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Zimbabweans warned about Saudi job risks
Zimbabweans considering employment in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the beauty industry, have been urged to exercise extreme caution and verify job offers before committing, amid rising concerns over ...Published: 10 May 2025 at 20:49hrs | 6336 | by Staff reporter
Buy Instagram Followers: Top 11 Sites That Celebrities Recommend
Buying followers to stimulate Instagram account growth may sound like a crazy strategy. That's why we've asked several Instagram users to share their success stories; they've all bought follo...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 12:10hrs | 167 | by Staff Reporter
Woman jumps to death
In a heart-wrenching incident of gender-based violence, 33-year-old Siphiwe Ndlovu from Burombo Flats in Bulawayo has died after allegedly being assaulted by her husband before she jumped from a third...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:38hrs | 3642 | by Staff reporter
Openly gay Islamic priest shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:57hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex receipts jumps 17.9% to $10 billion in 2024
Zimbabwe recorded a remarkable 17.9% increase in foreign currency receipts in the first nine months of 2024, reaching US$10 billion compared to US$8.5 billion during the same period in 2023. This grow...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:17hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
2025 Budget: A shallow, hollow, narcissistic and dishonest anti-people ritual
THE 2024 budget statement was presented in backdrop of a tough and challenging year for the working people of Zimbabwe. A year in which the citizen had been abused by extreme levels of inflation, emas...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:47hrs | 736 | by Tendai Biti
Gold glitters as Caledonia's profit after tax jumps 872%
Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc, listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, has reported a remarkable 872% rise in profit after tax to US$16.45 million for the nine months ending September 30, 2024...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:57hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Standard Bank employee jumps to death at workplace
A Standard Bank employee has tragically died after jumping from the 7th floor of the bank's head offices on Baker Street in Rosebank, Johannesburg, in what is believed to be a suicide. The incident oc...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 5878 | by Staff reporter
Trump's odds of winning have suddenly surged
A data scientist who constructed a model to predict who will win the 2024 presidential election says Donald Trump has surged ahead in the last week.Dr Thomas Miller from Northwestern Universit...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 16:48hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
TelOne jumps on Starlink train
TelOne, one of Zimbabwe's largest fixed internet providers, has announced its partnership with Starlink, becoming an authorized reseller of the satellite internet service. This move comes in response ...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:33hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off car over US$30,000 botched gold deal
A local businessman, Tawanda Makoni (28) from Domboshava, faces fraud charges after allegedly deceiving a client into purchasing fake gold. Makoni appeared before Harare magistrate Mr. Simon Kandiyero...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:11hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude them
There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War is declared. Battle lines are drawn. The enemy is known and identifiable. South Africa had its own taste of this...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:11hrs | 7 | by Wiseman Magasela
CCC voters feel betrayed
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, who voted for their representative in August 2023 harmonised elections, say they feel abandoned following the abrupt resignation of their representative...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assault case jumps court queue?
A Harare man, who is also a suspected drug dealer, was convicted yesterday for assaulting Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Tongai Mnangagwa and his host at a party, Wellington Venge...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar worse off since 2022
THE local currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, has continued to depreciate against the United States dollar on an unrestrained trajectory, despite various measures implemented by the Reserve Bank of Zimba...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:20hrs | 12 | by Tinashe Duma
Zimbabwe GDP jumps 6,2% to $56 billion
ZIMBABWE's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6,2 percent to clock $56,1 billion during the first quarter of the year 2023 when compared to $52,8 billion recorded in the same period last year....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Drug addict jumps to his death
Failure to control one self on drugs costed the life of Murehwa man Polite Nimba (21) who jumped to his death in a disused mine shaft in Bindura yesterday...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 21:54hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Ramaphosa's economic adviser jumps ship
President Cyril Ramaphosa's economic advisor, Trudi Makhaya resigned on Friday.According to a statement by the presidency, Makhaya was appointment in April 2018 and "helped craft the administr...Published: 13 May 2023 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bread price jumps 109% in Zimbabwe
THE average price of a standard loaf of bread shot to $1 800 which is equivalent to US$1,70 at the official exchange rate of $1 059,60 to the greenback.This represents a 109% hike on the $860 ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gold dealer claims to be well-protected
ZIMBABWEAN gold dealer Ewan Macmillan has made a sensational claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom he pays an undisclosed amount of money every month, jumps to his protection whenever he gets ...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl jumps off kidnapper's speeding vehicle
IN a shocking incident, a nine-year-old girl in Bulawayo sustained a fractured arm, leg and a swollen face after escaping from the clutches of her kidnapper by jumping out of a speeding vehicle....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation goes negative
Monthly inflation went negative last month to -1,6 percent, meaning prices fell on average, according to ZimStat, the national statistics agency, using the new weighted consumer price index that takes...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off 9th floor of CBD building, survives
AN UNIDENTIFIED Harare man survived a suicide attempt at Tanganyika House along 3rd Street, Harare, Tuesday. He was rushed to hospital.The man threw himself from the rooftop of Tanganyika hous...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere: The visionary leader Zimbabwe needs
As the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe approach, one candidate stands out as the leader the country needs to overcome its economic and social challenges: Saviour Kasukuwere. The 53-year-old former Cabinet ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 10:31hrs | 14 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Man jumps 8 floors to his death
A 63-year-old man reportedly jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a local hotel yesterday morning. The man identified as David Howard Bookless, 63, suffered a fracture on his right han...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 12:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man slips, falls to death while chasing baboons
A Rushinga man Tashinga Bvumba (23) died on New Year's Eve after slipping on a mountain while chasing away a troop of baboons at a field in Rushinga.Bvumba crashed his head on the rocks and di...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jumps to death from moving truck
A ZHOMBE man died on the spot while his brother suffered serious head injuries after the two jumped off a moving vehicle.Tendai Chibi (34) died on the spot and his brother, Leeroy Chibi (20) i...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$ VFEX market capitalisation jumps 25% in Q3
The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) market capitalisation increased by 25 percent to US$345 million in the third quarter to September 30, 2022 from US$273,24 million in the previous quarter....Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants declare 2-day strike
PUBLIC service workers yesterday said they would strike tomorrow and on Thursday to press for United States dollar-denominated salaries.Their representatives yesterday told NewsDay that there ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold output jumps 86,3%
ZIMBABWE'S total gold output for the first five months of the year spiked by 86,3 percent to 13,171,58kg compared to 7,068,85kg in the corresponding period in 2021, official data show.Accordin...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Biden 's approval rating sinks - poll
US President Joe Biden's approval rating sank to 38% in a CNBC poll released on Thursday, down from 46% in December. Respondents rated Biden poorly on his handling of the economy and the conflict in U...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, My Dad and Me
Zimbabwean-born and now London-based actor Tonderai Munyevu tries to make sense of his roots, both familial and national, in his engaging show Mugabe, My Dad and Me.His story follows a deliber...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo province rejects Khupe
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo structures have refused to work with MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe after she offered to rally behind Nelson Chamisa's candidates in the weekend b...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's active Covid-19 cases jumps to 5 161
ONE person succumbed to Covid-19 yesterday as the country recorded 456 cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.Zimbabwe has so far recorded 243 365 cases, 5 417 deaths and 232 787 recoverie...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate moves to 1:124 at auction platform
THE official exchange rate moved to US$1:$124 this week in favour of the greenback, which is continuing to firm when compared to last week's local currency value of $120,5.In its latest weekly...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa net worth jumps 125%
The net worth of Zimbabwe's telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, who has recently been appointed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation board, has surged 125 percent to US$2.7 billion (R41.3 billion), F...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jumpstarting truck turns fatal for mechanic
A Gokwe mechanic died while his workmate sustained some injuries after they were trapped by two trucks while jumpstarting one of them.The mechanics had set the two trucks facing each other bef...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 13 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Council employee jumps off 6th floor
A HARARE City Council traffic employee (name withheld) has allegedly committed suicide this morning by jumping from the sixth floor of Cleveland building.A clo...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 18:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zesa hikes electricity tariffs by 12,3%
Zesa has pushed up electricity tariffs by 12,3 percent with effect from New Year's Day which will see families on pre-paid meters buying 200 units a month now paying $1 265,11 including the six percen...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:55hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off moving vehicle, dies
A 33-year-old man from Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province died after jumping off a moving vehicle and was hit by its trailer, police have confirmed.Matabeleland North provincial spo...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni jumps bail, arrest warrant issued
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader and convi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga extends lockdown by 2 more weeks
The present level two lockdown, with its previously announced major relaxations in the leisure sector for the fully vaccinated, was extended for another two weeks by Acting President Dr Constantino Ch...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business reach consensus on exchange rates, pricing
A number of agreements were thrashed out yesterday between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and leaders of the business sector to deal with what everyone agreed were unjustified jumps in black-market exch...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation further declines
As expected and predicted, annual inflation fell significantly to 50,24 percent this month from 56,37 percent last month while month-on-month inflation was 4,18 percent, a rise from the 2,56 percent s...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passenger jumps to his death
A PASSENGER jumped to his death when a Toyota Dyna truck he was travelling in caught fire along the Harare-Mukumbura highway.Another passenger sustained serious injuries, while two others esca...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 third wave ebbs fast in Zimbabwe
The ebbing of the third wave of Covid-19 speeded up in Zimbabwe last week, with death rates now falling, while vaccination is accelerating rapidly with the milestone of the one millionth second dose g...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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