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Kariba has adequate water for power generation: ZRA
ZIMBABWE will, for the foreseeable future, experience stable power supply from the Kariba South Power Station after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) said this week it would maintain 30 billion cubic ...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Devolution helplessly biting the dust at Nkayi registry offices
Despite the unambiguous provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, devolution sadly remains a pipedream in the generality of the country. For purposes of particularity, t...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1505 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Illegal miner dies in a mine shaft
A 45-year old Bindura man was trapped to death in a 15 metre deep mine shaft while illegally prospecting for gold on Saturday.Mashonaland Central Police Spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 09:56hrs | 1255 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Murambatsvina is back at MDC led councils
Hundreds of informal traders who had built shacks and shelters on road verges and the sides of the roads in Harare Metropolitan province had their structures demolished yesterday after they failed to ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Impact of new licensing fees on Zimbabwean gambling facilities
Earlier in the year, the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe announced that the all ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 21:57hrs | 280 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor's appeal an admission of failure
THE appeal by acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa has been received with mixed reactions by residents of Harare, who feel that it lacks sincerity and practical application.The City of Harare has to i...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:03hrs | 164 | by Harare Residents Trust
Zimbabwe forex rules 'a tragedy of good intentions'
LAST week's promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021, which penalises issuance of local currency receipt for foreign currency purchases and pricing goods above the official auction rate, among...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:59hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rubbishes Jonathan Moyo's voter fraud book claims
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on Friday forced to address the damaging allegations raised by Professor Jonathan Moyo, who in his newly-published book, offers a gripping account of the el...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
If we want Zimbabwean youth to register to vote, then include a 'None of the above' option on ballot paper!
I am always intrigued, and oftentimes bemused, witnessing the concerted efforts by many sections of Zimbabwean's society, in their energetic attempts in urging the country's youth to register to vote....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:10hrs | 432 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boost for local mixed martial artists
SYLVESTER "Gladiator" Chipfumbu's recent success in the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) could open doors for local martial artists, with American woman fighter Carla Esparza and martial artist sup...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables beat Zambia in friendly match
Zimbabwe 31 8 ZambiaZIMBABWE's Sables marked their return to competitive action with a victory over Zambia in a friendly international rugby match at Harare Sports Club yesterday.Newboy Do...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:53hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bans blair toilets
Government has launched a massive nationwide programme to replace pit latrine and blair toilets with flushable ones suitable in line with vision 2030, with rural schools and clinics currently being up...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:44hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Massive investment for Matobo farmers
MATOBO small-holder farmers in conjunction with the local business community have completed the expansion of the Valley Irrigation Scheme after clearing an additional 60 hectares of land.The s...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:09hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Poverty is not a political commodity
Zimbabwe is an unfortunate country, it stays in an election mode the day after a new government gets into office. Political parties are in a campaig...Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | 152 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Teachers, nurses forced to join Zanu-PF
TEACHERS and nurses in Bikita are reportedly being forced to join local Zanu-PF structures and meetings as the ruling party goes on a massive recruitment drive ahead of the 2023 polls.Some of ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:51hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Doctor injured in Mpilo Hospital Fire
ONE doctor suffered a fractured leg at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday after a staff residence was gutted by fire around midnight.Property with an estimated US$500 000 was destroyed in the fi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:27hrs | 691 | by Staa reporter
'Zanu PF has caused a constitutional crisis' says Mutambara - who is giving junta legitimacy
"As we have explained before, both Constitutional Amendments (No 1 and 2) Acts are unconstitutional and illegal," wrote Professor Arthur Mutambara. "The three arms of the state (Executive, Jud...Published: 27 May 2021 at 14:20hrs | 1255 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Omakorokoza derail NRZ
GOLD panners are costing the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) millions of dollars annually through vandalism of railway infrastructure by mining along railway lines across the country.Illeg...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar whistleblowing corruption scandal rocks Zimra
MASSIVE corruption - which has dragged on for years - is rocking the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s multi-million-dollar whistle-blower fund which the tax collector's senior officials are lootin...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 2998 | by Staff reporter
New parly takes shape in Mt Hampden
CONSTRUCTION of Zimbabwe's massive new parliament in Mt Hampden is now 70% complete, the project manager of Shanghai Construction Group, Cai Li Bo, told The NewsHawks this week."We are decorat...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:21hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 837 | by Des Erasmus
Passion Java endorses Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid
CONTROVERSIAL celebrity prophet, Passion Java has endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential re-election bid in the 2023 campaign.Zanu-PF has already confirmed Mnangagwa as their presidential ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:36hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Mavhunga not respecting departed heroes
MASHONALAND Central war veterans have accused ZANU PF provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and Minister of State and provincial affairs for mash Central...Published: 23 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 1733 | by Simbarashe Sithole
New salary offer for civil servants
A technical team constituted by the Government is set to table a report this week that will determine a new salary offer that will be taken by the employer to its workers as negotiations over civil se...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter
ZRP joins Interpol in drug trafficking operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was among countries in Africa and the Middle East that recently participated in an International Police Organisations (Interpol)'s operation code-named "Lionfish" which wa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes unrelenting
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has no timeline for the lifting of its water-shedding regime after failing to meet the March deadline, blaming this on a combination of electricity outages and unfinished w...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:13hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Chief Jahana confronts Mnangagwa
Chief Jahana of Insiza has written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa 'strongly' objecting to the mining exploration of lithium in Fort Rixon without following due processes.The Governme...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:20hrs | 4248 | by Staff reporter
'MDC must avoid inter-party fighting to win 2023' - subtleties of rigging are a mystery to simpletons
The one thing Zanu PF apologist and propagandist have done well since the 2008 to 2013 GNU is convince the brain-dead MDC leaders and their supporters that the democratic reforms SADC leaders set out ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1032 | by Nomusa Garikai
Professor Jonathan Moyo, why do you want us to participate in flawed elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy?
"Some people have said to me, 'If you want us to believe you are no longer working for Zanu PF then tell us how Zanu PF rigged the elections!’ They say that expecting some Mafia like, Movie like, wa...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2876 | by Wilbert Mukori
Doctors, nurses leave Bulawayo hospitals
MORE than 140 healthcare workers have resigned from Bulawayo's central hospitals, a development which has compromised service delivery. Most of these healthcare workers are said to be trekking to the ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2025 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is counting on miracle feeding for the constituents whose councils covets
For a while now, Zanu PF has made its illogical intentions to everyone who gives their valuable time to listen to it blow its own trumpet. Illogical intentions premised on basic lack of comprehension ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 10:34hrs | 972 | by Anesu Munyama
6 Bosso stars ruled out of Chibuku group stage
HIGHLANDERS have suffered a massive blow ahead of their Chibuku Super Cup title defence which starts on Saturday with six of their players ineligible to play in the first round of the country's most l...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Global giant fires Hwange furnaces
CHINESE global investor, Tsingshan Holding Group, has started construction of its second 150 000-tonne coke battery in Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, following completion last month of the first...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho to resume stadium construction
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council has said it is working on resuming the construction of a soccer stadium which was abandoned in 2015.The idea was the brainchild of former Higher Education min...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdef no longer a vehicle for looting'
More employers are now beginning to trust the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) because it is no longer a vehicle for self-enrichment but for skills creation, the Minister of Higher and Tert...Published: 11 May 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Portugal to send troops to its Mozambican colony
Portugal will send a further 60 troops to Mozambique as part of a new cooperation agreement aimed at helping the country tackle an Islamic State-linked insurgency in its north, Portugal's defence mini...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Elevating business success through physical superiority
Appearances can be deceptive. The most aesthetically pleasing presentation with a load of fun pictures, graphics, and colours won't necessarily be the best at getting the message across because the co...Published: 10 May 2021 at 19:08hrs | 162 | by Staff writer
Bulawayo faces massive land shortage
BULAWAYO requires as much as 27 000 hectares of land within and outside its boundaries to meet the needs of residents and industry under a development strategy running until 2034.Only 12 350 h...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces shortage of midwives
ZIMBABWE is still facing an acute shortage of midwives and the situation has escalated due to the COVID-19-induced demand for nurses globally.As the world celebrated International Day of the M...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation to fall below 55%, says RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is targeting a slide in the annual inflation to below 55% by July this year, underpinned by its disinflationary strategy that has been credited for calming m...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:47hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
RG Office's inefficiency unsettles Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East province is fretting over the Registrar-General (RG) Office's inefficiency, saying this would negatively affect their targeted five million votes in the 2023 elec...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's mansion construction stalls
This means taxpayers' funds have been wasted on a property that Mnangagwa may no longer be keen on living in. The hideous property was being built as part of his state package. Usually the President a...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 7734 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa cuts off government departments over unpaid bills
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supplies to several government departments, local authorities and growth points as it seeks to recover ZW$2.1 billion in unpaid bil...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Workers bemoan worsening poverty on Mnangagwa's watch
AHEAD of the 2021 Workers' Day commemorations, The NewsHawks (NH) caught up with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Peter Mutasa (PM), for an interview to mark the 2021 International Wor...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwe woman partners Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
ZIMBABWE might currently not have a participating driver competing in the Formula 1 (F1) World Championship, but the Southern African country continues to have a close connection with the popular spor...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:29hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
No major changes in Warriors squad
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic is believed to have opted for familiar faces save for Luton town defender Brendan Galloway ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia nex...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:28hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Who is Zanu-PF national PC - Rugeje or Matemadanda?
Confusion continues to reign supreme in Zanu-PF's commissariat department as it is not clear who is the current National Political Commissar (PC) between Victor Matemadanda and Ltd Gen (Rtd) Engelbert...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:26hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Zacc ups anti-graft drive
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has upped its anti-graft drive, embarking on a massive recruitment exercise aimed at strengthening its decentralisation strategy.Zacc seeks to re...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:16hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
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