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Google invites Black founders in SA to apply for startup funding
Google has officially opened applications for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Black Founders program, specifically targeting Black-owned startups in South Africa. The program is designed t...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 13:19hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
South Africa judicial system is captured by white interests
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has expressed its disdain after a judgment was handed down on Friday by the Western Cape High Court against its deputy president, Dr John Hlophe who was interdicted fr...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 16:20hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gold syndicate kingpin accused of acquiring fake South African ID
AN investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in South Africa.The home affairs officer probing...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:29hrs | 10276 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwean accused in gold syndicate acquired SA ID
An investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in SA.The home affairs officer probing the case ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:41hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Granddad (78) 'sexually attacks' granddaughter
A 78-year-old man from Filabusi, Matabeleland South Province, has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting his 17-year-old granddaughter. The elderly man, wh...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu denied work visa to represent Namibia's EFF
Prominent South African legal practitioner, Advocate Dali Mpofu and his colleague Advocate Lerato Moela were denied work permits this week by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Secu...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:29hrs | 10028 | by Staff reporter
Clarity on Zimbabwe exemption permits deadline in South Africa
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) on Thursday provided clarity for all affected parties on the relevant deadlines and periods of validity of the the Zimbabwean exemption perm...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:05hrs | 37 | by Agencies
Renowned Nust lecturer dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer who also chaired the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) executive board, Dr Lerato Nare has died. He w...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chiefs' welfare top priority
The Government is committed to improving the conditions of service of traditional leaders who are not only custodians of the country's moral and cultural fabric, but also accelerators of economic deve...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani completion date unknown, might take decades
THE completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani which might take ages will see Matabeleland South also benefiting from the project through increased land under irrigation as dams which are currently supplying B...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani to benefit Matebeleland South
THE completion of Lake Gwayi-Shangani will see Matebeleland South also benefiting from the project through increased land under irrigation as dams which are currently supplying Bulawayo with water wil...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Magistrate recuses self from Thompson case
Magistrate Lerato Nyathi has recused herself from a case involving David Thompson, a rich and well-connected Gwanda businessman from a family of gold miners, who faces two charges for contravening the...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dead' man and wife arrested for murder, car theft in South Africa
South African media have reported a hair-raising incident where a married couple was arrested and charged with murder after the husband who reportedly died in a house fire last year, was caught drivin...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 11:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man in court for racial slur
A MINING consultant has appeared in court facing allegations of uttering racial slurs and a firearm offence.David Thompson pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal insult and contravening the...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that there is no place for incompetence
INEPTITUDE and poor performance in local authorities and State-owned enterprises are unacceptable and have no place in the Second Republic which will soon be implementing an Accelerator Model to quick...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
US tightens screws on Zimbabwe
A representative of the United States government has indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration should satisfy sanctions conditions in full for Washington to approve its arrears clea...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU begs to deploy observers to Zimbabwe
THE European Union (EU) says it is ready to send an observer mission to help Zimbabwe hold free, fair and inclusive elections this year, which will guarantee the bloc's increased economic development ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dam levels break records
THE major interior dams currently hold 92 percent of their combined capacity with almost 65 percent now full as a result of the good rainy season.This ensures enough stored water for irrigatio...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels rise to 87%
ZIMBABWE will be able to put more crops under irrigation, while water challenges faced in some urban areas will be considerably minimised this year as major dams now hold 87 percent of their capacity....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Placements for 5 000 youths in agriculture
Up to 5 000 youths who graduated in Kwekwe last year after undergoing the provincial youth development skills programme will be placed on farms to boost their involvement in agricultural activities an...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hubby cheats with maid, crashes car with pregnant wife inside
TODAY we are going to die in this car!Those were the words of a husband, who after allegedly being caught cheating with the maid, deliberately attempted to commit suicide with his pregnant wif...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Lake Gwayi Shangani inches closer to completion
THE gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani will be completed ahead of the 2023/24 summer cropping season, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, has said....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe documentary selected for Climate Story Lab ZA
The 2023 Climate Story Lab ZA is excited to announce that nine creative projects from five African countries have been selected to participate in the Lab. The 4-day residential lab brings together cli...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 12:36hrs | 6 | by Agencies
Old Mutual-backed tech hub trains start-ups on venture capital
Old Mutual Zimbabwe's corporate incubator and accelerator in Harare, Eight2Five Innovation Hub has collaborated with the US Embassy to bring a US Venture Capital expert, Dawn Batts to upskill local en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 17:44hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe land reallocations to benefit 260 000 people
Up to 260 000 people on the waiting list for farms are expected to benefit when the Government begins to reallocate abandoned plots, underused farms and farms that are lying idle.Those with mu...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pumula Arts Awards nominees unveiled
It is awards season and excitement among artistes is at a fever pitch as they wait with bated breath to see who will triumph. With nominees being unveiled for the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards, another aw...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Yes, Mnangagwa is at UN COP 27 in Egypt to mourn about sanctions, photo opportunity and nothing else
Yes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is in Egypt for UN COP27 Climate Summit. He will, no doubt, be accompanied by the usual high-powered delegation of hangers-on. He will complain of how sanctions are ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Co-wives trade blows over witchcraft accusations
A woman from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb was fined $5 000 for attacking her co-wife, accusing her of bewitching her.Silibaziso Moyo appeared before Western Commonage Courts magistrate Jeconia ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi greenbelt transforms rural agriculture
AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government's bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Repu...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani pipeline excites villagers
THE Gwayi-Shangani pipeline is set to transform the lives of thousands of people in six districts in the Matabeleland North Province as well as benefit Bulawayo and Matabeleland South immensely as the...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Amakorokoza lead actor, AK returns to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa
FORMER Amakorokoza lead actor Bhekilizwe Ndlovu, best known for his role as AK in the hit 2002 drama, has returned to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa.Ndlovu, who seems to have diverted...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to supply water to Bulawayo for 80 years
Completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project will ensure reliable water supply to Bulawayo for the next 80 years, while weaning off some of its supply dams in Matabeleland South to cater for developm...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Power Station design awaits finalisation
THE design of the 10MW Hydro Power Station to be constructed at Lake Gwayi-Shangani will be finalised this month while a treatment plant that will process water from the dam for Bulawayo residents wil...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam now 66,2% complete
Construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam is now at 66,2 percent completion and the process to have it gazetted as a lake is underway as Government intensifies infrastructure development in the country i...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dam, new power plant
An electricity generating plant will be built at every new major dam under construction to address power outages affecting the agricultural sector, a Cabinet minister has said.Government is pr...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc regional integration will benefit Zimbabwe
THE Southern African Development Community's (Sadc) regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP) 2020–30 of October 2020 is a framework for the implementation of Sadc's regional integratio...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Government intensifies allocation of land to youths
GOVERNMENT has intensified the allocation of land to youths under the 20 percent quota system to enable them to venture into various farming projects, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Wa...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that economy is Zanu-PF's top priority
ZANU-PF is leaving no one behind through the implementation of its development agenda and the revolutionary party will embark on massive rural development programmes, while its policies will undo year...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland in record wheat harvest
Wheat production has been rising fast in Zimbabwe and farmers in Matabeleland provinces are contributing immensely to a promising season.Across the country, wheat farmers have started harvesti...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges modernisation of rural communities
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mechanisation hubs set up for farmers
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accelerates NDS1 projects
The GOVERNMENT is accelerating efforts to achieve benchmarks that were set under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the Vision 2030 target for the country to become an upper middle-income ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa abandons plane ...takes the road
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed that he is a listening leader in touch with the people when he travelled by road from Bulawayo to Lupane and also returned by road in order to have a personal feel...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 07:40hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Malunga farm ownership wrangle turns nasty
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati has claimed that he sustained head injuries after he was allegedly struck with an iron rods early this month by co-o...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WHO warn there is a more dangerous Covid-19 variants emerging and declare
The WHO has warned there is a 'strong likelihood' of dangerous Covid variants spreading around the world as they declared the pandemic 'nowhere near finished.An emergency committee of the glob...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Habitual mbanje peddler spared jail
A 49-year-old habitual dagga selling woman escaped imprisonment after she was caught in possession of the illicit drug while she had a previous conviction for the same offence.Silinganiso Moyo...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo cancer machines break down - and nearest engineers in South Africa
Radiation therapy machines have broken down at Bulawayo's Mpilo Central Hospital, imperilling the lives of over 100 cancer patients on a waiting list for treatment.Mpilo is one of only two med...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison officer fined for culpable homicide
A BULAWAYO based prison officer has been ordered to pay a $10 000 fine after he ran over and killed a 79-year-old man from Gwanda.Bekithemba Ndlovu (41) of Khami Prison Complex was convicted o...Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets 350 000 ha of irrigable land in next 3 years
Government has made plans to activate and operationalise 350 000 hectares of irrigable land in the next three years.Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka revealed this in Parliament while respon...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
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