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Chiwenga will never rule Zimbabwe while Karangas watch
"Dunderhead", is how the biggest Zimbabwe gold smuggling syndicate describes Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. It is fascinating that even the criminals are aware of this fact. His below p...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 08:12hrs | 140 | by Israel Dube
Pay our soccer referees well
Referees are the nucleus of the game. Our football needs their services as much as we need the air to breath. The plight of referees in Zimbabwe is something not to ignore.I am penning this ar...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:50hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Shock as new scarry Coronavirus hits China...mass deaths reported
American public health scientist who is currently an epidemiologist and Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute Eric Liang Feigl-Ding has reported that China is facing a...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF should not hide under sanctions
The late former President Mugabe was much stronger when he started talking about the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West but nothing chan...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Makandiwa should trade his robes and enter the political field
Zimbabwe is a free and democratic country where one can turn into politics and leave whatever they would be doing.I used to follow Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he was still a junior pastor ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Duty on basics lowered
Government has lowered duty for people with free funds to import basic groceries, as one of the measures to contain price rises of basic commodities triggered by manufacturers and importers that have ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons from March by-elections
WITH the support from Diakonia, the Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) from April 08 and 12 2022 conducted capacity-building training in transformative feminist leadership...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:54hrs | 2 | by Walpe
Mthuli Ncube holds talks with investors on USD bond
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last week held a productive meeting with international investors who are keen to participate in the Government's US$100 million bond th...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ warns Ukraine war could result in price increases
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has predicted that the ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine will have a knock-on effect on prices of goods and services ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF has nothing new to offer
The Zimbabwe revolutionary party popularly known as Zanu PF has dismally failed to maintain its status quo and has lost its credibility in implementing sound developmental policies and good governance...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 13:15hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Nyaradzo effects 300% premium increases
Covid-19 has decimated economies leaving people with little or no money to spend on basic essentials like food, health and funeral insurance among others.With prolonged lockdowns in many count...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Africa benefit from China's Health Silk Road
LAST week, China announced that it will give Zimbabwe 10 million doses of Covid-19, as part of the 1 billion doses pledged by Beijing to African countries at last year's Forum on China-Africa Co-opera...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Albert Chavhunduka
Warriors get covid clearance
Zimbabwe Warriors in Cameroon have tested negative for covid19 giving them a greenlight for the team's Africa Cup of Nations opener against Senegal Monday afternoon.Kick off is at 3pm Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2021 A year that never was
On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak and most of the countries in Southern Africa went for fourteen days lockdown and a lot of them were not even prepared for this pandemi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 16:59hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa panics over criticism
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday issued a chilling threat to traditional leaders, warning that they would be stripped of their positions for criticising the Zanu-PF government.Pre...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react to Mnangagwa's new Covid-19 restrictions
Zimbabwe's latest Covid-19 have been met with condemnation, as citizens have questioned the logic behind asking travellers to quarantine for 14 days even if they produce a negative PCR result....Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 11:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to adopt older persons' inclusive approach in implementing NDS1
The Government of Zimbabwe has been challenged to adopt older persons' inclusive approach policy in implementing the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) as part of the Vision 2030.The call ...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZIMTA bosses in massive corruption storm
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) top leadership has been dragged to court after failing to furnish members with audited financial records amid suspicions that subscription fees running into m...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kick ZIFA out
Zimbabwe national team nicknamed The Warriors tumbled again at their own magnificent hunting ground National Sports Stadium in Harare.The Black Stars of Ghana proved to be serious contenders i...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soccer referees crying foul
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is alleged being accused of gross incompetence, mismanagement and laundering of Fifa funds meant for the development of the local game by some aggrieved local ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 18:20hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Stop this ageism jibe
Those talking about ageism and maturity in politics must revisit an interview where the late President Robert Mugabe who was only 31 years old in 1961 where he was talking about inequality and e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
International Youth Day: Youth VOW to transform food systems for Human and Planetary Health
Youths were urged and vowed to take matters into their hands and not to shun agriculture as a business during the ActionAid and Global Platforms organized 2021 International Youth Day Virtual Commemor...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Alfred Towo
Extension of lockdown has the good benefit to preserve lives: LEAD
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Masarira through her spokesperson Everjoy Chidindi has said the extension of the level 4 Lockdown is a benefit to preserve lives from...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Human rights group praises Parly for rapping Zinwa over water cuts
MATABELELAND Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has hailed the Parliament of Zimbabwe for castigating the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for disconnecting water to Beitbridge and Gwand...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Employees may be compelled to take Covid-19 vaccine
The strides made by the government to scale up the voluntary vaccination process in Zimbabwe are welcome as a move to contain the surging virus.however, some employers are now compelling their...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Cephas Mavhondo
Demand for graves surges in Gweru
THERE has been a surge in demand for graves in the city of Gweru amid indications that from January to date, 65 people have been buried at council cemeteries compared to 45 the whole of last year. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Nkayi clinic
SIVALO Clinic in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was closed for two days after all staff members, including five nurses tested positive to COVID-19 as the third wave continues to hit the country....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube revises growth to 7,8%
Zimbabwe's economy is doing well with growth prospects strong and on track, despite the stalking shadow of Covid-19, leading Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday upgrading ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 60 deaths
With the country battling the Covid -19 pandemic, there is spike in infection and mortality rates. As at July 28, the country recorded 60 deaths bringing the total of Covid19 deaths to 3 340 since the...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WHO exposes Zimbabwe's COVID-19 figures
ZIMBABWE has been adjudged among top 10 African countries with the highest number of COVID19-related deaths even though the country has the least number of cumulative cases.A recent World Heal...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
How safe are Covid19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 2 | by Etiwel Mutero
How safe are Covid-19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 22:54hrs | 2 | by Etiwel Mutero
US stung but unfazed over Zimbabwe vaccine rejection
THE United States yesterday said it was unfazed by the Zimbabwean government's actions of undermining their assistance to fight the ravaging COVID19 pandemic and remained committed to assisting millio...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC stuck with over half a million 'unregistered COVID19 vaccines'?
GOVERNMENT yesterday sensationally claimed that the opposition MDC Alliance was stuck with over half a million "unregistered COVID19 vaccines" which it allegedly received from the United States embass...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect leaders remanded in custody
THE two members of the Johane Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect arrested last Thursday for illegally convening a gathering in Hurungwe in contravention of the COVID19 lock down measures were yesterday f...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra seals border posts
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will only process commercial traffic and returnees to allow them to pass through the country's borders.In a statement yesterday, Zimra spokespers...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chibuku Super Cup: PSL to reapply
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) says it will next week launch another bid for the resumption of the Chibuku Super Cup on July 26, despite the Sports and Recreation Com mission (SRC) having demand ed a...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 family members perish in SA horror crash
A FAMILY in Entumbane, Bulawayo is mourning the death of five of its members in a horrific accident which claimed six people on Saturday in Polokwane, South Africa. Of the six, four are siblings from ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of staff slows Bulawayo mass vaccination
A SHORTAGE of health workers is dampening the mass vaccination drive in Bulawayo as centres are being overwhelmed resulting in some residents being turned away. Under the mass vaccination exer...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora inflows top US$1 billion
Zimbabwe's Diaspora remittances jumped 58 percent last year, to about US$1 billion, a development that helped the country to cover gaps left by trade disruptions caused by the Covid19 pandemic. ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe respects rights of citizens, claims Shava
Covid19 containment measures are not an attempt by the Government to curtail the rights of its citizens, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava has said. He was sp...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt introduces forced vaccination for civil servants
IN ORDER to curtail new Covid19 infections and deaths, Government has, with immediate effect, ordered all civil servants to be vaccinated, while unvaccinated workers have been banned from boarding bus...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Companies threaten to sue Auditor General Mildred Chiri
AUDITORGeneral (AG) Mildred Chiri says her office has been threatened by some companies named in her recently released hardhitting annual audit report for 2019.Giving oral evidence to the Publ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police denied entry into Marange apostolic sect shrine
OFFICERS at Marange Police Station were reportedly denied entry into the Johane Marange shrine in Mafararikwa village, Bocha, since July 3 when over 30 000 members of the sect started their annual Pas...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Peter Ndlovu's party is not a Zanu-PF project'
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu was recently named as leader of a newly formed opposition party, All People's Party (APP).However, Ndlovu, who is currently based in South Africa where he is team ma...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to ban Twitter, Social media?
The Embattled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claims that the videos of protests in South Africa being circulated on social media are false.Ramaphosa wants South Africans to feed news ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 21:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
220 Zimbabweans deported from South Africa
A total of 220 Zimbabweans were today deported from South Africa via Beitbridge border post as the neighbouring country moves to decongest migrants holding centres and minimise the rate of new Covid19...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers attack war veterans chairman
Mashonaland Central Minister of provincial affairs Monica Mavhunga together with Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also the incumbent ZANU P...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Government re-opening quarantine centres
THE Government is gradually re-opening quarantine and isolation centres to accommodate deportees and Zimbabwean returnees coming in through Beitbridge and Plumtree border posts.The centres are...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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