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Chasi reads riot act over Zesa tokens failure
ENERgy minister Fortune Chasi has read the riot act to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) after residents failed to purchase electricity tokens for the greater part of this week followin...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3149 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Beitbridge quarantine centre
THERE was chaos at the Rainbow COVID-19 quarantine centre in Beitbridge with the 15 inmates demanding their immediate release.The inmates also protested against being treated like convicts fol...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
NetOne please come to our rescue
Village elder Mr Iron has been dealt a double blow, he can not call his children and can not buy his favourite drink because Netone network is down, rendering his e-wallet redundant. Jaji, Jin...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 538 | by Tondo Thomas Murisa
Chamisa's MDC pays price for violating the constitution
THE Supreme Court ruling to the effect that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the main opposition MDC, coupled with an order compelling it to hold an extraordinary congress after three mo...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 4279 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's coronavirus medical facility faces hiccup
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court seeking an order to stop the establishment of a medical facility in a residential suburb to cater for people sufferi...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
NetOne partners Zimra
NETONE's mobile financial services arm, OneMoney in partnership with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), yesterday launched a payment solution platform that will facilitate payment of taxes and ot...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, US to continue talks, says Mohadi
Zimbabwe will continue to re-engage the United States despite the challenges that have affected the resumption of normal relations between the two countries, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's maize subsidy sabotaged
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a Presidential Maize Subsidy meant to benefit the masses. This was a response to Mthuli Ncube's poorly planned removal of subsidies on maizePresident Mna...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:52hrs | 6885 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe aviation industry faces stiff competition
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has identified growing regional competition and aged infrastructure as part of the factors deterring the aviation industry's envisaged growth and develo...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:29hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chasi to spell out terms for Zesa board
IT will no longer be business as usual for boards under the Ministry of Energy and Power as among a cocktail of measures being proposed their performances will be subjected to scrutiny by members of t...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:48hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean launches first ever African-made car
Mr.Tatenda Mungofa is on the verge of making history as him and his colleagues are about to launch the first ever African-made car the Mureza Prim8.The Mureza hub is situated in Kempton Park, ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 17:01hrs | 45428 | by Daniel Itai
Roadworks scandal hits Harare
Harare City Council (HCC) is reeling from yet another controversy after an internal audit unearthed a major scandal through which some road contractors engaged to rehabilitate 43 selected roads in the...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:01hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe apologises for flights disruption
Air Zimbabwe's only plane servicing the Harare-Bulawayo route has since Friday been grounded due to a technical fault resulting in disruption of its services. Air Zimbabwe yesterday issu...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Gweru workers, residents gang up against MDC led council
THE embattled Gweru City Council has been issued with a 14-day strike notice by its workers who are demanding a cost of living adjustment and a salary hike, while disgruntled residents have also given...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Sables off to a flier
Zimbabwe 39 - 10 ZambiaZIMBABWE'S Sables may not have played with the fluidity that their coach Brendan Dawson would have loved but they were still good enough to get their Victoria Cup rugby camp...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:31hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Mixed feelings over Harare artistes at Econet gig
Econet Wireless' Ziyawa kuEcoCash promotion's first monthly draw in Bulawayo was a resounding success despite efforts by some groups in the city to bar people from attending because of the inclusion o...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
PG's appointment challenge develops hiccups
The challenge on the appointment of Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, which was set to commence yesterday at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), failed to materialise after it emerged that the ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bullish on restructuring exercise
Zanu-PF has made significant progress in the ongoing restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo party organs, which is part of an elaborate effort to breathe life in jurisdictions that have been dominated b...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:36hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zifa plead with Cosafa
THE Zimbabwe Football Association has requested for a postponement of their appearance before the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa)'s disciplinary board by a week to prepare th...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:53hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecom companies being ditched by foreign partners
Zimbabwe's telecommunications companies are being deserted by their foreign partners that service and upgrade their systems due to inability to meet payment obligations in foreign currency. Te...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo breathes fire
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo has come out guns blazing against his "enemies" whom he says are behind rumours surrounding his prolonged stay in Zimbabwe.Mapfumo,who came back home from his United S...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:51hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
Things to remember
The craziness in some of us is that we are failing to find a fault in zanu pf and we praise and hero-worship their leadership. We even fail to see the human rights violations they have committed over ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:04hrs | 575 | by Clement Moyo
Chamisa talks, what talks?
The media has lately been awash with reports to the effect that dialogue between the ruling Zanu-pf party and opposition MDC would solve the economic downturn bedevilling Zimbabwe. Proponents ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | 467 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Chamisa has no leverage for negotiations
The media has lately been awash with reports to the effect that dialogue between the ruling Zanu PF Party and opposition MDC would solve the economic downturn bedeviling Zimbabwe. Proponents of the ab...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 10:32hrs | 4191 | by Mapozho Saruchera
ZCTU urges Mnangagwa govt to exercise restraint
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to exercise extreme restraint when dealing with workers' issues, including demonstrations and petitions to avoid a repeat of the 2...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:16hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya returns to Gweru
Chimurenga music maestro Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will perform a special make-up gig on Monday night at Gweru's Midlands Hotel as part of his Peace Tour and the musician still has fond memories of the...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:33hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya in make-up gig
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will this year celebrate Christmas with his Gweru fans who had felt robbed when an earlier show scheduled for the city failed to take off due to logistical challenges....Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:21hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Abnormal load escorts: Road safety heroes
DRIVING at 40km/hr along the busy Harare-Masvingo highway, Emmanuel Machikwa (35) is not bothered by the long queue of vehicles behind him.Before him is a haulage truck carrying an abnormal lo...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Bev, Harpers rekindle 'romance'
RAUNCHY dancer-cum-singer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda and his manager of nine years, Hapaguti "Harpers" Mapimhidze, have mended their relations and are now working together again.The two were report...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:50hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Potts crowned Miss Zimbabwe
Twenty one-year-old Masvingo beauty Hajirah Belinda Potts, shrugged off competition from 13 other stunning models to be crowned Miss World Zimbabwe 2018 at a glittering ceremony held at Orchid Gardens...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa jokes: laughter turns into sorrow
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's rallies ahead of the July 30 elections eventually won by President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zanu PF) attracted bumper crowds that had an opportunity to be titilla...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:16hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Govt vows to proceed with public exam
GOVERNMENT has vowed to proceed with the November Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) final Science practical examinations as scheduled despite demands by a teachers group to suspend sitting...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 08:51hrs | 2426 | by Staff rpeorter
A leader has been born in Chiredzi West Constituency
Located in the Lowveld, Chiredzi West constituency is a product of vast sugarcane plantation owned by Tongaat multinational company which employs more than twenty five thousand employees."Chiredzi Wes...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:53hrs | 2691 | by Khesani Mlilo
MDC-T candidate process proceeding well with no hiccups
The MDC-T candidate selection process is proceeding well with no hiccups and no violence, contrary to press reports. The party has not even begun its primary elections and is still holding pea...Published: 16 May 2018 at 13:39hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF, MDC-T in flames
ZIMBABWE might be headed for another violent election this year if the chaos and intra-party violence currently rocking both the governing Zanu-PF party and main opposition MDC-T's primary elections i...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo is a threat to Jah Prayzah
When I watched Andy Muridzo performing live in Bulawayo, it became clear why Jah Prayzah could not tolerate him – the guy is just too good.Jah Prayzah and his Military Touch Movement should ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:40hrs | 627 | by Melissa Mpofu
Chamisa must back his democracy claims by holding primary elections
IN the past week, the opposition and their surrogates were in a frenzied excitement over the recently held Zanu-PF primary elections.Their source of excitement was the few cases of hiccups in ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Poll re-runs in select Zanu-PF constituencies
Zanu-PF yesterday released the official list of candidates who were successful in the primary polls to contest for the National Assembly seats in elections set for July with more of the old guard maki...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe fingered in 'shambolic' Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF members in the Norton constituency have appealed to the party's national commissariat seeking a re-run of primary elections held on Sunday citing gross irregularities and interference by membe...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:09hrs | 4446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF begins processing complaints
Zanu-PF has started processing complaints from aggrieved party members who feel they were unfairly treated in the just-ended internal party polls. It is believed that members of the elections commissi...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out
Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Fired nurses served with dismissal letters
Government has served nurses who disregarded its exhortation to return to work on Tuesday with dismissal letters, Health and Child Care permanent secretary Dr Gerald Gwinji has said. In an interview w...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:52hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
No candidate's CV was dropped: Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said his executive had handed over all curriculum vitaes (CVs) submitted by aspiring candidates to the ruling party's natio...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Winning elections, not stroll in the park for MDC Alliance
The journey to election victory is not as easy as what the principals of the MDC Alliance would have the people believe. The MDC Alliance has been holding rallies around the country, with a vi...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 16:10hrs | 867 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mobile network operators directed to tackle money transfer hiccups
GOVERNMENT has directed mobile network operators to integrate services and facilitate interoperability of mobile money in line with the country's financial inclusion strategy.In view of the pe...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cracks emerge in Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
FRESH cracks have emerged in Zanu-PF over the selection of delegates to attend Friday's extraordinary congress amid claims that bona fide officials were being dropped by new provincial leaders, who ar...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:35hrs | 4877 | by Staff reporter
Govt to revoke licences for price hike offenders
Government has warned it will consider revoking the operating licences of businesses found guilty of unilateral and unjustified price increases, after Cabinet recently endorsed a raft of measures to s...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Mugabe legacy of failure, neglect
There is no doubt that President Robert Mugabe's 37 years at the helm of Zimbabwe have been a disaster to the economy.Every sector of the country's economy has been affected directly or indire...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:07hrs | 222 | by Tapiwa Zivira
Mugabe under-fire
President Robert Mugabe's shock decision to rescind the appointment of Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba is unconstitutional and can be challenged in court, legal and political experts said yesterday....Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:27hrs | 3074 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF in landslide victory
Zanu-PF's Brown Ndlovu is the newly elected National Assembly member for Chiwundura Constituency after a landslide victory in the by-election held in the constituency yesterday.Ndlovu polled 9...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:24hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
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