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Chicken Inn loses trademark row with Chicken SliceINNSCOR Africa Limited's bid to interdict its competitor, Slice Distributors (Pvt) Ltd, also trading as Chicken Slice, for trademark infringement ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:05hrs | 1683 | by Staff reporter
MPs grill minister over Pomona deal
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo was last week grilled by opposition legislators over the controversial Pomona waste management deal with Geogenix BV, which is being implemented in the capital....Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
No internet at Harare municipality offices
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday grilled the council's Information Communication and Technology department (ICT) after it emerged that the municipality has gone for weeks without internet services....Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs meet Mnangagwa and Chiwenga over allowances
DISGRUNTLED Zanu-PF members of Parliament on Wednesday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga at State House, where they complained bitterly about their incapacitatio...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for fair representation of women in politics
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga says while government policy stipulates fair representation of women in politics, equal representation in political seats is not possible.Addressing the Nat...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi blames transport woes on sanctions
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Local government deputy minister Marian Chombo were grilled by legislators over the continuing Zupco monopoly which they say is exacerbating transport shortages fo...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga circumvents Parliament grilling for 6 months
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week took to task deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi over the continued non-attendance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as ministe...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:31hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Kariba, Hwange power plants obsolete'
GOVERNMENT says obsolete equipment at power stations has caused the country's crippling power outages.This follows an announcement last Saturday by Zesa Holdings that there will be increased l...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Chokuda told to resign
OPPOSITION legislators have called on Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda to resign after laying the blame for the dodgy laptop and desktop tender, and suspicious fuel allocations at the august House ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs close to blows over probe into computer scandal
CHAOS rocked a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) Tuesday after members came close fist-fights during a heated oral evidence hearing into the controversial tender involvin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2915 | by Staff reporter
Chiri faces Parly grilling
LEGISLATORS have demanded that Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri be summoned to Parliament to explain why allocated funds in some ministries and government entities for 2021 have not been accounted f...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi taken to task over promised title deeds
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi was yesterday grilled by legislators over delays in the issuance of title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in areas around Harare and other parts of the country...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach reigns supreme at high schools quiz
JOHN Tallach High school from Matabeleland North province, came out tops in the inaugural Capital Markets high schools quiz competition held in Harare yesterday.The quiz show was organised by ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Castle Lager National braai fest bounces back
Get tastebuds and friends ready for the biggest braai in Zimbabwe as the annual Castle Lager national braai day returns on October 22.Organisers, Delta Beverages are yet to announce the venue ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:45hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages faces MPs grilling over beer levy
DELTA Beverages bosses are facing a Parliamentary grilling over beer levy remittances to local authorities amid fears some were capitalising on lack of proper accounting systems to unlawfully under-re...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga duped
The Cold Storage Company in Bulawayo remains closed, despite a grand "official re-opening" by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on August 22, ZimLive can reveal.Chiwenga, then the acting pre...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 4666 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taken to task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was on Wednesday taken to task by Harare East legislator Tendai Biti (Citizens Coalition For Change) over Chinese-Zimbabwean business deals which could see the country lo...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1763 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's former mother in-law opens up
HELGA Mubaiwa, mother to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has opened up on her daughter's ordeal saying she is surviving through God's grace as she goes through a very...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 20318 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills Harare over missing US$200m
PARLIAMENT yesterday opened an inquiry into the disappearance of US$200 million from Harare City Council coffers after the local authority terminated a contract with its financial software supplier....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants well paid, claims Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed claims that civil servants were underpaid, insisting that their salaries were above the poverty datum line (PDL).Addressing Parliament on Wednesday ...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs grill Mutsvangwa over Mary's arrest
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa had a torrid time in Parliament on Wednesday as she struggled to explain to legislators the reasons behind the continued per...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills govt over US$9.6bn unauthorised expenditure
PARLIAMENT last week grilled ministry of Finance officials for failing to furnish the Auditor-General's office and the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with adequate information justifyin...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora defends Mohadi's daughter
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has defended the appointment of former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's daughter Abigail Mohadi Ambrose as a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner.Abig...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube evades Parliament grilling
UNDERFIRE Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday dodged Senate after he was summoned to give a ministerial statement on the currency crisis, gold coins and state of the economy.Senate deput...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa grilled over propaganda
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank have run out of ideas and are introducing complicated policies that continue to confuse and disadvantage the ordinary people while failing to address...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:15hrs | 2690 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawmakers demand names of forex manipulators
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have demanded that the Finance ministry should bring a list of all exchange rate manipulators to the House so that they are named and shamed.This was after Finance ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:41hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi defends Zec on voters roll
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying the electoral body does not remove voters from their polling stations.This followed reports that t...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
MPs fume over exchange rate manipulation
LEGISLATORS have demanded that the Finance ministry must bring a list of all exchange rate manipulators to Parliament and those who have benefitted from the foreign currency auction system.Thi...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can never hold credible elections without leadership being publicly questioned for accountability
This morning I was watching a lively Sky News interview with Dominic Raab, the British Deputy Prime Minister, whereby he was being grilled over many topical issues affecting his country.As I w...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:28hrs | 1692 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube grilled over health budget
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was last Thursday grilled by Members of Parliament for failing to disburse budgetary funds to critical ministries such as health, which are struggling to fund their activ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Bankers endorse central bank currency auction
BANKERS have endorsed government's foreign currency auction system, describing it as transparent given the prevailing economic situation.Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Child Presidency goes to Bulawayo
GIFFORD High School (Bulawayo) student Unathi Nyoni was yesterday elected Child President ahead of the official opening of the 13th Junior Parliament by President Emmerson Mnangagwa tomorrow.N...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:34hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Court grills Biti
Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro-Muchuchuti yesterday ruled that Tendai Biti be given two sessions on June 28 to finish up his application for referral of his assault case to the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 17:20hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Biti, CCC legislators grill Minister over Pomona rot
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators grilled Zanu-PF cabinet Minister Amon Murwira in Parliament Wednesday over government interference in the running of local authorities, citing Harare's ...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers mark 11th anniversary in style
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards hosted a sold-out, glitzy 11th edition of the ZAA UK Awards Dinner Gala, with awards handed out in various categories on Saturday night at the Holiday Inn City in Birmingham....Published: 30 May 2022 at 15:36hrs | 401 | by Tinashe Mukono
Bulawayo, Matabeleland in 7-hour blackout
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) Western region yesterday disrupted electricity supplies to some parts of Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South affecting operati...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:34hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
ZAA UK releases nominee list
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) on Friday announced the final nominees list for its UK 11th Anniversary Awards slated for May 28.The awards dinner gala will be held at Holiday Inn City, Bi...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:11hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Mlindo coming to Bulawayo
AS Independence Day celebrations fever grips Bulawayo, revellers in the city are set to enjoy entertainment from another South African artiste, Mlindo The Vocalist who is expected in the city on Frida...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
'One stop centre for IDs, voter registration blitz'
ELECTORAL watchdogs have called on government to unveil one-stop mobile registration centres for national identity cards and voter registration to ensure that citizens are able to vote in the general ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube grilled over vaccines
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) was yesterday grilled by Parliament over the country's preference of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines over a wide variety of approved jabs wh...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cops face grilling
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have commenced an inquest into circumstances surrounding the death of a Chivhu woman who succumbed to injuries following severe assault and torture by police in September last y...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Parts of Bulawayo's industrial areas goes without electricity
PARTS of Bulawayo's industrial areas today [Friday] went without electricity as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) embarked on critical maintenance work in the area...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:12hrs | 685 | by Staff Reporter
Mthulisi Ncube grilled over substandard road works
FINANCE minister Mthulisi Ncube was on Wednesday grilled in Parliament for awarding tenders to substandard road contractors.Motorists have complained about the poor workmanship in the ongoing ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1461 | by Staf reporter
Park your cars, use Zupco if you can't afford fuel, says Soda Zhemu
THE government yesterday said Zimbabweans must use public transporter, Zupco to escape high fuel prices after announcing another hike and warning of weekly increases.Yesterday, the Zimbabwe En...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:10hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
'Anyone can hire Zupco buses'
LOCAL Government deputy minister Marian Chombo has told Parliament that Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses could be hired by anyone, including political parties for their functions....Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Zec feels the heat over voters roll
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday went ballistic during a Multi-Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) meeting in Harare after she was grilled over anomalies in the ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Govt to revive civil servants' loan facility
GOVERNMENT has said it will soon revive a civil servants loan facility to enable them to purchase vehicles and houses, as well as carry out other empowerment projects.This was said last Wednes...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Chombo grilled over poor service delivery in cities
THE government has expressed concern over poor service delivery in all urban local authorities and has blamed the opposition-led MDC councils for the poor services, while also admitting failure to man...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Parliament speaker confirms Khupe's recall from parliament
SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Mudenda yesterday confirmed that embattled MDC T leader Thokozani Khupe and her ally Nomvula Mguni have been recalled from ParliamentKhupe was suspended by MDC-T le...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
12 Bulawayo churches face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to demolish 12 church structures that are either dilapidated and an eyesore or have been illegally constructed as it ups its fight to rid the city of illegal and...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
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