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Matiza censured over collapsed DIDG deal
IN the wake of the controversial termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal last year by cabinet, Attorney-General (AG) Prince Machaya reportedly wrote...Published: 3 hrs ago | 580 | by Staff reporter
Matiza, NRZ board clash
Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Biggie Matiza has declared war on the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board and top management over failure to fully implement his directive on ca...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2107 | by Staff reporter
Key concerns on the Forex auction system
The Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is cautiously yielding to free market demands for the complete liberalization of the foreign exchange market and scrapping of various consumption subsidies that were...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4676 | by Victor Bhoroma
BCC closes roads to under take sewer rehabilitation
BULAWAYO Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Projects (BWSSIP) declared road closure on Thursday in some parts of the city to avoid disturbance as sewerage works commence are likely to take the wh...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 406 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa abducted, dumped near railway line
MDC Alliance youth chairperson for Goromonzi South, Davison Chamisa, who claims abduction by suspected state security agents in Ruwa Sunday, has been found, with claims of being drugged and dumped som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1881 | by newzimbabwe
Minister JB Matiza on the spot over US$400m deal
A consortium that won a US$400 million tender to turn around perennially loss-making National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has threatened to sue the company after Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza o...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
What's in a name and history?
SOMEWHERE in Buhera East, near Dorowa Mine before you cross Save River into Ziyambi Purchase Area, there is a school named after King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. I would give everything to know if posteri...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 248 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zimbabwe quarantine centres new COVID-19 hotspots
I AM in quarantine and it's a mess." Many Zimbabweans woke up to this distressful text from humanitarian worker Munyaradzi Madziwa who had been quarantined at Mosi Oa Tunya Secondary School in Victori...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Former Ingwebu Breweries employee not satisfied with terminal benefits
FORMER employee at Ingwebu Breweries in Bulawayo, Simon Moyo (67) who was employed as a tyre fitter said he was not satisfied with the pension awarded to him after serving 30 years of service in the f...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2482 | by Stephen Jakes
Bravo Tours loses court case
THE High Court has dismissed an application by Bravo Tours Bus Company seeking an order directing a Zambian accident victim suing the company and its driver for US$35 000 to pay $15 000 security costs...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3236 | by Staff reporter
22 family members quarantined after harbouring 'returnee' relatives
TWENTY-TWO members of two families in Lupane have been quarantined after they failed to notify authorities about their two relatives who illegally returned into the country from South Africa and subse...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls city fathers, residents face off
A Vic Falls forest along Kazungula Border Post Road which has been targeted by residents for indiscriminate cutting down of treesVICTORIA Falls authorities and residents have faced off over th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abductees' bail hearing today
MDC-Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other party activists accused of lying to the police about being abducted, will know their fate today when the High Court is expected to determine their b...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabwe could speak!
I am a country like no other I am Great Zimbabwewith a heart that pumps full of love for my inhabitants endowed with an assortment of mineral resources, Gold, diamonds, platinum and al...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 18:55hrs | 3741 | by Brilliant Pongo
Man (75) acquitted of raping granddaughter
A 75-YEAR-OLD man from Jambezi in Hwange district who was accused of impregnating his granddaughter after allegedly raping her twice, has been acquitted. The man from Jabula area under Chief S...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Rename Victoria Falls, and Lake, after African luminaries
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa, liberation starts by "Decolonising The Mind," to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong'o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans w...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 850 | by Milton Allimadi
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
RBZ chief clarifies local currency
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) starts implementing t...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 4470 | by Staff reporter
Same frog now in lipstick
IN more ways than one, courting love is similar to stalking prey.Although motivated by different designs, courting and stalking essentially entail stealthily winning an advantage in order ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 244 | by Bishop Lazi
Goobye interbank rate!…RBZ chief speaks on auction system
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) starts implementing t...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4392 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa is clueless'
The investor and I had just come to the realisation that the Victoria Falls Formula 1 Grand Prix project had been politically-infiltrated and most politicians wanted in at any cost. We decided to aban...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 16828 | by Shami Fred
Victoria Falls set to re-open
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) last week allowed tourist operators back into the rainforest to view the mighty Victoria Falls which has been at its highest flow in ove...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2588 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2745 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Corrupt' council turns golf course into residential area
MEMBERS of the Harry Allen Golf Club in Bulawayo fear the future of the course following a decision by the Bulawayo City Council to apportion part of the land for construction of town houses. ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must expel Jacob Mudenda
Today President Emmerson Mnangagwa leads the nation in a day of prayer and fasting. This is a noble initiative and welcome development, however the context of the day of prayer and fasting make the en...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 12:01hrs | 8949 | by Chapter 2 Movement
WALPE condemns abuse of women activists by state agents
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has said it boldly repudiate the impetuous announcement of the Public Hearings dates (15-19 June 2020) on the proposed Constitutiona...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 606 | by Stephen Jakes
Tips for maintaining cleanliness in the workplace
A majority of people spend almost half of their day in the workplace. Others even spend more. The importance of maintaining cleanliness at work cannot be underestimated. It not only ensures a safe wor...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 535 | by Staff Writer
Zanu-PF axe falls on Gomwe
ZANU-PF has intensified its purge on party malcontents with Harare district co-ordinating committee chairperson Godwin Gomwe recently suspended for accusing some party provincial chairpersons of faili...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia plan joint industrialisation programme
THE governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe with support from the Comesa Secretariat are planning a joint industrialisation programme, which will build on the experiences and lessons learned from the exist...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio to know fate today
MDC-Alliance members - Joana Mamombe, Cecillia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova - will today know their fate when Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande makes a bail ruling in a matter in which they are...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:08hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Lusumbami descendant 'discovered' in Botswana
This week my focus was supposed to be on the controversy-clouded 3-kilometre road stretch along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, which is rather surprisingly clocking its third year of being rehab...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:15hrs | 1519 | by Burzil Dube
Zimbabwe start-up ventures into cigar project
A Zimbabwean start-up says it has set its sights on becoming one of the top cigar producers in Africa by empowering women through job creation in the communities it operates in.Mosi oa Tunya C...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Irish rugby star turned wine expert
Dave Curtis took the road less travelled on his journey from Zimbabwe to an Ireland jersey in the early 1990s and the return trip has been just as interesting and rewarding.The sun is shining ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:06hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Woman, hubby's lover in social media spat
A WATERFALLS woman sent photographs of ARVs to her married lover's wife, purporting to be hers and claiming she had unprotected sex with the man.The 32-year-old Cecilia Zhanje's unverified cla...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2536 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2751 | by George Mkhwanazi
BREAKING: Abducted MDC ladies arrested for faking abduction
MDC officials Joanna Mamombe, Cecillia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova have been arrested at the offices of their lawyers. According to the MDC, police had been following them under a nuclear surve...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 17:14hrs | 5299 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 956 | by Leonard Koni
Farmers start preparing for dry season
Farmers in Bulilima are seized with gathering hay and maize stalks to avert an impending drought crisis attributed to the effects of climate change.Over a thousand cattle and donkeys in the di...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1264 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa buckles under pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has succumbed to pressure from anti-corruption activists and cancelled a US$60 million contract fraudulently awarded to Drax International to supply drugs and...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 9163 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Victoria Falls councillor's bid to nullify poll
THE High Court has dismissed Victoria Falls councillor Richard Mguni's bid to stop the nullification of his election as mayor by fellow MDC-Alliance councillors after Government reinstated Clr Somvelo...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy to contract 10%
The World Bank projects a 10% contraction of Zimbabwe's economy in 2020, a worse outcome against the forecast Sub-Saharan Africa contraction of 2.8%. The country's economy is set to recover to a...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's debt-to-GDP ratio to exceed 100%
THE Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (Zeparu) says the country's debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio will balloon to 101,6% by year end due to legacy debt, farmers' compensat...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
New termini for Zupco buses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has identified seven bus termini which will be used by Zupco buses and kombis as designated picking and dropping points to decongest the central business district (CBD)...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
ZCIEA starts distribution of Masks
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) has started distribution of Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers, Infra-Red thermometers, COVID-19 Information Posters to informal workers and traders...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 514 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Day a celebration of imperialism
THE celebration of June 1 as the anniversary of the declaration of Bulawayo as a city by the colonisers is an insult to the history of the country in particular that of Matabeleland, analysts have sai...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 185 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Doctors poke holes in govt COVID-19 response
HUMAN rights doctors have laid into government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they had noted a "sad scenario" where the fight against the dreaded pandemic was being hampered by the...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:58hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Cop loses uniform to robbers
A policeman lost his uniform and other valuables to four armed robbers in Waterfalls, who had offered him transport on Tuesday while another man died after being attacked by robbers near Mbudzi Rounda...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket clears ICC debt
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) is making great strides under the International Cricket Council controlled funding after settling its loans, which were a major stumbling block to its operations. So grav...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
4 Covid-19 suspects flee from Vuti centre
Four Zimbabwean women who came from Zambia are believed to have fled from Vuti on Thursday.According to information released by some sources, the four who are residents of Kadoma mining town i...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:43hrs | 227 | by Naume Muza
Zimbabwe licenses private quarantine facilities
THE hotel and catering industry is poised for a restart following government's licensing of private quarantine facilities countrywide, particularly targeting self-sponsoring returnees, the NewsDay can...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
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