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The Mnangagwa regime
The violent suppression of Zimbabweans protesting rising fuel costs and food shortages by security forces has prompted debates in the UK Parliament on the growing crisis in the African state. Here we ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 867 | by Louisa Brooke-Holland
Zimbabwe looks to tackle telecom fraud with technology
Despite an ambitious economic reform agenda, Zimbabwe's economic freedom score dropped down 3.6 points to a mere 40.4 on the Heritage Foundation's latest Index of Economic Freedom, making its economy ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:38hrs | 494 | by Agencies
Fears of imminent maize meal price increases
1. Fears of imminent maize meal price increases have been extensively speculated in both the main stream and social media. This has, to a large extent, Fueled panic buying with some unscrupulous retai...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1068 | by GMAZ
Performance contracts for senior Govt officials
Government has started preparing performance contracts for senior officials such as permanent secretaries and directorates and parastatals to measure the extent to which they would have implemented th...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1342 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Heavy, thunderous rains expected
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains in excess of 50 millimetres in just 24 hours in some parts of the country.In a statement the MSD said t...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
Cops intensify patrols in Bulawayo suburbs
POLICE have increased deployment of officers in Bulawayo's western suburbs to fight criminal activities. On Sunday, a message inciting citizens to embark on another stayaway was widely circula...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:28hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
South Africa bans Home Affairs staff from using smartphones at work
Home Affairs staff who work with clients are banned from using cellphones to ensure their quality of work is not impacted., according to a ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:53hrs | 1690 | by Staff Writer
No fees hike at UZ
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has announced that their tuition and accommodation fees remain unchanged from the August-December 2018 semester. In a statement yesterday, the institution said ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
ZERA rules out fuel price hike
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (ZERA) has said the country has enough fuel stocks for the market and Government will not increase its prices in the near future. As such, there is...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Govt lies about ICJ intervention in 'Public Violence Cases'
The Government of Zimbabwe, through the Deputy Minister of Information and Publicity, Nick Mangwana, has blatantly lied it was not aware that International Commission of Jurist (ICJ) had intervened an...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 19:59hrs | 492 | by Advocate Walter Nyabadza
Cosatu's ShutDownBeitbridge demo flops, only 76 attends
A bid to block Zimbabwe and South Africa's border by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday hit a brick wall after their request to protest inside the border area was turne...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Government agrees to review teachers' allowances
GOVERNMENT has agreed to increase allowances for teachers and is monitoring the situation in schools to decide on the course of action to take against those who are not reporting for work. The...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2932 | by Staff reporter
Bosso will not yield to player demands
HIGHLANDERS have vowed not to bow to player power and club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe said the fate of players that walked out of a pre-season camp on Tuesday will be determined today.Seventeen ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:41hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets date for talks with opposition leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has invited all opposition political parties who took part in last year's general elections to a crunch meeting tomorrow to "discuss the framework for post-election dialog...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Has the revolutionary party lost the plot?
So many conspiracy theories have been written on the revolutionary party with some saying the party died when Robert Gabriel Mugabe the former President was ejected from the party.The revoluti...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 17:54hrs | 4370 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 697 | by Nick Mangwana
Top officials cornered in $9m probe
AN investigation into the abuse of over US$8,7 million at the Unified Council Pension Fund (UCPF) has claimed the scalp of fund manager Benjamin Chiyangwa, while four others have voluntarily stepped d...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:09hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Econet eyes Bulawayo as renewable energy centre
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Econet Wireless has chosen the City of Bulawayo as the centre of its renewable energy business in Zimbabwe in order to stimulate employment opportunities in the country's seco...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Warriors
Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambga's hopes of using some of the England-born Zimbabwean players for the decisive Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Congo Brazzaville could have suffered a m...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
ICTs key to economic development, says Kazembe
INFORMATION Communication Technology Postal and Courier Services minister Kazembe Kazembe said Information and communications technology (ICTs) are animportant economic development catalyst that s...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Introduction of new currency needs strong back facility and increase in production levels
School of thought Introducing our own currency is a good idea but ill-timed and a misplaced and misguided priority. The focus for now should be increase...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 20:54hrs | 2391 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Safeguard launches SOS app
Safeguard Alarms has launched a smartphone application that its rapid response clients can use to summon assistance in any security, medical or motor vehicle emergency. The Safeguard SOS app u...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1371 | by Agencies
Know your authors: Profile of Costain Tandi
Advanced levels students undertaking Humanities subjects usually struggle with identifying authors who contribute to their academic well-being. Fortunately, today I have good news particularly to thos...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 07:17hrs | 301 | by Brian Maregedze
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 101 | by Limukani Ncube
South Africa will help Zimbabwe
IN the wake of a week of unparalleled security force violence against civilians in Zimbabwe and signs of economic collapse, South Africa is working on throwing its northern neighbour a lifeline. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4298 | by African News Agency
Zimbabwe food shortages warning
AN international food security monitoring agency has warned of severe food shortages in the next few months due to erratic rains this season and the general spike in the cost of living, with the poor ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Musona move delights 'unqualified' Sunday
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambga is delighted to see Warriors captain Knowledge Musona playing again after a lengthy period without getting game time.The striker switched from Anderlecht to ba...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2725 | by Staff reporter
Report on how soldiers tortured and killed citizens
Complainants and witnesses who spoke to the Zimbabwe Human RightsCommission highlighted that armed soldiers and police visited their homes starting the evening of Monday 14 January 2019. They re...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 14:29hrs | 3503 | by ZHRC
Ramaphosa could use Davos to apply pressure on Mnangagwa
The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ international relations unit has demanded that government abandon its "tepid" approach to addressing recent events in Zimbabwe and use international platf...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:53hrs | 5322 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 335 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Information as a threat to national security'
We publish the full presentation by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare last week....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 352 | by Senator Monica Mutsvangwa
Legality of blocking the Internet simplified
TODAY, we discuss the legality of the recent shock total blockade of the Internet and subsequent limitation of service to the exclusion of social media sites Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter, a...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 449 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 440 | by Cephas Msipa
'Chamisa's MDC liable for stayaway damage'
GOVERNMENT has said the MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose prope...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:02hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls for laws regulating social media
Developing countries should mitigate the negative effects of information proliferation by creating laws that regulate social media usage, entrenching accountability and sanctions for offenders, a Cabi...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:47hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
'Internet shutdown draconian'
Information, Communication and Technology activists have blasted government for shutting down the Internet saying the arbitrary action was ultra vires the constitutionally enshrined right to informati...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
ZRP heightens crackdown against criminals
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has increased crackdown efforts on crime which has seemingly been rampant and on the rise in Zimbabwe.In a statement, ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Chari...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:07hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
'Violence won't revive Zimbabwe economy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for calm and peace in the country in the wake of terror attacks in the country instigated by the opposition, saying violence will neither revive the economy nor...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:09hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown organisers to pay for damages, says Govt
Government yesterday said MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose pro...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 23:58hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
600 arrested over Zimbabwe looting
600 people have been arrested following Monday's acts of hooliganism and looting and the government is urging all workers to return to work tomorrow as the situation has now normalised.The Min...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2902 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa has turned a blind eye on Zimbabwe'
Brandishing a poster reading: "The untold suffering of Zimbabweans", a group of around 100 protesters demonstrated outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.The demonstrators...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 3070 | by Staff reporter
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
High Court sets up commercial division
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will this year set up a commercial division of the High Court to settle commercial disputes, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has said. Officially o...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 122 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe: A presidency under siege, is there a way out?
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now” - African ProverbIt’s only been six months since Zimbabwe held its ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 04:25hrs | 12822 | by Lloyd Msipa
Govt sets record straight on fuel
GOVERNMENT has dismissed reports that fuel would be sold in foreign currency with bond notes and swipe being accepted using black market rates only as from Monday. The social media reports were dismis...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2660 | by Staff Reporter
Dembare likely to retain only 3 players from the previous season
DYNAMOS are likely to retain three players from the previous season for the 2019 season as a number of players have been offloaded while others want out.Valentine Kadonzvo, Kudzanai Dhemere an...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Putin moots military base in Zimbabwe…….as Mnangagwa begs for Moscow bailout package
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE - Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has reportedly set his eyes on opening a Russian strategic military base in Zimbabwe, as Moscow ratchets up her new foreign policy in Afri...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:29hrs | 15679 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Mission, council facilities turning away patients?
A Mutare based civil rights pressure group has petitioned Parliament on why mission and council health facilities were not recognising referrals from social welfare.Community Crime Monitoring ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Pre-term baby discharged as doctors’ strike continues
A MABVUKU family has come face to face with the grim reality of the doctors' strike after their premature baby, born at 24 weeks and weighing just over 1,4kg, was discharged on Monday by Parirenyatwa ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
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