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Chinese worse colonizers than the British, as savagely exploiting our country out of existence
I am a ZISCOSTEEL product. Born and bred in the iron and steel making small town of Redcliff.As with most towns and cities in Zimbabwe - Redcliff was built entirely by companies that opened th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 238 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Subdued trade fair mirrors state of the country
AN old Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) flag flutters at the entrance outside the exhibition grounds in Bulawayo. The sun-burnt and worn flag has clearly seen better days and maybe should have...Published: 16 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimasco completes feasibility study for Mberengwa furnaces
ZIMASCO, a local ferro-chrome producer owned by China's Sinosteel, has completed a feasibility study for the construction of furnaces in Neta, Mberengwa District, where it intends to build new mines, ...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
'Investing in Zimbabwe open to all'
ZIMBABWE does not discriminate against any form of investment and companies wishing to invest in the country should make hay while the sun shines as the Second Republic remains open for business with ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in Zanu-PF restructuring
THE Zanu-PF restructuring exercise has exposed deep-rooted factionalism as well as infighting fuelled by jostling for positions ahead of the party's provincial elections.The party is set to co...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Is Brics becoming a fading giant?
IT was 13 years ago when the world, mainly developing countries, celebrated the birth of what would be known as Brics — a group of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and So...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 353 | by Tapiwa Gomo
All set for Zanu-PF polls
ALL is set for the holding of Zanu-PF district elections across the country's 10 provinces following the completion of a hugely successful grassroots restructuring exercise. Over the weekend, ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:07hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Angry ex-Zipra fighters warn govt
Disgruntled Zipra war veterans say they will now take matters into their own hands because President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is dithering about returning their properties seized during the Guk...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:55hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Chidavaenzi captures Mugabe's legacy in latest book
Title: Chasing The Wind ISBN: 978-0-7974-79594-6In November 2017, a "powerful wind" orchestrated by the military chased Zimbabwe's long-time ruler, the...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 160 | by Fungayi Sox
From David party to Forus: new political outfits raise eyebrows
The sprouting of political parties on the eve of a major election in Zimbabwe has become a tradition, but the period leading to 2023 might see even a bigger number of new formations if the current tre...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Why I wrote Mnangagwa book
Former MDC politician Eddie Cross says he could not turn down an opportunity to write President Emmerson Mnangagwa's autobiography because he was impressed with his attitude.Cross (EC), the au...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:34hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 638 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Mnangagwa govt's fake mega-deals raised false hopes
IN the run-up to the 30 July 2018 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa repeatedly claimed that Zimbabwe had attracted investment commitments amounting to over US$16 billion since he took over power...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
SMM saga sucks in Cyril Ramaphosa
FRIENDS of Shabanie and Mashava Mines Holdings (FoSMM) have filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore an administrator ap...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:17hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF employs secret ballot system
Zanu-PF has employed the secret ballot system ahead of its district executive elections to be held next week.In a circular dated September 9 and signed by acting political commissar Patrick Ch...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to up platinum output
Zimbabwe is expected to add up to 4% (about 17 thousand ounces (koz)) of platinum production volumes as a backlog of semi-finished inventory is refined in south Africa on the back of easing disruption...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Prison cell at Khami Prison should be a national heritage site
WHILE there is a clarion call to refurbish and transform liberation icon and founder of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Cde Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's house in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb ...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets district polls guidelines
Zanu-PF Secretary for Security Lovemore Matuke yesterday urged the party members to desist from vote buying and name dropping, saying candidates should stick to the set the guidelines for the district...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
‘Zanu-PF fears diaspora vote could push it out of power'
ZIMBABWEANS in the diaspora yesterday challenged the ruling Zanu-PF party to allow them to vote in the 2023 elections, saying denying them their right exposes the ruling party's fear of losing polls....Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'It's all about voting' Ginimbi tells Zimbabwean youths
The late Genius Ginimbi Kadungure urged young people to desist form only criticizing government without take an active role to elect he government. In a video posted by journalist Hopewell Chi...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 13:55hrs | 2090 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt wants to appear wealthy 'Mbinga' in the eyes of the world, yet can't even feed own children!
So, the Zimbabwe government is up to no good - again! I am sure we have all come across (at least once, in our lives) that guy who wants to appear wealthy in the eyes of the community - shops ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1244 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans politicians lining up their pockets
THE silly season is slowly approaching with less than 20 months left before the next elections. We now have President Emmerson Mnangagwa promising voters manna from heaven, declaring that what happene...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 286 | by Batsi Gonzo
Equipment for NetOne expansion starts to arrive
Equipment has started arriving in the country for the third phase of NetOne's US$71 million mobile broadband expansion that will see construction of over 260 new base stations, with President Mnangagw...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to launch music distribution platform
JACARANDA Media Group is set to launch an on demand digital music distribution service for both local and continental artistes at the end of this month.With the platform, artistes and record l...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
'Con job' that cost Mnangagwa dearly
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's projected winter wheat harvest has been severely cut after the government failed to stop an invasion by quelea birds at his Kwekwe farm because authorities bought a wron...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 3373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop Mugabe remains fiasco
PreSident Emmerson Mnangagwa must intervene to stop spirited attempts to exhume former president robert Mugabe's remains for reburial at the Heroes Acre, the late strongman's family has said.A...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 5330 | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: The killer of our dreams
THIS week marks the second anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the first prime minister of an independent Zimbabwe, on April 18, 1980.While we acknowledge the fact that there ar...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:59hrs | 753 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Outcry over mine closure
DOMBOSHAvA villagers have bemoaned the closure of a local gold mine which they say has transformed their lives.The mining claim being operated by Munyukwa Chibanda Mining Syndicate was tempora...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:56hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 182 | by Staff writer
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators resuscitate ailing assemblers
AMALGAMATED Bus Industries (ABI) - a consortium of 90% of the country's bus operators - have established a special purpose vehicle to resuscitate ailing bus assembling plants through a US$35 million f...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
ZSE-listed firms defy SecZim
ZIMBABWE'S listed companies have ignored implementing several measures put in place by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim) about six years ago to enhance disclosure levels in f...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:33hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Govt snubs cheaper donor-funded jabs
IN an eyebrow-raising development, the Zimbabwean government, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, has been purchasing expensive Chinese vaccines while overlooking doses supplied at cheaper prices under th...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:32hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Army boss accident: Convict granted $50 000 bail
A HIGH Court judge has granted $50 000 bail pending appeal to a 51-year-old Harare motorist who was jailed last month for crashing into Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda'...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:31hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Inside the cotton value chain
Cotton has been grown in Zimbabwe from as far back as 1940, even though production was enhanced after the establishment of the Cotton Marketing Board (CMB) in 1969. The white Gold is the second most i...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 345 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's rule is about aggrandisement
ADDRESSING Zanu-PF supporters in Mutare soon after the Zambian elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that what happened in the northern neighbour will "never ever" happen in Zimbabwe. The q...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:17hrs | 373 | by Martin Stobart
ZANU PF pin hope on Chinese and Russian vaccination
Zanu PF Midlands provincial secretary for information and publicity Cornelius Mupereri thanked the government for relying on Chinese or Russian vaccines during the Kwekwe district restructuring exerci...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 15:02hrs | 439 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Army commander's wife tipped for Zanu-PF top post
Zanu-PF Nyanga North constituency MP Chido Sanyatwe is reportedly leading the race to take over as the Manicaland Zanu-PF provincial women's league chairperson, with several districts said to be backi...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 6570 | by Staff reporter
Politically-motivated arrests worry Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF officials in Mashonaland East province are wary of politically-motivated arrests of members ahead of the looming provincial elections.Speaking during a provincial co-ordinating committ...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
50 more Zupco buses arrive from China
FIFTY buses imported by Government from China have arrived into the country through Beitbridge Border Post to address transport challenges by capacitating the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says locals must control 90% of economy
The ruling party Zanu-PF yesterday said above 90 percent of the country's economy should be in the hands of Zimbabweans while urging the Government to start enforcing laws that will see locals dominat...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
More buses for Zupco arrive
Public transport continues to grow with the latest batch of 50 new Golden Dragon buses from China passing through Beitbridge at the weekend to join the Zupco fleet and the new train service linking ce...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Hachilema's party claims to be under Zanu-PF attack
ZAMBIA'S ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused Zanu-PF of launching cyber-attacks against its leadership, which it says could sour relations between the two neighbours....Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 5494 | by Staff reporter
Nurse in court over vaccination cards
A State Registered Nurse at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital has appeared in court on allegations of issuing vaccination cards to unvaccinated people.Taurai Mupendere (38), who is attached to the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 may have exposed the false prophets
It's difficult not to talk about them, I mean the later day gospelpreneurs. Some would call theirs prosperity gospel Prophets since they thrive in flamboyance and opulence, promising their followers a...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1240 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwe being run by clueless ZANU PF clowns
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF government has once again proven beyond no doubt that they are clueless and a bunch of mediocre buffoons. They impose policies which are half baked and result in the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1374 | by Prince Njagu
Zimbabwe, China exchange notes
Reforms being undertaken by Zimbabwe are aimed at increasing national economic competitiveness, productivity, foreign direct investment inflows, technology transfers and acquaintance with Chinese busi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
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