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Stanbic continues with digital banking agenda
HARARE - 30 NOVEMBER 2020 Stanbic Bank continues to implement its digitization strategy as it seeks to remain in sync with the futuristic need for technological advancement as well as the dictates of ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:44hrs | 870 | by Agencies
Hwange 7 and 8 expansion projects behind schedule
Construction works on the Hwange 7 and 8 expansion projects are behind schedule at 52.88% as at the third quarter of 2020 compared to a planned progress of 67.49% for the quarter. The Zimbabwe...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slides deeper into debt distress
ZIMBABWE'S total external debt rocketed by US$106 million to US$8,2 billion at the end of September, throwing the economy into further debt distress, according to Finance minister Mthuli Ncube....Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
$421.6bn inclusive 2021 budget unveiled
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday announced a $421.6 billion National Budget for 2021 in which he handed down tax relief measures to cushion workers and corpo...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Shot women complain against police conduct
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North have petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police to carry out investigations into incidents in which they were allegedly shot by law enforcement officers during...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Nomboka lands Mining Union's Vice-Presidency Post
National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ), the only Mining Union affiliate of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - ZCTU, recently appointed new executives to fill National Executive Board pos...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
More confusion about Cosafa disqualification
A CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf ) official says being disqualified from the Cosafa Under-17 competition does not imply age-cheating, creating more confusion about Zimbabwe's disqualification....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Zifa confront Chiwenga's Cosafa on expulsion
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is contesting the decision to expel the country's Under-17 team from the Cosafa Championship that is underway in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.On Fr...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic donates USD $34K worth of sun protection products to people living with albinism
HARARE - 20 NOVEMBER 2020 Stanbic Bank has donated sun protection products worth US$34 000 to the Albino Charity Organization of Zimbabwe (ALCOZ) as part of its annual Corporate Social Investment (CSI...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 15:49hrs | 304 | by Agencies
My experience as a returning resident
After spending 4 years in Namibia it was time to go back to my country Zimbabwe at the end of 2020. I announced the news to friends. Some disapproved my decision to return home while others encouraged...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 1112 | by Etiwel Mutero
Govt injects $1 billion into Gwayi-Shangani Dam project
GOVERNMENT has since the beginning of last year injected more than $1 billion towards the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North as the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa steps up efforts to ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland boy controversially dropped from Under-17 squad
A Hwange boy, Claivert Tshuma has been controversially dropped from the Zimbabwe Under-17 national side that is in camp in preparation for the forthcoming Cosafa Championship slated for South Africa f...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2971 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for incest
A LUPANE man who had a sexual relationship with his maternal cousin and at one point the two had sex in a church building has been arrested for incest.Preshet Mpala (33) of Chimwara Village 3,...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 20:57hrs | 2542 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to export electricity'
ZIMBABWE will be exporting electricity to countries in the region in the next five years as Government has set ambitious projects that will see a number of power generating projects firing.Off...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
Theft, vandalism heighten blackouts in Bulawayo, says Zesa
THE incessant power outages being experienced in parts of Bulawayo and the wider southern region are a result of rampant vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure, the power utility, Zesa, has...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Exclusion of Bulawayo boys in the Under-17 squad 'an insult'
FORMER national team and Highlanders captain Thulani Biya Ncube and Mkhokheli Dube have reacted with dismay and anger while questioning the criteria which career Under-17 boys coach Tafadzwa Mashiri u...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1469 | 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 | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Rejected man tries to kill estranged wife
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Kamativi in Matabeleland North allegedly tried to kill his estranged wife by hitting her with an iron bar for refusing to engage in sex with him. Martin Sibanda of Tatat...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Debate rages on whether to give or deny kids condoms
Hwange: A fierce debate has emerged on whether adolescent boys and girls below 16 should be afforded condoms and family planning pills as part of their rights to safe reproductive health.Civil...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Fifa begins probe on match fixing claims raised by top Zimbabwean ref
WORLD football governing body Fifa have begun formal investigations on the match fixing allegations raised by top referee Allen Basvi in which he accuses a member of the Zifa Refereess Committee of us...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports 600MW to cover power supply gap
THE country is importing up to 600MW of electricity from regional producers so as to cover the supply gap, which is created by subdued energy generation capacity mainly by ageing thermal power station...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:28hrs | 920 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers absent as schools re-open
TEACHERS have been urged to report for duty as schools opened under Phase Three which has paved the way for lessons for everyone in primary and secondary school to resume being conducted in the classr...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:23hrs | 7594 | by Staff Reporter
60-year-old man arrested after trying to kill estranged wife
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Kamativi in Matabeleland North allegedly tried to kill his estranged wife by hitting her with an iron bar for refusing to have sex with him.Martin Sibanda of Tatatongwa ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:07hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Man dies from suspected alcohol poisoning
POLICE in Hwange are investigating a case where a 34-year-old Hwange man who was suspected to be drunk allegedly died after frothing from the mouth. The incident occurred on Monday at House Number H29...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:07hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Govt injects $600m into Harare Beitbridge Highway
AT least $600 million has been injected into the rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, according to the Finance ministry.Government last year assigned five contractors to rehabilita...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Bosso pays tribute to 'Super' dad
HIGHLANDERS have paid homage to assistant coach Bekithemba "Super" Ndlovu's late father Bandock, who passed on this week.The Ndlovu family has been renowned for producing players who have gone...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Mhango eyes Bosso move
FORMER FC Platinum midfielder Winston Mhango (pictured) is in talks with Highlanders to join them for the next football season after his contract with Zambian side Kabwe Warriors expired in June....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:36hrs | 665 | by Staff writer
Brick by brick, Vision 2030 is realisable
The achievements scored so far by President Emerson Mnangagwa's New Dispensation have raised a ray of hope that Vision 2030 is indeed possible, more so if unity of purpose prevails in the country....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1116 | by Grace Chekai
Nzenza sets ambitious 2021 Zisco revival target
The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sekai Nzenza, has set an ambitious target of turning the defunct steel giant, Zisco, around by the end of next year. The Zisco revival drive has twi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:49hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Khupe disempowers Chamisa
IN another move to further disempower the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday removed Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele from the chairmanship of the Parliamenta...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 11692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry calls for tougher taxes on Chinese imports
ZIMBABWE'S industries have scaled up their campaign for tougher action to protect manufacturing companies against Chinese plastic imports, even as earlier calls to ban fabric shipments from Beijing fl...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls gets city status
PARLIAMENT has approved Victoria Falls' city status following recommendations by a commission that was set up to assess the town's capacity. Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moy...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Speeding bus rams into cart, kills boy (10)
A speed race for passengers between two bus companies plying the Bulawayo-Binga route ended in tragedy after a CAG Travelers bus hit a donkey drawn scotch cart and killed a juvenile on the spot while ...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Unite to achieve brighter future, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the country is on a new path towards prosperity calling for unity of purpose among Zimbabweans as a brighter future depends on every individual. President Mn...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:19hrs | 332 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1765 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa calls for private sector-govt dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on private players in the economy to dialogue with his government to find ways of improving the country's ease of-doing business and attract direct ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | 2876 | by Staff Reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally headbuts grandfather
A TSHOLOTSHO man who fatally head-butted his grandfather, who was also a village head, before stealing some groceries from him has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for culpable homicide.Bula...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya investigated over women abuse
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni last week revealed that her ministry through the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) investigated Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walther...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 5610 | by Staff reporter
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Era of power cuts is over, claims Magombo
The era of load-shedding in Zimbabwe is over and the current power outages being experienced in some areas are a result of faults and vandalism, a senior Government official has said. Permanen...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls gets second ICT hub
VICTORIA Falls is set to get a second state-of-the-art Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub after a leading hospitality group, Love for Africa donated the facility. The solar-powered...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Will Nakamba and Villa be the Premier League's surprise package?
Aston Villa put forward a statement in their Premier League contest against Liverpool, smashing the defending champions 7-2 at Villa Park. Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba was part of the squa...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 12:25hrs | 3523 | by Staff Writer
Man hangs self over cheating wife
A 44-year-old Binga man committed suicide by hanging in Chizarira National Park after he discovered that his wife was cheating on him with another man.Peter Ndebele (44) of Kamaziyo village un...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Chinese companies ditch Zimbabwe projects
MAJOR Chinese insurance firms are refusing to underwrite critical infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe due to government's failure to pay commitment fees and other related costs, it has emerged....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:19hrs | 8457 | by Staff reporter
Sinohydro restarts Hwange power plant facelift
A CHINESE firm undertaking the US$1,1 billion refurbishment and expansion of Zimbabwe's largest thermal power station says it has resumed operations on the project, seven months after construction was...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to pay for electricity imports, power cuts resurface
The resurfacing of power cuts across the country as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) battles to meet national demand owing subdued production mainly at the Hwange...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:21hrs | 4079 | by Staff reporter
Villagers want soldiers withdrawn
Community leaders in Victoria Falls have expressed outrage at a claim by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) that the two Chisuma villagers who were shot dead by soldiers last Wednesday were trying to ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3242 | by Staff reporter
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