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Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 8 hrs ago | 5206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ropes in traditional chiefs to promote Chinese project
GOVERNMENT has roped in traditional leaders to convince reluctant villagers to agree to be evicted when a carbon steel project undertaken by a Chinese investor in the Chirumanzu area of the Midlands p...Published: 8 hrs ago | 633 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023
THE Election Resource Centre (ERC), an electoral and democracy think-tank, says Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023 if the polls are conducted under current electoral laws.As ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 558 | by Staff reporter
Biti says Mthuli Ncube is 'clueless and incompetent'
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the current head of Treasury Mthuli Ncube is "clueless and incompetent" who hopes that God or the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda will keep the economy afloat....Published: 9 hrs ago | 1295 | by Staff reporter
UZ student in court for fraud
A UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) student was on Friday arraigned before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga charged with fraud after he allegedly duped other students who intended to switch their programm...Published: 9 hrs ago | 701 | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to seize US$6m ill-gotten assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to see the corrupt both jailed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains and so has this year so far referred 76 cases to the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 10 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
Closure of foreign companies cleared way for local controlled economy
THE closures of foreign-owned companies in Zimbabwe and relocating to neighbouring countries have produced positive growth in Zimbabwe as the country has managed to create its own local controlled eco...Published: 10 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
Govt changes tact on Gwayi-Shangani dam project
The government says it has adopted an integrated approach to the Gwayi-Shangani dam construction project by holistically involving other relevant stakeholders during planning and implementation to avo...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1341 | by Staff reporter
BCC suspends burials at Athlone after excavator breaks down
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at Athlone cemetery after the excavator used digging graves broke down, sources have said.Athlone cemetery is situated just after Northend...Published: 22 hrs ago | 697 | by Staff reporter
Recovering drug addict Naomi Campbell lampooned over Jacob Zuma open letter
British supermodel, actress and businesswoman Naomi Campbell has received a blasting from die-hard Jacob Zuma supporters for her open letter criticising the former president for his defiance of the co...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 16:30hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Abduction victims hostile, says Oppah Muchinguri
THE government is failing to complete reported abduction cases perpetrated by suspected state security agents as the victims are unwilling to cooperate or their evidence has been tampered with, Defenc...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 16:08hrs | 2075 | by Staff reporter
Zida boss raises red flag
ZIMBABWE Investment and Development Agency (Zida) CEO Douglas Munatsi says he is worried about government's failure to protect investors.Investor protection has been a thorny issue in Zimbabwe...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
'Prepare for 5G or perish'
ZIMBABWEAN firms must start preparing for fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks to adapt to changes taking place in the telecoms industry, according to telecoms executive and former NetOne chief execu...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2462 | by Staff reporter
Meeting set up to review Govt salaries
GOVERNMENT employees and pensioners received a cumulative $80 billion as salaries and other benefits in the first-half of the year as more benefits and adjustments are set to be effected before the en...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked second least happy country in the world
The 2021 World Happiness Report is out, and Zimbabwe ranked one step above Afghanistan, the world’s unhappiest country in the world. A total of 149 countries made the pool of countries that were ran...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 20:02hrs | 1831 | by Tafara Mtutu
Zimbabwe's political prostitutes
The man who was behind Grace Mugabe's youth interface rallies where she was spewing vitriolic attacks against Mnangagwa has once again by hook or crook managed to get himself appointed to lead a fundr...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:56hrs | 3718 | by Sam Wezhira
Mr Cross's zeal with limited knowledge, a danger to macro-economic stability
Mr Eddie Cross's article titled "Challenges facing the foreign exchange auction" made a lot of casual reading amusement, especially for those amongst us uninitiated in the domain of macro-economic ana...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:32hrs | 899 | by Jameson Dapi
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 5129 | by Staff reporter
Harare council director arrested
HARARE City Council's director of works Isiah Zvenyika Chawatama yesterday appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges.Chawatama (55), who was represented by Admire Rubaya, was g...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:49hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Simple, yet effective ways to turn gambling into a successful business
With COVID somewhat still in effect, more and more people are taking their hobbies to all-new heights. And, why not? With nothing better to do, why not indulge in the things you love to do? You’ll n...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:37hrs | 155 | by Staff writer
Tips for betting on sports successfully
In recent years, sports betting has grown in popularity. Many areas have decided to legalize the activity for one reason or another. It is more popular than ever before. You've likely engaged in this ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Janet Banana was publicly shamed and not her gay husband Canaan
The public knowledge that the former President was gay was suffered by Janet Banana his wife more than Canaan Banana. She was shamed, she was whispered by those patriarchal voices of our women in our ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 17:40hrs | 3384 | by Nomazulu Thata
CSO engage volunteer teachers to assist rural young people with education
A Civic society group - Community Compassion Care Trust has engaged volunteer teachers in rural areas to assist young people on education especially with the subjects such as Maths, Science and Englis...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:47hrs | 366 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed robbers pounce on moneychanger
Four unidentified robbers recently pounced on a forex dealer in Rujeko suburb in Masvingo and went away with over US$ 4000 after threatening him with gunshots before assaulting him.Emmanuel Ch...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bans defiant NGOs
HARARE provincial development co-ordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti has banned all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private voluntary organisations (PVOs) which defied a directive to report to h...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 4561 | 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 | 390 | by Staff reporter
RBZ forex auction system overwhelmed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s foreign currency auction system is overwhelmed as it struggles to meet growing demand, leading to a two-month delay in payment of successful bids.This has ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:29hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Carjacking syndicate busted
SEVEN suspected car jackers, including four employees of a local car sale, believed to be part of a syndicate that has been targeting and stealing vehicles parked at houses and business premises in an...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 639 | 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 | 173 | by Staff reporter
Tribute to Solomon Bundo the great man of God
Mukoma Solo as I fondly call him was a man of valour, valliant soldier of Christ, symbol of unity, pillar, in all virtues, embodiment of love. Little did I know that November 2020 would be our estrang...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 17:58hrs | 1859 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe Economic Forecast H2 2021
Zimbabwe's economy is largely expected to register modest growth in 2021 buoyed by a bumper harvest in agriculture, partial dollarization and declining inflation, growth in export earnings and increas...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 410 | by Victor Bhoroma
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 180 | by Victor Bhoroma
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 2368 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims to have a plan
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will not be pushed by the Zanu-PF regime to disclose its key political strategies. Chamisa also pointed out that he is aware of the fact ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 10:53hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora flees party HQ
THE cash-strapped Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC-T party has been forced to shut down its offices at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after the Harare City Council cut water supplies over unpa...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 9699 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets farmers, vendors for election funds
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting vendors, small-scale miners and farmers to raise US$140 million for its war kitty for the 2023 general elections, a party official said yesterday. Acting ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Farmers need tractors, cattle have died
My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 646 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 552 | by Staff
Zanu-PF sets US$140 million budget for Mnangagwa re-election in 2023
Zanu-PF has set a target of raising US$140 million for the 2023 election campaign, just days after a new report accused the party of "mortgaging" the country's minerals to finance its past campaigns....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
'More Zimbabweans face deportation from UK'
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Community Appeal Group (ZCAG), says more Zimbabweans are set to be deported from that country, some of them without criminal history....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's poverty datum line increases
THE Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStats) yesterday said the country's year-on-year inflation figure eased to 56,37% in July, down from 106,4% in June.ZimStats also said the total co...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Whites more corrupt than us, says Mliswa
OUTSPOKEN Independent Norton legislator Themba Mliswa says white owned companies in Zimbabwe are looting the country's natural resources much more than those owned by indigenous people.In a se...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation takes a tumble, exports rise
Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation declined to double digit level for the first time in nearly two years this month, hitting 56,37 percent, with President Mnangagwa noting the fall marked yet another...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 351 | 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 | 1623 | by Etiwel Mutero
Goodwood Cup: Previous winners and 2021 favourites
Glorious Goodwood returns to Sussex with the opening day, boasting a highly anticipated race in the Goodwood Cup. The festival opens with its most prestigious start, where Stradivarius aims to continu...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:46hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation slows down to 56,37%
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation for the month of July 2021 slowed down to 56,37 percent, latest data show.The decline, which reflects a 50,27 percentage points from the June 2021 figures of 106,64...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
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