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'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 17 hrs ago | 781 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa owns ZUPCO buses?
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has questioned the ownership of the recent fleet of buses that were launched under the ZUPCO scheme. Mawarire's probing questions arose ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 08:23hrs | 16417 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New perks on the table for doctors
Government and striking doctors will meet tomorrow to discuss a proposed package of improved working conditions that includes accommodation, transport and food, as authorities seek to bring normalcy t...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Government offers doctors food for work
Minister of Health Dr Obadiah Moyo has revealed that government if offering to provide food and accommodation to junior doctors in exchange of their services. Speaking to the media on Tuesday ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:08hrs | 1076 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present $28,5 billion budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2020 national Budget on Thursday, with industry and citizens expecting better economic fortunes following the num...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for Bulawayo bus termini
THE Government in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council and the private sector intends to embark on a massive refurbishment of the city's dilapidated 56 bus termini as it moves to overhaul the co...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fires 30 cashiers for fraud
THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft. This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supe...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to President Mnangagwa
Your Excellency,Since your ascendency to the realms of power in November 2017 I have been monitoring your progress with keen interest.Mr President, today I will not write about the inc...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:42hrs | 544 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
All set for stable Zimdollar
As the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe releases $2 coins into circulation tomorrow ahead of the introduction of $2 and $5 Zim-dollar notes, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:22hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions ZUPCO buses in Bulawayo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa this morning commissioned 76 Zupco buses at a colourful ceremony held at the City Hall parking lot in Bulawayo.The President said most of the buses will service ru...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 16:13hrs | 6881 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has all but trashed re-engagement drive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has effectively abandoned its international re-engagement agenda as evidenced by public confrontations with the European Union (EU) and United States, rem...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe - Not as simple as many think
IF one wishes to understand the issue of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe, they first have to stop thinking in binary terms by assuming that the restrictive measures affect only a few people, or that the...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:16hrs | 908 | by Zechariah Mushawatu
Debunking myths surrounding the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe
THE founding tenets of Zimbabwe are based on respect for certain values and principles, which include, amongst others: the supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law, fundamental human rights and ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:14hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday arrived in Bulawayo where he is scheduled to commission 79 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses and officiate at the National University of Science and Technol...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:54hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Drama as woman tries to hand Mnangagwa note at airport
There was drama at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo after a woman believed to be a Zanu-PF supporter tried to hand President Emmerson Mnangagwa a note as he arrived in the ci...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:35hrs | 34477 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa bemoans tourist drop
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has bemoaned the drop in tourist arrivals in the country. Speaking at an Economic Development and Financial Indaba in Harare on Thursday, Mnangagwa called for tour...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:27hrs | 3203 | by Staff Reporter
Open challenge to Zimbabwe govt for nationwide LIVE public debates on so-called sanctions and their real effects
As the vast majority of Zimbabweans continue to drown in this suffocating abyss of the worst economic meltdown in a decade, the government has upped its denial and defensive mode, as it seeks to dodge...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 13:47hrs | 626 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC defends Victoria Falls opulence
THE MDC has defended its MPs who recently attended a government organised pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls during which some US$5 million was blown in less than a week.Amid a backlash from...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2242 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa, Chamisa called to order
THE head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Harare, Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has called on Zimbabwe's main political leaders to urgently tame their egos, swallow their pride and dialogue to a...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission new Zupco buses in Bulawayo on Friday
BULAWAYO is set to have 76 more Zupco buses to ease transport problems in the province, with President Mnangagwa expected to commission them on Friday. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Jud...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:36hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
'Government understands civil servants plight'
GOVERNMENT does not dispute the need to pay civil servants a cost of living adjustment hence its decision to provide them with annual bonuses inclusive of their allowances, Information, Publicity and ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Govt understands civil servants plight, says Mutsvangwa
GOVERNMENT does not dispute the need to pay civil servants a cost of living adjustment hence its decision to provide them with annual bonuses inclusive of their allowances, Information, Publicity and ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 370 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa for Byo Zupco launch
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Friday launch Zupco buses in Bulawayo to service different routes in the city.Mnangagwa will also preside over the Nust graduation on the day and also laun...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:20hrs | 1839 | by Staff Reporter
Our MPs are true representatives of the people
The MDC MPs are representatives of the people and during the pre-budget consultation meeting in Victoria Falls, we adequately played the role of true envoys of ordinary Zimbabweans who want key issues...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:40hrs | 918 | by Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami
Zupco increases Bulawayo fleet
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has increased its fleet of kombis in Bulawayo from 46 to 80 and expanded its services to cater for residents living in the eastern suburbs. Last m...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'national interests' can't be defined by ZANU PF alone, but by national consensus
In recent days - especially, after the botched 25 October 2019 anti-sanctions march, in which very few people heeded government's calls for the nation to come out in full force to demonstrate against ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1068 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu-PF, govt must pay ZBC for live broadcasts'
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the struggling State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) must be supported through the fiscus and that it must be paid for outside coverage of national ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Last batch of Zupco buses heads for Bulawayo
The latest batch of 76 Zupco buses imported by Government from China left Beitbridge yesterday for Bulawayo pending commissioning by President Mnangagwa on a date to be announced. Last week Go...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:53hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Government, civil service find each other
Cases of absenteeism and non-performance by civil servants have markedly declined following the increased frequency of impromptu inspection visits by the Public Service Commission (PSC).Public...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Fuel monitoring system rolled out
Government has released US$300 000 for the national roll-out of electronic fuel monitoring devices that will curb malpractices in the petroleum industry.The new national fuel monitoring and ma...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
'My mother makes me sleep with her goblins'
A woman from Old Magwegwe shocked a court when she revealed that she was tormented by her son who alleges that she makes him sleep with goblins. Maria Ndlovu said Xolani Ncube always made thes...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 3484 | by Staff reporter
Is Zim govt anger at Brian Nichols due to jitters as was sold a dummy by SADC over anti-sanctions solidarity?
The escalating attacks on the United States of America ambassador Brian Nichols by the Zimbabwe government - most recent of which was notably a thinly veiled threat, possibly of expulsion from the cou...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3809 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe sanctions conundrum
The USA first enacted ZIDERA in 2001 as a response to gross human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, violent grab of white owned farms, violent crackdown on opposition and dissent, costly deployme...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 989 | by Terrence Wuragu
US Senate backs its ambassador after Zimbabwe attacks
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Friday backed the US ambassador to Zimbabwe, a day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government threatened to expel him for alleged politi...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 5020 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe threatens to expel U.S. ambassador
Zimbabwe on Thursday threatened to expel the United States ambassador to Harare in a new low in diplomatic relations between the two countries.Zimbabwe accuses the United States of imposing "i...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 1555 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission hangs in the balance
ZIMBABWE'S desperate bid to re-join the Commonwealth is hanging in the balance after the United Kingdom this week accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of falling short of satisfying r...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
New Zupco fleet set for commissioning
President Mnangagwa will next week commission another batch of 66 buses from China, as Government continues equipping the resuscitated Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) and expanding its fleet...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1963 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Mnangagwa led govt has failed
It is a fact that ZANU PF party has failed this nation since 1980, it is also a fact that ZANU PF is known locally for all the wrong reasons, ranging from gukurahundi genocide, government sponsored tr...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3436 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6670 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Minister Ncube placement on sanctions list uncalled for
Zimbabweans, the SADC region, other organs and countries joined hands on the 25th of October calling for the removal of the illegally EU-US-imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe. The US camp responded with co...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1905 | by Gift Mashoko
Chamisa says, 'We're sitting on time bomb'
Zimbabwe is sitting on a time bomb that can explode anytime because of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's poor governance.This was said yesterday by Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDCA) ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4863 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top ally in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt yet another blow with US President Donald Trump on Friday adding his close ally, State Security minister Owen Ncube, to the sanctions list.Ncube who...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2580 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police officers undergo rights training
THOUSANDS of Zimbabwe Republic Police officers have been taken through human rights training to help them apply the skills when handling the public.However, the recent death of a Harare vendor...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 543 | by newzimbabwe
Zupco mobilises 200-strong kombi fleet
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has mobilised more than 200 kombis to service suburban routes across the country, with 46 kombis already operating under the scheme in Bulawayo, a develop...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Zupco expands kombi franchise
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has mobilised nearly 300 kombis to service suburban routes across the country, a development that has resulted in affordable fares for commuters. Gove...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:22hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
EU, US not moved by Zimbabwe sanctions march
THE European Union (EU) and United States (US) have scoffed at the anti-sanctions march held by government on Friday, saying the restrictive measures would remain in place until President Emmerson Mna...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 11:45hrs | 3088 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF told to reform or suffer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants risk being slapped with more punitive measures by the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) - unless they start implementing much-...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 3531 | by Staff reporter
NUST develops Zimbabwe's first trolley bus
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is developing Zimbabwe's first prototype electric bus which it expects to improve the country's public transportation system. Aleck Ncu...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
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