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Tshinga Dube backs Mhlophe
Highlanders benefactor, Tshinga Dube has called for continuity and unity of purpose at the Bulawayo giants for the club to overcome the challenges that the institution is going through.Dube a ...Published: 12 mins ago | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fresh headache
Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding fro...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4694 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya in shock claims
Zimbabwe's central bank governor, John Mangudya, this week claimed the southern African country does not need "anyone's money" to extricate itself from its economic woes.The country, which is ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes colleague with braai stand
A Bindura man was assaulted using a braai stand and a stone when he had gone to collect his debt.The matter came to light when Blessing Chabowoka (41) stood before Bindura Magistrate Morebless...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 13:17hrs | 894 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC-T workers demand US$150 000
FORMER MDC-T employees have approached the High Court seeking a garnishee order against the party's accounts so that they can recover over US$150 000 owed to them. The workers won a High Court...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 499 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
60% of Bulawayo companies close shop
THE labour movement, consumer rights groups, small enterprises and informal traders have lamented the continuous collapse of Bulawayo industries amid revelations that up to 60% of companies have close...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the opposition's failure confirms long-held suspicions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 494 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe borrowed US$1,4bn to prop up economy
ZIMBABWE borrowed US$1,4 billion from the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) since 2017 to finance acquisition of strategic commodities, currency reforms and prop up the economy.Acco...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:55hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers ridicule govt savings facility
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has ridiculed the recently-launched Government Employees Mutual Savings (GEMS) fund which it says was another scheme meant to dupe the already suffer...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 767 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ground-breaking deal for Beitbridge border
South African lenders including Standard Bank Group and FirstRand have provided $130 million of loans for an upgrade of the Beitbridge border post.The financing for the Beitbridge border betwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:29hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Funding deal struck for Beitbridge border revamp
A US$300 million deal has been struck for the redevelopment of the Beitbridge Border Post, with a consortium of South African banks availing funds for a project that is expected to not only provide a ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:41hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's business empire, The death of a dynasty
BARELY five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years of his reign is disappearing.A great dynasty appea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1283 | by Africa Report
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7511 | by Staff reporter
British officials owe Zimbabwean people an apology, says Moss
A FORMER United States State Department official says the British government should consider apologising to Zimbabwean people for supporting a failed bid to back Harare's debt arrears plan which under...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:55hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Do we still have a government?
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 lockdown elapses on 15 February, bringing the country to yet another moment of truth as difficult decisions must be made in answering the all-important question: What happens next?...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:44hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man hangs self over mounting debts
A BULAWAYO man hanged himself on Tuesday over mounting debts which he claimed in his suicide note had sunk him into abject poverty.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yeste...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:43hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights to end blackouts
AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:38hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries plunge 61%
Gold deliveries plunged by more than half to 0.99 tonnes in January from 2.54 tonnes recorded in the same month last year weighed down by heavy rains which slowed mining activity, Fidelity Printers an...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa go East as more sanctions come from the West?
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK's sanctions on his security chiefs.On Monday 1 February 2021, the U...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 8100 | by Staff reporter
Fuel, mines and banks the Tagwirei method
TAGWIREI has built up his wealth in large part through a long-standing partnership with major commodities trader Trafigura, which has been trying to distance its operations from him as he faces intern...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo closes all quarantine centres
BULAWAYO has closed all of its Covid-19 quarantine centres owing to shortage of public space to accommodate returnees.At the peak of the first wave of the deadly virus last year, the city had ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:11hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
White man fakes robbery
A Harare man Peter Edward Rapson faked a robbery case after his friend pressed him hard over a debt.The 37 year old white man was slapp...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 17:37hrs | 2302 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa squanders international goodwill
THIS week's decision by the British government to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe's top security officials has thrown President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement agenda into disarray as the internationa...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:23hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Investors shun Zimbabwe due to poor governance, says UK minister
THE United Kingdom's minister for Africa James Duddridge has said British investors are "shunning" Zimbabwe due to a poorly managed currency, abuse of property rights and other legal concerns....Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
'Create independent COVID-19 fund'
GOVERNMENT should create an independent COVID-19 fund to cater for the pandemic expenditures, former State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has said.Speaking during a virtual Z...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Who will replace SB Moyo?
ZIMBABWE is a landlocked nation which relies heavily on its sisters in the SADC region.To the East Zim has Mozambique. A troubled neighbour who happens to be dealing with a growing insurgency ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 17:26hrs | 3122 | by John Mbizvo
Can South Africa come to Zimbabwe's rescue by ending 'quiet diplomacy'?
Zimbabwe's worsening economic and political crises seem to be never-ending and still getting worse. The misplaced expectations that the "new dispensation" would provide an escape route following the 2...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 433 | by Ian Scoones
Zimra targets $387,4bn in 2021
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will continue meeting collection targets this year ensuring Government can finance expenditure, after it surpassed the 2020 target by over six percent. I...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:32hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF warms to Zimbabwe talks
AS THE country's politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu-PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 6736 | by Staff reporter
Sternford Moyo makes Zimbabwe proud
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) warmly congratulates Sternford Moyo, one of our senior members, on his election as President of the International Bar Association (IBA).Moyo, who is th...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:04hrs | 1140 | by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
Binga residents beg Zinwa over water
Residents of Binga have accused the local rural district council (RdC) of failing to provide water to the ratepayers and appealed to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to take over the serv...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:55hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'Killer truck' owner identified
ONE of the trucks that was involved in a pile-up accident in Zambia in August last year resulting in more than six people being burnt beyond recognition belongs to Ephias Munodawafa, the current chief...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
BCC: What went wrong?
"BULAWAYO'S success story is not something from outer space but a result of the constructive approach taken by councillors and the existence of a harmonious relationship between them and their elector...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1196 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Biti tackles Mnangagwa's govt over Covid-19 funding
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says government has not been transparent over its fiscal and financial issues on Covid-19-related matters, adding there has been a mixture of lack of accountability...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees hiked again
MOTORISTS, with effect from today, can pay tollgate fees in foreign currency as the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced a dual pricing system and hiked toll fees. The...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa continues to reach out to Mnangagwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition parties continue to reach out to each other, raising further hope that the necessary and much-talked about formal national dialogue involving all key stakeholders wil...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 19:44hrs | 3163 | by Staff reporter
African banks sign deal to rehabilitate Beitbridge border post
A group of African banks has signed a US$194mn senior debt facility to rehabilitate the Beitbridge border post, a crossing that connects Zimbabwe and South Africa.Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) acte...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3216 | by Staff reporter
'Serious dialogue critical to end Zimbabwe woes'
ZIMBABWE'S economic woes will persist until there is serious dialogue among key domestic players in politics and the international community, renowned banker Nigel Chanakira has said.Chanakira...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes CSC investor
A PROBE into the operations of a firm that clinched the deal to revive the Cold Storage Company (CSC) two years ago kicked off in December, with Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minist...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments gets tax exemption
Government has exempted platinum miner Great Dyke Investments (GDI) from paying income tax for the next five years. GDI is 50% owned by local consortium Landela and Afromet JSC, wholly owned b...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to be transparent on COVID-19 donations
The Zimbabwe Coalition on debt and development (Zimcodd) has called on government and other institutions implementing COVId-19 programmes to be transparent and accountable for all resources allocated ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Conned to trade freedoms and rights for 'peace and prosperity' only to lose all to Banana Republic - haven't learnt lesson
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF do not like anything that threatens the regime's iron grip on power. The soaring numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Zimbabwe have been an eye opener for many Zimbabweans....Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | 950 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe parlours downplay spiralling deaths
ZIMBABWE'S funeral assurance sector has allayed fears of possible collapse as the COVID-19 scourge intensifies and affects capacity to meet policyholder claims.Taka Svosve, the Zimbabwe Associ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
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