnangagwa: First Lady par excellence and philanthropist
The online news publication, Zimeye whose credibility is very questionable, did the unthinkable this week by taking a jibe on the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa through publishing a shoddily-done...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1442 | by Elijah Chihota
'White foreigners looting Zimbabwe gemstones'
FOREIGNERS from countries outside Africa are looting Zimbabwe's gemstones and smuggling them through Zambia, a mines sector official has said.Briefing guests at a Zimbabwe Miners Federation me...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1405 | by newzimbabwe
What's driving the crisis in Zimbabwe?
OVER the course of his nearly 40 years in power, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe demonstrated again and again how disconnected his rule was from the needs of his people.The violent pogro...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | 2005 | by Stephen Chan
The guide on writing motivational letter for your first job
With a high amount of competition existing in the workforce today, it's hard to stand out above all the rest. It can take a while to find the job you've been desiring but you won't be alone in seeking...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1715 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe should be grateful and rest
Former President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 95th birthday last week, a befitting occasion indeed for a man whom God granted the gifts of not only good life as a President of Zimbabwe for 37 years an...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 09:15hrs | 3022 | by Nobleman Runyanga
SA firm to launch data and related mobile service business in Bulawayo
South Africa-based digital communications entrepreneur and award-winning economist, Mr Collet Ndlovu, is planning to launch a new data and related mobile service business in Bulawayo under the trade n...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporas to get dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill which will pave way for dual citizenship for citizens by birth especially those in the Diaspora.Addressing a post-Cabinet p...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:29hrs | 3582 | by Staff reporter
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