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The Zimbabwe Grand Tour can now be yours - for US$21 000 per person
You can now experience a recreation of the Grand Tour: One for the Road route across Zimbabwe – minus Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond – if you have about US$21 000 (per person) to s...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:35hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
The Grand Tour Finale puts Zimbabwe tourism on the global map
The highly anticipated finale of The Grand Tour: One for the Road premiered on Amazon Prime Video over the weekend, showcasing the beauty of Zimbabwe's landscapes and placing the country's tourism in ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Top Gear Grand Tour Finale, Zimbabwe in the Global Spotlight
Zimbabwe is gaining recognition for its stunning landscapes, diverse natural beauty, and as the home of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. As the country gradually reopens to inter...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 5082 | by Staff reporter
Jeremy Clarkson 'saved the best for last' in Zimbabwe
Jeremy Clarkson says The Grand Tour 'saved the best for last' - ZIMBABWE. The hit Amazon Prime show has recorded its final episode, released on September 13. It sees Clarkson, James Ma...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 12:52hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
The Grand Tour: One for The Road - Zimbabwe edition to premiere on September 13
Prime Video has now unveiled a first look at the final episode of The Grand Tour: One For The Road.The first look snaps reveal emotional Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, 64, Richard Hammond, ...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 15:32hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC notifies of power outage
ZETDC has warned of a power outage that is affecting Chiredzi after a mainline fault.In a notice on its X page, ZETDC said there were a number of areas affected and engineers are working flat ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jeremy Clarkson says Zimbabwe made a 'very special Grand Tour special, very special'
Jeremy Clarkson expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the people and government of Zimbabwe as filming for Amazon Prime's motoring show, The Grand Tour, concluded after a two-week stint in various loca...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 19:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Bridge to close on Saturday for The Grand Tour filming
This Saturday, starting at 10.30 am in Victoria Falls, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond will be filming an episode of The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe for Amazon Productions.An advert...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 08:35hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Clarkson, May and Hammond filming The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe
Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond recently embarked on the filming of an episode of The Grand Tour in Zimbabwe. The popular Amazon motoring show is entering its fifth season after a hiat...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisory council falls apart
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) has virtually collapsed after the acrimonious quitting of its high-profile deputy chairperson, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) proprietor ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Has yuan become Russia's new dollar?
Russia could use the Chinese yuan to bypass the crippling sanctions and SWIFT payment ban imposed by the US and its allies.One rouble now buys less than one US cent, causing ordinary Russians ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film set to spice up our screens in 2022!
Invision Studios & GetSetSkill are proud to announce Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film "Just Say Hello" currently under production in Harare. The film contains a talented all-star line-u...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 12:17hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Woman swindled $5k in 'card-cloning scam'
A HARARE woman has lost $5 000 from her CABS account in an elaborate card-cloning scam that she believes involved some bank insiders.The 37-year-old disabled Odette Mostert told NewsDay Weeken...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boris Johnson to be UK's next Prime Minister, EU panics
Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his riva...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:58hrs | | by BBC
Banks move to arrest card cloning incidents
AN increase in cases of bank card cloning fraud has resulted in some banks suspending balance inquiry on all merchant point of sale (POS) devices. Card-cloning is the production of counterfeit...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
CABS secures Spanish banking partner
LOCAL financial institution, Central African Building Society (CABS) has expanded its network of correspondent banking by tying up with a Spanish bank to cater for inward and outward foreign currency ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bosses in US$4m housing scandal
SCORES of junior police officers were allegedly prejudiced in excess of US$4 million by their superiors in a botched housing scheme bankrolled by CABS under a 10-year mortgage arrangement, the Zimbabw...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says his admin will listen to PAC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) that members of his administration, at all level, will be receptive to their suggestions and ideas.The Presiden...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Please Mthuli, tax these bastards!
"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."Hallelujah!A story is often told of how Charles Mungoshi was once invited for a book reading of his Sho...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
The article gives an insight into the life of Moyo and also projects him as a fearless individual who did not hesitate to challenge his leader, the late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo when he felt things wer...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Banks comply with RBZ's FCAs directive
LOCAL banks have started creating separate Nostro Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) FCAs in line with a directive issued by the Central Bank early this month. ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers stranded in SA
SOME Zimbabwean teachers based in South Africa have gone for nine months without being paid with the neighbouring country's education sector blaming its Home Affairs Department for delays in processin...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa poll dispute pushes up forex rates
Economists expect real-time gross settlement (RTGS) and EcoCash transfers to initially gain against the United States dollar for a while once the dispute over election results is finalised, before slu...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banks discontinue manual RTGS payments
A NUMBER of financial institutions in Zimbabwe have discontinued manual real-time gross settlement (RTGS) payments, as they go paperless, banking on increasing their efficiencies.Some of these...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chart path towards Zimdollar return'
GOVERNMENT should start developing a clear monetary plan for the introduction of local currency at the appropriate time when necessary measures have been put in place, an official said yesterday....Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cash levels decline in Zimbabwe bank vaults
SMALL money bags have become the new way of carrying cash in Zimbabwe as most banks only have coins to disburse to depositors.So depressed has the cash situation become that 21st century Zimba...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Theresa May threatened with ouster after loss
Furious Tory MPs last Friday threatened to oust Theresa May within six months after her disastrous election campaign.The party was plunged into civil war after the Prime Minister lost her Comm...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump talks, British pound drops
UK Prime Minister Theresa May won endorsement from US President-elect Donald Trump over her Brexit course but sterling plunged on Monday on fears that Britain could be on a collision course with its E...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 15:35hrs | | by AFP
Maverick JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
TWENTY TWO January will mark 40 years since the death of Jason Ziyapapa Moyo. The maverick Moyo who was Zapu's Vice-President was killed by a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. His death has been shro...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Liquidity shortages force people to open bank accounts
Ongoing cash shortages in Zimbabwe are forcing many companies which used to pay their employees in cash to resort to bank deposits.Like individuals, companies are now accessing very little...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CABS to launch rent-to-buy scheme
The Central Africa Building Society (CABS) has sold only 700 houses from the 2 800 constructed under the Budiriro Housing project in partnership with the Harare City Council and so is introducing a re...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean singer set to sign deal with Jamaican firm
Australia-based Zimbabwean reggae musician Desire Sibanda is set to sign a recording deal with Jamaican VP Records in a bid to promote music relations between the countries and his career. VP Records ...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
How JZ Moyo got the name 'Ziyapapa'
JASON Ziyapapa Moyo, son of Tamuhla, hailed from Matobo District's Donkwe-Donkwe area. His mother was a MaNyathi of the Babirwa people. Both Mdongo and Tafi Zibuya were Tamuhla's brothers, all...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:03hrs | 9 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Zimbabwe Cricket ropes in Makhaya Ntini
ZIMBABWE Cricket have made two appointments in the batting and bowling departments of the senior men's national team. Former South African bowler Makhaya Ntini has been appointed on a two-year contrac...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked Tinashe nominated for a BET award
TINASHE Jorgenson Kachingwe, or simply known as Tinashe, has been nominated for the best new artist at the 2015 Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards.The Zimbabwean has been placed in th...Published: 23 May 2015 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Islamic State opens new anti-US front with beheading video
Baghdad - Islamic State's beheading of a US journalist and its threat to "destroy the American cross" suggests it has gained enough confidence seizing large areas of Iraq and Syria to take aim at Amer...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai to charm the British political establishment - report
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who is travelling to the United Kingdom over the weekend, will use the opportunity to meet senior members of the British political establishment and donors as part ...Published: 22 Jul 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
US man gets 10yrs in prison for cyberattacks
New York - A New York City judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 10 years in prison for his involvement in cyberattacks on corporations and government agencies worldwide.Jeremy Hammond was sen...Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Militants claim they are 'holding out' in Nairobi mall
Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group said on Tuesday there were "countless dead bodies" in a Kenyan shopping mall as security forces searched for militants still holed up in the complex after a weekend...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 08:08hrs | | by Reuters
Gunfire heard after Kenyan security forces claims total control over mall
Kenya said its security forces were in control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and police were doing a final sweep of shops early on Tuesday after rescu...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 04:11hrs | | by Reuters
Jamaican reggae superstar 'Tony Rebel' to perform in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED Jamaican reggae superstar Patrick George Anthony Barrett better known by his stage name 'Tony Rebel' is set to make a debut performance in Zimbabwe at this year's Shoko Festival.Bor...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 06:33hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
Mi Casa show cancelled at the last minute
THE MI CASA show that was scheduled for Harare last night had to be cancelled at the last minute yesterday.Confusion marred the run-up to the gig as the group posted on their official Twitter ...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
Mum starves and locks stepson in dog cage for months
A 47-year-old American woman from Indiana who starved and locked her now dead 13-year-old stepson in a dog cage for months has been jailed for 35 years.Kimberly Kubina, pleaded guilty to felon...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Freed from Zim prison - Kiwi journo speaks for the first time
A foreign photojournalist Robin Hammond who got arrested in Zimbabwe for working undercover for four months speaks for the first time after being released from prison....Published: 20 May 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Robin Hammond
Kiwi journalist tells of horror Zim jail
London - A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released and spoken of the "hell" of spending 25 days in the country's jails, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reporte...Published: 13 May 2012 at 18:29hrs | | by Sapa
Zim man to be deported from the UK
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean man, Trevor Chanetsa is due to be deported from the United Kingdom.Chanetsa, aged 31, came to the UK in September 2002 and claimed asylum on political...Published: 04 May 2012 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrested New Zealand journalist fined in Zimbabwe
A New-Zealand journalist who was arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post in Zimbabwe has been fined a sum of US$150, the state media reported on Saturday.The journalist was arreste...Published: 21 Apr 2012 at 06:21hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe police arrest a New Zealand journalist
Police have arrested a New Zealand journalist and a Zimbabwean woman at Beitbridge Border Post while illegally working on a story on irregular migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa. They...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transport Secretary becomes defense secretary - UK
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday named Transport Secretary Philip Hammond as new defense secretary, after Liam Fox resigned following controversy over ties with his close friend Adam Wer...Published: 15 Oct 2011 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Live rat found in a loaf of bread
Brisbane - An Australian woman said on Thursday she was horrified after finding a live rat nestled inside a loaf of bread she bought at a supermarket.The woman, who had been shopping in Aitk...Published: 04 Aug 2011 at 16:59hrs | | by AFP
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