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MDC MPs lose allowances
PARLIAMENT has docked the allowances of opposition MDC legislators as punishment for walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, the Daily News reporte...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 2872 | by Staff reporter
Energy ministry secretary grilled over Zesa rebundling, tariffs
MINISTRY of Energy secretary Gloria Magombo was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issues of rebundling of Zesa with MPs questioning why an institution that was recently unbundled was now being rebu...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:04hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew dumps Harare water project
LATE Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe is under fire over failure to complete the Oddis Plant project his company and some Israelites were long contracted to work on by the Harare Ci...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 31 | by newzimbabwe
New Zimdollar notes being printed
NEW bank notes will be introduced into the market in a few months' time to ease the current serious shortage of cash in the country, a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official has revealed.RBZ ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to kill three children to spite wife
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly poisoned himself and his three children to spite his wife who had left him for another man. Chelesani Sibanda (34) yesterday told a court that he did not want to ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Council seeks garnish powers
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba yesterday appealed to Parliament to make legislative reforms that will give powers to the city council to execute garnishing orders just like the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Bread price jumps 61%
Zimbabwe's bread price has shot up 61% to $15 after days of shortages, piling more misery on a citizenry already bearing the brunt of poor earnings.This comes after the bread price had been co...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2780 | by Frank Kuwonu
'Mnangagwa give a young leader to lead'
I am a ZanuPF member through and through. Fought in the liberation of this country and lost my leg during a firefight with Rhodesian forces. I have something to share with my fellow veterans of the st...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 17:00hrs | 5602 | by Cde Mao
RBZ bigwigs face arrest
Three Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials face arrest after a committee of Parliament yesterday threatened to prefer contempt charges against them. This came after the RBZ deputy governor...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3355 | by Staff reporter
Parliament probes botched govt truck deal
SOLUTIONS Motors owner Patrick Siyawamwaya yesterday came under fire in Parliament after his company got a US$518 850 contract from the Department of Irrigation to supply 10 trucks in 2017, but only s...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Govt still consulting on civil servants bonuses
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday told Parliament that government had not yet made a decision on whether civil servants will be paid bonuses this year as they needed to consult workers' representative...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
RBZ deputy governor faces contempt of Parliament charges
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Khuphukile Mlambo and other senior staffers at the central bank face contempt of Parliament charges after they failed to attend a Public Accounts Committee (Pa...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's deputy governor faces contempt of Parly charges
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Khuphukile Mlambo and other senior staffers at the central bank face contempt of Parliament charges after they failed to attend a Public Accounts Committee (Pa...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 227 | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 1911 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 548 | by Victor Bhoroma
MPs fret over lack of gender parity
ZIMBABWE'S number of serving female ambassadors now stands at 32%, an issue which Parliament says should be rectified in order to satisfy the constitutional requirements of 50/50 gender representation...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
'Make MPs' assets disclosure mandatory'
NEW chairperson of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has called on governments to impose mandatory disclosure of assets laws on MPs and pu...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Driving their way into PSL?
GO-GETTING Zifa Southern Region Division One side, Talen Vision, have acquired a top of the range 48-seater team bus that is in the final stages of being assembled and branded in China, B-Metro Sport ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:21hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Election dispute resolution in Zimbabwe
This paper on election dispute resolution (EDR) departs from the point that the electoral competition is often accompanied by disputes and tensions, as political parties and candidates jostle for powe...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 406 | by Zesn
Zacc tables $100m budget for 2020
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday suggested that a $100 million budget for 2020 would suffice for the anti-graft body, which is also seeking to be allowed to retain a percentage...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Man 'kidnaps lover's baby' (2), dumps her at uncle's home
A MAN from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping his ‘lover's' two-year-old baby and disappearing with her for almost two days.Norman Chingombe (25) allege...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Parliamentarians plotting a coup?
A certain section of ZANU PF Members of Parliament is plotting to move a motion calling for the removal of speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda accusing him of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa t...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 05:02hrs | 7431 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe ready to ride on AfCFTA opportunities
Foreign Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou has told Parliament that Zimbabwe is geared to take advantage of the opportunities to be brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Minister pledges to resolve 'shona' nurses recruitment
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Judith Ncube has pledged to engage responsible authorities to resolve the questionable recent recruitment of student nurses in Bulawayo. S...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on passports graft
GOVERNMENT has directed the Registrar-General's Office to set up a committee that will oversee the vetting of passport applications in a bid to eliminate corruption. The committee will be resp...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 2198 | by Staff reporter
Importance of hiring the transcription services for your company
You can decide to choose your transcripts by yourself. But sometimes, you cannot match the services of professionals. Transcriptionists have awesome typing skills. They are fluent in the language and ...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:45hrs | 569 | by Staff Writer
Why big business is a threat to Zimbabwe's revival
ZIMBABWE has entered a new frightening phase, a phase of unbridled capital that has become a State in itself in pursuit of profit and nothing else.This has been compounded by a weak government...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 641 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
SA judge rescues foreign truck drivers
A SOUTH AFRICAN High Court judge has ruled against the sacking of foreign haulage truck drivers saying it was in breach of their rights not to be discriminated against on the basis of their social ori...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs give Mudenda 48-hr ultimatum
MDC legislators who walked out of Parliament during President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address last week have given the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda 48 hours to with...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruitment sparks uproar as only shonas get positions at Mpilo
DISGRUNTLED Bulawayo residents have criticised the selection process of 24 student nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital after 20 were selected from outside Matabeleland. The 24 reportedly started th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Botswana shoots Zimbabwe stray cattle
OVER 100 cattle from Ward 19 in Gwanda near Mlambapeli Border Post have been shot in Botswana in the past three weeks after they strayed into the neighbouring country. In an interview Matabele...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Kevin Malunga courts controversy, again
Outgoing Deputy Public Protector Kevin Malunga was on Sunday embroiled in another controversy in connection with the Office of the Public Protector.This after Malunga cried foul at the headlin...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:47hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa's MPs worried by poor voter registration turnout
Luveve Member of Parliament Stella Ndlovu has expressed concern over poor voter registration in her constituency warning that the constituency is one of those which could be lost if voter registration...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 21:05hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1450 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa lashes out at 'lazy' ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has railed against ministers who should be bringing Bills before Parliament for crafting, but have not been industrious enough.This was after only nine Bills out o...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:17hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa fingers MDC, Zanu-PF MPs
OUTSPOKEN independent MP Temba Mliswa has made sensational claims legislators from both the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC parties coax him into making some demands from Parliament.Mliswa c...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:47hrs | 793 | by newzimbabwe
Ntabazinduna villagers get reprieve
TWENTY-TWO Ntabazinduna villagers that were convicted alongside Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni for destroying a fellow villager's property got a temporary reprieve last week after their sentence...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:34hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues Kwekwe, Kadoma town councils
Government continues to avail resources for the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in local authorities around the country, with the latest being $9.7 million dollars availed to Kwekwe a...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 14:54hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Mliswa extends begging bowel to Chivayo
NORTON Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa on Friday appealed to businessman Wicknell Chivayo to give back to one of Norton's primary schools.The MP, who is well known in his constituency for wo...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 12:48hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Woman scales wall to torment ex-boyfriend
A Bulawayo man is tired of his ex-girlfriend who scales his pre-cast wall at midnight in order to gain entry into his house.It has been gathered that soon after Mbongeni Nxumalo dumped Mercy Z...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Powerless Zesa blacklists debtors
ZESA Holdings has embarked on a nationwide blitz on defaulters and is blacklisting them so that they cannot open new accounts using different addresses. In an interview, ZESA spokesperson Mr F...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans - What The Heck Is Going On? (Part 1)
. . . In the winter, the surf off San Diego can get to be 8 to 10 feet high and it is exceedingly difficult to paddle the boat through the plunging surf, unless everyone digs in. Every paddle must be ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 20:32hrs | 127 | by Crosby T. Pamberi
Mnangagwa is desperate to emulate Kagame, hires same PR - silk purse out sow's ear
There is one thing we can say with absolute certainty; President Mnangagwa and his fellow Joint Operation Command (JOC) junta members, comprising the top brass in the country's security services and a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:08hrs | 756 | by Wilbert Mukori
New laws to tighten screws on corruption
GOVERNMENT has come up with more pieces of anti-corruption legislation, in addition to the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Bill, which Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi last week said ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
MPs urges stiffer penalties to curb crime
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts to deal with the crime....Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC should show maturity, respect for Mnangagwa
ON 15 September, just before he left the country for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Mnangagwa penned a congratulatory message to the main opposition Movement for Democratic...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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