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Mashonaland's new city takes shape
The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced servicing land in Mt Hampden, where the new commercial and administrative capital will be established. This follows the recent repossession of 47 farms coverin...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:18hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe preachers outshine African counterparts
IN a major shift within the pentecostal world, Zimbabwean prophets are witnessing a surge in foreign congregants seeking spiritual healing and deliverance.Previously, many Africans looked towa...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
47 farms earmarked for new city
FORTY-SEVEN farms in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces have been earmarked for the development of the new capital city in Mt Hampden, where work on core infrastructure, which includes...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Egodini Taxi Rank - The Heartbeat of Bulawayo
Bulawayo, the second-largest city in Zimbabwe, is a vibrant metropolis with a very rich cultural and historical heritage. At the heart of this bustling city lies the iconic Egodini Taxi Rank, formerly...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 11:50hrs | 7 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
David Coltart reveals earning US$25 a month
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, in charge of the country's second largest urban authority, earns a ridiculous US$25 a month, perhaps worse than a day's takings by an illegal street vendor in one of the ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egypt building a new administrative capital
Egypt, one of the biggest economies in Africa, is constructing a groundbreaking New Administrative Capital, positioned 45 km east of Cairo, set to be the focal point for governmental functions, foreig...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chinese diplomat detaches country policy from offending firms in Zimbabwe
Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese embassy to Zimbabwe, Huang Minghai says some of the unscrupulous behaviour seen of some Chinese firms operating in Zimbabwe is not part of the Asian c...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Uneducated' politicians to be locked out of Zimbabwe councils
GOVERNMENT is finalising a new law to bar politicians without tertiary education qualifications from running for local authority seats in a development meant to restore competency and improve service ...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe developing a new US$60bn capita city
Plans to develop Zimbabwe's new capital city in Mt Hampden are gathering momentum, with a masterplan for the multi-billion-dollar ultra-modern development now complete.The US$60 billion metrop...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Bulawayo to host Uhuru celebrations
The Government has announced that the main 42nd Independence Day celebrations will be held in Bulawayo for the first time in history in line with the Second Republic's thrust of devolution and decentr...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Harare approved 'illegal' settlements
HARARE has approved dozens of settlements across the metropolis that were initially deemed illegal, a development observers said would benefit politicians and land barons who grabbed the land without ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The five (05) most beautiful cities in Europe
In Europe there are several very attractive things, including the cities that abound on the continent. We will talk about the most beautiful ones of the old continent namely Paris, Berlin, Lisboa, Bud...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 14:38hrs | 14 | by Staff Writer
Chaos at Harare House
HARARE City Council (HCC) is reportedly on autopilot after a special council meeting called on Monday to elect an acting mayor failed to constitute a quorum.The situation is said to be dire to...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Ignatius Banda
Prominent promoter Madamara laid to rest
MUSIC promoter and businessman, Dave "Madamara" Ncube, the first promoter to bring South African musician, Freddie Gwala to the country, was buried on Wednesday.Ncube (53), who died on Monday ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: When the mask falls off
ZIMBABWE has been going through a lot in the past week, trying to navigate through a constitutional crisis but one thing has stood out about the administration. It is autocratic both at home and abroa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Service delivery compromised by many acting officials
SERVICE delivery in Harare has been hampered by failure to fill vacant posts that has seen the local authority operating with only one full-time director out of a possible eight.Consequently, ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Top tourist attractions in Singapore - suitable for all age groups
Whether you are a native Singaporean or an international visitor, you are probably wondering what the locals do in their downtime. This is a reasonable question to ask for newcomers who are not famili...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:16hrs | 25 | by Staff writer
US warns Mnangagwa and other dictators
THE United States government has threatened dire consequences on African leaders closing democratic spaces in their countries and stifling citizens' rights just to retain power. In a statement...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Benefits Of Playing Pokies Online
There is no doubt that playing pokies is one of the top forms of entertainment in Australia. The game is fairly simple, so there is no guesswork. In the past, Australians had to visit brick-and-mortar...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff Writer
Repositioning Bulawayo for the future
This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to a...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
Mnangagwa to meet youths
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is tomorrow set to meet with Zanu-PF youths in an interactive session that will bring the party's eight provinces together.Zanu-PF's secretary for youth Lewis Matu...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League lowers maximum age to 35 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF has lowered the maximum age for political office in the youth league to 35 in a fresh campaign that seeks to promote a greater voice for young people.Zim...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to checkmate his rivals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed more politburo members to oversee the restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces in what serves to indicate the high stakes involved in the whole exercis...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Zanu-PF Bulawayo chair
Bulawayo province has been hit by another round of divisions over who should lead the metropolis following the death of Callistus Ndlovu last week.Ndlovu collapsed and died at the age of 83 in...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Dan Tshanda became Bulawayo's darling
WHILE he was never shy to talk about his roots, few knew that Dan Tshanda, the music legend and founder of the music movement known as Splash, was actually of Shona extraction from Zimbabwe.Th...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Zimbabwe could draw valuable lessons from Singapore in the former's quest for economic growth
SINGAPORE and Rwanda are exciting countries that may easily serve as case studies for other countries seeking a rapid reduction in their poverty levels. For the purposes of this article I will allow t...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 19:17hrs | | by Prosper Munyedza
Cholera tsunami sweeps across Mashonaland again
STEWART Murambiwa's snow-white teeth appear too big for his mouth; his arms and limbs look like they belong to a little boy and not the 27-year-old man he is.Propped up on an iron bed in a ten...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Igomombe
No to power sharing with Chamisa
Richard Nixon said that one must never be satisfied with losing. He said that after losing one should get terribly angry at losing. He goes on to say that "the mark of the good loser is that he takes ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Mugabe must walk full mile
President Robert Mugabe issued a proclamation early last month, appointing a commission of inquiry to probe the sale of State land in and around urban areas.The commission, which is led by Jus...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by Hama Saburi
'Harare among world's worst cities to live in'
Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has been ranked one of 10 worst cities in the world to live in, according to a survey.The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2017 study said Harare was ranked eight from...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Brilliant Mhlanga in defence of Stanley Khumalo
Following the recent publications of two articles, the first was purportedly released by the Khumalos Conference and the second is suspected to have released by Zwide Khumalo. As expected a vicious de...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Thulani Nkala
Mugabe's legacy: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial State. It is in the wake of decolonisation (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
From white to black Rhodesia: A case of inherited oppression
The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial state. It is in the wake of decolonization (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negrit...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:50hrs | 10 | by Patson Dzamara
Bulawayo: From industrial to church hub
ONCE regarded as the country's industrial hub, Zimbabwe's second largest city has suffered what probably ranks as the worst job carnage, occasioned by the deteriorating economic situation that has led...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 13:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai clothed in borrowed robes and forgot to think beyond slogans
IT'S been many seasons ever since this column was launched, more accurately ever since I adopted it from its "tired" founder, Professor Jonathan Moyo. While I know Nathaniel to be his middle name, I w...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:29hrs | 31 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Around claims of a dying Zanu-PF
One question many of my readers pose and even criticise me for is taking contrary thoughts too seriously. I fully understand where my readers are coming from. We have become a virtual community of opi...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
2018 Election: The Last Chance or The Lost Chance - What is in it for the Youth of Zimbabwe?
Are you angry that you don't have a job and access to services? Are you angry that poverty and suffering have become the order of the day? Are you angry that you seek your government's audience and no...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Alfred Towo
Of 2018 and 'Quarrelations' of the opposition
Political discord is the order of the day in corridors of power in the opposition political movement. All eyes are on Joice Mujuru and Morgan Tsvangirai. The biggest open secret is that the two leader...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 14:48hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Bulawayo City faces worst water crisis
BULAWAYO could be staring at the worst water crisis in five years as it has emerged that the combined capacity of supply dams for the city was now 30 percent, 10 percent lower than the 2012 and 20...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kevin Sifiso Malinga Most Qualified to be SA Public Protector
I watched like many followers of democratic processes the selection of South Africa's public protector. An office that requires oversight of the various government functions.I came out of the ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Ken Sibanda
Zambezi water: Solution to Bulawayo's ills
Bulawayo City is a pale shadow of its former self. This is mainly because of closure or relocation or contraction of many commercial, industrial companies and social welfare organisations.Once...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Private Lounge threatens Forty40
CLUB Forty 40, which has been home to strippers for the past year, has roped in Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love and stripper Chocolate to try and counter the opening of strip joint – Private Lounge ...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
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