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Zimbabwe's new cyber law to target online government and military critics
ZIMBABWE could sanction the search for government critics online, thanks to a planned cyber-security law earmarked to make it an offence to spread falsehoods and deal with leakage of official informat...Published: 4 hrs ago | 100 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Crossing crocodile-infested Limpopo for survival
A bakkie waits on the Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo River.A number of people sit waiting for their relatives to return from shopping forays into South Africa, especially in the border town of...Published: 4 hrs ago | 702 | by Staff reporter
Only 8 metres of Gwayi-Shangani dam wall has been constructed so far
TREASURY has released a further $200 million for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North with eight metres of the dam wall having been constructed so far.Located in Hw...Published: 4 hrs ago | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister stranded in Australia
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, who has been stuck in Australia due to the Covid-19-induced international travel restriction, is eager to return home to resume his duties as a ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
Transport situation to normalise
THE transport situation in Bulawayo is set to normalise from today after Zupco received 120 000 litres of fuel yesterday.Thousands of commuters had to walk to and from work on Friday and yeste...Published: 4 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 4 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya in stands scam
HUNDREDS of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries followers recently besieged their leader Prophet Walter Magaya's offices in Cape Town, South Africa, demanding refunds following a botche...Published: 4 hrs ago | 486 | by Staff Reporter
Journalists plead not guilty to disorderly conduct charges
TWO freelance journalists on Thursday pleaded not guilty when their trial on charges of failing to comply with instructions issued by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to observe social dist...Published: 6 hrs ago | 152 | by Stephen Jakes
BF stadium set for partial demolition
Bulawayo's ceremonial home of football, Barbourfields Stadium is set for partial demolition as part of the refurbishment works in line with CAF requirements.As part of efforts to ensure that E...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1949 | by Staff reporter
Protest at your own risk, says Zanu-PF
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it would deal harshly with the planned protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on July 31, evoking memories of killings by the army of civili...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:14hrs | 8754 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound cars not displaying registration plates
POLICE yesterday said they have launched an operation to impound all cars that move around without displaying registration number plates.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Smells like November 2017
WHEN harvesting is completed in many parts of rural Zimbabwe, there are many rituals that take place.Villagers hold night vigils, sing and dance, but more importantly for those who love blood ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1897 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Is Zimbabwe a collapsed or failed State?
STATE failure can occur in many dimensions such as security, economic development, political representation, income distribution and so on.Zimbabwe seems to be both a failed and a collapsed St...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1155 | by Concerned
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
AMID an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including deaths, President Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that the Government could scale up preventive and containment measures. Addressing an Or...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3216 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa considers tightening lockdown restrictions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly considering changing the lockdown restrictions due to the sharp increase in positive cases.Online publication Zimlive reported that, "President Emmer...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 12:46hrs | 7927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC youth leader speaks on July 31 protest funding
MDC youth leader Obey Sithole has dismissed funding claims of the July 31 Zimbabwe Anti-Sanction Allied Movement protest.Sithole said anyone who is thinking that he and other leaders received ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 10511 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mthuli Ncube faces uphill task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, expected to present his mid-term budget statement next week, faces a daunting task to craft a cocktail of measures to stem the steepest economic decline in Zimbabwe sinc...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 4122 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4321 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube walks a tightrope
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to present a mid-term fiscal review statement next week. The country is on edge, as the steepest economic decline in living memory wreaks havoc. Even the hype...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 4339 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza (TK) this week spoke to National Oil Inf...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4520 | by Staff reporter
PRAZ boss sent on leave
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe's (PRAZ) chief executive, Mr Nyasha Chizu, was on Tuesday sent on leave, the day after he told Parliament's committee on the Budget, Finance and Econom...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 9637 | by Staff reporter
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2218 | by Wilbert Mukori
Musina businesses face collapse without Zimbabwean customers
The economic sustainability of cross-border feeder towns to neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe has taken a massive beating during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.In Musina, which is loc...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5975 | by City Press
Mnangagwa pampers soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered soldiers and the police, giving them between $5 000 and $8 000 COVID-19 allowances which critics say are meant to appease them ahead of the planned July 31 pr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 20809 | by Staff reporter
SA to reopen border post within 24 hours
South Africa will reopen its side of Beitbridge Border Post within 24 hours after completing the necessary disinfection in the wake of finding a customs officer infected with Covid-19. South A...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2951 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume confident demo will attract multitudes
The organisers of the July 31 protests are confident that they will garner large crowds in the planned mass actions.Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume who is main organiser of the pla...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
'100 000 Zimbabweans could die from Coronavirus'
About 50 000 t0 100 000 Zimbabweans will die of Coronavirus in the next months, Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya has foretold. In a Twitter post on Wednesday Ngwenya said, "Corona virus...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4082 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA closes Beitbridge border after customs officer tests positive
South Africa has temporarily closed its component of Beitbridge Border Post after one of its customs officers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19).According to border off...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana hints at total shutdown of Harare and Bulawayo
Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has hinted at a total lockdown of Harare and Bulawayo following a spike in Covid-19 positive cases in the two cities.However, the timing ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 15:37hrs | 25600 | by Moyo Roy
Shoppers influx at supermarkets during lockdown irks council
The influx of citizens at most shops in the city centre during lockdown has irked the city council which is worried that this would increase the spread of the Covid-19.This is revealed in the ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 3691 | by Stephen Jakes
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1642 | by Emmanuel Koro
Kenyan schools stay closed until next year
KENYAN ministry of education has stated that all primary and secondary schools will reopen in 2021. The ministry said all students would resume studies in their current classes.Educati...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:50hrs | 1882 | by BBC
BCC goes paperless
BULAWAYO City Council has gone paperless and will be distributing statements via SMS, with ratepayers who have access to the internet viewing their accounts online.Town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:09hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggles to pay workers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its coffers are running dry and as such it is struggling to pay its workers and deliver services effectively. The council which says its revenue declined by 80...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
319 border jumpers arrested
Police have since May arrested 319 people countrywide for border jumping and smuggling. Police have equally nabbed 87 827 people countrywide since March 30 for violating lockdown measures aime...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge roads in bad state
The poor state of major roads in Beitbridge East is adversely affecting the introduction of public transport resulting in communities relying on private motorists. This was said by Beitbridge ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
4 die in horror kombi crash
Four people died and 13 others were injured when a Harare-bound kombi collided with a lorry near Waddilove Mission School in Marondera yesterday. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pau...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 confirmed cases top 700
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716. Three of yesterday's patie...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:04hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Confirmed cases reach 716 in Zimbabwe
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716, The Herald reported. Three...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2015 | by Staff Reporter
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4271 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames Gukurahundi victims documentation delays on Covid-19
The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, home Affairs and Cultural heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe h...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1392 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Bulawayo councillors happy over city's cleanliness
Bulawayo City Councillors have expressed happiness over the city centre's cleanliness following the removal of informal traders in the city centre during the Covid-19 lockdown.This is revealed...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:05hrs | 796 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa speaks on 'next steps' via online rally
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will today speak on the direction his party will take in the wake of a fierce battle for control of the country's opposition party. Chamisa...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:12hrs | 7826 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume leading calls for the planned July 31 protests
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume, who has been leading calls for the planned July 31 protests, said the action they were taking would not be partisan."We are doing this for the gener...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1969 | by Staff reporter
Africa lacks strategy to combat Covid-19
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus for Africa (ICAC) has lamented lack of Africa based initiatives to fight Covid-19 saying the continent only depends on the World Health Organisation (WH...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:49hrs | 219 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's diamond stash to rake in millions
The Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has said it is getting ready to sell the country's diamond stockpile of over one million carats, in a move expected to boost the country's cof...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:42hrs | 2103 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records 73 new Covid-19 positive cases in one day
ZIMBABWE needs to strengthen and refocus on the measures the country adopted at the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown in March if it is to avert a local transmission crisis, a senior government offic...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2249 | by Staff Reporter
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