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China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 1 hr ago | 2693 | by Itai Mushekwe
BCC turns down panties display demonstration
BULAWAYO councillors recently turned down an application by Musasa Project, a non-governmental organisation which provides support services to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to commemorate t...Published: 3 hrs ago | 278 | by Staff reporter
VACANCY: ZANU PF recruits teachers
The ruling ZANU PF party is recruiting suitable and qualified War Veterans to be part of its permanent teaching and administrative staff at the Chitepo school of ideology next year. Suitable war veter...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Infrastructure, Education and Technology key for growth
In his book entitled, The Price of Inequality, revered economist, Joseph Stiglitz, contends that Government investments in infrastructure, education and technology form the basis of economic growth....Published: 19 hrs ago | 141 | by ViewsFromMatopos
Fisherman drowns after hippo attack
A FISHERMAN drowned in a dam in Filabusi during a fishing expedition with colleagues when their boat capsized after a hippopotamus attack. The body of Vengai Gumbunje (52) of Dungwa village un...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:44hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupil dies in Bulawayo gang violence
A FORM Three pupil at Founders High School in Bulawayo died during suspected teenage gang violence after an alcohol binge and his assailants dumped his body in a bushy area near Nketa High School in N...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:39hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Curtains: an anthology of poems
The Harare based poet and author, Takunda Chikomo made his first contribution to poetry with Curtains: an anthology of poems, published by TafaPrint Publishers Zimbabwe, 2018. Takunda recently finishe...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 09:28hrs | 238 | by Brian Maregedze
Government pins development on infrastructure
Government's policy reforms which also encompasses infrastructure development is key to modernising and boosting productivity in all the productive sectors, as well as facilitating delivery of social ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 429 | by Rudo Saungweme
MDC Alliance greedy for power
Being power hungry is like a curse as one does almost anything to get power. This has been the case with MDC Alliance party leaders Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance deputy National Chairperson Tendai B...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 965 | by Gift Mashoko
SA, UK nominations open as Zororo-Phumulani is named headline partner for ZAA South Africa
Zimbabwe Achievers International has announced that Financial Service Provider, Zororo-Phumulani (ZP) is the headline sponsor for the South African edition taking place in 2019.The company has...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:20hrs | 580 | by Tidi Kwidini
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2980 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1944 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman was strangled in UK
A POST-mortem report has revealed that a Zimbabwean woman based in the United Kingdom who was found dead last month was strangled and her husband was found hanging at their Leicester home.This...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:10hrs | 3118 | by Staff reporter
Mathema, Matanga sued
TWO Bulawayo residents have taken Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, police commissioner Godwin Matanga and three police officers to court, demanding US$90 492 in damages over unlawful arrest and ass...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:36hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will publicise shootings report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will make public the report by a commission of inquiry into the post-election violence that gripped Harare on August 1, in which members of the military allege...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:31hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba, Sakubva, Mbare set for a facelift
GOVERNMENT has mobilised $139,24 million to regenerate the country's oldest urban settlements, with Mbare, Makokoba and Sakubva suburbs set to benefit, a Cabinet minister has said.Addressing j...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillor dies
THE Councillor for Ward 28 (Cowdray Park) in Bulawayo Hapson Nyasha Ncube (MDC) has died. Clr Ncube died yesterday morning at Mater Dei Hospital and the cause of death has not yet been establi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe telecoms investment costs drop 35%'
ZIMBABWE's infrastructure sharing model has yielded up to 35 percent drop in the cost of investment in the information and telecommunications sector, which will largely benefit ordinary consumers and ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge crash death toll now 10
GOVERNMENT has been urged to urgently rehabilitate the Ngundu-Checheche Road which is now in bad state. Chipinge South legislator Enock Porusingazi made the call following the death of another Ngundu-...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane: A hero of many talents
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane was a giant in terms of his contributions to society, and is very difficult to encapsulate in a mere obituary.He was simple and highly approachable while at the same...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | 271 | by Emeritus Professor Ngwabi M Bhebhe
Zimbabwe leaders should learn to share power
There is no other time than now that Zimbabweans, especially politicians, have to sit down and talk because the country is burning.The only hindrance among us as a people though is that we hat...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | 290 | by Harry Peter Wilson
MPs rail against rowdy touts
LEGISLATORS have expressed dismay over the manner in which touts are causing havoc at transport pick up points, perpetrating serious cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and verbally abusing women....Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:42hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
'Women lose makeup kits to Mnangagwa's armed security'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally claimed that heavy security deployed to search people attending the graduating at Zimbabwe Open University on Friday lost pens...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 13:27hrs | 2340 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wife caught pants down with gold panner
HANKY spanky!A 29-year-old married woman was caught dishing out her husband's sexual goodies to an illegal gold panner.The incident happened last week on Monday.Nyarai Moyo of Char...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:04hrs | 4150 | by Staff reporter
China leads Zimbabwe cities revamp
THE future has arrived, and it looks nothing like what anyone expected. In the midst of a debilitating economic crisis, Zimbabwean urban centres are plagued by pollution, poverty and crumbling infrast...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:58hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe runs out of fuel'
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) acting chief executive officer Eddington Mazambani yesterday revealed to Parliament that the country had exhausted the $60 million worth of fuel imported la...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo escalates fight to have fraud charges dismissed
IntratRek Zimbabwe director Wicknell Chivayo, who is facing a $5,6 million fraud charge in a botched Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) solar project deal, has petitioned the High Court, seeking a review of...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 42-year-old crowned Miss Zanu-PF Bulawayo
FORTY-two-year-old Nokuthula Sibanda was on Tuesday crowned Miss Zanu-PF Bulawayo Metropolitan province at a ceremony held at Davis Hall. The modelling contest that saw a 70-year-old making it...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Inquest into death of UK based Zim woman and her husband Jesus opened
Inquests have heard how a young couple whose bodies were found in their Braunstone Frith home died.The bodies of Lorraine Gugu Mbulawa-Sanchez and her husband Jesus were found by a family frie...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 13:42hrs | 3380 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa supporters foil opponents
With factionalism refusing to die in Zanu-PF, anxious power-brokers in the party are scheming to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the helm of both the former liberation movement and the government...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1926 | by Staff reporter
Blackman victory endorsed by High Court
THE High Court has dismissed with costs, a court challenge by MDC-Alliance losing candidate for Kwekwe Central Constituency, Blessing Chebundo, citing lack of evidence among other reasons. Mas...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:37hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
The Cult of Rhodes: Remembering an Imperialist in Africa
Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) remains a controversial figure in colonialism and imperialism studies. Paul Maylam's 2005 publication is useful in confronting debates on his role in the colonization of ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 986 | by Brian Maregedze
Things going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe
Things are going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe - with yesterday's devastating strike by doctors at the country's public hospitals being the latest problem to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's be...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:23hrs | 3146 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri mocks Chamisa
Zanu-PF national chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri yesterday mocked embattled MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and his party supporters for their propensity to stage demonstrations saying they were ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 5821 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rejects MDC GNU
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday resolved that the party should not engage in any talks of a government of national unity with MDC Alliance and endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's sole pres...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1287 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to pamper chiefs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to turn around the welfare of traditional chiefs by piling benefits and a share of the $310 million set aside for devolution in the 2019 National Budget....Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:42hrs | 968 | by Staf reporter
Police name Chipinge accident victims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has released the names of some of the nine victims who died in an accident that occurred at the 185km peg along the Ngundu-Tanganda Road near Checheche business centre on ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Police name Chipinge accident victims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has released the names of some of the nine victims who died in an accident that occurred at the 185km peg along the Ngundu-Tanganda Road near Checheche business centre on ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:34hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Call for doctors to end strike
Government yesterday urged striking junior doctors to go back to work while it was looking into their grievances. Junior doctors at public health facilities downed tools on Saturday citing several cha...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:24hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
MDC petition to AU, SADC misplaced
Last Thursday saw the Nelson Chamisa led MDC embarking on a strike demanding the scraping of the 2 percent tax on all transactions, cash shortages, three tier pricing system and increasing budget defi...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:25hrs | 3079 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa govt shouldn't make Mugabe look like a saint
The current fuel shortages being experienced in the country are a reminder to all and sundry that Zimbabwe is a long way off from stabilising its sickly economy.And the prevailing economic sit...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:47hrs | 4441 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel situation gets desperate
Suppliers are apparently refusing to release fuel to Zimbabwe until the government settles what it owes to them, the Daily News was told yesterday.This comes as the prices of fuel are going do...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:38hrs | 3806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecoms sector on growth path, revenues exceed $1billion
Zimbabwe's telecoms sector generated revenue in excess of $1 billion and contributed 7,2 % to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, the industry regulator has said.Postal and Tel...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC senator dies in horror crash
MDC founding member and former Senator Sibangilizwe Msipha has died.Msipha (53) died in a traffic accident early Thursday morning along N1 highway in Limpopo Province on his way to Johannesburg, S...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Petrol, diesel prices go up
THE price of fuel has gone up, but the supply of the resource remained subdued yesterday as most service stations were without both petrol and diesel.Chaos has become the order of the day at f...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:31hrs | 2065 | by Staff reporter
Long fuel queues blamed on panic buying
Fuel service stations are getting the normal supplies of a combined eight million litres daily but panic buying by motorists in anticipation of price increases and the festive season has resulted in l...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:25hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough fuel, claims Govt
Fuel service stations are getting the normal supplies of a combined eight million litres daily, but panic buying by motorists in anticipation of a price increase and the festive season have meant that...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:04hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Shooting report for Mnangagwa's eyes only
President Mnangagwa in his capacity as the Head of State and Government is the sole recipient of the report by the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence that left six people d...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks funds to improve power infrastructure
Zimbabwe requires $1,2 billion to finance new power projects and repair ageing infrastructure, a report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has shown.Several of the country's thermal power ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:30hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Looking 'through' the MDC Alliance protest
After watching Thursday's MDC demonstration, I had a seminal tête-à-tête with a comrade in the academic struggle. We decided that we should focus on protests as political strategies, inquiring thei...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 399 | by Micheal Mhlanga
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