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Phakamile Mabhena Moyo appointed acting Harare Town Clerk
Engineer Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, the Harare City Council's director of water, has been appointed acting Town Clerk following the arrest of Engineer Hosiah Chisango.Chisango was arrested last n...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:30hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Harare City bosses denied bail over tender
Four Harare City officials were denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for allegedly awarding a US$9 million tender to Juluka Endo company for streetlight rehabilitation without p...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Reveller stabbed to death at Harare night club
In a tragic incident at Club Royale Bar in Harare's Budiriro 2 suburb, two young men, Alec Ruvhere (22) and Tadiwanashe Murerwa (20), lost their lives after being fatally stabbed during an altercation...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:30hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu's company illegally awarded US$9 million street lights tender?
Four City of Harare employees, Never Murerwa, Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu, and Tawanda Mutenhabundo, have been taken to court on allegations of illegally awarding a US$9 million street lights te...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
4 council officials arrested over US$9m tender scandal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested four Harare City Council officials for allegedly improperly awarding a street lights tender worth over US$9.2 million to Juluka Enndo Joint ...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:23hrs | 80 | by Staff reportyer
Zanu-PF activist demands bribe from Auxillia Mnangagwa land beneficiary
A Zanu-PF activist has been dragged to court by visually impaired Zengeza 2 High School deputy head Tendai Muzondiwa who claims being pestered for US$200 protection fee against eviction from one of th...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK lines up more investments in Zimbabwe
RELATIONS between Harare and London are set to further strengthen, with the UK Embassy revealing in a statement that it is seeking a trade and investment advisor to identify business and trade opportu...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 19:19hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Aliko Dangote promise to keep his Zimbabwean business empire
Aliko Dangote, Africa's wealthiest black individual and the founder and chairman of Dangote Cement, the continent's largest cement manufacturer, made a commitment to preserve the extensive business em...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's 13-year-old daughter listed on US sanctions
When the United States announced the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son earlier this month, it also revealed the names of 17 individuals who had been removed from the list of Specially ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accuse the US of 'barbarism and cowardice'
Zanu-PF has accused the United States (US) of "barbarism and cowardice" after Washington added President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Junior, three individuals and two business entities on its sanctions ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
US removes 17 Zimbabweans from sanctions list, but country remains under sanctions
THE United States government has today removed 17 Zimbabweans from the illegal sanctions list while adding four people and two companies, as the clarion call for total and unconditional removal of the...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-convict ally implicated in Cottco scandal
GUTAI Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo of Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd , an ex-convict close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family whose company is implicated in the US$5 million Cotton Company of Zimb...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Govt official 'blocks' school construction
A SENIOR official in the Foreign Affairs ministry has been accused of blocking the construction of a secondary school in Goromonzi district, Mashonaland East province.This has resulted in lear...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe 40 yrs backward'
ZIMBABWE is now 40 years backward compared to several African countries as a result of misrule and failure to tap into professional skills that have found home outside the country due to the country's...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hospital worker jailed 4-years for vehicle theft
A 36 year old man employed as a general hand at Shamva hospital has been jailed four years on charges of stealing a Honda Fit.Steven Kaini appeared before Bindura magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hospital worker steals Honda Fit
A 36-YEAR-OLD Shamva hospital worker stole a Honda Fit that was parked near a soccer pitch and was apprehended while approaching a toll gate....Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 00:04hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Biti caution govt over IMF windfall
ZIMBABWE'S former Finance ministers Herbert Murerwa and Tendai Biti have warned the government against using the recent US$961 million worth of special drawing rights (SDRs) from the International Mon...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti - Mthuli Ncube to lock horns over IMF funding
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti and the Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube are expected to participate in a heated economics debate on Tuesday organized by the Zimbabwe Economics Society under the theme:...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 12:09hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Driver crashed by own bus
A bus driver employed by Murerwa Bus Company which is attached to Zupco under the current franchise system died on the spot after he was crashed to death by his own bus last night in Mutare.Ma...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo named in US$9m tender storm
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo is entangled in a scandal in which a company linked to a businessman at the centre of the Chilonga row was allegedly awarded a US$9,3 million contract to supply wat...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pay rise for public, private sector imminent
WORKERS in the public and private sectors have benefited from a steady increase of basic salaries between January 2020 and January this year due to a stable economic environment engendered by good Gov...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Harare pulls out all stops to halt Zimra garnish
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango, who recently dramatically bounced back at Town House despite serving a suspension, is desperately seeking a relief order from Treasury to stop the Zimbabwe Revenue A...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended council boss back at work, embroiled in new scam
SUSPENDED Harare City Council Town Clerk Hosiah Chisango, who is facing criminal charges for alleged illegal sale of residential stands, has been embroiled in a fresh ZW$51 million (US$636 000) Covid-...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Admire Dube
Battle over sacred mountain rages
The battle for the control of the sacred Ntabazinduna Mountain has been dragging on for the past 15 years, it has emerged.Outspoken Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni early this year escalated the...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporer
Young entrepreneurs urged to actively participate in energy sector
Zimbabwe is faced with a high unemployment rate which has seen a majority of young people resort to entrepreneurship. However most young people are shying away from the Energy sector and space....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Arrested soldier 'killed' on hospital bed
A 52-YEAR-OLD member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was remanded in custody by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo on an armed robbery case last week has died.Shelton Marerwa who...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 10:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
More heads to roll at Zesa
SEVERAL Zesa Holdings senior managers face the axe following a damning forensic audit that has unearthed serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office.Last week, the national electrici...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer jailed
A Harare lawyer, Fred Machokoto of Machokoto and Partners Legal Practitioners, was yesterday jailed 60 months for embezzling $57 000 in trust funds. Machokoto was jointly charged with another ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa-based motor spares firm eyes Zimbabwe market
A South Africa-based motor spares company, Last Power Spares, plans to open a branch in Zimbabwe's capital Harare by first quarter of next year, Business Times has reported.The company, which ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | | by businesstimes
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 4 | by newZwire with The Source
15 Zesa bosses sent on mandatory leave
ZESA Holdings has sent 15 managers across its subsidiaries on mandatory leave to pave way for a forensic audit into the affairs of the parastatal, it has emerged. The audit has been going on a...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why technocrats succeed or fail in the Zanu government
Apologies for boring you with citing in full Mukoma Muzivazvose Google's definition of technocrats. However, this will help some of us to know a bit about technocrats in view of recently appointed min...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Ndaba Nhuku
Chigova to share R100,000 bonus with teammates
GEORGE Chigova has said he will share part of the R100 000 he received from ZIFA benefactor Wicknell Chivayo yesterday with some of his Warriors teammates. The giant goalkeeper has become the toast of...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman dangles incentive for Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S heavy hitters are yet to set the Cosafa Cup as well as a bitterly cold Polokwane alight, but they find themselves in a final they are desperate to win. It hasn't been razzmatazz, but Sunday...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors ready for Cosafa challenge
OVIDY Karuru set the Cosafa Cup alight last year and he returns to the tournament again tomorrow with a rallying call for his Warriors to be ruthless and professional in their approach.The War...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poll re-runs in select Zanu-PF constituencies
Zanu-PF yesterday released the official list of candidates who were successful in the primary polls to contest for the National Assembly seats in elections set for July with more of the old guard maki...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More Zanu-PF primaries winners named
Zanu-PF yesterday released more names of candidates who won primary elections to contest for National Assembly seats in the forthcoming harmonised elections on the revolutionary party's ticket. In the...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army's diamond mining activities under spotlight
Defence secretary Martin Rushwaya is today expected to appear in Parliament for grilling over the army's mining activities in the Chiadzwa diamond fields.Rushwaya was initially scheduled to ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Government committed to resolving Gukurahundi'
THE Government has always shown commitment in bringing closure to the matter of civil disturbances commonly known as Gukurahundi that affected Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s with for...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wicknell's woes mount
ENERGY minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday told Parliament that more heads were set to roll at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) over the $7 million Gwanda solar project which was awarded to businessman Wi...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at Zesa
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) was prejudiced of more than $7 million and not the $5 million initially reported through suspected irregular payments to businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo, legislators h...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo deals: Heads to roll at Zesa
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) was prejudiced of more than $7 million - and not the $5 million initially reported - through suspected irregular payments to businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo, legislato...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crime busting unit targets Wicknell Chivayo
HARARE - An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) - a unit of Ze...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How ED's equity can defy odds
Firstly, as public reaction to ED's cabinet choices point to high dissonance, it should be appreciated that such an overwhelming outcry apparently challenges the so-called 'dotards' to rise and defy o...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 19:01hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mhaka
Zimbabwe no country for 'nice men'
In 2000, after the ruling Zanu-PF party had been shocked by the opposition at elections, it went through some soul searching.Just five years earlier, Zanu-PF had won 118 of the 120 seats on of...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by The Source
Zimbabwe car imports decline
Zimbabwe's value of car imports dropped by 20 percent in the first five months of this year as the government's protectionist policy begins to bear fruit.Trade data from the Zimbabwe National ...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 13:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba whose congregants assaulted cops loses farm
`Jailed Johanne Masowe Echishanu Budiriro sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa has lost his Nyabira farm in Zvimba in a long-running land dispute.Chokurongerwa was slapped with a five-year prison...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa press for tariff hike
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has not given up on tariff hike push with top officials saying current tariff at 9,83c per kilowatt-hour (kWh) cannot sustain operations. ...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 04:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T backs Jonathan Moyo
MDC-T Bulawayo Province has come out in support of Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo, over his criticism of government's much-vaunted Command Agriculture programme fronted by Vice-President ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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