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Zimbabweans should refuse to be abused, and used as sacrificial lambs for a self-serving ruling elite opportunist clique
Whenever any government resorts to habitually and incessantly using the 'national interests' tag, then a wise nation should immediately know that their leaders have reached record lows in their parasi...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:32hrs | 822 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'There are no angels in Zimbabwe, President!'
Kapish Sir, forgive the Chinese, but such erratic, gladiatorial and unhinged exuberance, exuding brute visceral and coming from any one never too shy to publicly comport embedded bats in belfry charac...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3779 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
'Mnangagwa is clueless'
The investor and I had just come to the realisation that the Victoria Falls Formula 1 Grand Prix project had been politically-infiltrated and most politicians wanted in at any cost. We decided to aban...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 16882 | by Shami Fred
Arrest Collins Mnangagwa and Mthuli Ncube: send them to rot in remand prison!
Finance Minister must answer charges of attempting to defraud international finance houses arguing that the funding is meant to alleviate coronavirus challenges and imminent coup. From the press confe...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 23:32hrs | 7036 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabweans stranded in Dubai
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has secured transportation for nationals currently stuck in that country, amid the growing global pandemic of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:44hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Lewis Matutu savages Mnangagwa over corruption
Former Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu deleted his Twitter account on Saturday, hours after appearing to take aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family for corruption....Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:50hrs | 11030 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked company’s govt tenders cancelled
The government has cancelled corrupt procurement deals worth up to US$60 million signed with a company linked to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons.The cancellation follows an investig...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:48hrs | 7200 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean contract killer faces competition in Mozambique'
The Mozambican government is reported to have hired a Dubai based private military contractor to compete with the Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) owned by Zimbabwe's Retired Colonel Lionel Dyck in fig...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 20:26hrs | 12594 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial owner has close ties with President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top bodyguard lands lucrative Covid-19 supply deals
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top bodyguard won lucrative contracts to supply Covid-19 equipment to the ministry of health without going through a competitive bidding process, ZimLive can exclusively...Published: 30 May 2020 at 20:50hrs | 5696 | by Staff reporter
US$1m COVID-19 tender scam deepens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, yesterday distanced himself from Delish Nguwaya, whose firm Drax International was recently controversially awarded a US$1 million contract to supply COVID...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in US$1m COVID-19 tender scam
GOVERNMENT early this month went out of its way to authorise payment of nearly US$1 million for a consignment of COVID-19 equipment at an inflated cost from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Ministry of Finance denies giving Mnangagwa's son US$1 million
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga has refuted reports that the Treasury had paid an amount of US$1 million to Drax International, which is owned by Delish Nguwaya, a bu...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 4830 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa-linked company nets US$1 million in Covid-19 funds
The finance ministry authorised the payment of US$1 million for a consignment of Covid-19 equipment at inflated prices from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, according to a leake...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4487 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4153 | by Staff reporter
Schools prepare to reopen exam classes
As part of planning for the imminent return of exam classes in schools, stakeholders are now working out the practical logistics for the needed safe and secure conditions for children to return, Infor...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3663 | by Nomazulu Thata
Victoria Falls Stock Exchange to be launched soon, Mthuli Ncube confirms
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is set to establish a hard currency stock exchange in Victoria Falls as part of efforts to attract global capital. The move will also support efforts to grow V...Published: 02 May 2020 at 19:55hrs | 3068 | by Ndou Paul
Air Zimbabwe crafts post Covid-19 recovery strategy
NATONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe, is working on a post-Covid-19 masterplan, which will see the company reclaiming its domestic and regional routes as it works on a recovery path.The airliner had ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 15:31hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
No coronavirus funds stollen by Mnangagwa
There has been an online news spreading rumours that the Zimbabwean government is funnelling millions of Corona virus dollars to a Mnangagwa-linked company. The article maintained th...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 2280 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo cases confined in single cluster
In Bulawayo all, but one Covid-19 transmissions are connected to the first patient, an elderly man infected by a British visitor and who died in hospital before receiving pathology results. Ha...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Biti lashes Mthuli Ncube again and again
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti says there are no prospects of better economic fortunes for Zimbabwe without any political change.Biti, who was treasury chief when the country experienced ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3411 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga hangs on to son despite court ultimatum
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga, embroiled in a bitter fight for the custody of son with ex, Chantelle Muteswa, has vowed to appeal a Thursday High Court ruling ordering him to return the minor within 24 ho...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa foreign trips bleed Treasury
FOREIGN jaunts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration officials plus rising public service salaries continue to weigh heavily on Treasury, which saw it overspend by over $1 billion, go...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Recovered Covid-19 patient ready to raise awareness
Zimbabwe's only Covid-19 recovered patient is willing to work with Government and other stakeholders in raising awareness, after going through a patch of stigma and discrimination on his road to recov...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:12hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Panic at UBH after COVID-19 suspect death
THERE is panic among nurses at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after a man died of suspected COVID-19 at the health institution on Saturday morning.The man, who reportedly exhibited symptoms s...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4000 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military in US$90m murky weapons deals
ZIMBABWE'S military splurged vast amounts of money, exceeding US$90 million, on undeclared and opaque transactions to acquire new and refurbished armaments from 2000 to 2016 at a time the country was ...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:42hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife rescues quarantined Ruwa family
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, provided portable bathrooms, toilets and sanitisers for the Sakudya family in Ruwa, whose four members have tested positive for...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe laws don't protect women from sex trafficking
SIMILO Ntuli looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Ntuli has her finger on the pulse of the la...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Govt rushes assists COVID-19-hit Ruwa family
THE government on Sunday rushed to donate groceries worth at least $20 000 to a COVID-19-hit Ruwa family members after the media exposed their neglect by the State.Saul Sakudya, who tested pos...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:05hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Jet carrying Frank Buyanga forced to reroute to Dubai by SA authorities
A jet carrying Frank Buyanga and his son was reportedly forced to reroute to Dubai on March 27 as South Africa gets tough on unauthorised flights.On March 27, a Dubai-registered chartered jet ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 12:20hrs | 5544 | by Staff reporter
Unfolding challenges of Muteswa's domestic abuse: Trials & tribulations of single women in Zimbabwe and the law of Karma!
What Chantelle Muteswa is currently going through and the amount of emotional challenges and humiliations she must cope with is just unimaginable by common sense. In her case, common sense is no longe...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1884 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe confirms 9th Covid-19 case
One more person has tested positive to Covid-19, bringing to nine the total number of confirmed cases in the country, with one death. Of these nine, five are imported while four are local transmission...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
All hopes are now on Kasukuwere to carry the cross
Zimbabwe needs a Saviour now, more than ever. Many opposition characters and trusted leaders are crumbling under pressure and selling out, the masses are dejected and alone. Nelson Chamisa is em...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:37hrs | 6727 | by Peter Moyo
Zimbabwe to embark on an aggressive national COVID-19 testing regime
THE government will shortly embark on aggressive national testing for the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), as authorities step up the fight against the global pandemic.Health and Child Care mini...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:37hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's first Covid-19 victim already buried, infection toll now at 4
Delayed results led Botswana to believe the three Covid-19 coronavirus cases announced this week were the country's first, but a life had already been lost to the virus.It emerged last night t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now has 8 COVID-19 cases
One more case of Covid-19 has tested positive bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Zimbabwe to eight.The latest case involves a 21-year-old male, who is a contact to the 52-year-old...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:53hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Re-equipping hospitals a top priority, says Nigel Chanakira
Prominent banker Nigel Chanakira recently featured on the growing platform In Conversation with Trevor to share the story about his rise in the banking sector from working for the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1589 | by Staff reporter
United we can fight coronavirus in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Health and Child Care on Friday announced that the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory had successfully tested 188 people since the outbreak of the disease in the country and ha...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:22hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga returns home from China
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has returned from China where he received medical treatment for two weeks, the presidency confirmed.Chiwenga's private jet hired from Dubai landed in Harare...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:25hrs | 11446 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins hospital shuts down
ZIMBABWE's largest referral centre for COVID-19 cases, Wilkins Hospital in Harare, was shut down yesterday to "allow for further renovations", but medical staff at the health institution said the clos...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe women still vulnerable to sex trafficking
SIMILO NTULI (not her real name) looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Zimbabwe's second-largest city of Bulawayo, Ntuli has her finger ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:56hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Emirates cancels Zimbabwe flights
LEADING international airline, Emirates, has suspended flights from Harare to Lusaka and then Dubai and back from 20 March to 20 May as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. In a st...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:16hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's health problems resurface
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was airlifted to China on Sunday after his health deteriorated.The 63-year-old disappeared from the public eye more than two weeks ago – missing three off...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:11hrs | 4240 | by Staff reporter
Scornful Professor appointed Chief Disinformation Offticer (CDO)
One of the leading writers and critic of misinformation and disinformation, David Letvin, says the term "fake news" sounds too playful and he further says it's like a schoolchild faking illness. He ar...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 2129 | by Nick Mangwana
'Suspect (4th) coronavirus tested negative' official twitter - wilfully inadequate and cause to fear the worst
A suspected coronavirus case (fourth one in Zimbabwe) was reported at Masvingo Provincial Hospital on Sunday morning.The individual had travelled from Dubai and test result was negative."In Ma...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 18:51hrs | 362 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe used as route to kidnap foreigners in South Africa
Zimbabwe is one of the countries that are used by a syndicate of kidnapers to adduct wealthy people and hold them for ransom, a South African newspaper has reported. The paper said the syndica...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 11:09hrs | 3700 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Reports of coronavirus case at Masvingo Hospital dismissed
Nursing staff at Masvingo Provincial Hospital on Saturday reportedly panicked unnecessarily after a woman, who had just arrived from Dubai, visited the institution with mild flu. Some rushed t...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:25hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimra ordered to refund firm $545,000
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to refund Benchman Investments (Pvt) Ltd $545 058 it paid 14 years ago as unjustified duty-fee for its imported vehicles. Benchman Inv...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Cops 'mastermind' US$20 000 theft
TWO police officers and their civilian accomplice were yesterday dragged to court charged with theft.The trio of Kelvin Gwai 29, Simbarashe Sibanda, 38, and Tonderai Shenje 36, was not asked t...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
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