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Govt to correct Battle of Pupu story
GOVERNMENT has taken a bold step to correct a one-sided narrative of the famous Battle of Pupu, which for many years deliberately overlooked the African perspective. Under President Mnangagwa, the Sec...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | 811 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Politicians caught in some 'situations'
That the United States has changed dramatically in the last 20 years is no longer in dispute. What we know is that their world is upside down, what is, is not what should be, and what should be, is no...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:53hrs | 901 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Vaccination deadline for civil servants
As Zimbabwe hit 2 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, all civil servants were placed under legal orders to be fully vaccinated with both jabs of an approved Covid-19 vaccine by October 1...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Cheda withdraws from Justice Mabhikwa tribunal
Retired judge Maphios Cheda has recused himself from a tribunal appointed in June to look into Justice Thompson Mabhikwa's fitness to hold office.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named another...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new chair for Justice Mabhikwa tribunal
President Mnangagwa has appointed retired judge Justice November Mtshiya to chair the tribunal to investigate the suitability of suspended High Court Justice Thompson Mabhikwa to hold a judicial offic...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants showdown looms
A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its restive workers after the Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday announced that all civil servants who have not been vaccinated shall not be all...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks more power from Mozambique, Zambia
Zimbabwe is negotiating with Mozambique and Zambia to import 280MW of electricity to ease the shortages that have seen load shedding, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda told the National...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Countrywide mobile registration blitz begins
A countrywide mobile registration started yesterday as part of Government efforts to ensure all citizens have access to primary documents and to address documentation challenges particularly in Matabe...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu's last words: Are you an African?
Journalist Simba Chikanza telephones Zambian government spokesperson to the President Edgar Lungu over the deployment of the Zambian army by the PF government during the counting of the ballot votes: ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 3751 | by Nomazulu Thata
Cops demand sex from sex workers
COMMERCIAL sex workers in Mashonaland East province have accused police officers of extorting bribes or sexual favours in order for them to operate after curfew hours.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec reopens exam registration
Students who might have failed to meet the deadline to register for the 2021 examinations can now do so under a special arrangement by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec).The ext...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:43hrs | 133 | by Staff writer
Motivate people to get vaccinated, says Mutsvangwa
Journalists have been urged to devise innovative ways of motivating people to take up Covid-19 vaccination and adopt safer sexual behaviours voluntarily and for their own good, rather than because the...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:15hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
'Parents cheated on school fees'
Parents are being shortchanged by being ordered to pay school fees in full under the guise that their children will learn for 80 days while in actual fact the majority will attend class for only 40 da...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:27hrs | 945 | by KK Zvauta
Return to normal hours excites business
Businesses and traders have returned to their normal working hours following the extension of operating hours under the new Level Two lockdown measures announced by President Mnangagwa on Tuesday. ...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga trial hits brick wall
The trial of former Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga that was set to resume today hit a brick wall following indications that the magistrate who was presidi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:25hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa to address the nation on Tuesday
Information coming from Harare indicates that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will address the nation on Tuesday to give direction and update the nation on the government's fight against the deadly Coron...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 12:52hrs | 1903 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's new biography confirms political brinkmanship with Chiwenga
THE political war of attrition between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga has found expression in the President's controversial new biography as internecine unresolved le...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4588 | by Staff reporter
Govt must assist Zimbabweans in SA to get passports
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa who need to apply or renew their passports are struggling to access the online application portal to process their applications.The online application system is fac...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:23hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends tribunal tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by six months the tenure of the tribunal set up last year to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner Frank ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:19hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa lied on police corruption the officers he said are fired are all at work
"False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?" Complaints about lies are nothing new to elections. Zimbabwe must have a Legislation which prohibits certain types of false st...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1335 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimra recruits 100 revenue officers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has embarked on a recruitment drive to beef up its staff with about 100 new revenue officers. A total of 50 officers will be deployed to the customs and ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Parents sweat over fees hike
TEACHERS unions have warned of unprecedented school dropouts as parents struggle to raise school fees following a government-imposed 33% hike for the extended term.Schools reopen today for exa...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's IMF funds targeted for industry
A portion of the US$961 million received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the form of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) could be used to extend concessionary loans to industry.The IMF...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Retailers appeal for extended trading hours
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has appealed to Government for the extension of lockdown trading hours in order to boost sales. Although the country remains under Level 4 lockdown, Cabin...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's senior doctors fume over lockdown extension
Zimbabwe's senior doctors on Wednesday questioned the government's latest Covid-19 lockdown extension, calling it "unscientific" in the face of declining infections and hospitalisations, ZimLive repor...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 08:27hrs | 3976 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 deaths still high'
HEALTH experts have warned against complacency, saying that although official COVID-19 figures were falling, the country was still at risk of a fourth wave.In a joint statement, the College of...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown extended by 2 weeks
The modified Level 4 lockdown has been extended by a further two weeks and Government is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated and to fully embrace the standard measures of masking, social distancing...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa off to Hichilema inauguration
President Mnangagwa leaves Zimbabwe today to join other Heads of State at the inauguration of new Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka tomorrow. President-elect Hichilema won the rec...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean man caged 15 years
A 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Simba Masvaure, who has sexually abused a number of children for years in Northampton, UK has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.In a Facebook post Northampton ...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture
Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force. For example, the country is set to harvest 2.8 million tons of maize this year, triple the 2020 harvest, and making it ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1013 | by Audrey Simango
HH finally president after five losses, Chamisa will rise to become the next president of Zimbabwe
The victory of Hakainde Hichilema, or HH as he is popularly known among his fellow countrymen, as the seventh president of Zambia, our sister republic across the Zambezi, has been variously viewed by ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | 511 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mnangagwa, Ramaphosa discuss Hichilema's shock election victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday held a private meeting in which the election of Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema as the country's...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 3749 | by Staff reporter
Court operations further suspended
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed all courts to further postpone pending criminal and civil matters to next Tuesday in response to the extension of the Level four lockdown by President Mnangagwa ...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
London reaches out to Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the u...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 6572 | by Staff reporter
Employers adopt no jab, no entry policy
TAKING a cue from government, several companies in Zimbabwe are making proof of vaccination a prerequisite for employees to enter their premises in a bid to curb the spread of the novel virus....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
MSU to axe 34 workers
THE Midlands State University (MSU) is set to retrench 34 workers in the catering department as part of a downsizing programme, NewsDay reported.A letter to the workers gleaned by NewsDay read...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Scared Ramaphosa extends soldiers' deployment on SA street
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that he has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to assist police fight crime and maintain law and order in the cou...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 09:54hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 4310 | by Staff reporter
Sulu scoffs at family rift narrative
Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu says he is not moved by those trying to sidetrack him from keeping his father's legacy alive through peddling falsehoods about an imaginary family rift.Sulum...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Shona on Facebook
SHONA, a Zimbabwean language, has become among first African languages to be recognised by Facebook as an alternative that users can use on the social media platform.Shona is predominantly spo...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:31hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Schools second term now impossible
THE Government is considering scrapping this year's second term and ordering that when schools open, primary and secondary school pupils will learn continuously until they close in December, Sunday Ne...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Binga gets a modern school from NetOne
The leading telecommunications company, NetOne has taken their Cooperate social responsibility (CRS) to yet another level as they build a school in the Siachilaba area of Binga, Mat North. The school,...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 11:10hrs | 685 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Marabini says extended lockdown exposed fly-by-night artistes
SEASONED Afro-pop singer Jeys Marabini says the extended COVID-19-induced lockdown has weeded out fly-by-night musicians, leaving real artistes standing their ground despite loss of income.In ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Some churches welcome reopening
Christian church leaders yesterday unanimously welcomed the resumption of services for fully vaccinated members saying they have been consistent in encouraging vaccination, but noting that some congre...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Restaurants choke under extended lockdown
RESTAURANT operators yesterday said the continued extension of COVID-19-induced lockdown without financial support or stimulus packages for ailing businesses would severely affect their industry....Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
High internet tariffs push online learning out of reach of many
THE rising cost of internet services at a time when learners countrywide are required to engage in online learning as a Covid-19 mitigation measure is a cause for concern. Schools have been closed sin...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Chitsiko
President Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to the Chitsiko family following the death of long-time civil servant and former secretary for Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Wat...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lockdown extension irks informal traders
INFORMAL traders yesterday expressed anger over the extension of the level four lockdown period by two more weeks without provision of social grants to cushion them. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
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