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Devolution the way to development
Thousands of people attended Harare Metropolitan Residents Forum (HAMREF) Devolution Roadshow held yesterday in Norton.Devolution which...Published: 4 hrs ago | 265 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
MDC Big Guns jockeying for Sikhala's positions
The jostling for Job Sikhala's positions ahead of the blabbermouth's court case scheduled for this Monday in Masvingo, has reached fever pitch with a potential to further crack the deeply divided MDC ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 5295 | by Staff reporter
Can the 'market' save Bulawayo water?
The desire to remain true to a vision "Siya Phambili" ( We go Forward, the BCC's motto ) has in the past prompted some to attempt to tackle one of the city of Bulawayo's worst environmental challenges...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1556 | by Kabelo Sithole
Njube High School students' actions are true reincarnation and revival of 16 June 1976 Soweto revolutionary spirit!
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow female schoolmate - fleeing from a volley of fatal bullets being fired ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1507 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's agenda 2020: All froth but no beer
When MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa last week announced that he intended to present a "State of the Nation Address" (SONA) dubbed Agenda 2020, some people swallowed that hook, line and sinker thinking he ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:06hrs | 1249 | by Elijah Chihota,
Mbare structures face demolition
Harare City Council wants to evict a group that illegally grabbed council land opposite Stodart Police Station two months ago and built houses. They also started a tombstone-making business. The city ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 00:59hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Soldier dies fishing in Zambezi river
A member of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) drowned at the might Zambezi River in Kanyemba on Wednesday while fishing in a canoe with his two colleague...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 15:52hrs | 2318 | by Simbarashe Sithole
City of Harare & Clean City sign landmark service delivery MOU
The City of Harare and Clean City Private Limited today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) that will allow the two parties to collaborate in service delivery to the city.Areas of collabora...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1481 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's govt sets up commission to probe MDC councillors
GOVERNMENT has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate reports of alleged corruption and abuse of funds by MDC councillors in Marondera town.The investigations come after residents prepa...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Councillors, management clash over 2020 budget
GWERU council management and councillors have clashed over the $1,8 billion 2020 budget — a 3 900% hike from 2019's $46 million — sent for approval to Local Government minister July Moyo without c...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:24hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira remains suspended from Zanu PF
The Zanu PF Mashonaland West Provincial Executive Council (PEC) has reaffirmed that former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira remains suspended from all elected positions pending a determination by the...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:17hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Council workers demand 6-fold salary increment
Municipal Correspondent Stung by the alleged quadrupling of salaries for top council management, ordinary Harare City Council workers are now demanding a six-fold rise in their earnings to beat inflat...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47hrs | 1200 | by Nelson Chamisa
2019 O-level results out
THE ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has released the 2019 Ordinary Level examination results with a 33.9 % pass rate recorded. ZIMSEC says candidates who sat for this examination ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:30hrs | 8567 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa bars Zifa from Cosafa AGM
COUNCIL of Southern African Football Association (Cosafa) president Philip Chiyangwa is alleged to be making spirited efforts to bar the Zifa executive committee from attending the regional soccer-gov...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Stray donkeys, scotch-carts a menace in Victoria Falls
THE increase in the number of stray donkeys and scotch-carts in Victoria Falls town has irked residents who have taken the local authority to task to deal with the domestic animals and their owners as...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Chiredzi councillor dies
CHIREDZI will hold another by-election in less than two months, after the passing on of ward 16 councillor Emmanuel Nyathi on Sunday afternoon.The last by-election was held in November last ye...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's stinky water safe
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has assured residents over the safety of its foul-smelling water after being inundated with complaints from panicky residents fearing for their health.There hav...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Council threatens legal action against Zanu-PF
HARARE City Council has threatened legal action against Zanu-PF, government departments, parastatals and other entities owing the local authority more than $1 billion in unpaid rates.Council i...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:07hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Supermarket forces clients to buy grocery worth $150 if they need 10kg mealie meal
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday intervened to stop a local supermarket that was selling a 10kg of subsidised roller meal on condition that a customer first bought groceries...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels drop
NATIONAL dam levels continue to rise but water levels at dams supplying Bulawayo continue to fall, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) said yesterday. In a statement, ZINWA said the ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Universities hike fees
LOCAL universities have announced their new fee structures which will see students paying between $5 000 and $9 000 per semester depending on their programmes. The National University of Science and T...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warriors grouped with Bafana Bafana in World Cup qualifier
TWENTY years after their battle ended in mayhem at the National Sports Stadium, claiming 13 lives of Zimbabwean football fans in a stampede, the Warriors and Bafana Bafana will again clash in a World ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere, Mzembi are doomed to fail
Since November 2019, former ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been attempting to effect a political comeback and went as far as threatening to contest the 2023 presidential e...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 476 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chiyangwa gets reprieve
Businessman Mr Philip Chiyangwa, who was on the verge of having his commercial stand in Masvingo's Zimre Park repossessed by Masvingo City Council, won a reprieve after the High Court granted him a de...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2115 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal shortages persist
Subsidised mealie-meal supplies have remained erratic across the country, with major supermarkets running out of the commodity, forcing most consumers to access it on the black market. The sho...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zifa barred from Cosafa indaba after exposing Chiyangwa funds abuse
THE relentless boardroom battle between ZIFA and their former president, Philip Chiyangwa, has taken another ugly twist with the country's football leaders being barred from attending the COSAFA annua...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Chipangano terror campaign emboldened me, says Mashwede
HARARE businessman Alex Mashamhanda says the political torture he endured at the hands of a Zanu-PF-linked militia, Chipangano, and some top Zanu-PF officials, during the formative stages of his busin...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 456 | by Staff rpeorter
Parents force open incomplete school
CONTROVERSY-riddled Glaudina Primary School in Harare yesterday opened its doors to students amid a misunderstanding between the parents and responsible authorities over inadequate infrastructure, wit...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:52hrs | 203 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa feels the pressure over roller meal
CHURCHES have vowed to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to come up with strict measures to ensure that all millers who get grain under the government maize subsidy programme sell...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:51hrs | 448 | by Staff rpeorter
Teachers rule out strike
THE Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has ruled out any industrial action saying it is in favour of dialogue with Government to address its members' concerns. In an interview yesterday, Z...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:43hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Thermal Power Station back on grid after heavy rains
HEAVY rains which pounded Hwange at the weekend knocked out Hwange Thermal Power Station when the coal got wet but two 120 megawatt units were back up yesterday with a third expected to be on the grid...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 11:29hrs | 975 | by Staff Reporter
3 suspended over Harare water shortages
HARARE City Council has suspended four senior officials for alleged dereliction of duty and contributing to the water crisis in the city.The axe fell on head of city chemistry, production mana...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:24hrs | 2843 | by Staf reporter
Council refuse trucks stuck in SA for 3 years
FIFTEEN refuse trucks bought by Harare City Council in South Africa are stuck there almost three years on as it cannot raise over US$2 million required for their delivery. However, there are conflicti...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:16hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Businesses defy Mthuli Ncube on new tax regime
Some businesses are defying Treasury's directive to review downwards the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) to 14,5% levied on certain goods to stimulate aggregate demand.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:15hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi announces drought relief strategies
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi yesterday announced a raft of government drought relief strategies, among them massive mobilisation of grain and an immediate livestock restocking exercise.Mohadi s...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:15hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants rule out strike
Government has reiterated its commitment to improve the welfare of its workers ahead of another round of salary negotiations.The Government workers have also ruled out the possibility of a str...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:11hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Polad economic summit on the cards
POLITICAL leaders under the banner, Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have set plans to engage various business and industry sector players to come up with economic reforms that will be key in revivin...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
F1 racecourse construction begins in Zimbabwe
PRELIMINARY survey and construction works on a multi-million dollar investment comprising an international Formula One (F1) grade motor racing circuit course, which is expected to add more glamour in ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
We have a full-blown crisis
Phew!What a frenzied week it was as those brats, who are used to hogging TV remote controls or causing unending trouble during holidays, were finally banished to school, where they rightfully ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 244 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11941 | by Staff reporter
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants receive cushioning allowances
GOVERNMENT has said civil servants will be paid more cushioning allowances this year as its employees yesterday started receiving their promised payments for this month. Government this week r...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:43hrs | 3555 | by Staff reporter
'Nhlanhla Ndiweni dismissal above board'
GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims by dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni that his removal from the chieftainship by President Mnangagwa, following recommendations by Cabinet and the Matabelela...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Phase 1 to be complete in 2nd quarter
THE first phase of the multi-million dollar Egodini project is expected to be completed by the beginning of the second quarter, Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In 2016, South African civ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 192 | by Derek Matyszak
Harare City Council tender scandal deepens
THE massive tender scandal rocking Harare City Council (HCC) has taken a new twist after it emerged in an explosive email trail that a local company, Microlab Scientific (Microlab), offered to use its...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 391 | by Staff repoirter
Devolution confusion
Confusion over implementation of devolution projects has rocked Mashonaland East province, resulting in clashes between legislators, councillors and Zanu-PF leadership particularly on the distribution...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots showdown with police
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared war against the police, warning that his party was now itching to fight back and even defy their prohibition orders which he said were unjust, p...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
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