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Mnangagwa launches ZImbabwe's new land tenure programme
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to launch the new Land Tenure Implementation Programme today at Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe, a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing land ownership security, unlo...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:00hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches ZImbabwe's new land tenure programme
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to launch the new Land Tenure Implementation Programme today at Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe, a transformative initiative aimed at enhancing land ownership security, unlo...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 10:59hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa who once faced the death penalty now set to abolish it
Zimbabwe's Senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, a key step in scrapping a law last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago.Zimbabwe's Parliament said Thursd...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves towards abolishing death penalty
In a rare display of unity, both Houses of Zimbabwe's Parliament have passed the Death Penalty Abolition Bill, marking a significant step towards ending capital punishment in the country. The Bill, wh...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:35hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Top private school put under corporate rescue
Top private school, Knowstics Academy, has been placed under corporate rescue as part of efforts to revive its operations and restore its reputation in Zimbabwe's competitive education sector....Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets praise on death penalty stance
Zimbabwe has voted in favour of a United Nations (UN) resolution calling for the global abolition of the death penalty, further demonstrating the country's commitment to limiting the use of capital pu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:16hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
NATO rival warns of new 'nuclear arms race'
A decision to deploy long-range missiles in Western Europe could trigger a new nuclear arms race, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Imangali Tasmagambetov has warned....Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 16:01hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
'Land policy to identify multiple farm ownership'
The Government of Zimbabwe's newly introduced land tenure policy is set to identify and expose multiple farm ownership and reclaim idle land, which will be redistributed to more than 250,000 people on...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:53hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Farmers4ED backs government's new land tenure policy
The ruling party's affiliate organization, Farmers for Economic Development (Farmers4ED), has expressed strong support for the Zimbabwean government's latest policy change, which allows beneficiaries ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:32hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe permits resettled farmers to sell land
Zimbabwe's government announced a major shift to its land policy on Tuesday, allowing beneficiaries of its land reforms to sell or transfer their farms - but only to "indigenous Zimbabweans."M...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 19:46hrs | 6197 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ urges members to take sick leave on schools opening day
As schools reopen today, September 10, 2024, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is calling on its members to apply for sick leave, citing severe mental health issues exacerbated ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 08:18hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors seek death penalty for 3 Americans implicated in foiled DRC coup
Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year.Military prosecutor Lieu...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Govt cracks down on land barons…leaves no sacred cow
In a bid to combat fraudulent activities in the land sector, the Government has intensified its efforts to hold land barons accountable for their illicit actions. Recently, three land barons f...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 12:18hrs | 23 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zimbabwe suspends selling of urban state land
The Government of Zimbabwe has announced an immediate moratorium on the allocation of urban state land. This measure is intended to improve the administration and management of this critical and limit...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools defy govt fees policy
Several public schools are disregarding a government directive instructing them not to deny entry to students due to unpaid fees, according to a survey conducted by NewsDay.Despite a recent ci...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:03hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP hails abolition of death penalty
The Citizens Coalition for Change legislator for Dzivarasekwa Edwin Mushoriwa has applauded Cabinet for approving the abolition of the death penalty after he successfully raised a motion for the scrap...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt has agreed to suspend decisions on retail and VAT'
The government may suspend its unpopular decisions on trading and Value Added Tax to give time for talks with businesses, according to a leading industry group.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube an...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimra opens window for improperly imported vehicles
A NARROW window has been opened by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) for the public, companies or any other entities with vehicles not properly cleared through the tax collector, to regularise th...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Charamba exposes Chamisa?
FROM as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed a...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
The pitfalls of Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:22hrs | 10 | by Tawanda Majoni
The pitfalls of the 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 10 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa's CCC bars Chinhoyi Mayor, two councillors from contesting 2023 elections
IN a shocking development, Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has disqualified Chinhoyi Mayor, Garikai Dendera and two sitting councillors from contesting 2023 harmonised elections on allegations th...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings
EMBATTLED telco, Telecel Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Telecel) has dismissed its placement under "corporate rescue proceedings" first announced in a notice in the Government Gazette dated May 12, 2023....Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businesses ditch Zimdollar
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to unleash the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on retailers refusing payment in the local currency or limiting the number of items consumers can buy in Zimdollar, whi...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
SMALL scale miners seeks audience with President on export ban
SMALL scale miners, bit hard by the new base metals export blanket ban announced recently, are seeking a six-month moratorium to fulfill existing supply a...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 20:16hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Mwonzora claims high level engagements with CCC and Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora has claimed his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling Zanu-PF have been engaged in "high level" discussions since early last year....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 women among long list of applicants vying for hangman's job in Zimbabwe
Two women are reportedly among the applicants hoping to fill the vacant post of Zimbabwe's "public executioner", under the neighbouring country's Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service.The ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecel set for corporate rescue
Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country, is set to be placed under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection, due to serious financial distress....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banishes death penalty
IT'S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unskilled Zimbabweans in quandary over South African permits
MULTITUDES of Zimbabweans engaged as domestic workers, or doing other menial jobs, remain in a quandary over their future as immigrants in South Africa after it emerged they were unsure of what exempt...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi municipality bans use of farm bricks
JUNE 30 officially marks the date outlawing the use of farm bricks in property construction following their ban by Chinhoyi Municipality last year.Council had given residents a six-months grac...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes 22 cases of unexplained wealth
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating 22 cases of unexplained wealth involving externalisation of more than US$22 million. In a statement, ZACC said it was closely wo...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Brawl over CSC turns nasty
A nasty brawl between new investor in Cold Storage Company (CSC) and the judicial manager, which threatens to scupper current initiatives to revive the once-vibrant meat processor, has emerged, The Su...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
'Pay up by July or you won't purchase Zesa tokens'
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) has warned prepaid customers that they will not be able to purchase electricity tokens from July unless they clear their debts....Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa's moratorium to clear arrears ends
The seven-day moratorium for Zesa customers on post-paid metering to clear their arrears ends tomorrow and the power utility has encouraged these customers to settle their bills.Most customers...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa gives debtors seven days to clear debts
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has given customers a seven-day moratorium to clear their debts.After the seven-day moratorium, the power utility company...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe goes to court over MDC-T funds
EXPELLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) deputy president Dr Thokozani Khupe has approached the High Court seeking an order barring Government from disbursing funds to her rival Mr Douglas Mwon...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers trooping back to work after sack ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has claimed that school teachers have started returning to work and expects everyone back by the time its ultimatum forcing them to end their strike lapses on Tuesday next week.Teac...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi scraps critical skills permits
ZIMBABWEAN and other foreign students who studied at South African universities and colleges under critical skills areas will no longer have the automatic permanent residency privilege, Home Affairs m...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Death penalty a remnant of colonial legacy'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Zimbabwe to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in line with international standards.In a statement to commemorate the ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politicians vs the people
AN etymological trace of the Medieval Latin phrase vox populi dates as far back as the 16th century; and it literally means "the people's voice".In a constitutional democracy like Zimbabwe, or...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 8 | by Faith Zaba
Zanu-PF to hold internal elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has thrown caution to the wind and has set in motion processes for the holding of internal elections to choose leaders of grassroots structures as part of its ongoing restruct...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's Bentley, Rolls Royce still impounded
THE death of Harare hustler and socialite Genius Kadungure (pictured) has scuttled investigations into his alleged tax evasion, as it emerges that two of his luxury cars are still impounded by the pol...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxis, kombis impounded
Police in Midlands have impounded over 170 pirate taxis and Kombis following the launch of an operation code named Chishika-shika Chapera. Some of the drivers were arrested and fined for viola...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says the Zanu-PF is plotting violence ahead of 2023 polls
Zanu PF is in panic mode and is pulling out all the stops to win the 2023 elections using violent means and draconian legislation to crush all dissent, the MDC Alliance charged on Wednesday.Th...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's gold policy fueling criminality'
GOVERNMENT'S policy of buying gold on a no-questions-asked basis is creating chaos and fueling criminality in the mining sector, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has said....Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by elections
Zanu-PF is gearing for both parliamentary and local authorities' by-elections in Masvingo by holding primary elections to select its candidates and ensure that the party is not caught flat-footed when...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba intra-elite fights: Workers must seize the moment
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi's unhinged, incendiary attack not only on perceived opposition-nominated judges but in particular "securocrat" stalwart High court Jud...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Munyaradzi Gwisai
Workers bemoan worsening poverty on Mnangagwa's watch
AHEAD of the 2021 Workers' Day commemorations, The NewsHawks (NH) caught up with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Peter Mutasa (PM), for an interview to mark the 2021 International Wor...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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