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'Corrupt' VID officers saga concluded
The corruption saga involving three Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officers at Marondera depot has been concluded with one of the top officials reportedly demoted and transferred.Three of...Published: 10 hrs ago | 755 | by Staff reporter
Popular Madzibaba dies in car crash
The apostolic sect has been plunged into mourning following the death of a popular Johanne Masowe eChishanu leader, Madzibaba Edward Manyara. He was 67. Madzibaba Manyara was one of the sect's five-ma...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:03hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to expend 5% fuel levy on Chirundu Highway
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated 5% of the excise duty revenue collected on fuel towards the construction of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway as international...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:35hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Masowe eChishanu leader dies
Johanne Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect leader Edward Manyara has died.He was 67.The leader popularly known as Madzibaba Edward died upon admission at Avenues clinic yesterday after be...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:32hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli
Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the intimate and inextricable relationship between man and nature.Nowhere is man fo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 212 | by Bishop Lazi
Redcliff eyes new CBD
Redcliff Municipality, which is eyeing city status by 2030, is in the process of preparing a development master plan that will see the establishment of a new Central Business District at the Redcliff ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube reduces VAT and corporate tax
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube marginally cut corporate tax (24% from 25%), VAT (14.5% from 15%) and increased the tax free threshold to $2 000 from $700 with effect from Janua...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Net closes in on machete attackers
Criminal activities by marauding gangs of artisanal miners turned machete attackers have surged countrywide, with reported cases of murder, rape, assault, housebreaking and stock theft leaving many co...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:29hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi plunged into mourning
Chiredzi Town is in mourning after residents lost six of their own in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck at Maranda turn off at the 166km peg along the Masvingo-Beitb...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 16:58hrs | 6239 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fatcats in tollgates scam
A FRESH storm has hit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) after the parastatal proposed to award a million-dollar deal to its perennial contractor Univern, a deal seen as a corrupt way ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present $28,5 billion budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2020 national Budget on Thursday, with industry and citizens expecting better economic fortunes following the num...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fires 30 cashiers for fraud
THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft. This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supe...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
All set for stable Zimdollar
As the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe releases $2 coins into circulation tomorrow ahead of the introduction of $2 and $5 Zim-dollar notes, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:22hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Parliament recommends ZDF to get capital projects tenders
PARLIAMENT has recommended that Government should consider awarding capital projects tenders such as for road construction to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF). The suggestion was made at the ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Malawians languish in Zimbabwe prison
TWENTY-FIVE Malawian illegal immigrants are languishing at Chipinge Prison awaiting a Chewa interpreter after they were arrested on Thursday night when a bus which was smuggling them to South Africa w...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1372 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli tax funds roads rehabilitation, construction
GOVERNMENT spent ZWL$465 million rehabilitating road infrastructure in the first 10 months of this year using funds collected through the once contentious Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT). Gove...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Govt to upgrade 98 000km road network
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government was implementing a road development programme which sought to upgrade a 98 133km road network.Ncube said, as part of Zimbabwe's thrust t...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa facing massive pressure to reshuffle cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 5309 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare road upgrade begins
CIVIL works on the upgrading of the $600 million Beitbridge-Harare highway have begun in earnest under locally based contractors after Government could not agree on a number of issues with foreign con...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3530 | by Staff reporter
Turn southern region into green belt, says Mohadi
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has said the southern region of the country could be turned into a green belt through establishing more water bodies and setting up vibrant irrigation schemes to ensure inc...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Lecturers strike triggers students demonstration
STUDENTS at Lupane State University (LSU) on Wednesday staged a demonstration blocking the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway protesting against lack of food, electricity and water at a time when lecture...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:32hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 899 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers set-up off road 'tollgate'
DARING villagers in Mapiye village under Chief Musarurwa have set up their own "tollgate," cashing in on motorists who are evading the official Zinara plaza along Chivhu-Murambinda Highway, about 18km...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:06hrs | 3220 | by Staff reporter
RBZ wins accident lawsuit
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling ordering the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay accident damages amounting to US$33 552 to a local company.The judgment, nullifying the ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family killed in SA car crash
FOUR Zimbabwean family members were killed when their car, a Toyota Fortuner, was involved in a head-on collision with a Porsche Cayenne on the N11 highway near Modelkloof in South Africa's KwaZulu Na...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 27 | by Staff rpeorter
Ramaphosa calls for non interference on African issues by the West
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for non interference on African issues by powerful Western countries who continue to sponsor conflict in the continent. Ramaphosa who takes o...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:52hrs | 564 | by Staff Reporter
5 little known firms for Chirundu roadworks
Government has assigned five more contractors to undertake roadworks on the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway and released $150 million for the project. Work is expected to start soon. Tensor...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Bus accident: Passengers blame drunk driver
PASSENGERS who survived Saturday's Smart Express Vumba bus accident have blamed the driver for causing the mishap as they accused him of drinking beer before the journey to Mutare.However, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2085 | by Chenai Mutasa
Driver robbed while relieving himself
A DRIVER lost R2 100 and two cellphones to two knife wielding robbers who attacked him after he had stopped to relieve himself at a spot along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.Matabeleland Sout...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Police urge motorists not to park at secluded places
MATABELELAND South police have advised motorists not to stop at secluded places along the country's highways and around the border areas as they risked attacks by robbers.The police also warne...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
SA judge rescues foreign truck drivers
A SOUTH AFRICAN High Court judge has ruled against the sacking of foreign haulage truck drivers saying it was in breach of their rights not to be discriminated against on the basis of their social ori...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
'Ministers lie to Mnangagwa,' says Gumbo
A TOP government official has accused some Cabinet ministers of often painting a rosy picture and falsifying reports of their achievements when they present progress reports to President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:34hrs | 4826 | by Staff reporter
Project curb highway deaths
The government is erecting 323km fence along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway in an effort to curb road accidents caused by stray animals such as cattle and donkeys.Sections of both the Harare ...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:38hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
RBZ caps cash-out at $100 per transaction with immediate effect
PRESS STATEMENT CASH-IN, CASH-OUT AND CASH-BACK FACILITIES 1. The Directive (NPS 01/2019) on cash-in, cash-out and cash-back facilities was issu...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 15:49hrs | 2156 | by RBZ
RBZ pushes for EcoCash discipline
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Dr John Mangudya has said Econet Wireless must work hand in glove with the central bank to foster market discipline among the telecom operator's errant EcoCash ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Accidents kills 5
Five people were on Friday killed in a road accident that occurred at the 219km peg along Harare-Bulawayo Highway. The five - Taurai Spencer Gamure (37), Given Hapadziwi (49), Charisma Ncube (...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers throw spikes at moving cars
ARMED robbers who use spikes to disable moving vehicles have resurfaced in Beitbridge.Last week, a motorist and his wife, driving towards Beitbridge, were attacked by the robbers who stripped ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops assault motorist at roadblock
Two police officers attached to the National Highway Patrol, who bashed a motorist two years ago at a roadblock along the Masvingo-Mutare Highway, have been jailed for five months each. Tendai...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:28hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
African Chrome fields shuts down, lays off 500
ONE of the country's largest ferrochrome producers, African Chrome fields (ACF), has shut down its mining operations in Kwekwe, laying off over 500 workers.The company is owned by South Africa...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:07hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe abduction victim demands compensation
ELEVEN years since she was seized from her home at the height of former President Robert Mugabe's brutal repression of the opposition, Banket based MDC activists Violet Mupfuranhewe wants justice....Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1013 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe in low-key village send-off
IT was billed to be his historical final homecoming trip, complete with ecstatic crowds lining up the highway, which he travelled on so frequently during his long life.Yet, whether as a result...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 9357 | by Staff reporter
Female rapists pounce
Police in Beatrice are investigating an incident in which a 41-year-old man was allegedly sexually assaulted by the three women, who later dumped him by the roadside.The man has since been tak...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Top businessman convicted for stealing Zesa cables
Top Zvishavane businessman Kudakwashe Diza (43) and his companion Mark Tiweni (39) were yesterday slapped with a 48-month jail sentence each for stealing 810kg of aluminium cables belonging to Zesa Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot car's wheels to stop smuggler
BEITBRIDGE police on Saturday shot at a suspected smuggler who bolted into the night, abandoning a latest model Land Rover Discovery believed to have been illegally brought into the country.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 23:48hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death breathes life into sleepy Zvimba
TWO young women, flanking a middle-aged man who appears to enjoy every moment of it, stagger in a beer gut along the short road which branches off the smooth highway connecting Harare and Murombedzi g...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 4638 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1038 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Zinara looters put on notice
A team of experts assembled by Government from both the private and public sector to pore over the recent Zinara forensic audit has recommended the recovery of funds that were allegedly bilked from th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:40hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1763 | by Dewa Mavhinga
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