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Zimbabwe to benefit from Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative
CHINA has invited Government to talks on how the latter could benefit from Beijing's ambitious US$1 trillion initiative - the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - that puts Harare in line for massive trad...Published: 1 hr ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mwonzora meets the man who wanted to arrest Chiwenga
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora posted a picture posing with the President of Ideal Zimbabwe Tinashe Jonasi. Jonasi was recently arrested for saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a l...Published: 14 hrs ago | 9259 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government urges bakers to defer bread price hike
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe to reconsider its position to hike the price of bread and allow for consultations to take place first before any increase is effected...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Price of bread goes up
THE price of bread has gone up to RTGS$2,30 from RTGS$2 with millers saying the increase is not associated with the cost of flour as the price of the product has remained constant. Yesterday, ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to start training cadaver dogs
Government says it will soon start training local dogs to undertake specialised searches that include finding human bodies.This comes after the State was forced to seek help from South African...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dogs only trained to sniff for marijuana, says Minister
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended Zimbabwe's recent hiring of South African sniffer dogs to help search for Cyclone Idai victims buried under rubble in areas hit by the catastrophe....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1030 | by newzimbabwe
'3.8 magnitude earthquake hit before Cyclone Idai'
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chimanimani and Chipinge shortly before Cyclone Idai which left 344 people dead and destroyed property worth billions of dollars, Government revealed yesterday. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
'A woman to become next Zimbabwe President'
A prominent Harare based clergyman Bishop CB Motondo of Grace Fellowship Ministries has repeated his prophecy which says Zimbabwe should brace itself for a female President. This prophecy was ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 08:45hrs | 10840 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe's cost of living jumps by 1,21% to $790,77'
THE cost of living as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) for the low income urban earner grew 1,21% to $790,77 in March based on the requirements for a family of six from $781,35 in Fe...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves construction of Beira railway line
CABINET on Tuesday approved the proposal for the construction of a railway line and wharf at Beira port to facilitate the transportation of minerals. This follows the country's endeavour to create a c...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader who wanted to arrest Mnangagwa freed
The High Court on Wednesday ended the three-week detention of Tinashe Jonas, leader of Ideal Zimbabwe party.Jonas who was represented by members of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights was fr...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 3333 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt clips civil servants' wings
Government has started to change laws that govern civil servants, including clipping their political wings so that they may be apolitical as required by the Constitution.Briefing journalists a...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Cylone Idai death toll at 268 in Zimbabwe, expected to rise
Cabinet yesterday resolved to launch a formal appeal for domestic and international assistance on the Cyclone Idai disaster whose death toll now stands at 268 people. The appeal is for assista...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sends formal Cyclone Idai SOS
Cabinet yesterday resolved to launch a formal appeal for domestic and international assistance on the Cyclone Idai disaster whose death toll now stands at 268 people. The appeal is for assista...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to declare assets
In a first for public administration in the country, Cabinet has approved values and principles of a framework that will see public servants declare assets to ensure accountability. Additional...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:14hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader appears for bail hearing
President of Ideal Zimbabwe Tinashe Jonas will be appearing in court on Wednesday to apply for a bail hearing after his bail application was turned down by the magistrate."The High Court will ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | 298 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangangwa to scrap running mate clause?
GOVERNMENT is considering amending the Constitution to remove a clause, which is set to come into effect in the next harmonised elections in 2023, that makes the post of Vice-President(s) elective....Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $100m for Cyclone Idai
Government has so far released $100 million as it intensifies efforts to assist victims of Cyclone Idai by way of restoring basic infrastructure and ensuring that the affected people access food and o...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:47hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases another RTGS$50m for cyclone response
The government has released another RTGS$50 million towards the resuscitation of infrastructure and humanitarian assistance to victims of Cyclone Idai.This brings to RTGS$100 million the money...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 19:30hrs | 263 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF trucks seen picking up Cyclone Idai donations
Zimbabweans reacted with anger on social media after a video and pictures emerged showing Zanu-PF vehicles and supporters handling aid donated to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland P...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:45hrs | 3226 | by ZimLive
Cylone Idai unified Zimbabweans, claims govt
GOVERNMENT has said the Cyclone Idai-induced floods that ravaged the eastern part of the country nearly a forthnight ago has unified politically-polarised Zimbabweans as they seek to assist survivors....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance stronghold among the first Cyclone food aid beneficiaries'
GOVERNMENT has denied reports of food aid politicisation to the victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge saying it can never allow that when people are in serious need of food. In f...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Joanina will not hit Zimbabwe
The government has dismissed social media reports that another cyclone known as Joanina, is set to hit the country after the devastating Cyclone Idai.Speaking at a media briefing, Information,...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 19:48hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
Minister storms out of YaFM launch, says cannot address 'empty chairs'
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs Minister Larry Mavhima Friday left the regional launch of private radio station YA FM in Kwekwe in a huff saying he could not be found addressing "empty chairs".The...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 543 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe Airways planes 'repossessed and resold' - source
Malaysian Airlines has repossessed four planes which had been sold to Zimbabwe Airways, the ill-fated Air Zimbabwe proxy, informed sources said.Former President Robert Mugabe personally negoti...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2500 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa off to affected areas
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who arrived in Manicaland yesterday, has this morning left Mutare for the affected areas.Chimanimani and Chipinge were the most affected areas in the province....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:00hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up inter-ministerial political reform committee
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday set up an inter-ministerial committee to lead political, electoral and legislative reforms in line with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry in...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners to enjoy more rights
Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the Prisons Act in a move that that will see prisoners being accorded constitutional rights they deserve in line with international norms and standards. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe editor lands top job at ZBC
Veteran journalist Gilbert Nyambabvu has been appointed Head of News and Current Affairs at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, ZimLive has learnt.Nyambabvu, 44, will be given a mandate to ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:06hrs | 3142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Botswana ties elevated
Zimbabwe and Botswana have taken the traditional long friendship and close ties to a higher level by holding the inaugural Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission in harare this Thursday with the two...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 17:30hrs | 4545 | by Staff Reporter
Greenlight for Zimbabwe dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved principles for the amendment of the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill as Government works on ensuring that people born in the country are granted dual citizenship. This is in line...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accelerates ease of doing business
Government says a fully-fledged Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) that will process investment approvals within a day will be fully operational this year. This is part of Gover...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporas to get dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved the amendments to the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill which will pave way for dual citizenship for citizens by birth especially those in the Diaspora.Addressing a post-Cabinet p...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:29hrs | 3730 | by Staff reporter
ZBC set for major overhaul
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa says Zimbabweans must brace themselves for a raft of media reforms as her ministry moves to align various laws with the constitution.Mutsvangwa (MM) told...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to set up super-specialist hospital
Government is setting up a super-specialist hospital at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in order for patients in need of specialist services to get treatment in the country, hence cutting high costs o...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to fire incompetent ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu-PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands.M...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2742 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T welcomes POSA repeal
THE pariah image still haunting Zimbabwe in the West can easily be sanitised by making sure that the country's Constitution is religiously obeyed and upheld, opposition MDC-T said.Led by Thoko...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:00hrs | 192 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe to sign air service pacts with Oman, Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe has approved the signing of bilateral air service agreements with Oman and Sri-Lanka as authorities forge on with efforts to make the country open and accessible to the wide...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:36hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures funding for mapping farms
Government has secured funding for the mapping of farms to enable the issuance of 99-year leases, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. The exer...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:31hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet Okays ZMDC unbundling
Cabinet on Tuesday approved the unbundling of State mining arm — the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) — into four mineral specific units as efforts to improve efficiency in State-own...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Kwekwe farm, ignores nearby mine disaster scene
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa had time to visit his Sherwood farm in Kwekwe Sunday but could not spare a few moments to make a stop at the scene for last week's tragic mine disaster in Kadoma where doz...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1119 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to replace POSA with Peace & Order Bill
CABINET yesterday approved the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill which seeks to repeal the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), Protection of Personal Information Bill and the Freedom of Informatio...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:36hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Govt regrets Battlefields disaster
The fourth cabinet sitting of 2019 has regretted the Battlefields mine disaster and decided to institute thorough investigations.24 bodies were retrieved from the mines, while 8 people were pu...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 20:01hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagnwa dismisses fake reports on tracking doctors and lawyers
Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who w...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 4273 | by Staff reporter
'China has confidence in Mnangagwa'
China is confident Zimbabwe will achieve its developmental goals under the leadership of President Mnangagwa, whose reforms will transform the economy and attract more investors, the Asian giant's act...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Expected to Correct Mistakes in Mini-Cabinet Reshuffle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that he will name the new resident minister for Harare Province, almost 6 months after appointing his cabinet.The ZANU PF First Secretary is also ex...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | 8564 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mungoshi burial set for tomorrow in Chivhu
Veteran award-winning author and actor Charles Mungoshi will be buried at his rural homestead in Chivhu tomorrow afternoon. Mungoshi died at the age of 71 at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Sat...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:52hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
We remain committed to media liberalisation
I have great pleasure to address you today (February 14) at the close of the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services' Strategic Planning Workshop.It is now four days since...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:45hrs | 62 | by Hon. Monica Mutsvangwa
2 300 ZUPCO buses offered to Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that due to the success of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) scheme it has received close to 2 300 bus offers ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:03hrs | 12130 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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