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Chiwenga-Indonesia arms deal jolts UK
THE United Kingdom has expressed concern over reports that Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was shopping for ammunition in Indonesia, amid growing fears of a plan to perpetuate human rig...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3078 | by Staff Reporter
Pomona deal exposes MDC councillors
THE names of the Harare City councillors involved in the controversial Pomona waste management deal which will see residents forking out US$22 000 per day have been revealed.The controversial ...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Nurses lose faith in Chiwenga
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) says health professionals have lost faith in Health minister Constantino Chiwenga improving their welfare and arresting the collapse of the health sector....Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 296 | by Lovemore Chikova
Command burial as Chiwenga presides over chief's burial
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to preside over the burial of Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane at his rural home in Jotsholo, Matabeleland North. President Mnangagwa yesterday ac...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns from useless Davos trip
President Mnangagwa returned home this morning from the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, where he took part in and co-chaired some discussions that centred on finding solutions to ...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Minister disqualified in Women's league elections
Former Minister in the office of former Vice president Phelekezela Mphoko and also former deputy Minister of sports Tabetha Kanengoni has been disqu...Published: 27 May 2022 at 21:16hrs | 7829 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa Davos trip a useless exercise
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF) presents a platform to re-engage with the international community but that opportunity looks lost due to th...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:17hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Govt expedites Mt Hampden 'City'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is pushing for the immediate launch of Harare's "new city" in Mt Hampden amid indications that the project is attracting a number of investors from countries ...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:16hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after July Moyo?
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo is subject of a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigation over his role in the procurement of US$9,3 million water pumps without going to tender, a y...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:16hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
132% inflation no cause for 'panic', says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe is taking steps to tackle an inflation rate that's jumped to 132% after its currency slumped, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said."We are instituting measures that every other country ...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:53hrs | 2610 | by Staff reporter
Woman accuses man of cursing her privates
IN a protest-like fashion, a woman from Bubi District in Matabeleland North province sensationally claimed her husband locked her sexual organ with ulunyoka as a way of stopping her from being intimat...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda starts recruiting Zimbabwean educational personnel
The Rwandan government has started recruiting Zimbabwe's educational personnel, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two countries in December last year.The MoU was...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa, Muchinguri lock horns
Zanu-PF holds its women's league provincial conferences tomorrow with Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa set to square off against Defence minister Oppah Muchunguri in the battle for control of Ma...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Change in Zimbabwe is a big word and act
THIS country requires to make hard decisions and act in a radical manner for any sensible economic transformation to be upon us. However, we are expecting change of our economic fortunes using the sam...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 134 | by Brian Sedze
War collaborators played significant role during liberation war
IT is totally hogwash to say war collaborators did not help during the war of liberation.This is said by armchair critics who were in towns during the war.The war collaborators would d...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 96 | by Alexio Rashirai
July Moyo defends Pomona deal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo and Geogenix BV frontman Delish Nguwaya have defended the controversial Pomona dumpsite deal, which they admit did not follow tender procedures.The Harare C...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
BCC seeks valuation roll extension
THE City Council (BCC) has asked for more time to evaluate its properties after it missed government's December 21, 2021, deadline.Valuation of property enables the local authority to know the...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:43hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Re-opening of vandalised shops restores 300 jobs
A TOTAL of 300 jobs have been restored in Bulawayo following the re-opening of seven out of 14 retail shops that were vandalised and looted by protesters in January 2019.These have been renova...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Norway to bankroll CCC participation in rigged elections - condemned never to aspire for free elections
"Opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and his surrogates yesterday attended a dinner hosted by the Norwegian embassy in Pretoria South Africa where they discussed how the European country can assist CC...Published: 26 May 2022 at 20:53hrs | 3024 | by Wilbert Mukori
Florence Ziyambi battles to be Prosecutor General
Seasoned and controversial lawyer and African Anti Corruption leader Florence Ziyambi has thrown her hat in the race to replace Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi.Florence Ziyambi in January 20...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 2728 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil servants plot massive demonstration against poor wages
CIVIL servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) are this Friday set to march against government's continued reluctance to pay them in US dollars.Worries ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere accused of being arrogant and disrespectful to Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF has shut its doors on exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere, accusing him of being arrogant and disrespectful to party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Kasukuwere fled the count...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 4125 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rural drive rattles Zanu-PF
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC)'s rural mobilisation drive is reportedly giving Zanu-PF sleepless nights, with the ruling party's provincial co-ordinating committees (PCCs) now tasked to counter t...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 3413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers give one-week strike notice
TEACHERS have given government a one-week ultimatum to address their salary grievances or face a crippling strike action beginning June 1.In a letter seen by NewsDay, which was handed to gover...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Illegal sale of ivory escalates amid ban
RANGE States attending the African Elephant Conference in Hwange have said allowing trade in elephants and their products will reduce illegal buying and selling, contrary to claims by the Convention o...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Both parents now have equal rights on children
The Guardianship of Minors Amendment Act, which gives both parents equal rights when it comes to making decisions that affect the future and welfare of a child, was signed into law by President Mnanga...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's inflation back above 100%
Zimbabwe's annual inflation jumped to 131 percent in May – the highest it has been since June last year – as it responds to the massive devaluation of the local currency and runaway price increase...Published: 25 May 2022 at 17:22hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | 4575 | by John Mbizvo
Jonathan Moyo castigates political parties funded by foreign forces
Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has reportedly has castigated political parties that are funded or capacitated by any foreign government to contest elections or grab political power....Published: 25 May 2022 at 07:48hrs | 5330 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs telling CCC counterparts they are tired of own party
Zanu-PF MPs have allegedly been sharing their growing disdain for the party with colleagues in opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), organising secretary Amos Chibaya has claimed.Spe...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2955 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba having sleepless nights
Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba is having sleepless nights over a plot by the party's youths to unseat him.Chinotimba is not the only one being challenged....Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 6516 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism!
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,I love comparing life in Rhodesia vis-a-vis independent Zimbabwe as those are the only two epochs we have known ever since the establishment of the modern-day...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 381 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe court rules in favour of non-vaccinated people
THE Bulawayo High Court has ruled that it is illegal for the police to stop COVID-19 unvaccinated people from accessing services at public building.Bulawayo lawyer Job Sibanda had challenged p...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Beware of monkeypox
GOVERNMENT has been urged to be vigilant after over 80 monkeypox cases were detected in 12 European countries.Monkeypox is a viral infection mostly common in central and west Africa.Ca...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
'Partisan politics breeding starvation'
GOVERNMENT has been accused of pushing millions into starvation and poverty through its populist and partisan politics, civic society organisations said yesterday as they joined the continent to celeb...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
'Harare to pay US$22,000 a day for dumpsite'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdogs, civic groups and Harare residents yesterday described as scandalous and shameful the Pomona waste management deal awarded to Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV.Ge...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Zimbabwe elephant population growth
THE continued growth of elephant populations in Zimbabwe is causing severe ecological problems and serious conflict in communities adjacent to national parks, a Cabinet Minister has said.The M...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to leave tech transfer legacy
THE ongoing construction of the massive Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North Province, is set to leave a technology transfer legacy with the possibility of new industries being c...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Jail for denying children access to health care
Parents or guardians who deny their children access to health services on any ground including religious will face up to a year in jail, a fine or both if the Medical Services Bill gazetted last week ...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister threatens the opposition
MASVINGO North Zanu-PF legislator Davies Marapira has declared that beneficiaries of the land reform programme should not support opposition parties and those supporting the opposition will be evicted...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:28hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
'Most Zimbabwe productions are junk,' says Radio Zimbabwe station manager
GOVERNMENT came up with a deliberate policy to support indigenous content in the early, to mid 2000s; a 75% local content policy on both radio and television productions.The same policy howeve...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:27hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets quadruples
THE number of war veterans has more than quadrupled from 34 000 in 1997 to over 142 000 this year following a government decision to compensate more ex-freedom fighters, with critics warning that the ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:25hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Opposition MPs rubbish PVOs Bill
MEMBERS of Parliament have rubbished the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment (PVOs) Bill describing it as an act of terrorism against citizens.The MPs believe the Bill, currently at the ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Govt intensifies blitz on striking teachers
HUNDREDS of teachers are set to appear before disciplinary hearings this week for failing to report for duty when schools opened for the first term this year.This follows other punishments met...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:23hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
BCC to parcel out 3 000 stands yearly
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will unveil 3 000 stands annually to reduce the housing waiting list which now stands at 130 000.On Friday, BCC commissioned 114 stands in Emganwini high-de...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC distances self from Pomona deal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors have distanced themselves from the Pomona dumpsite waste management deal currently dogged by corruption allegations.Geogenix BV or Pomona Waste ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Gone too soon! Chief Mabhikwa (28) dies in horror car crash
CHIEF Mabhikwa of Lupane who died yesterday after his vehicle crashed head on with a haulage truck on Sunday night has been described as a humble cultural preservationist of outstanding leadership qua...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Wrangle over Nkayi top job
Nkayi Rural District councillors are in the eye of a storm after they allegedly changed the results of an interview for a chief executive officer to favour a candidate who came second.Acting C...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
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