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Zanu-PF targets 4 million members
ZANU-PF is intensifying its restructuring efforts to register four million members in village cell structures ahead of the 2028 elections. This process, which began this month, aims to establish a rob...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:09hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide workshop raises eyebrows over chief's role
An invitation to a sensitisation meeting in Bulawayo sent to media editors regarding the Gukurahundi outreach community programme has cast doubt on the National Chiefs Council's authority over the gen...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NetOne is now a danger to life and security!
I am one of those who have been faithful subscribers to Zimbabwe's second largest mobile network operator (MNO) NetOne.Over the years, I have become endeared to the state-owned entity, in spit...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mumba says Mnangagwa's govt misguided itself
SADC Election Observer Mission (EOM) head Nevers Mumba has called out the Zimbabwean government, saying it misdirected itself in blaming him for the regional body's relatively uncommon preliminary rep...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sotho queen to fly Zimbabwe flag at Miss Global Heritage
Reigning Miss Heritage Zimbabwe, Itumeleng Nyathi-Nare is set to fly the country's flag high when she competes at the Miss Heritage Global contest taking place in South Africa on September 23....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
History of election mischief: From mlolongo system to vote buying
Once upon a time, each candidate at the General Election was assigned his own ballot box. It is the ballot papers inside your box that determined the poll outcome.The ballot box was only ident...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by John Kamau
GMB invites transporters
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is inviting transporters owning 3-tonne to 36-tonne trucks to register to carry grain across the country.In a statement, GMB said all interested transporters mu...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC: No going back on parking system
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has dismissed a petition by a section of residents and the motoring public over the parking management system, noting that there was no empirical evidence to suggest th...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Parking fees too high for Bulawayo'
BULAWAYO businesses and residents associations have insisted that fees under the new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned company Tendy...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vehicle licences now set in US$
Vehicle licence fees have now been set in US dollars converted at the interbank rate of exchange on the day of payment for the majority who pay in local currency with owners of vehicles under 1 500kg ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:10hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to have e-passport office
THE Civil Registry Department is working on opening more e-passport offices at district level, including one in Beitbridge where Zimbabweans living in South Africa can make applications more easily....Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Raw deal for old passport applicants
ZIMBABWEANS, who paid passport fees in United States dollars before the introduction of the e-passport in December last year, are being grossly short-changed with the Central Registry Office reimbursi...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parking bays are not car parks, says Bulawayo Mayor
BUSINESSES in the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) have been encouraged to take up pre-paid car parking for their customers and staff, which the local authority says is much cheaper compared t...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt opens Bulawayoyo e-passport facility
A state-of-the-art e-passport bio-enrolment centre was officially opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Provincial Civil Registry offices as Government moves to decentralise access to travel documents in l...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to start e-passport processing
IN a development that will bring a major relief to people in the southern parts of the country, the Bulawayo Civil Registry Office will start processing e-passports by 31 March, as the Government seek...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a country with no coins, US$1 is more useful than US$100
ADRIANA Siwela, a 25-year-old college student in Harare, thought she could dash into a shop for a quick purchase of a US$2 packet of biscuits. But the cashiers sent her away. Her US$20 bill is conside...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's e-passport comes on stream to ease travel
FROM next Monday e-passports that were launched by President Mnangagwa in December last year will be accepted as an official travel document at all ports of entry, the Civil Registry Department (CRD) ...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'5 people die in accidents every day'
ZIMBABWE records a road traffic accident every 15 minutes with at least five fatalities daily, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday said.The TSCZ, in a Road Safety Performan...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dodgy company behind shady passports deal
LITHUANIAN company Garsu Pasaulis which was controversially awarded a contract to produce e-passports by the Zimbabwean government under a murky deal is a dodgy entity previously implicated in bribery...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:55hrs | 71 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's e-passport
A nationwide campaign to issue primary identity and registration documents will be launched next year, coinciding with the voter registration blitz ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mn...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says locals must control 90% of economy
The ruling party Zanu-PF yesterday said above 90 percent of the country's economy should be in the hands of Zimbabweans while urging the Government to start enforcing laws that will see locals dominat...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'People forced to produce HIV status proof at police road blocks'
ZNNP+ said continuous access to HIV prevention and treatment services must always be assured especially during this lockdown period as this draw back the gains in fighting the spread of HIV virus....Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Process to issue Zimbabwe passports online begins
Passport seekers will soon be able to apply for the travel document in the comfort of their homes and schedule appointments with the Registrar-General's Office online, following efforts being made to ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt increases passport fees
GOVERNMENT has increased passport fees and those applying for the travel document will pay in United States dollars to mobilise enough resources to clear the 256 000 backlog.In a post-Cabinet ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passport fees reviewed
Government yesterday marginally reviewed upwards, application fees for ordinary passports and approved the release by Treasury of US$4,5 million to boost the production cycle of passports and clear a ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours King Lobengula's commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Hero status for Gen Mtshana Khumalo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
'Decentralisation of passport production not a priority'
Registrar-General Clement Masango yesterday said decentralising passport production was not a top priority because the Harare station, working at full capacity, can produce enough passports to meet na...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Latest on passport printing in Zimbabwe
Home Affairs Minister Cain Ndabazekhaya Ginyilitshe Mathema has announced that passport production is set to improve within the next three weeks. Mathema told journalists that the Minister of ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 11:20hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparabl...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Jonathan Moyo denies recieving $400 000 from Gono
Professor Jonathan Moyo has denied allegations that he was paid $400 000 by former Reserve Bank Govenor Dr Gideon Gono to draft a ZANU PF manifesto in 2008 bloody run off elections that claimed lives ...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
State of Cyber laws in Zimbabwe and what needs to be done Now!!!
Cybercrimes are a growing concern for governments and nations, Zimbabwean government has been pushing for universal access of the Internet, encouraged the use of social media and is pushing for the us...Published: 23 May 2019 at 16:06hrs | 4 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'RBZ paid Jonathan Moyo US$ 300 000 for ZANU PF campaign'
Former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo was allegedly paid US$300 000 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono to create a ZANU PF manifesto for the 2008 runoff it has emerged....Published: 19 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nurses' body must reform or die
On November 24 2017, President Mnangagwa ushered in the Second Republic with a maiden inauguration speech which was pregnant with pragmatism and divorced from the flowery language his predecesso...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Tuku's first wife sidelined at funeral
THE late music icon Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi has been widely regarded as a unifier, an exemplary father figure, but events at his burial in his rural Madziwa home yesterday suggested otherwise, as his e...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bank card cloning fraud cases on the rise in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) says 154 cases of bank card cloning have been reported in the country so far as more people use electronic payment systems in the absence...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe passports to be processed within 4 weeks
Government is making concerted efforts to produce and avail vital civil registration documents and passports to applicants when they need them, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Ambassador C...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance economics does not address production sector
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary general Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena has said he has gone through the MDC Alliance economic intervention approach and noticed it does not deal with issue of productivi...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Of dark horses, spoilers and kingmakers
In last week's instalment, I analysed the chances of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's prospects in the July 30 presidential race....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo
CSO seeks Gukurahundi reparations
HABBAKUK Trust is lobbying regional and international rights groups to exert pressure on government to address the 1980s Gukurahundi mass killings.The Bulawayo-based civic organisation last we...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
129 parties on Zec sample ballot paper
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has printed a sample ballot paper with 129 political parties intending to participate in the 2018 elections as part of body's preparations for the polls....Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Not good to debate Mr Spaghetti roads
Cde Victor Matemadanda is a member of the Zanu-PF Central Committee and Politburo where he is Secretary for the War veterans. He is known for speaking his mind and will never get an accolade for pulli...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 10:53hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Row over Zacc logo change
The changing of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (Zacc) logo has ignited a row, amid allegations the alterations were done without approval from the executive of the anti-graft agency.The decision...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba ecstatic ahead of book launch
The king of lighter side of politics, Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba, who was recently bestowed with the honour of being appointed Ambassador of Happiness by the Ministry of Labour, continu...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to construct Mutare airport
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Joram Gumbo has said the government will soon construct Mutare Airport, which is expected to boost tourism investment opportunities in the province....Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Comic MP Chinotimba inspires book of jokes
Member of Parliament for Buhera South constituency Joseph Chinotimba's popularity as a 'humorist' has inspired a young author to publish a book of jokes titled "Chinotimba Jokes/Masasi aChinoz: Volume...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tightens parking restrictions
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has tightened their parking space monitoring mechanisms as they push to ensure motorists stick to the city's parking by-laws and boost revenues for the local authority....Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man steals 30 bibles
POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a hitchhiker who allegedly stole 130 bibles and 250 church booklets from a pastor who had given him a lift in Beitbridge.In another inc...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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