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Zimra dollarises border charges
Government has made sweeping changes to its warehousing and physical examinations charges at Beitbridge Border Post with all foreign-registered vehicles now being levied in hard currency.Previ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4765 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rivals call for dialogue
Opposition political parties have renewed their appeal for inclusive national dialogue in the wake of the worsening economic crisis, with Nelson Chamisa's MDC party warning of calamitous demonstration...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's RBZ in trouble over US$27,5m debt
London-based grain and fertiliser exporter, Holbud Limited, has approached the High Court seeking a court order to register a US$27,5 million arbitral award granted against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Fresh protests loom in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is now at risk of fresh protests after the cash-strapped government on Monday night unexpectedly announced that it had cancelled fuel subsidies for imports.Caught in a debilitating en...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:10hrs | 4782 | by ANA
RBZ scraps 1:1 rate for oil marketing firms
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to discontinue twinning arrangements for their customers, with a view to promote efficient functioning of interbank market and willing-buyer willi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Fuel procurement now via interbank rate
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, removed the 1:1 foreign currency exchange rate for the procurement of fuel by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), which will result in the interbank market being use...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:19hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga case further remanded
Former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his former Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga were yesterday back in court and their case was further remanded to June 28 pending th...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:14hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
RBZ statement on the payment arrangements for fuel through interbank foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has advised the public that with effect from 21 May 2019, the procurement of fuel by the Oil Marketing Companies (OM.) shall be done through the interbank foreign exchange...Published: 20 May 2019 at 17:29hrs | 2905 | by Staff Reporter
Judicial officer in court over fake degrees
A TOP official in the Justice ministry who operated a bogus theological college offering fake degrees to unsuspecting people in and around Marondera, was on Friday arraigned before magistrate Rumbidza...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ally accused of grand corruption, swindle Israeli investors
A long-time ally of former president Robert Mugabe has been accused of grand corruption after he allegedly swindled Israeli investors in a lucrative gold mining venture in Midlands province.Hi...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:39hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
'Americans sponsor violence in Zimbabwe'
ZANU PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Pupurai Togarepi has fired salvo at the United States of America government for allegedly funding opposition party members and civic society activists to unleash a ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 10:12hrs | 6503 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Same crime two laws, what a shame!
Dear ZRP Commissioner GeneralThe publication in today's Chronicle of the arrest a fraudster who cheated a home seeker of R470 000 left me with a lot of questions on the universal application o...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:49hrs | 2325 | by Munya Shumba
Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | 431 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF welcomes back prodigal son, Didymus Mutasa
Long-serving Zanu-PF member Didymus Mutasa, who was expelled from the party at the height of factionalism and readmitted in October last year after spending two years in the wilderness is retracing hi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Felix Ndiweni seeking political asylum status
They are striking similarities between the rise of Nelson Chamisa to the helm of the MDC-T and the current on-going attempts by Felix Ndiweni to grab the Ndiweni Chieftainship of Ntabazinduna in Matab...Published: 16 May 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4374 | by ViewFromMatopos
Bryn Mteki assaulted at court
Harare lawyer Moses Nkomo yesterday appeared in court for allegedly assaulting presidential aspirant Mr Bryn Taurai Mteki over a money dispute.Nkomo (40), a senior partner with Donsa-Nkomo and...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:30hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni a ‘national security threat', says Matemadanda
The secretary general of the war veterans' association on Monday labelled Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni a "security threat" after the outspoken traditional chief claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa would no...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1497 | by ZimLive
Zinara ropes in CID
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working with the Criminal Investigations Department anti-corruption team to investigate all its revenue streams as part of efforts to curb corrupt...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Amputee seeks help
A 46-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man is appealing for assistance to buy a prosthetic implant and pay for his medical bills after he was hit by a car last year.Mr Mthetheleli Ndlovu from New Lobengula is...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
MDC council in massive rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council has unilaterally increased rates and tariffs by 42 percent, despite objections by residents who had resisted the proposal during consultations held last month.The mov...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
We must flash out all the sloths
Hairdressers of Natpharm head honchos must understandably be worried since they might not be seeing their clients anytime soon, especially after they received quite the "hairdryer treatment" last week...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:34hrs | 319 | by Bishop Lazi
Son sues dad for maintenance
A Lupane State University student has taken his father to court for failing to pay his fees.Nelson Nyoni (24), of Queens Park in Bulawayo, is demanding $240 from his father Simayedwa, a teache...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:31hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Chief doesn't recognise Mnangagwa's govt
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni on Thursday said he does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government."Do you notice that I call it an administration, be...Published: 11 May 2019 at 15:00hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 342 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Dembare legend in Canada jobs scam
Over 300 prospective students and professionals have allegedly been duped of thousands of dollars by a scholarship foundation which was promising them opportunities to study and work in Canada....Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
State to pay Chivhayo's legal fees
The Supreme Court has permitted prosecutors who are fighting the acquittal of Wicknell Chivayo to file their papers and that they have to pay the businessman's legal fees.Justice Bharat Patel ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's farm equipment auctioned
Former president Robert Mugabe's farm equipment and vehicles are set to go under the hammer in what could signal a collapse of the once thriving diversified business empire. A local auction fi...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Teen drinks to death at Vuzu party
A FORM four pupil allegedly drank himself to death in a suspected Vuzu party binge in Nkulumane suburb. Brandon Zimba (18) of Nkulumane suburb died on Saturday night at a party in the company of his f...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Woman eaten by dogs alive flies out to India on Friday
Cherish Muchegwa the woman who was mauled by dogs in March is flying out on Friday to get her treatment in India.Giving an update on the journey Bulawayo South MP Raj Modi said, "Muchegwa is n...Published: 09 May 2019 at 14:56hrs | 2326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sanctions on Zimbabwe not to blame, says USAID chief
Zimbabwe is creating a straw-man by blaming sanctions for the lack of investment and a failing economy, a top official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says....Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2911 | by ZimLive
Parents struggle with school fees as economy bites
PARENTS yesterday said they were struggling to send their children back to school for the second term as they were failing to cope with rising fees and cost of living against stagnant salaries....Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Mining fees still to be reviewed
MINES minister Winston Chitando has disclosed that government has not yet increased statutory mining fees, but was in the process of reviewing them."The long and short of it is mining fees hav...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:48hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Parents ask for more time to pay fees
It was again a last minute back to school shopping rush at the weekend and yesterday as parents and guardians prepared for the children's return to school for the Second Term. Acting Bulawayo ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa betrays himself at Tsvangirayi's memorial
The global policy community has focused on the political challenges facing the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and paid little attention to the economic challenges.Yet without...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:07hrs | 8608 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Joyless Mayday
Comrade Mnangagwa's Mayday message to the workers was predictable: everything is going to be better. We know you are being exploited by businessmen's greedy price rises but we demand that employers ra...Published: 05 May 2019 at 14:26hrs | 559 | by zimvigil
Great Zimbabwe University fails to pay lecturers
GREAT Zimbabwe University in Masvingo has come under fire for failing to pay part-time lecturers' salaries since last year.Some of the affected lecturers told Sunday News that the university h...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:18hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Parents face fees dilemma
Thousands of pupils, especially boarders, could fail to return to school when the second term begins on Tuesday due to skyrocketing fees, parents have said.A number of schools increased fees s...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:35hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland hay for Matebeleland cattle
EFFORTS are being made to move hay from Mashonaland region to the southern part of the country so as to save livestock in these areas from succumbing to the effects of drought, an official said....Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Local currency comeback most welcome
The madness seems relentless across all platforms.One school of thought is that sooner than later, the RTGS rate to the US dollar will reach its full elasticity, beyond which it will not...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:42hrs | 1874 | by Garikai Mazara
White farmer bounces back
OVER 22 families spent the night out in the cold, having been evicted from a subdivision of Glenara Estates along the old Mazowe Road on Thursday, following a High Court order.The farm was all...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:16hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa paying tuition for Tsvangirai's kids in Australia and South Africa
President Mnangagwa has once again come to the aid of the family of former Prime Minister and the late MDC T founding leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai by providing financial and logistical support to the ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | 7037 | by Staff reporter
Retaining pregnant girls in school raises concerns
ACCORDING to the United Nations, Africa has the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world.Annually, thousands of girls become pregnant and they face many social and financial barriers th...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors threaten ZSE pullout
The inability by foreign investors to repatriate capital and disinvestment proceeds from the country is hampering the performance of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, amid reports custodians are threatenin...Published: 03 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
Cost of dying goes up in Zimbabwe
A NEW wave of price increases has seen hard-pressed Zimbabweans grappling with counting the cost of dying.Funeral insurance companies, hit by a failing local currency, have joined the bandwago...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 4019 | by Staff reporter
Mvurwi farmers refuse to pay dipping levy
Majority of livestock farmers in Mvurwi are reluctant to pay the RTGS$2 per beast dipping fee. The levy is paid every year despite the area being affected by the deadly disease foot and mouth recently...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 1844 | by Simbarashe Sithole
AHFoZ calls for stakeholder meeting over healthcare costs
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) notes with concern that most service providers and health institutions have introduced or continue charging members co-payments and/or shortfa...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 09:36hrs | 676 | by Agencies
1 month to clear Zimbabwe passports backlog
THE Registrar General's Office has started producing 8 000 passports daily with a view to clear the 28 000 backlog that has accumulated at the passport office over the past years, Home Affairs and Cul...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate, vehicle insurance fees to go up 'very soon'
The government says it will raise tollgate fees within weeks.Transport Minister Joel Matiza says the increase in tollgate fees, currently RTGS$2 for small vehicles, RTGS$3 for minibuses, RTGS$...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:17hrs | 5356 | by ZimLive
Passports production resumes in Zimbabwe
The production of passports has resumed following a system malfunction which was rectified on Friday. The Registrar General's office is now producing 8 000 passports a day as it struggles to c...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 17:42hrs | 10011 | by Staff reporter
Indian Embassy waivers visa fees for woman eaten by dogs alive
Bulawayo South Member of Parliament Raj Modi said the Indian Embassy to Zimbabwe has waivered visa fees requirement for a woman who was mauled by dogs in Bulawayo in March. Said Modi, "We keep...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 15:53hrs | 2078 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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