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Chivayo's $10,000 bribe, ex- ZPC boss arrested
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje has been arrested on allegations of receiving a $10 000 bribe from controversial businessperson, Wicknell Chivayo so he does not...Published: 53 mins ago | 209 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa approves 11 projects worth $5.3 billion
The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet circulated for the information of Cabinet a list of eleven projects which have been approved by His Excellency the President for immediate impleme...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt unveils parastatal reform strategy
Government has rolled out detailed plans for the restructuring of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 41 entities lined-up for privatisation, departmentalisation and listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Chiri raises red flag over Zimdef payments
AUDITOR-General Mildred Chiri has raised the red flag over Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) finances amounting to almost a million dollars which were used for payment of science technology ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has run out of water treatment chemicals amid indications the local authority may be forced to stop the purification of the precious liquid unless foreign currency to procu...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to introduce water shedding
GWERU mayor Josiah Makombe has revealed that the city will soon introduce water shedding that will see most suburbs, particularly those in the western areas, going for days without water as council gr...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire commits to invest in Zimbabwe
ONE of China's top billionaires, Mr Li Jinyuan, has committed to invest in Zimbabwe after he held talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mr Li, who is chairman and chief executive ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor rejects $150,000 Mercedes Benz
Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe has rejected a $150 000 Mercedes Benz earmarked for him as an official vehicle and also vowed to block plans to buy top-of-the-range vehicles for the city's top six director...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:14hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Gweru council to splash $600,000 on executive perks
GWERU City Council management has put forward an expenditure of $660 000 to go towards the purchase of all-terrain 4×4 vehicles for top officials and a posh Mercedes Benz for mayor Josiah Makombe....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hinder start-up
In 2006, Bike and Boat Bar (BBB), a Bulawayo company, started manufacturing motor cycles, a first for the country and the region. Soon after, however, the economy tanked as hyperinflation rendered the...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Let's make Zimbabwe great again
There is a general expectation of rapid economic growth in Zimbabwe, driven by massive infrastructural growth, given the new political dispensation.However, there is an adversary at work, the ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 597 | by Tororiro Isaac Chaza
The most expensive cars in Zimbabwe
As you drive in the streets of the Sunshine City you realise the number of expensive cars is growing at a very fast rate.Competition for the most luxurious is also increasing at an alarming rate.From ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:05hrs | 17034 | by Prince Ngwenya
ZBC suspend managers after news bulletin glitch
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has sent two managers home over a technical hitch that saw a 30 minute delay in last Sunday news bulletin edition.The suspended managers are Informa...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:27hrs | 7180 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mugabe's wealth exposed
Robert Mugabe has always been a well-kept secret with no one knowing exactly how much the Mugabes are worth. The only snippets has been the $1.35m diamond ring bought for Grace's wedding anniver...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 14:46hrs | 44790 | by Mandla Ndlovu
6 Indo-Zim agreements sealed
Zimbabwe and India yesterday signed six agreements to heighten bilateral co-operation and explore mutually beneficial opportunities in health, media, sports, mining and ICTs.Vice-President Kem...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer in revolutionary e-hailing cab App
EVERY great idea starts as a dream and as Gloria Steinem, an American journalist and social political activist - reckoned 'Dreaming after all is a form of planning'. But what separates an achiever fro...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:43hrs | 453 | by STaff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on technological shift
President Mnangagwa has challenged the Harare Institute of Technology to change the narrative of Zimbabwean discourse from technological theory and aspirations to acquisition of real and tangible rese...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Take corruption charges against Jonathan Moyo seriously
Editor,As the Economic Freedom Fighters of Zimbabwe we are worried that corruption charges levelled against former Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo are not taken seriously. We are call...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 2267 | by Innocent Ndibali
Beitbridge roads priority list queried
BEITBRIDGE residents have questioned the priority list of their local authority on roads after it emerged that streets leading to points where some council employees had interests were receiving atten...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
BCC challenges Zinara over road fund allocations
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has taken the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) to task to clarify how it came up with a formula of disbursing road maintenance funds, as the amount keeps chang...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Sakubva's $1m new vegetable market begins
THE construction of a $1 million state-of-the-art Sakubva Produce Market is set to start next month after the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) finally awarded the tender to a local ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:59hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe oligarchy conundrum
Zimbabwe is full of drama that lacks focus. Have we been zombified by politics?Over the past two decades, former President Robert Mugabe was the problem. In November last year, the country bad...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1599 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 615 | by newZWire
Wicknell gets his passport back
Intratrek Zimbabwe Private Limited director Wicknell Chivayo got his passport back last week to enable him to travel to South Africa on business. Chivayo is facing charges of defrauding the Zi...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Emergency recovery measures to stop Zimbabwe economic free-fall
This article will be brief and straight to the point. There is no need to continue to pontificate on the political-economy of the country because we all know that after the 30th July elections the eco...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:00hrs | 5130 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada
Zimbabwe draws down $199 million for Hwange project
Zimbabwe has drawn down $199 million for the expansion of the Hwange Thermal Power Station (HPS), as the country presses ahead with efforts to ramp up local electricity generation. The expansi...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:15hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo applies for discharge
Wicknell Chivayo has applied for discharge at the close of the state case in the matter in which he is jointly charged with Genius Kadungure for allegedly defrauding Dexter Nduna, Enoch Gatawa and Ivo...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Dr President Mnangagwa to cap 1 719 at Bindura university today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today cap 1 719 graduates at Bindura University of Science Education's 17th graduation ceremony in Bindura. The university, which has produced 11 756 graduates to date...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes it alone on Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway dualisation
GOVERNMENT has decided to go it alone and dualise the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge Highway while talks with Chinese Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the $2 billion tender co...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:37hrs | 3056 | by Staff reporter
Is there anyone listening? It's not about Mnangagwa and Chamisa!!
I have said it over and over again and I will say it until I die, Zimbabwe situation does not need a political solution. Mass street protests by themselves are not sufficient to effect political chang...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 17:45hrs | 5697 | by Sam Wezhira
Exhibitors at Mine Entra clinch 'lucrative' deals
THE majority of exhibitors who took part at the mining, engineering and transport exhibition (Mine Entra) managed to seal "lucrative" deals, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has re...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:23hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
No title deeds for Garikai houses, says Government
THE Government will not give title deeds to beneficiaries of the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing project in Bulawayo and Beitbridge as the areas have not been title surveyed yet.A Land Title Sur...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:44hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's company suffers more loses
Zeco Holdings recorded a negative bottom line of US$67 500 in the six months to June 30 2018 compared to US$754 000 loss in 2017 as revenues failed to cover costs.This was regardless of the gr...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:45hrs | 2991 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri taken to task over Masvingo highway
OPPOSITION Alliance MPs on Wednesday took Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri to task over delays on the Beitbridge-Chirundu dualisation project, saying government was fond of holding groundbreaking cer...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi, Wicknell meet in court
IT takes a thief to know one!One time friends now turned foes businessmen Genius Kadungure and Wicknell Chivayo traded accusations in court during a trial where the two are alleged to have def...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Monetary, fiscal policies: The equivalent of a two legged stool?
ON October 1, 2018, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued its rather long monetary policy statement (MPS).Empirical evidence has shown that ordinarily, the length of such a statement is in...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 280 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Chivayo, Ginimbi deny conning Zanu PF MP
TWO Harare businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who are facing two counts of conning Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna and another miner of R1 581 890 in a botched mining eq...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Mine Entra exhibition kicks off
THE 23rd edition of Zimbabwe's premier, mining, engineering and transport showcase (Mine Entra) kicks off in Bulawayo today, under the theme, "Mineral Beneficiation: Catalyst for Economic Growth." ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree council sues Bulawayo land developers
PLUMTREE Town Council is suing three Bulawayo land developers for more than $150 000 for doing a shoddy job by failing to fully service residential stands at Dingumuzi and Gwakuba suburbs in the borde...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Nust student 'killer' arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man suspected to have attacked and killed a National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student in the city last week. Sources yesterday said Munyar...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 6786 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 1 567 Chinhoyi University of Technology graduates
President Mnangagwa yesterday capped 1 567 graduates at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT). In his address at the institution's 14th graduation ceremony, Vice Chancellor Professor David Simbi sai...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:12hrs | 899 | by Staff Reporter
340 boreholes operational in the month of September in Byo
Bulawayo City Council Director of Engineering Services Simela Dube reported (14th September, 2018) that, 340 boreholes a were operational whereas 8 boreholes were not working and 28 are yet to be equi...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 08:59hrs | 678 | by Stephen Jakes
3 Zesa bigwigs in court over $11m scam
Three Zesa bosses appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing two counts of swindling the parastatal of over $11,8 million in a tender scam.Zesa Holdings group chief executive ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zesa boss granted bail
ZESA Holdings chief executive Joshua Chifamba and two top executives yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate charged with criminal abuse of office after allegedly engaging in corrupt deals with ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Prices hikes unjustified: Minister
GOVERNMENT is coming up with appropriate interventions to address the recent wave of price increases which it says are largely unjustified. This comes amid indications that the country's indus...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:44hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Nust student killed at beer drink
A FIRST year Industrial Engineering student from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo died after he was attacked by unknown assailants in Magwegwe suburb, police confir...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
16 State enterprises to be privatised
The government is undertaking a raft of State enterprise reforms under which 16 entities will be privatised, 13 parastatals merged while two others will be liquidated, State Enterprises Restructuring ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 15:22hrs | 2675 | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase number of teachers' training colleges - Murwira
THE MINISTER of Higher and Tertiary Education Science and Technological Development Amon Murwira has said the government will increase the number of teachers training colleges in the country so as to ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:29hrs | 459 | by Stephen Jakes
Ginimbi arrest warrant dropped
A Harare court yesterday dropped an arrest warrant for businessman Genius Kadungure after he successfully argued that he missed a flight on September 17, causing him to fail to pitch for his fraud tri...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 15:37hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Burombo Flats unfit for human habitation
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, has condemned the Burombo flats in Bulawayo's Nguboyenja suburb as unfit for human habitation and a health time bomb. Dr Moyo implored c...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:39hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
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