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Immigration in all-female officers compliance operation at Beitbridge border
The Department of Immigration today launched an all-female enforcement and compliance operation dubbed "Good Morning Madam Immigration Officer" which seeks to clamp down on illegal immigrants, touts, ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 15:46hrs | 3945 | by Staff reporter
Thumbs-up for Zupco tracking system
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has praised the vehicle tracking system by the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), which will monitor the location and fuel usage of buses insisting...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says, 'it's not about me'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on all Zimbabweans reeling under the yoke of Zanu PF's maladministration to rally behind his party's call for wholesale political, electoral and economi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:48hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube cut his nose to spite his face
ZIMBABWE businesses, grappling with the realities of hyperinflation and exchange rate induced losses, have pressed the panic button over worsening macro-economic conditions in the country, with severa...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2335 | by Phillimon Mhlanga
World Youth Day for Democracy: Youth and Politics
Sipho Ndlovu 53 Portland Crescent, Greenford, UB6 9EX London United Kingdom Mobile number +447400566013 Dear Editor World Youth Day for Democracy: Youth and Pol...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:01hrs | 185 | by Sipho Ndlovu
3 die in Kwekwe - Gokwe road accident
Three people died on the spot while six others were injured, some of them seriously, in road accidents involving two haulage trucks and a Ford Ranger truck that occurred at the same spot along Kwekwe-...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 8 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo kombi owners reject Zupco offer
Commuter omnibus owners, operating under the banner of Tshova Mubaiwa in Bulawayo have rejected a move by the government to have their vehicles placed under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPC...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:24hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing cash, cellphone
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing a bag containing more than RTGS$5 000 in cash and a cellphone from an Inter Africa bus. George Muchineripi (33) of Th...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
The trials and joys of travelling in overloaded malayitshas to Zimbabwe
"Wait and see for yourself: the sky is the limit," said the man halfway up the trailer.He was loading more and more goods on what already appeared to be a mountain of luggage, GroundUp reporte...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:06hrs | 365 | by GroundUp
Trade deficit narrows by 63%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 63% to US$644 million between February and August this year compared to the same period last year, due to shortages of foreign currency for imports.Figures...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Judge calls for married people database
In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of mar...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 117 | by Ranga Mataire
Election dispute resolution in Zimbabwe
This paper on election dispute resolution (EDR) departs from the point that the electoral competition is often accompanied by disputes and tensions, as political parties and candidates jostle for powe...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 406 | by Zesn
Driver robbed while relieving himself
A DRIVER lost R2 100 and two cellphones to two knife wielding robbers who attacked him after he had stopped to relieve himself at a spot along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.Matabeleland Sout...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo population projected to reach 2 million
BULAWAYO'S population is projected to more than treble to about two million by 2034 from the 600 000 that was recorded in the 2012 national census with the informal sector to continue as one of the ci...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
Family lives in fears, as member goes missing
A FAMILY from Bulawayo is living in fear following the disappearance of a family member in January this year, during a near uprising in the country over the hiking of fuel prices.The family of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3831 | by Agencies
SA judge rescues foreign truck drivers
A SOUTH AFRICAN High Court judge has ruled against the sacking of foreign haulage truck drivers saying it was in breach of their rights not to be discriminated against on the basis of their social ori...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Business decries fuel price hikes
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has expressed concern over continuous fuel price increases saying the trend was negatively impacting on production due to rising cost of goods and serv...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
More accident victims named
Police have released more names of victims of the Kwekwe accident involving Govasberg and Mandeep buses on Sunday morning. Twelve people perished in the horror crash. In a statement ye...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Car robbers jailed 30 years each
Two Zvishavane men, who had been terrorising motorists in and outside Harare, mainly targeting taxi drivers, were last week sentenced to 30 years in prison each after being convicted on three counts o...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:44hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South EPO challenges rural schools
RURAL schools should embrace the new curriculum and come up with programmes that will enhance development within their provinces, Matebeleland South Education Planning Officer, Mr Godfrey Mathuthu has...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 290 | by Siphosami Mhlanga
Zimdollar to boost manufacturing sector, says Mnangagwa
THE re-introduction of a mono-currency should rejuvenate the country's manufacturing sector to produce more and benefit from increased export competitiveness, President Mnangagwa has said. Exp...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clamps down on illegal cash deals
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has banned with immediate effect all cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions, which were used by some dealers to extort cash from members of the public. Furth...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Accidents kills 5
Five people were on Friday killed in a road accident that occurred at the 219km peg along Harare-Bulawayo Highway. The five - Taurai Spencer Gamure (37), Given Hapadziwi (49), Charisma Ncube (...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Pandemonium as ZUPCO arrives in Kadoma
Business came to a brief halt yesterday as flea market and vegetable vendors rushed from their stalls to cheer the arrival of two ZUPCO buses in Kadoma's central business district. ZUPCO fares...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 4148 | by ilizwi263
Govt installs trackers on vehicles and Zupco buses
The Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) has set up a control room at its headquarters in the city to monitor the movement of all Government vehicles and collecting information on vehicl...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Football official dies in horror crash
TWO people, one of them a renowned football administrator, died on the spot when a vehicle was hit from the back by a haulage truck as it slowed down to turn right near Masue River Bridge in Victoria ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Cradle and creche robbers must be stopped
The little girl (hardly twelve years old) ducked behind the 'gonyeti' giggling rather stupidly. Caught between the shame of being too young for the trade and the desire to parade 'her assets' to attra...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:49hrs | 1699 | by Tondorindo
Zimbabwean to showcase 'African car brand' Mureza at Automechanika in South Africa
A new start-up automaker, which refers to itself as an "African car brand", has confirmed that it will exhibit its first model at Automechanika Johannesburg that starts tomorrow (18 September)....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 7389 | by Charl Bosch
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 683 | by AFP
Road accident 5 kills, 25 injured
At least five people were killed, while 25 others were seriously injured on Sunday when a Mitsubishi lorry they were travelling on veered of the road and overturned several times at the 54-kilom...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 07:25hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:48hrs | 10683 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1756 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Let's reduce road deaths: Do unto others...
This is an open letter to all stakeholders concerned with the rising road deaths on our roads. Recently I had an opportunity to drive in another African city, Francistown, Botswana to be specific. I w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:47hrs | 135 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Afrophobia and the Zimbophobes among us
Africa and the whole world are perturbed by the gory sights of acts of Afrophobia which are perpetrated against African foreign nationals in South Africa by some citizens of that country. And rightly ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:53hrs | 2502 | by Nobleman Runyanga
RMS Vehicle pushing tribalism
It has come to my attention that there is a spirited effort by a Mr Chifamba and a Mutakaya and previously "Taruvinga who have since retired, to eliminate all Ndebele people from work at RMS. The case...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 10:00hrs | 1538 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zimbabwean 'trucker millionaire' businessman arrested in SA over citizenship
The Mpumalanga-based logistics operator became a household name earlier this year during the Durban July when he arrived in a convoy of 72 luxury cars.News broke on Sunday evening that busines...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 24019 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's Supreme court judge brother injured in car accident
SUPREME Court judge, Justice Nicholas Mathonsi, yesterday escaped unhurt after a Honda Fit rammed into his Range Rover at a robot controlled intersection in Bulawayo's Central Business District. ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Afrophobic attacks in South Africa are real
The current wave of what have come to be termed 'afrophobic or xenophobic attacks' in some parts of Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa have forced those in the corridors of power in Africa to hav...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 21:22hrs | 2046 | by Kennedy M. Mandaza
Mashonaland East farming communities record high HIV rate
There is a high positivity rate among farming communities in Mashonaland East Province, which is retarding development. The development has been attributed to early child marriages, interchanging of s...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Automated training for learner drivers
CMED (Private) Limited has unveiled a mobile driver training simulator, modern technology aimed at enhancing efficiency for learner drivers through computerised and objective assessment, expected to m...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
STI drug shortages hits Mashonaland East
Health centres in marginalised communities of Mashonaland East province have been hit by an acute shortage of drugs for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).National Aids Council (NAC) provi...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:15hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
MTN, MultiChoice shut branches in Nigeria amid protests over SA attacks
South African television group MultiChoice has shut its offices and branches in Nigeria and Zambia, according to its head of corporate affairs Joe Heshu. This follows protests at the group's N...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:40hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia death toll rises to five
SOUTH African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned his compatriots that the violence they are meting out to fellow Africans can be dealt out to them when they visit other countries. Five peo...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | 6525 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zambia urges truck drivers to 'avoid travelling to South Africa'
Zambia's transport ministry has said that truck drivers should "avoid travelling to South Africa until the security situation improves".The statement refers to reported attacks on foreign lorr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1537 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's MDC appalled by Afrophobic attacks in South Africa
The MDC is gravely concerned by the attacks on fellow Africans including Zimbabweans who have adopted the Republic of South Africa as their second home. The MDC appeals to authorities in South Africa ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:02hrs | 563 | by Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo.
Chamisa's statement on South Africa's Afrophobia
WE MUST BUILD A NEW AFRICA!The attacks against fellow Africans in South Africa are appalling and heartbreaking. We call upon our African brothers and sisters to show a full sense of brotherhoo...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:17hrs | 4976 | by Nelson Chamisa
Zambian truck drivers told to avoid travelling to SA
Zambia's transport ministry has said that lorry drivers should "avoid travelling to South Africa until the security situation improves".The statement refers to reported attacks on foreign lorr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 13:53hrs | | by BBC
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