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New US$100m Parly building nears completion
ZIMBABWE'S imposing new Parliament building, perched on top of Mt Hampden north of Harare, is almost complete, with work progressing well despite Covid-19-induced challenges.Construction of th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 342 | by Staff reporter
Nasty factional fights boil in Mnangagwa's backyard
INTENSE inter-factional fights to control President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province Midlands, pitting two rival groups backing State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube and the incumbent chairperson...Published: 2 hrs ago | 368 | by Staff reporter
US pressures Zimbabwe to lift ban on by-elections
THE United States government has ratcheted up pressure on Zimbabwe to hold by-elections, after nearly 30 constituencies were left with no representation following dramatic recalls of MDC Alliance legi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 148 | by Staff reporter
War veterans tell Chadzamira to quit post
CHIREDZI war veterans have called for the removal from office of minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira (pictured), accusing him of corruptly allocating land in the district to outsiders while...Published: 3 hrs ago | 409 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, says Ramaphosa
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa repeated his call to the United States and its allies to lift sanctions imposed against neighbouring Zimbabwe.The United States and the European Union (...Published: 3 hrs ago | 99 | by Staff reporter
Govt lavishes Mthuli Ncube with a US$200 000 hotel stay
GOVERNMENT allegedly splurged over US$200 000 on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured)'s accommodation after his lengthy stay at a five-star hotel in the capital before he relocated to a plush home...Published: 12 hrs ago | 5062 | by Staff reporter
Indonesia sets sights on NRZ
SOUTHEAST Asian nation, Indonesia, seeks to clinch deals in Zimbabwe's various economic sectors such as pharmaceuticals, rubber and the railways, an official has said.A representative of the I...Published: 12 hrs ago | 978 | by Staff reporter
Minister in trouble over gold mine
SPARKS flew in the Ministry of Mines this week, as the long-running dispute over Ran Gold Mines, a 122-year-old asset in Bindura, took a new twist, with an angry party to the deadlock accusing Mines m...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland marginalisation
THE marginalisation of the Matabeleland region is viewed as a deliberate extension of the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres by the Zanu pF government, to punish the people in the southern parts of the count...Published: 12 hrs ago | 803 | by Staff reporter
Solutions to Zimbabwe debt, fiscal deficits
THE Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (Ledriz) has crafted a cocktail of measures which could be a solution to Zimbabwe's debt problems, fiscal deficits, stunted growth an...Published: 12 hrs ago | 301 | by Staff reporter
Gold rush spawns fresh displacements
THOUSANDS of Domboshawa villagers on the outskirts of Harare face imminent displacement to accommodate a clique of gold miners with strong links to the ruling Zanu PF party and top government official...Published: 12 hrs ago | 465 | by Staff reporter
New portal drives SDGs in Africa
SEVENTEEN United Nations entities under the Africa Collaborative Regional Platform launched an online data portal, the first of its kind on the continent, to measure and evaluate progress on the Susta...Published: 12 hrs ago | 24 | by Southerners
Foreign currency receipts surge
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency receipts increased by 32% to US$5,09 billion during the eight months ended August 7, 2021, as industries shook-off the effects of a difficult 2020 to ship more products to ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 358 | by Staff reporter
State seeks to remand Sikhala for 6 months
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday left stunned in court after the State sought a remand of six months to next February despite indicating that it was ready for trial....Published: 12 hrs ago | 495 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits to being stumped by power crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that rolling power cuts had stumped his government and called on the private sector to invest in the energy sector to boost supplies.Industry, b...Published: 12 hrs ago | 619 | by Staff reporter
Britain expresses concern over Makomborero Haruzivishe's incarceration
THE British government has expressed concern over the continued incarceration of pro-democracy activist and MDC Alliance youth leader Makomborero Haruzivishe.Haruzivishe has been in jail for t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for conferences
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday evening ahead of a double-header official opening of the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum (SACJF) and Institute for Chartered Governance and Accountancy...Published: 12 hrs ago | 202 | by q
Nearly 1 000 remote schools get Internet
THE Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network (ZARNet) has connected more than 800 schools in remote parts of the country to the internet to promote e-learning after traditional teaching and learning pro...Published: 12 hrs ago | 92 | by Staff reporter
Teenage pregnancies shoot up
A total of 4 475 pregnancies have been recorded for girls aged between 15 and 19 years in all eight districts in Mashonaland Central during the lockdown period stretching from March 2020 to February t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sees silver-lining in Covid-19 dark cloud
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for equal access to Covid-19 vaccines saying although the pandemic has caused major setbacks all hope was not lost. In a pre-recorded address to the United Nations Gener...Published: 12 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proud of industry revival
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday expressed pride over the positive strides being registered by the country's industries - taking advantage of the supportive Government policy reforms. These have enhanced...Published: 12 hrs ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Chinese worse colonizers than the British, as savagely exploiting our country out of existence
I am a ZISCOSTEEL product. Born and bred in the iron and steel making small town of Redcliff.As with most towns and cities in Zimbabwe - Redcliff was built entirely by companies that opened th...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1308 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt aid 7 shops destroyed by looting
The Zimbabwean government has aided seven shops that were destroyed by looters during the January 2019 national protestsThis was revealed by Bulawayo minister of state Judith Ncube when she to...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 10:21hrs | 2199 | by Stephen Jakes
'Everyone can benefit from equitable resource distribution'
ZImBABWe has vast natural resources that if equitably distributed can meet the developmental needs of every citizen, a senior clergyman has said.A Zimbabwe Council of Churches official, bishop...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:52hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exceeds Africa health funding target
ZIMBABWE has surpassed the Abuja Declaration target which requires that countries spend at least 15 percent of their national budgets on the health sector, Finance and Economic Development Minister Pr...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:51hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
NAC engages Chiefs
The National Aids Council (NAC) has today engaged Chiefs across Mashonaland Central province on a sensitization program to fight further HIV/AIDS infectio...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | 474 | by Lloyd Rabaya
MDC mayor bootlicks Mnangagwa
WHILE the MDC Alliance is blaming Zanu-PF for using Local government minister July Moyo to interfere into the operations of the councils under its ambit, MDC-T mayor for Mutare Blessing Tandi, last we...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2928 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Zimbabweans are their own economic liberators
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has said the COVID-19 pandemic has taught Zimbabweans to be their own economic liberators and that the country would be more secure if it relies on its own producti...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Civil society calls for stronger institutions
ZIMBABWE should deliberately strengthen its institutions, especially the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, so that it is able to deal with partisan traditional leaders.In a statement to commem...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:37hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders must foster peace to ensure development
AFTER we celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2021, running under the theme Recovering Better for an Equitable and Sustainable World, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 24 | by Zesn
Inmates 'strangle' jailed MDC Alliance activist
IN a bizarre development, incarcerated MDC Alliance youth leader and pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is being strangled in his sleep by fellow inmates at Harare Central Prison.T...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco Sales Floor volumes rise 143%
ZIMBABWE'S biggest tobacco auction firm, Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF), says volumes rose by 143% during the third quarter ended July 31, 2021, in line with higher national output reported during the peri...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Subdued trade fair mirrors state of the country
AN old Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) flag flutters at the entrance outside the exhibition grounds in Bulawayo. The sun-burnt and worn flag has clearly seen better days and maybe should have...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives for grand Fair
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived yesterday in Bulawayo ahead of today's official opening of the 61st edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). The President, who was accompanied by M...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites investors into energy sector
UNTAPPED natural gas and vast renewable resources present business opportunities for investors from across the world to come to Zimbabwe and do business while the country is modernising despite setbac...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimasco completes feasibility study for Mberengwa furnaces
ZIMASCO, a local ferro-chrome producer owned by China's Sinosteel, has completed a feasibility study for the construction of furnaces in Neta, Mberengwa District, where it intends to build new mines, ...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
No Unvaccinated delegates at Zanu PF conference
Zanu PF has barred unvaccinated members to attend its annual conference scheduled for Bindura next month.Speaking at the Patty's Politi...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 00:50hrs | 758 | by Shelton Muchena
Harare okays construction of stadium at Donnybrook
HARARE City Council has approved the construction of a state-of-the-art sporting centre in Donnybrook in partnership with Nakiso Consortium, a property developer linked to former Finance deputy minist...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:36hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Opportunistic politicians must be voted out
IF one walks the streets, they will ask themselves will there ever be change or they need to reconsider where their vote will be.Well, the truth is, it doesn't even matter. The routine is the ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:34hrs | 297 | by Kaunda
Mnangagwa's backyard stews in Zanu-PF fights
Zanu-PF factional fights exploded in its leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands home province Monday, with under siege provincial chairman Daniel Mackenzie Ncube issuing a strong warning to h...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for NGOs as High Court orders Muguti to stop issuing directives
HIGH Court Judge Justice Esther Muremba on Friday ordered Tafadzwa Muguti, the Provincial Development Coordinator for Harare Metropolitan Province and some government agents to stop interfering with o...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 11:47hrs | 1061 | by Stephen Jakes
Compulsory indoctrination for civil servants on the cards
The ruling Zanu-PF party wants to force government employees to attend its Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology ahead of the 2023 elections, in a move widely seen as an attempt to brainwash government w...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Misa happy with issuing of community radio station licences
MISA Zimbabwe welcomes the licensing of eight more community radio stations as this will enhance access to information and exchange of ideas on issues that affect marginalised communities for the gove...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 113 | by Misa Zimbabwe
Villagers living in fear of eviction
MUTOKO'S Karimazondo and Chingamuka villagers are living in fear after "some" Chinese officials informed them that they would be relocated to pave way for mining operations.The community membe...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 269 | by Zela
Mnangagwa to officially open ZITF
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is the guest of honour at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). The country's prime trade showcase would be held under strict Covid-19 guidelines beg...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Bulawayo road rehabilitation on the cards
GOVERNMENT has said feasibility studies are underway to pave way for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway. Secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
'Investing in Zimbabwe open to all'
ZIMBABWE does not discriminate against any form of investment and companies wishing to invest in the country should make hay while the sun shines as the Second Republic remains open for business with ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu declared national hero posthumously
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday posthumously declared the late Cdes Rabelani Choeni, Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, Elliot Ngwabi, Professor George Kahari and Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki as national heroes. Pr...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans, military talks will end disputed elections, looting'
A REPORT, recently released by the Democracy in Africa, has called for urgent civilian and military negotiations in Zimbabwe to avoid future disputed elections and the ongoing unrestrained plunder of ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 19:23hrs | 2559 | by Staff reporter
Govt asked to explain on lost education period
Nkayi legislator Chief Ndlovu has questioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Cain Mathema on what measures his ministry has done to compensate for the lost time for the learners and te...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1174 | by Stephen Jakes
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