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Zimbabwe's ICT Ministry faces severe financial crisis
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) ministry is grappling with a critical financial crisis due to a significant shortfall in its budget allocations, hindering its ability to effectively con...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:01hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers
ZANU-PF provincial structures in Midlands and Masvingo are reportedly planning protests against a vocal critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been campaigning against a proposed plan to exte...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 11:48hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu seeks full control amid CCC leadership fight
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is facing a deepening internal crisis as self-imposed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu maneuvers to wrest full control of the party from its founding...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:33hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa welcomes Dzikamai Mavhaire back to Zanu-PF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has welcomed former opposition party members who have rejoined Zanu-PF, with the latest returnees led by former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) National Executive Comm...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:29hrs | 1403 | by Staff reporter
Teenager fatally stabbed at night club
A 17-YEAR-OLD Shurugwi teenager was on New Year's day stabbed to death by unknown assailants after he had gone to a night club with a friend to watch television.Midlands provincial police spok...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in vicious fight over hooker
A 24-YEAR- OLD man Mberengwa villager was allegedly stonned and stabbed to death by rivalry suitors following a misunderstanding over a lady of the night.Midlands provincial police spoke...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Potraz moves to regulate omalayitsha
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has expanded its licensing categories to encompass cross-border transporters, commonly referred to as "omalayitsha," in a bi...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ICT Permanent Secretary ignores Mnangagwa directive barring international travel
Beaullar Chirume, the Permanent Secretary for Information and Communications Technology (ICT), is set to face inquiries from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Office after disregarding a directive that p...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints line ministries permanent secretaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed deputy chief secretaries, line ministries' permanent secretaries and provincial affairs secretaries for devolution.In a stateme...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's clergy shirk charges of complicity in plunder
EMMERSON Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated last month for a second five-year term as Zimbabwe's president after being declared winner of the controversial Aug. 23 election that regional and internati...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 10 | by Cyril Zenda
BMW driver who killed 6, sentenced to community service
A 31-year-old Shamva man, Benson Sosera who fatally hit six people with his BMW in March 2021, injuring one, has been sentenced to 840 hours of community service and suspension of his license for a ye...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council, police joint operation nets 200 panners at supply dams
At least 201 illegal gold panners were arrested in 2022 during a joint operation by police and city rangers to curb the vice around the city's water supply dams.This is contained in the Bulawa...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai Mabhena throws end of year party
Music promoter and Guruve businesswoman Monica "Mai Mabhena" Chikanda is throwing an end of year party tomorrow at her giant Guruve hotel.Mai Mabhena is hosting a number of musicians at the pa...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kembo Mohadi biography launch shelved
The launch of Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Colonel (Retired) Kembo Mohadi's biography which was set for Friday at a Bulawayo hotel has been postponed by two weeks.His personal a...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe online security lagging behind'
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) secretary Beaulla Chirume says the country is lagging behind in online security, exposing citizens to cyberbullying and internet scams.Addressing del...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare youth kills girlfriend over 'mutoriro'
A HARARE man is accused of murdering his lover in cold blood for allegedly stealing his friend's hard drugs, crystal meth, commonly referred to as mutoriro.Batsirai Chirume (28) appeared befor...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
3 200 rural schools get free Internet
More than 3 000 rural schools have been earmarked for free Internet connection under an ongoing programme to accelerate implementation of the national e-learning strategy.At least 400 schools ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 09:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Indian billionaire
Visiting Indian billionaire Mr Jitender Kumar Singla yesterday met President Mnangagwa to discuss investment opportunities in Zimbabwe.Mr Singla said the unique point is that he has the suppor...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Chirume Permanent Secretary
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed former NetOne board member Dr Beaullar Chirume as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services....Published: 12 May 2022 at 20:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cops arrested for conning ICT perm sec
TWO former police officers and two other serving members of the force were arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda after conning the acting Information Communication Technology ministry secret...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Factionalism rocks CCC in Masvingo
Factionalism has rocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party with an alleged faction claiming that party president Nelson Chamisa recently dissolved the provincial executive during his last visit...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers hide cow in a pit
A 50-YEAR-OLD Ruwa man and his accomplice have been arrested for stealing a cow and hiding it in a pit.Tedious Chirume (38) of Epworth and Howard Murungweni (50) appeared in court on Friday ch...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joy at Chipinge Magistrate Court as MDC Alliance Councillor led to the arrest of Man of the Cloth for Child Abuse
Chipinge Pastor Samuel Chirume was arrested yesterday for abusing three minor children of her wife.Chirume who is 42 years old from St Kelvin in Chipinge town ward 8 is Married to a woman with...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:47hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
NetOne board members face Sacu probe
FORMER NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has written to the Special AntiCorruption Unit (Sacu) requesting that it launches a probe against the telecommunications firm's board members.Muc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court orders reinstatement of NetOne boss Lazarus Muchenje
Lazarus Muchenje who was last year kicked out of NetOne has been reinstated as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) by the High Court.His victory follows an application filed early this year after he...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers urged to offer free services to inmates
LAWYERS must provide free legal services to suspects who are unable to pay as part of their social responsibility programmes for the courts to make fair decisions. High Court judge Justice Web...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stanchart in eye of storm over Mthuli Ncube tax
Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe has been criticised for its plans to unilaterally recover from customers uncollected transaction taxes, dating back two years, in just three months. For unknow...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt wants Telecel, Econet, NetOne to comply
GOVERNMENT officials rebuked each other during an information communication technology (ICT) summit in Nyanga last week, with one ministry demanding explanation over delays in infrastructure sharing b...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis
Albert Marombe takes a grimy, tattered US$1 note and delicately, expertly glues it back into one piece, holding it up for inspection."I don't care how torn it is. All I want to see is the seri...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by AP
'Govt must compensate for lost pension earnings'
GOVERNMENT and insurance companies have an obligation to compensate pensioners who lost the true value of their pension savings in two consecutive periods of hyperinflation, 2008 to 2009 and 2019, law...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shaina amplifies Zimbabwe story
SHAINA is a movie that tells the Zimbabwean story on hope and resilience, it tells the daily struggles encountered by ordinary people in their day-to-day lives. The movie, bankrolled by the United Sta...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:33hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mid-air scare for fastjet passengers
PASSENGERS aboard a Fastjet plane flying from Harare to Bulawayo were alarmed on Wednesday morning when they were told in mid-air that their flight had a technical problem which necessitated a return ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name Featherstone crash victims
Police have released names of 14 people who were killed in the Featherstone Bus Disaster last week. The 14 were part of the 19 who died in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors threaten ZSE pullout
The inability by foreign investors to repatriate capital and disinvestment proceeds from the country is hampering the performance of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, amid reports custodians are threatenin...Published: 03 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matutu Tears into MDC Alliance leaders
FORMER MDC Masvingo Urban legislator Mr Tongai Matutu yesterday tore into the party's leadership led by Mr Nelson Chamisa accusing them of "witchcraft" for rigging elections to choose the party's new ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turmoil rocks MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance has been plunged into fresh turmoil here amid intense jockeying for posts in the party provincial executive, with members aligning themselves with different camps ahead of a make-or-break...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZSE charms investors
STOCKBROKERS Association of Zimbabwe vice-president Arnold Dhlamini expects higher trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) due to a rise in inflationary pressures from the recent fuel increases....Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Immigration Dept officials face sexual harassment probe
Zimbabwe Gender Commission acting chairperson Mr Paul Kadzima yesterday said they have set up a commission of inquiry to conduct hearings into allegations of sexual harassment being levelled against f...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa off to Guinea to sign agreements
The Ministry of Information, publicity and Broadcasting has announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is heading to the West African country of Guinea where he is expected to sign number several agr...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 20:48hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZSE market capitalisation breaches $16bn mark
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) market capitalisation hit $16,7 billion on Tuesday, about 67% of the gross domestic product, as investors took shelter in equities to escape Zimbabwe's currency crisi...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
So far, signs not pointing to investor interest
A quick search done on Zimbabwe on the Google search engine yesterday in the morning under the news section, before scrolling down the page, gave eight stories on the country, with five being negative...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Tatira Zwinoira
Chamisa challenge weighs down ZSE
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)'s market capitalisation lost over $200 million last week as the market indices continued to be held down by the uncertainty around elections, ZSE data shows.A...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Immigration boss scoffs at bribe allegations
The Immigration Department has said it will remain resolute and steadfast when discharging its duties, despite reports by some disgruntled former officers who have gone on a crusade alleging that the ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killed over girlfriends
TWO Bindura men allegedly killed two men they accused of having affairs with their girlfriends while they were behind bars.Alfred Chitate and Alous Hungwe, who is on the run, reportedly armed ...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gang on kidnap, theft charges
A FOUR- member gang from Bulawayo allegedly kidnapped two men from a local clinic and stole $55 and R200 from one of them.Peter Chirume (27), Naison Mthandwa (27) and two other men who are sti...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo executive dumps Mujuru
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru's political star continues to fall with her entire Masvingo provincial executive resigning en-masse last week, citing several leadership irregularitie...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Mujuru up tempo in voter registration mobilisation
MORGAN Tsvangirai's MDC-T and the National People's Party (NPP) led by Joice Mujuru have upped the tempo in their voter registration mobilisation campaign by targeting people in rural areas, whom they...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra cashier nabbed for reprinting receipts
Police in Beitbridge have arrested a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority cashier on charges of criminal abuse of office after she was caught reprinting cash receipts for resale to dealers at the border post....Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ZSE boss fired
ZSE has fired its controversial chief executive Alban Chirume ending a protracted dispute finally resolved by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, which upheld his dismissal. The ZSE in ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief threatens to sue NPP member over impersonation
CHIEF Chiwara of Gutu South has threatened to take legal action against a National People's Party (NPP) member who allegedly impersonated him during the party leader, Dr Joice Mujuru's visit last mont...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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