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Zim back sliding into poverty
Zimbabwe is sliding into high level poverty, lack of proper health care, and corruption despite significant progress in climate action, education, and electricity.Afrobarometer Sustainable Dev...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1090 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe govt wants to appear wealthy 'Mbinga' in the eyes of the world, yet can't even feed own children!
So, the Zimbabwe government is up to no good - again! I am sure we have all come across (at least once, in our lives) that guy who wants to appear wealthy in the eyes of the community - shops ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1224 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Countrywide mobile registration blitz begins
A countrywide mobile registration started yesterday as part of Government efforts to ensure all citizens have access to primary documents and to address documentation challenges particularly in Matabe...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
222 kilometers of Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation complete
The rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway is on course, with more than 200km having been completed so far as contractors work flat out to deliver world class road infrastructure.Acco...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:50hrs | 1955 | by Staff reporter
Journalists detained at MDC Alliance anniversary commemorations
TWO journalists were Saturday detained by the military and police during the MDC –Alliance's 22nd anniversary commemorations held in Bulawayo.The two journalists Pamenus Tuso, a freelance an...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Anti-govt protest cases crumble
NINE Harare and Chegutu residents have been set free after being hauled before the courts on charges of committing public violence for allegedly participating in last year's anti-government demonstrat...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 1047 | by Stephen Jakes
British American Tobacco (BAT) negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests
A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.Documents show British American Toba...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 10:26hrs | 3652 | by BBC
Coalition vs single party election approach
IN the past three weeks, I discussed the importance of reforms ahead of the 2023 elections. While the discussion is gaining momentum, it is yet to be matched by action on the ground.The object...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 846 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Why I joined Zanu-PF'
VETERAN modelling instructor and mental health activist Sipho Mazibuko said she joined Zanu-PF out of her own volition as she believes it is the "right party" to belong to as it offers many opportunit...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:50hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Another bumper harvest on the cards
MAIZE production for the forthcoming 2021/22 summer cropping season is projected to hit three million tonnes, an all-time record high, up by nearly a million tonnes compared to last season's bumper ha...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 114 | by Staff writer
Online Gambling Vs. eSports: Key Differences
Technology affects everything, how we spend leisure time. The internet unlocked new entertainment opportunities. That includes esports and online gambling. But before you choose an activity, you shoul...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 43 | by Staff writer
Life without a visa in Diaspora a nightmare
STAYING in the UK without a visa or a right to stay is intolerable, the worst thing that can happen to a human being is to become an illegal immigrant in a 'hostile environment'. People wh...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:16hrs | 558 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief Negomo dethroned
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Negomo who made headlines in 2012 after punishing now late Prime Minister and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai with two cows and two sheep for marrying in the sacred month of Novemb...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
ID card not requirement for Covid-19 vaccination, health ministry clarifies
No Zimbabwean should be denied a Covid-19 vaccine on account of having no identity documents, the health ministry said on Wednesday.Deputy health minister John Mangwiro said it should be enoug...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Bureaux de change start selling US dollars to public
BUREAUX de change yesterday started selling foreign currency to ordinary walk-in customers as per the resolutions of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe monetary policy committee MPC) meeting last month to promo...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Chunga plots Chapungu Premiership comeback
WITH Division One football finally set to resume after a year-and-half of dormancy, revered tactician Moses Chunga is set to make his return to the dugout five years after his last job with Premier So...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born boxer's career off to a flying start
ZIMBABWE-BORN boxer, Musa Moyo, got his career off to a flying start after winning his debut professional fight against the experienced Lewis Van Poetsch. He won their light-heavyweight contest at Vil...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Nurse in court over vaccination cards
A State Registered Nurse at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital has appeared in court on allegations of issuing vaccination cards to unvaccinated people.Taurai Mupendere (38), who is attached to the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Mazibuko joins Zanu PF
MENTAL health activist, Sipho Mazibuko, has joined Zanu PF hoping to use this as an opportunity to scale up voter awareness and harness support for people affected by mental health issues. Thi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Muleya, if Zanu PF is blatantly rigging elections (and it is) then how can '2023 be won on voter registration'
Common sense is the ability to change one's position on a subject matter when the overwhelming evidence before you support change.My grandparents believed the world was flat, for example; thei...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 17:36hrs | 1036 | by Wilbert Mukori
Journalist arrested for breaching Covid-19 curfew
CHITUNGWIZA-based community newspaper editor, Gilbert Munetsi has been arrested for allegedly breaking the Covid-19 lockdown curfew.The Courier newspaper editor is currently detained at St Mar...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
BCC crafts new fire by-laws to regulate fireworks
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has crafted new fire by-laws which will regulate the use of fireworks as well as the discarding of gas cylinders in the city.The council's intention was reveale...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:28hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Industries push for US$4.5bn power project
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government must prioritise the completion of Batoka Gorge power station, to meet higher electricity demand projected ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:05hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Bitcoin pyramid scheme collapses
INNOCENT Matongo, a Zimbabwean expatriate worker based in Boksburg, South Africa is ruing the day he decided to latch on to a get-rich-quick scheme.After investing thousands of United States d...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 492 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Bulawayo bars ban unvaccinated patrons
SOME beer drinking outlets in Bulawayo have started barring patrons not vaccinated against Covid-19 from entering their premises.Imbibers who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com said they have been denie...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 13:00hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
10 protesting teachers arrested
TEN teachers were arrested yesterday in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, for protesting against non-payment of salaries by government.Their lawyer Gift Mtisi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Gidiza expresses confidence in Warriors
FORMER Warriors midfielder Ronald "Gidiza" Sibanda expects the national team to make a winning start to their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign when they take on South Africa in a Group G clash at th...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:32hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
New Beitbridge freight terminal opens next month
THE newly-upgraded commercial terminal, built under the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project is set to open to commercial traffic on October 6. SADC's busiest inland por...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Protesting war vets released without charge
The nine former liberation war combatants arrested on Wednesday after storming Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's offices protesting against poor pension earnings were released yesterday without charge....Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:55hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Midnight release for war vets persecuted over bread crumbs protest
ZIMBABWEAN police on Friday 27 August 2021 set free nine liberation war veterans whom they had arrested and detained for allegedly protesting against low pension payouts.The liberation war vet...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2499 | by Stephen Jakes
Sangomas are also looking for money
A trio of male adults left Zimbabwe for Mozambique in search of a Sangoma to give them a get-rich-quick voodoo panacea. A yesternight borne fire discussion had assured them in Nampula province...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 09:07hrs | 2043 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Man jailed 2 years for conning businessman
AN IMPOSTOR, who claimed to be involving in the business of importing goods from Dubai, has been sentenced to two years in jail for swindling a local businessman of US$2 900.Tapiwa Mbende plea...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes '00' ID code
In a historic move expected to end racial profiling, Government yesterday abolished the "00" code used to identify persons of mixed race, Caucasians and Asians on national identity cards. Pres...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination cards go missing at hospital
Police in Hwange are appealing to anyone with information that would led to the recovery of 18 Covid-19 vaccination cards that went missing at St Patrick's hospital on Thursday. The 18 cards, ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 17:58hrs | 902 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to digitalize vaccination programme
Government has moved to digitalize the Covid-19 vaccination programme in an effort to combat fraud and corruption which is reportedly marring the vaccination programme across the country. ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF caught pants down
The Editor,This talk about an opposition sweep in Zimbabwe is misguided. Let us not waste time talking about oppression, changing people's votes, killing, closure, arresting, torture, ce...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:42hrs | 4826 | by Thembani Maphosa
Zimbabwe intercity travel resumes
GOVERNMENT Wednesday approved the reopening of schools from 30 August while restaurants can, with immediate effect reopen, but only to fully vaccinated customers, Cabinet has announced.Inter-c...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:39hrs | 5483 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Road now development corridor
Harare City Council has designated Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Road (formerly Enterprise Road) in Harare as a development corridor in a move it says will spur development and contribute to its realisa...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening imminent
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has commenced a community outreach programme in Bulawayo to prepare for the imminent reopening of schools. Running under the theme "Community outreach f...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Woman on the run for attempted murder
POLICE in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central province, have launched a manhunt for a 31-year old woman who set her neighbour's hut on fire following a dispute over water.Acting Mashonaland Centra...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa off to Hichilema inauguration
President Mnangagwa leaves Zimbabwe today to join other Heads of State at the inauguration of new Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka tomorrow. President-elect Hichilema won the rec...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Rename Botswana
Not all citizens of the country are Batswana. The name of the country celebrates tribalism before independence. Bakalanga were not called Batswana. I am not a Motswana - Dr Habaudi Hubona The name is ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 21:10hrs | 5918 | by Staff reporter
Soldier demands free beer at growth point
A member of Zimbabwe National Army Stephen Gono (28) is reportedly giving bottle store operators at Nzvimbo growth point, Chiweshe a headache by allegedly...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1690 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Zanu-PF, govt officials in panic mode
AFRICA has a long-standing history of heavily contested elections.Most liberation war parties find it hard to let go of their grip on power.In Zimbabwe, the late Robert Mugabe had to t...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:08hrs | 383 | by Evans Mathanda
Zimbabwe political parties roll out voter mobilisation
Zanu-PF has gone for broke to attract the elusive youth vote ahead of the crunch 2023 election, including recruiting pastors, socialites and artists in a desperate bid to garner 2.5 million ballots fo...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
AMH gives workers vaccine ultimatum
Local media house Alpha Media Holdings, which publishes Newsday, Standard and Zimbabwe Independent has given an ultimatum to its staffers that they should be vaccinated or risk losing their jobs....Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Policy on children's vaccination on cards'
GOVERNMENT says it is revising its policy on COVID-19 vaccination to include children below 18 18 years after realising that they too were at risk of contracting the disease.Children under 18 ...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
'If military won't give up power, there is NO sense in holding elections' - penny has finally dropped
The Greeks all those 2 500 years ago appreciated the importance of educated and diligent citizens for democracy, government of the people, for the people and by the people, to work; and hence the reas...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:39hrs | 1889 | by Nomusa Garikai
Marange teen mother's parents face arrest
POLICE yesterday said they had arrested Hatirarami Momberume, also known as Evans Momberume (26), following the alleged death of a 14-year-old minor on July 15 while giving birth at the Johane Marange...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't leave office after losing election?
THE war-of-words, pitting Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance sympathisers following the win by an opposition leader in Zambia's presidential elections, rages, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson in...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:39hrs | 4659 | by Staff reporter
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