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Zimbabwe imports 56% dietary needs
ZIMBABWE is struggling to produce enough for its dietary necessities, importing 56% of its requirements every year businessdigest has learnt.The Southern African country, once regarded as the ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:53hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Chinese giant resumes US$12m talks with NetOne
CHINESE technology conglomerate, ZTE Corporation has confirmed that it has resumed discussions with local telecommunication firm, NetOne, for the supply of equipment, despite the state-owned entity no...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:53hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
It is very much in SA's interest to ‘interfere' in Zimbabwe
For about 20 years South Africa has watched, rarely exerted pressure, and in some instances aided and abetted, the tragedy Zimbabwe has become.South Africa is now home to millions of Zimbabwea...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:20hrs | 423 | by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
NetOne crisis deepens
TROUBLED state-owned mobile phone operator NetOne has been beset by a myriad of problems that include network failure and a shortage of airtime recharge cards, which are attributed to a board wrangle....Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:02hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
GNU best way out of Zimbabwe crisis
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer and blogger Alex Magaisa last month published a list of beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) farm mechanisation programme, that included cabinet ministers, Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2283 | by Staff reporter
Bosso mull sabotage charges against its CEO
HIGHLANDERS chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube is set to be charged for allegedly working against the interests of the club. Dube allegedly failed to inform the club's leadership about a US$50 000 ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kuda Tagwirei added on America sanctions list
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei (Tagwirei) for providing support to the leadership of the Government of Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4104 | by US Treasury
High Court dismisses Justice Bere appeal
SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere's woes continue to mount after his recent application for review, challenging the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)'s decision to advise President Em...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mustn't politic, but engage health workers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's weekend call on striking health workers to return to their workstations as their grievances are "being looked into" doesn't sound genuine given government's lackadaisica...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
No power cuts till year end, industry assured
INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant increase in demand for el...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor Sam Malaba dies
Former Agribank Chief Executive , Somkhosi Mahamba Temba Malaba has died. He had been suffering from kidney illness for the past 12 years.Malaba was also a members of the PAC (Presidential Adv...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 13:20hrs | 10931 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NetOne board 'disconnects' Muchenje
RECENTLY reinstated NetOne Cellular (Pvt) Limited chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has not been allowed to go back to work by the company's board despite an interim High Court order to do so, NewsDay ...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
People emulate leaders behaviour, rotten leaders stir rot in all the nation: APA
Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has warned that people follow and emulate their leaders adding that rotten leaders bring the rot to the entire nation. The party said when in 1980 Mugabe mad...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 167 | by Stephen Jakes
Police's new lockdown measures nullified by court
THE High Court has nullified a decision by the police to announce measures tightening the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced national lockdown after the Young Lawyers Association of Zimbabwe (YLAZ) filed ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
ZBC shuts down after Coronavirus hits the company
National Broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation will be shutting down normal programming from Wednesday after a positive case of Coronavirus was detected at the state-owned entity. Acti...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 3169 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Criminal charges opened against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress while under oath during two joint hearings in Cong...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1913 | by Matt Gaetz
Zimbabwe police sued for tightening COVID-19 lockdown measures
A Harare woman has approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside increased demands by police officers enforcing the country's Covid-19 lockdown measures at checkpoints.In her court c...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders arrested for lockdown violation
TWO church leaders in Gwanda have been arrested for holding a church gathering without the necessary requirements such as sanitisers and a thermometer as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covi...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
American Army General to address Zimbabweans on leadership
Retired Lieutenant General in the United States of America Army Jeff Buchanan will be joining Minister of Youths, Sports, Arts and Reacreation Kirsty Coventry at a vitual Symposium aimed at discussing...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3883 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coronavirus roadblock clearance letters to spread infections?
Academic and Development practitioner Innocent Batsani Ncube has questioned the government whether it had taken into consideration that the lockdown roadblocks clearance letters might fuel the spread ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 12:51hrs | 2954 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police tighten checkpoint screening
POLICE say they will only allow people with exemption letters signed by senior executives to pass through checkpoints as the government continues to tighten lockdown restrictions.President Emm...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:03hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Govt body in vehicle scam
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating top officials at the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), who allegedly sold cars belonging to the organisations in violation of s...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:00hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Police announce documents needed for citizens to pass through roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has specified the documents required for members of the public to pass through roadblocks and checkpoints in line with the COVID19 national measures announced by President...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 12:58hrs | 10325 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt defends sacking of hospital CEOs
The sacking of chief executive officers (CEOs) of five major Government hospitals was part of the restructuring of the health system by Government to make it more effective and efficient, a Cabinet Mi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:34hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
African authorities deploy KC Wearable Smart Helmet to combat spread of COVID-19
With over 720,000 confirmed cases across Africa, COVID-19 has already claimed almost 16,000 lives. In their efforts to reduce the devastating impact of the disease, several national authorities have p...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa ignoring silent genocide at public hospitals'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been accused of ignoring the plight of striking nurses and other health workers leading to a "silent genocide" at public hospitals.The situation h...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
IFC Announces $50 Million Loan to Equity Bank to Support Kenyan SMEs During COVID-19
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help it increase working capital and trade-related lending to its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 15:56hrs | 171 | by Stephen Jakes
IFC Announces $50 Million Loan to Equity Bank to Support Kenyan SMEs During COVID-19
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help it increase working capital and trade-related lending to its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:19hrs | 145 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa impose curfew to contain covid-19 - madness, need nurses and PPE not soldiers and guns
I have listened to President Mnangagwa's address to the nation three times and still failed to understand what understand the purpose. Yes, the number of corona virus cases have increased significantl...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1073 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kazembe Kazembe reported to ZACC over NetOne saga
Pressure group Chapter 2 Movement and Abantwana BoMzabalazo (Children of ZPRA Veterans) have written a joint complaint to the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Justice Loice M...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 15:53hrs | 3911 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Plans afoot to reopen ZSE
The government may allow trade on the Zimbabwe Stock exchange (ZSe) to resume as early as this week, according to three people familiar with the situation.The plans for the reopening have yet ...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:23hrs | 1092 | by Bloomberg
Panic as Covid-19 hits Zimbabwe prisons
Two positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, adding to unofficial reports of a coronavirus death at the same place and a third case at the correctional services...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:20hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba roasts Chipinge Town Secretary
Buhera South MP, Joseph Chinotimba who suspects that Chipinge Town Engineer resigned in a huff last month to escape prosecution over scandals involving devolution funds went ballistic during a Parliam...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:27hrs | 3575 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born executive Ndlovu assumes global top post
Zimbabwe-born July Ndlovu has assumed the chairmanship of United Kingdom headquartered, World Coal Association ( WCA), a global industry association bringing together major international coal producer...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
Solwayo Ngwenya now a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
Acting Mpilo Central Hospital CEO Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has been awarded a professorship for his research, teaching and leadership qualities.The University of Science and Technology (NUST) has aw...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 19:08hrs | 2454 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe sucked into Netone CEO saga?
The NetOne saga involving embattled Chief Executive Lazarus Muchenje has taken a new twist with sources from the Ministry of ICT alleging that Muchenje is being protected by Minister of Home Affairs K...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 13:45hrs | 4659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Only Mnangagwa can fire me'
EMBATTLED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has again approached the High Court challenging his dismissal where he claims in papers that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the power to dismis...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 7899 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe loses US$1 billion to smuggling annually
Smuggling, ineffective border controls and customs loopholes at Beitbridge Border Post might be costing Zimbabwe nearly a US$1 billion a year in unpaid customs duty, industry leaders and authorities c...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo nurses stage another joint demonstration
NURSES from the United Bulawayo Hospitals, Ingutsheni Mental Health Hospital and Mpilo Central Hospital staged a joint demonstration yesterday over government's reluctance to pay their salaries in Uni...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 3000 | by Staff reporter
Hospital chief executives fired
Chief executives of five major Government hospitals have been "relieved of their duties" by the Health Services Board as part of what is described as a "restructuring exercise" within the Ministry of ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold mines lure investor despite economic ruin
ZIMBABWE'S biggest gold mines are being snapped up by Mauritius-based Sotic International Ltd as the price of bullion soars to the highest in more than eight years.Landela Mining Ventures Ltd,...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:42hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Muchenje reinstated and fired as NetOne CEO
NetOne chief executive officer Mr Lazarus Muchenje's turbulent tenure at the helm of the State-owned mobile telecommunications company ended dramatically yesterday after he was fired barely 24 hours a...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
PRAZ boss sent on leave
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe's (PRAZ) chief executive, Mr Nyasha Chizu, was on Tuesday sent on leave, the day after he told Parliament's committee on the Budget, Finance and Econom...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Lindiwe Sibanda to be a jury member of the world's largest food prize
The jury of the Food Planet Prize, the world's largest prize in the food arena, has been announced by the Curt Bergfors Foundation in Sweden.The ten international top professionals include lea...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Avenues Clinic to covid-19 test all elective admissions after 'significant increase in cases' - how many?
Dear Medical Director, The Avenues ClinicI direct your attention your letter of 01 July 2020 below."TO: All Specialists, Casualty Officers, Matrons...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:23hrs | 355 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Suspend NetOne CEO suffers setback
SUSPENDED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje and his alleged accomplices yesterday suffered an initial setback after a Harare magistrate threw out their application for refusal of remand....Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:53hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration fails to recover looted funds
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to recover funds looted by chief executive officers (CEOs) of 13 State enterprises and parastatals (SEPs) who were taking home an aggregated US...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri failing to feed family
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has disputed the valuation done on his vast properties describing it as mischievous political persecution that has compromised his family's surviva...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 8937 | by newzimbabwe
Mobile money transactions not to blame for economic woes
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has called government's ban on trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and all mobile money transactions as "madness" with terrible consequences.The ba...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
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