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Mnangagwa under fire
Civil society organisations have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of refusing to implement electoral reforms in order to gain an unfair advantage in this year's hamornised elections.The cl...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:11hrs | 5738 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium
HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke s...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Electoral laws must be aligned to the constitution
There is a need to ensure that all eligible Zimbabweans exercise their right to vote by aligning electoral laws to the constitution, Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) has said.ZESN Sen...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
'ZEC to fix voter 'mis-posting' in delimitation aftermath'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it will correct anomalies whereby some voters, by virtue of residential addresses, are categorised as belonging to wrong local council wards.Common...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:35hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO withdraws subsidised fuel from private operators
BUS fares for peri-urban routes are set to increase following the decision by the state run Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) to order privately-owned buses registered under its franchise to p...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 3826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to process IDs, birth certificates for over 2 months
CITIZENS wishing to obtain birth certificates and national identity cards (IDs) have endured two months of travelling back and forth to the Registrar General's (RG) offices nationwide, only to be info...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash launches Christmas promotion
Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform, EcoCash, has launched a Christmas promotion to reward customers who transact using its United States dollar (USD) wallet.In the promotion, which start...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:40hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
High Court outlaws Zupco monopoly
A BULAWAYO High Court judge has stripped the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) of its monopoly in the public transport business.Justice Evangelista Kabasa said COVID-19 lockdown regul...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs demand answers on Belarus bus deal
OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that Local Government minister July Moyo should appear in Parliament to explain the whereabouts of Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) buses purchased by government...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Chawanda attacks Chikwata leadership
ZIMBABWE Saints and Warriors legend Ephraim Chawanda popularly known as "The Rock Of Gilbraltar" has taken a swipe at the club's leadership after the team was relegated from the Zifa Southern Region D...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Minister threatens unregistered Zupco buses
GOVERNMENT has said all Zupco buses should comply with the law as the police will not hesitate to impound vehicles without number plates.Deputy Information minister Kindness Paradza said this ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II
I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government M...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1469 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zec 'frustrating' first-time voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of "deliberately frustrating" aspiring first-time voters by unnecessarily delaying processes and offering poor service at registration centres....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Chevrons trio in SA20 draft
THREE Zimbabwean cricketers are part of the over 300 international cricket stars for South Africa's SA20 franchise league draft.Sean Williams, Ryan Burl and Brad Evans will be the only Zimbabw...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zec fees challenged in court
OPPOSITION leader Egypt Dzinemunhenzva has approached the High Court challenging the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) fees for aspiring election candidates.On August 23, Dzinemunhenzwa ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new marriage law give 'girlfriends' inheritance rights
Zimbabwe has ushered in a new marriage law that gives equal rights to "girlfriends" and women in registered unions upon the dissolution of a marriage or death of the husband.Marriage Act (Chap...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2813 | by Anadolu News Agency
Chamisa loses hope on reforms
OPPOSITION parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as g...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2784 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Exiles Forum backtracks on support for 'stupid' rant doctor
The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) has changed its tune over supporting Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba following her controversial address to a foreign national who underwent surgery at Bela Bela...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Harare scraps US$100 towing fees
HARARE City Council (HCC) has scrapped towing fees for impounded vehicles that are driven by their owners to council's storage depot, mayor Jacob Mafume announced yesterday.Mafume also said ow...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF banks on corrupt businesses to pay nomination fees for own candidates'
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku says the Zanu-PF-led government has intentionally set steep nomination fees for prospective election candidates next year well knowing it...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:51hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime now agrees with Smith when he said, 'democracy isn't the counting of heads like sheep'!
As I was studying ZEC spokesperson, Jasper Mangwana, struggle and stutter in his faltered attempts at justifying the exorbitant and extortionary fees recently announced by the country's electoral comm...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 15:52hrs | 780 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF takes Zimbabwe 360° back to Rhodesia - country ripe for new wave of nationalism and liberation struggle!
There is a popular saying, "nothing under the sun is completely new" - as, with the planets, solar systems, galaxies, and the universe, everything simply goes round and round in circles, and repeating...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:04hrs | 2333 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chance to redeem legacy
ZIMBABWE and Kenya have striking political dynamics. Even the political history in post2000 era has same characteristics of violence, disputed electoral outcomes, power sharing agreements and voter ap...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:26hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 8684 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni slams 2022 census outcome
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the exclusion of the Zimbabwe Diaspora community in the 2022 census is akin to the disenfranchisement of people under the colonial Ian Smith reg...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Can ED tell Zimbabweans where to find this elusive 'independence' we are supposed to be enjoying and 'jealously guarding'!
I honestly feel like screaming and banging my head against the wall, each time I hear those in the country's ruling elitist privileged clique make noise about some 'independence' that we, the people o...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1562 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata for real, this time?
FOR new Zimbabwe Saints FC benefactor, Adrian Mtungwazi, the return of one of Zimbabwe's most successful and famous football clubs will not be possible if Chauya Chikwata's leaders continue pulling in...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Passengers steal $30 000 from Zupco kombi
THIEVES pounced on a Zupco kombi in Bulawayo and got away with $30 000 and US$30 and mobile phones on Sunday morning.The three suspects, who are still at large, according to police, boarded th...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:36hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ends Zupco monopoly
PRIVATE transport operators are expected to resume soon under a new set of regulations to repeal Zupco's monopoly and establish an efficient urban mass public transport system, it has been learnt....Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:07hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Chikwata set for financial windfall
STRUGGLING former giants Zimbabwe Saints could be set for a financial windfall after the club successfully negotiated a new deal with a diaspora-based company.The club appears to have turned a...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
'End of an era': Joyce Kazembe retire from Zec
Kazembe is the giant of modern Zimbabwe electoral landscape. For many Zimbabweans, her retirement today after 27 years of uninterrupted service at Electoral Supervisory Commission now, Zimbabwe Electo...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 2037 | by Farai Chirimumimba
ZUPCO retrenches workers, as contractors pull out of franchise
GOVERNMENT transport operator ZUPCO's Masvingo depot is currently engaged in a retrenchment exercise as contractors continue to pull out of the franchise, it has emerged.The company which had ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 6972 | by Staff reporter
US$50m hotel for Victoria Falls
A MASSIVE US$50 million hotel project is on the cards in Victoria Falls, as the transformation of the prime tourism destination into a world-class city and resort gains momentum.Victoria Falls...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:10hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo defends Mnangagwa
EXILED former information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has again hit out at the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) over its allegations that Ian Smith's rule was better than that of Pr...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:24hrs | 4041 | by Staff reporter
The latest live casino games shaking up the industry
Live casino games are more popular than ever before and, in order to meet demand, the industry is constantly devising innovative games for live online casinos, providing enhancements to the casino...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 12:50hrs | 1481 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa wades into his comparison to Ian Smith
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blasted social media users who spent the greater part of last week comparing him to Ian Smith, one of Zimbabwe's colonial era leaders, calling them misguided fools, an...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4703 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda tries to redeem himself in ZANU PF
Under fire speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda has embarked on a roadshow to try and redeem himself within the ZANU PF structures. Mudenda has launched a frantic campaign to regain his standin...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:58hrs | 4462 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa conflating party, govt business
ADDRESSING a Zanu-PF meeting recently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: "All those who don't have IDs must come together and you get their names to the councillor so they get IDs … I am saying thi...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 394 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Phiri eyes Highlanders return
FORMER Highlanders rightback McClive Phiri has set his sights on rejoining Highlanders after he was released by South African second tier league side, Venda Football Club.Phiri is one of the 1...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:56hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted EU red-flags govt on abductions
THE European Union (EU) has urged Zimbabwe to earnestly look into the issue of enforced disappearances and bring the culprits to book.Speaking to NewsDay after the fourth EU-Zimbabwe Dia...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Call for another voter registration blitz
ELECTORAL watchdogs have implored the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to consider another voter registration blitz to offer citizens who have since acquired identity cards the chance to register t...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:05hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Voter apathy is Zimbabwe's elephant in the room ahead of 2023 polls
Bongani Ndlovu, a Zanu-PF councillor in Matabeleland North's Bubi district holds the unenviable record of registering the least number of voters in the March 26 parliamentary and local government elec...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:15hrs | 392 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Zec closes voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) closed the voters roll yesterday to pave way for the delimitation exercise.Delimitation of constituency boundaries is done every 10 years on a date set ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Kombis ready for return
REGISTERED taxi associations in Bulawayo have started putting in place modalities to bring back hundreds of their vehicles on the road following an announcement by Government that private commuter omn...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bullish on Zupco viability
THE government is bullish on the profitability and viability prospects of the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) following the opening up of the public transport sector to private players....Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
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