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Govt considers 400% rise in tax-free threshold
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is considering a cocktail of tax reforms, including increasing the tax-free threshold four-fold as part of measures to improve the welfare of the country's workforce....Published: 21 hrs ago | 1800 | by Staff reporter
ZHRC probes Cyrene Farm invasion
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has visited Cyrene Farm in Figtree, owned by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church, to investigate cases of human rights violations by invaders and...Published: 21 hrs ago | 705 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage online anti-govt demo
Members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) yesterday staged online anti-government protests meant to coincide with the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) anti-sancti...Published: 21 hrs ago | 660 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking ZIDERA, atrocities of sanctions
It is without doubt that sanctions are a crime against humanity, an unfair treatment of race against race, nation against nation, the strong against the presumably weak, all with the intention to crea...Published: 21 hrs ago | 114 | by Takasununguka Ziki
Govt adamant on child marriages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is adamant that it has accomplished a lot in stopping child marriages in Zimbabwe despite some reported rising cases of the pervasive practice.In resp...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 16:07hrs | 416 | by Stephen Jakes
Police hunt for 'rapist' Madzibaba Tanya
POLICE in Budiriro, Harare, are on a manhunt for an alleged rapist known as Madzibaba Tanya, who sexually abused a 33-year-old woman twice at his shrine in September after she visited him seeking help...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ assets can't be attached'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has breathed a sigh of relief after the High Court ruled that the central bank's assets cannot be attached in a lawsuit over more than US$26 million in unsettled debt with...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Econet's DPA joins hands with Google firm
The Econet Group's renewable energy unit, Distributed Power Africa (DPA), has teamed up with X (formerly known as Google X), Alphabet's moonshot factory, on a new venture that will enable reliable ele...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:30hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Land commission to carry out land audits
THE newly appointed Zimbabwe Land Commission will carry out periodic land audits to determine equitable use of land and productivity as the country seeks to continue producing enough food for its citi...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:28hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga sends strong warning
Failure to comply with procurement regulations in the public sector is creating room for corruption and undermining the country's development, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.A...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tense as factional intrigue overshadows upcoming conference
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will preside over a potentially heated Zanu-PF conference in Bindura next week amid bruising infighting in the Midlands and Masvingo, with the party leader expected to cra...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:53hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Mudha Ncube plays hidden card in tussle for Midlands
THE Zanu-PF Midlands provincial elections pitting State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube and incumbent Daniel McKenzie Ncube has taken a new dimension, amid reports the former has chickened out to p...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:52hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party attacks the police
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has attacked the police for not being objective in their dealings with the party since the political violence and...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 16:47hrs | 2014 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mhango back at Highlanders training
HIGHLANDERS holding midfielder Winston Mhango has reportedly recovered from a left hamstring injury and is now training with the rest of Bosso squad.Last Sunday, Mhango, a utility player, who ...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zimra sets up crisis management team at border
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said it is setting up a crisis management team to be on the ground around the clock at Beitbridge Border Post to ensure efficiency and avoid congestion and d...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Government opens the doors to football fans
The Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation have approved ZIFA's request to allow football fans into the stadiums for the Chibuku Super Cup games.In a correspondence to ZIFA dated Octobe...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:50hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
'NRZ has been on perennial decline mode'
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says COVID–19-induced hard lockdowns and competition from the road transportation system will see total freight volumes dropping to 2,1 million tonnes this ye...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua drops marriage bombshell?
Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube yesterday morning dropped a bombshell on his fans when he posted on Facebook, his decision to separate with his wife of close to 10 years, Nelsy Ncube.This announcem...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic avails US$21,6m for Beitbridge border upgrade
Stanbic Bank and its parent company, Standard Bank Group, recently unveiled a US$21,6 million loan facility for sprucing up of the Beitbridge Border Post and its environs.The loan facility was...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Shops continue using 'illegal' rates
WARNINGS by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit and the recent arrest of directors of some top companies over foreign currency manipulation seem to have fallen on deaf ear...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank facilitates the USD 21.6 M sprucing up of the Beitbridge Border Post
Harare, 20 October 2021: Stanbic Bank and its parent company, Standard Bank Group recently availed a USD21.6 million loan facility for the sprucing up of the Beitbridge Border Post and its environs....Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:28hrs | 830 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe loses US$30m to smuggled washing powder
Zimbabwe is losing approximately US$30 million a year through the smuggling of Maq washing powder, a report by the Detergents Manufacturers Association (DMA) claims.About US$12 million is fore...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA flying into major storm
ZIFA could be blindly flying into another constitutional storm which has the potential of pushing out scores of those in charge of domestic football, ahead of the elections to choose their leadership,...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Add Spanish to your resume with online Spanish tutors
Spanish is spoken by over 500 million people around the globe, and it has many unique phrases and words that just can’t be translated. Because a staggering 21 countries call Spanish their official l...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 21:16hrs | 168 | by Staff writer
Cops shoot girl, intimidate her
POLICE in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density ...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
'Loadshedding to go in three months'
LOADSHEDDING being experienced in the country will be a thing of the past in three months' time as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is employing a number of measures to ensure there is...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 708 | by Staff writer
CAF bans use of National Sports Stadium
The Confederation of African CAF) Football has banned the National Sports Stadium from hosting international matches until outstanding grey areas of the sporting arena are fully addressed.The ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Zaka villagers petition over chief's 'police capture'
VILLAGERS in Munyuki, Zaka, Masvingo province have petitioned Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, asking him to intervene in a case where Chief Ndanga is accused of grabbing land and manipulat...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims to have exposed Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his tour of Masvingo that invited a backlash from Zanu-PF mobs exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an unpopular leader.Chamisa's visits to many part...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:10hrs | 4262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shows hand as Zanu-PF fights suck in police
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and top Zanu-PF officials intervened after ruling party members in Mashonaland Central were allegedly brutalised by police in a case that has revealed deepening factionali...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | 2455 | by Staff reporter
US$1,5 billion circulating in black market, says RBZ
FRESH evidence of plummeting confidence in Zimbabwe's banking sector has emerged, with central bank deputy chief Kuphukile Mlambo saying up to US$1,5 billion could be exchanging hands outside formal b...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Council mulls closing four clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering closing four of its clinics as the staffing situation within its health services department continues to deteriorate.Last year, the local authori...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Dawson names his Sables
ZIMBABWE Sables team manager Jason Maritz has announced a 27-man squad for next month's quadrangular rugby tournament that will also feature Kenya, Namibia and Brazil.The tournament – slated...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Life is in danger
About 200 ZANU-PF sponsored youth and women were baying for Chamisa and his team's blood on their way to meet the people of Masvingo community in chief Charumbira area yes 10/10/2021.The same ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1880 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Unvaccinated civil servants 'fired'
CIVIL servants who defied government's order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2441 | by Staff reporter
US$2m for displaced Zimbabweans
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has availed about US$2m to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) towards livelihood support for vulnerable and disaster-pron...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
High Court frees land developer
THE High Court has released land developer Felix Munyaradzi from remand in a case in which he was accused of defeating the course of justice.The complainant in the matter was police Commission...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Robber waylays gold dealer
A 36-year-old Bulawayo man lost 65 grammes of gold and a cellphone to an armed robber who had lured him to Chegutu. The man had been lured to Shamva by the robber only identified as Anyway Mun...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
'Forex rentals at blackmarket rates illegal'
PROPERTY owners and managers demanding rentals in foreign currency, without giving tenants an option to pay the equivalent in local currency using the auction rate, risk being arrested as the fight ag...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Opposition must remove fear in rural voters
THE 2023 polls, which both Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance desperately need to win, will be determined by the rural vote.With the majority of people generally resident in rural areas, Zanu-PF has dev...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1408 | by Taneta Fambai
RBZ must keep tight lid on forex auction system
FOR a while the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been "availing" United States dollars to businesses at a capped auction rate.This means RBZ funds are the cheapest as they are availabled at ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 421 | by Ndebele
Mnangagwa took Sona for political grandstanding
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted with huge concern the failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to face the reality of the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe during his State of the Nation Address ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:59hrs | 321 | by Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
Mashonaland chiefs demand change of title to kings
CHIEFS are lobbying government to urgently change the nomenclature of traditional leaders' titles from chiefs to kings.Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Urayayi Mhondoro, is leading the lobby....Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:04hrs | 4213 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't any different - even at school we had those who celebrated failure!
I am sure we all remember those school days - with all the craziness of youth.Surely, who can forget those ever-present mind boggling scenes of pupils who would helplessly weep in agony, after...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:29hrs | 3090 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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