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Shipping agents bemoan delays at border post
SHIPPING agents at Beitbridge Border Post have complained over what they called artificial delays by officials as a way of pushing for bribes to facilitate processing of goods, but the Zimbabwe Revenu...Published: 10 hrs ago | 290 | by Staff reporter
A passport is a privilege in Zimbabwe
I goT my current passport in 2016, three years after the election that ended the government of National Unity. This was also the year the government introduced bond coins and bond notes, and foreign c...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:29hrs | 773 | by Kudzai Mubaiwa
Hospitals should not demand Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients
Hospitals should neither turn away patients nor demand a Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients, particularly in emergency cases, the Government has said.The exhortation comes after th...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:04hrs | 711 | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19 forces Mohadi to close shop
VICe-PReSIDeNT Kembo Mohadi's Beitbridge bonded warehouse for imported vehicles was closed on Saturday for decontamination after a worker tested positive for COVID-19.Stakeholders yesterday ca...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 3952 | by Staff reporter
UZ investigates fake documents ring
If you have "qualified" employees that are proving to be incompetent, you have every reason to cross-check the authenticity of their qualifications.It is possible for a person who has never se...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's funeral parlours at full capacity?
The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived.Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:46hrs | 2960 | by City Press
Govt blames Gukurahundi victims documentation delays on Covid-19
The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, home Affairs and Cultural heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe h...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt drafts policy for victims of Gukurahundi
GOVERNMENT is drafting a policy to facilitate Gukurahundi exhumations and has also relaxed registration requirements to acquire identity cards, birth and death certificates for affected families. ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Bankable land could reignite Zimbabwe economy
THE solution to Zimbabwe's unending economic problems is the provision of bankable land rights, which will spur farming as real business, a renowned economist has said.John Robertson said at a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Foreign students to produce Covid-19 free certificates
FOREIGN students who are doing final year studies at country's universities are expected to produce Covid-19 free certificates and subjected to the mandatory 21-day quarantine while undergoing testing...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Pessimism grips forex platform
Business wants more "transparency more than promises" on the foreign currency auction system for the platform to succeed as the parallel market continued unabated yesterday, a day after monetary autho...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
22 family members quarantined after harbouring 'returnee' relatives
TWENTY-TWO members of two families in Lupane have been quarantined after they failed to notify authorities about their two relatives who illegally returned into the country from South Africa and subse...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy reopens in SA
ZIMBABWE'S consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has resumed the issuance of Temporary Travel Documents (TTDs) and repatriation certificates which had been suspended owing to a coronavirus (Covid-1...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:54hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
'Khupe has received nothing, publicly or privately from Zanu-PF' - MDC-T
OPPOSITION MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has hit back at its detractors who are alleging that the formation was a Zanu-PF project noting that those who were peddling such falsehoods were att...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 2752 | by Staff Reporter
Learner drivers get lockdown reprieve
Learner drivers, holders of defensive driving certificates and bus drivers were granted a reprieve yesterday if their licences or certificates expired during the lockdown or they were required to unde...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Radical Economic Structural Transformation REST (part 4 of 10)
The Modernisation and Industrialisation of Provincial Economies (MIPE) is key in creating inclusive growth, creating local employment opportunities, eradicating poverty and ensuring that provincial ec...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 16:43hrs | 298 | by Vince Musewe
Transport operators fret over Zupco scheme
Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their vehicles.Last year ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
'VID won't open anytime soon'
The public should not expect the immediate reopening of the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) because it would be difficult to maintain social distancing rules at the premises, government has said...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stranded in Dubai
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has secured transportation for nationals currently stuck in that country, amid the growing global pandemic of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:44hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Only a 'proactive racist nationalism' can liberate Black Africa
THE concept of bantu, vanhu, batho or watu in Africa is not a new phenomenon. It has lived for centuries but has been under threat of subjugation by other emerging thoughts that seek to submerge Bantu...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 248 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Zimbabwe embassy in SA suspends services
ZIMBABWE'S consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has suspended the issuance of temporary travel documents (TTDs) and repatriation certificates owing to a coronavirus (Covid-19) suspected case at it...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 2725 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer clears vehicles as groceries, jailed
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer based at Plumtree Border Post was jailedan effective six years for defrauding the tax collector of over US$500 000, excluding local currency, in illegal cl...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:35hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official jailed 14 years for US$500k fraud
A Plumtree-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer linked to a car smuggling racket that defrauded the revenue collector of more than US$530 000 was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail fo...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Birth certificate concern in rural Matebeleland
SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:02hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2797 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Govt to decongest Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a new strategy of decongesting Bulawayo following an increase in the number of illegal vending activities in the Central Business District (CBD). Briefing journalists ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Human rights commission paralysed
FOUR Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) commissioners have retired with immediate effect leaving the commission without a quorum to execute its mandate. Dr Ellen Sithole, Dr Joseph Kurebw...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa commissions 138 Army Cadets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the commissioning parade of 138 officer cadets held at the Zimbabwe Military Academy in Gweru on Friday.The officers received diplomas and certi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:29hrs | 2626 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Passport office keys stolen
Masvingo police have been guarding the provincial registry complex for the past four days after a staffer lost a bunch of keys allegedly to thieves, TellZim News reported.Sources said a member...Published: 19 May 2020 at 22:12hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
Shifting Attitudes on Higher Education: A Radical Approach to Bridging the Critical Skills Gap
Young people are Africa's most valuable and the single most important key to unlocking sustainable economic growth. The United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG 4) commits countries to ensure ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:05hrs | 592 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Wanted fugitives among returnees
Several alleged criminals who crossed Zimbabwe's borders into Botswana and South Africa to escape prosecution are hidden among the returnees quarantined in centres across the country. Police y...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Zimbabwe lockdown rules
POOR communication by the government has caused confusion over the next phase of the countrywide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus that kicks in tomorrow with conflicting statements on...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
Passport office to observe Covid-19 regulations
THE Department of the Registrar General has said once it resumes services, people will be served in batches according to their surnames as part of measures to avert the spread of Covid-19. In ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
29 Zimbabweans die of Covid-19 in UK
At least 29 Zimbabweans living in Britain have died of Covid-19, mostly nurses and other medical staff, according to the Zimbabwean Embassy in London. The pandemic has so far killed at least&n...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand regular re-grading
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has written to the Public Service Commission and the Primary and Secondary Education ministry demanding regular salary reviews and promotion of teache...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 250 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Conmen latch onto retailers, foreigners
Conmen are latching onto retailers by pretending to be officials of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) who can produce exemption letters to operate during the lockdown while other conmen ar...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Makandiwa, Bill Gates, vaccines and microchips
Viral social media posts claim that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, plans to test new coronavirus vaccines on Africans. And in a sermon on Sunday, April 5,...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:03hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for expired permits, visa holders
Foreigners whose immigration permits and visas expired during the 21-day national lockdown will continue to stay and have been told to be wary of bogus immigration officers soliciting for bribes. ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Ministry warns against immigration fraudsters
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned against individuals initiating unauthorised processes to renew visas and various permits on behalf of foreign nationals whose per...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:06hrs | 850 | by Moyo Roy
The year Spanish Influenza attacked Rhodesia
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by train. It spread quickly in all the urban centres before ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 917 | by Jonathan Waters
Lockdown and economic responses
ZIMBABWE went into lockdown on Monday over the Covid-19 pandemic that has seen the United States, at 164 387 cases (at the time of writing, Tuesday), becoming the country with the highest number of co...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 144 | by Brett Chulu
Zimbabwe suspends issuance of travel documents, birth certificates
Cabinet on Tuesday suspended the issuance of travel documents, birth certificates and national identity cards during this period of coronavirus.It was agreed that only burial orders and death ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:43hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
Court nullifies minister's decision in mine wrangle
High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube-Banda has declared granite mining company, Southern Granite the rightful owner of Mutuwi Mine in an ownership wrangle that had sucked in Mines minister Wiston...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe waives duty on Covid-19 material
Duty on imported drugs and other materials used in the Covid-19 response has been waived, with Government expressing satisfaction with mitigation measures put in place by the Inter-Ministerial Taskfor...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:22hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify blitz on Covid-19 defaulters
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday night raided beer halls in Harare's suburbs in enforcement of a government directive banning public gatherings of more than 50 people to mitigate the spr...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:59hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
War vets support 'fungibility' ban
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has dismissed a story in a local weekly newspaper headlined "Fungibility shares ban unlawful", as an act of intimidation towards Gove...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory testing powers gazetted
As Zimbabwe confirms its third Covid-19 infection, the infection has been declared a formidable epidemic disease in terms of the Public Health Act, allowing the Minister of Health and Child Care to ma...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans travelling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night closed the country's borders to human traffic and banned all recreational activities as his government intensifies the fight against the spread of coronavirus....Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 3279 | by Staff reporter
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