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Drax execs US$2,9m richer
AFTER the High Court this week ruled that the controversial US$20 million Drax Consult SAGL deal on medical supplies and sundries that cost former Health minister Obadiah Moyo his job was valid, Drax ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 448 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei ally hits jackpot with public contracts
OWNED by an ally of Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a target of United States sanctions, the Fossil Group has won more than 15 public works contracts since June, more than many of its rivals....Published: 21 hrs ago | 1848 | by Staff reporter
Zifa board 'resumes' duties
ZIFA board members, who were suspended two weeks ago by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) have "resumed" duties after lodging of an appeal with the Administrative Court, a move they argue set...Published: 21 hrs ago | 492 | by Staff reporter
SRC reject ZIFA board comeback
THE Sports and Recreation Commission yesterday warned the rebellious ZIFA board members they risk facing severe consequences if they go ahead with their plans to defy the suspension imposed by the cou...Published: 21 hrs ago | 126 | by Staff reporter
Musona spills beans
WARRIORS skipper Knowledge Musona has revealed that lies by the ZIFA board and the lack of trust in the football leadership were at the root of the problems that bedevilled the Zimbabwe national footb...Published: 21 hrs ago | 554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airports operate without radar systems
THE PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Transport says the country's airports are operating without radar systems exposing the country's security aviation systems.During a post-budget consult...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Govt reads riot act on exams invigilation
GOVERNMENT has ordered teachers to invigilate the ongoing Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations or face penalties for failure to comply with the lawful order.Some teachers...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:32hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
'Criminals damaging roads'
GOVERNMENT has accused "rogue elements" of damaging newly-refurbished roads to discredit the ongoing Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2).This follows complaints that road ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Blunt Bosso seek striker
HIGHLANDERS are hoping to sign FC Platinum's Stanley Ngala in a bid to change their fortunes on the goal-scoring front.Bosso are yet to score in the 2021-22 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:30hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
'Returning citizens were providing fake Covid-19 certificates,' claims Mangwana
RECENTLY announced quarantine measures in the wake of a new Covid-19 variant by President Mnangagwa are meant to protect the lives of Zimbabweans and ensure that the country does not witness grim deat...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Parly demands US$3,4m for air traffic system
Zimbabwe desperately needs a new air traffic control communication system at a cost of around US$5 million, but no extra funds were budgeted beyond the US$1,5 million earned by the Civil Aviation Auth...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:19hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa bosses implicated in illegal debt collection deal
ZESA Holdings Group financial controller, Mr Tafireyi Chikwenhere, yesterday told the court that three top executives at the power utility allowed a local law firm to perform debt collection services ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:18hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Corruption allegations rock ZOU
THE Zimbabwe Open University (Zou)'s Department of Peace, Leadership and Conflict Resolution is rocked by serious allegations of corruption involving foreign students paying tuition fees in foreign cu...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 2279 | by Staff reporter
Dembare in fresh financial woes
A WAR is brewing in the Dynamos camp between management and players, with reports suggesting that the footballers were not happy with their bosses' reluctance to pay winning bonuses for the matches th...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border modernisation to improve efficiency
The efficiency challenges that had become a perennial headache at the Beitbridge Border Post are gradually being addressed through the ongoing US$300 million modernisation works carried out by the Sec...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa lashes UK
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday told the United Kingdom (UK) to stop interfering in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs.In an address ahead of a Zanu-PF Politburo meeting, Mnangagwa said that h...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 17:23hrs | 2352 | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers' rift widens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused the United Kingdom (UK) embassy of funding trade unions, including teachers to rebel against the government in pursuance of a regime change agenda....Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Hwange Teachers' College set for next year
CONSTRUCTION of Hwange Teachers' College, which will be the first training institution for teachers in Matabeleland North province, is set to begin early next year.This was revealed by Matabel...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells UK not to meddle in Zimbabwe affairs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Government will institute full and thorough investigations into the United Kingdom's unwarranted and blatant interference in Zimbabwe's internal affairs, which is contrary...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA to woo Billiat out of retirement
ZIFA are set to persuade midfielder, Khama Billiat, to come out of retirement and have one last dance with the Warriors at the 2021 AFCON finals, in Cameroon, next month.Billiat, who has been ...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to investigate alliance between teachers unions, UK
President Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the British Government's unwarranted and blatant interference in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs through an unholy alliance with some teachers unions, saying...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:33hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Judge declares Drax, NatPharm deal valid
THE cancellation of the 2019 contract between Drax Consult SALG and NatPharm for the supply of medicines and related sundries was improper, the High Court ruled yesterday, since the tender had been ap...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:33hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to maintain must-visit international hunting destination status
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's disruptive waves that continue to result in international travel bans, the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ) plans to mount a 2022 vigorous campaign, in o...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 21:37hrs | 518 | by Emmanuel Koro
Govt, teachers in deadlock over Zimsec contract
TEACHERS unions have declared a deadlock with government over payment for superintending over examinations after yesterday's meeting failed to resolve the impasse.The teachers want to be paid ...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to start holding water
LAKE Gwayi-Shangani will start receiving significant inflows in the 2021/22 rain season while Bulawayo and surrounding communities could start drawing water from it by the end of next year.Gov...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to enforce rights of mineworkers on Chinese
HARARE: NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe President Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged Government to put stringent measures to enforce all Chinese mining firms to revise the manner in wh...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:01hrs | 707 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Teachers, govt face off today
TEACHERS and Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu will today meet in Harare under the cloud of threats to boycott public school examinations that are scheduled to begin today....Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2428 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits ex-Harare town clerk Mahachi
FORMER Harare City town clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in a matter where he was accused of criminal abuse of office by corruptly awarding millions of United States dollar...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Experts warn govt over the omicron variant
LOCAL health experts yesterday warned government against giving false hope on its ability to deal with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has since been described as "a variant of concern" by the ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over SA decision on permits
The decision by South Africa's Cabinet on Wednesday last week to discontinue the issuance of Zimbabwean special dispensation permits has raised anxiety among many locals living in that country who hav...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Tight screening at borders for new Covid-19 variant
Border testing and movement controls in place for many months are being tightly enforced for travellers crossing into Zimbabwe, especially on the southern and western borders, in the wake of the disco...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm yet to start airport job seven months after contract
The multi-million-dollar contract to fix Zimbabwe's Air Traffic Control Communication Systems (ATCCS) by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is yet to commence, seven months after the Chinese mul...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Graft scandal rocks govt agency
Zimbabwe's research institute under the Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation Science and Development ministry has been rocked by reports of graft, maladministration and corporate misgovernance co...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:03hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ready for new COVID-19 variant
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged citizens not to panic in the wake of the new deadly COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, detected in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana, saying governme...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 08:05hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets major facelift
THE ongoing rehabilitation of 65 major roads in Bulawayo under the Government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to transform the face of the city and attract investment....Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:07hrs | 3035 | by Staff Reporter
Controversy surrounds Soul Jah Love's estate
CONTROVERSY surrounds the late Zimdancehall chanter, Soul Jah Love's estate with producers and record labels being accused of releasing the late chanter's music without the knowledge of his family or ...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 16:30hrs | 4549 | by Staff Reporter
Policy incentives to reindustrialization lacking
Zimbabwe aspires to create an upper middle income economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$65 billion by 2030. This vision is premised on the reindustrialization strategy where competitivenes...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:35hrs | 278 | by Victor Bhoroma
Veterinary Services Department loses US$80 000 to corruption
A Bindura Veterinary Department employee is alleging that the Chief Director Dr. Josphat Nyika is involved in corrupt activities which made the department lose about US$80 000.The Human Resour...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1601 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Mnangagwa's govt targeting 10 000km roads rehab'
GOVERNMENT is targeting to rehabilitate 10 000km of road infrastructure countrywide, including major highways to ensure achievement of world-class road network in line with Vision 2030, Transport depu...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Council tender scam backfires
A Harare man has been jailed for two years for attempting to defraud Chitungwiza Municipality of US$119 000 in a tender scam.Darlington Chirara was initially jailed for 36 months when he appea...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mutanda fights CAPS govt shareholding claim
WAR veteran and businessman Fredrick Charles Mutanda has approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside an arbitration ruling that government is the majority shareholder of pharmaceutical com...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:11hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Teachers, govt tiff escalates
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused teachers of presiding over the collapse of the education system by refusing to invigilate the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) "O" and "A" Level examinations ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:11hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Govt to hire 'anyone' to invigilate exams
SCHOOL examinations, which are set to begin Monday, are in serious doubt after teachers refused to invigilate them for free.This comes as both teachers and their employer, the government have ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system.Communities living near national parks are allo...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls new Build Operate Transfer contractor for Beitbridge-Vic Falls highway
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Government is considering engaging a new contractor to upgrade the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway after noting that the company which was awarded the tender wa...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Bosso won't renew CEO's contract
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have decided not to renew the contract of their chief executive officer, Nhlanhla Dube when it expires at the end of the year.Dube is on leave after his employer last...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1228 | by Staff Reporter
Graft scandal rocks govt agency
Zimbabwe's research institute under the Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation Science and Development ministry has been rocked by reports of graft, maladministration and corporate misgovernance co...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:26hrs | 899 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel released for Pfumvudza inputs transporters
Pfumvudza inputs can now be moved rapidly from GMB depots to collection points after the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development last week received 250 000 litres of die...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 08:19hrs | 447 | by Straff Reporter
Zimdollar fuel facility availed
A US$15 million facility has been approved by Government to pay for imports of fuel that will be sold in local currency by service stations starting at the end of this month. The fuel will be ...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2423 | by Staff Reporter
Factoring 'animal spirits' into Zimbabwe's economic discourse
John Maynard Keynes is considered by many to be the most consequential economist of the past century. Perhaps one of his boldest contributions to economics was postulating, perhaps correctly, that the...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 19:02hrs | 617 | by Simbarashe Bepete
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