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Zimbabwe removes barriers to solar energy expansion
Power-short Zimbabwe has removed import duties on solar-energy-related products, from batteries to cables, and mandated that all new construction in the country include solar systems, government offic...Published: 11 hrs ago | 455 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Mthuli Ncube to rescue closed mines
The government is considering a duty waiver for closed mines to allow them to retool, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.Ncube said allowing the struggling mines to import equipment duty-f...Published: 11 hrs ago | 372 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 11 hrs ago | 498 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
'Ramaphosa's donations from White Monopoly Capital must be made public'
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to publish all the donations he had received during his 2017 ANC presidential campaign, finding he had breached the executive ethics...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 17:33hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers chiefs
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said government will soon review traditional leaders allowances because their earnings are meagre given the prevailing economic situation.Speaking on the sideli...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Mid-year bonus for pensioners
Government has extended a mid-year bonus to National Social Security Authority (NSSA) pensioners to cushion them from the rise in the cost of living. In a statement to The Herald yesterday, NS...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
New funding round launched for Zim startups at FasterCapital
On the 11th July 2019; more than 20 African countries bring into effect what is going to be the largest Free Trade Area in the world. A free trade area means an agreement between several countries to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1111 | by Tawanda Mutukwa
How safe are Zimbabwe's top online casinos compared to countries like the UK?
Zimbabwe has a lot of reasons for tourists to visit. Along with the traditional safaris, parks, and landscapes, it also has an abundance of well-operated casinos. With 11 major cities and each one hom...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 11:38hrs | 390 | by Staff Writer
Gukurahundi victims top documentation hearing
PEOPLE from Matabeleland North have implored the Government to help facilitate the issuance of national documents to victims of Gukurahundi saying a majority of them remain undocumented. ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Chmaisa mustn't underestimate the electorate
Despite efforts by the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, to tarnish the image of Zanu-PF, the revolutionary party has remained the party of choice. The MDC has no policy and no selling...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
SI 142 yields positive results
Having been asked by fellow Zimbabweans to clarify the impact of Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 (SI 142/2019), announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube on June 2...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 639 | by Tendai A. Chinamasa
The loved opposition
I hope I can be brief enough to be witty but concise enough to be understood and effectual. I know the natural instinct for people when they see someone questioning the political party that they suppo...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 733 | by Jason Huntley
Documentation challenges for ex-Wenela miners
EX-WENELA Miners Association of Zimbabwe is facing challenges in ensuring that its members and dependants of the deceased have the requisite documentation to enable them to receive compensation for re...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Batoka power project clears ESIA hurdle
THE multi-million dollar Batoka power project has been certified not to pose adverse effects on human settlement along the Zambezi River, passing one of the pre-project commencement processes and sett...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Inflation-linked pay-outs for pensioners
Pensioners are set to start receiving inflation-adjusted pay-outs, as the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) starts reviewing the compensation framework.The latest recorded year-on-year...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:24hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Mayor humiliates Kambarami, lifts suspension of town clerk
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has reversed a decision by his deputy Tinashe Kambarami to suspend town clerk Christopher Dube, as the battle for control of the City of Kings intensifies.Kambaram...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Ousted Bulawayo Town Clerk back in office
BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday lifted the suspension of Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, as the Government condemned the violent manner in which he was ejected from his office. Council...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
'Dollarisation failed to create jobs in Zimbabwe'
While Zimbabwe registered remarkable economic growth during the multi-currency era, the period dismally failed to generate significant formal jobs, research findings 5released by the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 18:57hrs | 799 | by Staf reporter
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1224 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Suspended Bulawayo Town Clerk opens a case of assault
'SUSPENDED' Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube has opened a case of assault against Bulawayo's Acting Mayor.Bulawayo's acting Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, and Ward 4 councillor...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:32hrs | 4359 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor dismisses convict Kambarami's actions as a non-event
BULAWAYO deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, and Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora yesterday violently ejected Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from his office after he refused to tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes overdrive to lure diasporans
Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira is in the United Kingdom for Zimbabwe's roadshow aimed at increasing engagement with citizens domiciled in Europe to encourage them to come and invest back in the co...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Barbarians at Bulawayo council gate, Bulawayo Town Clerk ejected from office
BULAWAYO deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, and Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora yesterday violently ejected Bulawayo City Council Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from his office after he refused to tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Convicted thief suspends Bulawayo town clerk - Full letter
Christopher Dube has been suspended as the Bulawayo town clerk after councillors accused him of incompetence and abuse of office.The retired army Major, who joined the Bulawayo City Council af...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | 4392 | by Staf reporter
Obert Mpofu, Jacob Mudenda emerge as Mnangagwa's new targets for purging
AFTER weeding out his new rivals - who brought him to power - in the security sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has now shifted the purges to Zanu-PF, targeting the ruling party's heavyweights seen...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 12671 | by Staff reporter
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 358 | by Ian Buruma
Gukurahundi survivors trauma interventions start
CIVIL society organisations have started working on psycho-social interventions and support systems to assist Gukurahundi survivors deal with the trauma associated with their past experiences when the...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase civil service salaries
Government is set to increase civil service salaries, potentially beginning this month-end to cushion them from recent price hikes once a framework to guide the planned pay and benefits rise has been ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 2204 | by STaff reporter
Reasons why TruePeopleSearch site is a tool for business
People search services are vital for businesses. They not only make work easier, but it also saves money for them. When looking for such utilities for business, you need to be a little vigilant in the...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 23:09hrs | 581 | by Staff writer
Glamping organisers aim to integrate the region
Travelling in the SADC region has been on the increase, so as innovative ways to boost tourism. According to 'Travel and Tourism Competitiveness' report 2017, the World Economic Forum said Southern Af...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | 801 | by Agencies
Potraz to review the Domain Name System Framework for Zimbabwe
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) says it intends to review the current Domain Name System (DNS) Framework for Zimbabwe, ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 23:38hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
18 ZACC investigators suspended in 2016 cleared and reinstated
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has lifted the suspension on 18 investigating officers who were suspended in 2016 for alleged corruption, insubordination and divulging the organisation’s sec...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 22:01hrs | 738 | by Ndou Paul
Sixth judge dumps ex-PG director's case
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has recused himself from hearing the 19-year-old legal wrangle between former PG Industries (Zimbabwe) Limited marketing director Nkululeko Mabhena ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand $600 monthly pension
THE Defence and War Veterans ministry has requested a review of pensions for war veterans which are currently pegged at the salary grade of an army warrant officer of $350 per month.Former fre...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
Perverse opulence amid squalor likely to sink Zimbabwe
The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amids...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic, SAZ in solar plant deal
FINANCIAL services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has facilitated the construction of a ZAR7 million 190kw solar plant for Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) as part of interventions to aid ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Harare to splash US$23 000 on iPads
CASH-strapped Harare City Council, which is struggling to buy chemicals to treat drinking water, is set to splash US$23 000 on councillors' iPads. Each of Harare's 46 councillors plus some sel...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Giving Mthuli Ncube's mono-currency a fighting chance
It is July 1, 1916, World War 1, the Battle of the Somme. The British Army had been planning for weeks and months for a massive assault on German positions dug in around Somme, to relieve pressure on ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:46hrs | 3992 | by Joseph Mverecha
Latest on 3 'missing' Air Zimbabwe planes
Air Zimbabwe has denied that three MA60s acquired from China in 2005, had disappeared. The airline says the planes are there and not working but what the Auditor General's office found a...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 12:01hrs | 10189 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Air Zimbabwe is not missing any planes'
Air Zimbabwe says it is not missing any planes, following weekend newspaper reports citing comments by the Auditor General.The Daily News on Sunday reported that three MA60 planes purchased fr...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
Business community must take a leading role in Economic Transformation
We have energy problems, we have political disputes, we have shortage inflation at hand and it is the duty and obligation of the business community to take a leading role in fostering the national dev...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | 679 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Matutu dares Mangudya, Rushwaya
THE Zanu-PF youth league has vowed to further expose Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and the Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya's alleged corrupt deals, and expose more...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | 4432 | by Staff reporter
Request for all Zimbabwean engineers to regulate their membership
The Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE) and the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) is appealing to all persons or professionals doing engineering work across all the disciplines and or related ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1362 | by Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers
Deaths on black women on the rise in Germany; how many deaths will it take until we know that too many women have died?
The cold-blood murders of black women in Germany are not German men as such but African men. Bremen-North is plunged into a shock, the newspapers are filled with a recent event of a mother murdered by...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:09hrs | 2136 | by Nomazulu Thata
Policy uncertainty disrupts investors
THAT President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Finance minister Mthuli Ncube are trying and well-meaning is not in doubt. Even their trenchant critics and cynics would agree they are making the right noise...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:08hrs | 232 | by Zimind Comment
Audit exposes shocking govt rot
GOVERNMENT last year overspent by more than $2 billion without seeking parliamentary approval, while various departments and local authorities flagrantly flouted accounting procedures, Auditor-General...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:45hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs demand truth and apology from Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
President Emmerson had a rude awakening after the Chiefs from Midlands and Matabeleland bluntly told him that their people need a national apology preceded by truth telling about what happened during ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 13:51hrs | 6774 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko to get his exit package
Former vice president (VP) Phelekezela Mphoko, is now likely to get his terminal benefits, more than a year after he was booted out of government. According to the independently-owned Daily Ne...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 7323 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams Cites 'dictatorship'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called for free trade in wildlife products to ensure a positive impact on national economies adding that an ivory trade ban has resulted in the country having stockpiles ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
All hail Mthuli, Zimdollar will boost competitiveness
The rate at which the black market value of the RTGS dollar (now Zimbabwean Dollar) has been fast sliding against the US dollar was no longer sustainable and the move by Government to abolish the mult...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
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