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Heavy rains cause damage in Mutare
HEAVY rains continue to cause heavy damage in Mutare, damaging some houses and bridges in the eastern border city this week, leaving some residents in desperate need of help.Currently, incessa...Published: 44 mins ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail hearing set for today
INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's bail hearing over charges of communicating falsehoods will be heard today at the High Court after the State yesterday requested more time to file submission...Published: 47 mins ago | 36 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadres eulogise SB Moyo
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Major-General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso Moyo (SB), was yesterday described as a brave and intelligent soldier whose military prowess both during and after the ...Published: 57 mins ago | 197 | by Staff reporter
Decade of darkness in Gwanda suburb
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North suburb in Gwanda have no kind words for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), saying the entity has neglected them by not electrifying their homes for over 10 y...Published: 60 mins ago | 43 | by Staff reporter
Delta lager volumes up 48%
Delta Corporation reported a buoyant Christmas quarter with the key lager beer volumes rising 48% against the comparable year ago period, due to positives arising from the payment of end of year bonus...Published: 14 hrs ago | 594 | by Staff reporter
Can your Employer Force You to Have a COVID-19 Test?
There are times the situation calls for measures which are tough but protecting the public and making work places safe. The world has embraced a world order which would have been pervasive in normal c...Published: 16 hrs ago | 755 | by enford Madekufamba and Dr. Masimba Mavaza
At exactly 12.01 EST 20/01/21 America will heave sigh of relief - government of the people was tested and survived
Today, 20 January 2020, at exactly one minute past high noon Eastern Standard Time the whole of America will heave a huge sigh of relief. The four years of chaos, arrogance and down right lawlessness ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1723 | by Nomusa Garikai
Pastor Munyeza caught in adultery storm
OUTSPOKEN Harare cleric and businessman Shingi Munyeza has surrendered his post as Faith Ministries pastor after he was forced to publicly admit to adultery by his daughter.Munyeza admitted in...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7245 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 stalls Gwanda Hlalani Kuhle sewerage piping
GARIKAI/HLALANI Kuhle housing scheme residents of ward eight in Gwanda have embarked on a project to install sewage pipes at their houses after their municipality failed to do so for 14 years since th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
'Data price must fall'
NATIONAL Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo has called on internet service providers in the country to reduce their tariffs for the survival of the arts sector as artistes are relying so...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers end five-day strike
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers yesterday resumed work after a five-day strike over poor salaries, a situation which crippled critical services such as refuse collection, primary health care and b...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
55 000t fertiliser on the way
UP to 55 000 tonnes of top dressing fertiliser have been imported, while resources have also been set aside to ensure accelerated imports of fertiliser to avert local shortages and ensure summer crops...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
First black RBZ Governor Moyana scored many firsts
The community of central bank governors in any country, Zimbabwe included, is a very small one and when one of them is taken, that departure leaves a yawning gap of unimaginable proportions. T...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 956 | by Gideon Gono
Exchange control regulations and export growth
The monetary policy committee for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued a circular with changes to export surrender requirements on the 7th of January 2021. The changes include immediately removin...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:30hrs | 100 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 472 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mediclinic justifies ties to apartheid era 'Dr Death'
Private hospital group Mediclinic South Africa has come under fire after it emerged that Dr. Wouter Basson is still practicing at its Cape facilities.Dr. Wouter Basson was the mastermind behin...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:02hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank workers offered 349% pay hike
Zimbabwean bank workers have been offered a once-off 349% annual-pay increase by employers, falling far short of labor union demands and setting the stage for a potential legal challenge.The p...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 3793 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin-nurse relives prison nightmare
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick st...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | 2658 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo council workers awarded 150% pay increase
City of Bulawayo workers returned to work on Tuesday after calling off their week-long strike over poor pay.The strike had crippled council services with uncollected garbage piling up around t...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 11:16hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
Two mayors, town clerks for Harare
HARARE City Council is currently operating with two acting mayors and two town clerks as the fight for control of the capital city reaches boiling point.Councillors Luckson Mukunguma and Stewa...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
This is best time for Mnangagwa, Mwonzora and Chamisa to sit down together
THE time is now opportune for three of the country's major political players - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa - to sit down together ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Urban councils to carry out water audits
Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) president Josiah Makombe has said that all urban councils should, by the end of this year, carry out water audits to address the challenges faced by local...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC rails govt for 'crippling service delivery'
THE MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has blamed the central government for crippling service delivery in Bulawayo by recalling its councillors.This was revealed by MDC Alliance Bulawayo spokesperson ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Tall grass headache for Bulawayo motorists
A NUMBER of intersections in Bulawayo have become potential blackspots for motorists due to tall grass that reduces visibility. Drivers have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to slash tall...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:51hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Sweet victory for Jefferies in Dubai
ACE Zimbabwean motor racing driver Axcil Jefferies buried himself in glory on Saturday after sweeping to victory in the 2021 Hankook 24H Dubai at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:51hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
War vets mourn veteran nationalist Mudzi
Liberation war fighters yesterday mourned Mukudzei Mudzi (94)who died on Saturday, describing him as a militant patriot committed to the freedom of the country. This comes as Masvingo Province...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disowns Oppah Muchinguri
THE government has been left embarrassed after one of its top most government officials, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri created a diplomatic headache for Zimbabwe by accusing China of creat...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:42hrs | 9151 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble in Chitungwiza demolitions
LEAKED letters addressed to Chitungwiza Town Council bosses have exposed the government's involvement in the demolition of homes and other illegal structures in Harare and the dormitory town with the ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:34hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Confronting the scourge of persecution by prosecution
One of the most topical debates in national discourses in Zimbabwe over the last week has been around mechanisms to address and regulate the dissemination of false information and disinformation, in l...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 134 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
SABC blind to progress, Peter
A few days ago, I wandered into a Twitter discussion between Peter Ndoro and a gentleman called Selwyn Nkomo and various other people.The discussion I stumbled upon was about the apparent bias...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:23hrs | 555 | by Stembile Mpofu
Soldiers bash lockdown enforcing cop
TWO soldiers reportedly went berserk on Monday and assaulted a police officer who was leading a team that was enforcing lockdown restriction measures in Chipinge.Milicent Ndebvu (30) and Mike ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Lower Gweru irrigation farmers urged to diversify crops
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive Rockie Mutenha has urged farmers at Insukamini irrigation scheme in Lower Gweru to embark on crop diversification in order to benefit more from the proj...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime should stop weaponising law
THAT the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono among others may complicate matters for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation's international re-engagement is not in doubt anymore.No...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
45 police officers challenge detention
FORTY-FIVE suspended police officers have approached the High Court seeking an order to be released from Chikurubi Detention Barracks (DB) where they have been committed since January 4.The of...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2011 | by Staff reporter
Zinara eyes switch to electronic tolling
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) wants to switch from manual collection of toll fees to an electronic tolling collection (ETC) method that allows vehicles to pass through a toll gat...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Weekend in jail for Mahere
MDC-Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday denied bail while the party's spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere, will spend the weekend in custody as the court is expected to make a ruling on her ba...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns social media users
Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has denied claims the country's hospitals are overwhelmed amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and face a critical shortage of beds and equipment....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa causes R2.5 billion investment cancellation
South African Breweries (SAB) has cancelled a further R2.5 billion of capital investment following the third blanket ban on alcohol sales, it announced on Friday.In announcing the ban, Preside...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:44hrs | 2148 | by Staff reporter
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1261 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Battle to control council rages
A VICIOUS battle to control Harare City Council has emerged between suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango and Zvenyika Chawatama, who was occupying the role on an acting basis following the arrest of t...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Army-linked Anjin grabs richest diamond claim
AN army-linked miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, grabbed the most lucrative diamond claim in Marange from a firm owned by the government after being relicensed under unclear circumstances, it has em...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1109 | by Kenneth Matimaire
MDC led BCC criticised for buying wrong equipment
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the city council for purchasing wrong valves for the rehabilitation of the Ncema and Fernhill Pump stations, which are pivotal for effective water supplies to the se...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:39hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk tests Covid positive
BULAWAYO town clerk Mr Christopher Dube has contracted Covid-19. Mr Dube tested Covid-19 positive on Monday but did not need to be admitted to hospital. Over 24 000 people have contracted the ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Mother denies baby's death in Sikhala case
THE mother of the child who was reported by MDC-Alliance activists as having been struck to death by a police officer using a baton in Harare, denied that her baby was beaten to death during the incid...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
SA MPs call for one-stop border concept at Beitbridge
A call for full implementation of the one-stop-border post concept at Beitbridge is seen as a solution to the perennial congestion challenges that take place there, South Africa's Parliamentary Portfo...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Drop charges against Chin'ono, Mahere and Sikhala, demands Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean government to drop "malicious" charges against journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition MDC Alliance officials Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 898 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Rains improve availability of food in the Covid-19 era
COMMUNAL farmers in Gwanda say the summer season has come with a change of fortune in the food situation at a time when most families were facing challenges due to the Covid 19-induced lockdown....Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 14:05hrs | 514 | by ZBC News
Time to make Matabeleland Zambezi water project a reality
For the last three decades or so, Zimbabwe's largest cities have faced water challenges due to due to a combination of poor rains, droughtand mismanagement. The situation in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's s...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:51hrs | 635 | by Alfonce Mbizwo
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