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NMB donates foodstuffs to Dzikwa Trust to help feed 850 children
NMB Bank on Thursday last week handed over to Dzikwa Trust, groceries, toiletries, masks and sanitisers to assist the trust in feeding more than 850 vulnerable children in and around Harare's Dzivaras...Published: 1 hr ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy flies into Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance war
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, who arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, flies into a storm with the ruling Zanu-PF party and the oppositio...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3863 | by Staff reporter
You've failed us, villagers tell MPs
Zvimba villagers last Friday blasted legislators for failing to effectively play their oversight role on budgetary allocations in Parliament, resulting in the increase in poverty levels among communit...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Phase Two Matebeleland North roads rehab intensified
GOVERNMENT allocated more than $700 million to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development for rehabilitation of a 3 000km road network under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (...Published: 16 hrs ago | 279 | by Staff reporter
He who acknowledges his failings has started his journey to success
Have Zimbabweans ever wondered why they appear 'cursed' - in a country seemingly entrapped in a never-ending vicious cycle of economic malaise and poverty, whereby each minute is expended on how to ju...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:22hrs | 568 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZDAMWU extends a condolences to six Chinese Miners in Mazowe
The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives following a mining explosion at SAS mine in Mazowe, a nickel ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:12hrs | 818 | by Stephen Jakes
Is Guvamatanga altogether there?
An observation made by my daughter, Dr Rumbi, when she was 27 years old has haunted me ever since. Dr Rumbi was preparing for her doctoral defence on governance, and she had returned from a research t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1198 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP assaults party youth as tempers flare ahead of elections
ZVIMBA East Member of Parliament, Tawanda Tungamirai punched and verbally assaulted a fellow Zanu-PF youth member Saturday just before the party's decisive meeting to pass a resolution to hold distric...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs our support now
I am not a member of MDC-Alliance. However, I will defend Chamisa with all my might. I consider Chamisa as my son and therefore he needs my support now.Chamisa is savagely attached on his way ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:26hrs | 1559 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mr President, even a husband who makes excuses for failing his family soon finds himself with divorce papers!
Excuses, excuses, excuses! Thats is what the people of Zimbabwe have come to expect from their government, ever since coming to power in 1980 - after the country attained political independenc...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1141 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil servants' vaccination deadline ends
THE deadline by which civil servants should have been vaccinated against Covid-19 lapsed yesterday, with those refusing to be inoculated facing disciplinary action and termination of contracts....Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
US$2bn allocated at forex auctions
More than US$2 billion was allotted to almost 6 000 entities at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's weekly foreign currency auctions from when they opened near the end of June last year to the end of last ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to lose out on loans
ZIMBABWE is set to miss out on a multi-million-dollar fund for countries sharing the Zambezi watercourse because of its external debt estimated at US$10,5 billion.The funds will be disbursed t...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Govt, business stalemate rages
BUSINESS executives made desperate attempts from last week Friday to worm their way out of arrests for violating foreign currency exchange regulations, but the government turned a deaf ear as it vowed...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ignorance on economics: Mthuli Ncube his best Boss ever
Even Mnangagwa's law degree is questioned by many. If Mnangagwa had a slender idea how the economy works, they would never launder money to Chinese banks in billions of dollars. He would know that kis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:45hrs | 1326 | by Nomazulu Thata
Over 5m Zimbabweans food insecure, claims WFP
OVER five million Zimbabweans in urban and rural communities are food insecure due to COVID-19-induced difficulties, the World Food Programme country director Francesca Alderman said yesterday....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Industry in fresh push for bailout
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing sector has escalated its push for State-assisted bailout packages to stem a blazing crisis precipitated by the COVID–19 pandemic, a deteriorating foreign currency crisis and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Forex auction revitalises economy, claims RBZ
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by some unscrupulous businesse...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions fruit and vegetable processing plant
President Mnangagwa has today commissioned a US$1 million fruit and vegetable processing plant in Mutoko which is expected to contribute to crop value addition for the local community in line with Vis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough forex to sustain economy'
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by unscrupulous businesses and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
World Vision transforms state of Lupane schools
THE era of learning under trees and carrying water to school for drinking and sanitation is over for children in Lupane after World Vision invested close to US$300 000 into learning infrastructure, wa...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 781 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Mnangagwa imposed as SRC leader
LUPANE State University (LSU) students have expressed concern at the alleged imposition of Kudakwashe Mnangagwa as the university student representative council (SRC) president.The students to...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply
Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas alt...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank offers to finance former farmers' compensation
Time Bank Zimbabwe Limited that is set to re-open its doors to the public on December 01 this year, has excited the market after unveiling four types of loan facilities among them a scheme for payment...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi villagers resist non-Ndebele teachers
PARENTS of pupils at Mbembesi Primary School in Insiza, Matabeleland South province, on Saturday demonstrated against the deployment of teachers who do not speak local languages.The area is do...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 4827 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new electricity import deals
Zimbabwe is negotiating for new power supply deals with Zambia and Mozambique, which could see the country importing additional 280 megawatts from the two countries, Energy and Power Development Minis...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
The impact of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
WHEN the American government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment (Zidera) Act 20 years ago, it argued that the Act was not intended to punish ordinary Zimbabweans but to targ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 446 | by Eddie Cross
Truckers block traffic at Limpopo bridge
COMMERCIAL traffic going into South Africa and Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge border post was yesterday delayed by more than four hours after truck drivers staged a sit-in at the New Limpopo Bridge d...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds, drizzle across Zimbabwe
The strong winds and thunderstorms over many areas since Sunday including drizzle and light rain in some areas yesterday arise from a strong high pressure system over Zimbabwe. Meteorological ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Galloway set to make Warriors debut
ENGLAND-based defender Brendan Galloway is set to earn his maiden cap with the Warriors, in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana's Black Stars, at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon....Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Govt receives migration draft policy
THE Home Affairs ministry has been handed a draft national migration policy in order to initiate a process towards approval of the document by Cabinet.This was revealed yesterday by the Intern...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
'People of Zimbabwe have become sanctions collateral damage'
WHEN the American government passed the Zidera Act 20 years ago, they argued that the Act was not intended to punish the people of Zimbabwe but to target those individuals and organisations that, in t...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 182 | by Eddie Cross
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Africa's future is being sold out even as we speak
Even if one disagrees with their policies, one must recognise that European policies towards Africa and Asia were guided and designed by deep thinkers in their societies.African leaders today ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 696 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mwonzora urges Mnangagwa's govt to stop Chinese displacements
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has urged government to stop land displacements without availing compensation to those affected first.Thousands of families have been displaced to let Chinese inv...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:38hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Cash-only businesses dodging taxes
Harare's downtown businesses and other informal sector players have found a way of avoiding taxes by demanding cash transactions only, and strictly in US dollars, forcing customers to buy the greenbac...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Inputs distribution begins
Agriculture inputs to small holder farmers under the Presidential inputs scheme programme have been dispatched to Grain Marketing Board depots around the country and the distribution will commence soo...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to descend on errant property owners
THE Bulawayo City Council has warned errant property owners that subdivide their buildings into smaller lettable units, charge rentals in foreign currency and yet do not pay what is due to the local a...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Name, shame exercise divides Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT's name and shame operation targeting companies and individuals accused of fuelling the galloping foreign currency parallel exchange rate has triggered fierce fights within Zanu-PF, with som...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Reminiscing the thrills, pains of village life
The only shop in the village was perched precariously on a rock promontory, competing with itself in stature, grandeur, glamour, ambience and trinkets.It was a tapestry.Pricing was not...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 94 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sticks to 7,8% growth, defies crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday stuck with the 7,8% growth projection announced by the Ministry of Finance in July, as he opened the fourth session of the ninth parliament, defying recent infla...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar market correction
A MAJOR highlight of this week's auction is the magnitude of currency depreciation. The Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar) weakened by the highest weekly margin since the beginning of the year, a strong si...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 295 | by Respect Gwenzi
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