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High court overturns conviction of 'covid-19 vaccine seeking' Goromonzi residents
THE High Court has overturned the conviction of three Goromonzi residents who were fined ZWL5 000 each last year for disorderly conduct when they allegedly protested over stock outs of coronavirus vac...Published: 40 mins ago | 78 | by Stephen Jakes
Unity Accord dead, says ex-chief Ndiweni
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration effectively dumped the 1987 Unity Accord by not appointing a Zapu side Vice-President....Published: 9 hrs ago | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for Switzerland
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last night left Harare for Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting where he will join 50 other heads of state and government to deliber...Published: 9 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law extinguishes Warriors' Afcon dream
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has emphatically declared the country's participation in the 2023 Afcon qualifiers is not a priority as the window of opportunity opened by Caf slams shut th...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Kombis ready for return
REGISTERED taxi associations in Bulawayo have started putting in place modalities to bring back hundreds of their vehicles on the road following an announcement by Government that private commuter omn...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ignores colonials masters' poll recommendations
ZIMBABWE has failed to effect critical recommendations of the European Union (EU) Election Observer Mission (EOM) that observed the 2018 harmonised elections with the grouping warning of a potentially...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:29hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has failed to implement electoral reforms: EU
ZIMBABWE has failed to take steps to implement electoral reforms that would guarantee free and fair elections next year, a European Union observer mission (EUOM) said yesterday.The EU mission ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:01hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zinara raises tollgate fees
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has increased toll fees with effect from Monday, May 23.‘"In terms of section 4 of Statutory Instrument 32 of 2021, toll fees which are peg...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:58hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus
Virginia Mutsamwira says she treats four times the number of patients she should ideally handle at a township clinic in Harare."It's tiring - the nurse-patient ratio is really bad," she says, ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:52hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's once-off sale of ivory stockpiles acceptable
ZIMBABWE is desperately seeking international support to be allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise funds for its conservation efforts.It is an age-old problem for the southern African...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Basic goods disappear from shelves in Zimbabwe
SOME basic commodities such as cooking oil have virtually disappeared from shop shelves as the monthly food basket shot to $120 000.The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) yesterday said a fami...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi sends roads SOS to govt
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has sent a distress call to the Government over lack of road maintenance machinery, a development that has seen it being shortchanged by contracted companies....Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 1810 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jere defends PSL suspension
PREMIER Soccer League (PSL) chairperson Farai Jere has defended his decision to suspend football action for a week following ugly scenes of violence which caused the abandonment of the tempestuous lea...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Residents' property attached over council debts
AT least 10 residents from Senga suburb had their household property attached by the Messenger of Court at the instigation of Gweru City Council (GCC) in a bid to force ratepayers to settle their bill...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt recruits extra 10 000 teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months. The Public Service Commission has ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zesa in import substitution drive
Zesa is working with Mozambique and Zambia to add an extra 250MW of imports which will help with the winter peaks, while it is now moving into manufacturing of electricity pylons and assembling solar ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to appoint 2nd VP
AN opposition MP yesterday said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should appoint a second Vice-President to fill in the void left by former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi who resigned last year after a s...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | 9026 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks to keep rivals out
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly planning to block aspiring candidates from contesting the party presidency after influencing some youths to declare him the sole presidential cand...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Parly probes tobacco company
PARLIAMENT has launched a full-scale investigation into Premium Leaf Zimbabwe operations and the quality of its tobacco exports.The company executives yesterday appeared before the Parliamenta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
BCC abandons Centenary Park
BULAWAYO residents have accused the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of abandoning Centenary Park.Residents say the park is now an eyesore and a hotspot for criminal activities and a haven for drug...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
PSL suspends games over Dembare hooliganism
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has indefinitely suspended its programme as it seeks a lasting solution to acts of hooliganism that are tainting the image of local football.The biggest match i...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
CCC members bid to stall trial hits snag
CCC members' bid to stall trial proceedings in a matter they are accused of staging illegal demonstrations in Harare in May 2020 yesterday hit a snag after the court dismissed their application noting...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
MP pays fees for striking farm workers' children
Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni (ZANU PF) has paid tuition fees for 600 farm workers' children at Forester Estate in Mvurwi.The...Published: 16 May 2022 at 21:42hrs | 1156 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Without incorporating the boy child we can kiss goodbye to ending misogyny and women's abuse!
I still clearly remember sometime around 2007, when I excitedly approached such women's rights organizations as Women's Action Group (WAG), and Musasa Project, as well as the public broadcaster (ZBC),...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:48hrs | 501 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ncube casino economics killing goose that lays eggs
THE Zimbabwean dollar is tumbling at a fast rate and it will only respond positively when there is a change of government. As long as we are going to have this current leadership, nothing will c...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | 639 | by Leonard Koni
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
ZESA hikes local currency rates
ELECTRICITY tariffs have reverted to the local currency equivalent of the US dollar charges of 2018 with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company saying the adjustment is meant t...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Radio Bukalanga braces for Airwaves
Newly licensed community radio, Radio Bukalanga will soon be on the air waves after having acquired most of the required broadcasting equipment, it ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 10:05hrs | 976 | by Desmond Nleya
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 333 | by Bishop
There will never be any national development without strictly holding the Zimbabwe government to account
From time immemorial, there has always been a debate on why countries in the West are as economically developed as they are.Of course, it is nearly impossible to arrive at a consensus - but, t...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:11hrs | 292 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 887 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE risks sinking into a deeper power crisis amid reports that the country's power utility Zesa is on the brink of collapse due to an unsustainable tariff regime, NewsDay has learnt.The p...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Money transfer agents warn of massive transaction fee hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent imposition of a mandatory 4% Intermediate Monetary Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transfers has the potential to double transaction fees being p...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean farmers to cash in on cannabis global boom
Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on a global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers like Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortun...Published: 11 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Fake prophet's goblin plan backfires
A fake prophet from Hopely, Harare's plan to plant a monitor lizard in Glendale Mashonaland Central province purporting it to be a goblin hit the brick wall after residents denounced his motive....Published: 10 May 2022 at 16:53hrs | 1328 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nightshifts at Lake Gwayi Shangani
CONTRACTORS at Lake Gwayi Shangani are now working night shifts to ensure the construction of the dam wall is completed next month.Construction work at the Lake Gwayi Shangani dam wall and ear...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 10 000 motorists in blitz
At least 10 400 motorists have so far been arrested in the ongoing police operation named "Respect other Road Users", which is targeting those who continue flouting traffic rules and regulations....Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
The Mundoza tree has become an oracle
The two trees stand side by side as if nature's siblings, one a Casternabar and the other a 'Mutohwe'. One is domesticated and the other wild but they are both fruit trees. Their combined cano...Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:35hrs | 1749 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1478 | by Israel Dube
Doctor testifies in Marry Mubaiwa assault case
MAXILLO and oral-facial surgeon Dr Wayne Manana yesterday told a Harare court that the woman who was allegedly assaulted by Marry Mubaiwa incurred a slight movement on her tooth because of the trauma ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Police warn drivers of unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reiterated that all unregistered vehicles whether Government-owned or belonging to any political will be impounded during the ongoing operation aimed at restoring orde...Published: 05 May 2022 at 21:14hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
No plans to dump Zimdollar
FINANCE deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa yesterday said the government had no plans to dump the free-falling Zimbabwe dollar, adding that authorities would instead ramp up surveillance and penalise bu...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aid certificate the new gold for Zimbabweans
FOR 35-year-old Lorraine Siziba, attaining a nurse aid's certificate is nudging her closer to achieving her goals.Siziba has never been formally employed since completing a Bachelor's degree f...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:13hrs | 4661 | by Staff reporter
Laying of pipes brings Gwayi-Shangani water closer
AN over a century old dream to bring water from Lake Gwayi-Shangani to Bulawayo is close to reality as some pipes for laying the pipeline that arrived in the country last week have been placed at stra...Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:38hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
School fees shocker
GOVERNMENT and private schools have hiked fees ahead of opening day tomorrow citing the weakening Zimbabwe dollar.While the bulk of schools were still assessing the situation, some private sch...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:05hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers offer payment terms
SHE started being a sex worker five years ago.And today, the 35-year-old from Nyanga now services both men and women.She also services her old clients on credit."I have loyal c...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:15hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Dembare three points clear
Whawha 1 - 2 DynamosDYNAMOS maintained pole position in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table after a narrow and hard-earned win over Whawha at Ascot Stadium yesterday.The win means...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:12hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls creation of Smart cities
FIGTREE in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, has been identified as one of three places in the country to be transformed into a digital and green energy smart city.Announcing the plan in ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government worried over Operation Dudula
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is concerned about the killings and torturing of Zimbabweans by the vigilante groups in the neighbouring South Africa, Government Spokesperson Ndavaningi Nick...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 13:21hrs | 1749 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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