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Zimbabwe keeps borders closed, but opens its airports to visitors
Zimbabwe re-opened its borders to air travellers on Thursday, but officials said borders would remain closed.Zimbabwe imposed a national lockdown at the end of March to curb the spread of the ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe borders still closed to general human traffic
Zimbabwe has only opened international airports to passenger traffic while land borders remain closed to human traffic for the time being. Only commercial traffic, diplomats and returning resi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 967 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders want validity of Covid-19 test certificate extended
CROSS border traders have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend the validity time frame of Covid-19 tests.Cross Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe president Killer Zivhu said tha...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:21hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Speeding Nissan March kills one
A speeding Nissan March killed one person on the spot after the driver failed to control it at Pembi bridge, Mvurwi this morning.When Bulawayo24.com arrived on the scene the deceased was still...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:55hrs | 5015 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1079 | by Anthony Matutu
Chamisa's MDC Alliance in tricky Gwanda mayoral polls
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance yesterday said it was confident of retaining the Gwanda mayoral seat although stakes favoured its rivals, Zanu-PF and MDC-T.The Gwanda mayoral polls will be...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2484 | by Staff reporter
NetOne top brass trial postponed
THE trial of suspended NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje and seven other senior managers on fraud allegations was yesterday postponed to October 29 after the State failed to provide them...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money set to bridge the financial divide, says Potraz
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has urged the government to allow greater use of mobile money platforms in the country as a way to bridge the financial divi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2219 | by Agencies
Chamisa warned by State security
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday sensationally accused the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance of engaging in acts of sabotage and banditry by smuggling guns into the country and setting up mi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 7947 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Handshakes, hugs banned as schools reopen
PUBLIC schools reopened yesterday for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination classes with both staff and students adhering to the mandatory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) i...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | 897 | by Staff Reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 717 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Zimbabwe, SA border blockade fails again
Organisers of a two-day demonstration that sought to block commercial traffic from entering and leaving South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post were left eating the dust from the cargo trucks driv...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out Zimbabwe successes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last week underlined Zimbabwe's economic gains to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), giving the world an accurate depiction of the economic transformation being undertaken...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Beitbridge businesswoman
TWO armed robbers allegedly pounced at a Beitbridge businesswoman's home and robbed her of property and cash worth R30 000 as well as a vehicle worth US$2 500.This was heard by magistrate Maph...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'I'm committed to democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, includin...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 146 | by Franck Kuwonu
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Schools to reopen in 3 phases
GOVERNMENT has announced a three-phased plan for the reopening of schools, with the last group ECD, grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and forms 1 and 2 resuming classes on November 9 after an almost six-month-long...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:07hrs | 3335 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to field recalled councillors
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's Bulawayo provincial executive has resolved to field all the eight councillors who were recently recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe in the upcoming by-el...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 9843 | by Staff reporter
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4865 | by Staff reporter
2 smugglers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two smugglers towing a trailer of smuggled goods and mbanje were arrested following a high-speed chase along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway on Sunday morning after they smashed through security booms...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Pressure keeps mounting on Chamisa
Pressure keeps mounting on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as his former top lieutenant and now MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said that MDC Alliance name belongs to the MDC-T and the...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:26hrs | 5294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers turn to 'chikorokoza'
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to "chikorokoza" as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 4511 | by Staff reporter
Road rehabilitation project creates employment for women
THE Government's decision to use local companies in rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Harare highway has created opportunities for women in the male-dominated road construction industry.The wideni...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:20hrs | 1138 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cities left with less than a year of water supply
WATER supplies in many cities and towns in the country are dwindling, while local authorities face additional challenges of shortages of chemicals and broken down pipes and pumps, Lands deputy ministe...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Top cop takes boss to court
A TOP cop who was recently acquitted on charges of allegedly stealing guns, more than 180 live bullets and an assortment of related weaponry from the police armoury has taken his boss, Police Commissi...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls local authority commissions
Government is considering appointing commissions to run the affairs of local authorities following the recall of councillors by MDC-T for insubordination and failing to recognise the leadership of Tho...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Khupe youths blast 'vindictive' recalls on Alliance MPs
YOUTHS aligned to Thokozani Khupe's old MDC-T party have warned their leaders within the newly reconstituted MDC-T to stop "vindictive" recalls on MPs and councillors elected on the MDC Alliance ticke...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 4059 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T recalls Gwanda mayor
THE MDC-T has recalled Gwanda Mayor, Councillor Jastone Mazhale as the party continues in its quest to remove all members aligned to the MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Malema calls for blocking of Beitbridge border post
SOUTH African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has challenged Zimbabwean youths to take the lead in confronting their government and not wait for outsiders to take the i...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 05:56hrs | 6412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bodies repatriation crisis
Zimbabweans dying in South Africa have been caught up in an industrial dispute that has already stopped the repatriation of Zimbabwean bodies.An average of 70 bodies are sent home by road each...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:08hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Malayitsha truck catches fire
A Zimbabwe registered truck believed to be carrying goods from South Africa reportedly caught fire along the highway before Beitbridge. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 13:29hrs | 6606 | by Staff Reporter
Vic Falls councillors punished for pushing for mayor Dlamini ouster
VICTORIA FALLS Ward 1 and 6 councillors Marguerite Varley and Ephias Mambume who have been recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe could have been punished for launching a spirited push for the r...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa scuffle cripples local authorities
THE turf war between MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa has left operations in the country's major cities and towns paralysed after she recalled a record 84 council...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway robbers nabbed
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, last week arrested four Mbare men linked to a spate of robberies targeting trucks along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway.Ngonidzashe Jeke (36), Sile...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Khupe persists with MDC Alliance massacre
TRIGGER-HAPPY MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has expelled several more MDC Alliance councillors in Bulawayo, Gwanda, Beitbridge and Marondera as she stops at nothing to decimate rival Nelson Chamisa's i...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 681 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe recalls almost render Beitbridge, Harare councils dysfunctional
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party continued its purge of MDC Alliance councillors on Monday, rendering both the capital Harare and the border town of Beitbridge almost dysfunctional.Local Go...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Voters don't understand our role, says MPs
LEGISLATORS yesterday said they often ended up performing duties which were not theirs just to win votes as the bulk of the electorate was ignorant of the roles played by the President, Members of Par...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Private schools reopen
PRIVATE schools reopened yesterday for the Cambridge examination classes with the generality of them adhering to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's mandatory Standard Operating Procedur...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Robbers strike in Beitbridge again
Police are looking for three men who fatally struck a 29-year-old man with stones and robbed him of four cell phones and money last Thursday afternoon. The attack occurred after Andy Culkin Ma...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
$600m availed for schools reopening
A TOTAL of $600 million has been set aside by the Government for disbursement to needy schools to improve sanitation and enable them to reopen safely without risking a spike in Covid-19 infections. ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Teachers escalate row with govt
THE row between the government and teachers over the reopening of schools for face-to-face teaching for examination classes is escalating. The teachers have now accused Primary and Secondary E...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 2951 | by Staff reporter
Boris Conservatism: law protects in-group but does not bind, it binds out-group but does not protect = essence Zanu PF thuggery
When the British people voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 Referendum, then Prime Minister, David Cameron, who had campaigned to remain, resigned and chaos ensued. Voting to leave was the e...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:50hrs | 562 | by Wilbert Mukori
BREAKING: Thokozani Khupe fires Beitbridge Mayor
MDC-T Acting President has recalled Mayor of Beitbridge Councillor Morgan Ncube, Granger Nyoni of ward 5 and Tore Angeline of Ward 6 in Beitbridge Municipality. The Minister of Local Governmen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:16hrs | 5141 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Woza engages Parly over schools opening
WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country's readiness for the re-openi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha falsifying papers, claims Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says clients using the Beitbridge Border Post are deliberately falsifying declaration submissions under its pre-payment and pre-clearance facilities, prejudicing...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
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