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Tobacco sales increase 206%
THE value of tobacco crop sold at both auction and contract floors increased 206,54% to US$101,5 million as of day 21, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show.This is up ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 391 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over electricity tokens
ZESA Holdings customers yesterday expressed outrage over failure to buy electricity tokens after the power utility's payment platforms were overwhelmed. Customers endured long hours in queues at Zesa ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 950 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of funds for corona repatriations
Foreign Affairs secretary James Manzou told Parliament that Government no longer has resources to repatriate Zimbabweans affected by the coronavirus pandemic abroad. Manzou said the ministry n...Published: 11 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
NGO donates to widows of war veterans
A Bulawayo non governmental organisation, Smile for Africa, donated mealie meal to widows of war veterans as part of its initiative to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on vulnerable membe...Published: 11 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official loses house over corruption
Former Zimra revenue officer Mr Kennedy Nyatoti has made history by becoming the first person to lose assets under Zimbabwe's civil-based asset forfeiture law when his US$150 000 mansion and US$10 000...Published: 11 hrs ago | 643 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ doesn't buy black market forex,' claims Mangudya
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe does not deal in parallel markets, and none of its employees have been deployed to buy foreign currency on the streets, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya has said.He s...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:02hrs | 2023 | by Staff reporter
Scores of stranded as Zesa system is overwhelmed
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Monday left scores of electricity consumers stranded failing to buy prepaid power tokens as its online system was overwhelmed ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:38hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Truckers arrested over US$22 000 fuel theft
TWO Bulawayo truck drivers allegedly ganged up with three accomplices, one of them a South African trucker and stole 28 000 litres of diesel worth US$22 000 which was imported by a Beitbridge petroleu...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Family appeals for food aid due to starvation during lockdown
A family in Bulawayo is appealing for food donations and financial assistance after they have spent weeks without eating since the lock down started March.Ozias Ngwenya (33) of 16637, Cowdray ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 855 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe cost of living up 22%
THE cost of living in Zimbabwe ballooned by $1 554 to $8 726 by end of last month due to the influence of the parallel market on exchange rates, limited supply of basic products and panic buying by co...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:27hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
11 quarantine escapees fined $2 000 each
ELEVEN people who escaped from Mabhikwa High School in Lupane where they had been quarantined after returning from South Africa have each been fined $2 000. Mabhikwa High School is one of the provinci...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:03hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive serial fraudster arrested - 3 years on the run, 12 homeseekers duped
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a serial fraudster who has been on the run for three years after swindling 12 home seekers of more than R800 000. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abe...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Workers walk to town: Zupco fleet overwhelmed
THE transport crisis has been tabled before the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus fleet is overwhelmed, leading to workers walking to and from Bul...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 869 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
No tests for Covid returnees in Chinhoyi
As the Zimbabwe Covid infection rate continue to rise some returnees in Chinhoyi said they have not been tested of Coronavirus (Covid 19)after being admitted for quarantine. Scores of returnees ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:44hrs | 351 | by Naume Muza
Donor comes to the aid of Zimbabweans in SA
Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has revealed that a donor has come to the rescue of Zimbabweans who are facing starvation in South Africa following the enforcement of lockdown.Sibanda ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:57hrs | 2258 | by Stephen Jakes
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 483 | 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 | 512 | by Staff reporter
RBZ plots ambush to rein in exchange rates
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will henceforth use 'ambush raids' as a strategy within its array of policy interventions as the monetary authorities battle to break persistent buffeting of the dom...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Inside the chaos at Zimbabwe's Covid-19 centres
The government, World Health Organisation and numerous other stakeholders are hailing Covid-19 isolation centres as a vital tool to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but it is not all rosy inside the ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:42hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga exposes the Mnangagwas
SOUTH AFRICA based Zimbabwe millionaire, Frank Buyanga says the recent corruption storm involving President Emerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins vindicates his earlier claims the first family was a crimin...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:39hrs | 3573 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers beat up cops for failing to put on masks
There was drama in Chivhu yesterday when members of the Zimbabwe National Army stormed Seequick Shop and beat up two CID Police officers who allegedly did not properly put on their face masks....Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 4201 | by Staff reporter
60-year-old granny enjoys primary school
It is at dawn and dawn is the obvious prelude to day. It is damn cold and a 60-year-old granny wakes up to prepare her grandchildren for school. At first she is slow moving, yawning, scratchin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:09hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga receives 'death' threats from baby mama's dad
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga has received what sounds like death threats by his baby mama, Chantelle's father, Lawrence Muteswa.The threats could spark more discomfort to the Africa Medallion Gro...Published: 29 May 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1952 | by Staff reporter
Vulnerable Zimbabwean families get measly $180 cushion
PARLIAMENT on Wednesday questioned the rationale behind government giving out a measly $180 COVID-19 assistance to the vulnerable people when the prices of basic foodstuffs and other important commodi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa firm bares teeth at residents
A company owned by businessman Phillip Chiyangwa has bared its teeth at a residential association which this week claimed it was illegally selling land belonging to its members.This comes as P...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:20hrs | 3895 | 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 | 2268 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa-linked company nets US$1 million in Covid-19 funds
The finance ministry authorised the payment of US$1 million for a consignment of Covid-19 equipment at inflated prices from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, according to a leake...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4459 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for grocery smuggling through Limpopo river
TWENTY-THREE people have been arrested and $1,5 million worth of groceries seized from smugglers who bring in the contraband through the Limpopo River while 21 vehicles were impounded by the authoriti...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2057 | by Staff reporter
Vendors living with Disabilities face the brunt of COVID-19
Vendors and informal traders living with disabilities in Bulawayo are among the worst affected by the national lockdown, as many of them have been left unemployed with no stable income to feed themsel...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 125 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Pair in court for ivory possession
Two men from Mutoko were remanded in custody Wednesday when they appeared in court facing charges of unlawful possession of ivory.The two are Peter Kachere (46) and Vambayi Chiripanyanga (37)....Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:10hrs | 227 | by Naume Muza
Motorists shun forex fuel
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo are shunning service stations which sell fuel in foreign currency and opting to fill their tanks from those charging in local currency as the exchange rate continues to shoot thr...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2232 | by Staff reporter
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa in Harare land ownership row
PROPERTY businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa's Pinnacle Property Holdings company has been accused of selling land in Harare's upmarket Borrowdale area despite losing rights to it.The company, acco...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 829 | by newzimbabwe
Fathers Rights Movement lobbies Parliament to grant more rights to fathers with children out of wedlock
Fathers Rights Movement Zimbabwe is a social movement advocating for greater rights for fathers in family law, child support, and custody decisions.Our argument and cause for concern is that&n...Published: 26 May 2020 at 13:47hrs | 1042 | by Margaret Ndimande
ZR police teargas imbibers in Karoi bottle store
KAROI - Members of Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed to monitor Covid-19 regulations violations had throw tear gas to force out imbibers who sought sanctuary in a bottle store at the weekend.T...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1417 | by Naume Muza
Vendors take refuge in online trade
Informal traders have embraced online business opportunities that came with the COVID-19 induced lockdown measures in Bulawayo. Informal traders say the lockdown has taught them to embrace Inf...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 574 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa's company selling stands illegally in The Grange?
The Grange Residents Association would like to advise and urge all members of the public who are buying residential stands in The Grange (Harare) from Pinnacle Investments to verify the legal status o...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1997 | by The Grange Residents Association
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2901 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
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
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
The African COVID-19 conundrum: Risking death to avoid death
WHEN the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, for most countries, it was a problem far from their horizons. Little did they know that in no time, it would inf...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 220 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Report border jumpers to fight Covid-19'
BULAWAYO residents should report to authorities anyone who entered the country illegally from neighbouring countries so that they are taken to isolation centres to prevent the spread of Covid-19. ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3363 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana our Joseph Goebbels: Where is Itai Dzamara?
Your nauseating article of today should put even Lucifer to shame. You must tell us where activist Itai Dzamara is. Is Itai Dzamara still stage-managing his ongoing abduction? If your government is go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1077 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10702 | by Staff reporter
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 682 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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