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Zupco bus accidents jolt govt
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has expressed concern over the spike in the number of road traffic accidents involving buses operating under the Zupco franchise.Moyo's comments came after ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 666 | by Staff reporter
Dynamics of anti-Chinese crusade in Zimbabwe
In recent times, a steady stream of anti-Chinese propaganda in Zimbabwe - driven mostly by Western-sponsored media, civil society and the opposition - has grown into a huge tide.On January 20,...Published: 19 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Duty-free boost for agric
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has listed import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT)-free agricultural equipment while the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has...Published: 19 hrs ago | 265 | by Staff reporter
Zesa loses more key electricity infrastructure
Thieves have stolen at least 72 iron angle bars from Zesa transmission towers along the 33KV power line from Kariba South Power Station, weakening the structures and opening the risk that they could c...Published: 19 hrs ago | 98 | by Staff reporter
Nothing to write home about at Egodini
NOTHING to write home about is happening at Egodini in Bulawayo, years after a tender was awarded to a company to transform the terminus.The Egodini Mall contractor, South African civil engine...Published: 19 hrs ago | 451 | by Staff reporter
Khupe forms new MDC faction
MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe Friday announced she was breaking away from the opposition party and forming a splinter group.Khupe confirmed the development at a press conference in Bula...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:38hrs | 2263 | by Staff reporter
West casts sanctions net wider
LOCAL banks have raised concerns over capitalisation demands by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) compelling the financial institutions and deposit-taking micro-financefirms to meet their tar...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sidelines relocated villagers from Pfumvudza
Zanu-PF is reportedly sidelining Marange villagers resettled at Arda Transau Relocation Area from benefiting from the Pfumvudza government-funded agricultural inputs programme, the Zimbabwe Independen...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Dr. Obert Mpofu a hero or thief?
The question: What has Dr. Obert Moses Mpofu achieved for Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans has been asked by many people and yet met with different answers. Some have claimed without evidence that Obert Mpofu...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 12:06hrs | 2120 | by Nicholas Ncube
The need for social media regulation
IT is estimated that half of the world's population is now using social media. This is according to the Digital 2021 Global Statshot report.Global Web Index (GWI) puts it at 57,6% with about 4...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 218 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe ranked among the worst on rule of law: Report
ZIMBABWE has been ranked among the worst in the global rule of law index compiled by the World Justice Project (WJP).The WJP Rule of Law Index of 2021 obtained data from 139 countries across t...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Police warn against unchanged vehicle ownership
POLICE have threatened to descend heavily on motorists who fail to change ownership of their vehicles within the stipulated 14-day period after completing a sale.National police spokespe...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
BCC checks progress at Egodini Mall
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) officials will today tour Egodini Mall amid concerns that the project has taken too long to complete.The mall is being constructed by South African property develop...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo turns into a dark city
WHEN daylight is gone, dark patches emerge in many parts of Bulawayo due to lack of street lighting, a development that has become a safety hazard for both pedestrians and motorists.In some pl...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
ZACC in vehicle registry spot checks
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday engaged the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) to inquire into corruption allegations and delays in the issuance of number plates and driver's lice...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zex Manatsa dies
The legendary musician Zex Manatsa has died. According to his Team running his Facebook page, Manatsa succumbed to cancer. The legendar...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 11:56hrs | 3661 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe fuel consumption hits 1,2bn litres after bounce back
ZIMBABWE'S fuel consumption increased to almost 1,2 billion litres during the 11 months to November last year, compared to just over one billion litres in 2020, data from the energy regulator showed y...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi celebrates 40 years in showbiz
CO-FOUNDER of globetrotting imbube group - Black Umfolosi, Tomeki Dube has said they will take time to reflect on the past to see what they did right and what went wrong as they celebrate 40 years of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Corporate 24 commits to Bosso
ONE of the country's leading healthcare brands, Corporate 24, has committed itself to partnering Highlanders Football Club to provide medical cover for its players.This was revealed by Highlan...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
RBZ resumes forex auction
THE weekly Foreign Currency Auction Trading System resumed activity this Tuesday after the festive season break with the Zimbabwe dollar trading at 112,82 against the United States dollar.The ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
'No storage fees on impounded vehicles'
Police have said they don't charge storage fees on cars that are being impounded during the ongoing blitz that has netted 6 000 cars.The operation is targeting unlicensed, uninsured, unregiste...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa says political rout awaits Chamisa's MDC
Zanu-PF Secretary for Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa has laid down the gauntlet for the MDC Alliance promising them a mauling in the upcoming National Assembly and local authoritie...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 19:58hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film set to spice up our screens in 2022!
Invision Studios & GetSetSkill are proud to announce Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film "Just Say Hello" currently under production in Harare. The film contains a talented all-star line-u...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 12:17hrs | 215 | by Agencies
Chinese miner evicts villagers
CHINESE mining company, Monaf Investments has given villagers in Muchesu ward 12, Binga, three months' notice to vacate their ancestral land after it was granted a permit to extract coal in the area....Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Minister exposes rot at CVR
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona yesterday said corruption at the Central Vehicle Registry (CRV) had created an unnecessary backlog in the issuance of registration plates...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $10bn for roads rehab
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) last year disbursed $10 billion to local authorities for road rehabilitation.Zinara acting chief executive Adam Zvandasara told NewsDay that ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
7 injured in gold mining clashes
AT least seven people were seriously injured after a machete-wielding gang reportedly aligned to former Zanu-PF youth league provincial chairperson for Mashonaland West, Vengai Musengi, ran amok and a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo High Court comes to Gweru
THE Bulawayo High Court Circuit will from Monday be sitting in Gweru for two weeks during which 12 murder cases will be heard.Midlands provincial prosecutor Mr Samuel Pedzisayi confirmed the d...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Stinking corruption at CVR
Corruption and a poor work ethic by some officials at the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Harare have been cited following motorists' failure to acquire number plates since last year.Althoug...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Green bombers throw weight behind Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe National Youth Service Graduates Association sternly warns Mutsvangwa against his childish sentiments torwards Cde Saviour Kasukuwere.Mutsvangwa was an opportunist of the liberation s...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 00:56hrs | 1917 | by Kudakwashe Ndavara
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 959 | by Enos Denhere
Truck swept away while crossing flooded river
One person died when a Nissan Atlas truck was swept off while crossing the flooded Nyaodza Bridge along the Gatche-Gatche – Kariba Road yesterday.The truck had one passenger on board who esc...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:01hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Boy, I love democracy - pity I don't live in one!
Most times, I feel like a lonely miserable little child - who is sitting on his home's stoep, fondly admiring the neighbors' happy family, whose parents will be joyfully playing together with their ch...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 18:47hrs | 267 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Govt stalling BCC's solar farm project'
BULAWAYO councillors have blamed the Local Government ministry for delaying the city's solar farm project by not granting the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) permission to approve ap...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 165 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Hwange fires probe begins
AN international consultant hired by Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to investigate the cause of underground fires in the coal mining town is now on the ground as Government moves to come up wi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Govt revives Matobo's Mpamadzi headmanship
GOVERNMENT has approved the revival of the Mpamadzi headmanship under Chief Malaba in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province.As a result, Mr Leonard Ndlovu (74) has been appointed as the...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere shown middle finger by Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa does not need the support of "moonlighting" and "failed" politicians to lead Zanu-PF to a thunderous victory in the upcoming by-elections and in the 2023 harmonised elections as he...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2700 | by Staff reporter
400 schools operating illegally in Harare
The dramatic rise in numbers of small private schools has now seen more than 400 such schools operating illegally in Harare with the office of the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and D...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle number plates distribution decentralised
Twelve post offices and seven Zimra tax offices will today start distributing the bulk of the 12 183 sets of number plates now available, with just a small batch going through the Central Vehicle Regi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus kills 1 injures 5 at Pick 'n' Pay Hyper
Veteran journalist Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has reported that a driver of a Zupco bus lost and drove over people queueing to board buses next to Pick & Pay Hyper in Bulawayo. According to Siban...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 19:00hrs | 2492 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Electoral reforms before elections'
REGIONAL grouping of civil society organisations, Citizens in Action Southern Africa (CIASA), has urged opposition parties and stakeholders in the country to lobby for electoral reforms before electio...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:39hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo contractor still to deliver 1 000 houses, 8 years later
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is still waiting for the handover of about 1 000 houses, nearly eight years after the contractor, Rent a Roof Private Limited, was supposed to have completed them....Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:38hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland set to lose constituencies
THE Matabeleland region has the least number of registered voters countrywide, a development that could eventually result in the loss of constituencies ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections if the tr...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:36hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa reviews water tariffs
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has reviewed tariffs upwards starting this month in response to increases in costs of key resources.The new tariffs are applicable to both treated...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Road rehab moves to high-density suburbs
The emergency road repairs and rehabilitation being undertaken by the Government are now moving into the suburban roads in high-density suburbs, which have been neglected for years by inept and corrup...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:32hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reiterates warning against political chicanery
President Mnangagwa on Saturday urged party leaders and supporters to uphold party values and reiterated his warning against use of coercion and chicanery as tools to attain political power.Ad...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:30hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza played 7, won 0, drew 2, lost 5
NORMAN Mapeza's latest tenure as Zimbabwe's national football team coach is turning out to be a nightmare for the 49-year-old ex-Zimbabwe international.The former defender is experiencing a di...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Tugwi-Mukosi spills for second time
Zimbabwe's largest interior dam Tugwi-Mukosi, spilled for the second time since its commissioning, sparking fears of flooding downstream.The Department of Civil Protection (DCP) in Chiredzi is...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
German airline to fly into Zimbabwe by March
Eurowings Discover has become the latest airline to express interest in flying into Zimbabwe, in a move expected to boost local tourism.Zimbabwe is among the 24 destinations that Eurowings Dis...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
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