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One Day in 1985
I watched and followed the proceedings at the launch of the CITES Documentary on the abduction of the 11 Silobela men by Government forces on the 1st of January 1985. Dispite the incident having happe...Published: 9 hrs ago | 475 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe regime should start by being a friend to all Zimbabweans instead of treating us as enemies
There once was a man (a very cruel and mean man) who found psychopathic and sadistic pleasure in brutalizing his wife and children, whilst wasting resources on his own lustful selfish pursuits - yet h...Published: 9 hrs ago | 273 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
More convenience for citizens as Steward Bank launches domestic USD remittance service
Steward Bank, the country's largest bank by account holders, has launched a US dollar domestic remittance service that is set to ease the burden for millions of Zimbabweans who need to safely and secu...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 17:49hrs | 2103 | by Agencies
There's more evidence of rampant corruption in Zimbabwe than imagined economic sanctions!
As the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan winds up her much talked about visit, I wonder what real incontrovertible evidence she has managed to garner, on how exactly the so-called 'e...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:28hrs | 869 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Still worried about getting a vaccine for COVID-19? Here's how to understand the rare, but real, risks
Post-vaccine health issues are monitored and reported - but remain relatively rareWhether you're scrolling through your Facebook feed, checking texts from friends and family, or chatting with ...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 12:19hrs | 970 | by Shelton Muchena
Investment still hampered by business climate
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Zimbabwe remains very low, with the latest central bank monetary policy stating that the country received a meagre US$22.35 million in the first half of 2021. In 2...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:33hrs | 225 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mthuli Ncube sees potential for 'diaspora remittances' via Blockchain
ZIMBABWE'S central bank frowns at digital currency and previously ordered all banks to stop processing transactions involving digital currencies, such as BTC and other altcoins in 2017.They te...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:11hrs | 1229 | by Agencies
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 | 189 | 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 | 234 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1170 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hats off to security forces at Beitbridge Border
MEMBERS of the security forces deployed along the Zimbabwe/South African border deserve praise for their efforts towards the eradication of crime at the two countries' boundary.To date, police...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Brain drain too rampant in the health sector
IN 1963, the first medical school in then Rhodesia was established and was affiliated to the University of Birmingharm. This followed the establishment of University of Rhodesia in 1952, which was fun...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 236 | by Johannes Marisa
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 | 447 | by Eddie Cross
Why does the gambling industry boom in times of economic hardship?
There is no doubt that recent times have been tough economically for many countries around the globe. While some nations might have been facing hard times anyway, Covid-19 has really put a spanner in ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 14:01hrs | 630 | by Staff Writer
'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
'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 | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't any different - even at school we had those who celebrated failure!
I am sure we all remember those school days - with all the craziness of youth.Surely, who can forget those ever-present mind boggling scenes of pupils who would helplessly weep in agony, after...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:29hrs | 3090 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa warns 'name-droppers' in bloody clashes over gold claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has distanced the Zanu-PF leader from the bloody clashes over the control of one of Manicaland's richest gold mines.Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya, a gold dealer...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Bigwig defends lavish party
UNDERFIRE Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has struck a defiant tone after fierce criticism over his 50th birthday bash in Harare where he invited top performers from South Afri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:53hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling dragnet intercepts 68 buses
SIXTY-EIGHT (68) buses suspected to be transporting smuggled goods worth millions between Zimbabwe and South Africa were intercepted by the National Security Taskforce over the past 30 days.Th...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' residence nears completion
REFURBISHMENTS on the doctors' apartments that were gutted by fire at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are nearing completion, with focus now shifting to interior work as authorities at the institut...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya emerges in the thick of shady Zimbabwe military dealings
FOR long, Martin Rushwaya was the military's point man in its multi-million-dollar commercial ventures, as the permanent secretary in the Defence ministry from 2009 until 2019.In April 2019, P...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
China sees third force in huge outcry over its Zimbabwe activities
FOLLOWING months of a huge outcry over Chinese enterprises' "exploitative" strategy in Zimbabwe's mineral resources, Beijing's diplomats in Harare spoke out this week, telling the Zimbabwe Independent...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Big Zimbabwean companies are fingered in forex fiddle
TOP executives and directors from up to 20 big companies face imminent arrest following a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) investigation into massive multi-million-dollar fraud involving the country's f...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
27% Zimbabwean youth depressed, claims Unicef
AT least 27% of young people in Zimbabwe aged 15 to 24 are suffering from depression, some of it caused by COVID-19, a research conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has revealed....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
US Economy: How entrepreneurs are benefiting from DBA structures
In a recent profile published by the independent Office of Advocacy, a branch within th...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:42hrs | 230 | by Staff Writer
Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi strikes again...foretells Pandora Papers leak
Prominent Televangelist and Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi prophesied the leaking of the Pandora Papers which have caused brouhaha all over the world. A Facebook post from his official page reveal ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nehanda must be brought back but what about gukurahundi victims, post-2000 election victims?
I don't cope and usually don't quote fellow bloggers but on this one, I will quote Nomazulu, who said "I used to think bootlicking,hero-worshipping was for the uneducated but even the highly educated ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:41hrs | 594 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Brace for bread price hike
GRAIN millers in Zimbabwe have warned that there might be a bread price hike due to a decline in global wheat supply after major producer countries were hit by drought.The Grain Millers Associ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-linked businessman fails to turn around Zimglass
SLIGHTLY more than a decade ago, a drive along Portland Road in Gweru's heavy industrial sites would lead one to the glass-manufacturing giant — and one of the companies that made the Midlands capit...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Why elections matter in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we ach...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 77 | by Fay Chung
Police cash in on unlicensed vehicles
POLICE are making a killing from a recently launched operation to nab unlicensed vehicles, and those with fitted bar headlights, as well as touts.The issue was revealed in a recent police upda...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:58hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Zimra throttles smugglers' breathing space
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will with effect from tomorrow introduce tight import regulations that will minimise the smuggling of commercial cargo by syndicates working with freight forward...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:27hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure extends cover to millions, boosts national insurance penetration
HARARE - EcoSure, the micro-insurance product from Econet Life, has played a significant role in raising the country's insurance penetration by over 200%, from as low as 5% to over 16%.The inn...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 803 | by Agencies
BCC road rehabilitation programme behind schedule
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) road re-gravelling programme is behind schedule by two months due to constant breakdown of its ageing plant machinery, a council report on on-going roadworks in the city ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:48hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Why fret over elections?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, the vigour and evident arrogance by which your administration is resisting by-elections and key electoral reforms ahead of the 2023 harmonise...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:44hrs | 264 | by Moses Matenga
Air Zimbabwe to join league of Afrca's viable airlines
Air Zimbabwe will join the league of viable airlines in Africa over the next year as Government steps up efforts to have the airline firmly in the skies.Responding to questions regarding its d...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Currency instability, corruption are pointers to a failed State
AS pressure mounts on the ruling Zanu-PF party to deliver on its 2018 election promises, its support base is waning by the day.Millions of Zimbabweans around the country have lost faith in the...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 542 | by Simbisai Ranga
Mnangagwa warns of severe job losses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned of severe job losses and possible deaths if the country does not immediately act to deal with effects of climate change.Mnangagwa made the call on...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 4785 | by Staff reporter
China's energy policy shift a wake-up call for Zimbabwe
REPORTS that China will stop building new coal power plants overseas is a bittersweet for Zimbabwe, as it has dealt a major blow to planned coal power projects funded by Beijing but has provided an op...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
3 more robbers nabbed along Limpopo
The National Security Taskforce yesterday intercepted three armed robbers along the Limpopo River and recovered an assortment of firearms and ammunition.National police spokesman Assistant Com...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade several Bulawayo suburbs
GOLD panners have invaded several suburbs in Bulawayo causing environmental degradation and raising security concerns.Some of the suburbs affected by these illegal gold miners include Mahatshu...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
ZRP lifts Zimbabwean flag very high
The first pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights (hereinafter UN Guiding Principles) underscores that the duty to protect human rights lies with the State.Assessment of police eff...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 427 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe police have achieved more in difficult times thanks to ED's choice of Matanga
The first pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights (hereinafter UN Guiding Principles) underscores that the duty to protect human rights lies with the state. Assessment of police effectiven...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 07:31hrs | 796 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Shameless, unpatriotic citizens sell out Zimbabwe in UK
AS President Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom in a trip which will see him gracing the Kingdom of Scotland, Zimbabweans are in high morale hoping to see their leader as he lifts the nati...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | 585 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt lavishes Mthuli Ncube with a US$200 000 hotel stay
GOVERNMENT allegedly splurged over US$200 000 on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured)'s accommodation after his lengthy stay at a five-star hotel in the capital before he relocated to a plush home...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:50hrs | 8027 | by Staff reporter
If govt is posting surpluses, why are Zimbabweans in this mess?
THIS week, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was struggling to convince millions of poverty-stricken Zimbabweans that the country has been posting healthy budget surpluses, and that their problems were be...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:25hrs | 273 | by Esau Mandipa
Zim govt shouldn't cry foul when given taste of its own bitter bullying medicine
I could not help laughing my head off, listening to some so-called political analysts - who were, in fact, nothing more than the ruling elite's shameless apologists and defenders - crying foul, on the...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1933 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, now trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, in strong showing at ZITF
BULAWAYO - Diversified fintech giant Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, which is now rebranding as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, is exhibiting at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZI...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 820 | by Agencies
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