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Harare City Council gets ultimatum
Harare City Council (HCC) is under mounting pressure from the government to submit a comprehensive master plan, with a stern ultimatum set by the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works. In a le...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Biti won't forgive Reza
OPPOSITION politician, Tendai Biti who is accused of verbally assaulting local businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina, has told Harare regional magistrate Vongai Guwuriro that he will not forgive prosec...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to respect rule of law
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has accused the government of failure to respect the rule of law through unlawful suspension of standing statutes by Cabinet ministers.In its latest Bill Watch publica...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells his followers to 'faka pressure'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa was Monday encouraged his supporters to 'faka pressure.'Chamisa sent the cryptic message on Twitter....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lashes at Chamisa's mazizi
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has lashed at Mazizi for insults targeted at him.Said Prof Moyo, "You can dot me, call me names, body shame me or lie about me for all you want; no...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 09:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa responsible for CCC attacks on Jonathan Moyo's family, and abuse of his late daughter
FORMER information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, has directly blamed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa for online attacks targeting his family, including his late daughter ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister Mupfumira attacks Zanu-PF rival
FORMER cabinet minister, Prisca Mupfumira chose a state function to vent anger at her estranged ally who is eyeing to dislodge her from an influential Zanu-PF central committee post.The ex-pub...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister exposes rot at CVR
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona yesterday said corruption at the Central Vehicle Registry (CRV) had created an unnecessary backlog in the issuance of registration plates...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government intensifies allocation of land to youths
GOVERNMENT has intensified the allocation of land to youths under the 20 percent quota system to enable them to venture into various farming projects, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Wa...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube bolsters construction sector
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2022 national budget presented on Thursday gave impetus to the growth of Zimbabwe's construction sector, analysts at Inter Horizon Securities said yesterday.Ncu...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
8 robbers pounce on ex-minister Made
THE eight suspected robbers who pounced on former Agriculture minister Joseph Made's farm before stealing an assortment of goods worth thousands of dollars appeared before Marondera magistrate Patienc...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:19hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Parliament blocks increase in fines
Parliament yesterday blocked the recent increases in the standard scale of maximum fines for each level after the Parliamentary Legal Committee found the statutory instrument setting the fines defecti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema addresses successive zero pass rate issue
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has said the country needs to redefine the "zero pass rate" as it is not reflective of candidates' capabilities. The Minister made the rem...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start getting bonuses
Civil servants will start getting their annual bonuses this month with the last groups being paid out next month. The payments are based on the 41 percent salary rise and new allowance agreed ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube scoffs at poverty reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed reports of high poverty levels in the country arguing that the cushion extended by government to vulnerable groups had made "instant impact" and thus elimin...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere set free
The High Court halted former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's trial on Wednesday after ruling that charges filed by prosecutors did not disclose an offence.A magistrate's refusal...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe urges nuclear powers to disarm
Zimbabwe has urged countries in possession of nuclear weapons to engage in serious negotiations to eliminate and ban the weapons of mass destruction.Foreign Affairs and International Trade Min...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa set to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange-based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to roll out gold service centres
THE MINISTER of Mines and Mining Development Winston Chitando has revealed that the government is embarked in an effort to roll out gold services centres in the country.The minister made the r...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Theresa May lays clear conditions for Mnangagwa to access her £4billion pledge
In her Cape Town speech, the UK Prime Minister made clear her conditions for African countries that can potentially benefit from her government's "additional £4 billion programme of UK investment". T...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 13:34hrs | | by Fungayi Mukosera
Zimbabwe intensifies internet connectivity
INFORMATION Communication and Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday said the government was intensifying its efforts to bring internet connectivity to every household countrywide.The...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Obert Mpofu loses property battle
Home Affairs minister, Obert Mpofu, has lost the battle to block the High Court from transferring some of his properties to the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) - the liquidator of his now-defunct...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Undenge maintenance case ruling reserved
A Harare magistrate has reserved ruling on whether former Energy minister Samuel Undenge should continue paying maintenance for his son who has turned 18.Undenge, who has been dragged to the M...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere narrates 'execution' plot
Former Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere said that he skipped the country's border and sought refugee in Mozambique after learning that the junta wanted to execute him during the...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest all border jumpers, Kasukuwere tells court
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has challenged the State to open criminal dockets against all war veterans who skipped the country through illegal crossing points during the libera...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joseph Made grilled over key GMB appointment
Former Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made was today grilled over the appointment of Mr Rockie Mutenha Grain Marketing Board general manager when two other...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 17:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Brace for Zimbabwe's bloody polls'
OPPOSITION People's Democratic Party leader and MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti has warned that Zimbabweans should brace for violent polls this year as the military will be desperate to remain in c...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bitcoin tumbles as digital coins resume slide
Hong Kong - Bitcoin slumped as much as 20%, giving more impetus to a January selloff in cryptocurrencies, after South Korea's finance minister repeated that the country may ban trading in one of the w...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 12:06hrs | 3 | by Bloomberg
Mugabe nephew dares Mnangagwa
Patrick Zhuwao, former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that his tenure in office would end in the ballot box this year, as his rivals were regrouping to vote ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import cash
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said the government has a need to import cash so as to deal with the serious liquidity crunch that has affected the country.This insinuate that there is...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 04:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
How ED's equity can defy odds
Firstly, as public reaction to ED's cabinet choices point to high dissonance, it should be appreciated that such an overwhelming outcry apparently challenges the so-called 'dotards' to rise and defy o...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Munyaradzi Mhaka
Chombo begs for mercy, offers to quit politics
INCARCERATED former Cabinet minister and ex-Zanu PF secretary for administration, Ignatius Chombo , has offered to quit politics and go into full-time farming or return to teaching in an effort to reg...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to scrap POS tax
Government is moving to scrap off a five percent tax presently being levied on Point of sale and electronic transactions, as efforts to promote the use of cash-lite payments are intensified, said Acti...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Masvingo Presidential Youth Interface Rally
PRESIDENT Mugabe this afternoon addresses thousands of Zanu-PF youths at Mucheke Stadium in the third leg of his nationwide Presidential Youth Interface Rallies. He has been to Mashonaland East and Ma...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joseph Made approves $300m Command Livestock
Cabinet has approved the $300 million Special Programme on Livestock Production that is expected to run for between three and five years.Livestock farmers from all sectors - communal to A2 and...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian Govt Urges TB Joshua To Remain In The Country
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has urged Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) not to relocate from the country, encouraging the renowned prophet ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Initiate programmes for war vets'
THERE is a need to initiate programmes for war veterans to empower them as many of them are living in poverty, the Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs, Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo, has...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens issuing of import permits
Government has tightened the issuing of import permits for agricultural produce in order to plug leakages of foreign currency.The Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation ...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Derelict silos threaten Zimbabwe bumper harvest
AS much as 30 percent of Zimbabwe's anticipated bumper harvest could be lost to adverse weather conditions as the majority of the country's grain silos are in a serious state of dereliction thereb...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers should be educated on e-marketing
The 2017 tobacco selling season kick-started on a very high note this week with high expectations that the golden leaf will ease the liquidity challenges the country is currently facing. Tobac...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Tendai Guta
Kasukuwere says govt bungled, slept on duty
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has admitted government ignored warnings by the World Bank as far back as 2012 on the state of bridges and dams across the country, most of which have ...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mawarire accepts Mandiwanzira apology
#ThisFlag leader has accepted an apology from the flamboyant IT minister Supa Mandiwanzira."Thank you for your apology minister Supa Mandiwanzira. Unfortunately he blocked me so can someone pl...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe left with 8 months maize supply, Minister Made
Zimbabwe's imported maize stock is only enough to feed millions of locals for the next eight months, Agriculture minister Joseph Made has said. Made said this while giving a ministerial...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 17:40hrs | | by Alice Dube
'Made best Agriculture minister in the region'
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has claimed that there is no need to panic as the country has ' enough' maize stocks.GMAZ chairman Tafadzwa Musarara says Agriculture minister Joseph ...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Protesters must pay security deposit'
Zimbabweans intending to exercise their constitutional right to protest must first pay a security deposit in case they destroy property, Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo suggested.The Hi...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not join another GNU'
NO amount of dirty politicking and coalitions by opposition elements will force Zanu-PF into another Government of National Unity, the revolutionary party's Politburo said yesterday.Addressing...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Felex Share
$600 000 for Beitbridge Border Post systems upgrade
THE Government has secured $600 000 that will be used to upgrade systems and purchase equipment and vehicles to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Ignatius Chomb...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Protestors threaten schools and businesses over 'national shut-down'
President Robert Mugabe's government ordered citizens to "go about their normal business" on Wednesday as tensions rose ahead of calls for a national shut-down in Zimbabwe.Acting informati...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers jostle to try to persuade people to go to work, as the national shutdown campaign draws near
Zanu PF ministers Joseph Made, Supa Mandiwanzira and the Police National Spokesperson Charity Charamba have jostled to encourage people to ignore tomorrow's protest as there has been some calls on the...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 19:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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