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MLF does not condone criminal activities
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said it does not condone acts of criminality in its people following an incident of a Zimbabwean from Matabeleland Prymore ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 401 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa goes for broke
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly targeting farms belonging to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, former Manicaland provincial minister Mandi Chimene and other top allies of the l...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 7091 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs leave one dead, several injured in ore heist
"Mining in Zimbabwe is no longer safe for women," says Sanelisiwe Maseko, a single mother of two whose mine in Colleen Bawn was recently invaded by machete-wielding men in a bloody raid that left one ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks face bleak future
ZIMBABWE's banks may face hurdles in meeting new minimum capital thresholds by year end, analysts have warned.In a show of lack of confidence in the local currency, the Monetary Policy Committ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe improves on graft ranking
Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has expressed disappointment over the country moving only two places upwards to be ranked 158th out of 180 countries in the newly-released Corruption Percepti...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe health system digitally stunted'
ZIMBABWE'S health system is suffering from a digital deficiency as the country is yet to advance its e-health strategy, Healthcare minister Obadiah Moyo has said.He was speaking at a media bri...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
New Warriors coach out next week
ZIFA yesterday said they expect to have appointed new Warriors coach by the end of next week to replace Sunday Chidzambga who left the job in July last year.Since then, Joey Antipas (pictured)...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
2020 holds no promise for troubled Zimbabwe
A SHORT queue has formed outside a supermarket in Sunningdale, a supposedly middle-class suburb in Harare.Behind the supermarket, a truck is offloading bags of mealie-meal, a commodity that re...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for stealing bus
A MAN from Njube in Bulawayo has been arrested on charges of stealing a bus parked in Thorngrove after it was involved in an accident four years earlier.The bus, which had Botswana registratio...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube back from trials in China
HIGHLANDERS striker, Prince Dube is not moving away from the club despite having impressed on trials in China. Seeing that the January transfer window is closing on Friday, it effectively mean...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to charge in forex
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has granted the National Railways of Zimbabwe permission to charge in foreign currency for goods exported under the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) conditions.NR...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Zesa secures $100 million to ease load shedding
Zimbabwe is set to clear its arrears owed to Mozambique and South Africa after securing a US$100-million facility from Afreximbank and revive a 30-year trilateral agreement with the two neighbouring c...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Passport scam: Kazembe takes action
FOLLOWING our article titled "Shocking corruption at Passport Office", which exposed deep-rooted graft at the Passport and Birth Registry offices, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe K...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:12hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Cash shortages persist
While premiums paid to access cash have dropped from the lofty levels of around 50 percent prior to the injection of additional cash in November last year, they remain high at 30 percent due to the ac...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:12hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
A dragonfly cannot spit fire and brimstone
Dogs can be deceptively vicious or gentle.This is why it is often not uncommon for dogs that bark the most to be less known for their bite, while conversely, those that are seemingly benign, w...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:10hrs | 81 | by Bishop Lazarus
We must unite against Uncle Sam
One of the most apparent things I encountered during my recent sojourn in Empire was a huge contingent of immigrants from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.Many can be found even in the outlying...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:09hrs | 97 | by Ranga Mataire
Zacc wades into gold smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has been handed an explosive gold smuggling report that details well-knit gold smuggling by a coterie of gold buying barons, which is costing Zimbabwe bi...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:08hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Zesa unveils plans to ease load-shedding
Zimbabwe is set to clear its arrears with Mozambique and South Africa after securing a US$100 million facility from Afreximbank and revive a 30-year trilateral agreement with the two neighbouring coun...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:07hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
RBZ acts on foreign exchange rate manipulators
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has started acting on foreign exchange rate manipulators and has since frozen a bank account belonging to an entity identified as China Nanchang being the first casu...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
New Air Zimbabwe planes must start generating revenue
The acquisition of two aircraft by the Government for Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) can impact the horticultural and tourism sectors positively, spurring the sectors' growth. This week, the Government took de...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Divorce exposes Chiwenga's flashy lifestyle
Chiwenga flashy lifestyle exposedTHE ongoing legal saga involving Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has lifted the lid on the lifestyle of the ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:05hrs | 5539 | by Staff Reporter
NRZ to collect railage charges in foreign currency
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has authorised the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to collect railage charges in foreign currency for exported goods.NRZ submitted an appeal to RBZ last ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 19:55hrs | 966 | by Staff Reporter
Man in court for stealing bus
A MAN from Njube in Bulawayo has been arrested on charges of stealing a bus parked in Thorngrove after it was involved in an accident four years earlier.The bus, which had Botswana registratio...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 19:51hrs | 1481 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ freezes accounts used for parallel market activities
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday froze the bank accounts of a Chinese construction company, China Nanchang, on suspicion of injecting millions of dollars into the parallel market to buy fo...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 08:06hrs | 4472 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe verifies nationalities of SA cop 'murderers'
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is verifying the nationalities of four suspects allegedly involved in the killing of a police officer in Johannesburg's Diepsloot area. Detective Captain...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 07:59hrs | 9423 | by Staff Reporter
'MDC 2020 Agenda will not lift sanction' - more significantly, will not end rigged elections
There is a mountain of evidence proving that the root causes of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown are 40 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. The reason why the nation has been stuck with t...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 09:44hrs | 787 | by Nomusa Garikai
RBZ warns exchange rate manipulators as street rate breaches 25x
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has issued a warning to foreign currency dealers who are manipulating the exchange rate. This comes as street rates have breached the 25x mark on Thursday. The interbank m...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:56hrs | 7847 | by FinX
Zimbabwe economic turnaround possible, says EU ambassador
EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Timo Olkkonen has said the country has all the ingredients to achieve an economic rebound, adding that the international investment climate is also favour...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:08hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Locals to pay forex for quick passports
GOVERNMENT is working on regulations to allow locals with foreign currency the option to pay for passports in forex in a bid to speed up the process and clear the huge backlog. Home Affairs and Cultur...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:05hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda's bones still displayed in a british museum
Those who are christians do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 22:12hrs | 1530 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
There is a special place in hell for women!!!!
This is a special quote from the former Secretary of State Madeline Albright. There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women." This quote comes to my mind because the ZACC boss ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 21:58hrs | 2202 | by Nomazulu Thata
Xenophobic attacks erupt in SA after Zimbabwean man shoots cop dead
XENOPHOBIC attacks have erupted in Diepsloot, South Africa after residents stormed a police station Thursday morning demanding officers to hand over a Zimbabwean man accused of killing a cop last week...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 18:27hrs | 3149 | by Staff reporter
An authentic food tour in Tokyo
The famous and busy capital of Japan, Tokyo, carries the traditional as well as ultramodern side to it. There is a lot to do and explore in the teeming with historic temples, public gardens, shopping ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 16:18hrs | 296 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's secret revealed at SONA
In his state of the nation address the MDC A leader shocked the nation by his loud silence on sanctions. ZANU PF has always said the opposition is after destroying the gains of independence and hurt t...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:41hrs | 6322 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
World Economic Forum, opportune platform to lure investment
Zimbabwe's participation at this year's 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland is a big opportunity for her to lure Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)....Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:33hrs | 479 | by Chido Chikuni
Mzembi to break Zimbabwe political stalemate?
Our political dynamics require a game changer to break the perennial stalemate between the two main protagonists of our failed politics, Zanu PF and MDC A . At the core of this gridlock is the vanity ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 12:19hrs | 5092 | by Tawanda Ruzanhi
'Amending Zimbabwe Constitution will create dictatorship'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has warned that amending the Constitution to give more powers to the President will put the country at risk of creating a dictatorship.In their latest Bill Watch publi...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
RBZ sets new capital requirements for banks
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday announced new US dollar-benchmarked capital requirements for banks of up to US$30 million which it says will ensure the stability of local financial instit...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2906 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe left with 30 days' supply of grain
ZIMBABWE has less than 100 000 tonnes (t) of grain in its strategic grain reserve — enough to feed the nation for only one month, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance S...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:39hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to honour power supply contracts
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has revealed that mining firms have not been receiving regular power supplies despite having signed contracts with government.To help boost the nation's pow...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:38hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to introduce $50 notes
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce $50 notes to address the currency crisis in the short term as the Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) continues to devalue, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.In June 2019...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2745 | by Staff reporter
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Defiant Zifa to attend Cosafa indaba
ZIFA insist they will attend the Cosafa annual meeting in South Africa on Saturday and say the decision to bar them from the indaba is null and void. Joseph Mamutse, the Zifa chief executive, ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Landmark ruling on US dollar debts
THE Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has delivered a landmark ruling declaring that a debt owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be discharged by paying in local ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Passport output to top 8 000 a day
Government is working out strategies to clear the passport backlog and increase daily production from the current 2 500 to 8 000, Home Affairs and Cultural Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has said. ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Passport prices remain unchanged, says Kazembe Kazembe
THE MINISTER of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe says the cost of getting a passport for local citizens remains unchanged. This comes amid rumours that the government had approved t...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 15:18hrs | 2865 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa hold the keys
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he holds the keys to President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding in normalising Zimbabwe's relations with the West and attracting much-needed foreign investment to th...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 13:01hrs | 3821 | by Staff reporter
Morocco's Mohamed VI Complex to host world football leaders
At least 200 representatives from the 54 African football associations descend upon the iconic Mohamed VI Football Complex on February 1 where the future of football development in Africa will take ce...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 434 | by Bulawayo24 Correspondent
Mnangagwa Executive plots coup against Parliament
WHILE the citizens are glued to the ongoing circus in Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's messy divorce, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Cabinet have decided to sneak in a sinister constitution...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:42hrs | 5793 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zifa in a fix over Joey Antipas
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) intention of appointing Joey Antipas as the Warriors coach is likely to hit a snag due to the Confederation of African (Caf) standardisation statutes.Z...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
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