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Zimra officer clears vehicles as groceries, jailed
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer based at Plumtree Border Post was jailedan effective six years for defrauding the tax collector of over US$500 000, excluding local currency, in illegal cl...Published: 4 hrs ago | 564 | by Staff reporter
1 300 Zimbabweans arrested in 24 hours
THE number of people arrested for flouting lockdown regulations countrywide since March 31 has risen to 52 041, with a modest spike of 1 312 arrests on Tuesday when enforcement was tightened. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official jailed 14 years for US$500k fraud
A Plumtree-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer linked to a car smuggling racket that defrauded the revenue collector of more than US$530 000 was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail fo...Published: 4 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
Americans' brave struggle for justice, in the face of state brutality, should inspire oppressed people of Zimbabwe
It is so easy for a perpetually oppressed, subjugated, and choked people to give up their struggle for justice, freedom, and equality - in the face of ever-growing brutality and brazen abuse of their ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 829 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zupco carrying capacity increased
Zupco buses can now carry more passengers under new Government health guidelines to ease public transport challenges, but truck drivers who have been running pirate services will be severely penalised...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10764 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
MDC Alliance headed for a split, as MPs defy Chamisa?
THE number of MDC Alliance MPs defying opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott all parliamentary business continues to increase with 15 party legislators attending Tuesday's sitting....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:04hrs | 5273 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC MPs defy Chamisa...attend parliament
About 15 MDC Members of Parliament attend Tuesday's August House seating in an open defiance to the directive given by embattled Party President Nelson Chamisa through his Deputy National Chairperson ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 15:19hrs | 5652 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo's Davis Muhambi throws ZANU PF into turmoil?
Some members of ZANU PF Bulawayo province are said to be disgruntled and unamused by the seemingly promotion and tolerance of individuals whom they deem as hostile to the leadership of Pre...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 12:57hrs | 7540 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Top 5 guiding tips for selecting a betting platform
The online betting industry is on a constant rise as more and more individuals shift from traditional to this flexible and convenient method of placing a wager. While this is a good thing, it also com...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:26hrs | 263 | by Staff Writer
Stanbic starts distributing Covid 19 PPEs
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has kick-started the distribution of US$200 000 worth of equipment to health institutions throughout the country for use by frontline workers in th...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:42hrs | 154 | by Own correspondent
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2589 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Courts bringing confusion to people
IT'S amazing one High Court judge rules that the MDC Alliance is a party and can sue or be sued, while another says it is not a party and, therefore, cannot sue or be sued. We wonder how these judges ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1442 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Time to demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles
FOUR decades of independence did not mature Zimbabweans to the probity of unity and prosperity in diversity.They did not embrace the winsome culture of political tolerance.Consequently...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 360 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Worshippers defy ban on church gatherings
CHURCHES, mostly Apostolic sect groups continue to meet for church services in Bulawayo in violation of Covid-19 national lockdown regulations and police yesterday swooped on one of the religious sect...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to alternative foods
BULAWAYO residents have resorted to finding alternative foods to boost their diets as prices of basic commodities continue to increase beyond their reach. Profiteering businesses are taking advantage ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
'MDC squabbles benefitting Zanu-PF'
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later threw in the towel and decided to form his own politi...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:57hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Zhombe economic activities doomed
Zhombe Chief Wait Gwesela said the economic activities in his area are doomed as the mission dam levels are very low.The ch...Published: 31 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 836 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Nelson Chamisa don't be fooled... numbers without political strategy are useless
During my journey as a political student I have come across great politicians both late and alive, I have studied and mastered books by great philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes who happened to be one ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 19:04hrs | 2664 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zimbabwean fathers petition parliament...demand equal custodial rights with mothers
We the people being bona Fide citizens of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and also being tax payers and constituents drawn from various constituencies in Zimbabwe hereby exercise our rights as enshrined in ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 15:21hrs | 1027 | by Fathers' Rights Movement
Zimbabwean football referees bemoan paltry Covid-19 relief payment from Zifa
Zimbabwe's national football referees have bemoaned the paltry Covid-19 relief payment of US$80 (R1,400) received from the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa).This comes after Morocco's footb...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:53hrs | 887 | by Busisani Ncube
The only option left is to take up arms or else we are buried for good
It's amazing one judge says MDC Alliance is a party & can sue & be sued, another says it is not a party & therefore can not sue or be sued, we wonder how these judges are interpreting the ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 16:57hrs | 5229 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chamisa's MPs irked by Parly boycott directive?
MDC-Alliance legislators are disgruntled over their leader, Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott parliament business in protest of the recalling of four MDC legislators, arguing that they heavily rel...Published: 30 May 2020 at 14:55hrs | 5637 | by Staff reporter
Security agents 'stalk' hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, who are currently detained at a private hospital ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:45hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Eric Bloch estate insolvent, says lawyer
A BULAWAYO lawyer has approached the High Court seeking a provisional order for liquidation of the estate of the late economist and former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) adviser Dr Eric Walter Bloch....Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:19hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3363 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Matebeleland South miners
MACHETE gangs have wreaked havoc in Matebeleland South province, attacking miners and robbing them of their gold ore.The marauding gangs recently hit three mines in a week, leaving several inj...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Clueless gaze in the face of free-falling Zimdollar
THE spectacular collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar in the past week has yet again exposed the government's bankrupt currency policies worsening the country's deepening economic crisis.The Zimdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10619 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: King Bulelani Khumalo feeds Zimbabweans in South Africa
Rightful heir of Mthwakazi throne King Bulelani Collins Khumalo has handed a kind gesture to the underprivileged Zimbabweans staying in the South African suburb of Hillbrow by donating foodstuffs. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 12:41hrs | 2275 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Insights into Mangudya's era of fibs, fiddling
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (pictured) says he has been praying for Zimbabweans to understand economics. Zimbabweans, in turn, have been making the same prayers - for him.T...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1300 | by newZWire
Mthuli Ncube to unveil price stabilisation measures
GOVERNMENT will soon announce measures to stabilise prices of basic commodities while arresting inflation as consumers' buying power continues to drop. While prices of basic commodities are constantly...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2061 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
ZW$ remains our best foot forward
At the rate at the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) is losing its intrinsic value, it may just be a matter of time before the country dollarizes, officially or non-officially.Those pushing for dollarizat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 5617 | by Jameson Dapi
WATCH: Family of man killed by police take body to police station
Family of the late Paul Munakopa who was slain by details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on Saturday night took his body to Hillside police station where they viewed the car which he was driving on t...Published: 27 May 2020 at 16:35hrs | 9035 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1654 | by Staff Writer
Schools, colleges no longer isolation centres
Schools, colleges and universities will no longer be used as Covid-19 quarantine centres for returnees since they will soon partially re-open, while hundreds of buses and kombis have joined the Zupco ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4134 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1751 | by Victor Bhoroma
Barbara Makhalisa Literary Trust promotes IsiNdebele literature
A LOCAL Trust has embarked on a programme to promote isiNdebele literature after observing that few writers were penning novels in the language threatening its future existence. The Barbara Cl...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Every elder is your parent despite being a stranger
I am sure, and others too, without an iota of doubt that some 'Hwindi', is sorely missing his day out on duty. Rasta, dread, or some hairdo where the hair is sticking out like three inch nails. ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 152 | by Tondo
Zim Poet in SA Bongani Mncube pens poem on Mthwakazi Hero Magagula
South Africa based poet, Bongani Mncube has penned a poem as a tribute to the late Author and Mthwakazi hero David Magagula who passed on in South Africa this week.Magagula is one of the pione...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:47hrs | 514 | by Stephen Jakes
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 971 | by Tawanda Majoni
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 165 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Laduma ladlula: lakhothama iqhawe lezwe.
Ibandla elidala le ZAPU lisungule inhlelo ezizathatha iviki eyodwa egcweleyo likhumbula owaye ngu Mongameli walo umuyi u Dr Dumiso Dabengwa owayesaziwa ngegama elithi"The Black Russian''loba ''DD'...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:42hrs | 932 | by ZAPU
Thieves crash in getaway car
TWO men from Bulawayo who were court on camera stealing from a vehicle in Gwanda were arrested after their getaway car was involved in an accident during a speed chase. Mpilwenhle Ndlovu (35) ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens screws on mobile money
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced more measures yesterday affecting EcoCash agents as part of what is now seen as a policy to bring EcoCash agents into the formal banking system and ensure...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
ZCP Central Committee condemns ZANU PF sponsored abuse against women
Three recent incidents involving the beating of 6 women by police and army unmask not only the patriarchal nature of the Zimbabwean society but also, the reluctance of government to take disciplinary ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1488 | by ZCP
Operation restore legacy a failure
Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dismally failed the litmus test.The progressive Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the knock out p...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:37hrs | 1335 | by Leonard Koni
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