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No more free water across Zimbabwe

The Government of Zimbabwe is set to begin the nationwide rollout of prepaid water meters in a landmark move aimed at improving water management, curbing wastage, and enhancing revenue collection. The initiative is expected to launch in Ha…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:38hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter

Macheso to kick off 2025 showbiz calendar with free Rufaro Stadium bash

Sungura maestro Alick Macheso is set to kick off his 2025 showbiz calendar with a spectacular free bash at Rufaro Stadium in Harare on January 25.The event, which coincides with the launch of Swan Valley cigarettes, promises an unforgettab…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter

Attempted murder accused CCC MP, councillor set free

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament Maureen Kademaunga and Harare ward 10 councillor Clayd Mashozhera have been acquitted of attempted murder charges after being on remand since 2023.The acquittal, handed down by Harar…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nears landmine-free status

Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel mines. Speaking at the 5th Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention in Cambodia, Defence Mi…

Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:07hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter

Suffering Zimbabweans should free themselves

CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson and former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa (PM) was awarded the International Trade Union Confederation Africa (ITUC-Africa) Award for his exploits in trade un…

Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Elections can lead to conflict if they are not free and fair

At least two dozen presidential, national, regional and local elections are held across the African continent each year.The sometimes fierce electoral competition, a history of violence or vote rigging make it especially important to know …

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 18 | by The Conversation

83 000 households receive free poultry, goats

ABOUT 83 000 households countrywide have received at least 800 000 indigenous chicks and goats being distributed free of charge under the Presidential Poultry and Goat Pass-On Schemes, geared towards empowering rural families.Beneficiaries…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF dishes out free-range chickens

Zanu-PF Churu constituency candidate, Ephraim Fundukwa, has hit the ground running after rolling out several projects in the area in line with President Mnangagwa's clarion call of leaving no one and no place behind.More than 5 000 women i…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe midfielder honoured in France

ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marshall Munetsi  has been recognised for his rich vein of form for French side Stade de Reims by being included in the Ligue 1 team of the month for February by reputable football statistics website,…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Free land for setting up medical parks in Zimbabwe

Free suitable land must be identified for Zimbabweans wishing to set up medical parks, including those in the diaspora, President Mnangagwa has directed, as the country's medical training facilities now rank as the second-best in SADC.The …

Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Teacher unions blast free service move

TEACHERS unions say they will not succumb to government's attempt to pressure public workers to offer free services.Recently, about 400 teachers reportedly offered to "teach for free" in schools across the country as a way of showing patri…

Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says he is no longer free

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official opening of the Highlands Park Shopping Mall in High…

Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Free land, duty-free equipment for science facilities

Government will provide land free of charge to investors who intend to build facilities for innovation, research and development, while equipment and materials for such centres would be imported duty-free, as part of targeted incentives me…

Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Free Zupco transport for traditional leaders

TRADITIONAL leaders will no longer have to pay transport fares on all Zupco buses across the country, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga told mourners at the homestead of the late Chief Nhlamba in Gwanda yesterday.Chief Nhlamba, who di…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zec has no capacity to run free, fair elections

ELECTION observer teams deployed by Heal Zimbabwe in the just-ended by-elections have expressed concern over the ability of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to preside over free and fair elections.Observers noted that in most cases, Zec…

Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust

'Zimbabwe can be COVID-19 free'

AUSTRALIAN gastro-enterologist, Thomas Borody, has claimed that Zimbabwe can achieve a COVID-19-free status if correct interventions to combat the respiratory virus are followed.Speaking at a virtual meeting on how to get Zimbabwe out of a…

Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa has nothing to fear from a free Press, unless ...

ANY hopes of media freedom that many people nursed when President Emmerson Mnangagwa ushered in his "Second Republic" have been dashed after the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Bill retained autocratic provisions designed to suppress and c…

Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:41hrs | 5 | by Editorial - Newsday

Free advice to Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by good people. Among them, he has great formal and informal advisers; talented and eminent people from different backgrounds, who really can make a difference if given some latitude to express th…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4 | by Dumisani Muleya

Kasukuwere set free

The High Court halted former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's trial on Wednesday after ruling that charges filed by prosecutors did not disclose an offence.A magistrate's refusal to grant Kasukuwere's exception to the charges…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | 4878 | by ZimLive

The truth shall set every suspect free

ZACC has said it loudly and clearly that when reporting cases of corruption they need evidence (call them V11). How about instances where tell-tale signs are so glaring but no tangible evidence, will they not move in to investigate? Someon…

Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:46hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa

Ex-top cop on life jail freed

THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province. Refias Masuna (53) o…

Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa promises free education

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic education for all children.Mnangagwa told the …

Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

The truth shall set you free

The truth shall set you or set us free. In these times of hyperinflation, volatile currency and unpredictable economic trajectory, its time for 'my brother's keeper'. If displayed prices stand for the truth then I am owed an explanation by…

Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 2 | by Tondo

In politics, there is no free lunch

YESTERDAY, we ran a story on how at least 3 000 families under Chief Misheck Njelele in Gokwe were left homeless after being evicted from their illegal settlements in Chemagora, Sikombela, Bhadha and Sibusiso, by armed soldiers and police.…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 557 | by Editorial - Newsday

Mnangagwa yet to prove that the vote was fair

Last week's national elections in Zimbabwe were a critical test of whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa was really prepared to lead the revival of a country brought to ruin by his autocratic predecessor, Robert Mugabe. So far, the aftermat…

Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by The New York Times Editorial Board

July 30 election: Not free, fair or credible

As things stand at present, it is evident that these elections cannot be called free, fair or credible without some remarkable changes taking place.The fast approaching elections in Zimbabwe are cause for great concern. Far too many critic…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:58hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler

Sanctions: A contradiction to free and fair elections

Zimbabwe since the year 2000 has repeatedly confronted the scathing effects of economic sanctions that have outrightly challenged the plane handling of Zimbabwe's economic aspirations. Often, political scholarship has neglected the topic o…

Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tedious Ncube

Kwese TV offers free Facebook access

Aggressiveness could be the key strategy for Zimbabwean telecom and media company Econet Wireless, whose Kwese pay television platform is offering free Facebook access and a subscription package for civil servants.The Kwese pay-TV platform…

Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 21:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

How to avoid flawed elections in Zimbabwe

Elections are now the obsession of all as the way forward in the aftermath of last November's military coup, but the very big question is what kind of elections.However, Zimbabwe has a very poor record when it comes to elections that have …

Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:43hrs | 540 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler

Free sex at thief's funeral

THERE was FREE sex galore in Mbare on Monday and Tuesday nights as prostitutes mourned a serial thief. They described the late thief, who succumbed to tuberculosis, as a sex maniac. The infamous thief, Masiyas Mesiyas, is also said to be t…

Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:06hrs | 14348 | by Staff reporter

Let's hold free and fair elections

We should each one of us appreciate that thousands of lives were lost and millions of dollars' worth of property was destroyed in the liberation struggle to achieve freedom to choose our own representatives in various institutions, from vi…

Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Free surgery for Beitbridge residents

More than 20 people have undergone successful surgery by specialist doctors under the free surgical medical outreach programme conducted at Beitbridge District Hospital recently.Following a free medical outreach programme that benefited 5 …

Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Rugby union hunt for new coach's to work for free

Zimbabwe Rugby Union is seeking to engage new   Sables head  coach and team manager.However, it is offering no salaries for the positions.The contract is a four year one renewable every 12 months.The union accepted Cyprian M…

Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 08:12hrs | 53 | by Thobekile Zhou

Bulawayo Hospital offers free cancer checks

UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has included the testing of cancer as part of their health programme, which has been operating annually under the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.The health programme has over the past years tested preg…

Published: 26 Jan 2012 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

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