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WATCH: 8 miners pulled out alive after 5 days in flooded tunnel
Rescuers pulled out eight illegal gold miners alive at Cricket Mine on Saturday, five days after they were trapped in flooded shafts.Rescue efforts were continuing to find about 60 others whos...Published: 6 hrs ago | 517 | by Reuters/ZimLive
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) is set to hand down a new set of sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in the wake of persistent human rights violations as well as the deteriorating ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 510 | by Staff reporter
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing her of two cellphones, was yesterday senten...Published: 6 hrs ago | 158 | by Staff reporter
Rescuers to begin retrieval of bodies of up to 70 Battlefields mine disaster victims
Rescuers are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners in Battlefields on Friday, but none are expected to have survived flooding in the shafts and the number of casualties could rise t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 90 | by Reuters§
BREAKING: Prof. Calistus Ndlovu declared National Hero
The Late, former Cabinet Minister Professor Calistus Ndlovu has been declared a National Hero. The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that the Cabinet S...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 16:17hrs | 4456 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Human Rights petitions AU over Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has written to the African Union (AU) chairperson and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, demanding the regional body to urgently intervene and assist ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:41hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Govt mobilises resources to retrieve 23 drowned miners
Government yesterday said it was mobilising resources to help retrieve the bodies of at least 23 miners who reportedly drowned at Battlefields on Tuesday night when Silver Moon and Cricket mines in Mu...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:46hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Callistus Ndlovu death shocks Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended his condolences to the Ndlovu family following the death of former Cabinet Minister and Bulawayo provincial chairman, Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu. ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pesters South Africa for lines of credit
Zimbabwe's government continues to explore avenues of attracting lines of credit from neighbouring South Africa after the continent's most prosperous nation rebuffed an earlier request by Harare for a...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Time is right for alternative money
THE controversy surrounding the introduction of another local currency continues unabated. This time it was the former Finance minister, Tendai Biti, who ignited the current debate when he announced g...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 244 | by Zimwara
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in bitter fight over new Zimdollar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to intervene in a growing turf war between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and his boss Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the path Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:51hrs | 18947 | by Staff reporter
Rescue underway at Zimbabwe mines where over 23 trapped
The Civil Protection Unit in Mashonaland West has stepped up efforts to drain water from two flooded mines where at least 23 people reportedly died on Tuesday evening.The miners died when inte...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:25hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Zupco privatisation on course
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) said yesterday its privatisation is on course as private investors have shown interest. Acting chief executive officer Evaristo Madangwa told New ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
PG's case referred to CJ Luke Malaba for investigation
The case, in which a Masvingo miner is accusing the recently-appointed Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi of criminal abuse of office, has been referred to Chief Justice, Luke Malaba for investiga...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Forget economic dimension of TSP and Vision 2030, talk of politic one - what if it fails?
"In the words of Immanuel Kant who said 'by a lie, a man consumes his own dignity,' it has become apparent that the MDC Alliance and its apologists, this time led by Tendai Biti have become shameless ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:24hrs | 678 | by Nomusa Garikai
Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit
IN a tiny factory producing handmade boots and shoes in southwestern Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda is on another hectic shift as he tries to keep up with soaring global demand.Order...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 2765 | by AFP
Gwanda community chases away teachers in satanism scare
TWO teachers from Lumene Primary School in Gwanda have been ejected from the school by irate parents who are accusing them of practicing Satanism after pupils collapsed mysteriously.The incide...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pledges to tackle capital flight
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Monday pledged to support food and beverage manufacturer, Nestle Private Limited, as government desperately tries to contain capital flight.A large number of c...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies in Bulawayo CBD street
A WOMAN suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes collapsed and died outside a food outlet in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon, the second such sudden death in the city within a week. The in...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:54hrs | 5333 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5969 | by AFP
Harare property mogul collapses and dies
Property mogul and one of the pioneers of Zimbabwe's black economic empowerment crusade, Eddie Pfugari has died.He was 84.Pfugari who owned Eddie's Pfugari Properties collapsed and die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 12:44hrs | 9201 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2202 | by IRIN
'A praying bridge of Driekhoek'
A bridge is a perfect symbol of life with hope. It has the beginning, the middle and the end. And when one put the first step on the bridge he hopes to pass to the other side. It carries the significa...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 19:56hrs | 176 | by Eric Shikobela
Bulawayo sewer system collapses?
A health hazard is looming in Bulawayo as the sewerage system has collapsed and raw effluent is polluting the environment with over half a million dollars needed to contain the challenge.Resid...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:13hrs | 2979 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must call Mnangagwa president!' pleaded Zanu PF - nation is burning and Tweedle twins fight over rattle!
"Chamisa must acknowledge Mnangagwa who Pastors at today's Prayer called "President!" said Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi in a video released on social media. It was clear in the voice ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 21:06hrs | 8254 | by Nomusa Garikai
Israeli tourist drowns while swimming in the Zambezi River
Victoria Falls: Police's sub-aqua unit and rafting guides on Wednesday retrieved the body of an Israeli tourist who is suspected to have drowned in the Zambezi River while swimming in Victoria Falls....Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1095 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's dialogue compared to Smith's 'Internal Settlement'
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) vice president Welshman Ncube compared talks initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resolve Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis, snubbed by his party on...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 20:45hrs | 3411 | by ZimLive/Reuters
National Dialogue in Zimbabwe
The third window for national dialogue in Zimbabwe has opened as expressed by the President's recent tweet following his return from state visits to four Eurasian countries in mid January this year. T...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:40hrs | 4209 | by Terence Simbi
Mnangagwa on his own after UK ditches him
BRITAIN, Zimbabwe's only most promising ally in its quest to re-join the Commonwealth and pay arrears to international financial institutions says it will not be supporting Harare following the brutal...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1673 | by Editorial - Newsday
Woman collapses, dies in city shop
A WOMAN collapsed and died in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon while attending to a customer at a local fabric retail shop where she worked. The incident occurred at a shop along Herbert Chitepo, ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
A letter to Mugabe that could have changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
An Eritrean diplomat friend sent the attached letter to me last night and I was blown away by how prophetic it was to Zimbabwe's situation, and how if Robert Mugabe had applied the advice given to him...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 11809 | by An introduction by Hopewell Chin'ono
Businessman challenges civil imprisonment over $4,7m debt
BUSINESS mogul Munner Kamruddin Kazi, whose business deal with Oman-based investor Thamer Said Al Shanfari collapsed, has petitioned the High Court seeking rescission of judgment in a matter in which ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:45hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Bold steps Mnangagwa should be taking instead of fiddling with the petrol price
When economically-challenged rulers try to run nations, especially fragile ones, they can easily make mistakes.In the past few weeks, demonstrators have taken to the streets of Khartoum and Om...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2853 | by Robert Rotberg
Man murders sex worker
A Bikita man allegedly fatally stabbed a commercial sex worker with an Okapi knife at Nyika Growth Point last week after a dispute at her house. Leonard Gwari (24) of Duma Location, Nyika, all...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 3566 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF blames UK MP for failing to re-engage IMF - by rigging elections, Mnangagwa delivered the coup de grace
"GOVERNMENT will continue to double down on its re-engagement policy notwithstanding the negative attempts by some British legislators to continue isolating Zimbabwe, a senior Government official has ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:53hrs | 905 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1235 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Chiwenga's medical condition deteriorates, airlifted to SA
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was on Saturday morning reportedly airlifted again to South Africa for emergency medical services after his health deteriorated last week.Top government sou...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 207 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa admits hospitals need fixing but cannot say when - rigged elections are milestone round his neck
On Friday 1st February Mnangagwa visited Parerenyatwa Hospital and admitted that everything from the floor, walls, windows, hospital beds and bed linen, everything were in a sorry state and needed to ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1468 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Who will guard the guards themselves?' - without the rule of law, no one; hence our mess
All who blame the barbarism of the Police and Army of the last two weeks on the stay-away organisers, the street protesters and/or looters have missed the point completely. The point being that Zimbab...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1068 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | 116 | by Victor Bhoroma
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 805 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe banks plunge deeper into forex crisis
A vendor counts money at a vegetable street market in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Venezuela's imports from its six biggest trading partners including Brazil, the U.S., China, Arge...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
US lawyers raise red flag over Zimbabwe unrest
The American Bar Association has expressed concern at the ongoing unrest in Zimbabwe, which human rights groups say has resulted in the death of at least 12 people, allegedly by the army during protes...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | 2452 | by Staff reporter
PG Hodzi faces criminal abuse of office charge
NEWLY-APPOINTED Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was recently reported to the police for allegedly corruptly declining to prosecute former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga, who was implica...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:45hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
UK MP urges Mnangagwa travel ban
A BRITISH parliamentarian has called on the international community to suspend re-engagement with Zimbabwe and urged the imposition of a travel ban on President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Speaking in ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1239 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe, its people are basis for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
Zimbabwe, its people are basis for ED, Chamisa talksRUN-AWAY inflation, a wave of strikes, a disaffected public service, a worthless currency and political tension on the streets around the countr...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:38hrs | 382 | by NewsDay
Churches urged to rally behind Mnangagwa
Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Archbishop Johannes Ndanga has urged churches to rally behind President Mnangagwa, saying God has bestowed in him the ideas that he is implemen...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:39hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Bulawayo factory
PROPERTY worth more than $500 000 was on Tuesday evening destroyed in a fire that razed a business complex in the Belmont industrial area in Bulawayo.Bulawayo chief fire officer, Richard Peter...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire says hundreds in jail need aid
A pastor and activist charged with subversion was released on bail after more than a week on Wednesday and said he needs a doctor - as do hundreds of people still in jail with wounds from beatings by ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1535 | by AP
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