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Our unity to last an eternity
UNITY, peace and development.These three words are all deeply rooted in the ZANU-PF way, such that they have become our official motto, for the party recognises that, without unity, there is n...Published: 1 hr ago | 23 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Prof. Welshman Ncube showers rare praises on Tendai Biti
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Acting President, Professor Welshman Ncube, has extended heartfelt congratulations to veteran opposition activist and lawyer Tendai Biti for being honored with the ...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 16:03hrs | 3126 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Neighbours drag 'intoxicated teen' from burning house in Bulawayo
Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo were startled late yesterday by a raging fire that engulfed a house in the neighborhood, illuminating the night sky with bright flames.A teenager identif...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:38hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to auction scrap wagons and passenger coaches across Zimbabwe
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has announced plans to dispose of 422 scrap wagons and several decades-old passenger coaches, located in Bulawayo, Harare, and other sites across the country. T...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 06:33hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's capital city plunged into darkness
Harare, the Zimbabwean capital city, usually a hub of activity even during late evening hours, was plunged into darkness last night due to a power outage. Even the State House, Zimbabwe House, and the...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:41hrs | 2641 | by Staff reporter
Robberies, muggings escalate in Bulawayo's dark suburb
The ongoing shortage of tower lights in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb has become a significant contributor to the surge in criminal activities, particularly muggings and robberies, leaving residents ...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers say Mphoko was Mugabe's ideal successor
Exiled former Cabinet ministers Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere have described the late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko as a deserving successor to former President Robert Mugabe, follow...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:01hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zesa loses over US$2 million in equipment to theft and vandalism
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has suffered losses exceeding US$2 million due to theft and vandalism of electricity transmission and distribution equipment between January and Octobe...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:49hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Hackers target African govt departments, financial institutions
Cyberattacks targeting African governments have soared in 2023, doubling to a record 29%, according to a report by Positive Technologies, a cybersecurity firm specializing in data-driven security solu...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:11hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now a regional pariah: The cost of meddling in neighboring countries' electoral processes
Since Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the presidency of Zimbabwe in 2017, his leadership has been marked by a series of controversial political decisions, both within his own country and in the broader Sou...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 1644 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 394 | by Nomazulu Thata
Pathisa Nyathi burial today
Prominent historian, writer, and cultural advocate Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 73, will be laid to rest today at Bulawayo's prestigious Lady Stanley Cemetery. The cemet...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo residents install solar streetlights to combat crime
In response to increasing criminal activity fueled by unlit streets due to power blackouts and non-functional streetlights, residents of Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb have launched an initiative to install...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Double-storey house illuminates rural Matebeleland village
In a landscape dominated by traditional mud huts, a remarkable double-storey house in Jutshume Village, located in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province, has captured the imagination of local...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 7301 | by Staff reporter
South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 410 | by Associated Press
South Africa's fuel price honey moon is over
Bad news for South African motorists as the Automobile Association expects the fuel price to increase next month -- the first since May.The pending increase is a result of higher international...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:39hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for theft of aluminium cables
A man from Mzilikazi in Bulawayo has appeared in court for illegally possessing and stealing aluminium cables.He was arrested in Sauerstown after being found in possession of 10 kg of cables o...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 446 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshinga Dube to be buried at National Heroes Acre against his will
Former minister and liberation struggle stalwart Tshinga Dube, who passed away last week in Bulawayo, will be buried tomorrow at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, despite his expressed wish to be la...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 19:34hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Harare pumping capacity down to 25%
Ongoing disputes among officials at the Harare City Council are crippling efforts to address the capital's worsening water crisis, with revelations that the city is producing only a quarter of its dai...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:34hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
17-year-old arrested in 800kg copper theft
Two suspects from Bulawayo, including a 17-year-old teenager, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing 759.5 kg of copper cables valued at US$15,190.Ishmael Mpala (27) of Emakhan...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:18hrs | 746 | by Sankara Bizela
Mnangagwa's SADC Chair acceptance speech
May I express my profound appreciation to His Excellency, João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, for the astute and visionary leadership in steering our organisation, as Chairperson of ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 20:43hrs | 382 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
BCC goes solar to light up Bulawayo
In response to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company's (ZETDC) recent shift of tower lights to a prepaid system, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to install...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 13:38hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
ZEC paid US$5.4 million for fancy V11 display boxes that it never used
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) splurged US$5 million on gadgets to display digital V11 polling station forms for last August's elections - but the devices, bought at inflated prices, were onl...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Power outages hit Mkoba
Several homes in Gweru's Mkoba suburb, including Mkoba Teachers' College, experienced power outages after suspected thieves stole copper cables. The affected areas include Mkoba 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets beneficiating aluminium
The Zimbabwean government aims to boost lightweight metal production through aluminium beneficiation to meet rising industrial demand. Aluminium is essential in various sectors, including aerospace en...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Charting the optimal path for Zimbabwe's development REITs
This discourse delves into three principal governance models: the trustee-fund manager model, the board of directors approach, and the trustee-advisory board model.In the intricate landscape o...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Prophet Edd Branson lends rare support to Pastor Adeboye
The Christian Community in Africa has been riddled with competition and all forms of out performing each other. It is common for preachers to want to accrue a large following for themselves....Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 07:50hrs | 17 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Rejuvenating the Real Estate Market in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe: Strategies for Development and Competitiveness
Chief Real Estate Officer, Integrated Properties Zimbabwe, a nation with a storied history and a vibrant yet tumultuous economy, faces multifaceted chal...Published: 19 May 2024 at 20:58hrs | 31 | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu
Africans of the world, unite
UNITING this great continent called Africa is of paramount importance. Perhaps more than that, it has always been crucial that the people of this continent flourish beyond measure. This is ver...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:47hrs | | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Why Jacob Zuma is now winning court cases
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC's decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal r...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 15:26hrs | 7 | by Siyabonga Hadebe
Zimbabwe currency crisis: Time to face the truth
THERE is, of course, no such thing as "a shortage of foreign currency".In open and disciplined markets, all that such a claim reflects is an over-valued local currency, whose managers resist t...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Obert Nyandoro
Mr Kudzai Mutisi, the German 'Economic wonder' after the WW2 had multiple favourable factors!
I am writing this article as a reply to your article you wrote last week: My article is not in any way or form critiquing your own but including factors that must be known, but, however, adding to wha...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Lungisani 'Twominutes' Ncube invests US$350 000 in developing Gwanda North
Nestled amidst the enchanting vistas of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, Lungisani Twominutes Ncube emerges as a luminary figure, embodying the essence of community stewardshi...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:34hrs | 63 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 3 | by Wiseman Magasela
'Tendai Biti should take a break from politics'
Renowned journalist and government critic, Hopewell Chin’ono, has suggested that Tendai Biti take a hiatus from active political involvement and redirect his focus towards his roles as a lawyer, aut...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why close Sekunjalo Bank account when Steinhoff is still having one?
The decision to shut down the Sekunjalo Group's bank accounts and associated companies is a clear case of discrimination masquerading as concern over "reputational risk."Ongoing legal battles ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 08:12hrs | | by Edmond Phiri
JZ High School continues with 100% A-level pass rate
SITUATED in Gwanda District in the sprawling Matebeleland South Province, Jason Ziyaphapha (JZ) Moyo High School is not only named after a revolutionary luminary whose legacy cannot be bloated, but th...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:35hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Grandfather jailed 20 years for rape
A 63-year-old Hwange man was last week sentenced to 20 years behind bars for raping his 15-year-old cousin.Hwange Regional Magistrate Mr Mark Dzira jailed Finias John Nyathi whilst conditional...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 22:25hrs | | by Peter Matuka/Simbarashe Sithole
Police investigate armed robbery in Inyathi as thieves make off with $200
Inyathi, Matabeleland North Province - Police are currently investigating an armed robbery case that occurred on Wednesday morning, where two assailants escaped with USD$200 in cash. The incident invo...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Peter Matuka
Youngest prominent Zim lawyer featured in Fortune Africa
Meet Clifford S. Ncube, the youngest prominent lawyer in Zimbabwe, who has not...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 12:38hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'Dollar deals' cripple bars, nightclubs
ILLEGAL alcohol sellers that have sprouted across the city are crippling the business of registered nightclubs and bars while Government has set high standards of operation to bring sanity to the dist...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel prices hiked as regional fuel prices drop
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has raised fuel prices with effect from 4 January 2024. South Africa's Mineral Resources and Energy Department published the official fuel price...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC Mabvuku-Tafara MP Kufahakutizwi arrested
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara constituency, Febion Kufahakutizwi has been arrested on charges of assault and malicious damage to property.C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe aims to be 5th largest lithium producer
Chinese investors racing to secure lithium supplies could help Zimbabwe rise to become the world's fifth biggest primary producer of the material that's vital to battery electric vehicles and the gree...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Luxury apartments named after Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday broke ground at the US$100 million Millennium Park development in Borrowdale West signaling the construction of the premium luxury 86-unit block of apartments na...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ngwabi Bhebhe laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre
One of Zimbabwe's education luminaries Professor Ngwabi Mulunge Bhebhe, who died on 16 November, was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare today.President Emmerson Mnangagwa preside ove...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 12:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps record 8 000 at MSU
President Mnangagwa caps musician Sandra Ndebele who graduated with a first class Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Music Business, Musicology and Technology at Midlands State University yesterday...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane's triumphant return
AMID a palpable buzz of anticipation, over 2 000 fans packed Palace Hotel Gardens on Friday last week to witness a triumphant comeback by Insimbi ZeZhwane, just three months after the tragic loss of t...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra can't account for ZW$1 billion
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has failed to account for millions of dollars in tax and deposits paid by clients, amid indications of massive fraud facilitated by weak accounting systems, rais...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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