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Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 128 | by Emmanuel Koro
Government concerned over low uptake of youth fund in remote areas
GOVERNMENT has raised concern over the low uptake of the athletes and artists relief fund in Masvingo's rural districts of Zaka and Mwenezi.Launched in mid-July, the athletes and artists relie...Published: 20 hrs ago | 584 | by Staff Reporter
From desert to business hub_Dubai economic story
Dubai is the capital city of the Emirate of Dubai, which in itself is one of the seven emirates (states) that form the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The emirates are former British colonies which got in...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1593 | by Victor Bhoroma
Khupe party implodes
INFIGHTING and political gamesmanship have ripped apart interim MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's party ahead of its planned extraordinary congress to choose a substantive successor for the opposition's ...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 11137 | by Staff reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Hospital to be turned into NUST specialist facility
EKUSILENI Hospital in Bulawayo, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 facility, will become a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) specialist teaching centre when the coronavirus...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told to double devolution allocation
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to double the allocation of devolution funds to 10% of the national budget as stipulated in the Constitution as compared to the current 5%.The issu...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies distribution of inputs ahead of the November 15 dead...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 346 | by Staff Reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3547 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe says Khupe, Komichi wiped out $7 million MDC-T funds
DEFIANT MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has thrown the cat among the pigeons, telling court party funds totalling $7 million have been wiped out by acting party president Thokozani...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | 5227 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1735 | by Nomazulu Thata
Khupe a leader sent from hell
Zimbabwe's politics can be easily compared to Nigerian Movies in the sense that, it is quite predictable to the extent that even those that did not study politics (101) can even tell you that Zanu Pf ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:27hrs | 3584 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 10989 | by Staff reporter
IMF lowers Zimbabwe GDP growth further
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy will contract by 10,4% this year, much higher than its earlier prediction of 7,4%, but expects a rebound next year.It also expects...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among 12 most fragile countries, claims World Vision
INTERNATIONAL aid agency World Vision yesterday warned that over 19 million people, including 10 million children, were at risk of famine in 12 of the world's most fragile countries due to a deadly mi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
'Push for US$100m IDC'
ZIMBABWE's industrial sector has appealed for a lifeline of up to Us$100 million to recapitalise the state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and bolster its capacity to bail out struggling ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe female magistrates sexually harassed at work, says former boss
CORRUPTION accused former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has made startling claims Zimbabwean female magistrates were being sexually harassed at work.The one-time topmost magistrate said t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turned down Mnangagwa offer?
Embattled opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that after rigging the 2018 presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government dangled lucrative perks to hi...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 17238 | by Staff reporter
'Audit' clears Chamisa's MDC of financial impropriety
AN audit report by Auditax International has revealed no money was abused by MDC Alliance from the period of the opposition's Gweru Congress last year up until December last year.Presenting a ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer accused of embezzling US$200 000
A Harare lawyer yesterday appeared in court for allegedly misappropriating trust funds amounting to US$200 000. Ryan Baglow (35) of Matizanadzo and Warhurts Legal Practitioners allegedly used two name...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1003 | by Staff reorter
Zimdollar stable against the real US dollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says on average US$5-$6 million is trading formally outside the foreign currency auction system every week within prescribed margins while there has been an increased numb...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 3182 | by Staff reporter
'Missing $2 million not missing from MDC Alliance accounts'
The MDC Alliance publicly released results of an independent audit of the party's accounts on Tuesday, hoping to dispel claims of funds misuse. Allegations of misuse of funds were made by the ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:53hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
Mazowe Rural District Council buys new equipment
MAZOWE rural district council has purchased new equipment for road maintenance from devolution funds an official has said.The council engineer Cleopas Mupereki said they acquired a tipper and ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 964 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mzembi accuses state media of too much fixation with G40
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has accused state media of too much fixation with the G40 narrative in a desperate attempts to hype up its readership and increase sales.He was com...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
How to avoid Bitcoin scams
Bitcoin scams are everywhere and with cryptocurrency being a valuable asset in the world today, it easily attracts more criminals. There have been multiple reports of scams in recent years worth up to...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2611 | by Staff writer
Mzembi's extradition request delayed by SA govt?
Government is awaiting response from South Africa following a request to have another former Cabinet Minister, Walter Mzembi, extradited for trial on theft and fraud charges. Mzembi skipped ba...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to State land sellers
All those invading State, council and private land and creating bogus housing cooperatives are criminals that deserve to be arrested and prosecuted for fraud, corruption and land invasions, despite th...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:04hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Understanding method to 'madness' in urban councils
Nowadays, hardly a day passes without news headlines relaying salacious details of corrupt goings on in predominantly opposition run urban councils. Often, these headlines are accompanied by t...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:00hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headway in stock market plan
ZIMBABWE inched closer to establishing the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) on Friday, after the central bank and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) inked a deal spelling out terms of a settlement ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:59hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube glosses over crisis?
"WE are not shrinking," said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, while giving an economic update at a press conference last Monday.The minister said that while countries such as the United States, ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:52hrs | 2378 | by Staff reporter
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | 95 | by Vincent Gono
Victoria Falls exchange primed to be the best
Government plans to make the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which will provide an avenue for foreign currency listings, one of the best in the region whose rules and regulations are in line wit...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Farms deal 'complicates' Zimbabwe crisis
A LANDMARK deal recently inked between white former commercial farmers and the government of Zimbabwe will make it difficult for the country to repay debts, negotiate fresh lines of credit and ask for...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 5541 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean women abused by their partners in the UK
Some Zimbabwean ladies saw a chance to better their lives by going abroad to work, but being abroad is not always a wonderful thing when your family is not with you. Many foreign women in the United K...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 869 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tempers flare as RBZ debt spikes
GOVERNMENT was this week caught in the eye of a storm after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said it had accumulated US$2,23 billion in fresh debt between July 2019 and July 2020.Authorities...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:20hrs | 4492 | by Staff reporter
Chinese companies ditch Zimbabwe projects
MAJOR Chinese insurance firms are refusing to underwrite critical infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe due to government's failure to pay commitment fees and other related costs, it has emerged....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:19hrs | 8435 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt detests being held to account
GOVERNMENT'S failure to answer critical questions around the procurement of Zupco buses using public funds in a deal that involves Landela Investments is indicative of a government that is averse to s...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | 1941 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says Zimbabwe prisons resemble concentration camps
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has equated the country's prison facilities to Nazi Germany's infamous concentration camps which were designed to dehumanise and not rehabilitate prisoners....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:09hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Security guard hits $1m lotto jackpot
From rags to riches. The adage perfectly sums up Itai Gombakomba (46)'s life.He has been a punter for four years with very little luck, but in a sudden turn of fate, he became an instant milli...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:53hrs | 5041 | by Staff reporter
ZACC engages international expert to recover assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is engaging an international organisation to help track and recover assets illegally siphoned out of the country as it moves a gear up in the fight again...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:53hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
MPs astonish Parly Speaker
The Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said that 142 Members of Parliament had not applied for funds to develop their constituencies even at a time they needed PPEs or sanitisers in light ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 5951 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'frustrates' lithium giant
PREMIER African Minerals Limited is now considering diversifying its exploration portfolio and identifying revenue-generating assets following the government's delay to grant it an exclusive prospecti...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diplomat appointed AU envoy to US
ZIMBABWE'S ambassador to Malawi, Hilda Suka-Mafudze, has been appointed the African Union (AU) envoy to Washington, replacing Arikana Chihombori-Quao who was fired last November over alleged abuse of ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:06hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls legislated clean-up campaign
LOCAL Government secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday suggested legislated clean-up days to enforce anti-littering, saying that Zimbabweans had a habit of littering.Churu made the call when h...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Does Mthuli Ncube really live in ZImbabwe?
ZIMBABWE on Monday woke up to a fresh dosage of shocking data from the ever-blundering Finance minister Mthuli Ncube.Mthuli scaled up defence against his catastrophic economic policies, which ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Biti accuses Finance Ministry of gobbling $10.6 billion in unauthorised expenditure
THE finance ministry has been accused of using US$10.6 billion between 2015 and 2018 outside budget allocations and without the approval of Parliament.This emerged Monday during the hearing of...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to trade within range of cash parallel rates
The local currency added a marginal 0.11715% after it firmed up against the dollar in the latest auction as it continues to reposition itself in the world of currencies based on supply and demand. The...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:22hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa slammed by black contractors
President Cyril Ramaphosa's endorsement of the R84bn Mooikloof MegaCity Development is a slap in the face, the South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) said on Monday night....Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:17hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Joana Mamombe mental exam stalls trial
THE trial of MDC-Alliance youth members, who are facing charges of staging an unsanctioned demonstration in Warren Park, has been postponed to October 13 pending the mental examination of one of them,...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:16hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to extort Minister Ziyambi over adultery claims
Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has survived an extortion attempt by a man who alleges that the Minister is having an affair with his wife.The man who claims to be married to a senior Law officer wit...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 2173 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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