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Victoria Falls landlords evict tenants
SOME property owners in Victoria Falls are reportedly evicting their tenants to decongest their houses for fear of spreading COVID-19.Panic has gripped the resort town after information circul...Published: 28 secs ago | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget - celebrate our Independence
Independence Day celebrations are sacred and remain so despite our circumstances under the debilitating illegal restrictive measures imposed on our little nation by powerful countries. We only have on...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:28hrs | 45 | by Gabarinocheka
Town clerk buys laptop, mobile phone for $150,000
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza is in the eye of a storm after an audit showed that she bought herself a mobile phone and a laptop for $150 000 using council funds.Gwatipedza w...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
TNF partners must not agree on poverty datum line based on false assumption - ZCTU
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary General Japhet Moyo has warned the Tripatrite Negotiation Forum (TNF) members not to agree on Poverty Datum Line (PDL) based pay which is based on false ass...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:26hrs | 659 | by Stephen Jakes
Fuel service station operators cry foul
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has expressed dismay over allegations by small petroleum players in Matabeleland that they are having their franchises unfairly terminated....Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:35hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Load-shedding to go by June, claims Zesa
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as the country is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:34hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Zesa cuts Eskom debt to US$4m
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as Zimbabwe is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while pa...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding is temporary, claims Zimbabwean minister
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has attributed the abrupt increase in load shedding experienced over the past few days to a fault at Hwange Power Station. Though the supply...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Fuel players challenge licence fees hike
THE Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to interdict the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) from effecting th...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
How coronavirus has hurt Zimbabwe's ailing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a national disaster on Tuesday.On Monday, a day before Mnangagwa's declaration, the Health ministry revealed that a Uni...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
US$24m for fuel
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has released US$23,89 million for the purchase of fuel to be sold in local currency for the week March 16 to 22. RBZ governor Dr John Mangudya made the announcement ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 395 | by Staff reported
Mixed feelings over Mthuli Ncube's measures
CAPTAINS of industry have reacted differently to the government's move to liberalise the foreign currency exchange market, with some saying the development confirms that the country has redollarised a...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Obhudas on Decks to 'revive' Bulawayo nightlife
The experienced wheel-spinning duo of DJ Keitho, real name Keith Ndiweni, and DA Grooveman, real name Albert Hlabo, has vowed to revive Bulawayo's dwindling nightlife by returning back to the basics w...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Govt to deal with corrupt fuel retailers
GOVERNMENT has activated high-level systems to deal with corrupt fuel retailers engineering artificial shortages, with strict surveillance and penalties crafted to clean up the sector.Ch...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:50hrs | 184 | by Staff Reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3348 | by Staff Reporter
Musarara blocks mealie meal price increase
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Chairman Tafadzwa Musarara has urged grain milers not to increase the price of mealie meal due to the current economic challenges obtaining in the country. ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 08:48hrs | 2529 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'30-year jail for Zesa property vandalism'
THE government is pushing for a mandatory 30-year jail sentence for people found guilty of vandalising electricity infrastructure to curb the vice, Energy minister Fortune Chasi said yesterday....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:02hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Govt blacklists suppliers not offering after-sales service
THE government has banned hospitals from purchasing equipment from companies that do not offer after-sales services, saying it has been incurring high service costs.Last month, the Senio...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:15hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe teachers need urgent salary review'
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou says teachers have relapsed into incapacitation because the salary increment effected by government in February for civil s...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former top aide bankrolled Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former top aide Douglas Tapfuma has revealed how the State Residences department funded the Zanu-PF 2018 election campaign.Tapfuma, who is accused of evading pay...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 14:33hrs | 2779 | by Staff reporter
Millers pleads with Parly over US$43m debt
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has pleaded with Parliament to assist its members settle a US$43m owed to wheat suppliers for 2017-2018 period.In letter penned by Tafadzwa Mus...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe requires US$85m for Census
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) needs US$85,5 million to successfully run the 2022 Population and Housing Census. Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli N...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:17hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Harare runs out of water treatment chemicals
Water shortages worsened in most Harare suburbs at the weekend due to inadequate treatment chemicals, with council reportedly pumping less than 100 mega-litres daily against a demand of 1 200 mega-lit...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:24hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU members call for action
RESTIVE members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have told the labour body's leadership to organise a mass stay-away to force the government to address the current economic crisis....Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:15hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Forex fuel irks transports operators, motorists
GOVERNMENT'S decision to licence a number of service stations to sell fuel in foreign currency as the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration battles to rein in recalcitrant economic problems has irked publ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:26hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sign 5 players
HIGHLANDERS paid-up members are expected to meet at the Clubhouse this morning for the sole purpose of receiving audited financial statements as a continuation of the club's Annual General Meeting (AG...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:23hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar crashes, fuel prices shoot up
THE prices of basic goods and services are set to skyrocket anew, after the local currency plunged against the United States dollar on the black market yesterday, the Daily News reports.This c...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 18:08hrs | 6593 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has the worst cabinet in Zimbabwean history'
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa fumed in parly and called out Ministers who abscond parly and said some of them where the worst ministers appointed since independence, Open Parly reports.Accord...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 13:24hrs | 3391 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga embarrassed at clean-up
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday abandoned a clan-up campaign scheduled for Mvurwi after only a handful of party officials turned up, leading to a bitter meeting of the Zanu-PF provincial...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 10256 | by Staff reporter
Government threatens to deregister fuel suppliers
GOVERNMENT has threatened to deregister fuel suppliers who withhold fuel in garages for speculation or for selling at inflated foreign currency rates against gazetted prices. This comes after ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
No forex, no fuel for Zimdollar earning Zimbabweans
FUEL is readily available for motorists buying in foreign currency, but not for those using local currency who have to queue for hours to access the commodity. This supply situation of diesel ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo film premieres on Zambezi Magic
Local feature film, Gold Diggers which seeks to portray women in a positive light through its storyline, is set to premiere on Zambezi Magic, (DStv channel 162) on International Women's Day this Sunda...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to release US$120m for fuel
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has earmarked US$120 million this month to import around 200 million litres of fuel for the general local currency market, with US$18,5 million letters of credit con...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to release US$120m for fuel
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has earmarked US$120 million this month to import around 200 million litres of fuel for the general local currency market, with US$18,5 million letters of credit con...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1422 | by Steve Grays
High Court embarasses the state over Kasukuwere
We welcome the judgment of 2 March by the honorable High Court (case number HC2435-19) in which Judge Mangota has ruled in favor of Saviour Kasukuwere. On appeal, the court rightfully upheld the decis...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 16:43hrs | 5253 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Balancing your baby and your finances! Budgeting tips for new parents
Taking care of your finances is a full-time job; more so with the arrival of a newborn baby. And, although babies are a bundle of joy, things can get expensive quickly, leading to feelings of overwhel...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 09:42hrs | 797 | by Staff Writer
'Tell Mnangagwa the truth about economy'
PARLIAMENTARIANS have called on economic stakeholders to be honest when meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the deteriorating state of the economy blamed on the unusual growth in the money suppl...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
MRP to drive out non-local teachers from Matebeleland?
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) President, Mqondisi Moyo, addressing a rally at Tshabalala Hall Saturday.Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has threatened to drive out all non-local teachers in Mat...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:36hrs | 2390 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Energy minister Fortune Chasi
Dear Fortune ChasiI have known you as the man who reaches out. Your humour and personality projected through your social media posts is simply outstanding. Your public relations record must be...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 295 | by Jairos Saunyama
Fuel cheats exposed
FUEL retailers could be hoarding fuel for speculative purposes or diverting the commodity to either the black market or service stations that sell in foreign currency amid revelations they drew down i...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 08:49hrs | 4008 | by Staff Reporter
Vandals ransack Bulawayo electrical fittings
ZIMBABWE'S power company, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has said a number of Bulawayo suburbs have been thrown into total darkness owing to vandalism of elect...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:58hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces 300% surge in electricity tariffs
THE continuous low water levels on Zimbabwe's biggest dam, Kariba, could see a 300% spike in electricity costs, as the country battles crippling power cuts of up to 17 hours daily, the United Nations ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
'ZESA committing genocide in Matobo' says Linda Masarira
LEAD Zimbabwe President Linda Masarira has taken ZESA head on over what she called systematic genocide through the continued lack of electricity in Matobo District. Masarira said the company was b...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1729 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surges 44%
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surged 44% to 2.54 tonnes in January from 1.77 tonnes during the same period last year on the back of increased fuel allocations to miners.Experts said the country's...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Eskom US$1m monthly
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said Zimbabwe is paying nearly US$1 million towards clearing its debt to South Africa's State power utility, Eskom, and expects improved power s...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni has higher aspirations about Matabeleland
We should all know that Advocate Chamisa knows how corrupt, how weak the leadership of Matabeleland is. Chief Ndiweni is under thumb of Chamisa but I think their relationship is symbiotic somehow. Cha...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 14:14hrs | 1648 | by Nomazulu Thata
Why Prof Mthuli Ncube and John Mangudya must resign
In this dossier I am challenging the Finance Minister, Mr Mthuli Ncube, and his RBZ counterpart Mr Mangudya to resign with immediate effect citing their combined failure to fulfil their objectives and...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:19hrs | 1241 | by Magugu Benard, ZAPU NPC member (Midlands province)
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya must resign
In this dossier, I am challenging the Finance Minister, Mr Mthuli Ncube, and his RBZ counterpart Mr Mangudya to resign with immediate effect citing their combined failure to fulfil their objectives an...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1412 | by Magugu Benard, ZAPU NPC member (Midlands province)
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