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RBZ debt accumulation above US$2 billion
THE US$2,23 billion debt accumulated by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the 12 months since July 2019 could be grossly understated, as fresh details emerged this week indicating the central bank...Published: 4 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 4 hrs ago | 824 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa wants Matanga probed for corruption
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has pleaded with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for alleged corruption and abuse of offi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 569 | by Staff reporter
Harare shuts down Morton Jaffray Waterworks
A HEALTH hazard looms in Harare after the city's main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray Waterworks, was shut down yesterday due to shortage of aluminium sulphate.In a notice to residents, ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 306 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP must adopt regional policing protocol'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on local police officers to adopt the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) guidelines to instil discipline in the f...Published: 4 hrs ago | 127 | by Staff reporter
BCC clinics migrate to e-patient treatment
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has announced plans to commence the use of electronic health records (EHR) for all patients visiting council-run clinics.According to council, this is in line with ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 178 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's wife out on bail
CHIEF Fortune Charumbira's wife, Priscilla, was yesterday granted $40 000 bail when she appeared Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande on corruption charges involving council land where she is th...Published: 4 hrs ago | 502 | by Staff reporter
Man loses forex, gun to thieves
A 39-year-old Harare man lost over US$3 200 and a pistol to unknown thieves who broke into his car which he had parked at a shop in the Graniteside area of Harare. The theft comes at a time po...Published: 4 hrs ago | 323 | by Staff reporter
Matanga accused of shady car deals, bribery
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has been accused of being involved in a raft of corrupt activities including inflating prices of police vehicles, flouting tender processes; and bribing Spec...Published: 4 hrs ago | 458 | by Staff reporter
Unite to achieve brighter future, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the country is on a new path towards prosperity calling for unity of purpose among Zimbabweans as a brighter future depends on every individual. President Mn...Published: 4 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff Reporter
Charumbira bail ruling rolled over
Harare City Council head of planning Priscilla Charumbira yesterday appeared in court on allegations of changing land use for open spaces and wetlands without following laid-down procedures.Ch...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 3441 | by Staff Reporter
Harare City chefs dupe govt
Harare City Council (HCC) bosses could have fleeced the government of ZWL$12m after selling acres of State land in the capital as the illegal parcelling out of land in the capital reaches a new low....Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1929 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1273 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh headache for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's billion dollar mining sector wants to wholly retain foreign currency receipts to be able to pay royalties, taxes and other levies which the authorities want them paid fully in United States...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | 9437 | by Staff Reporter
Tshinga Dube says Mnangagwa can't fix country
ZANU-PF stalwart Tshinga Dube has warned that the ugly factionalism and succession wars plaguing the ruling party are derailing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to resolve the country's decades-...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:20hrs | 11177 | by Staff reporter
Investigator nails CID boss
AN INVESTIGATOR in the case involving Stephen Kuwaza, 42, the officer-in-charge of police Theft From Car department - arrested for allegedly interfering with a witness in the probe against suspended C...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 2477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for private sector-govt dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on private players in the economy to dialogue with his government to find ways of improving the country's ease of-doing business and attract direct ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's wife arrested
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
The issue of Zimbabwe debt
THIS past Sunday, our church sermon was taken from Nehemiah Chapter 10 and focused on the instructions given to the tribes of Israel which had returned to Israel from exile in Babylon about 400 years ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:50hrs | 172 | by Eddie Cross
Zanu-PF launches dance like Mnangagwa competition
THE ruling Zanu-PF has called on the nation to compete in an Ngazviende Dance Challenge, where people replicate dance moves by the President Mnangagwa to win prizes to commemorate Anti-Sanctions Day. ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:48hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Top cop took residential stand as bribe to drop probe
A senior police officer faced bribery allegations on Wednesday as he was released on Z$10,000 bail by a Harare magistrate.Chief Superintendent Joseph Josphat Mutipforo allegedly received a bri...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:41hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, judiciary heavily compromised?
The way most of our judges are keen to try their cases in the press and on twitter shows that they angling for a a public interview for their promotion. As a result they disobey the Chief Justice and ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 12:48hrs | 4192 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Town planner arrested for abuse of office
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested Harare City Council town planner Priscilla Charumbira for criminal abuse of office.In a statement, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi sa...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2080 | by Staff Reporter
'Zupco buses a death trap' - PAZ
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has condemned the state of most conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise, describing them as unroadworthy and death traps to the commuting pub...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1844 | by Staff Reporter
We are not Afraid of Mnangagwa , It's only that we are law abiding citizens
The denial of freedom of the masses by Zanu pf led government has gone too far. What the Zanu pf led government is forgetting is that its party is a minority which survives and rule through force . Bu...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | 3381 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
From desert to business hub_Dubai economic story
Dubai is the capital city of the Emirate of Dubai, which in itself is one of the seven emirates (states) that form the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The emirates are former British colonies which got in...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 14:01hrs | 2153 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mbare Musika shut down
The City of Harare Council has announced that it is shutting down the Mbare Musika Bus Terminus to conduct renovations.The Council further said the temporary ranks shall only accommodate buses...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 12:01hrs | 8777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare closes off Mbare Musika bus terminus
The country's busiest bus terminus Mbare Musika has been closed to the public for renovations, the City of Harare said on Monday.The terminus was temporarily shut down following an outbreak of...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 3297 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea rocks Queens Park
BULAWAYO'S Queens Park suburb has recorded diarrhoea cases as more suburbs register outbreaks of the disease which claimed 13 lives in Luveve in July and infected nearly 2 000 people.Water sho...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
UBH refurb behind schedule
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) acting chief executive officer Narcacius Dzvanga has revealed that the refurbishment of the city's main COVID-19 facility was running behind schedule and it might not b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2877 | by Staff reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi album storms world music charts
BULAWAYO-BASED internationally-acclaimed Imbube/Iscathamiya group Black Umfolosi has scored big after its latest album Washabalala Umhlaba (Earth Song) was featured on the World Music Charts Europe (W...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
FAO hails govt over Mnangagwa's concept?
THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has hailed government for adopting the-PFumvudza agricultural concept saying it would go a long way in ensuring food security at household level.Pf...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Woman collapses and dies on busy Bulawayo street
A woman collapsed and died suddenly on a busy Bulawayo street on Monday.The unidentified woman had just walked out of a shop close to the Tredgold Magistrates Court at about 2PM when she slump...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 3845 | by Staff reporter
Lifestyle audit for council officials
THE Government is set to conduct lifestyle audits for Harare City Council officials, amid indications that some of them might have amassed wealth through the sale of State land, Harare Provincial Deve...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:53hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wants passport back
Political activist, Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers yesterday apologised to Harare regional magistrate, Mr Ngoni Nduna, for their conduct, which the court felt undermined his integrity.This came a...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:42hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Form Four pupil tests positive for Covid-19
A FORM Four pupil at a Bulawayo school tested positive for Covid-19 resulting in her contacts who include her classmates, being forced to self-isolate at home.The pupil is part of the exam cla...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:40hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: New envoys to strengthen trade and bilateral relations
THREE Ambassadors designate who will represent the country in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zambia met President Emmerson Mnangagwa this Monday morning where they were briefed on their ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 19:29hrs | 796 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya investigated over women abuse
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni last week revealed that her ministry through the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) investigated Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walther...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 5391 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Hospital to be turned into NUST specialist facility
EKUSILENI Hospital in Bulawayo, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 facility, will become a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) specialist teaching centre when the coronavirus...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rogue state agents warned
PERPETRATORS of state-sponsored violence, abductions and torture are not immune to prosecution and can face their day in court in whatever capacity to answer to charges, a top human rights defender ha...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
VID resumes operations today
THE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) will start conducting road tests and issuing driver's licences from today after it closed in March due to Covid-19 induced lockdown.Cabinet okayed the r...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Govt readies for borders reopening
GOVERNMENT has deployed inspection teams to assess the situation at border posts ahead of the gradual reopening of ports of entry to passenger traffic.Cabinet last week resolved to send teams ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Separation of Matabeleland from Zimbabwe will end in bloodshed and tears
"Zimbabwe is a liberated country. It did not come through democracy, there was no vote to say Zimbabwe now wants to become independent. It was fought for." This is word of mouth by Patrick Chinamasa, ...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 09:05hrs | 6535 | by Israel Dube
Sale of borehole water banned
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has banned the sale of borehole water by some residents in Bulawayo who are taking advantage of the critical situation in the city.Bulawayo has be...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:59hrs | 8118 | by Staff Reporter
VID resumes road tests, issuing driver's licences
THE Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) will from tomorrow start conducting road tests and issuing driver's licences after close to six months of closure.The closure of VID in March after the ...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1225 | by Staff Reporter
Mohadi says Junta here to stay
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday declared that Zimbabwe will, for a long time, remain under military rule because civilians had no capacity to enforce stability. Addressing government off...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:33hrs | 3972 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube must formalise artisanal miners in 2021 budget: Zela
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to include policy reforms in the 2021 national budget which will decriminalise artisanal mining activities, given the reports that small-scale miners were ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
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