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Vuzu parties stoke fears of upsurge in HIV cases
The raging phenomenon of wild parties organised by teenagers, where sex orgies and alcohol binges are commonplace, is stocking fears of a surge in new HIV infections in Bulawayo.The National A...Published: 4 hrs ago | 262 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Christopher Dube.Kambarami last month took adv...Published: 4 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Councillors petition Minister July Moyo
A GROUP of councillors from Tsholotsho have petitioned the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing July Moyo, concerning allegations of massive corruption within the Rural Dist...Published: 4 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter
5 contractors for Harare-Chirundu dualisation
GOVERNMENT has completed the selection process of five contractors to undertake the Harare-Chirundu highway rehabilitation and its subsequent dualisation, with road surveys already under way.T...Published: 4 hrs ago | 495 | by Staff reporter
Gweru suspends corrupt workers
TWO Gweru City Council (GCC) employees have been suspended for allegedly illegally subcontracting themselves to provide services to private land developers. Town clerk, Ms Elizabeth Gwat...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
This Zimbabwe situation simply cannot go on
THIS is a message to those who currently hold power in Zimbabwe. I do not really care about how you got into this position, but now that you are there, we need to ask you what you are going to use tha...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1394 | by Eddie Cross
Perence Shiri to be taken to court?
A section of farmers and grain dealers have made moves to seek legal recourse against Minister Perence Shiri over Statutory Instrument 145 of 2019. A Harare lawyer who is representing the farm...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 18:03hrs | 1430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare pays Mushore $113 000 in damages
HARARE City Council has finally paid about $113 00 to former town clerk Mr James Mushore, whose appointment they bungled in 2016. The city, which was allegedly reluctant to pay its former boss, finall...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:11hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Falgold ceases gold production
Troubled mining group Falgold Zimbabwe published its delayed financial statements for the year ended 31 September 2018. During this period the group's net loss after tax widened by 609% to US$4.9 mill...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 19:01hrs | 1303 | by FinX
FULL TEXT: ZIFA statement disbanding Warriors
Subject: Meeting between the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the ZIFA presidium and subsequent ZIFA Executive Committee's Emergency Committee meeting deliberations and resolutions of 9th Aug...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1296 | by ZIFA
'Chinese nationals impregnate young girls in Zimbabwe'
Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that Chinese nationals who are running production firms in his constituency are impregnating young girls who are below the age of consent. ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:35hrs | 6179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe where people's pensions have disappeared
Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would live out their golden years with dignity.He is 85, and served one company for 46 years as a cleaner, eventually rising to become a re...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 3384 | by Shingai Nyoka BBC Africa, Harare
Power outages affect medical drugs storage
Many Zimbabweans who are on self-administered medical drugs requiring refrigerated storage are going through a torrid time as crippling power outages continue unabated.Drugs that require stora...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
EMA censures BCC over raw effluent discharge
THE Bulawayo City Council is facing prosecution for discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers which is threatening aquatic life and livelihoods, recent council minutes have revealed.The most a...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admin scores high on investment drive
THE Government's decision to rescind indigenisation laws which made the country unpleasant to foreign direct investment has seen the drive to attract investment registering significant gains, Presiden...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Architects probe US$20m Econet contract
The association of architects in Zimbabwe is embroiled in a favouritism storm over an opaque competition for the design of the new headquarters of Cassava Smartech, a subsidiary of the conglomerate, E...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:28hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Furore over unemployed doctors
The government has been accused of failing to deploy doctors that qualified in April despite a huge shortage of the health professionals.Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors deploying Association (ZHDA) ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
$3 million availed for Cowdray Park road and bridge construction
THE Government has availed $3 million for the construction of a road and bridge linking Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle residential stands and the main road in the suburb to address the problem of inaccess...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Lupane hospital construction set to begin
CONSTRUCTION of the Lupane Provincial Hospital in Matabeleland North is set to start this month after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development made a commitment to fund the project.Mat...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Painful but necessary reforms' Will create jobs, prosperity
THE ongoing "painful but necessary reforms" by the new administration are set to deliver sustainable jobs, economic stability, growth and development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.In ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
To publish or not to?
It’s common cause that if you choose not to tell your own story, someone will do it for you and sell to the whole world that which he wants it to believe about you, which leaves you at high risk of ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 971 | by Persistence Gwanyanya
Zimbabwe reaches 'tipping point'
ZIMBABWE'S Finance minister Mthuli Ncube responded to the country's worsening economic crisis last week by blacking out inflation statistics for the next six months, boosting the price of the little p...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1816 | by Antony Sguazzin, Prinesha Naidoo and Ray Ndlovu
MDC students council raises red flag over fee hikes
The MDC students council has raised concern over the recent hiking of fees by private schools, saying the move would deprive students of their right to education.This development comes as priv...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:40hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Madinda returns to Bulawayo
FORMER Highlanders technical manager Madinda Ndlovu is set to return home when his Botswana side Gaborone United sets up its pre-season base in Bulawayo next week. The 2019/20 pre-season tour ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
'Jealously guard and defend our peace'
Address by his Excellency President Mnangagwa marking his first elective year in office, 30th July 2019. This month marks one year since our watershed d...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:49hrs | 302 | by President Mnangagwa
Fully utilizing ZIDA to promote economic growth
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) Bill was gazetted on the 5th of April 2019. The purpose of the bill is to establish a single focal point that facilitates entry and implementation...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:46hrs | 477 | by Victor Bhoroma
Beitbridge govt workers plead for accommodation
Civil servants in Beitbridge, who are facing accommodation challenges, have raised concern over favouritism in the allocation of 176 government houses in the border town.Some potential benefic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials loot US$20m farm mechanisation grant
SENIOR government officials, including those from the Ministry of Agriculture, feasted on a US$20 million farm mechanisation grant from China after diverting to personal use some of the farm equipment...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube admits Zimbabwe
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the country will not achieve GDP growth as he had projected when he presented his inaugural 2019 budget in November last year due to the deepening economic crisis....Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:03hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors probed for selling Bulawayo to Harare
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has instituted investigations into allegations that four councillors were recently funded by a Harare-based company to allegedly influence its tendering process.Acc...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 2294 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa advisor lashes govt, Mthuli Ncube
One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most loyal backers, Eddie Cross, has attached the government-accusing it of "practising the worst kind of corruption" and struggling to keep the country afloat. ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 12206 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe construction sector in limbo
THE construction sector has performed dismally in the first half of the year with a number of contracts either shelved or cancelled altogether.As a result of the deepening economic crisis char...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Vela has a case to answer: NSSA
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) should take legal action against former board chairman Robin Vela for his role in "pressuring" the authority to make costly irregular decisions to award m...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube doing the right things as Zimbabwe's trade deficit contracts by 60%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit contracted by 60% to $542, 3 million between February and June this year due to foreign currency shortages for imports as well as a drop in the budget deficit.Trade fi...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
MSU ordered to pay over US$3,2m for engineering services
The Midlands State University (MSU) has been ordered by the High Court to pay Galaxy Engineering Designs Consultants (Pvt) Ltd over US$3 207 450,68 for the civil engineering services provided to the t...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Nssa forensic audit report: Who is who
In today's second analysis of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) forensic report on the key individuals implicated in the State pension fund prejudice of US$175,25 million, NewsDay Business...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Dembare's Cameroonian import quits
CAMEROONIAN midfielder Vincent Mbega left Zimbabwe an unhappy man after he reportedly had an open altercation with his manager which led him to ditch Dynamos. Mbega was roped in by Dynamos dur...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak shuts Harare council offices
Harare City Council was yesterday forced to close its Remembrance, Mbare District and Harare Municipal Police offices in Mbare after at least 55 workers contracted diarrhoea when they drank water from...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube descends on Bulawayo
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will be in Bulawayo on Friday the 9th of August to discuss the 2019 mid-term budget review. An invitation sent out to the public said the event will cost $250 for...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 7999 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Demining firm disowns injured soldier
THE Development Initiative (TDI) has denied claims by a former Zimbabwe National Army member and expert in explosive ordinance disposal (EOD), who said the firm dumped him after he got injured at work...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:53hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
NSSA forensic audit report: Who is who?
Adam Molai, Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira, Robin Vela and Ozias Bvute are the individuals heavily implicated in the National Social Security Authority (NSSA)...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Grant Flower fired
FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team batsman Grant Flower finally ended his six year stint as Pakistan batting coach on Wednesday after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided not to renew his contr...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
No free Chinese lunch
CONSTRUCTION of the US$100 million six-storey new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, Harare, is well ahead of schedule, with the Chinese contractors working round the clock.This is good news t...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1702 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Bulawayo turns to sewage effluent to solve water crisis
BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to recycle industrial and domestic sewerage to augment water supplies as shortages of the precious liquid persist.The city's main supply dams have also been...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
14 injured in bus accident
Fourteen people have been admitted to Kwekwe General Hospital after they sustained injuries when a Tombs Motorways bus contracted by Zupco to ply the Kwekwe-Redcliff route veered off the road and plun...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:20hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo 'exposes' Mthuli Ncube and Sibusiso Moyo?
Professor Jonathan Moyo says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Professor Mthuli Ncube working with general Sibusiso Moyo and businessman Kuda Tagwirei are involved in a grand theft of public funds. ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 22673 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Masomere hits out at Manica Diamonds
Former Manica Diamonds coach Luke Masomere, who was sacked on Sunday, has claimed that the club is struggling financially and it failed to back him on the transfer market to achieve the set targets....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Minister slams prosperity preachers
A CABINET Minister has slammed some church pastors for milking their congregants to poverty through cash demands. Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sith...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy to contract by 3%
The Zimbabwean economy will contract by 3 percent in 2019, but the mining sector as well as the tourism sector will surprise on the upside, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has s...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Judge orders Metbank to pay back $20m to NSSA
Metbank has been ordered to pay back $20 million worth of Treasury Bills to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), after a judge said the bank's court bid to keep the TBs had come "tumbling do...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | 2606 | by newZWire
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