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'Cryptocurrencies can list on Victoria Falls Stock Exchange'
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has said cryptocurrencies can list on its foreign currency-only bourse subject to regulatory approval.If the cryptocurrencies-a digital representation of valu...Published: 21 mins ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
World lithium deficit a boon for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is among major lithium producers that may draw significant benefits from firm global prices and high demand for the precious mineral due to expected supply deficit projected to start in two y...Published: 15 hrs ago | 529 | by Staff reporter
U.S. presses Zimbabwe on labour rights
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe has called on the government to respect labour rights after threats to replace teachers striking over poor pay.Brian Nichols met labour and social welf...Published: 15 hrs ago | 402 | by Staff reporter
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1081 | by Anthony Matutu
G40 pushes for inclusive government
EXILED former Zanu-PF officials, who were hounded out of the country at the height of the military coup in 2017, have called for an inclusive government to stabilise the ship, saying the present gover...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 5390 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as intercity travel resumes
MAJOR bus termini, depots and popular hiking spots in Bulawayo were yesterday a hive of activity as transport operators resumed inter-city routes amid jostling by travellers as they boarded buses. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Unions claims 60% of teachers stayed home on first day of school re-opening
Unions said 60 percent of their members boycotted classes, angry over low pay and concerns over the provision of personal protective clothing to keep them safe from the coronavirus."Today we h...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:26hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Exam classes in false start
CHAOS rocked most schools as they reopened for examination classes yesterday, with thousands of pupils turned away over lack of personal protective equipment, non-payment of fees, while in other insta...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2913 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders worry over COVID-19 testing costs
CROSS-border traders have expressed readiness to jump into action when borders re-open this Thursday and are ready to undergo Covid-19 testing in line with health and safety guidelines. Govern...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
'Corruption worse than Covid-19'
OUTGOING Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi has urged prison officers to shun corruption, saying the scourge was worse than c...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders engage fans
Highlanders FC Plumtree Supporters Chapter has challenged the club to "seriously" consider tapping into rural talent by establishing satellite centres where players identified can train. At th...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 724 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe, Chamisa slammed for not putting Zimbabwe first in their fights
AS THE vicious factional wars that are tearing apart Zimbabwe's main opposition plumb new lows with each passing day, political analysts say the MDC may have reached the end of the road in its current...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:20hrs | 3155 | by Staff reporter
HOPE for Kids giving hope
Misheck Kugodah Mlambo explained what is Hope for Kids and how it operates to Mutare citizens on Saturday.Speaking on a Whatsapp platform, Mutare Watch Mlambo said, "Hope for Kids is a c...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:20hrs | 230 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Confusion hits schools restart
CONFUSION has hit the reopening of schools, with teachers refusing to return to classes until government offers them a good salary deal.Schools, which closed in March following the outbreak of...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 4175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cost of living up
ZIMBABWE'S cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), food basket for a low income family of six, rose to $14 438 in August from $14 256 in July, representing a 1,27 percen...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:51hrs | 2410 | by Staff reporter
Millions of people forced from their homes face dual hardship of Covid-19
Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June 2020, according to a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centr...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 671 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-police commissioner spills the beans on corrupt top cops
A LEAKED police internal correspondence has exposed how top police fat cats are frustrating criminal investigations by allegedly shielding criminal cartels in return for money and gold.The let...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Pakistan to name full strength squad for Zimbabwe
Pakistan coach Misbahul Haq has hinted that there may not be major changes his squad for the upcoming cricket home series against Zimbabwe, saying that the team already had young players.Durin...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Soda Zhemu unhappy with pace of rural electrification
The 6% rural electrification fund (REF) levy is not adequate to fund the programme to power rural communities, leaving most parts of rural communities, Energy Minister Soda Zhemu has said.Comm...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle number plate delays rile motorists
DELAYS in the issuance of vehicle number plates have raised disgruntlement among affected motorists in Bulawayo who are accusing the police of harassing them yet the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) is ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Marked decline in SA returnees
THE South African government's relaxation of Covid19 restrictions to Level 1 has seen a reduction in Zimbabwean nationals seeking to be repatriated home, Zimbabwe's chief envoy to South Africa, Ambass...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's DCC elections to be held at once'
ZANU-PF will hold all outstanding District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections at once as it moves to consolidate its structures, the party's national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has sai...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out Zimbabwe successes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last week underlined Zimbabwe's economic gains to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), giving the world an accurate depiction of the economic transformation being undertaken...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 7867 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabwe cross-border traders
CROSS-BORDER traders across the country are set for a major relief following the unveiling of a cheaper coronavirus (Covid-19) testing facility, in a development that will be cost effective.Th...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is stoppable, says Chamisa
Disputed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today use his second e-rally to tell the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is stoppable despite its show of invi...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 6983 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'I'm committed to democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, includin...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Dembare being run like a tuckshop
FORMER Dynamos forward, Simon Chuma, says the Glamour Boys are now being run like a tuckshop and have lost their way terribly. Chuma, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, said playing f...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Cop sues for $1m over disposed cyst
A POLICE detective is suing the Gwanda Provincial Hospital for nearly $1 million after a nurse at the health facility disposed of an ovarian cyst removed from her body without sending it for laborator...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt unaccountable, pervaded by military, says Ibbo Mandaza
Zimbabwean Professor Ibbo Mandaza has emphasised the need for South Africa to safeguard its democracy, the independence of institutions and to ensure that the military conforms to the constitution....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Ramaphosa
President Mnangagwa, who is scheduled to address the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today, has thanked South African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa for using the Ass...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Divisions brew in MDC-Alliance over party name
The rebranding of the MDC-Alliance in response to the MDC-T's decision to use the same name (MDC-Alliance) in future polls, including the forthcoming by-elections, has triggered an in-house spat featu...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 12:31hrs | 6307 | by John Sigauke
Chamisa to field recalled councillors
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's Bulawayo provincial executive has resolved to field all the eight councillors who were recently recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe in the upcoming by-el...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 9843 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's indigenisation law ill-conceived, says Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT rolled out an ill-conceived indigenisation policy for political expediency during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
'Worn out US dollar notes notes acceptable'
BADLY damaged, dirty or even torn United States dollar notes remain valid for all transactions and can be exchanged as legal tender. This comes as some businesses and individuals have been rej...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends virtual UN General Assembly
President Mnangagwa will today join other Heads of State and Government in the virtual opening meeting of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The opening proceedings, whic...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Ray Kaukonde being probed by ZACC
The legal dispute over the status of a 1 000ha farm in Goromnzi has sucked in former Mashonaland East Governor Ray Kaukonde who is now under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Z...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to take part in Govt procurement processes, says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF is finalising on preparing a document that will among other issues see the governing party being involved in the lucrative government procurement business.The party's acting national s...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may hold solution to Africa's energy crisis
BACK in the early 1990s, Mobil was exploring for oil in Zimbabwe when it came across large hydrocarbon resources in the Cabora Bassa Basin.The petroleum giant explored over an area extending a...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Church says 'it's time for Zimbabwe to come together'
WITH the country and its two major political parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu gunman was DRC war vet who dreamed of 'freeing Zimbabwe'
One of the Chivhu gunmen who shot dead a soldier was a Democratic Republic of Congo war veteran who often spoke of "freeing Zimbabwe", according to friends and family.Elliot Chihambakwe, of Gu...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 5858 | by Staff reporter
Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House
Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 2927 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
What are the best trading strategies?
Understanding the basics of the stock trading process might look like a complicated thing to do, especially, if you are a beginner at trading. However, with a little bit of extra effort, everything wi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 10:27hrs | 1039 | by Staff Writer
Thokozani Khupe's wings must be clipped
The Iron lady of recalls is at the headlines again and the people are living no stone unturned and have vowed to give her an agitated finger. The storm is raging more than ever. The ship is wrecking a...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 6520 | by Leonard Koni
Bulawayo registry office reopens
THE Government has okayed the re-opening of the Registrar-General's Office which will see more than 6 199 children born during the Covid-19 lockdown access birth certificates in Bulawayo.Despi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 5317 | by Staff reporter
75% Zimbabwe urban workers jobless, says WFP
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has disclosed that three quarters of Zimbabwe's urban workers have lost their jobs due to the deteriorating economic situation and the COVID-19-induced restrictions whic...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Khupe an embarrassment to women
IT is clear MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe does not have a political compass, neither does Douglas Mwonzora have gravitas and that extra touch, worse Morgen Komichi is just a natural disaster and a time...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 2865 | by Leonard Koni
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