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Mnangagwa's fresh headache
Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding fro...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3627 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's exchange rates band to narrow
The gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates is expected to narrow further from the current 20% by the end of the year owing to the containment of reserve money, good agriculture se...Published: 12 hrs ago | 896 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested for fatally assaulting suspected burglar
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 383 | by Staff reporter
Benefits of legalizing online gambling in Zimbabwe
You need to know that physical gambling in Zimbabwe is legal. Any possible form is completely legal and there is no issues of any kind. Online gambling activities are a bit harder to explain. They are...Published: 14 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff Writer
Cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA
A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested over 190kg dagga
A CHIREDZI-BASED police officer has been arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of 190 kilogrammes of dagga.Sergeant Luckson Munhukwaye (43) is expected to appear at the Chiredzi ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Ministry to appoint new hospital heads
GOVERNMENT will appoint substantive chief executives for the country's five major hospitals after settling issues with managers who were fired last July. The Ministry of Health and Child Care ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
RBZ resolves auction payment glitches
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has resolved the delayed settlement of foreign currency auction payments that occurred at the end of last year, as the authorities continue to refine the sys...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Dr Masimba Mavaza
I normally do not want to respond to social media neither do I want to be vilifying people. But after reading the article by Nomaz...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2294 | by Mandla Khumalo
GMAZ threatens legal action against Daily Maverick
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has released a scathing response to the Daily Maverick Cartel Dynamics report.In a statement released by the Acting General manager Garikai Chaunza, t...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 13:03hrs | 885 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5521 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 200 | by Obert Chifamba
Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1772 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Vice President Mohadi's weapon of mass destruction misfired or was he trapped?
One American writer by the name Samantha Rose Hill once said" we can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don't stand on common ground"So how vulnerable ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3205 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 3912 | by Staff reporter
'No need for further studies on Chinese vaccine'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro has told Senate that the Sinopharm vaccine from China does not need further studies as it has been extensively researched on internationally and loc...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Constructive criticism of leaders needs courage
The Honourable Vice President KEMBO Mohadi's Shenanigans have touched a gas cylinder there by creating a social media blast. Many people have urged party ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 19:58hrs | 753 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1475 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Is Mnangagwa a lost cause?
One of Barack Obama's contribution to US foreign policy was the encouragement of a class of liberal whites and blacks with absolutely first-class brains, but above everything else, loved their subject...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 439 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 184 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwean banks strike forex auction settlement deal
ZIMBABWE's banking system has agreed to settle funds allocated at the foreign currency auction system within two weeks, central bank governor John Mangudya has said.Introduced in June 2020 to ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers suspends editors over Soul-Jah Love tribute wishing presidium death
STATE-CONTROLLED publisher Zimpapers has summarily suspended sub-editors Washington Rungano Gwanzura and Tinashe Chuma for publishing a cheeky reader's comment wishing death on President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away from foreign Aid and instead, seeking solutions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | 878 | by Nomazulu Thata
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has ravaged the globe....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zacc gets new secretary
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has finally recruited a secretary to fill up the top post, which has gone for over a year without a substantive accounting officer following the departur...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Snake bites require urgent medical attention
WHEN summer comes, many animals that have been in hibernation or rarely seen during the winter, come out. These include snakes. As a result, cases of snake bites are often high during summertime....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 510 | by Cimas iGo
RBZ probes shady tycoons and firms
THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) - an arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) - has opened a fresh investigation into firms and individuals who are using shelf companies to siphon money from th...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
3 thieving soldiers denied bail in Chiwenga case
THREE soldiers accused of stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava have been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.Anesu M...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Cash withdrawal limits, lending rates go up
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased withdrawal limits to $2 000 from $1 000 and reviewed upwards the bank policy and private sector lending rates as part of comprehensive measures to stre...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:49hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
More trucks using Zimbabwe as transit route
THE volume of commercial trucks using Beitbridge Border Post has started to increase, with transporters now avoiding the Botswana transit route due to very strict Covid-19 screening measures.I...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
Cop attempts to murder pastor
A Masvingo Police woman has been remanded in custody on charges of attempted murder after she allegedly struck and injured her husband who is a pastor with a hoe handle.Yvonne Kufakunesu, a Po...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:30hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools reduce Form 1 intakes
SOME aspiring Form One pupils, especially those who got more than 10 units in their 2020 Grade 7 examinations risk failing to secure boarding places as schools are reducing intakes. With most ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Health experts hail lockdown decision
HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve.This comes after Mnan...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 19:51hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
The ultimate checklist for the winter adventure of your dreams
Bears sure have it easy. At the very least, they get to hibernate all winter without a worry in the world. After all, sleeping in and doing nothing during cold winter days is a dream for a lot of peop...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 275 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira to sue South African publication, Maverick Citizen over false report
FORMER Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is also Nyanga South MP, has threatened to sue South African publication, Maverick Citizen, over its article where it allege...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Veteran pilots' mercy flight
A pilot with 18 000 flight hours, Captain Judicat Jonas, led a team of 11 crew members that brought the 200 000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China. In total, there were four pilots, two cabin crews, ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, the nation's pride
ON Monday, early in the morning, Government officials set camp at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport awaiting the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines, a gift from China that c...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes U-turn on UK free vaccine offer?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday further extended the lockdown by another two weeks with government saying it was not clear on the efficacy of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine received from China ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 9524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa further extends lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday further extended the lockdown by another two weeks with government saying it was not clear on the efficacy of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine received from China ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses US$1,6m property to security aides
TWO members of the Presidential Guard and their two alleged accomplices appeared in court yesterday charged with stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Dombosh...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 5456 | by Staff reporter
Don't rush to open schools, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has urged government to consult teachers and parents among other key stakeholders before reopening schools for the 2021 calendar year.PTUZ pr...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku accuses Mnangagwa's govt of Mugabe era abuses
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation of perpetuating the human rights abuses that happened under the late fo...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Harare roads funds need audit
The heavy rains have highlighted the lack of maintenance and lack of required rebuilding on many Harare roads, with the city council getting its fair share of Zinara funds and having access to parking...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Soft drinks strike Zimbabwean musician with blindness
HARARE - FAMED for fronting some of the most popular music genres in the country, Bob Nyabinde has claimed that his decades old addiction to soft drinks rendered him blind.The popular Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 7570 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 748 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Covid-19 vaccination must be compulsory
THE ministry of Health and Child Care says Zimbabwe will start receiving Covid-19 vaccines from the Ides of February.China and Russia - you guessed right - and maybe India also, will give us t...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:33hrs | 812 | by Tawanda Majoni
Ex-minister's US$400k case raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has allegedly been sitting on a dossier implicating former Labour and Social Welfare minister in the siphoning of public funds for over two years amid cl...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:50hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba sweats over looming retirement dilemma
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba - who by operation of law retires at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70 years old - faces the biggest question of his long professional career as a judicial ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 5786 | by Staff reporter
Doorstep delivery of COVID-19 medication will stop spreading
WITH the holidays over, the touristy City of Victoria Falls is moving to curb the spike in COVID-19 cases which may have resulted from unrestricted movement in December.Steven Bafana (55) of M...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:24hrs | 94 | by Vicky
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