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FlyNamibia to launch direct flights to Victoria Falls
FlyNamibia is gearing up to commence flights between Windhoek and Victoria Falls in April, marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe's regional network expansion strategy. The announcement was deliv...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 14:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's air traffic passenger volume sees 13,4% uptick
Zimbabwe's air transport sector experienced a notable 13.4 percent increase in passenger volume during the second quarter of this year, reaching a total of 436,022 passengers. This growth can be attri...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi challenges Mnangagwa on 'fake' statistics
EXILED former tourism minister, Walter Mzembi has disputed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that only three airlines were flying into the country in 2017 against 17 currently jetting in courtesy ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff rporter
Police block CiCZ prayer rally
POLICE have banned a planned Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) prayer rally over the deteriorating human rights situation scheduled for Friday at the Africa Unity Square in the capital.In a ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport works Phase II commence
The US$153 million expansion of the terminal at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is at an advanced stage, with the construction almost complete and just awaiting final touch ups being condu...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners flee Alexandra Mall as Home Affairs officials descend
Foreign street vendors have left Pan Africa Mall in Alexandra township South Africa after members of the South Africa Police Services and the Department of Home Affairs descended at the area to intens...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 13:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
World races to contain new South African variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries in an effort to contain a new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron. The moves come after the...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets airport rehab
Zimbabwe will roll out an aggressive rehabilitation programme for all major airport facilities in the country as it anticipates a boom in tourism and air traffic space.Finance and Economic Dev...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
KLM Airlines in Zimbabwe mid-air scare
A KLM airlines cargo plane yesterday dropped a flap mid-air in Chitungwiza, but landed safely at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) public...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena imports US$210k Lamborghini
Zanu-PF MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has taken delivery of a US$210,000 supercar.Emphasising the gulf between Zimbabwe's impoverished masses and a politically-connected elite, the Gokwe Nembudzi...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe aviation in slow, but positive climb
LAST week, the local skies welcomed the arrival of the restructured fellow southern African carrier, Air Tanzania.The airline re-launched flights to Harare after close to two decades of no dir...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Benjamin Manzini
Buyanga owns the mystery supercar
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Frank Buyanga is the owner of the 'mysterious' $2 million supercar delivered to Zimbabwe a month ago.Ever since its arrival there has been plenty of speculation over it...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
British Airways rejects London-Harare route plea
TOURISM minister Prisca Mupfumira recently approached British Airways (BA) regarding the possibility of direct flights between London and Harare but was turned down by the UK flag carrier, it has emer...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Clear Air Zimbabwe IATA debt, says Nduna
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development says urgent measures are needed to pay back the $4.6 million debt that Air Zimbabwe owes to the International Air Tra...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo responds to Chiwenga
The Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education professor Jonathan Moyo has responded to the statement made by Zimbabwe armed forces commander Constantine Chiwenga who called for an end to purges in Pre...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Airlines threaten pull-out of Zimbabwe
FOREIGN airlines have at least US$50 million in payments stuck in Zimbabwe, with some warning they might be forced to suspend flights into the country.Zimbabwe is in the grip of a debilitating...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Grace Mugabe's son imports $5,4m luxury cars
Grace Mugabe's oldest son, Russell Goreraza (33), from her first marriage, imported two Rolls Royce limousines into bankrupt Harare on Sunday.The two vehicles - valued at more than R70 million...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Independent Foreign Service
The Law of 'Diminishing Returns' is sinking Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime
President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF is at loggerheads with the Law of Diminishing Returns, an economic concept that asserts that after a certain point further investment (or effort) does not incre...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:19hrs | | by Pythias Makonese
Airlines pull trigger on Zimbabwe
THE world's largest airlines have started tightening screws on liquidity-starved Zimbabwe owing to a worsening foreign currency crisis that has resulted in a huge backlog of unremitted ticket paym...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government continues to hunt
GOVERNMENT continues to hunt for a technical partner for national flag carrier Air Zimbabwe, which is saddled with a US$334 million debt, despite recent setbacks in attracting a suitor.Nin...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
R24 million heist at South Africa's OR Tambo Airport
A total of R24 million was stolen from a plane at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday evening, sources told News24.After the SAA flight landed, people in a marked police vehicle inte...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 22:39hrs | | by news24
Air Zimbabwe COO's profile in demand
A chat has started circulating urging Air Zimbabwe's newly appointed chief operating officer to release his profile so that people can compare with Kenya Airways COO's profile.Below is the...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How TB Joshua prophesied deadly Indian bridge collapse!
Amidst the ongoing rescue mission and steadily mounting death toll in the tragic bridge collapse that struck Kolkata in eastern India, a video has surfaced online clai...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 19:55hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Fuel to go down to $1,32 petrol, $1,20 diesel
Zimbabwe fuel prices should be significantly lower than they currently are even when costs are added, the Ministry of Energy and Power Development said today.Government has directed all fuel ...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zimbabwe fuel prices
There is outrage over Zimbabwe's refusal to slash fuel prices after a 50 percent price markdown in global oil prices.The price of Brent crude oil fell below $50 a barrel for the first time on...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kenya Airways increases flights to Zimbabwe
Regional airlines have continued showing confidence in Zimbabwe as a safe travel destination with East African airline, Kenya Airways, increasing its flight frequency to Harare from 14 to 19 times a w...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egyptair to stop Harare flights
Egyptian airline, Egyptair, has decided to roll back its Zimbabwean operation from next month, adding to woes of a flagging aviation industry, which has been battered by deteriorating economic and...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 14:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe eyes China, London routes
AIR Zimbabwe (Air Zimbabwe) is in negotiations with an international investor to service China and London routes, which is expected to be a turnaround for the local airline, a government official has ...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
KLM Dutch Airlines to stop Harare flights
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced plans to stop operating the Amsterdam to Lusaka and Harare route with effect from October this year.KLM Royal Dutch Airlines began operating the Lusaka r...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Qatar Airways to introduce flights to Zimbabwe
Qatar Airways will soon introduce flights to Harare, initially flying into Zimbabwe three times a week, the new envoy from the oil rich country said on Thursday.Qatar's new ambassador to Zimba...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet gives thieves an ultimatum over missing cash
A SELF-STYLED prophet and founder of the Believers Kingdom Light Ministries (BKLM) scared people who converged on Dulibadzimu Stadium in Beitbridge for a miracle crusade on Friday by declaring tha...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angola airline to increase Zimbabwe, Luanda direct flights
Angola's national carrier, Linhas Aereas de Angola (Taag), plans to introduce frequent direct flights between Harare and Luanda on the back of increased business between the country and Zimbabwe....Published: 19 Apr 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe signs 7 air services agreements
The government says it has ratified seven bilateral air services agreements in a development which will see more tourist arrivals and an improvement on the sector's gross domestic product (GDP) contri...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 16:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Airline campaigning against Evenia Mawongera's deportation
Evenia is under the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe. Her removal ticket has been issued for 24 October Ethiopia Airlines flight ET 701 1900hrs to Addis Ababa (then on to Harare, flight ET873)....Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean granny to be deported on 24 October 24 from UK
Evenia Mawongera is 55 years old. She lives in Leicester and is from Zimbabwe. She has been living in Leicester with her daughters and grandchildren, all of whom are British citizens, for close to 10...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Travel to Zimbabwe
Once one of Africa's most beautiful destinations, Zimbabwe has been off the mainstream tourism radar for years.Robert Mugabe's three decades of rule, while ostensibly democratic, have been ...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Rebecca L. Weber, for CNN
AirZim, KLM sign deal
AIR France KLM Group says it has signed an agreement with Air Zimbabwe to ensure the national airline’s recently acquired two aircraft receive necessary support.The Governmen...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'We are not in a position to conduct retrenchment' - AirZim
RESURGENT national airline Air Zimbabwe has announced that it has no capacity to immediately embark on a retrenchment exercise to improve the company's efficiency, a senior official at the flag carrie...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 03:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Reasons why Zimbabwe is a luxury Tourist destination
It is no secret that in the last ten years or so Zimbabwe has been struggling with its perception as a luxury travel destination. For various reasons the country has been labelled as "unsafe"...Published: 17 May 2013 at 07:50hrs | | by Luke Brown.
Fulltext - Mugabe's 33rd Independence Day speech
Address by His Excellency, The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence forces, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, on the occasion of Zimbabwe's 33rd Independence Day Celebrations, H...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
At least 8 airlines will ferry UNWTO guests
AT LEAST eight airlines would be available to ferry guests during the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly slated for August.Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Wa...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls Safari Lodge to be refurbished
Hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism, will this year refurbish all rooms at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, the chief executive, Mr Ross Kennedy, has said.Last year, the group invested $3 ...Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 21:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim tourism industry rebounds
Africa Albida Tourism says the country's tourism industry is "turning a very positive corner" and the growing optimism is encouraging the group to continue investing in new and upgraded products. ...Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
RwandAir eyes Zimbabwe route
RwandAir, Rwanda's state-owned national airline RwandAir plans to fly to Harare and Cape Town, South Africa later this year as part of its expansion programme, it has emerged. The airline wil...Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Airport just another white elephant
A few vehicles are haphazardly parked at the huge car park in front of the Joshua Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo.The parking lot can accommodate hundreds of vehicles but these days th...Published: 20 Jan 2013 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three local airlines get operating licences
THE Government has issued operating licences to three local companies that are expected to fly before the end of the year.In an interview yesterday, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry o...Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet suing Air Zimbabwe
Econet is suing Air Zimbabwe over a $64 000 debt for telecommunication services. According to summons filed in the High Court on Friday, Air Zimbabwe accumulated the debt from March 2008 when...Published: 03 Dec 2012 at 06:21hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Air Zimbabwe flight schedule and fares to Johannesburg
Air Zimbabwe resumed domestic flights last week while international flights took off on Sunday.According to an advert in l...Published: 06 Nov 2012 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
KLM ready to co-operate with Air Zimbabwe
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is ready to co-operate with Air Zimbabwe in a massive boost for the national flag carrier struggling to find friends in the skies.Pieter Bootsma, KLM executive vice-p...Published: 04 Nov 2012 at 17:44hrs | | by Business reporter
KLM now flying to Zimbabwe, 13 years after stopping plying the route
Royal Dutch Airlines KLM on Monday resumed flights between Harare and Amsterdam, 13 years after it stopped plying the route, the airline said.KLM will run three weekly flights between Harare ...Published: 29 Oct 2012 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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