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Zimbabweans falsely registered to vote in Mozambique's 2024 election?
Masvingo, Zimbabwe - In early 2024, journalists working in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province began hearing troubling rumours: Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, was allegedly registering support...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:21hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank cracks down on cash hoarding
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has expressed concern over millions of dollars lying idle in cash deposit boxes across the country, warning that the growing trend is stifling economic growth by dep...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 17:40hrs | 6351 | by Staff reporter
FBC Bank introduces 24/7 deposit-taking ATMs in Zimbabwe
FBC Bank has unveiled a 'groundbreaking' service in Zimbabwe with the launch of Deposit-Taking ATMs, enabling customers to deposit cash into their individual accounts or FBC Mastercard Prepaid cards a...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:23hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Namatai Kwekweza to be issued with a new ID
Zimbabwean authorities have invited pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza to the Registrar-General's Office to collect her new national identity card after a contentious battle over the replacemen...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:26hrs | 10797 | by Staff reporter
Whizkid lights up Zimbabwe varsity graduation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his role as Chancellor of all State Universities, presided over Gwanda State University's (GSU) third graduation ceremony yesterday, where he capped 126 graduates at t...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:49hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC of accused of undermining electoral reforms
The Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC has accused the ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of undoing the democratic gains achieved during the era of the late Prime Minister Mo...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:07hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Automatic voter registration for 18-year-olds in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to introduce an automatic voter registration system for citizens turning 18, aiming to boost voter participation and streamline election processes ahead of the 2028 elections. The gove...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:46hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Reasons why South Africans treat the 13 digit ID number like a qualification
South Africa's green ID book has been used as the country's main identity document for 44 years, during which time it has only received a handful of minor security upgrades. Blacks only started using ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 14:20hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's green ID books to be phased out
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in South Africa is significantly delayed in its plan to replace green ID books with smart ID cards. Initially intended to be completed by 2022, the slow adoption r...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 17:02hrs | 86 | by Reuters
Constitutional changes on cards in Zimbabwe
Government has set in motion plans to transfer the responsibility to register voters from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Civil Registry Department in sweeping changes to the electoral ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC cleans up voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed about 5 000 deceased persons from the voters roll as the election management body cleans the roll in terms of the Electoral Act.The removal ...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans chase elusive IDs
AN icy wind whips through the deserted streets, stinging the faces of the figures huddled together outside the Registrar-General's office.They clutch worn backpacks and thermoses, a makeshift ...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Historic Agreement Facilitates Passport-Free Travel Between Zimbabwe and Botswana
In a groundbreaking development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a transformative agreement that allows citizens of Zimbabwe and Botswana to tr...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 17:00hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo gives tips on voters' roll
Leading political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised the opposition to request the polling station-based voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as that is the official reco...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Dollarisation key at this juncture
THE instability in the country's macroeconomic environment is a serious cause for concern and solutions should be sought as a matter of urgency.Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that stu...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Johannes Marisa
Zimbabwe removes over 2 500 dead people from voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed the names of 2 529 dead people from the voters' roll, with the list, as usual, published in the Government Gazette with the normal invitation for an...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'bribes' for chiefs slammed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend free health care to chiefs a few months before major elections has been criticised as a vote-buying gimmick.Mnangagwa handed access ca...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC lists 5 000 centres for registration
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has listed nearly 5 000 centres where citizens who are eligible to vote can visit to register during the mobile biometric voter registration which begins on Sun...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 million civic documents issued during blitz, but e-passport machine remains down
The mobile registration drive ended on Friday, with over three million civic documents having been issued.The figure is one million more than the planned target.The exercise, which was...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Four nabbed for creating fake IDs
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested four suspects for creating fake IDs used for stealing pensioners money.The four suspects have allegedly swindled more than ZWL$15 00...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 12:23hrs | 12 | by Desmond Nleya and Shelton Muchena
7 tollgate cashiers fired over million-dollar theft
SEVEN cashiers at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) Flamingo tollgate in Gweru have been fired while eight have resigned over a million-dollar theft scandal.Acting Zinara chie...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS top-up demands rile members
PREMIER Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) members have raised concern over their service providers' failure to meet their needs while demanding top-ups on contributions.The service provider ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF audit
Zanu-PF's attempts to audit its structures ahead of the 2023 elections was marred by a poor turnout and confusion in most parts of the country with the ruling party's deputy secretary Kembo Mohadi can...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cell audit reveals plummeting popularity
Zanu-PF's emergency structures audit which took place Saturday left party leaders deeply worried after very few people turned up for the cell verification process while in some places it failed to tak...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF audit
Zanu-PF's attempts to audit its structures ahead of the 2023 elections was marred by a poor turnout and confusion in most parts of the country with the ruling party's deputy secretary Kembo Mohadi can...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar medical aid cards rejected
Thousands of patients have been left stranded after private health institutions started rejecting medical policies paid in local currency.Private medical practitioners rejecting medical aid fa...Published: 22 May 2022 at 19:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga announces PSMAS bailout
Struggling medical insurance company Premier Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) will receive a government bailout to clear its debts and improve its balance sheet, vice president Constantino Chiwenga said on...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP helps youth acquire IDs
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Sichelesile Mahlangu is using her own personal money to assist youth to acquire the national identity documents.Mahlangu said some youths said th...Published: 03 May 2022 at 14:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
IDs crisis: Residents sleep outside Civil Registry offices
EVERY morning, people crowd outside the offices of the Civil Registry Department in Bulawayo forming snaking queues in their quest to acquire national identity cards, a process that continues to be a ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
After hours shopping to evade parking fees
BULAWAYO residents are resorting to evening shopping at supermarkets located along Zone One parking bays to evade paying exorbitant parking fees being charged during the day.Paid parking is fr...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Zinara after tollgates scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is weeding out corrupt employees following a scandal at toll gates in the Midlands where several employees were allegedly caught stealing fro...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moves to relax Bulawayo parking conditions
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and its vehicle parking management system partner are considering relaxing parking fees conditions by developing a prepaid payment card that will allow motorists to pay...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec must notify stakeholders on time
AS part of their commitment to supporting democratic development and promote credible, transparent and accountable electoral processes in Zimbabwe, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Election Resource Centre
Lawyers press registrar general over failure to issue ID cards
Human rights lawyers have pressed the Registrar General for details on how many people were issued with identity documents between November 2021 and this month.The move comes as the main oppos...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Private doctors, medical aid societies square off
PRIVATE medical doctors have threatened to turn away patients on medical aid until they have been paid for their services.Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association presi...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rights groups urge govt to issue ID cards
Human rights groups have urged the government to enable communities throughout the country to access national identity cards, as failure to do so will disenfranchise the youth in the elections expecte...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Musarara, Kazembe bury differences
Tafadzwa Musarara, the losing candidate from the recently held chaotic ZANU PF provincial elections has pledged his loyaly to his sworn enemy, Kazembe Kaz...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 21:20hrs | 3 | by helton Muchena
Internal polls expose Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF faithful have unwittingly disclosed that they were given fake national identity (ID) cards to cheat in the party's internal elections, a revelation that renders credence to opposition claims o...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changing its passport by 2023
Zimbabwe's passport prices will double from US$60 to US$120 after the government awarded a passport production contract to a corruption-linked Belgian firm.President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tues...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's e-passport
A nationwide campaign to issue primary identity and registration documents will be launched next year, coinciding with the voter registration blitz ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mn...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ID card not requirement for Covid-19 vaccination, health ministry clarifies
No Zimbabwean should be denied a Covid-19 vaccine on account of having no identity documents, the health ministry said on Wednesday.Deputy health minister John Mangwiro said it should be enoug...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF caught pants down
The Editor,This talk about an opposition sweep in Zimbabwe is misguided. Let us not waste time talking about oppression, changing people's votes, killing, closure, arresting, torture, ce...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Thembani Maphosa
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Pair in trouble over blank national IDs
TWO men recently appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court after they were found in possession of 400 blank national identity cards, fake local and international drivers licences, fake Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top security measures at online casinos
The notorious pandemic has brought both casinos and gamblers into uncharted waters: the former have to adjust to the now inevitable online gambling paradigm, whereas the latter have to learn how to fi...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 00:09hrs | 41 | by Staff Writer
Govt pledges to renovate razed Mpilo Central building
Government has pledged to renovate Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence quarters that burned down on Wednesday and to help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of maintenance caused Mpilo fire'
THE Government has resolved to renovate the Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence that burned down on Wednesday and help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Census goes digital
The Zimbabwe National Population Census next year will for the first time go digital, Government has announced.The census will be concluded before the end of 2022 in conformity with the Consti...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Matter of fact!
IN our Monday January 11, 2021 edition, we ran a story titled Lawyers expose Mnangagwa's 'daughter' while referring to name-dropper Chantelle Chikafu. The headline created an impression that C...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Editor
Mnangagwa throws 'niece' under the bus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown his "niece", Shantel Chikafu, under the bus after she was arrested for abusing his name in a messy mine ownership wrangle in which she ejected John Maungwa from...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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