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Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget headache
Parliament says structuring next year's budget presents a serious headache as the imploding economy continues to be saddled by runaway inflation and skyrocketing prices stemming from currency volatili...Published: 2 hrs ago | 707 | by Staff reporter
Chibuku Super Cup venues announced
AFTER days of speculation, the Premier Soccer League has announced venues for the Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals set for this weekend, with the toast of the fixtures pitting Highlanders and FC Plati...Published: 2 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
Player collapses during soccer match
THE Bulawayo football fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the untimely death of 18-year-old Talen Vision defender Cedric Dube, who collapsed during a league match and was pronounced de...Published: 2 hrs ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to scrap Presidential running mate concept
Cabinet yesterday approved constitutional amendments that will result in the scrapping of the concept of running mates in Presidential elections and extend the women's quota system by another 10 years...Published: 2 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stage sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over shona nurses recruitment
Hundreds of people thronged Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Monday, with the hope of being recruited as student nurses following the controversial recruitment of nurses a week ago where locals from Matabe...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2521 | by Staff reporter
How to effectively manage your business records using Virtual Data Rooms
Businesses, whether big or small, need proper management to function smoothly. If you are a small business, maintaining clean business records will surely impress your customers and potential partners...Published: 17 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa redeploys envoy Suka-Mafudze to Malawi
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-deployed former Zimbabwean Ambassador to Sudan, Hilda Suka-Mafudze to Malawi. In a Government Gazette, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Misheck...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn, Caps clash moved to BF
CHICKEN INN have opted to host league pacesetters Caps United at Barbourfields (BF) Stadium for the blockbuster Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) match on Wednesday in a bid to maximise on reve...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe angles for post Brexit trade spoils
ZIMBABWE is evaluating the implications of the United Kingdom's possible exit from the European Union (EU) and positioning itself for wider trading opportunities beyond the impasse. The United...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:35hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Oskid 'kicked out' of ZiFM
Controversial music producer Prince "Oskid" Tapfuma and his label Oskid Productions have parted ways with AB Communications subsidiary Six Finger Records amid alleged contractual breaches and unprofes...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:53hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho boss says council is 'rotten'
Tsholotsho Rural District Council chairman Esau Siwela has vowed to rid the local authority of corruption amid accusations that syndicates are milking council of millions of dollars.Siwela tol...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:48hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Erect bus stop shelters for Zupco buses
THE timely coming on board of the Zupco buses to service town routes that have all along belonged to private owned commuter omnibuses or kombis has brought smiles to the majority of citizens who...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:45hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
The Anti-Sanctions Declaration: Disentangling Neo-Colonial Political thought
The burden of historyToday the pan-African nationalist movement is bestowed with the mandate of tackling the ever-changing complexities and complexions of colonialism. This comes again...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:43hrs | 87 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa to meet investors in Russia
President Mnangagwa will this week attend the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, where he is expected to meet Russian investors from Alrosa and Great Dyke Investments (GDI).The engagements...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:41hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni threatens to expel traditional leaders
CHIEF Nyangazonke Ndiweni of Matobo District has threatened to expel traditional leaders under his jurisdiction, whom he is accusing of conniving with self-proclaimed witch-hunters, known as tsikamuta...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 5991 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor rebels against MDC
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has thrown into the drain attempts by his party MDC-Alliance to reinstate embattled former Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami, in a latest twist that shows fissu...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 7727 | by Staff Reporter
Cabinet meeting rescheduled
NEXT week's Cabinet meeting will be held on Monday. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda yesterday said: "The Chief Secretary to the President and Ca...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
Under probe ex-Zinara boss changes name from Chitukutu to Mandlamakhulu
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku, who is under investigation for fraud, has changed his surname. He has done so together with his family. This i...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Chief sells Govt vehicle, deal reversed
GOVERNMENT has seized an Isuzu Double cab vehicle, which it allocated to Chief Mupungu of Chipinge after it emerged that he sold it to a Chipinge man hardly two years after receiving it.The la...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 3860 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube cautions on De Jongh
HIGHLANDERS' long time benefactor Tshinga Dube says the team's newly found form should not be credited to the new Dutch coach Pieter De Jongh but to the fact that the players have finally found the ri...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2006 | by Staff reporter
Spilt beer sends man to early grave
Two men from Shurugwi under Chief Nhema allegedly murdered a fellow patron after he accidentally spilt their beer.Godknows Dondiwa and Tafadzwa Jairos Moyo, appeared before Shurugwi magistrate...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks ailing younger brother to death
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Insiza district allegedly unleashed a deadly kick on his ailing younger brother, ripping open his stomach resulting in intestines protruding, a magistrate heard yesterday. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1001 | by Staff Reporter
Boy (14) fatally assaulted over stolen hen
FIVE Rusape villagers allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a 14-year-old boy accused of stealing a hen from one of their colleague, last week.Three of them – Jonathan Elias (43), Michae...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Women wake up with no panties at funeral
IN a bizarre incident that has left villagers in Mkuze Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe South shell-shocked, women at a funeral wake miraculously woke up without their panties last week.The ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 3021 | by Staff Reporter
Highlanders face Platinum in Chibuku Cup
A CHIBUKU Super Cup humdinger is in the offing after resurgent Highlanders FC were drawn against league champions FC Platinum in the quarter-finals in Harare yesterday. Another interesting fix...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 888 | by Staff Reporter
100% bonus for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has resolved to pay civil servants full bonuses for 2019 pegged on gross income, a departure from last year when the 13th cheque was based on pensionable salaries only. In an interv...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 5265 | by Staff Reporter
Uyinene's Tears!
The tears of hope for a life gone too soon, a life that still had a lot to offer. A circumstance that made us realize that as a nation we are on the cross road. "We either araise above this or...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:19hrs | 278 | by Eric Shikobela
Nkayi goblins shut down schools, female teachers wake up wearing male counterparts' trousers
Fudu primary and secondary schools in Nkayi, Matabeleland North Province, have been closed for three weeks after teachers fled in terror when female teachers woke up wearing their ma...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 20:50hrs | 3985 | by Staff Reporter
MDC MPs lose allowances
PARLIAMENT has docked the allowances of opposition MDC legislators as punishment for walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, the Daily News reporte...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 5484 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube cut his nose to spite his face
ZIMBABWE businesses, grappling with the realities of hyperinflation and exchange rate induced losses, have pressed the panic button over worsening macro-economic conditions in the country, with severa...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2244 | by Phillimon Mhlanga
Energy ministry secretary grilled over Zesa rebundling, tariffs
MINISTRY of Energy secretary Gloria Magombo was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issues of rebundling of Zesa with MPs questioning why an institution that was recently unbundled was now being rebu...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:04hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Dumb thief returns to victims' house wearing stolen loot
A CHEEKY, if not dumb thief from Bulawayo was arrested after he went to one of his victims' house two days after robbing him, wearing clothes he had stolen from the home. Noel Tshuma (20) from...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Banking Survey places NMB among country's top three banks
NMB Bank's top level performance was acknowledged in this year's Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey, where it was second runner-up for the Overall Bank of the Year award.The results...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 1350 | by Agencies
'Mwonzora no longer an MDC member'
Our former deputy secretary for International relations Mr Togarasei Mwonzora is no longer an MDC member. Everyone has a right to associate and de-associate and kule Mwonzora has exercised the latter ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 08:04hrs | 7906 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US$400m NRZ deal divides ministers
CABINET's shock decision this week to cancel the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal won by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and South African ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-minister in messy land wrangle
A CORRUPTION report has been filed against former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora in connection with a messy land dispute, in which he allegedly allocated 359 hectares of land in Beatrice to a senio...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe details sanctions impact on health
Illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries must be removed as they are not targeted but are affecting ordinary people, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. In an in...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Woman escapes jail after bashing hubby over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed. Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukh...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Prophet sentenced to 25 years in jail for armed robbery
A Self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the death of one...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:24hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions; the anguish of Zim women
Sanctions placed on Zimbabwe are erroneously said to be targeted on a few individuals and selected companies. I am a simple Zimbabwean woman and I have a harrowing tale that is shared by many a Zimbab...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:57hrs | 8 | by Gift Mashoko
RBZ wins accident lawsuit
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling ordering the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay accident damages amounting to US$33 552 to a local company.The judgment, nullifying the ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Murdered headman's family demands 70 beasts for ritual
RELATIVES of a Mberengwa headman who was murdered by his neighbour for facilitating a botched donkey trading deal are demanding 70 heads of cattle to conduct a cleansing ritual for the deceased's spir...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 9 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Army chief's wife to stand trial for murder
The wife of a brigadier general who was a suspect in the 2012 murder of her nephew is only being prosecuted seven years later – coincidentally as her husband has filed for divorce.Cleop...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 7 | by ZimLive
Old Mutual tables new retrenchment package
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited has been forced to table an improved voluntary retrenchment package to its employees after the first one got a lukewarm response, according to group chief executive officer...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:44hrs | 8 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF endorses DCC polls
THE Zanu-PF Politburo has endorsed newly-elected Harare District Coordinating Committee (DCC) executive members as part of a restructuring exercise to strengthen the party ahead of 2023 national elect...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Africa escalates anti-sanctions crusade
The Pan African Parliament (PAP), which is sitting in South Africa, has debated a motion calling for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, with its members saying ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:40hrs | 5 | by Staff rpeorter
'Mnangagwa's government funds the Mambo King'
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government is allegedly funding the newly established Mambo dynasty the Secretary for Matabeleland Chiefs Nothiwani Dlodlo has alleged. Mike Moyo was installed...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 59 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Long serving deputy police spokesperson retires
MASHONALAND Central provincial deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Petros Masikati retied over the weekend after 31 years of service in the same province.Speaking at Masikati's fare...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 14:29hrs | 42 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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