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Chamisa bid to build school, hospital hits brick wall
Gutu Rural District Council led by its chairman, Nicholas Zambara has flatly refused Nelson Chamisa the MDC A president the chance to build a boarding school and a hospital in his home area in Ward 23...Published: 21 hrs ago | 5050 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trucker narrowly escapes death after SA highway ambush
A Zimbabwean truck driver who survived an ambush by six gunmen on the N12 highway near Daveyton, on the East Rand, yesterday was just 35km from his destination when the attack happened.Joseph ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | 4130 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube piles more misery on Zimbabweans
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday dampened the hopes for a merry Christmas for the majority Zimbabweans after he reviewed the tax-free threshold to $10 000, about half the cost of a monthly bask...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 3764 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube out of touch with reality
SO much was expected from Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 national budget, which was presented yesterday. Yet he delivered very little.Zimbabwe has been badly bat...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Econet hikes tariffs 20%
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has hiked its voice tariff by 20% to guarantee continued delivery of the service.The latest tariff adjustment comes at a time when government is banking on increased i...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2046 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 24 000 kombis, pirate taxis
Police have impounded 24 310 non-Zupco kombis and pirate taxis countrywide for continuing to carry passengers and violating Covid-19 national lockdown regulations. Unregistered vehicles, which...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wades into ZESA tariff hike
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered power utility ZESA to reduce its stepped electricity tariff from about US$0.19 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to about US$0.10 /kWh following a public outcry....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:57hrs | 29522 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles theft cases on the increase
The Zimbabwe Republic Police's crack anti-theft vehicle unit is appealing to motorists to be on the lookout for robbers that are masquerading as hitch hikers on the country's high way. This co...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | 3040 | by Staff reporter
Chikwinya blasts toll fees hike
MDC Alliance national secretary for transport and logistics, Settlement Chikwinya has blasted the recent hike in tollgate fees saying it will strain the already finacially-struggling motorists and int...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC morphs into a terrorist ragtag?
A young politician with vibrancy is what many people thought of the advocate-cum-pastor and leader of a party that some believed was the true voice of an alternative logic. Nelson Chamisa foun...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 514 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chikurubi Prison boss admits to overcrowding
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has admitted that there is overcrowding at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after lawyers yesterday visited the prison following an order by High Court ju...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:47hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Defiant teachers receive threats
TEACHERS yesterday claimed that were being threatened a Zanu-PF-sponsored group led by Martin Mazivisa.Mazivisa fronts a shadowy parents union called Zimbabwe Parents Union (ZPU), which has be...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:11hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Hope fades in Zimbabwe 3 years after Mugabe's ouster
ZIMBABWE'S former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule.His resignation came days after military tanks rolled throu...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:34hrs | 628 | by AFP
Chiwenga says Mnangagwa is sole Zanu-PF candidate in 2023 elections
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - after he recently publicly endorsed his boss...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:19hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Cost of living spirals to $20 680
ZIMBABWE'S monthly cost of living rose by 4,4% to $18 750 in October, even as the Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (ZimStat) said the annual inflation rate dropped during the period.This fi...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Firms hail forex auction system
ZIMBABWE'S biggest companies have hailed central bank governor, John Mangudya's foreign currency auction system for defusing a forex crisis that had affected production in the past year.The Re...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Shocking tollgates, licensing fees hike
THE Government has adjusted vehicle tolling and licensing fees keeping in line with the prevailing economic situation and to ensure that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) adequately s...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:00hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Shocking rates in Harare 2021 budget
An average high-density suburban householder will be paying $1 736 a month from January for basic services, while a family in the modest Mabelreign middle-density suburb will be hit by monthly bills o...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand schools closure
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday accused government of rashly reopening schools when it was ill-prepared to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions of learning after a number of students tested positiv...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Printing money will bury us: Govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on teachers and civil servants to be realistic in their salary demands, saying any unreasonable demands would push them into printing money to fund employment costs, which ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 4644 | by Staff reporter
Shiri's previously unknown children surfaces
A MAJOR row has erupted among relatives of the late national hero and Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri, as they fight to benefit from his significant estate.This comes as it has emerged that t...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:53hrs | 8475 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri relatives in estate dogfight
A MAJOR row has erupted among relatives of the late national hero and Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri, as they fight to benefit from his significant estate.This comes as it has emerged that t...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 6746 | by Staff reporter
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Teachers decline 'mockery' govt pay offer
TEACHERS have rejected the government's 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.Government on Tuesday...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 5114 | by Staff reporter
Excitement over city status grips Victoria Falls
IT'S finally happening for Victoria Falls. The city fathers are excited that the resort town municipality is upgrading into a city. Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini said the lev...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Clergy tells teachers, govt to find common ground
THE clergy has implored government to find common ground with teachers to arrest the crisis in the education sector as schools continued to turn students back because the educators, who declared incap...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:55hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ignores US dollar pay demands, hikes wages by 40%
GOVERNMENT has ignored demands for US dollar wages or Zimbabwean dollar equivalent by teachers, announcing Tuesday it had increased the educators' salaries by 40 percent.This will see a teache...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:44hrs | 4648 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya wants her gold back
Henrietta Rushwaya says she wants her day in court to clear her name and recover her US$333 000 worth of gold which is kept at Fidelity Printers and Refiners pending her trial and acquittal.Ru...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:59hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa lost $4,5bn revenue during Covid-19 lockdown'
NATIONAL power utility, Zesa, reportedly lost close to $4,5 billion by charging uneconomic rates during the lockdown period, hence the recent decision to hike the tariffs by 150%.Energy minist...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1267 | by Staff Reporter
Corrupt councils need cleansing
AS the umbrella organ playing the oversight role over the way Zimbabwean local councils discharge their mandate for service delivery, the Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations of Residents Tr...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | 100 | by Shepherd Chikomba
Zimbabwean men more concerned about their in-laws
Zimbabwean men have a special ego and have always basked in identity comfort. The sense of belonging is what makes a Zimbabwean man, a man. A man's ego is his unconscious sense of identity. It...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 498 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa to complete 2 terms in office
THE ruling Zanu-PF has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will complete two terms in office - further bolting the door against ambitious party bigwigs said to be interested in his job....Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:11hrs | 2838 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tariffs still too low, says Soda
THE government has scoffed at MPs who this week raised concerns over continued electricity increases, saying the price of power is still too low if Zesa Holdings(Zesa) is to restore the tariff to wher...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:09hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Soda roasted over Zesa power tariff hike
OPPOSITION MPs on Wednesday grilled Energy minister Zhemu Soda over the 50% hike in electricity tariffs, saying it would further impoverish Zimbabweans.They said the recent electricity tariff ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2976 | by Staff reporter
Retailers seek tax exemption on rice
RETAILERS and suppliers have approached Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's office seeking exemption from paying value-added tax (VAT) on rice.Government recently ordered them to pay VAT on ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe told to stick to protocol
Ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe should comply with diplomatic protocols that compel them not to interfere with internal affairs, a Cabinet Minister has said. Information, Publicity and Broa...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
I picked wrong bag, says Rushwaya
HENRIETTA Rushwaya is now stating that she picked up the wrong bag with four gold bars weighing 6kg, instead of a similar bag with her clothes when she went to the airport over a week ago and that her...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:06hrs | 8576 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject 20% salary hike
CIVIL servants yesterday rejected government's additional 20% salary offer that would have seen the highest paid worker getting $16 430 per month.The disgruntled civil servants have been deman...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 3961 | by Staff reporter
Tollgate fees going up by more than 166%
Tollgate fees are going up by more than 166 percent after the ministry of transport said the old fees had been shrivelled by inflation.Light motor vehicles will now pay Z$120 to go through tol...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | 4921 | by Staff reportetr
Outcry over 50% Zesa tariff hike
CONSUMERS yesterday expressed disquiet over the recent 50% electricity tariff hike by Zesa at a time workers' salaries were failing to match the cost of living.The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmi...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:30hrs | 3897 | by Staff reporter
Toll fee hike on the cards
Toll fees are to be reviewed as current ones are no longer adequate for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to fund required road maintenance, legislators were told yesterday. T...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 437 | by Staff writer
'Zimbabwe army not trained to feed porridge'
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army are not trained to feed porridge to the masses, but to ruthlessly crush any public protests whether peaceful or not, deputy defence minister Victor Matemadanda ha...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1638 | by Staff writer
Zesa hikes tariffs by 50%
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has increased tariffs by 50 percent for the second time in a month. ZETDC, a Zesa unit, increased tariffs last month and in Septe...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1867 | by Staff reporter
Why police stormed Harare Town House
POLICE stormed Harare City Council chambers to stop the city fathers from passing a resolution that would have seen suspended executives returning to work as fears of government interference in the op...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
21 Harare councillors arrested
SECURITY officers in plain clothes yesterday swooped on Harare Town House and rounded up 21 councillors and three journalists attending a full council meeting, in a dramatic search for the deputy Mayo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Mathema chides journalists on schools crisis
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday chided journalists, accusing them of rushing to engage him before verifying reports that teachers were on strike.In an interview...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
One person injured as refueling car catches fire
A two- tonne truck was reduced to a shell after it caught fire at a service station in Zvishavane on Monday night.The driver Mr John Mhike sustained minor burns and was discharged from hospita...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told that patriotism is a virtue
GOVERNMENT has been urged to desist from forcing citizens to give positive narratives about the country by enactment of laws but allow patriotism to develop naturally out of good governance.Th...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone gives away Beitbridge murderers
MOBILE phone which was stolen from two lovebirds assisted the police to nab three suspects believed to be responsible for the September murder of a Beitbridge shipping clerk.Andy Masuka was wi...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 6380 | by Staff reporter
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