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EU-EOM observer team in Zimbabwe in bribery storm?
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) is doling whiskeys, grocery vouchers, fuel coupons and other handouts to select journalists across the country as part of a clandestine operation ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames sanctions for army's poor state
GOVERNMENT has said the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) are wobbling due to a combination of underfunding and sanctions imposed by the West.In a speech to commemorate the Defence Forces Day at t...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners fuel Zimbabwe's wildlife illicit financial flows
It was business as usual for Mgcini Ncube when he was caught by detectives while skinning an impala deep inside Victoria Falls' Zambezi National Park.Ncube (37) had set up a temporary structur...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo gives Mnangagwa 148 cows
Masvingo province has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a herd of 148 cows as a thank you gift for the Zaka star rally held at Chinorumba Primary School on July 16, 2023.Politiburo members an...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Voice Of America journalist arrested over unlicensed drone in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Republic Police has detained Voice Of America journalist Columbus Mavhunga over an incident involving a drone.The police confirmed that investigations are being conducted in connectio...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF resorts to blatant disinformation?
The Zimbabwean government has now resorted to blatant disinformation, deception and lies to counter main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa's tidal wave of support sweeping across the country ahead ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bussing supporters a smokescreen for rigging'
INCUMBENT President and Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's obsession with bussed crowds to his rallies is part of a well-orchestrated plan to claim popularity and cover up possible rigging, it has be...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF 'deploys drones' to spy on Chamisa's CCC
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday "deployed drones" to spy on the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign launch in Gweru as the August 23 polls campaign heats up.President Em...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Iran, please tell Mnangagwa that sanctions are a fallacy
SO, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was in Zimbabwe for a visit.That was good news; well, for me at least, because I believe this was an opportunity for him to finally get it into the heads of...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa claims that all parties are free to campaign in Zimbabwe
ALL political parties that are contesting in the 2023 harmonised elections are free to campaign as they wish, as the Second Republic engenders political freedoms, President Mnangagwa has said. ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Raisi, please tell Mnangagwa that sanctions can never cripple a country!
So, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Zimbabwe for a visit. That is good news! Well, for me, at least this is an opportunity for him to finally get it into the heads of those gover...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:05hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Precious minerals smuggled through Zimbabwe porous borders
ZIMBABWE is losing precious minerals through porous borders, with security forces and border officials manning the entry points seriously incapacitated to plug illicit flows, a report by the Parliamen...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Drones to control Tsetse flies, quelea birds in Zimbabwe
Drones are now part of efforts to control infestation of tsetse flies and quelea birds, as the Government moves on to step up ways to digitalise the economy.Authorities are making efforts to m...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Artificial intelligence and robotics: Great expectations and daunting existential risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both exciting and challenging. There are opportunities and dangers. There are fascinating possibilities and existential risks.The starting point is to understan...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara
Bulawayo adopts GIS to promote tourism growth
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has adopted the geographic information system (GIS) to enhance connection with local hotels and heritage sites as part of innovative strategies to promote the growth of...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia claims Ukrainian drones attacked Kremlin in assassination attempt
The Russian presidential press office has claimed that two Ukrainian drones tried to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in the Kremlin late on Tuesday.The press office said that the d...Published: 03 May 2023 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Load shedding to further ease in Zimbabwe
THE country's power generation capacity continues to improve with Government announcing that the synchronisation of Hwange Unit 8 is slated for 16 May, a development that is expected to ease load shed...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Embrace smart cities concept'
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to embrace the concept of smart cities to help fight climate change.The call was made by the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZNGSA) during a Financin...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra commits US$2,4 million to anti-smuggling equipment
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has committed a total of US$2,4 million on the acquisition of hit-tech equipment to enhance security at the country's ports of entry to curb crimes such as smugg...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health sector makes fresh international headlines
AN undercover Public Service International (PSI) investigation has exposed the state of collapse of the country's health sector including gross labour rights violations and corruption.PSI carr...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Brothers bash own mother to death
Two Dotito men are assisting police with investigations following the death of their mother whom they took turns to assault.Aleck Chand...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
China reveals plans to counter Musk's 'Starlink'
Chinese researchers are preparing to launch close to 13,000 satellites into a low-earth orbit, in a move which would dwarf – and potentially monitor – Elon Musk's SpaceX ‘Starlink' network, whic...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Iran exposes Zimbabwe's lies about sanctions crippling economy
As a Zimbabwe delegation, led by foreign affairs minister Fredrick Shava, visits Iran, and is showcased the repressive regime’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst enduring arg...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident of producing 6m carats next year
Zimbabwe is confident it will produce six million carats and generate US$1 billion from the diamond industry next year in line with set targets, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drones help NRZ recover stolen equipment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recovered the bulk of its stolen equipment following the massive capacitation of its loss control unit in terms of human resources and acquisition of drones...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa's precision-strike aircraft given Shona name 'Mwari'
The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel SOC Ltd. unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack helic...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ukraine now a weapons hub for international crime
At last, the West is beginning to realise what a monstrous mistake the European countries made when they started deliveries of lethal weapons to Ukraine.For experts, the situation had been cle...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to buy agriculture drones
GOVERNMENT is set to buy 10 agricultural drones to fight birds , pests and diseases that threaten crops, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development Dr Anxious Masuka ha...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten railway tracks
SMALL-scale chrome miners have invaded Mapanzure area in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, where they are conducting illegal mining activities along the Gweru-Zvishavane railway line, amid growing fears ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets new record of planted winter wheat hectares
ZIMBABWE has this year set a new record of planted winter wheat hectares and farmers have been exempt from electricity load shedding, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica M...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa reaches out to Rwanda to clear connections backlog
STATE power utility, Zesa Holdings, has engaged Rwanda Energy Group for assistance in raising funding the company requires to clear a backlog of 305 000 houses requiring new electricity connections in...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandalism, theft cost Zesa US$9m annually
ZESA Holdings has been losing over US$9 million annually due to vandalism and theft of its infrastructure, but says the recent adoption of drone technology would curb illegal practice.Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA deploys drones to detect transmission faults
ZESA has introduced drone technology to detect line and transmission faults before sending out repair teams.The technology will enable quicker fault finding and rectification resulting in cont...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC lost all humanity in search of power
One of our fellow-citizen has lost her life being victim of a heinous crime and heartless violence at the hands of one whom she had, at one time, shared her soul with.Moreblessing Ali had been...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:55hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Ghost House of Sussex': £40m mansion and mausoleum unfinished since 1985; tycoon owner van Hoogstraten emigrated to Zimbabwe
Sitting in a muddy field, unloved and deteriorating by the day sits a forgotten but hugely impressive mansion that is one of the UK's greatest unfinished architectural projects. Bigger than Buckingham...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra implements strategic plan
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is in the process of implementing various projects that are part of its five-year strategy to transform service delivery, ease of doing business as well as plugging reve...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Guns found in journalist's house taken for testing
The five guns recovered following the arrest of one of the country's notorious armed robbers, Clever Mununudzi Nengomasha, who was shot and seriously injured in a skirmish with police in Harare, have ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 ex-convicts in court for robbery
TWO ex-convicts appeared in court on Friday, facing charges of robbery. Three more accomplices are still at large. Joseph Phiri (44) and Michael Mandoro (46) of Unit H, Seke, Chitungwi...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Drones to monitor Zimbabwe's borders
Zimbabwe will soon deploy drones to monitor the country's borders in a bid to curb trans-national crime, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe K...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Batsirai death toll rises to 80
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 80, Madagascar's authorities said Wednesday, releasing data from the regions hardest-hit by the storm that left bodies buried under their col...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra scales up automation
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will beef up its automation systems to ease pressure at the country's border posts and introduce drones to monitor smuggling at unauthorised entry points....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
632 arrested as Zimbabwe - South Africa tighten border security
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery engages German firm to help extinguish underground fires
ZIMBABWE'S largest coal mine Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) said Friday it has contracted German-based company DTM to help extinguish underground coal seam fires."DTM is the only compa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
6 armed robbery suspects who undressed bus crew arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland West have arrested six men in connection with an armed robbery involving a CAG bus crew and passengers, who last week lost US$20 000, among other valuables.All the victim...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch another expo
Chancellor of all State universities, President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Varsity Film Expo taking place at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) on Monday....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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