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Tshova Mubaiwa to make comeback
GOVERNMENT is in the process of coming up with regulations to guide the liberalisation of the public transport sector.To improve the public transport system, Government in 2020 directed player...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt drafting regulations for kombis
GOVERNMENT has said it is in the process of drafting regulations for private transport sector players as it moves to resolve the country's transport crisis.President Emmerson Mnangagwa banned ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Telecel to sell promotional airtime in US dollar
Mobile Network Operator Telecel Zimbabwe has announced that it will be selling promotional airtime in US dollars.In a statement, Telecel said in a promotion called "Dollar on us" a customer ca...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:26hrs | 435 | by Stephen Jakes
Telecel charms market with 'Dollar on Us'
TELECEL Zimbabwe says it is introducing United States dollar-indexed airtime.The product, which will be on promotion, will be called "Dollar on Us".A statement from the firm said the p...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:14hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Dollar o'clock: Should Zimbabwe axe its faltering currency again?
IN early 2019, Zimbabwe's central bank announced plans to bring back the Zimbabwe dollar as legal tender after a decade of using the US dollar and seven other international currencies because raging h...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:11hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean commuters bear brunt of police, motorists' war
ARMED with batons, police officers disembark from a tinted vehicle running at full speed to block a honking pirate taxi in the heart of the city in a dramatic and dangerous move.The targeted v...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Long-distance buses start ferrying urban commuters today
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) has applauded Government for liberalising the public transport sector and allowing the importation of buses duty-free saying the move is set to eas...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over transport crisis
ZIMBABWE's transport crisis yesterday attracted global attention with the Amnesty International (AI) berating the Zanu-PF government for refusing to rescind the Zupco monopoly.This came as Zup...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zupco apologises for transport woes
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) yesterday apologised to the commuting public for the transport woes being experienced mostly in urban areas.In a statement, Zupco management said ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:29hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on unlicensed private passenger transporters, a stance that many believe will worsen the country's transport crisis.Mnangagwa's May Day speech, wh...Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:51hrs | 7341 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 1 600 pirate taxis
Over 1 600 illegal pirate taxis (popularly known as mushikashika) and unregistered vehicles have been impounded in an operation launched by police on Thursday to bring order to towns and cities....Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Plea for voter registration blitz extension
CIVIC Society organisations, political parties and the public in general have pleaded with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to extend its mobile voter registration blitz which ends today....Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:16hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Politicised military threatens 2023 poll
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is abusing state institutions, including the military, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and judiciary, to maintain his tight grip on power ahead of the...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Kombis are not coming back for good, says Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday said commuter omnibuses (kombis) are not coming back despite transport woes that are affecting many urbanites. Speaking to the Daily News, Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:58hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Newton denies being fired from Magic Mike
The actor Thandiwe Newton has denied reports that she was fired from the new Magic Mike film after an argument over Will Smith with co-star Channing Tatum.Newton has said that she left the fil...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:26hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Newton axed from film after furious bust-up with Channing Tatum
LINE of Duty actress Thandiwe Newton has been axed from the new Magic Mike film after a bust-up with Channing Tatum — about the Oscars slap.Witnesses said the row on set escalated to "astoni...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:25hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO urged to train its staff in customer care
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has been urged to train its commuter omnibus staff who joined its franchise in customer care as most of them are discourteous to passengers and brea...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 19:15hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages
VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 420 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Fresh rigging claims surface
A POLLING station was allegedly dismantled on the eve of the by-election in Mutasa South National Constituency election, leading to the disenfranchisement of hundreds of voters which may have held swa...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Varun to make Zimbabwe production hub
VARUN Beverages Zimbabwe, the holder of the PepsiCo franchise, intends to make Zimbabwe the production hub for markets in the southern African region.The non-alcoholic beverages manufacturer s...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:44hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ) bemoans diaspora vote exclusion
Patriotic Zimbabwe (PZ) president Charles Muchinerepi Mutama has bemoaned the exclusion of diaspora vote in Zimbabwean elections despite the diaspora being a key economic player in the country....Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:50hrs | 553 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Motor Action Football Club set to bounce back
THERE was a time when the now-defunct Motor Action was a force to reckon with in the local Premiership football both on and off the field.They were difficult to beat and one of their most famo...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic posts impressive results for year end 2021
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has shrugged off the adverse effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns to post an inflation adjusted ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 469 | by Agencies
'Mineral leakages bleeding Zimbabwe economy'
SOCIO-ECONOMIC watchdog, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has called on government to curb mineral leakages and export of raw minerals to help revive the economy.In its rec...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must do more to stop mineral revenue leakages: Zimcodd
While good mineral resource governance seeks to ensure the exploitation of mineral resources for the benefit of the economy, improvement of the quality of life and poverty reduction (Diallo, 2015), Zi...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 12:47hrs | 275 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-mayor opts to buy contested council vehicle
FORMER Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe, who was recalled from council last year, has offered to buy the local authority's luxurious Toyota Prado pool vehicle.Makombe refused to surrender the car cl...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
'Let external auditors vet voters roll'
ELECTORAL watchdog Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has implored under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to consider engaging independent auditors to scrutinise its voters roll as a way...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Zec taken to task over 'doctored' voters' roll
PRESSURE group, Team Pachedu, which has been analysing the voters' roll recently produced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for use in the March-26 by-elections, has demanded that the commiss...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
From Zimbabwean soccer star to taxi driver
THE death of South Africa-based former Zimbabwe national team footballer Charles Yohane has again highlighted the challenges that African players can face at the end of their careers.Yohane di...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 751 | by Steve Vickers
Tsvangirai speaks from the grave
EXACTLY four years ago, the doyen of the country's democratic struggle died. It was only befitting that the late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai would die on Valentine's Day - on the day that the power of l...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 765 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zec 'illegally moves 170 000 voters'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of illegally moving 170 000 voters from their original constituencies and wards in the voters roll to be used for the March 26 by-elections in ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 115 more Zupco buses
The latest batch of 115 new Zupco buses were yesterday commissioned by President Mnangagwa, making it the eighth time such a commissioning has taken place since January 2019, as the Government continu...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 2031 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Ingwebu re-introduces 'Shake Shake' beer
BULAWAYO Municipal Commercial Undertaking's beverages manufacturing unit, Ingwebu Breweries, has re-introduced its "Shake It" opaque beer brand as the company augments its market share and operational...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening on 7 February, the boiling point of the education crisis
In the spirit of the new commandist culture of governance, Zimbabwe's sole Vice President, Retired General Chiwenga announced that schools are reopening on 7 February 2022. The pronouncement was not b...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:27hrs | 595 | by Obert Masaraure
Rights groups urge govt to issue ID cards
Human rights groups have urged the government to enable communities throughout the country to access national identity cards, as failure to do so will disenfranchise the youth in the elections expecte...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Vote rigging plot exposed
IN a development that could signal a scandalous vote rigging plot, former Chinhoti mayor, Dyke Makumbi, shockingly discovered that his wife's name and five other people who were supposed to support hi...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:24hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Zupco drivers strike over delayed salaries
SOME employees of Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) staged a strike in Masvingo on Monday due to delays in being paid their salaries since last month.Many commuters had to walk to and...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy sweats to save Chamisa's sinking ship
The United States Embassy in Harare has reactivated its propaganda machinery ahead of the forthcoming by-elections slated for March 26.After a notable lull in propaganda tweets since the depar...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1464 | by Hosia Mviringi
Zupco bus accidents jolt govt
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has expressed concern over the spike in the number of road traffic accidents involving buses operating under the Zupco franchise.Moyo's comments came after ...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
NGOs sponsoring multiple voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday claimed that it had unearthed a scam where civic groups were allegedly enticing voters already on the roll to register multiple times so as to discred...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Additional 115 Zupco buses on the way
Another 115 buses for the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) have been cleared at the Durban Port en route to Beitbridge.The Golden Dragon buses were imported by the Government from Chi...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 171 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Rebranding is a matter of life and death for MDC-Alliance
WILLIAM Shakespeare, the 16th century English playwright who once prominently featured on the Zimbabwean Ordinary Level and Advanced Level English literature school curriculum, once rhetorically asked...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 916 | by Taona T. Denhere
Sisulu tko Ronald Lamola in an open letter
I ask you, why are some so irritated with my opinion piece? Until all daggers, some agonizingly blunt, are drawn, and some have already assumed my head must go to the guillotine in the narrowness of m...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 17:52hrs | 669 | by Lindiwe Sisulu.
'Bulawayo RG's office issues 40 IDs per day'
BULAWAYO residents have accused officials at the Registrar-General (RG) Office in the city of poor service amid claims they were only processing 40 national identification documents per day....Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:19hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
'Snub March 26 by-elections'
LITTLE-KNOWN opposition Zimbabwe Socio-Economic Democrats party (ZSD) yesterday called on all political parties to boycott the March by-elections saying they were poorly planned and costly.The...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:16hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
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