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Latest on alleged ZANU PF meddling in Namibia elections
Namibia's ruling party, Swapo, has strongly denied allegations of interference by Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF in the country's recent elections, calling the accusations a baseless conspiracy aimed at undermini...Published: 6 hrs ago | 839 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Nandi-Ndaitwah elected as Namibia's first woman president
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as Namibia's fifth president, making history as the country's first woman to hold this position.She won with 638 560 votes, followe...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Namibia rubbished corruption allegations in ballot paper tender
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has strongly refuted allegations that it awarded a US$60 million contract for the supply of ballot paper for the upcoming general elections to South African c...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Namibian opposition to Chivayo linked tender rages
The Popular Democratic Party (PDP), a leading Namibian opposition party, has voiced strong objections over a US$60 million tender awarded by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to South African ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo-linked company wins contract to print ballot papers in Namibia
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has awarded a US$60 million contract for the supply of all election materials, including ballot papers, to South African company Ren-Form CC, despite the firm...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 15:52hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu denied work visa to represent Namibia's EFF
Prominent South African legal practitioner, Advocate Dali Mpofu and his colleague Advocate Lerato Moela were denied work permits this week by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Secu...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:29hrs | 10026 | by Staff reporter
Zimra caught offside
A Zambian firm, Rock Telecom Limited, has won a Supreme Court appeal after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) seized its consignment of 96,820 mobile phones imported from China. Initially, the Hig...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimswitch, EcoCash roll out new currency
FOLLOWING the unveiling of the new currency last Friday, the country's sole national payments platform and clearing house, Zimswitch, yesterday announced that it had completed the rollout of the ZiG p...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police in Zimbabwe hunt for 12 robbers
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they were still looking for two gangs totalling 12 robbers who raided a company premises in Mbare and a school in Westlea last week before stealing nearly US$73 000, R4...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra confiscates 80 000 smuggled phones
A Zambian telecommunications company, Rock Telecom Limited, had 80,000 mobile phones valued at US$352,930 confiscated by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) due to a failed smuggling attempt....Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Accident victims linked to robbery
A gang of three robbers who first dispossessed a driver of a Toyota Wish in Rusape on Thursday night last week and then raided a bottle store was involved in an accident a few hours later when they cr...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cancels exemption facility for importers
THE Government says the exemptions letters issued to importers, but without expiry dates, under the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme 2022 have expired.The CBCA programm...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF terror gangs haunt Kwekwe
AT the turn of the new millennium, dozens of Zanu-PF supporters turned up at a newly built lodge, Jessie Gardens and the guest of honour was Owen Ncube, better known by his moniker Mudha Mugabe then....Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Millers donate to ZANU-PF
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) today donated food in Bindura towards the annual ZANU PF Congress to be held this month.Speaking during the hand over GMAZ chairperson Tafadz...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 14:44hrs | 13 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Police shoot most wanted robber
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who is part of a gang led by Musa Taj Abdul, is nursing wounds at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare after being shot by police while attempting to flee....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's married lover feared he would overdose on sex booster
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's married young lover warned him he would overdose on an aphrodisiac as he prepared himself for some action in bed.The 71-year-old took two cups of the concoction t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 10:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa financier airlifted to China after testing Covid-19 positive, claims Jonathan Moyo
CONTROVERSIAL Zimbabwe business mogul and co-advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, is reported to have been airlifted to China Thursday morning for emergency treatment after te...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Robber' shot dead in Esigodini
A suspected armed robber was shot dead on Friday night in Esigodini after attempting to attack police details who were effecting an arrest on him.The suspected robber, identified as Mbekezeli ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National dam levels drop
Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has appealed to all water users to use the available water sparingly as the national dam level continues to decline. The national dam level has contin...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
New currency unlikely to perform miracles for Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S plans to unveil a new currency by year-end without addressing macro-economic fundamentals could be catastrophic, while the proposed local unit risks suffering the same fate as the defunct...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must get its act right on currency issue
IN Parliament this week, legislators from both the ruling Zanu PF party and main opposition MDC took turns to seek clarity on the country's currency from Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi. At the momen...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
'Zimbabwe economic crisis is not about currency'
ZIMBABWE's economic crisis is not a result of currency shortage but low production, hence government must look at the real issue, economic experts have said.Recently, Finance minister Mthuli N...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Honourable Minister Professor Amon Murwira
Honorable Minister Professor Amon Murwira, I humble submit, now maybe the right time for your Ministry to sponsor a true Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) bill through Parliament, which when it...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Enock Jonathan
Matabeleland to get $25m of the $100 from Econet
Matabeleland provinces will get 25 percent of the $100m Econet Challenge Fund announced this week by the firm's founder and executive chairman Mr Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi to support rural e...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
New uniform tickles Zambians
People on social media are mocking the new uniform for Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) customs officers.The striped blue-and-yellow outfits have been likened to prison uniforms or pyjamas....Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:59hrs | | by BBC
MDC names school after Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change National Council recently adopted a resolution to set up a political school which shall be named after the late Founding President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai....Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Econet unit launches instant loan platform
CASSAVA Smartech banking unit, Steward Bank and Ecocash yesterday launched a platform where Econet mobile network subscribers will be able to open bank accounts through cell phones in a minute. ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vehicle licensing to be decentralised'
Government is mulling reinstating the collection of vehicle licence fees to local authorities to help them bankroll road maintenance, the National Assembly has been told.The fees are currently...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Charamba's secret past
Jonathan Moyo promised to post online a comprehensive thread revealing details about George Charamba (author of UNDER THE EAVES) and other hitherto unknown details about him.Below are posts do...Published: 21 May 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet ordered to refund client, $128,000
HARARE High Court judge Justice Davison Moses Foroma has ordered Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd to reimburse $128 000 erroneously billed on its agent and customer, Antolice Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd's recharge...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to have its own currency
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top priority is to ensure Zimbabwe has its own currency so as to stimulate economic growth and build investor confidence in the country, an official has said.A...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe Airways add its maiden aircraft, a B777
Zimbabwe Airways, a Zimbabwean government-owned entity aimed at reestablishing the Southern African state's longhaul operations, is set to add its maiden aircraft, a B777.Zimbabwe Airways has ...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:18hrs | | by twitter
Mugabe's son-in-law 'turns' around Air Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's national airline Air Zimbabwe is eying a return on the Harare-London lucrative route by May as it targeting to increase revenue to $47 million from $36 million.Chief executive...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 14:39hrs | | by Mary Charamba
7 crash victims named
POLICE have named seven people who were killed while four others escaped with minor injuries when a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Tsambe River bridge, 15km off the Glendale-Centenar...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe grants Air Zimbabwe immunity from attachment
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has granted Air Zimbabwe immunity from attachment and execution of its properties following the signing of a law temporarily shutting the door on the seizure of its assets unti...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:17hrs | | by Clemence Manyukwe
Open letter to the AU on xenophobic attacks in South Africa
MISA, along with more than 100 African human rights organisations today presented an open letter to the African Union (AU), to express their concern about the xenophobic attacks in the Republic of Sou...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 15:49hrs | | by MISA
Open Letter from the diaspora to the EU HoM to Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr Philippe Van DammeYour Excellency, I refer to the story "US$270M Development Assistance Fund," The Zimbabwean, 16/02/15.May I crave your indulgence with two...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 18:52hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Mugabe to officially open Agric Show
PRESIDENT Mugabe is expected to officially open the 103rd edition of the Harare Agricultural Show on Friday.Last year, the show was opened by Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane.Zimbabwe Ag...Published: 27 Aug 2013 at 04:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
IATA: Unlocking AfricaÂ’'s Aviation Potential
Dakar - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reinforced its commitment to African aviation and called on industry and government leaders in Central West Africa to work together to m...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe debt balloon to over $100 million
AIR Zimbabwe's debt has ballooned to over US$100 million as the airline continues to default on debt payments and picks up new bills from service providers, The Financial Gazette can report.Th...Published: 04 Jun 2011 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Ndlela
I meant no harm by 'shoot the boer': Malema
Johannesburg - ANC Youth League president Julius Malema meant no harm when he sang the struggle song with the words "shoot the boer", saying the word "boer" in liberation songs referred to the "syste...Published: 08 Apr 2011 at 00:54hrs | | by Byo24News
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