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Zimbabwe to achieve targeted metric tonnes of winter wheat
The government has announced that Zimbabwe is on track to meet its goal of producing 600,000 metric tonnes of winter wheat by the end of the 2024/25 season, a crucial step in its pursuit of food secur...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 17:12hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Estranged wife stabbed 34 times
FRESH details have emerged in the Bulawayo Morningside murder case where a man allegedly killed his wife in cold blood, with revelations that he stabbed her 34 times with a kitchen knife before crushi...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed after surrendering gun as security for soft drinks
Three Harare men's bizarre attempt to quench their thirst through surrendering an unlicensed firearm to a tuck-shop operator as collateral security for four borrowed bottles of soft drinks saw them la...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Criminals descend on Bulawayo's affluent suburbs
BULAWAYO's affluent suburbs have been hit by a spate of housebreakings as organised criminal syndicates target businesspeople after cutting copper cables resulting in power blackouts. The gang...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ceteris Paribus #SanctionsMustGo
IN November 2018, Zimbabwean telecoms mogul Strive Masiyiwa joined the anti-sanctions lobby highlighting that no country could prosper with "its hands tied at the back".The impact of sanctions...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 18 | by Eben Mabunda
Sanctions are a missed target
The US Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, was recently quoted saying that the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are targeted against certain individuals and c...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mthuli Ncube engages US over reforms, Zidera
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to leave for the United States of America next month to apprise that country's government officials on positive developments the...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Industry ministry urges business to stop unfair business practices
Director in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Mary Chingonzo has challenged business people to engage in competitive businesses and shun unfair trade practices as the country riles in economic ch...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
NetOne board dissolved
Government has dissolved the NetOne board.The decision came hardly two months after the suspension of chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje, who also accused the board of breaching corporat...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe - truths, history and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by newsZWire
Suspended NetOne CEO hits back
State-owned mobile telecoms firm, NetOne's board of directors, has suspended the company's chief executive officer (CEO) Lazarus Muchenje with immediate effect over alleged gross misconduct relating t...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Young innovators awarded grants in Harare
Fifteen young innovators have been awarded with US$ 5 000 grant each under the Green Innovation Hub (GIHUB) phase-two, in Hatare recently, for the implementation of their innovative ideas.Ther...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Claris Majoni
BCC partners technology firms
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered two local technology firms to come up with innovations that will assist the local authority improve its service delivery.The tech firms, First Sou...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chiza seeks earthly judgement after businessman allegedly defrauds him of $2.4k
He is not turning the other cheek. Charismatic man-of-God Dr Prophet Blessing Chiza - founder of Eagle Life Assembly church in Bulawayo has sued a local businessman for defrauding him of $2 400....Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Staff shortage cripples Mpilo Cancer unit operations
SHORTAGE of staff is crippling the smooth running of Mpilo Central Cancer Unit which was opened in April this year.The unit, which has since rolled out nuclear medicine, does not have the requ...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New twist in ZRP High school theft case
The Zimbabwe Republic Police High School has approached the Supreme Court challenging the High Court decision reinstating a schoolboy who was suspended on allegations of stealing a textbook....Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Judge blasts 'overzealous' ZRP school headmaster
A High Court judge has blasted a high school headmaster for his high handedness in suspending a Form Four pupil on unproven allegations of theft.This was after parents of the boy suspended by the ...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wife accuses hubby of 'dead' manhood
A HARARE man has unsuccessfully attempted to evict his wife through the courts after she accused him of being impotent.This matter came to light at the Harare Civil Court on Monday when Simbar...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
14 Zimbabweans travel to 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit
United States ambassador Bruce Wharton says the fourteen Zimbabweans attending the sixth annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 25-26, 2015 represent the human capi...Published: 26 Jul 2015 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
2 promising young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs make Forbes list
Bulawayo - Two young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs have made it onto the Forbes Africa list of most promising entrepreneurs to watch under 30....Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 22:23hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwean youths want jobs not Border Gezi
President Robert Mugabe recently announced the re-establishment of the youth service.The last memory Zimbabweans have of the initiative is of a militant Zanu-PF aligned gang infamous for t...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 12:07hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
USAid has requested $21,8m to fund political activities in Zimbabwe
The United States Agency for International Development has requested $21,8 million to fund political activities in Zimbabwe for 2016, including availing money to the civil society's agenda to "hold Go...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
17 years jail for Mugabes armed robber
ONE of the two armed robbers who raided an Alpha Omega Dairy warehouse in Bulawayo and got away with $1,035 in cash and mobile phones, was yesterday sentenced to 22 years in jail. Alpha Omega, which ...Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 06:48hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Clothing Indaba set for Bulawayo on 26 September 2014
Zimbabwe Clothing Manufacturers Association (ZCMA) will be hosting their 5th Clothing Indaba in Bulawayo on the 26th of September 2014.These events have become well known for their proactive w...Published: 09 Sep 2014 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by ZCMA
'Obama wrong on Robert Mugabe'
US President Barrack Obama erred in not inviting President Mugabe to the US-Africa Summit held last month as this exclusion compromised the effectiveness of the discussions.This was said by Ta...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 08:03hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
The Youth who Obama the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth
Dear reader, kindly google the British Guardian issue of yesterday, Friday, 8th August, 2014. You should be able to find an article titled, "Childcare funding could be cut off for failure to promote B...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
'Sanctions are hurting Zimbabwe startups,' Obama told
In a rare one-on-one stage interview he held with US president Barack Obama, Zimbabwean technology entrepreneur, Takunda Chingonzo, told Obama that the supposedly targeted sanctions against some polit...Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Entrepreneur Chingonzo did not impress President Obama but made an ass of himself
A 21-year-old Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Takura Chingonzo, on Tuesday afternoon, hit the jackpot; he interviewed President Barack Obama on stage at the US-Africa Business Forum in Washington. Sadly, li...Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 15:18hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Econet offers free internet for schools and universities
A local mobile company has launched a free internet access programme for schools and universities in a move that has been described as complimenting government's e-learning programme.In a maj...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Miss Universities 2013 crowned
VALERIE Gugulethu Chingonzo was on Saturday night crowned Miss Universities 2013 at Ochi City in Harare.The 22 year old student from the Women's University of Africa bagged the top prize ahead...Published: 14 Oct 2013 at 05:21hrs | | by Entertainment reporter
Zimbabwe ICT Policy Review, the Roadmap
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has embarked on a 2 month long process to craft a new ICT Policy. The current ICT Policy was produced in 2005. At a press conference pri...Published: 09 Jul 2012 at 14:13hrs | 18 | by Brian Gondo I techzim
Zim student found dead in Algiers
A 24 year old Zimbabwean student was found dead on a roadside in Algiers on the 20th of June (last month) after a beach outing the previous day.According to a preliminary report by the Ministr...Published: 03 Jul 2012 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miss Zim pageant in dire straits as contestants pay $100 for camp
Models taking part in the Miss Zimbabwe boot camp were for the first time made to pay $100 each for their camp which will be breaking today, Saturday Leisure can reveal.The finals for Miss Zim...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 12:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beauty Queens out to dazzle Harare
The three contestants who are going to represent Bulawayo at the Miss Zimbabwe pageant have stepped up their preparations ahead of their boot camp. In an interview Miss Bulawayo, Bongani Dlakama, said...Published: 01 Feb 2012 at 08:18hrs | | by Entertainment reporter
Miss Zimbabwe 2012 contestants unveiled
HARARE - Miss Zimbabwe Trust unveiled pictures of contestants of this year's pageant to be held on February 25 in Harare.The beauties mostly in their teens and 20s come from wide-rangin...Published: 29 Jan 2012 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Miss Bulawayo pledges to bring Miss Zimbabwe title
RECENTLY-crowned Miss Bulawayo 2011, Bongani Dhlakama, has pledged to work hard to bring the Miss Zimbabwe title back to Bulawayo.The 23-year-old beauty who has always envisaged taking part i...Published: 27 Dec 2011 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
B-Metro turns one in a festive mood
Bulawayo's only tabloid newspaper, B-Metro celebrated its 1st year in existence in a festive mood by donating three television sets and groceries to the Mpilo Children's Hospital in Bulawayo....Published: 21 Dec 2011 at 04:50hrs | | by
Bongani Dlakama crowned Miss Bulawayo 2011
Midlands State University student Bongani Dlakama (23) beat 23 other contestants to emerge Miss Bulawayo 2011 at a beauty pageant held at a local hotel on Friday night.Precious Dube (23) was ...Published: 19 Dec 2011 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
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