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We must unite against Uncle Sam
One of the most apparent things I encountered during my recent sojourn in Empire was a huge contingent of immigrants from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.Many can be found even in the outlying...Published: 2 hrs ago | 34 | by Ranga Mataire
Can the 'market' save Bulawayo water?
The desire to remain true to a vision "Siya Phambili" ( We go Forward, the BCC's motto ) has in the past prompted some to attempt to tackle one of the city of Bulawayo's worst environmental challenges...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 13:42hrs | 2327 | by Kabelo Sithole
US$4000 theft hooker married
A married commercial sex worker from Bulawayo who stole US$4 000 from her client, has been sentenced to four years in jail. Enelles Tshabangu (26) of Entumbane stole the money from Mr Zamani M...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:07hrs | 4581 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's dodgy deals exposed
An up-market housing scheme in north-eastern Harare meant for top police officers was allegedly hijacked by former Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri in its final phase, and he allocated...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:02hrs | 3421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to honour power supply contracts
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has revealed that mining firms have not been receiving regular power supplies despite having signed contracts with government.To help boost the nation's pow...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:38hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
ZBC property attached over US$370,000 debt
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) recently landed itself in trouble after refusing to settle a US$370 000 debt opting to pay off the same in local currency, a move that has prompted an inter...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Chipangano terror campaign emboldened me, says Mashwede
HARARE businessman Alex Mashamhanda says the political torture he endured at the hands of a Zanu-PF-linked militia, Chipangano, and some top Zanu-PF officials, during the formative stages of his busin...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 458 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe faces serious political instability'
ZIMBABWE is highly likely to face serious political instability due to failure by the government to address challenges being faced by its people, a respected South African-based think tank has said....Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:45hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo loses Mazowe farm
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo is breathing fire after Lands Minister, Perrance Shiri grabbed his Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central under unclear circumstances.In High Court papers, M...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2367 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt defends Ndiweni ouster
GOVERNMENT has said that Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni was dethroned procedurally because he was not the legitimate heir to the throne.Ndiweni, through his law...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Firms tussle over control of Zimbabwe tollgates company
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) and Mabentu Consortium of South Africa are headed for a major tussle over the control of Group Five's stake in Infralink, a special vehicle, created ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 151 | by Staff rpeorter
Chiwenga round-up Mnangagwa's MaShurugwis
This was originally a comment by one of our regular readers Thank you President Chiwenga for rounding up Mnangagwa's Karangas. If we are not caref...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 06:46hrs | 16392 | by Duprecio Dzimir
Khumalo clan to engage Mnangagwa govt over Ndebele ‘king’
The Royal Crown Trust and the Khumalo clan in Matabeleland will now engage government over the public coronation of Ndebele king, Bulelani Colin Khumalo, after the State blocked his purported installa...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:27hrs | 4202 | by Staff reporter
AfDB gives thumbs-up to Mnangagwa reforms
Through the ongoing economic reforms, Zimbabwe is on the right path. ln addition, the country has the potential to wiggle out of the current storms, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) country manager Mr D...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 10047 | by Staff Reporter
AfDB to upgrade Zimra audit software
Government is working with its strategic partners to improve its capacity to collect revenue, use and account for it, cent-by-cent. In one of the steps to achieve this, a $11,6 million program...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 449 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe government to import electric vehicles
THE government through the Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED) says plans are underway to import battery electric vehicles to save fossil fuel and reduce global warming emissions. Taking ad...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 13:06hrs | 6292 | by Staff Reporter
Govt mulls solar systems for public health facilities
Government will soon start installing solar systems in all its urban and rural hospitals and clinics to mitigate challenges of power cuts and high costs involved in running generators, Energy and Powe...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 838 | by Staff Reporter
High costs hit police station project
A PROJECT to build a police station in Woodlands, Vungu, spearheaded by Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) together with community leaders, has stalled due to inflation that has deflated...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:50hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
How the NBA and sports betting are fueling basketball's profile in Africa
Basketball is a historically American sport in origin and popularity. Invented in December 1891 by Dr. James Naismith of Springfield, Connecticut, an estimated 26 million play basketball in the US, ma...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 16:54hrs | 541 | by Staff Writer
Multi-choice Zimbabwe sees drop in subscriber base
A COMBINATION of high inflation and incessant power cuts has hampered MultiChoice Zimbabwe's business resulting in a 31 percent drop in its subscriber base. The Digital Satellite Television (D...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:54hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Property Renovations to Increase Property Value for 2020
You've bought a home and you can proudly call yourself a homeowner. What's next? Well, for some, it's to live peacefully with their family or to start one. For others, it is to increase the property's...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1439 | by Staff Writer
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni remains Chief Khayisa
The decision by ZANU PF to remove Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni as Chief Khayisa is of no consequence, neither does it have any effect in as far as the people of Ntabazinduna, myself and ...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 09:27hrs | 4184 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Liquid deploys FREE WiFi at all Zim universities
Liquid Zimbabwe has installed FREE WiFi Internet access at all the nation's 48 universities.This was revealed by the Econet founder and group chairman Strive Masiyiwa, writing on his popular F...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3649 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa signs Consumer Protection Bill
UNSCRUPULOUS businesspeople that engage in multi-tier pricing, charge unfair prices or display unpriced goods will now face prosecution after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Consumer Protectio...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2561 | by Staff Reporter
6 new TV channels to go live in next three months
Zimbabwe will have six television channels in the next three months as the Second Republic moves to ensure diversity in the broadcasting industry, a Cabinet minister has said. Information, Pub...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt for rapist burglar
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a man who broke into a house in Lobengula, raped a 17-year-old girl before stealing $3 and disappearing from the scene early Sunday morning.Bulaw...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri, Kazembe Kazembe in tribal storm
A RETIRED colonel and Zipra war veteran has accused the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Retired Air Marshal Perrance Shiri of taking a farm he has occupied for 17 years on triba...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 2928 | by Staff reporter
Clan rallies behind Chief Ndiweni
THE Ndiweni clan's council of elders has reportedly declared suspended Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni as the legitimate Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Southern Eye has learnt.This comes afte...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:59hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
30-year business goes up in smoke
A GWANDA businessman lost goods and property worth over R1 million after a building that housed his grocery shop, bar and butchery built over 30 years was razed by a fire. Mr Bekit...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to make own number plates
Following several months of vehicle number plate shortages, Government has tasked innovation hubs at universities to come up with a patent system for local production of plates with adequate security ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Government to install cameras on bodies of police officers
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana has announced that the government will be introducing cameras that shall be inserted on b...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 14:44hrs | 2943 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief demonstrates at court
Chief Tshovani (real name Hlaisi Mundau) and his subjects demonstrated outside the Chiredzi Magistrates Court to express anger against the Chiredzi District Development Coordinator (DDC)'s office and ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:31hrs | 3879 | by Staff reporter
We're creating economic space for business, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's economy is on the right path and Government continues to craft policies that seek to protect investments while creating an environment for business to thrive, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1955 | by Staff Reporter
Attempted assassination and abduction: The new MDC campaign tools
The opposition MDC has become a pale shadow of itself and has failed to occupy the coveted address in Zimbabwe, the State Presidency of staying at Number One Chancellor Avenue in the party's 20 years ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:53hrs | 2964 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe to acquire US$22m radar system from ..
IN the wake of ongoing flight disruptions as a result of Zimbabwe's outdated aviation traffic control system — which broke down last week rattling the Joint Operations Command (Joc), which brings to...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
BCC to hire external experts for BF?
THE Bulawayo City Council is likely to hire external expertise to work on recommendations of the Confederation of African Football stadium inspection team for Barbourfields Stadium, as the local autho...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:11hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Vendors to conduct fact finding tour in Glen View area 8
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET), is set to conduct a Fact-Finding Tour at Glen Area 8 furniture complex which was gutted down by an inferno on Tuesday. V...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1243 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC decommissions Umzingwane dam
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has decommissioned Umzingwane Dam over low water levels, leaving it with four out of six major supply dams.In June, BCC decommissioned the Upper Ncema Dam soon ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:21hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Zifa engage Government over NSS ban
ZIFA have engaged the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to map the way forward after the National Sports Stadium failed to meet the Caf minimum requirements. The ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:07hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Outcry as boarding school fees soar
Some parents are in shock after a number of schools hiked fees for next year's first term to as high as $12 000, although Government yesterday said it had not approved any increases. Form Ones...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
Trio jailed for fraud
A Gweru based trio has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding a local land developing firm of six thousand United States dollars.Gweru magistrate, Mr Edwin Machera sent Emmanue...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 14:44hrs | 1293 | by Staff Reporter
How to conduct a TX, semi-annual roof inspection
A roof is an important part of any home for three reasons. One, it protects you from harsh envir...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 11:22hrs | 885 | by Staff writer
Does the people's land belong to the state or the government of the day
IN a recent article I attempted to explain the historical background of land ownership in this country, which was introduced by colonists and has since been inherited and accepted as the norm by today...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 413 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ignorance of law costs lives on Zimbabwe's roads
In 2015, government passed Statutory Instrument (SI) 129 of 2015 ordering the installation of speed governors or tracking systems in all public passengers carrying vehicles in a move meant to curb the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
'The C'wealth officer jumped from his seat when I threw my AK-47 at him'
Today we conclude the series of interviews that we have been doing with former Zipra guerilla, Tapson Ncube aka Makhula. Ncube was a maverick guerilla who at one point was detained on the orde...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3697 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube: The Anti-colonial Transfiguration of the Self: Part 2
Last week's introductory instalment attempted to locate Retired Col Tshinga's profile within the shifting currencies and contexts of our struggle for independence. His radical political tutela...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:56hrs | 167 | by Richard Mahomva
Cameras for traffic offences
MOTORISTS engaging in reckless driving will now be captured by cameras and follow ups with the owners will be carried for prosecution, Harare police spokesperson has said.Acting provincial pol...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE ink 2 000MW solar deal
Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a 2 000 megawatts solar power deal, which will go a long way in solving Zimbabwe's power deficit once implemented in 18 months. The firs...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
How to Spy on an Android Phone without root
The popularity of spy apps is increasing day by day. Parents are interested in monitoring the activities of the kids. While there are some partners to what to know what their better half is doing. In ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 13:10hrs | 2091 | by Aqib Ijaz
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