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'Mnangagwa's govt lacks political will to address humanitarian crisis'
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of lacking political will to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis and human rights violations, mainly perpe...Published: 15 hrs ago | 270 | by Staff reporter
World class women's clinic for Bulawayo
MPILO Central Hospital is set to have the first stillbirth prevention clinic in sub-Saharan Africa under a special scheme to address high numbers of stillbirths in the country. The hospital is...Published: 15 hrs ago | 223 | by Staff reporter
4 parastatals to be listed on ZSE
GOVERNMENT has identified four parastatals for listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in line with the Public Enterprises Reform Programme which seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 320 | by Staff reporter
Anti-sanctions march preps at advanced stage
Zanu-PF Masvingo Province has ramped up preparations for the Sadc anti-sanctions march slated for October 25. The date was set by the regional body at its last meeting in Tanzania where a reso...Published: 15 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Natio...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 19:27hrs | 142 | by Zipporah Musau
Thulani Khumalo takes over as Rotaract club of NUST President
On the 12th of October, the Rotaract club of NUST held the 2019 induction dinner for the incoming president, Thulani Khumalo. The event was graced by the President of the Rotarary club of Bula...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 19:21hrs | 524 | by own correspondent
NGO mobilises food aid for starving Tsholotsho
HEAL Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) is mobilising food aid for the starving Tsholotsho North villagers.In its latest report, HZT said, in the wake of the current drought, a community-based social accoun...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:51hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Councils must consider housing provision as core business
SEVEN desperate homeseekers were recently arrested in Marondera after they invaded a farm belonging to the town's municipality. Led by their co-operative leaders, the residents immediately parcelled o...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:51hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's plan to ship 33 of its baby elephants to China
A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources near Hwang National Park. These elephants have been held in captivity for nearl...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:40hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors' ultimatum ends
Striking junior doctors have up to this morning to report for work after Labour Court ruled their industrial action illegal last Friday and ordered them to report for work within 48 hours. The...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army told to embrace new technology
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) battalion group commanders should be dedicated to provide and guarantee a conducive environment for socio-economic development and national prosperity. Officiating...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe girls 'take over' UN leadership
On Friday, in commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child, girls selected from the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe through an essay competition took the helm of UN leadership replacing the role...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 111 | by Ranga Mataire
Mohadi meets former New Zealand PM
FORMER New Zealand Prime Minister, who is also the chairperson of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Right Honourable Helen Clark is in the country to advocate the adoption of transpar...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rare France praise for Zimbabwe
French President Emmanuel Macron reserved rare praise for Zimbabwe for its deepened fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. President Macron said this while addressing the Sixth Repl...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Defence of Regular Elections: The Right to Vote and Rubbishing the Election Sabbath
I am admittedly and violently against the Church proposed and so called Sabbath meant to give 7 years for Zimbabwe to get the political jigsaw puzzle right. The under pinning argument is that too much...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 475 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Zimbabwe pays Global Fund obligations
Zimbabwe has paid its dues to the Global Fund in line with its obligations of US$1 million towards the body.Meeting obligations to the fund makes the country eligible to make appeals to streng...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean executive quits SA company
Adcorp Holdings Ltd, the South Africa-based workforce management solutions group, announced that Innocent Dutiro has resigned as the CEO of Adcorp, effective 8 October 2019.The announcement fo...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 19:47hrs | 8915 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to ride on AfCFTA opportunities
Foreign Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou has told Parliament that Zimbabwe is geared to take advantage of the opportunities to be brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli tables ambitious revenue collection figures
TREASURY has tabled an ambitious $14 billion revenue collection target by year 2019, despite only collecting a paltry 35% of that figure in the first half of the year.Revenue collections for t...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
$241m Beitbridge upgrade takes off
CIVIL works on the $241 million Beitbridge modernisation projects are underway with the contractor indicating that the project could be complete within three years. ZimBorders is carrying out the proj...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Doctors lament 'dead' hospital services
Doctors are being forced to watch their patients die from avoidable conditions as fundamentals for safe provision of healthcare are not in place.In a shocking revelation, senior doctors said t...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
StanChart opens Anfield gates
Standard Chartered Bank has flung open the doors of Liverpool's Anfield Stadium in a lifetime experience for seven footballers who will win the fourth edition of the popular Standard Chartered Cup tha...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:02hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Arcadia leads Zimbabwe's mega mine projects
Prospect Resources has registered significant progress on its Zimbabwe-based electric vehicle batteries lithium project just outside Harare, which it says will become the first major mining project to...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:59hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe targets single digit inflation'
THE economy is projected to grow by 4,6 percent next year, building on the ongoing reform initiatives and broader positive assumptions in the domestic sector and favourable global trade indicators, ac...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Budget plans revealed
The 2020 National Budget will focus on job creation, productivity and economic growth and plugging revenue leakages, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. He outli...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Padenga in bid to improve crocodile skins quality
STOCK exchange-listed, Padenga Holdings Limited says it has invested in a research laboratory with aims to improve the crocodile skins quality as the company seeks to maintain and grow its hold on the...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho acting CEO arrested on graft charges
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda has been arrested on allegations of fraud involving more than US$4,1 million.Sibanda is alleged to have preju...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:03hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bans wife from hospital
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has purged some of his security aides and banned his wife from visiting him, ZimLive reported.Chiwenga, hospitalised in China over suspected poisoning, orde...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:43hrs | 6168 | by ZimLive
Consortium provides feed and water for Matabeleland South cattle
A group of non-governmental organisations have initiated a programme called Sizimele in Matabeleland South aimed at providing survival stock feed and drilling boreholes pumped by solar to save livesto...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soneni Gwizi to represent Zimbabwe in the US
AWARD winning broadcaster and advocate for people with disabilities Soneni Gwizi, has been nominated to represent Zimbabwe at the inaugural Her Abilities Awards, which seeks to honour women with disab...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out US$12bn milestone
President Mnangagwa is this month expected to spell out comprehensive practical steps that Zimbabwe will take to achieve an audacious US$12 billion annual exports milestone for the mining sector....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:09hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Gender based violence against women- a never ending story
As we approach the 16 days of activism, cases of gender based violence seem to be on an upward spiral. Recently, a couple from Mutare's Yeovil a medium- density suburb, hogged the limelight after figh...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:33hrs | | by Stanley Chirimbani
Zimbabwe diamond ban by the USA an act of sabotage
The Chiadzwa community and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) workers have described the barring of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe into American Market on allegations of ‘forced labour' as a...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 19:55hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is desperate to emulate Kagame, hires same PR - silk purse out sow's ear
There is one thing we can say with absolute certainty; President Mnangagwa and his fellow Joint Operation Command (JOC) junta members, comprising the top brass in the country's security services and a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 17:08hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Kites For Peace, A ray of light in Zimbabwe
This past Sunday the 29th of September 2019, 1986 people gathered at the Harare Botanical Gardens to fly Kites for Peace. This was in celebration of the UN International Day of Peace. It was a day whe...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 13:21hrs | | by Agencies
FULL SPEECH: ZIMRA Commissioner General during signing of MoU with Zacc
SPEECH BY THE ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY (ZIMRA) COMMISSIONER GENERAL Ms FAITH MAZANI, DURING SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MOU BETWEEN ZIMRA AND ZACC, FRIDAY 4 OCTO...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
2019 Air Force horse race to include helicopter displays
The Air Force of Zimbabwe charity horse race set for the Borrowdale Race Course in Harare this Saturday which has been rebranded to include helicopter displays and aerobatics by specialised aircrafts ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 11:59hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South EPO challenges rural schools
RURAL schools should embrace the new curriculum and come up with programmes that will enhance development within their provinces, Matebeleland South Education Planning Officer, Mr Godfrey Mathuthu has...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Siphosami Mhlanga
Mnangagwa tries the Kagame way
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame's economic development model, which blends authoritarian practices and homegrown solutions with international best...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Economic environment in Zimbabwe difficult to operate in'
THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Zimbabwe (Icsaz) held its annual conference in Victoria Falls last week under the theme "Chartered Secretaries Influencing Economic Success...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Month-long cyber security awareness crusade begins in ZImbabwe
The Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services and its shareholders is leading the national cyber security public awareness campaign across the country meant to escalate the fight against cyber thre...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dandemutande CEO declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Dandemutande chief executive Never Ncube was declared Chartered Secretary of the Year at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries annual conference dinner in Victoria Falls last week. Agribank company s...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 14:35hrs | 289 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe imports 80% medicines
ZIMBABWE and other African states are pushing for the establishment of an African Medicines Agency in an effort to reverse the trend whereby the continent is being turned into a dumping ground for cou...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance walk of shame
THE MDC Alliance legislators' walk of shame in Parliament before President Mnangagwa's address on Tuesday is a tired and futile attempt at drawing unnecessary attention that no one needs at a time whe...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Kazembe urges stakeholders to curb cyber crimes
Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday called on stakeholders to formulate initiatives to tackle online risks faced by Zimbabweans.Briefing journalists o...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament honours Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday led Parliament in observing a minute of silence in honour of late former President and national hero Robert Mugabe. The minute of silence was observed before the ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bury political differences, focus on development'
Beitbridge West legislator Ruth Maboyi has urged political leaders and their supporters in the area to move away from partisan politics and pool their resources and redirect their energy towards promo...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to shake up Zesa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government will shake up the country's power utility Zesa to enhance efficiency against the background of incessant power cuts. Mnangagwa said he will imp...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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