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'Zimbabwe fuel the most expensive in Sadc'
ZIMBABWE'S high fuel costs have been cited as fuelling inflation and price hikes in the country.A statement by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) published yesterday has ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 505 | by Staff reporter
Writing a healthcare brand review: How to get an informative and catchy content
Dealing with healthcare issues and specializing in the medical area means always being involved in numerous theoretical and practical assignments, assisting senior doctors or midwives, etc. This area ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 109 | by Staff writer
Investment still hampered by business climate
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Zimbabwe remains very low, with the latest central bank monetary policy stating that the country received a meagre US$22.35 million in the first half of 2021. In 2...Published: 19 hrs ago | 169 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sanctions devastate rural communities
RURAL communities are among the worst areas affected by illegal sanctions as the embargo has led to limited opportunities for communities increasing poverty levels.Studies have shown that the ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Dennis Pahla dies
The Commander Zimbabwe National Army, General David Sigauke has mourned Colonel Dennis Pahla who died on Monday. Col Pahla, whose Chimurenga name was Kid Nyikandeyedu, died at Parirenyatwa Gro...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Prophet dives to death in search of missing child
A self-proclaimed apostolic prophet Enock Mushinye drowned after he claimed that the holy spirit instructed him to dive into a dam in Mvurwi in search of a missing child on Sunday.Mushinye who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1538 | by Simbarashe Sithole
16 in court over sex party
FIFTEEN of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a sex orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.Magi...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3338 | by Staff reporter
SA rejects Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has not approved the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns that it might lead to higher HIV infection rates among vaccinated males....Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 588 | by Staff writer
What makes belly dancing such a unique art form?
There are very few forms of dance that are as captivating and intriguing as belly dancing. Have you ever attended a cultural event and seen those beautiful women wearing extravagantly made costumes, r...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:18hrs | 252 | by Staff writer
Suspected robber cornered by a mob, beaten, dies at hospital
A man believed to be part of an armed robbers gang that has been terrorising Beitbridge residents has succumbed to assault wounds after he was cornered by a mob in Kwalu 1 suburb (SDP) early on Monday...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Fully vaccinated former American leader dies of COVID 19
A fully vaccinated and first black United States of America Secretary has died from complications from Covid-19, CNN has reported. He was 84."General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 14:24hrs | 4789 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZDAMWU extends a condolences to six Chinese Miners in Mazowe
The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives following a mining explosion at SAS mine in Mazowe, a nickel ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:12hrs | 829 | by Stephen Jakes
Three gold panners die at Jumbo mine
THREE illegal gold miners died on Friday after they inhaled toxic gases at Mazowe mine (Jumbo).Witnesses said the three bodies were retrieved yesterday and police is yet to identify them....Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:03hrs | 1042 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is Guvamatanga altogether there?
An observation made by my daughter, Dr Rumbi, when she was 27 years old has haunted me ever since. Dr Rumbi was preparing for her doctoral defence on governance, and she had returned from a research t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1292 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Hospital detains stillborn baby for 1 month
ST PATRICK'S Mission Hospital in Hwange has come under spotlight after management at the Catholic run health institution allegedly detained a still born for a month in the mortuary, demanding that the...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 268 | by Bishop Lazi
'We turned adversity into opportunity'
Zimbabwe turned adversities caused by Covid-19 into opportunities for local industry, which resulted in manufacturing capacity jumping from 36 percent to 47 percent driven by local capabilities, as gl...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Cops join gold mine looting spree
THE GOVERNMENT is facing fresh headaches over the invasion of Jumbo Mine after police officers deployed to seal it off have started to fraternise with trespassers and have joined the gold looting spre...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:52hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Contaminated Ceres apple juice recalled from Zimbabwe shop shelves
Pioneer Foods is recalling certain apple juice products sold under its Ceres brand in a number of countries within the COMESA Free Trade Area including Zimbabwe, the DRC, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles,...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2107 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa acquiring more public debt to fund second term bid
WINNING or losing an election is a referendum on the economy by citizens. More often than not politicians are aware of this fact and, therefore, go out of their way, sometimes, contracting huge debts ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 868 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 35350 | by Staff reporter
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3564 | by Staff reporter
World Vision transforms state of Lupane schools
THE era of learning under trees and carrying water to school for drinking and sanitation is over for children in Lupane after World Vision invested close to US$300 000 into learning infrastructure, wa...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 787 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
ZUPCO murder suspect granted $20,000 bail
The High Court has granted $20 000 bail to a suspect in the shooting of a Zimbabwe Passengers Company bus conductor late last month.The suspect Campion Marowa (35) who was represented by Kings...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
7 murder victims named
Police have released the names of seven Redcliff murder victims where Thubelihle Khoshow went berserk and struck people with an axe, spear and knife.Six people died on the spot while four othe...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3134 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff killings death toll rises
ONE more person has died from wounds sustained when a man went berserk in Redcliff on Saturday morning killing six people on the spot and leaving several others critically injured.Six people d...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo weeds out negligent staff members
MPILO Central Hospital has taken drastic measures to weed out negligence by staff members, a development that has seen over 20 workers redeployed from the maternity ward and disciplinary hearings bein...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance bid to stop Parly probe fails
THE High Court has ruled that it cannot interfere with internal processes of Parliament dealing with alleged acts of misconduct by Members of Parliament and so cannot consider an application by 18 MDC...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Only credible, free and fair elections no banditry will lead to lifting of sanctions
Basotho bare "nama kapeletjwa ithuba lepetja", this sums all in northern sotho, Sepedi about the behaviour of the army installed government of Zimbabwe. Many supporters, appendages, bootlicker...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:26hrs | 509 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 267 | by Clifford Kalibo
Zimbabweans trek to rural areas as city life worsens
AN ESTIMATED 1,5 million Zimbabweans are reported to have abandoned life in the city as the country's economic situation continues to deteriorate.The International Labour Organisation (ILO) sa...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1956 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Zimra pounces on tax evaders, recovers US$8m
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said it has completed investigations of 142 cases of tax evasion and recovered over $750 000 and US$8 million since the beginning of the year.This wa...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:31hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Belarus elites' golden deals with Mnangagwa
IN MARCH 2018, Belarus' autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko dispatched his right-hand man Viktor Sheiman to Zimbabwe to negotiate trade and business deals on the government's behalf.Shei...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Viktor Sheiman's son secretly mines gold in Zimbabwe
IN March 2018, Viktor Sheiman, the then head of the Property Management Directorate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, paid an official visit to Zimbabwe where he and Mines minister Winston...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:23hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Sustainable reforms now key to foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that it is on course to clear the backlog of foreign exchange auction allotments which date back to as far as three months and amounting to about ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 245 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt threatens crackdown on businesses fuelling forex black market
GOVERNMENT has threatened to suspend operating licences for business entities manipulating the official foreign currency rate, thus fuelling the high parallel market exchange rate.In a stateme...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Man collapses, dies in bus
Danisa Masuku Passengers were left shocked when a 60-year-old man collapsed and died in a bus. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. A man, who ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Govt ups forex black market fight
GOVERNMENT is implementing a raft of additional measures to curb the illegal trading of forex and the benchmarking of prices using the parallel market rates, Finance and Economic Development Minister ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Noose tightened on Innscor and other retailers using black market rates
Retailers that continue to flout foreign currency regulations by setting prices in US dollars and then converting at the blackmarket rate will have their operating licences immediately suspended while...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Govt to adequately fund forex auction system
The Second Republic will leave no stone unturned in its endeavour to turnaround the economy and will ensure that the foreign currency auction system is adequately funded and that the relevant authorit...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1641 | by Staff reporter
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