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Gated communities redefine Bulawayo's residential landscape
Once considered exclusive enclaves for the elite, gated communities are rapidly transforming the urban fabric of Bulawayo, introducing new standards of security, lifestyle, and legal property ownershi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:42hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
NetOne expands healthcare access through innovative telemedicine initiative
In a significant step toward modernizing healthcare delivery in Zimbabwe, NetOne and Zim Smart Village have launched another OneHealth Telemedicine Virtual Hospital in Chirumhanzu, marking the latest ...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 22:43hrs | 193 | by Paul Ndou
Varun Beverages brings PepsiCo snacks to Zimbabwe
Varun Beverages Limited will start distributing PepsiCo snacks in Zimbabwe and Zambia from next week, with plans to begin local manufacturing when its production plant comes online in October this yea...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:26hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
White DA minister's tactics only benefiting his DA constituency
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has been accused of instituting oppressive style tactics at the Independent Development Trust (IDT) to only benefit his DA constituency....Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 16:05hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cow horn artist aims to tap into Chinese market at CIIE
Cow horns are often regarded as waste material at slaughterhouses, a Zimbabwean craftsman, however, has struck gold in them.Joseph Chifamba, a businessman who makes jewelry and other products ...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:51hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Democrats are trying to fool Americans about Kamala!
The allegories and stories we were taught at school were supposed to teach us something about life and the real world.In one of the masterpieces of all time, Mark Antony addresses Brutus, a co...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 13:02hrs | 740 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Marapira to officiate Manicaland inaugural tech-transfer expo
Preparations for the inaugural Manicaland Rural Development, technology advancement and knowledge transfer exhibition are at an advance stage at Mutomba Hillside Citadel in Buhera, whilst the deputy M...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Edson Mapani in Buhera
Why US sanctions on Zimbabwe 'have not worked'
The United States is a global superpower. Its political and economic reach is massive and global in character. Look back in history and you can see how the US has so often made real changes to the wor...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe's digital title deeds on the cards
THE Presidential Title Deeds programme will soon unveil a digitalised and securitised document that is tear and water proof as the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa moves to curb cases of fra...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South Africa seeks to boost tourism with new safety measures
South Africa is seeking to boost its tourism revival with the introduction of new measures to improve security, including the Tourism Monitor initiative....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 13:27hrs | 34 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa stole X-Mas
THE year 2023 is ending in the same manner it began: inflicting more hardships on the people of Zimbabwe and with no solution in sight.It has been an annus horribilis of epic proportions. The ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begins annual leave
AFTER a hectic year where he commissioned more than 30 projects, campaigned and won an election resoundingly, President Mnangagwa is now officially on a month-long leave which he will spend in the cou...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 06:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga doles out freebies for votes
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday donated 10 000 day-old chicks, mealie-meal and bread as he canvassed for votes for the ruling Zanu-PF party's Beitbridge West candidate in the Saturday by...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Manhize steel plant nears completion
The commissioning and full operationalisation of the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) in Mvuma, which was initially pencilled for the end of this year, is now set for early next year.The ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa knows what to do
THE CEO Africa Round Table meeting, which was held in Victoria Falls recently week, raised some interesting questions and brought out some perspectives for our political leadership to consider....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 14:57hrs | 19 | by Alfonce Mbizwo
Mnangagwa assures delivery on promises
CONSOLIDATION of gains made in the first term and advancement of the Zimbabwe dream to become an upper middle class economy will characterise the second term of President Mnangagwa who was sworn in ye...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets down to work
FOLLOWING his re-election to the country's top office, President Mnangagwa has switched back to the indefatigable work ethic which characterised his first tenure with the Head of State and Government ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thanks BRICS for standing with Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has thanked BRICS countries for standing with Zimbabwe to avoid chaos caused by western countries in other parts of th...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lines up 40 000 tonnes maize exports
Zimbabwe is ready to resume grain exports this year with initial exports of 40 000 tonnes of grain to East Africa from the substantial surpluses grown by the farmers as the Second Republic's agricultu...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to capitalise on CCC multiple candidates?
Zanu-PF is expected to win in perceived opposition strongholds and consolidate its dominance after the CCC fielded two or three candidates in constituencies and wards in areas where it has traditional...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's future is debated in the city but decided in the village
THE electoral lines have been drawn as we face the impending reckoning of the August 23 general election. Intra-party squabbles have been settled regarding who will be the torch bearer in what ward or...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 14 | by Ntando Dumani
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Embracing deglobalisation in a globalised world
"The more things change, the more they stay the same ..." is a commonly used quotation coined by the French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.The saying implies that even the most turbulent o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa rolls out Zanu-PF election plan
IN 1964, a group of men determined to free the country from the shackles of colonialism and ensure majority rule through one man one vote converged in the city of Gweru at the inaugural ZANU Congress....Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
How worried should we be about income inequality?
How worried should we be about Income Inequality actually? We worry plenty about its opposite. Forced economic equality is socialism. It is unZimbabwean to be for socialism. But Zimbabwe's strength is...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:14hrs | 4 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Can Afrikaners save South Africa?
I AM not a South African, so I venture into their space with trepidation because I know how sensitive these things are. But I am an African and a keen observer of events that affect all of us who live...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe acquires 18 copters from Russia
ZIMBABWE yesterday took delivery of 18 brand new helicopters from Russia that will go towards emergency air medical services, law enforcement and tourism, as the efforts at engagement and re-engagemen...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why RBZ introduced the Gold-backed digital currency
With the local currency on a free-fall and Zimbabwe already a digital economy, ninety six percent of our transactions traded on digital platforms. The digital currency was long overdue. Zimbabwe is on...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:07hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Young Miners4ED, speak
The president of Young Miners for Economic Development has urged young miners to invest in mining and go through proper channels in pegging and registering mining activities.Speaking to this p...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 14:25hrs | 11 | by Desire Tshuma
Zimbabwe magistrates urged to uphold ethical conduct
MAGISTRATES have been challenged to uphold ethical conduct in their execution of duty to ensure a corruption-free and quality justice delivery system.More than 200 magistrates from across the ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mangaliso Ndlovu didn't contest in Zanu-PF's primary elections for the good of the party
Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Provincial chairman Mangaliso Ndlovu says he did not contest in party's primary elections in the reconfigured Bulilima Constituency over the weekend for the good of the part...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
We must create the Zimbabwe we truly want
READING the book Why Nations Fail by authors Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson continues to confirm my observations which I have been sharing with my readers for some time.The challenge we fac...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe crying out for political remaking
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, the refrain of the song Remake the World by Jimmy Cliff aptly portrays the magnitude of destitution that is prevalent among citizenry....Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition
Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a conditi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Delish Nguwaya scoops award for his Pomona waste project
THE Zimbabwe Integrated Traders Association (ZITA) on Wednesday honoured controversial businessman Delish Nguwaya with a special Innovative Business Award in recognition of his leading role in the Pom...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube slashes Zimbabwe growth estimates to 4%
SOFTENING commodity prices on the international market have forced Zimbabwe's Treasury to cut economic growth projections for this year to 4% from 4.5% as the government's ambitious plan to build an u...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe agricultural land not for sale
AGRICULTURAL land is not for sale and anyone who will be found selling farms allocated to them under the Land Reform Programme will face the music, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing Zimb...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is nobody's little boy
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has revealed how the British made a major climbdown after he insisted that he could not sign the book of condolences for the late Queen Elizabeth II because Zimbabwe is under illeg...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zwelinzima Vavi calls on all South Africans to join national shutdown on Wednesday
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) is calling on all South Africans to join their national shutdown on Wednesday.Thousands of workers affiliated with Saftu and Congress of So...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 20:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe edging closer to energy self-sufficiency
ZIMBABWE is edging closer to addressing its energy needs in the long term through the joint construction of the Batoka Gorge hydro power station with Zambia. This comes as the country is battl...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt suspends duty on bus imports
IN a move set to ease transport challenges and reduce fares, Government has, with immediate effect, suspended customs duty on the importation of up to 20 public service buses by authorised dealers....Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends talented young people
ZIMBABWE is poised to be at the apex of development given its rich pool of talented youths in various fields like engineering who have put shoulders to the wheel in transforming the country towards an...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
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