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Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1321 | by Staff Writer
Zanu-PF shadow MP in mealie-meal distribution storm
RETAILERS in Mutasa South have accused their Zanu-PF shadow MP Misheck Mugadza of using his political muscle to access subsidised mealie-meal and using the commodity as a campaign tool in the constitu...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 74 | by Bishop Lazarus
Showdown over fuel import licences
A fresh dispute over the licensing of fuel importers has erupted with a group of local players allegedly sidelined by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) petitioning the government to revi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
Botswana moves to stage 3 Coronavirus lockdown
Botswana has announced that it will be entering Phase 3 of the Coronavirus lockdown on Friday. The phase will see the government lessening restrictive measures that came with the lockdown regulations....Published: 14 May 2020 at 22:28hrs | 3855 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's Vic Falls councillors boycott meeting
VICTORIA Falls councillors yesterday boycotted a meeting which had been called to discuss among other things, crafting a supplementary budget and waiver of some rates to cushion ratepayers in the wake...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1411 | by Staff reporter
Rights group petitions Zinara over vehicle licence penalties
The Zimbabwe human Rights NGO Forum has written to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), advising it not to penalise motorists whose vehicle licences expired during the COVID-19 lockdown...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:33hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Zupco brings back kombis
Zupco is bringing its 500 franchised kombis back into operation, while the Government is allowing operators of conventional buses with valid operating permits to ferry people to and from work. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
'Cheaper' power tariffs to go up
THE government is planning to review upwards from 200 units the cost of cheaper electricity a household gets per month because current thresholds are too low, Energy and Power Development minister For...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:37hrs | 2673 | by newzimbabwe
People not wearing masks face arrest
PEOPLE who will get out of their homes without face masks will from tomorrow be arrested as part of a raft of measures meant to ensure that the country conforms to Covid-19 lockdown Level Two guidelin...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:06hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders vow to resist relocation
A grouping of informal traders, Bulawayo Upcoming Traders' Association (Buta) is resisting relocation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) from operating at a section of the Central Business District (C...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:01hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
RBZ puts senior officials under corruption probe
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched an internal investigation into the conduct of some of its senior officials following a tip-off from a whistleblower at alleged underhand dealings regard...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:43hrs | 2498 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes after defiant retailers
Government is dispatching monitors across the country this week to engage retailers who are resisting a recent agreement to reduce prices to March 25 levels, according to Information Minister Monica M...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:52hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
BCC must decentralise licencing of vendors and informal traders
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association has appealed to the Bulawayo City Council to decetralise licencing of vendors and informal traders as it starts removal of the traders from the city centre to ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 11:51hrs | 592 | by Stephen Jakes
Hard times for taxi operators
HUNDREDS of taxi operators in Victoria Falls have been thrown out of business, hoping for a return only when the tourism industry regains its feet. The tourism industry ground to a halt becaus...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile network operators face losses as costs mount
The unprecedented rise in the country's cost of doing business is expected to wipe out margins for mobile network operators, leading to possible losses within the sector.Between March and now,...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:28hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya cracks whip...suspends more bureaux de change
Further to its Press Statement of 9 April 2020, advising of the suspension of operating licences of Cash Twenty Four (Pvt) Limited (Cash Twenty Four) and Crediconnect (Pvt) Limited (Crediconnect...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 17:08hrs | 3600 | by John Panonetsa Mangudya
RBZ rescues financial institutions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has come up with measures to minimise the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) through credit relief, loan restructu...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Government to act on basic goods prices
GOVERNMENT is expected to announce a moratorium on prices of selected basic commodities after Cabinet concluded deliberations on the matter. Cabinet made this resolution during its 12th meeting yester...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trio jailed for UK cheque fraud
Three Zimbabwean men have been jailed for between two and six years after they admitted their role in an elaborate "industrial scale" cheque fraud in the United Kingdom. Criminal mastermind Patson Mup...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 244 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
LOCKDOWN: Zonal mealie meal distribution postponed
THE zonal maize meal distribution which was scheduled for today in some retail outlets in areas such as Mabvuku, Tafara and Epworth in Harare has been postponed due to a number of challenges such as d...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 19:50hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Zimra urged to fully implement single window customs facility
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) should take advantage of the reduced paperwork during the lockdown period to fully implement the single window customs system. Under the model, border op...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future beckons for businesses after lockdown
AS the 21-day lockdown continues with shops that sell non-essentials closed, there are concerns in the Gwanda business community that some of them might collapse while others might be left crippled. ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
A place in Zimbabwe where load-shedding is 'taboo'
A handful of revellers, disregarding global and national recommendations to stay at home and reduce the possibility of contracting or spreading the deadly coronavirus, mingle in a pub at Hauna growth ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:03hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Suspended entities hurt Zimdollar, says RBZ
The two financial institutions whose operating licences have been suspended by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over alleged illegal foreign currency dealings, were reportedly behind the sudden and ...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 18:43hrs | 4551 | by Staff reporter
RBZ suspends licences
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe - RBZ has with immediate effect suspended the operating licences of Cash Twenty-Four Limited and CrediConnect Private Limited.Cash-Twenty Four is licenced as a bur...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 12:36hrs | 4339 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated business premises to lose licences
GWERU businesses risk losing operating licences if they continue using old and dilapidated structures in the central business district (CBD), the local authority has warned. Gweru Mayor, Counc...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:01hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Sadc adopts cross border movement guidelines
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has adopted special guidelines to harmonise and facilitate the movement of critical goods and services across the region during the Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Holdings responds to COVID-19 fight assistance call
Sakunda Holdings has come up with a multi-million dollar initiative to resuscitate and re-equip Rock Foundation Medical Centre and St Annes Hospital in an effort to assist government in the fight agai...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 2987 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
High Court orders Zera to suspend licensing fees hike
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to suspend its new licensing requirements for fuel companies after a successful challenge by indigenous firms, it has emerged...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:40hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Controls hit cross border traders
Traffic at border posts was restricted yesterday as new rules by Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia were being formulated and border officers were awaiting instructions. At Kariba and Chirundu, v...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Fuel players challenge licence fees hike
THE Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to interdict the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) from effecting th...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Women face challenges in applying for mines
Legislator Priscilla Moyo has raised concerns that women face challenges when they apply for mining licences and called for the process to be allowed to be done at district level.She made the ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:46hrs | 534 | by Stephen Jakes
Zera in major climb down
Zera has buckled under pressure from indigenous petroleum companies and withdrawn an earlier announcement of a hike in fuel procurement licences by 8 600%. After a two-month wait, Zera announc...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3446 | by Staff Reporter
Zera elbows out small petroleum players
Zimbabwe's energy regulator has announced stringent regulations for the petroleum sector that could elbow out new entrants amid concerns that this could result in the emergence of an oligopoly, Busine...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 2887 | by Staff reporter
ZBC listeners' licence fees up
THE government yesterday hiked ZBC listeners' licence fees for a car radio to $600 a quarter and also legalised the payment of the fees in foreign currency.This was contained in Statutory ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1949 | by Staff reporter
US$ duty on fuel imports transacted using free funds
FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube has effected duty tariffs chargeable in foreign currency on all fuel imports transacted using free funds at a rate of US$0.40 per litre.The details are contained...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 615 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans accused of stealing jobs meant for South Africans
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Johannesburg has heard how foreign nationals employed as long-distance truck drivers were identified before being attacked during violent protests.The...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3236 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans jailed in UK over £750,000 cheque fraud
Three Zimbabwean men have been jailed for between two and six years after they admitted their role in an elaborate "industrial scale" cheque fraud in the United Kingdom.Criminal mastermind Pat...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4226 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to load shedding by mid-year
ZESA has assured the nation that the prevailing load shedding will come to an end by mid-year as the country's power utility has embarked on ambitious programmes to address the situation. Due ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:31hrs | 4183 | by Staff reporter
More garages to sell fuel in forex
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has started the process of compiling more applications from petroleum companies which have expressed interest to sell fuel in foreign currency.L...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni berates Mnangagwa's govt
Outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has lambasted the government for failing to designate community radio stations to Ndebele communities.He defined this segregation ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
'Millers hoarding maize meal'
GRAIN millers are in the habit of hoarding government's subsidised maize meal to sell on the black market, a development that has led to serious shortages of the product, Parliament heard yesterday....Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Parly demands govt action on power crisis
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that the Ministry of Energy and Power Development should urgently deal with the ongoing power crisis crippling business and domestic consumers.This comes as the ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:36hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigates fuel retail companies
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will investigate reports of fuel hoarding by oil companies that allegedly received, in the past week, 20 million litres of diesel and almost 9 million li...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:37hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zera registers more forex fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has invited more fuel companies to sell fuel in foreign currency in yet another clear sign that the economy was fast redollarising.Last month, a...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
'Workers fed up with govt looters'
WORKERS in Bulawayo have said they are fed up with unfulfilled promises by government officials who are living large, while they live in misery and watch their children's future being destroyed....Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:47hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
ZBC moves to stop staffers from politics
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future politica...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:20hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
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