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Telcos want another tariff hike
Local mobile telecommunications operators have approached the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for another upward review of tariffs. Earlier in March Pot...Published: 21 hrs ago | 358 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's Documented Processing Centres hit by teething problems at borders
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s Documented Processing Centres (DPC) have been hit by teething problems, which have resulted in cargo piling up mainly at Beitbridge, Chirundu and Forbes border...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:03hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Zupco hiring charges up
Zupco is now hiring conventional buses for $4 000 a day and kombis for $1 000 a day, a 33 percent rise in fees, after the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works approved the increases after cos...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo loses out on multi-million rand payment
Peter Moyo lost out on R68.4 million in share options when his employment at Old Mutual was controversially terminated over an irreconcilable conflict of interest last year.Just over R13 milli...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:15hrs | 2948 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora cranking up the heat on Chamisa
BUOYED by Friday's High Court ruling which effectively killed the debate whether the MDC Alliance is a political party or not, the interim leadership of the country's main opposition party is cranking...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:58hrs | 6827 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is finished'
THINGS appear to be going from bad to worse for Nelson Chamisa and his allies, with the High Court ruling yesterday that the MDC Alliance does not have an independent right of existence under the law ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:56hrs | 15970 | by Staff reporter
Security agents 'stalk' hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, who are currently detained at a private hospital ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:45hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Another Chamisa blow
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to save the beleaguered opposition has been dealt another blow after the High Court Friday ruled a party called by that name does not exist as a legal person w...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:44hrs | 3467 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance does not legally exist, says Court
MDC-Alliance does not legally exist as a legal person who can sue in court, and in the dispute of the MDC-T recall of legislators does not have the standing to sue, the High Court has ruled, suggestin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on security forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government is committed to improving the welfare of members of the security services. The President said this during the commissioning of 138 junior officers...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:12hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance judgement open doors for more recalls of Chamisa's defiant MPs
High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed with costs application by MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa seeking to bar the recall of its legislators from Parliament.The MDC Alliance had ap...Published: 29 May 2020 at 19:12hrs | 8316 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Judge rules that MDC Alliance is not a political party
Harare judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapo has handed down a ruling dismissing the claim by the Nelson Chamisa led opposition form that it is a political party. The judgment is in connection with a...Published: 29 May 2020 at 15:46hrs | 11136 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere runs to court as war vets invade farm
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to evict some war veterans who have invaded his Mazowe farm and started helping themselves to his ora...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:33hrs | 3859 | by newzimbabwe
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3359 | by Staff reporter
Human rights defender sets up torture fund
KWEKWE-BASED human rights defender Nkosilathi Moyo said he was putting together a war chest to assist victims of State-sponsored violence.Moyo launched his fight for democracy in 2015 when he ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:03hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash court bid hits brickwall
The High Court has dismissed Econet Zimbabwe's mobile money platform, EcoCash's application which sought to interdict the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) from suspending its mobile money agents....Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army rescues Binga villagers
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has provided the Social Welfare department with transport to carry drought relief grain to villages in Binga so that vulnerable beneficiaries are not charged transport...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shadow MP in mealie-meal distribution storm
RETAILERS in Mutasa South have accused their Zanu-PF shadow MP Misheck Mugadza of using his political muscle to access subsidised mealie-meal and using the commodity as a campaign tool in the constitu...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
oMalayitsha call on Government to provide special permits
CROSS border transporters popularly known as oMalayitsha have called on Government to assist them with special permits which will ensure smooth passage of their goods into the country to enable them t...Published: 25 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
The African COVID-19 conundrum: Risking death to avoid death
WHEN the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, for most countries, it was a problem far from their horizons. Little did they know that in no time, it would inf...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 220 | by Tapiwa Gomo
FIFA agree to bail out ZIFA
FIFA have agreed to bail out ZIFA by approving a package to cater for the association's crippling legacy debt which had now ballooned to $10 million and stifled various development programmes over the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Food aid transport fee, a burden to the vulnerable
Rural communities in Matabeleland have expressed concerns over the transport costs incurred in receiving food handouts from Social WelfareAccording to reports obtained from Habakkuk Trust Communit...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 601 | by Stephen Jakes
Cimas announces cover for COVID-19 positive members
Cimas Medical Aid Society has announced that it will provide any of its members who test positive for COVID-19 with medical aid cover for subsequent treatment and clearance tests at the end of their t...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 661 | by Agencies
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4635 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
800 kombis impounded
HARARE City Council has impounded more than 800 commuter omnibuses in the past two weeks for flouting several by-laws since opening the Coventry Road holding bay. The commuter omnibuses are be...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chaos rocks parliament as Advocate Uriri is barred from representing client
There was drama at the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture hearing into the US$27 million wheat facility after a heated exchange erupted between Committee Chairperson Justice Mayor Wadyaj...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:25hrs | 4002 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC rubbishes Paul Kruger's nonsensical water report
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) insists that consultants brought in by government to assess the city's water situation did not present an honest report. The city fathers still want the State to declar...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Everything you need to know about PPSR Australia
Buying a used car is challenging, but if you have all the right information in your hands, it won't be such a hassle. Many people invest in the wrong one and regret it later because they didn't spend ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:33hrs | 580 | by Staff writer
530 returnees arrive from South Africa
Five hundred and thirty more Zimbabweans wanting to return home from South Africa arrived at Beitbridge on Saturday afternoon including the first 204 having their transport costs covered by Government...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Dr Joshua Nkomo and the Calamity of Honesty
Very few people in the history of mankind and Zimbabwe will match Dr Joshua M.Nkomo's selflessness and tolerance, commitment to equality and love of Zimbabwe. He was a man whose eyes refused to se...Published: 18 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2572 | by Mqondobanzi Nduna Magonya
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1835 | by Leonard Koni
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 236 | by Brian Sedze
Why NRZ electric trains disappeared
WHEN the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) launched the electric train more than two decades ago, the long dreary journey between Harare and Dabuka, south of Gweru, became an enjoyable one.A...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over indefinite Covid-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe's indefinite lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus could sound a death knell to an ailing economy and lead to massive job losses, experts have warned.President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Dr Energy Mutodi insults his minister by mistake
Dr Energy Mutodi fired live animations to his minister Monica Mutsvangwa claiming that it is friendly fires. Such behavior is unwise,unpolitically placed,unministerial, behavior. While spitting his ve...Published: 14 May 2020 at 21:24hrs | 6405 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tobacco farmers withhold crop
TOBACCO farmers in most parts of the country have reportedly withheld their crop, refusing to release the golden leaf to transporters to be sold at the auction floors in their absence.Transpor...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rescuer comes to the rescue of Zimbabweans stranded in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN businessman based in South Africa, Mr Justice Maphosa has offered to assist 400 stranded Zimbabweans in the neighbouring country who were struggling to raise bus fare to return home. ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:30hrs | 6290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Embassy secures transport for 400 Zimbabweans in SA
The Government has entered into a partnership with Zimbabwean businessman, Mr Justice Maphosa, the Chief Executive and Founder of Bigtime Strategic Group to roll out an assisted repatriation program t...Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:56hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Police arrest 26 000 people
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that they have arrested a total of 26 398 people have so for violating the national lockdown regulations mainly for unnecessary movements. The police...Published: 12 May 2020 at 16:20hrs | 1409 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nursing interviews decentralised
Government has increased nurse training interview sites from three to 22 to reduce travelling costs for prospective candidates. In addition to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, United Bulawayo ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Urgent Need for African Governments to Upgrade the Health Systems
Amid multifold theories and disinformation spreading around the COVID-19 in Africa, it is important for African governments to consider strengthening the existing health systems and infrastructures, a...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:24hrs | 152 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Zimbabwe's embassies in dire straits
ZIMBABWE' S embassies across the globe are in a financial mess, says a letter from the Foreign Affairs ministry.According to the letter to heads of mission and consul generals dated April 21, ...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
'Maize meal price won't change until monthend'
THE country's national maize reserves have dropped sharply and authorities have to ramp up imports to save citizens from starvation, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens to deregister ‘extortionist' private schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has threatened to deregister private schools demanding "extortionist" fees for e-learning programmes, taking advantage of the current lockdown....Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Cassava unveils Sasai TeamTalk with free calls on Sundays
Cassava Fintech International (CFI), a subsidiary of Econet Global, today released an enhanced voice and video conferencing service that allows up to 20 people on one call.The service, branded...Published: 10 May 2020 at 19:47hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3631 | by Nomazulu Thata
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