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MDC raises red flag over politicisation of State institutions
MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), raising concern over the politicisation of State institutions after Zanu-PF instructed NatPham to disburse...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
US govt happy with Mthuli Ncube's TSP
The United States government says Zimbabwe's latest economic blueprint, The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) can address the economy's weaknesses if fully implemented and h...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:06hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ouster hatched in SA hotel
The toppling of an autocrat generally makes for enthralling reading. Two Weeks in November obliges in many respects.Keeping readers on tenterhooks and delivering on its promise to reveal, in t...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:36hrs | 6536 | by David Gorin
Police arrest half a million rand robber
Police have arrested one of the five suspects who along with his accomplices pounced on a Beitbridge foreign currency dealer's house and robbed him over half a million Rands, US$4500 and a...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2625 | 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 | 1104 | by Tawanda Mutukwa
SA firm seals US$2bn Beitbridge - Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway dualisation deal
Construction group, Khato Holdings, has sealed a deal that will see the dualisation of Beitbridge-Victoria Falls highway at an estimated cost of US$2bn in a build, operate and transfer arrangement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4228 | by Staff reporter
Police crush anti-Mnangagwa demonstration...leaders arrested
Police in Bulawayo arrested Josphat Mzaca Ngulube and other activists over a pre-planned demonstration that was supposed to take place today. The demonstration was supposed to take place ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 17213 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Two Zimbabwe businessmen murdered in South Africa
Two Zimbabwean businessmen were found dead in Mpumalanga, South Africa last week after two weeks of being reported missing.The pair (known as Sydney and Eddy) ran a flourishing transport and f...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 10:26hrs | 14658 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 2820 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
CAF President hosts Zimbabwe's Alvin Zhakata
There was jubilation among Zimbabwe soccer fans on Tuesday after one of their own Alvin Zhakata was personally singled out by Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad to be his special ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:46hrs | 4234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Mthwakazi Institute Of Research has been putting together pieces of a question on the lips of many in the binary state of Zimbabwe and beyond borders. The question whether Zimbabwe will remain United ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 7326 | by 'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Zimbabwe, North Korea, Syria and Myanmar among countries defending China's actions in Xinjiang
Ambassadors representing 37 countries praised China for its "remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," just a day after a group of 22 other countries formally condemned Beijing for the ma...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 871 | by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
SB Moyo flies out to Lusaka on Friday
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo is expected to attend the 21st Ministerial Committee of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Lusaka on Frid...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Singapore on economic development
Singapore is a tiny island-city state in Southeast Asia with a total area of 718km2 (543 times smaller than Zimbabwe) and part of the four Asian Tigers (Others include Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Kore...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1282 | by Victor Bhoroma
Lying for his country
A diplomat was famously described as 'an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.' Lieutenant-General SB Moyo, Zimbabwe's chief diplomat as Minister of Foreign Affairs, fell so...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:43hrs | 5739 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 3806 | by Israel Dube
Yeni Malatyaspor unveils Hadebe
Yeni Malatyaspor has officially unveiled Teenage Hadebe as their new player.The defender joins the Turkish side from Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. He becomes the latest Zimbabwean player to m...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
5 things to know about the upcoming immigration raids in major U.S. cities
A series of immigration raids is expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, according to President Donald Trump.It's part of the Trump administration's crackdown on...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:47hrs | 786 | by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
Diasporans contribute towards growth of rural economies
DIASPORANS continue to be the cornerstone of turning around the economies and livelihoods of families at most rural communities in Matabeleland South Province bordering the country with neighbouring c...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:37hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government
Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | 2728 | by Murowa Ward Community
We are all thieves, Zivhu admits
Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu has all but admitted that he and other well-connected ruling party politicians as well as government officials are corrupt and would not miss a good ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4629 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders the acceleration of roads tarring in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the acceleration of roads development and tarring in Matebeleland, among them the 92km Plumtree-Maitengwe Border Post stretch.Transport and Infrastruct...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Guests at Mfuwe Lodge get to share breakfast with elephants
Some guests at Mfuwe Lodge got to share their breakfast with some wild visitors! ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1201 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana negotiate cattle repatriation
Government is negotiating with Botswana to have hundreds of livestock that stray into the neighbouring country repatriated instead of being put down.Villagers along the border in Matabeleland ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to expedite one-stop border concept at Beitbridge
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development has challenged Government to expedite the implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSPB) concept at Beitbridge to e...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens screws at Beitbridge border post
The Department of Immigration Services has tightened screws on wheeler dealers, human traffickers and border jumpers at Beitbridge border post in line with Government's thrust on the ease of doing bus...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:40hrs | 7558 | by Staff reporter
Zimra on course to surpass $4,8 billion target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is well on course to surpass its half year revenue collection target with the final report for the period set for release at the end of this month, board chairpe...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:33hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
'We don't eat Nationalism' says Mthwakazi President
So many people in Zimbabwe particularly shonas and some of our Ndebele speaking people do not really understand or comprehend with what is meant by the term "Nationalism". To Shonas, nationalism means...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1172 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Matebeleland South teachers call for strike
EMBATTLED teachers in Insiza district, Matebeleland South, have called on their union, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, to urgently organise a strike over their deteriorating working ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's foot in mouth: Storm in a tea cup
THOSE who have been following Zimbabwean politics since the country's independence in 1980 are most likely wondering what all the hullaballoo is about over the statements made by ultra-controversial o...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1151 | by Editorial - Newsday
LIVE: Mthuli Ncube speaks to Trevor Ncube
Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube speaks to the Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube about issues relating to the economy.The event titled : Conversation with Trevor is the first in a ser...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 4151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How to remove ZANU-PF: Overthrowing or Fair Elections?
This piece seeks to demonstrate that ZANU-PF has been provoking citizens to revolt since 1980s. President ED Mnangagwa should change his party's dictatorship system of governance and electoral fraud. ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:43hrs | 2809 | by Don Chigumba
Clean-up as a sustainable policy option: Transform Zimbabwe implores government
There are so many ways the Government of Zimbabwe can adopt in improving its environmental performance other than setting aside a day for National cleaning which Transform Zimbabwe views as a reactive...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 126 | by Staff Reporter
When losers seek to overthrow winners
Quite burdensome are the times we are living in, and one hopes to wake up from this nightmarish existence wiser. What with all this talk about overthrowing a constitutionally elected Government or coe...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 837 | by Elliot Ziwira
Police intercept 3 truckloads of charcoal, 6 arrested
POLICE in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East, on Wednesday intercepted three trucks loaded with charcoal before arresting six men in connection with the case.Nesbert Tatenda, Wellington Kunaka, Jaco...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Acting President Mohadi appeals to businesses on prices
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has appealed to local businesses to support the Government's economic realignment measures through implementing a fair pricing model to avoid causing unnecessary suffering ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to engage ZNA over border post landmines
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will seek the intervention of the Zimbabwe National Army to assess Forbes Border Post for possible landmines to enable authorities to access an are...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zacc boss vows to tighten screws
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has vowed to step up the fight against corruption.Matanda-Moyo (LMM), who was recently appointed to head the anti-graf...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:25hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
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 | 336 | by Staff reporter
Lions terrorise villagers
VILLAGERS in the Makhulela and Ndolwane area in Plumtree are living in fear of a pride of lions, which has so far killed over 10 cattle in the past week.The lions were first noticed last weeke...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:20hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya protégé declares Sunday of turnaround
Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya's “spiritual son", Prophet Chamunorwa Nyamupinga, has set July 28 as a Big Sunday of spiritual turnaround.The chari...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:18hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi want investors to exploit Beitbridge SEZ status
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said there is a need to accelerate investment and industrialisation of Beitbridge Town in recognition of its rapid socio-economic growth in the last decade.He s...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
RBZ unleashes monitors
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has dispatched a monitoring team to knock down the last bastions of unscrupulous businesses that are still transacting in foreign currency.Last month, the Go...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:07hrs | 3955 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's world crumbling?
The world around Prophet Walter Magaya is crumbling as more allegations of sexual abuse and harassment continue to surface.A week after the Maenzanise family went on social media alleging that...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:00hrs | 601 | by Garikai Mazara
'Zimbabwe - SA should re-introduce day passes'
BEITBRIDGE East legislator Albert Nguluvhe has appealed to the Zimbabwean and South African governments to re-introduce passes for villagers to visit relatives across either sides of the border....Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses billions to illicit financial flows
GOVERNMENT should complement monetary policy changes with an anti-corruption strategy to curb illicit financial flows (IFFs) as the country is losing billions annually, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:37hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cornered over demos
After failing to mobilise Zimbabweans for a crippling stay-away this week pressure group Tajamuka has joined a growing list of organisations that are pushing for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to le...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:33hrs | 6440 | by Staff reporter
Military commanders in diplomacy and defence
THE Africa Land Forces Summit 2019 (ALFS) jointly hosted by the United States Army Africa and Botswana Defence Forces aimed at strengthening partnerships between military forces of African countries w...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 980 | by Pearl Matibe
Another foreign trip for Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa will join fellow Heads of State and Government here for the Extraordinary African Union Summit (AU) which starts today. The summit, which is running under the theme: "Refug...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1173 | 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 | 3988 | by Joseph Mverecha
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