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Impact of COVID 19 on Zimbabwean Economy
The outbreak of the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the world economy and to Zimbabwe's fragile economy too. So far the virus has infected close to 470 000 people from 200 ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 596 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa office's corruption exposed
A DAMNING audit report has implicated the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) in a murky deal in which it arm-twisted Zesa Holdings into handpicking businessperson Kuda Tagwirei's company, Sakun...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach's monopoly bleeds Zimbabwe
THE newly enacted bio-fuels policy of Zimbabwe exposes how local tycoon Billy Rautenbach's monopoly in ethanol production has crippled the country financially despite the availability of cheaper ethan...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 3949 | by Staff reporter
Overlook Chivayo's criminal record, Undenge ordered ZPC
Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge reportedly ordered the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management to overlook Intratrek boss Wicknell Chivayo's criminal record and award him the US$183 million Gwan...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans detained on arrival in Tanzania, to be quarantined for 14 days at their own cost
A video has emerged online of Zimbabweans who have been detained on arrival in Tanzania and will be quarantined for 14 days at their own cost before they get tested for coronavirus. Many countries hav...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:51hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Sex hungry man is an angry man
A married man from Luveve has reportedly turned to abusing his wife in the presence of their children after she slapped him with a sex ban.Austine Soko who has been denied sex by his wife coul...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi pushes for Domboshava to be an urban zone
The Deputy Minister of Information, Media, Publicity and Broadcast services Dr Energy Mutodi has called on Local Government authorities to turn Domboshava into an urban zone.Domboshava i...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 15:48hrs | 1253 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa approved Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
THE final forensic audit report on Zesa Holdings (2019) by PricewaterouseCoopers has revealed that former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa approved the proposal to award Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:41hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Zera to suspend licensing fees hike
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to suspend its new licensing requirements for fuel companies after a successful challenge by indigenous firms, it has emerged...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:40hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's US$500m plan to end load-shedding
Zesa has cobbled up a US$500 million plan to end rolling electricity cuts by building solar power plants across the country in partnership with private investors.Zimbabwe last year introduced ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1826 | by Staff reporter
Fuel service station operators cry foul
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has expressed dismay over allegations by small petroleum players in Matabeleland that they are having their franchises unfairly terminated....Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:35hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Load-shedding to go by June, claims Zesa
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as the country is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:34hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zesa cuts Eskom debt to US$4m
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as Zimbabwe is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while pa...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Zesa audit opens can of worms
IN what demonstrates the depth of rot and corporate malfeasance at Zesa Holdings, one of the power utility's subsidiaries traded with a supplier for over 10 years without a valid contract after an ear...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 16:52hrs | 2105 | by Staff Reporter
The true story: Living with coronavirus, a tale from a Zimbabwean family in the UK
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It's caused by a virus called coronavirus. It is called corona because it is shaped like a crown. The bacteria causing the virus can n...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 09:41hrs | 5298 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jobs bloodbath hits Zimbabwe firms
A staggering 210,333 jobs were made redundant in 2019 as local companies threw workers onto the streets in response to the realities of a debilitating liquidity crunch, low productivity, punitive real...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding is temporary, claims Zimbabwean minister
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has attributed the abrupt increase in load shedding experienced over the past few days to a fault at Hwange Power Station. Though the supply...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
RBZ in fuel forex abuse storm
PARLIAMENT is investigating the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s weekly foreign currency allocations to fuel importers amid revelations that foreign companies and some retailers who do not import the ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 3232 | by Staff reporter
Government urges Zimbabweans to stop sleeping with prostitutes
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has urged Zimbabweans to stop soliciting for services from prostitutes due to the global outbreak of coronavirus. Speaking after the launch of the ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:08hrs | 4826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fuel players challenge licence fees hike
THE Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to interdict the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) from effecting th...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Zesa subsidiary donated US$16,000 to Zanu-PF
A FINAL forensic audit on Zesa Holdings by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was tabled before Parliament on Tuesday by Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has revealed that one of Zesa's subsidiary comp...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Military surveillance could endanger democracy
The commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) announced early this month that the military would start snooping on civilian communication on social media, which "poses a dangerous threat to our na...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 924 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Zimbabwe registers US$52,8m trade surplus against South Africa
ZIMBABWE recorded a US$52,8 million trade surplus against South Africa, its major trading partner, after exporting goods worth US$218,4 million to the neighbouring country in the month of January 2020...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
New settlements turn into squatter camps
Michael has to wash cars along George Silundika Street in Bulawayo so that his wife, Luba, and their 10-month-old daughter do not go to bed hungry. Besides the food he has to budget for on the $25 he ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 437 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Bosso midfielder 'dodges' medical tests
HIGHLANDERS defensive midfielder Adrian Silla reportedly missed the Castle Challenge Cup game against FC Platinum last weekend after dodging a number of mandatory medical assessments needed for him to...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
US$24m for fuel
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has released US$23,89 million for the purchase of fuel to be sold in local currency for the week March 16 to 22. RBZ governor Dr John Mangudya made the announcement ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 394 | by Staff reported
lllegitimate Regime's corrupt forex allocation, and policy inconsistencies responsible for perpetual fuel problems
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said it is increasingly concerned by the never-ending propensity by the ZANU(PF) regime for corrupt tendencies in foreign currency allocations; as well as ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 328 | by Stephen Jakes
Zera in major climb down
Zera has buckled under pressure from indigenous petroleum companies and withdrawn an earlier announcement of a hike in fuel procurement licences by 8 600%. After a two-month wait, Zera announc...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Essential things to think about when looking for the best meal delivery service
A recent survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that almost 40 percent of American adults prefer fast food instead of preparing home-cooked meals. De...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 411 | by Staff writer
Can Mnangagwa regain lost mojo?
THERE will only be a few names of presidents etched in the history books of Zimbabwe. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will obviously be one of them.Though the list is small, future generations are goi...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1411 | by Black Edward
Zimdollar chaos power producers
The ban on the use of foreign currency in local transactions and the rapid collapse of the re-introduced Zimbabwe dollar has left independent power producers (IPPs) facing viability problems and is st...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Govt to deal with corrupt fuel retailers
GOVERNMENT has activated high-level systems to deal with corrupt fuel retailers engineering artificial shortages, with strict surveillance and penalties crafted to clean up the sector.Ch...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:50hrs | 184 | by Staff Reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3337 | by Staff Reporter
'ZERA has no capacity to monitor fuel stations illegally selling in forex'
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has no capacity to monitor and ensure that authorised service stations are the only ones selling fuel in forex, energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 17:32hrs | 1430 | by Staff Reporter
BCC violating its own by-laws
A BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) engineer has revealed that houses were being built without inspection, violating council by-laws which stipulate that city authorities should approve every stage of const...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:43hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
'NetOne boss Muchenje allocated himself and his wife $895 000 as a holiday allowance' - report
STATE-OWNED telecommunications firm NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje, whose suspension was lifted yesterday by the High Court on a technicality, is facing numerous charges, in which he is accus...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:11hrs | 4521 | by Staff reporter
'30-year jail for Zesa property vandalism'
THE government is pushing for a mandatory 30-year jail sentence for people found guilty of vandalising electricity infrastructure to curb the vice, Energy minister Fortune Chasi said yesterday....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:02hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Zera elbows out small petroleum players
Zimbabwe's energy regulator has announced stringent regulations for the petroleum sector that could elbow out new entrants amid concerns that this could result in the emergence of an oligopoly, Busine...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 2877 | by Staff reporter
US urged to declare Zanu-PF a terrorist organisation
A LOCAL political activist has launched a "We the People of Zimbabwe" campaign to push the United States Congress to declare President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party a terrorist organisatio...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3021 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to load shedding by mid-year
ZESA has assured the nation that the prevailing load shedding will come to an end by mid-year as the country's power utility has embarked on ambitious programmes to address the situation. Due ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:31hrs | 4170 | by Staff reporter
Forex fuel irks transports operators, motorists
GOVERNMENT'S decision to licence a number of service stations to sell fuel in foreign currency as the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration battles to rein in recalcitrant economic problems has irked publ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:26hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
More garages to sell fuel in forex
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has started the process of compiling more applications from petroleum companies which have expressed interest to sell fuel in foreign currency.L...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
ZITF bars exhibitors from COVID-19-affected countries
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) hangs in the balance amid reports the ZITF Company will bar exhibitors from countries affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from attending this year's trade e...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:19hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in Coronavirus panic
HEALTH groups in the country sounded alarm bells yesterday after neighbouring South Africa confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), in KwaZulu-Natal and called for tighter controls at the c...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2339 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has the worst cabinet in Zimbabwean history'
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa fumed in parly and called out Ministers who abscond parly and said some of them where the worst ministers appointed since independence, Open Parly reports.Accord...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 13:24hrs | 3391 | by Staff reporter
'Millers hoarding maize meal'
GRAIN millers are in the habit of hoarding government's subsidised maize meal to sell on the black market, a development that has led to serious shortages of the product, Parliament heard yesterday....Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Government threatens to deregister fuel suppliers
GOVERNMENT has threatened to deregister fuel suppliers who withhold fuel in garages for speculation or for selling at inflated foreign currency rates against gazetted prices. This comes after ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
No forex, no fuel for Zimdollar earning Zimbabweans
FUEL is readily available for motorists buying in foreign currency, but not for those using local currency who have to queue for hours to access the commodity. This supply situation of diesel ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
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