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Mnangagwa's second republic of corruption and controversy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's second republic, which he proclaimed when he came into office in November 2017 following a coup that ended long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule, has b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:59hrs | 908 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
New fire station at Mugabe Airport completed
The Zimbabwe government has completed the construction of a new fire station at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to enhance safety for both travellers and aircraft. Airport infrastr...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
We don't want crumbs from Mnangagwa's table
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is unbelievable!I was at a loss for words after reading a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Ndavaningi "Nick" Mangwana, the permanent secretary for ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 16:53hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe economy could hamper Mnangagwa's Brics ambition
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced Zimbabwe's readiness to join the BRICS grouping, claiming the country now has a stable currency and solid economic fundamentals. BRICS, comprising Brazil, Ru...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should now see it's corruption, not 'sanctions', causing their suffering!
Zimbabweans has been engulfed in a seemingly unending debate as to what is the real source of their two-and-a-half-decade-long suffering.There have been two dominant narratives.Unsurpr...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 21:50hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe emigrants celebrate e-passport application in SA
Zimbabweans in South Africa have welcomed the introduction of an e-passport application process at the Johannesburg consulate, marking a significant improvement over previous requirements to renew pas...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe a top 5 gold smuggler'
A recent report titled "On the Trail of African Gold: Quantifying Production and Trade to Combat Illicit Flows" by SWISSAID reveals that Zimbabwe ranks among the top five African countries engaged in ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Billions in African Gold smuggled to UAE yearly
Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent eve...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to roll out US$80m smart traffic system
Zimbabwe is set to introduce a cutting-edge smart traffic management system, a multimillion-dollar initiative aimed at tackling various road-related issues such as enforcing traffic laws, curbing road...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ex-diplomat in fraud storm
Shamiso Fred, a former honorary diplomat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), faces legal action for allegedly defrauding Zimbabweans living abroad in what is suspected to be a Ponzi scheme.Arou...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's niece out on US$500 bail
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, arrested Tuesday on a charge of defrauding an Indian businessman of US$1 million in a botched mine acquisition deal, has been released on US$50...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 17:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cyber City project threatens Mt Hampden graves
GOVERNMENT says it has no plans to desecrate and destroy graves in Mt Hampden area to pave way for the ambitious multimillion dollar Cyber City project.Online reports said graves were being de...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman stunned by ex-husband's meagre pay
A Harare woman left the maintenance court dejected and in denial after his estranged lover based in the United Arab Emirates presented a payslip showing that he earned US$136.Mushandiriwashe Z...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop convicted of human trafficking
A 38-YEAR-OLD police officer awaits sentencing following his conviction on a charge of human trafficking after he lured Zimbabwean job seekers to the Middle East where they were subjected to slave lab...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe flag flies high in Italian robotics challenge
Zimbabwe continues to shine on the global academic map as it increases its strides towards harnessing studies that promote sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM.This has seen...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Swiss company loses US$270K court challenge
SWITZERLAND-REGISTERED energy firm, Addax Energy SA, has lost a High Court bid to force a local company to settle an outstanding fuel debt of US$269 735,88 in foreign currency.Addax Energy cit...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bad governance, not drought, causing hunger in Zimbabwe!
It can not be denied that the 2023/24 agricultural season is one of the worst in Zimbabwe. This is largely due to the frighteningly low rainfall experienced as a direct result of the El NiƱo ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:54hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
FlyNamibia to launch direct flights to Victoria Falls
FlyNamibia is gearing up to commence flights between Windhoek and Victoria Falls in April, marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe's regional network expansion strategy. The announcement was deliv...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 14:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in UAE
President Mnangagwa this morning arrived at the Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.President Mnangagwa who is here for the World Governments Summit was welcomed by UA...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry allays cholera fears
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry has assured the safety of participants at next week's Bonaqua Africa Triathlon Cup Troutbeck competition set for Nyanga in Manicaland, amid fears of an event boycott as...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport rehab shifts to domestic terminal
THE rehabilitation of the domestic terminal at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has begun with the project set to be completed by July this year.Passengers who use the dom...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's trade deficit reaches US$268,7million
ZIMBABWE exported goods worth US$550,6 million in December with three major export destinations South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and China accounting for about 73 percent of the total value, lat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants PPPs in stadiums revamp
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotions minister Mthuli Ncube has urged private players to come on board to help revamp stadiums. Ncube said private players could come on board under t...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital borders to go online in first quarter
ZIMBABWE will start the full implementation of the digitalised border concept this first quarter with a target of transforming all ports of entry into electronic gates by the end of the year.O...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minerals, tobacco dominate Zimbabwe's export list
In the third quarter of the year, Zimbabwe's export landscape continued to be dominated by raw minerals and tobacco, as outlined in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) third-quarter report.Ac...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Iran waives visa requirements for Zimbabweans
Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ezzatollah Zarghami has said the Iranian Cabinet has decided to unilaterally cancel visa requirements for visitors from India and severa...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe carbon credit deal raises stink
THE deal in which the Zimbabwean government is selling large tracts of forests in a carbon credits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, Blue Carbon, lacks fairness and transparency, a glob...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
We've gas in Zimbabwe, so what?
So, it has finally been confirmed!Zimbabwe has significant reserves of natural gas!This was announced by a clearly excited mines and mining development minister Zhemu Soda at a media b...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
STUPID MOVE: Zimbabwe speeds up decommissioning of power stations
Plans to decommission small thermal power stations in Harare, Munyati and Bulawayo are being expedited, with efforts now aimed at driving more investment towards renewable energy sources in line with ...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa signs mega deals
Zesa Holdings has signed three major deals that will see the power utility promote renewable energy utilisation and restructure electricity markets in Zimbabwe.Zesa subsidiary Zimbabwe Electri...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for responsible mining
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged stakeholders in the mining industry to engage in responsible mining practices that ensure environmental sustainability. Speaking during the Commissioning of the ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected in Dubai for COP28
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa left Harare for Dubai last night and is expected to join other Heads of State and Government today at the official opening of the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations F...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe attracts US$8bn investments in 2023
Zimbabwe this year attracted investments worth US$8 billion, double the amount that had been targeted by the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) at the beginning of the year, as the Seco...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagw's niece gets very light sentence, fined US$5000, 6kgs gold forfeited
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has been fined US$5000 for trying to smuggle 6kg of gold worth more than US$333 000 to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, three years ago.Rush...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
D-Day for gold smuggler Rushwaya
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, recently convicted of trying to smuggle 6kg of gold worth more than US$333 000 to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will be sentenced at the High Co...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-diplomat in court for fraud
ZIMBABWE'S former honorary consul to the United Arab Emirates, Shamiso Fred, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court early this week charged with defrauding a group of women of US$193 000 after she a...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet UAE counterpart
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to hold bilateral meetings with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Aal Nahyan, as well as with UAE business leaders when he attends the United Nations Climate...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eyebrows raised over Zanu-PF by-election candidate
Zanu-PF's prospective legislator for the Lobengula-Magwegwe constituency, Menziwa Dube, who is set to contest in the December 9 by-elections, was previously apprehended in Dubai for alleged involvemen...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
Former model convicted of fraud
FORMER top model, Mercy Mushaninga, who duped five models of a combined US$10 200 in a botched Dubai modelling event, has to pay back the money and perform 350 hours of unpaid community service at the...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's biggest diamond miner shifts sales to Dubai auctions
ZIMBABWE'S biggest diamond producer has shifted almost all of its sales to Dubai, targeting cutters, polishers and traders and eliminating middlemen.Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Co. has aucti...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets US$1.5 billion from Dubai
Global Carbon Investments (GCI), based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has entered a $1.5 billion agreement with Zimbabwe's Ministry of Environment for climate-related projects aimed at reducing fo...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns of economic 'disaster' in Zimbabwe
Former finance minister and prominent CCC opposition figure Tendai Biti has issued a stern warning about the potential economic consequences if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government decides to emb...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vladimir Putin - the global game changer
Over the past week, a lot has occurred in the world around us. The Zimbabwean elections, the Brics summit in South Africa, the passing on of Yevgeny Prigozhin head of Russia's private mercenary compan...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Zimbabwe engaging countries who want and respect it,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that his government is now engaging with countries that have shown interest in engaging with Zimbabwe.With his Zimbabwe is Open for Business mantra ha...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
New railway line to link Binga, Kwekwe
THE newly commissioned Muchesu Coal Mining company in Binga District, Matebeleland North Province, plans to construct a new railway line linking its plant with Kwekwe as part of a broader investment d...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exports to China surge to US$585 million
ZIMBABWE's exports to China have hit a high of US$585 million showing a significant increase over the last five years.The two countries enjoy cordial relations dating back to Zimbabwe's coloni...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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