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Zimbabwe opposition of staging-managing abductions and torture
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has accused the opposition of staging-managing the abduction and torture of activists to soil the image of the country amid reports at least 18 people have be...Published: 11 hrs ago | 321 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NetOne boss faces probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating former NetOne CEO Reward Kangai over a myriad of alleged criminal abuse of office cases during his tenure at the state-owned mobile netw...Published: 11 hrs ago | 337 | by Staff reporter
Currency changes choke banks
ZIMBABWE'S banking sector is skating on thin ice due to a illiquidity crunch that has drastically reduced the financial institutions' capacity to lend following the reintroduction of a local currency,...Published: 11 hrs ago | 431 | by Staff reporter
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 11 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff reporter
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1289 | by Michael Mhlanga
Duo in fake birth certificates scam
TWO people have been arrested in Bulawayo after they allegedly forged a hospital stamp to generate fake birth certificates.Cheneso Clara Mumbire (42) and Claudus Chigwere (41), last week appea...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Borehole drilling company dupes clients
MORE than a dozen Zimbabweans based in the diaspora have fallen prey to an alleged bogus borehole drilling company that was operating in Bulawayo and duped them of thousands of United States dollars....Published: 20 hrs ago | 2194 | by Staff reporter
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1581 | by L Dube
Cambridge English On The Go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 21 hrs ago | 364 | by The Language Coach
Abandon sinking US dollar ship? Top UK banker pushes for new 'synthetic hegemonic currency'
Bank of England head Mark Carney has urged his fellow central bankers to embrace tech like Facebook's Libra to build a multipolar system, warning against "swapping one currency hegemon for another" - ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 940 | by RT
More flights for Bulawayo
THE Government has increased flight frequencies for low-cost airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, in a move which will play a huge part in improving connectivity and growing of the country's economy.Civ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 550 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest bid to arrest price distortions
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) is currently engaging manufacturers and producers countrywide to establish pricing formulae , a strategy meant to arrest the current distortions on cost o...Published: 21 hrs ago | 803 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begins grain imports
Government has bought 20 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania and is in active discussions with other countries in the region, particularly Zambia, as it moves to procure more than 1 million tonnes, it h...Published: 21 hrs ago | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables on a roll
Zimbabwe 32 - 26 UgandaIT'S all looking rosy for Zimbabwe as the Sables continued to edge closer to success after making it four out of four wins with a hard fought Victoria Cup rugby triump...Published: 21 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid on course
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the Second Republic is anchored on ensuring the country regains its past glory by integrating into the community of nations after years of isolation typified by the First ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
What is holding back Zimbabwe - perverse Zanu-PF and MDC entente cordiale
There is no doubt that ever since the 2008 to 2013 GNU there was mutual understanding, a cordial agreement, a "entente cordiale" as the French would say, struck between Zanu-PF and MDC. MDC was suppos...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | 2268 | by Wilbert Mukori
Man (32) subjects woman (61) to bizarre 'rape ordeal'
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo allegedly habitually raped and beat a 61-year-old woman who gave him a home when his relatives threw him out in 2011. Over seven years, the man allegedly told the ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Technical faults at Hwange cause for prolonged load shedding
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate Fortune Chasi, has said the prolonged load shedding hours experienced in some parts of the country over the past few days were due to unexpected ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami didn't have powers to suspend Town clerk, says High Court
THE High Court has nullified the suspension of Bulawayo Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, by Deputy Mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:10hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Nurse head-buts doctor over girlfriend
A Bulawayo magistrate Friday convicted and fined a 35-year-old United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) nurse, Jabulani Moyo for assaulting a doctor working at the same health centre following a dispute involvi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1105 | by newzimbabwe
Mohadi hails agri-business
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has commended exhibitors at the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, particularly on agriculture innovations, which he said would go a long way in improving the country's ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura wives stand by hubby
JAILED Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's wife have vowed to remain loyal to their husband and united despite negative coverage by some sections of the media. Even fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Solar Ear Tag GPS Tracker
Greetings.I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce our latest ear tag with Find Me software (fits all livestock). It sells for R1800 only. We offer two (2) types of Liv...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:59hrs | 315 | by Justice Maphosa
Does Illegal working in the UK make contract of employment unenforceable?
In recent years, the UK courts and tribunals have resisted attempts by employers to use the "illegality defence" to block vulnerable migrant workers' employment tribunal claims.While this case...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 19:02hrs | 1545 | by Muchie Shamuyarira
Chief Ndiweni is not above the law
Once upon a time, Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni controversially assumed the Ndiweni Chieftainship on 22 August 2014 following the death of his father, Chief Khayisa Ndiweni who had held the post for ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 3389 | by Bevan Musoko
Marvelous Nakamba set for big things with Aston Villa
The highly-rated Zimbabwean midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has just been signed by the English Premier League club Aston Villa. Nakamba was signed from the Belgian side Club Bruges for an undisclosed fe...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3520 | by Staff Writer
'Zanu-PF won people's mandate and will not share it with MDC' - illegitimate, rigged elections
Zanu-PF is treating the issue of the regime's lack of legitimacy and the MDC's call for a power sharing arrangement as if the two are one and the same thing."The people pronounced themselves a...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 628 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Old Mutual adopts hyperinflationary accounting for its Zimbabwe unit
SOUTH AFRICAN-HEADQUARTERED insurance company, Old Mutual Limited (OML) says it will apply hyperinflationary accounting for its Zimbabwe business unit in light of the runaway inflation plaguing the ec...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Business partner seeks dismissal of Mombeshora's property claim
HARARE businessman Tendai Jemwa has taken former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and his wife, Millicent, to court seeking dismissal of the couple's application in which they were seeking an order d...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches digital mobile bureau de change
ECOCASH has launched a digital mobile phone-based bureau de change in a move set to increase competition in the foreign currency exchange business. The innovative facility, a first by a mobile...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
RTGS system to send money in 5 seconds
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is working towards ensuring that the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system sends money in five seconds. This emerged on Wednesday in Binga during a consum...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda's scandals unpacked?
Who is Jacob Francis Mudenda? Jacob Francis Mudenda nicknamed "The Headmaster" in parliament and "Scania" in Matebeleland North is the current Speaker of the National Assembly. Born in 1949, M...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 05:56hrs | 5242 | by Nicholas Ncube
Kasukuwere set free
The High Court halted former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's trial on Wednesday after ruling that charges filed by prosecutors did not disclose an offence.A magistrate's refusal...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | 4783 | by ZimLive
'Comedian Gonyeti had her clothes removed and tortured'
Comedian Samantha Gonyeti Kureya of Bustop TV has narrated her ordeal at the hands of suspected state agents who abducted and gruesomely tortured he on Wednesday evening. The skit maker has be...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2816 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC is clearly unsuitable for government
I watch with increasing dismay as MDC, the party on which huge numbers of Zimbabweans are pinning their hopes for a better future, shows more and more its unfitness to govern the nation.Let me...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:21hrs | 2807 | by David Barber
Zanu-PF suspends MP over Chamisa
A local daily newspaper is reporting that the ruling Zanu-PF has suspended its Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, after he recently implored First Lady Auxillia Mnangaga and oppositio...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 6111 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's government: The mask has slipped
In April last year, on these pages, I expressed concern at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government's obvious fascination with Rwanda and China.On the face of it, it seemed as if Mnanga...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 888 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zimbabwe civil service top heavy, bloated
GOVERNMENT admitted yesterday that it was bloated, had a top-heavy structure, with some key departments manned by second-class professionals owing to poor salaries and conditions of service.Th...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Abduction fears grip MDC members
THE MDC Bulawayo provincial executive has claimed that its members are now living in fear of abductions after three party activists were reportedly seized from their homes on Tuesday night and torture...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Potraz promises to revamp ICT in Binga
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday assured Binga residents that they would soon enjoy use of postal and telecommunications services just like other c...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Robberies spike in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents have raised concern over the increase in armed robberies taking place in the central business district (CBD) in broad daylight.The knife-wielding robbers corner residents wa...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Zec in quandary over delimitation exercise
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in quandary over the delimitation exercise as the Constitution stipulates that it must be conducted after the Census in 2022 leaving little time to prepare f...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi passengers beat up lone gunman
PASSENGERS in a pirate taxi from the Bulawayo city centre to Emganwini suburb yesterday savagely pummelled a lone gunman suspected to be behind a spate of armed robberies that have rocked the city in ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza rejected Warriors job, why is it that ONLY Mashonaland coaches are given that chance?
NORMAN MAPEZA was offered the chance for another romance as the Warriors coach, ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with the coach ready for a return to the ultimate job in domestic football. Howe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
The right man to convene Mnangagwa-Chamisa dialogue revealed
As I was reflecting upon the Republic of Zimbabwe and the news headlines about Zimbabwe a Bible verse came into mind :John 1:46 - King James BibleAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can the...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | 7036 | by Nicholas Ncube
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 5921 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zec calls on residents to register as voters
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has urged citizens to register to vote so that their constituencies are not affected by delimitation processes in 2022....Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 17:57hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
SADC behind the new dispensation …as it adds its growing voice against illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe
Upon his ascendancy to the Presidency of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa quickly made known his ambition to project a different path to the one set by his predecessor, Robert Mugabe. Pr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:42hrs | 594 | by Claver Nyuki
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1160 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
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