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The price of tribal politics in Zimbabwe is dangerous and costly: A warning to the people of Mashonaland once more!
Hätte der Hund nicht geschießen, hätte der Haufen nicht gegeben, this is a German adage it means we regret bitterly the decisions we made in previous times. Indeed if the dog had not shot, th...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:22hrs | 3828 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa launches tourism strategy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy which is expected to guide the resurgence of the sector which was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandem...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:12hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Ongoing 'keyboard war' against Mnangagwa's Govt doomed to fail
The ongoing attack on Zimbabwe by racist elements and their local puppets is betrayed by its timing. The attacks which were supposed to climax in the failed July 31 protests, have now been turned into...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:05hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
'As elected leader, I will bring prosperity' insist Mnangagwa - failed precisely because you rigged and are illegitimate
"Muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi!" (There is no flooded river that big mouth cannot cross!) so goes the Shona adage. President Mnangagwa, big mouth, told the nation in his State of Nation Address there is n...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1176 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
20 Maphisa Hospital nurses test positive to COVID-19
TWENTY nurses at Maphisa District Hospital in Matabeleland South province tested positive for coronavirus this week, sending the settlement, predominantly occupied by civil servants, gold miners and p...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Justice Bere appeal
SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere's woes continue to mount after his recent application for review, challenging the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)'s decision to advise President Em...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
'Detractors, rogues will not stop us,' says Mnangagwa
My Fellow Zimbabweans, The world is in crisis. Borders have been closed, trade has ceased and businesses negatively impacted by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The virus breaches borders, and kn...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 436 | by ED Mnangagwa
Zinara temporarily closes head office
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has temporarily closed its head office after some employees tested positive to Covid-19 to allow disinfection of the premises. Zinara spokesp...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:06hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
We'll triumph, says Mnangagwa
Despite several hurdles on the country's economic revival path in the form of natural disasters, successive droughts, divisive opposition politics and foreign economic aggression, the country will ult...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:04hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Pick n Pay closes due to Covid-19
PICK n Pay Bindura branch closed on Monday after one of its staff members tested positive to the deadly Covid-19 virus.In a letter dated August 3 the management said they have temporarily clos...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1890 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimdollar depreciates 4.6% to 80.46
The local dollar depreciated 4.6% in today auction to a weighted average rate of 80.46 against the US dollar from 76.76 last week. A total US$18.53 million was allotted from total bids worth US$19.77 ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 17:43hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border shut over 5 COVID-19 cases
BEITBRIDGE Border Post temporarily closed for decontamination yesterday after five employees of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) tested positive for COVID-19, amid unconfirmed reports that the c...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Covid-19 suspect dies
Villagers in Makakhavhule in Beitbridge's Ward 6 are in panic mode after a 51-year-old man who illegally returned from South Africa reportedly died of suspected Covid-19. The local Covid-19 Ta...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
How white farmers clinched US$3,5 billion deal
GoVerNmeNt's decision to pay white former commercial farmers Us$3.5 billion compensation came after protracted negotiations starting from the late Robert Mugabe's time, it has been revealed.Pr...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
13 arrests as army, police quash demo
PEACEFUL protesters, among them prominent novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, were arrested yesterday as heavily armed soldiers and police crushed the planned pro...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Govt makes it mandatory to test all corpses for Covid-19, virus kills 14 people in one week
AT least 14 people have died from Covid-19 on admission to health institutions across the country in the last six days with the Government making it mandatory for all corpses to be tested for the viru...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 734 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town dispersed by police
About 150 people protesting outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town were told to disperse by the police on Friday.When they refused, the police went to their cars to fetch their equipmen...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 4007 | by Staff reporter
Border jumper's death triggers panic
Villagers in Makakhavhule area in Ward 6 here are panicking after a 51-year man who illegally returned from South Africa died and they suspect he was infected with Covid-19. The local Covid-19...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 5406 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa staves off threat to his rule for now
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of any significant pub...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:58hrs | 9852 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses closed, streets deserted on day of protests
Businesses were shut and streets deserted around Zimbabwe on Friday as security forces increased patrols to stop anti-government protests called by activists over corruption and economic hardship....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:31hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stuck in SA just got a last-second reprieve – and 3 more months to leave
On Saturday, 1 August, Zimbabweans and a range of foreign visitors in South Africa would have faced being declared undesirable after having overstayed their visas.But just hours before that, o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:18hrs | 2652 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army Spokesperson Colonel Mugwisi dies
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Director for Public Relations Colonel Everson Mugwisi has died. Mugwisi has been battling with an undisclosed illness for a while and had taken leave....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 13:58hrs | 8776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
#31July mass protests situation in Bulawayo
A convoy of armed police and army vehicles drove all over Bulawayo Central Business District on Friday morning monitoring if there is any activity in the city. The operation was to thwart any ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 09:45hrs | 18090 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Noic, Sakunda sucked in US$17m loan scandal
EXPLOSIVE details show that the state-owned National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) was advanced by Sakunda Holdings US$17,5 million of a US$22,75 million loan agreement to buy out Lonmin's 50%...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3848 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says his hands are clean
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has challenged ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono and presented evidence that he settled his debt under the Farm Mechanisation Program...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash probe delays Cassava financials
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL) has announced a delay in publishing its financial results for the year ended February 29, 2020 due to investigations into its subsidiary, EcoCash (Private) Lim...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:38hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Shiri died in his car while trying to get help
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Shiri was poisoned, says his family
THE family of the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri said it suspected that he could have succumbed to food poisoning, not COVID-19.Shiri died yesterday morning while being taken to a Ch...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 8178 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimsec employees test positive for COVID-19
AT least 11 Zimsec employees have tested positive for COVID-19.This was confirmed in statement by the organisation which indicated that it has closed its offices to facilitate thorough disinfe...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:54hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe dismisses accident reports
THE Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has dismissed as false social media reports claiming that Minister Kazembe Kazembe was involved in a fatal accident this Wednesday.The report...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 20:45hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt begs doctors to stop strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday begged senior doctors to reconsider their threat to go on strike from today as COVID-19 wreaks havoc in the health sector, with 253 healthcare workers (HCWs) falling victim to the...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi in Tanzania for Mkapa funeral
VICE President Kembo Mohadi left the country this morning to attend the funeral of former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa who died on Thursday at Dar es Salaam Hospital where he had been admitted f...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 20:24hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Is an installment loan online right for you?
An installment loan can be an excellent instrument in your personal finance arsenal, especially when used properly. Although the term "installment" may sound intimidating or unfamiliar, perhaps you ha...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 18:44hrs | 605 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's wife survives accident...car overturns
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa escaped a gory accident along Harare-Bindura road on Tuesday morning, online publication ZimLive has reported. The paper quoted Presidential Spokesperson George C...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 16:36hrs | 12420 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'My new partner is worse than the one I had before'
IN 2013, we had good neighbours, a couple who suddenly started having problems in their marriage and would seek our help to solve their issues. They were not really big problems as such, but misunders...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4673 | by Joseph Maniragena
Kariba Sparkles But Economic Malaise Dulls The Shine
The Municipality of Kariba is on a charm offensive, softening and winning hearts, grinding impressive results and winning accolades. If this lasts, then the happy days will return to the resort town....Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:01hrs | 566 | by Laiton Kandawire: Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Zanu-PF labels Chamisa's MDC a 'terrorist organisation'
Zanu-PF on Monday urged its supporters to use "any means at your disposal" to disrupt anti-government protests planned for July 31, as a spokesman labelled the main opposition MDC Alliance party a ter...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:32hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 forces Mohadi to close shop
VICe-PReSIDeNT Kembo Mohadi's Beitbridge bonded warehouse for imported vehicles was closed on Saturday for decontamination after a worker tested positive for COVID-19.Stakeholders yesterday ca...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 3958 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders defy Mnangagwa
INFORMAl traders, who are currently unable to ply their trade on the capital's pavements, have invaded open spaces around industrial areas, mainly in Graniteside, posing a COVID-19 health hazard as th...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders arrested for lockdown violation
TWO church leaders in Gwanda have been arrested for holding a church gathering without the necessary requirements such as sanitisers and a thermometer as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covi...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Movie-style robbery at Harare private hospital
OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday -an incident that was captured on CCTV. National police spokesperson Paul N...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:19hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabweans walk into South Africa to buy medication
A video of Zimbabweans who were intercepted by South African National Defense Forces after sneaking into South Africa through the bush to purchases various essentials including medication has gone vir...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 20:02hrs | 4082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Curfew regulations clarified
THE gazetted legal statutory instrument amending lockdown regulations by setting the 6PM to 6AM curfew, now requires church gatherings, jogging, walking and cycling to take place not earlier than 8AM ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 5020 | by Staff Reporter
Harare, Bulawayo face total Covid-19 lockdown
GOVERNMENT is set to impose a stricter, total Covid-19 lockdown in Harare and Bulawayo in view of a sharp increase in infections amid concerns by cabinet ministers that the public is flouting the rest...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2643 | by Staff reporter
High Court suspends police seizure of Econet database
ECONET Wireless Private Limited yesterday got relief from the High Court, which suspended a "warrant of search and seizure" of their premises by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over alleged impropr...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:25hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
TM closes branch over Coronavirus case
TM Pick n Pay has announced that it has closed its Strathaven Branch in Harare after some of its staff members tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. In a statement the company said the br...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 16:36hrs | 4308 | by Mandla Ndlovu
African judges condemn Justice Malaba's directive
The Africa Judges and jurists Forum (AJIF) has today expressed a firm view that paragraph 2(iv) of the Hon Chief Justice Malaba's memorandum of 16 July 2020 in its original or amended form, directing ...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 15:56hrs | 7540 | by Africa Judges and jurists Forum
Govt shuts down varsities, colleges
GOVERNMENT has banned face-to-face lectures at all tertiary institutions and ordered students to vacate residences following a spike in COVID-19 cases, most of them local transmissions.As of y...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Econet shuts down offices after staff members test positive to Covid-19
The telecommunications mobile company Econet has advised the members of the public that it will close all its shops tomorrow after some of its staff members tested positive to the deadly Covid-19 pand...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 16:06hrs | 1643 | by Stephen Jakes
Econet shuts down all branches indefinately
Econet Wireless has informed its customers that all Econet shops will be closed from Wednesday till further notice. The telecoms giant said the move was necessitated by a positive deadly Coron...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 15:50hrs | 3984 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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