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Zimbabwe hunts for new Auditor-General
The Zimbabwean government has officially initiated the search for a new Auditor-General after the retirement of Mildred Chiri, who served in the role for nearly two decades. Rheah Kujinga has been ful...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:50hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms 2 cases of imported Mpox
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed that Zimbabwe now has two confirmed cases of Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox). One case has been reported in Harare, and another in Mberengwa. Bot...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 16:46hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga faces censure over outburst
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) plans to summon Finance and Economic Development Ministry Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga to Parliament over his criticism of the recent auditor general's re...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:10hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked 30th in budget survey
Zimbabwe's global position on the Open Budget Survey (OBS) has improved, with the country now ranked 30th out of 125 countries. The OBS, conducted by the International Budget Partnership (IBP), measur...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:55hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Tribalists defend Mnangagwa's actions
A DEPUTY minister's demands for the transfer from a primary school in Bubi of an early childhood development (ECD) teacher with a Shona name has been met with mixed feelings, underlining the sensitivi...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:42hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Govt is crippling local authorities
The government has been accused of crippling the local authorities' operations on conditions that are run by the opposition.This was revealed recently by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Dev...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 13:09hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Master KG to headline Sanganai/Hlanganani gig
South African musician and record producer Master KG, known as Kgaogelo Moagi, is all set to be the headline act at the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo closing concert in Bulawayo.The 1...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans killed in Limpopo cash-in-transit shoot-out
Hawks have identified 16 of the 19 people killed in the recent Limpopo cash-in-transit (CIT) gang shoot-out. Guns were blazing at a luxury home in Makhado on Friday when the Hawks raided the p...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zimbabwean killed in Botswana prison fight
A Zimbabwean prisoner was killed by his Motswana cellmate after a brawl ensued between the two in the dead of night on Sunday at a prison in Maun, Botswana.The Zimbabwean has since been identi...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa meets ZCC Bishop Lekganyane
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently held a meeting with ZCC Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane during the World Economic Forum. A picture that has gone viral on the internet shows Mnangagwa in a mee...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 16:12hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZACC fails to account for over US$12m availed to it
The Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has expressed concerns that in a contradictory and dramatic irony that has left the country in shock, the Z...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's 'second Republic' as scandal-prone as Mugabe's govt
THERE is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
School heads get salary boost
HEADMASTERS will get a salary boost that will see some pocketing 25 percent more in addition to their salary depending on the number of pupils at the school, an official has said.Speaking on t...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC infighting explained
FRESH Storm is brewing in the MDC Alliance after senior leaders are reported to have recommended the expulsion of Gift Ostallos Siziba, the Secretary-General of the MDC Youth Assembly.One Twit...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans escape Botswana prison
Two Zimbabweans, one from Bulawayo and the other from Masvingo are on the run after they escaped from a Botswana prison yesterday morning, alongside a Motswana murderer.According to a statemen...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
AfCFTA will launch Africa forward post Covid-19
THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was established in 2018 with the aim to create a single market for goods and services, facilitated by movement of persons to deepen the economic integr...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:03hrs | | by Admire Maparadza Dube
Airlink plans daily Harare-Cape Town flights
SOUTH African airline, Airlink says it is looking beyond three weekly frequencies when it launches its Harare-Cape Town flights on March 3.Managing director, Rodger Foster said this week plans...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for robbery in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man and his Motswana accomplice have been slapped with a 10-year effective jail term each for an armed robbery which they committed in Maun, Botswana in 2018.Llyod Choto (37) and ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
We don't spoon-feed graduates: govt
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister, Anxious Masuka has said government has no responsibility to "spoon-feed" thousands of graduates churned out annually by universities and coll...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers turn to 'chikorokoza'
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to "chikorokoza" as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Rueben Barwe and ZBC taking up the JerusalemaDanceChallenge
THE State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has released its Jerusalema dance challenge video.The video features prominent ZBC stuff such as Reuben Barwe, Hazvinei Sakarombe...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crisis in Bulawayo
Bulawayo water woes may worsen following revelations that the city is left with only a week's supply of water treatment chemicals. The city is already on a 48-hour weekly water shedding schedule in al...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has run out of water treatment chemicals for the second time in less than two months as foreign currency shortages continue to haunt the local authority.According t...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who then is Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda?
After reading the letter from Felix Mafa to all MDC Provinces I became interested in unraveling this humble man. He is the only one in MDC so far who has positively engaged the Electoral college of MD...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:19hrs | 6 | by Henry Madiro
Magalela Sibanda eying MDC vice presidency
FORMER Magwegwe MP, Felix Magalela Mafa-Sibanda has revealed his interest to seek election as MDC vice president at a time his boss Nelson Chamisa has warned against canvassing for posts among party p...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 17:09hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa, Alrosa strike joint diamonds deal
GOVERNMENT will be partnering leading Russian diamond producer Alrosa Diamond Company (Alrosa) in the extraction and processing of gemstones from numerous deposits which have been confirmed across the...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form One boarding places almost full
ONLY 56 out of 258 boarding secondary schools in the country still have vacancies for Form One, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo has said. In an interview on T...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has run out of water treatment chemicals amid indications the local authority may be forced to stop the purification of the precious liquid unless foreign currency to procu...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic as net closes in on forex abusers
Despite feigning bravado in public, companies fingered in the externalisation of foreign currency and other assets are making a beeline for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to negotiate relaxed dead...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese investor dangles $1 billion for Ziscosteel revival
CHINESE investor, Zhang Li, who is president of R&FA is in Zimbabwe to finalise the implementation of a $1 billion resuscitation of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), Southern Eye h...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Analysis: Could looters list hurt Zimbabwe China relations?
A list of 'looters' published by the government of Zimbabwe on Monday, 'naming and shaming' individuals and companies it alleges externalised money out of the country has raised speculations relations...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 12:36hrs | | by Prince Butawo (Khuluma Afrika Deputy Editor)
He milks snake venom to save lives
In the laboratory at his Marlborough home in Harare Ben Vermulen was trying to milk a huge Cape cobra by manoeuvring its razor sharp fangs through a rubber sheath on a plastic vial - the way he had do...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
29 Matabeleland schools record 0% pass rate for Grade 7 exams
TWENTY-NINE primary schools in Matabeleland North province recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2017 Grade Seven public examinations.Matabeleland North deputy director responsible for primar...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
All Blacks 57 - 0 Springbok
The All Blacks eclipsed their record for a winning margin against a Springbok team that was notched the previous time these teams met as they routed their old foe 57-0 in a Castle Lager Rugby Champion...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:18hrs | 4 | by Supersport
American Organisation Partners the Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust
A United States of America based organization, the S.E.L.F. Project partnered a local organization, the Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust (CNCVCT) to help three rural schools in Bubi D...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals
DESPITE Bulawayo having all but one of its water supply dams spilling, residents in the city could be faced with another water crisis as the city council is struggling to procure treatment chemicals....Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara, Univern ties raise stink
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) CEO, Frank Chitukutuku, left his post in a huff in 2014.His contract was due to expire in March 2015 but he offered to leave by Decem...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
As the Twitter Professora would say, handei tione!
IT has been a week of laughter and good political humour, not least because my party triumphed in Bikita West, but also because of the clotted reasoning and prose which this defeat wrought in lose...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Cash shortages hit school opening preps
WITH schools opening on Tuesday a majority of parents are feeling the heat of cash shortages that has disrupted their preparations for the new school term as yesterday hundreds of them were stuck ...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corpse disappears from mortuary
Central Police Station officers are investigating a bizarre disappearance of a baby's corpse from Princess Marina Hospital mortuary.Assistant Superintendent Keoagile Tau confirmed the incident...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Office romance lands cop in jail
An undisciplined Police Sargent was this week arraigned in court for threatening to kill his special constable girlfriend.The Voice reported that Sargent Samuel Keamogile (44) of Gaborone West...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cop denied bail over threat to kill
A 44-year old police officer at Gaborone West police, Sergeant Samuel Keamogile this morning appeared before Village magistrate court for a single count of threat to kill.The Voice reported th...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Huge win for Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West prisoner in athletics
HUNDREDS of prisoners went on the run this week, and all the warders did was stand around and watch."It was hard but, I made it. It is an achievement for me," Gloria Moagi, 25, from Polokwane,...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
36 register for Mr Ugly competition in Zimbabwe
So many men want to compete in Zimbabwe's infamous Mr Ugly competition that the organisers are being forced to hold three semi-finals.Less than two months ago, it was reported that just 13 peo...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
College student up for assault
An A-Level student at the Bulawayo Foundation College Donald Musona (21) has been dragged to court to answer a charge of assaulting Brennan Moyo in a dispute over passage at a bridge in Nkulumane....Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Fresh water crisis for Bulawayo as city runs out of water treatment chemicals
BULAWAYO City council has run out of stock of key water treatment chemicals.The situation could result is serious water shortages at a time of massive heat waves.According to the lates...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Labour law changes make party popular, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, like I am always telling you, we should always make sure we get the best out of any situation. The labour crisis that was triggered by that Su...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 10:59hrs | | by CZ
Goats eat meat as drought strike parts of Namibia
Residents of Mix settlement who spoke to New Era over the weekend expressed dismay at livestock that have started to help themselves to people's food at the settlement where there is no grazing....Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Swazi King' son loses $5 000 to drinking mates
A night of fun and drinks ended amid ugly scenes at Avani Hotel (formerly Gaborone Sun) on Sunday night when Swaziland's King Mswati III's son lost US$5 000.00, allegedly to his drinking mates....Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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