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Zanu-PF shadow MP in mealie-meal distribution storm
RETAILERS in Mutasa South have accused their Zanu-PF shadow MP Misheck Mugadza of using his political muscle to access subsidised mealie-meal and using the commodity as a campaign tool in the constitu...Published: 10 hrs ago | 546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deepening economic crisis.This comes as life f...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 9333 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Africa must pursue economic integration'
President Mnangagwa has challenged Africa to pursue the vision of the founding fathers and promote economic integration and sustainable development for the continent. In his address to the nat...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Strong leadership in times of crisis
CT GSB alumnus Mehluli Mpofu was recently appointed as the Managing Director of Central Africa Building Society (CABS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Old Mutual Zimbabwe. On the first day of his appoin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:01hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporans eligible for land allocation back home
ZANU PF United Kingdom and Europe chair, Marshall Gore has encouraged the Diaspora Community at large to apply for land back home during the build-up to the second phase of the equitable land redistri...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:39hrs | 2853 | by newzimbabwe
People living with HIV in dilema-ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has revealed that in a survey conducted in various districts respondents were at pains to explain that people living with HIV and AIDS are struggling to have the recommended...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:51hrs | 1739 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (II)
IT is important to analyse why Zimbabwe was successful in the first two decades of Independence, and became a failure in the second two decades. One fundamental reason is that the whole nation was uni...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 907 | by Fay Chung
2 Zimbabwean banks removed from sanctions list
Agribank and the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) have now been fully removed from the US sanctions list, the American Department of the Treasury has announced, allowing them to do i...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2381 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2941 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tsvangirai's wish must be respected
I LISTENED with great admiration to the interview by one of the founding members of the MDC, Elias Mudzuri, where he emphasised the need for leaders to sit down and talk to each other.It is pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1638 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Sex vendors in the jaws of COVID-19
THE catastrophic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe have left many people financially crippled and impoverished.While lockdown proclamations in many...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
'Indefinite lockdown is a sinister ploy to deny vendors a livelihood' - triple jeopardy of living in a pariah state
Mnangagwa was confident his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would open the flood gate of investors and lenders and kick-start the country's economy. The economy had stalled following dec...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:56hrs | 708 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZANU PF-SA branch provides support for Zimbabweans … As Covid19 disrupts sources of income
The ZANU PF-SA Branch in association with churches and other organisations, has taken the responsibility of cushioning Zimbabweans living in South Africa who have been adversely affected by the ripple...Published: 19 May 2020 at 10:13hrs | 706 | by Staff Reporter
VISET says there are no clear interventions on the extended Lockdown
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) have complained that as the government continue to extend the lockdown there are no clear interventions to curb the spread of the Covi...Published: 19 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 698 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa using coronavirus as cover for arbitrary rule
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa "opened an avenue to arbitrary rule" when he extended the coronavirus lockdown for an indefinite per...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
6-day water shedding in Bulawayo starts
BULAWAYO'S six-day weekly water shedding exercise starts today in most suburbs with restoration of supplies being staggered into two parts, each running for 12 hours. Council is battling to provide ad...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF distributes food hampers in Manicaland
Zanu-PF has handed over food hampers worth more than $150 000 mobilised by the Muduvuri Rehabilitation and Empowerment Foundation (MREF) to people with disabilities in Manicaland. MREF mobilis...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Financial literacy: Why it matters the most
Imagine not ever having to worry about money or that bills being due ever again. It is most people's dream but one that few people ever achieve. Financial literacy is understanding money and being abl...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:53hrs | 714 | by Nobuhle Zondo
'Key to stopping covid-19 is ITTIT and civic collaborative effort' - keep corrupt government and it come to naught
"Writing on his popular Facebook blog following his appointment by the African Union as a Special Envoy to Coordinate the Africa Private Sector Initiative for the Procurement of Personal Protective Eq...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:24hrs | 474 | by Nomusa Garikai
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 233 | by Brian Sedze
Covid-19: Masiyiwa tips govts
BUSINESSMAN Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the "ITTIT" formula for fighting the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic as governments across the continent gradually ease national l...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Government to install CCTVs in cities
THE Government will install Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) in all the cities' Central Business Districts (CBDs) as part of its safe city initiative, a Cabinet Minister has said.Information C...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:18hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa urges collaboration among private sector, NGOs and faith-based organizations in combating COVID-19 in Africa
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:05hrs | 860 | by Agencies
Mater Dei opens COVID-19 centre
THE Catholic Church-run Mater Dei Hospital is reopening as a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre and will be Bulawayo's only fully equipped institution to handle coronavirus patients.The M...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
EU refuses to fund Mnangagwa's administration
THE European Union (EU) has ruled out prospects of providing budgetary support to the broke Zimbabwean government, citing "massive misuse" of public funds as exposed by various audits and the failure ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Dr Shingi Munyeza; a canary in a coal mine
As a millenial growing up in the digital age where millions of videos whizz about online, it's hard to take it all in and make head or tail.But I could not ignore one snippet last Sunday in wh...Published: 14 May 2020 at 14:06hrs | 2482 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4137 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Mnangagwa to take back non-productive farms, says Minister
Government will not to back down on plans to repossess idle land from non-productive farmers, especially beneficiaries of land reform. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy M...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Community broadcasting remains a strategic missing connection in Zimbabwe
It is a fact though debateable that the new generation of our children can hardly read the vernacular or mother tongue and are not even inclined to write properly because we still believe it's backwar...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:35hrs | 452 | by John T Chirinda
Zimbabwe under EU financial crime spotlight
ZIMBABWE is among 12 countries put under the spotlight by the European Union because it has deficiencies under its Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures....Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens to deregister ‘extortionist' private schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has threatened to deregister private schools demanding "extortionist" fees for e-learning programmes, taking advantage of the current lockdown....Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Online lessons fees illegal, says Govt
SCHOOLS must not charge extra money for conducting online lessons or increase their fees for Term Two without seeking approval from the Government and those that will ignore the directive risk being d...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is failing the MDC-Alliance dismally! I should be forgiven if I say he is an implant
You do not need to be a lawyer to recognize the chronic errors MDC-Alliance made after Richard Morgen Tsvangirai's death. It is equally surprising that a political party blessed with several lawyers, ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 8542 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Weak border controls fuelling COVID-19 importation'
THE human rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has revealed that poor border controls at the points of entry allowed border-jumping, thereby, increasing the risk of importing the deadly coron...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Harare donates 2 ventilators to Bulawayo
Harare Mayor His Worship Herbert Gomba has donated two ventilators to the City of Bulawayo to assist in the fight against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking after receiving nine ventila...Published: 07 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 556 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe moves to conduct local research on Covid-19
An Africa-led health initiative Tackling Infectious Diseases for the Benefit of Africa has partnered with researchers drawn from local universities, (NUST and UZ) and another newly formed IamBYO initi...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:18hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Kudos to Minister Shiri and his team
IT pains a lot when a person knows swimming is the only way to survive drowning or being carried away by a flooded river, but denied by a stagnant log that pins one of his legs against the surface. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1371 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Ramaphosa appoints Strive Masiyiwa
AFRICAN Union chairman and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Zimbabwean billionaire Mr Strive Masiyiwa to coordinate a private sector-led continental effort to procure critical per...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 9145 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 creates lucrative window for Zimbabwe exports
THE national export promotion agency, ZimTrade, says the global lockdown due to Covid-19 has created supply gaps in the region, which presents huge opportunities for local companies to seize. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
There is now need for internet services providers to consider data holidays
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association director Michael Mdladla Ndiweni has said in light of the shift into doing business virtual by most people e.g vendors and informal traders."There is n...Published: 04 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 757 | by Stephen Jakes
Makamba plans Blue Ridge Spar reopening
BLUE Ridge Spar or Sweet Valley, which is owned by businessman, Dr James Makamba, is set to reopen in July, after Government last week returned the shopping complex on Maryvale Farm, Mazowe, to him. ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar in Covid-19 plea
LEGENDARY former Warriors and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce "Jungleman" Grobbelaar has challenged Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to assist the country's efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2879 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo is coming together
A group of prominent Bulawayo residents has taken the lead in helping to prepare the city's health facilities to handle Covid-19 patients at a time the government is struggling to put together a coher...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
Solusi mask production targets Matebeleland South
SOLUSI University has started face mask production, with Matebeleland South Province being the immediate target market before rolling out into the rest of the country and region.The university...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:02hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders vow to resist relocation
A grouping of informal traders, Bulawayo Upcoming Traders' Association (Buta) is resisting relocation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) from operating at a section of the Central Business District (C...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:01hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa: A whole-brained leader
AS Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence, it is prudent to pay tribute to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and his economic blueprint, Vision 2030.The subject o...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 365 | by Hon Joe Biggie Matiza
The emperor parades naked
DIPLOMACY, some say, is the idea of telling someone to go to hell and they look forward to it. Zimbabwe has been used to the idea of being a country that is a pariah State and more specificall...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 998 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Govt happy with Beitbridge facilities
Government is satisfied with the state of Beitbridge quarantine and Covid-19 isolation centres where an estimated 3 000 returnees from South Africa will be housed upon arrival, with more resources bei...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
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