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Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 17 mins ago | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth member in fuel scam
Zanu-PF youth member, Danmore Mambondiyani, allegedly duped a Harare company fuel worth thousands of dollars.Mambondiyani appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo facing charges of theft of...Published: 1 hr ago | 84 | by Staff reporter
Lions cause havoc in Matebeleland North
A pride of lions is reportedly causing havoc in parts of Lupane, Matebeleland North, where herds of cattle belonging to different farmers have been killed.Children have not been to school as v...Published: 12 hrs ago | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP accuses Zanu-PF of fuelling drug scourge
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza East MP Goodrich Chimbaira says Zanu-PF is to blame for the increase in drug and substance abuse in the country.Chimbaira said known drug lords and ...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:51hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Dembare in town
HARARE soccer giants Dynamos lived true to their moniker "Glamour Boys" as they showed off a fine sense of fashion with a trendy photoshoot in the build-up to the start of the 2023 Castle Lager Premie...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that there is no place for incompetence
INEPTITUDE and poor performance in local authorities and State-owned enterprises are unacceptable and have no place in the Second Republic which will soon be implementing an Accelerator Model to quick...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis hits Harare
THE Premier Soccer League has been forced to cram four matches at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) in three days as the eagerly-awaited 2023 soccer season kicks off this weekend.There is a St...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:44hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar collapse raises concerns
THE Zimbabwe dollar's continued depreciation against the United States dollar has made the macroeconomic climate "volatile", amid an over 30% fall of the Zimbabwe dollar against the greenback th...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | 3498 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa worries over state of business as elections loom
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is "worried" about the state of business ahead of the elections, and has ordered Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to investigate the affected sectors.Mnangagwa made t...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC urged to employ 'guerilla' tactics
Prominent civic leader and trade unionist Peter Mutasa has urged Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to adopt underground campaign methods in the wake of a state crackdown coupled with a systematic ba...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:39hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assures business operators of his government's protection from potential losses
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday looked to be assuring business operators of his government's protection from potential losses that could arise from a possible violent election period the country n...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:39hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the collapse of Zimbabwe
THE first two decades that followed the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980 were characterised by a number of major developments. Government expanded social services such as health and education — the ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 852 | by Eddie Cross
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Stadium dilemma for PSL newboys
PREMIERSHIP football newcomers Simba Bhora are set to adopt the National Sports Stadium for their historic Castle Lager Premier Soccer League opening match against holders FC Platinum next week....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wrote to Mnangagwa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says he has written several times to President Emmerson Mnangagwa importuning the state leader to abandon his vindictive treatment of the oppo...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:58hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over mounting debts
A PREMIER Service Medical Investments (PSMI) loss control supervisor, Bernard Chatindivara, who was stationed at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, committed suicide on Saturday after being overwhelmed by de...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Pumula South suburb under Zoonoses threat
ALTHOUGH expansion of cities to create more residential areas for the ever-growing population has ushered in development in Bulawayo and surrounding areas, the same is fuelling human-wildlife conflict...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust counterfeit money syndicate
POLICE in Gweru have arrested two people who are alleged to be part of a syndicate that is swindling business people across the country with counterfeit notes.Chrispen Kutira (42) of Fourwinds...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zera reviews fuel prices
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a drop in the price of diesel and a slight increase for petrol blend effective today.In its latest monthly update, the regulator s...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Above-normal rainfall predicted for March
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid)'s food security arm, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), has predicted above-normal rainfall for March, a change from th...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
MPs take Soda Zhemu to task
LEGISLATORS say Energy minister Soda Zhemu is painting a misleading picture of Zimbabwe's energy situation, which they say is worsening despite his numerous assurances.In the final quarter of ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: South Africans will start crossing to Zimbabwe for survival
Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation Luke Dzviti says South Africa maybe going the Zimbabwean way and at this rate, it would be worse than its neighbour.He says it won't be surpr...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 18:37hrs | 5852 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Inflation triggers food shortages in Britain
Britain has been hit by a massive food shortage that has been triggered by a combination of factors that include inflation and a biting energy crisis. According to reports from British media t...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:57hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
2 police officers up for extortion
TWO police officers are in trouble after they allegedly used their positions in the force to extort a Harare man of his money.One of the accused police officers, Ignatius Tichana (32) who is d...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Mukuru outlet
SIX armed men raided a Mukuru money transfer outlet in Silobela in Midlands Province and handcuffed a cashier and security guard manning the booth at gunpoint before they got away with US$1 800, R7 80...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power plant output falls to 10%
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is at various stages of repairing four units at Hwange Power Station after a series of breakdowns led to a sharp drop in power supply, after output at the country's se...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:54hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe's fuel price now compares to other African countries
Zimbabwe's fuel price is painfully high and unlikely to drop significantly anytime soon.The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.30 U.S. dollars per litre. However, there is a subst...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:36hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
In what ways can you use data to benefit your company?
Amazingly, today's technology allows us to collect massive amounts of data; however, a significant portion of that data is now being gathered before anyone answers the question, "What do we want to do...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:44hrs | 187 | by Staff Reporter
Senior registry officers building big houses from proceeds of corruption
DISMAYED by rife corruption levels at Bulawayo passport offices, residents have called on government to nip the vice in the bud.This comes after it emerged over the weekend that some senior re...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 19:54hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
The next frontier for Zimbabwe's lithium
THERE has been a scramble for Zimbabwe's lithium deposits by multinationals in the past five years. Exploration projects that kicked off in 2018 are now at advanced stages of implementation, and Zimba...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 19:20hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP decries poor infrastructure in his area
Lupane West Member of Parliament (MP), Martin Khumalo, has said the newly appointed Chief Menyezwa assumes responsibility at a challenging time because of poor infrastructure in the area.Thurs...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 17:19hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga meets Swiss president
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday met Swiss President Alain Berset to whom he delivered a message from President Mnangagwa, as well as discussing about strengthening of economic cooperatio...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt acquires electric cars
THE Government, through the Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED), has now bought a total of 18 electric vehicles from a Chinese company as Zimbabwe continues to promote the use of smart ener...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:45hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rejects ZESA tariff plan
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has shot down a proposal by ZESA Holdings for businesses to wholly pay electricity tariff in United States dollar following the government's policy to align tariff p...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies for Cyclone Freddy
Reports from Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Climate Services Centre indicate that the cyclone, which hit Madagascar on Tuesday night, is expected to make landfall in the region, includi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military plots to position Chiwenga to replace Mnangagwa after the polls
A UNITED KINGDOM-based research firm has waded into Zimbabwe's highly volatile political arena predicting that while the ruling Zanu-PF will most likely retain power in the next general elections, the...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:15hrs | 3549 | by Staff reporter
Bad news for errant driving schools
DRIVING Schools not complying with regulations set down by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), now come under the spotlight after the council this week started an inspection, giving the non...Published: 18 Feb 2023 at 19:52hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Peace expert exhorts journalists to responsible reporting
The media can radicalise or unite the country and journalists should embrace peace reporting in their work to unite, rather than divide people.Speaking during a workshop to train journalists o...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:44hrs | 119 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
EU to ban petrol, diesel cars by 2035
The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Expelled UZ SRC secretary general claims to being persecuted for supporting Chanisa
EXPELLED University of Zimbabwe Students Representative Council (SRC) duo claim they were booted out of the body for supporting Nelson Chamisa's led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).Munashe...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
'Poor salaries haunt journalists'
Media Alliance of Zimbabwe chairperson and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists national secretary-general Perfect HlongwaneLOW wages and delays in payment of salaries are reportedly fuelling brown e...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Villagers partner Government to rehabilitate neglected road
THE Godlwayo community in Insiza South, Matabeleland South Province has partnered with the Government in a bid to rehabilitate the West Nicholson-Mberengwa Road linking Matabeleland South and Midlands...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Modern democracy now outdated and in urgent need of reformation!
I am sure every single one of us has some particular obsessions or quirks in life that we appear constantly focused on - possibly, taking precedence over other matters that may also be in our lives....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 11:35hrs | 412 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Local businesswoman in court for duping fuel trader of US$45 000
A LOCAL businesswoman and chairperson of Venergia Hydro which trades as DFI Group Zimbabwe, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court after she allegedly duped a garage owner of US$45 000.The c...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe gold coins a masterstroke,' claims Mnangagwa
THE introduction of gold coins by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been a masterstroke, as it has brought the equivalent of US$27,5 million into the formal system and helped in the economic turn...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Ministers cornered over false promise to military
MEMBERS of Parliament on Wednesday cornered the acting leader of government business in the National Assembly, Felix Mhona, and deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa over an unfulfilled promise mad...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:13hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
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