Search / Docking
Police crackdown on border smugglers
ZIMBABWEAN and South African police have destroyed apparatuses found on the Limpopo River that are used for smuggling and human trafficking between the two countries.The gadgets that wer...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's kneejerk publicity-stunt after horses have bolted
FIRST: it is a kneejerk publicity-stunt which is neither strategic nor a strategy to disengage when the horses have bolted less than 24 hours after the recall of some of your MPs and the banning from ...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
New Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport terminal set to open
The US$153 million expansion of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is now complete and is expected to be commissioned on July 13 as the Second Republic continues delivering key projects in li...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa must expand Lady R probe to include Nato
SOUTH Africa's sovereignty stands in the dock. Whether we emerge as truly autonomous before the eyes of the world – the jury is out. Recent events that have pitted our country against the might of t...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 17:05hrs | 10 | by Abbey Makoe
US envoy says Russian ship picked up arms in South Africa
The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa, in a possible breach of Pretoria's declared neutrality in the Ukrai...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Educators in Zimbabwe mull week-long strike
TEACHERS have announced plans to embark on a week-long industrial action beginning June 27 to press for a salary hike in the face of the ever rising cost of living.The Federation of Zimbabwe E...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt must stop docking teachers' salaries
TEACHERS' unions slammed the government for docking salaries of teachers who earlier in the year failed to turn up for work citing incapacitation.One educator says they only got paid $15 000 a...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
No going back on docking salaries
THE GOVERNMENT will not backtrack on its decision to dock salaries of teachers absent from work without valid excuses as they are failing to consider the plight and future of schoolchildren. I...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Teachers will not be cowed
TEACHERS yesterday accused government of trying to use intimidatory tactics to force them to go back to work, but vowed not be cowed into submission, claiming their concerns were legitimate.On...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's govt admits low teacher attendance rate
GOVERNMENT has admitted that teachers are not reporting for duty and the few that are going to work are not conducting lessons.In a post-Cabinet Press statement yesterday, government insisted ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why are you allowing Chief Justice Luke Malaba to be made a fool of?
When the present government successfully carried out its coup against the tyrant Robert Mugabe, I applied for a temporary position in public relations. I had lined up a group of professors, we had our...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Ken Mufuka
US coronavirus variant raises alarm
Scientists are raising concerns over a new coronavirus variant that has been identified in California. Two studies due to come out soon suggest the variant, which the virologists call B.1.427/...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tables ambitious 100% broadband plan
ZIMBABWE has tabled an ambitious plan to have 100% high speed broadband coverage in all areas where people live, work, travel and learn.This plan is contained in a consultative paper, the Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Cyril Ramaphosa knew about Harare military jet trip'
The battle between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula is heating up. Mapisa Nqakula is said to be "extremely angered" by the discipline imposed upon her by Ramaphos...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Shakespeare Maya joins Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
FORMER National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG) president Mr Shakespeare Maya, who has since rejoined Zanu-PF, has hailed President Mnangagwa's triple-pronged re-engagement drive saying it has pla...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuels supplies resume
FEARS of a looming fuel shortage in Zimbabwe have abated following completion of repairs to the pump house at Beira which was damaged during the violent Cyclone Idai storm in Mozambique.The cy...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone did not affect fuel pipeline, says Gumbo
Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo says the Cyclone Idai devastating effects did not affect the feruka pipeline which pumps fuel from Beira to Zimbabwe as being reported.Dr G...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 100 trucks transporting Zimbabwe wheat stuck in Mozambique
CLOSE to 100 truckloads of Zimbabwe's wheat imports are holed up in Beira after Cyclone Idai damaged infrastructure and made most roads impassable.Chairperson of the Grain Millers Association ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai affects wheat importation
Cyclone Idai has negatively impacted on the transportation of wheat from Mozambique into the country, with 100 trucks stuck at Beira due to poor road network, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jet boat launch shuts down Victoria Falls Border Post
THE Victoria Falls Border Post will be closed for two hours this morning between 6AM and 8AM to cater for the launch of a majestic jet boat on the Zambezi River. Shearwater Adventures is re-introducin...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims that 'Vision 2030 is on track'
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga says nothing can stop Zimbabwe from attaining middle income economy status even before the year 2030 given the resilience of the Zimbabweans people....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Fuel supply gaps still exist in Zimbabwe'
Although fuel consumers are generally able to access fuel, some gaps still exist as we continue to witness fuel queues, even though some are short - that's a fact.The demand trends I have witn...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare challenge Epoupa Fifa ruling
DYNAMOS have lodged an appeal with Fifa following the world soccer body's ruling ordering the Harare giants to pay their ex-striker Joel Christian Epoupa in excess of US$16 000 in hard currency they o...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Staf reporter
Bread supply begins to normalise
Bread supplies have markedly improved after millers upped flour deliveries to bakers from 200 tonnes per day last month to 650 tonnes.Bakers require about 800 tonnes of flour daily, and suppli...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPP exposes threats BVR was to be used for witch hunting voters
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has extensively reported on widespread intimidation and harassment used in the run up to the elections. The organisation said there were threats of using the B...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Air Zimbabwe leaves passengers stranded
Scores of passengers were left stranded at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday morning after an Air Zimbabwe flight to Bulawayo took to the skies two hours earlier than scheduled....Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe minimum speed limits, licence points docking on course
THE Government is working on a law that will see traffic offenders accumulating demerit points that will result in their drivers' licences being revoked as part of measures to curb reckless dr...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe back on global tourism map
LAST month, after years of discussion and a $150 million concessionary loan from China, Zimbabwe's new-look Victoria Falls International Airport was officially commissioned by President Mugabe....Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:10hrs | | by Lisa Grainger, Travel writer
Zimbabwean employers mull salary cuts over cash queues
EMPLOYERS are considering docking salaries for workers who squander productive time on cash queues but labour unions say they are prepared to fight such an "injustice" to the hilt. Cash shor...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers who stay away will face the consequences, says govt
CIVIL SERVANTS who embark on unlawful job action in future risk having their salaries cut for the days they will be absent from work as it is Government policy that "no work no pay". Public Se...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
What makes Robert Mugabe rattle his enemies so unfailingly?
What is it that makes Robert Mugabe rattle his enemies so unfailingly? Even when he does nothing at all?We have been having a big debate on the local media, more accurately, on a portion of it...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
No winning bonuses for Bosso duo
HIGHLANDERS will dock winning bonuses for defender Honest Moyo and midfielder Douglas Sibanda after the two players behaved in an unsportsmanlike behaviour during the Castle Lager Premier Soccer Leagu...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai: Stepping down now is not an option
IT IS A PLATITUDE INGRAINED in the biblical doctrine times that where there's no vision the people perish. It will be a travesty of justice for President Morgan Tsvangirai to step down before he bankr...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Ntate Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Bosso risks losing points
HIGHLANDERS Football Club and other clubs with supporters who engage in violence during matches risk losing points as the Premier Soccer League is mulling deducting points from teams whose fans repeat...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Government docks $100 off doctors' salaries for taking part in industrial action
Government is docking $100 off doctors salaries for taking part in an illegal industrial action which paralysed the health sector for two weeks. Paul Chimedza, deputy minister of Health a...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rains to begin in December
The 2014-15 rainy season is set to begin early next month and farmers should not panic but concentrate on land preparation, the Meteorological Service Department has said.The MSD said signifi...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lions maul safari guide to death
PRESS STATEMENT BY ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY BOARD CHAIRMAN MR ALVIN,DUMISANI NCUBE ON HUMAN WILDLIFE CASES .Zimbabwe...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 19:59hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Lions kill safaris employee
An employee with Somabula Safaris was attacked and killed by three lions on Friday while docking the company house boat in Matusadonha.In a statement, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Managemen...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube responds to Tsvangirai - Full statement
Press Release23 July 2014Response to Morgan TsvangiraiZimbabwe lies on its belly groaning under the weight of a clueless and cruel Zanu PF gover...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 09:55hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Tsvangirai knows I've never asked for his forgiveness says Welshman Ncube
MDC leader Welshman Ncube yesterday said the labour-based party split because of former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's dictatorship, rejecting calls he is the one who derailed the movement....Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I belong to the Mugabe faction,' says Mujuru
Vice President Joice Mujuru says she does not belong to any faction in Zanu-PF but is part of President Robert Mugabe's faction.In an exclusive interview with the Daily News on the sidelines ...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
China successfully launches fifth manned spacecraft
JIUQUAN - China successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft late Tuesday afternoon, sending three astronauts on the country's longest space trip.With 10 astronauts and six spacecraft lau...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 15:03hrs | 5 | by Tech Reporter
Africa: Divided, ruled, for now
Last week I gave you a perspective steeped in history. I am grateful for the polite responses I got, whether by way of counter-arguments or by way of polemical affirmations. Either way, the responses ...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 09:30hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
KLM ready to co-operate with Air Zimbabwe
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is ready to co-operate with Air Zimbabwe in a massive boost for the national flag carrier struggling to find friends in the skies.Pieter Bootsma, KLM executive vice-p...Published: 04 Nov 2012 at 17:44hrs | | by Business reporter
Pop star casually shares photos of his brand new 'iPhone 5' online
A Taiwanese pop star casually shared photographs of his brand new 'iPhone 5' with his 13.5 million followers this week on Weibo, the Chinese micro-blogging equivalent of Twitter....Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 07:10hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Zanu-PF: Clearing the crowded deck
Before I get into matters of the week, my humble acknowledgement to one of my alert readers. Two weeks ago I mistakenly suggested that the late Zanu-Ndonga leader, Ndabaningi Sithole, sought and got t...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 07:54hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
When Zanu-PF defeat gets so sweet
THE Thursday judgement by the Supreme Court gives legal weight to the call for early elections, does it not? Of course the judgement relates immediately to three constituencies.Yet its ramific...Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 13:56hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Chinese astronauts enter space orbiter for first time
Three Chinese astronauts floated into the cabin of an orbiting module Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese to enter an orbiter in space.Jing Haipeng, followed by Liu Wang and ...Published: 18 Jun 2012 at 21:44hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Load More Stories
