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Kariba power generation cut
ELECTRICITY power generation at Lake Kariba has been cut due to falling water levels in the dam. In a statement, the Zambezi River Authority said water allocation for power generation at Karib...Published: 2 hrs ago | 379 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone aid must not be abused
Rumours and gossip wafting from the cyclone hit areas of Zimbabwe are not pleasing since a few 'baboon-handed' individuals are said to be helping themselves from the donations meant for those in dire ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 88 | by Tondo Murisa
Climate change: Africa confronts global warming
New IPCC report projects greater temperature increases in the region than elsewhere Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a p...Published: 6 hrs ago | 569 | by Dan Shepard
Bulawayo council defends selling stands in US$
THE Bulawayo City Council has defended the sale of residential stands in low density areas in foreign currency, saying the pricing was on a cost recovery basis at no profit. The city council s...Published: 13 hrs ago | 517 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa drags Ziyambi into Kereke jail sex storm
OUTSPOKEN Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has accused Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi of unlawfully giving orders to Chikurubi Maximum Prison officials to allow jailed former Zanu-PF MP Munyaradzi Kereke hav...Published: 14 hrs ago | 672 | by newzimbabwe
How to choose the right powder welding machine
The choice of the right powder welding machine can be simple and profitable if you caref...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:19hrs | 760 | by Tech Reporter
This is not it Mr Mnangagwa!
LAST WEEK, at long last, seven long months after last year's August 1 killings that claimed at least six lives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa finally admitted he deployed the army on the fateful day....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4296 | by Editorial - Daily News
#Cyclone Idai: Mnangagwa on the ground
President Mnangagwa will today tour areas that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani to assess the extent of the damage and get a realistic appreciation of the situation on the ground. ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi challenges DTZ board
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said management of Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) entities needs to be enhanced to increase financial returns. Mohadi said joint venture agreements between...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:07hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the ZUPCO urban transportation model
The re-introduction of ZUPCO buses to ply urban routes in the aftermath of January fuel protests was a welcome move for most urban commuters. This is largely because commuter omnibus operators had tak...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3418 | by Victor Bhoroma
Stadium crisis hits Zimbabwe top-flight teams
The 2019 Zimbabwe top-flight season gets underway at the end of this month after a Charity Challenge match in Harare and a friendly match in Bulawayo last week, but there are concerns the Premier Socc...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: Proposals to achieve unity, progress
THERE is nothing amiss about the split of political parties, churches, football or other sporting teams, partnerships, corporates, or any voluntary organisation for that matter. While for the ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1138 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Fuel prices up by 8 cents
Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Hordes apply for Zacc posts
Parliament has been inundated by applications from potential corruption busters willing to join the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), with 130 aspirants having thrown their hats into the rin...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing $100 million annually importing wheat
Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said Zimbabwe is losing $100 million annually to wheat imports due to failure by farmers to produce enough stocks.Officiating at an exhibiti...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:57hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles despite huge forex inflows
ZIMBABWE is doing fairly well in terms of foreign currency earnings compared to countries such as Rwanda and Ethiopia yet the country is struggling to meet its forex obligations, a situation which has...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2933 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sends SOS for cyclone victims
In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF chief whip and the party's secretary for youth affairs, Pupurai Togarepi, called on Zimbabweans to join hands and help the stricken families."We have learnt w...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:50hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew in fierce tug-of-war for land with church group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Charles Mpofu is still involved in a fierce tussle for farmland with an apostolic sect group in Kwekwe's Mbembeswane area with the white robbed church members fi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1842 | by newzimbabwe
Tendai Biti MDC election eligibility still uncertain
MDC "prodigal sons and daughters" who include former secretary generals Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti will have to wait until the main opposition's May congress to know whether they are still eligibl...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1823 | by newzimbabwe
Rural dwellings must be solid structures
Basic rural dwellings ought to be structures modelled in accordance with approved minimum standards. Cyclone Idai has left scores of people homeless in Mozambique. The round huts are no problem since ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:31hrs | 782 | by Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Indian investors to jet in to finalise Ekusileni opening
OFFICIALS from the Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI), an Indian investor identified by the Government to run Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo will soon visit the country for final arrangements be...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:06hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya forecasts RTGS$ equilibrium with US dollar
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya forecasts an exchange rate equilibrium between the Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) dollar and the United States dollar on the inter-bank trading...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:17hrs | 6616 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR bid a futile exercise, say analysts
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to employ a public relations consultancy firm to lobby for the scrapping of United States sanctions is futile as the real solution lies in imp...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe and a fracturing Zanu-PF
continued from last weekMany of those mansion builders were comrades-in-arms from Zimbabwe's war of independence. They, their families, and their business cronies were not eager to give up pow...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1549 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Sex-drought ravages Matobo women
SEVERE sexual hunger is reportedly stalking women in Matobo District in Matabeleland South amid reports that some married women whose husbands work in South Africa and Botswana are now turning to herd...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba speaks on his support for Chamisa and Mnangagwa
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje says he is an ardent supporter of President Emmerson Mnangagwa although he is sold out to Chamisa also.Mutumanje cleared the air a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 13:11hrs | 7359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Forcing countries to pay debt in currency it denies them - that's the US!
ONE thing for sure is that Zimbabwe is not short of real original thinking to counter the West's capture of some Zimbabwean minds.Because of donor funding, too many politicians (naturally more...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 648 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe miners to pay 80% wage increase
Zimbabwe mining companies are to award a wage increase of just under 80% to mine workers, with the salary for the lowest-paid worker in the industry rising to about 480 RTGS dollars per month....Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:25hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
5 tips to complete your academic assignment in a night
Almost every student encounters a pressing situation where you have to complete a project with a few hours left to its submission deadline. It may be because of endless procrastination, a huge workloa...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 14:54hrs | 1820 | by Staff Reporter
Digital options under scrutiny by regulators
Digital options is highly attractive because of perceived simplicity. You just have to predict whether the value of an underlying asset will increase or decrease. This is similar to traditional forms ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 15:05hrs | 475 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo fingers Mnangagwa in Mugabe Airways saga
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has sought to correct the narrative carried in the Herald on Monday that Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore was solely responsible for the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 08:52hrs | 6861 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Free duty car imports for civil servants
FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube has given civil servants the greenlight to import vehicles without paying duty in a move aimed at placating distressed government workers.Statutory Instrument 52...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 5102 | by newzimbabwe.com
MDC Alliance congress' five-year threshold raises eyebrows
It is all systems go for the MDC Alliance 2019 congress as its guiding template which spells out the rules of the game has been released with many questions being raised on the five-year membership li...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:43hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic inviting prospective students to apply
Bulawayo Polytechnic is inviting prospective students to apply for courses that are scheduled to commence in May 2019. Applicants for the National Certificate (NC) c...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:41hrs | 3490 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 585 | by Desmond Chingarande
Mum burns child (12) with hot iron
A 12-year old Dangamvura juvenile is struggling to sit and sleep after her mother and sister allegedly ganged up and took turns to burn her all over the body with a hot iron for coming home late last ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
MDC clears way for Chamisa allies, Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti
The MDC has moved to clear the way for key allies of its leader, Nelson Chamisa, among them vice-president, Welshman Ncube and deputy chairperson, Tendai Biti to contest in the forthcoming congress fo...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2951 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally acquitted
Kuwadzana MP Charlton Hwende (MDC), charged with treason this week, was freed on $3,000 bail on Friday – but a High Court judge ordered that he should stay away from social media as part of his bail...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1254 | by ZimLive
Should Zimbabwe's 'unwitty' MPs be sent back to school?
In our series of letters from African writers, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at whether politicians need better qualifications.Zimbabwe has one of the highest liter...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:19hrs | 820 | by Brian Hungwe
Sanctions maintenance move by USA welcome as very little reforms carried out
This is a very welcome move by the USA to have sanctions extended on individuals for undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe. Human rights abuses have grown worse after the milita...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1053 | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa splurges US$1,5m on anti-sanctions project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cashstrapped government will spend over US$1,5 million over three years after hiring a lobbyist linked to the United States President Donald Trump in a bid to have sanct...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
79 Matebeleland milling firms close shop
AT least 79 milling companies have folded up in the Matebeleland region due to economic hardships which have seen an increase in grey imports, an official has said.Addressing journalists after...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum plot Pirates spoiler
FC Platinum will be looking to take advantage of a fatigued Orlando Pirates side hoping to collect their first set of maximum points in a Group B clash of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) C...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Mum 'sells' 3-year-old daughter
A 27-YEAR-OLD Masvingo woman allegedly sold her three year-old daughter to a South African based syndicate that uses children as beggars at busy traffic intersections. Grana Chiondegwa (27) of...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:23hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Statement to the Press
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa's Statement to the Press on the 6th of March 2019 - Morgan Richard Tsvangirai HouseDefining a new course for Zimbabwe.(New Direction, New Ideas)Ba...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:13hrs | 1040 | by Adv. Nelson Chamisa
Gukurahundi commander declared national hero
The late Brigadier General Emilio Munemo, a former commander of the notorious Fifth Brigade which is accused of carrying out a genocide in Matabeleland in the 1980s, has been declared a national hero....Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 18:33hrs | 4921 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance planned to win 2018 with 4.5m votes - failed, plan lacked even common sense
MDC Alliance leaders want to cast themselves as democrats who have embraced the democratic ethos of open and meaningful debate and democratic competition. They are not democrats and there is nothing l...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1281 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Corruption encompasses the misuse of public office for private gains
CORRUPTION is generally defined as any form of abuse of public office for private gain. The word "corruption" is a linguistic derivative of the Latin word "corrumpere" which literally translated would...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:04hrs | 885 | by Prosper Munyedza
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