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Zimbabwe school dropouts skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:23hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
'Biti was reckless'
A LOCAL vehicle-selling firm Paza Buster has written to lawyer and politician Tendai Biti seeking to have him retract claims he made against them in an online interview failure of which they will sue ...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 18:10hrs | 3655 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voter inspection: Less than 1% errors identified
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said less than one percent errors were identified in the country's voters' roll after nearly three million inspected it.The commission was conductin...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to traditional medicine
INTEREST in practising as herbalists is growing in the country, with the numbers of people enrolling at the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association (ZINATHA) training school ris...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Rogue lawyers connive with bogus estate agents
SOME rogue lawyers in Bulawayo are reportedly conniving with bogus estate agents to defraud homeseekers as demand for housing surges.Police in Bulawayo recorded 32 fraud cases involving the sa...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Biti lands self in trouble
A COMPANY alleged by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti to have been used as a conduit for corrupt government operations has written to the former finance minister demandin...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 19:56hrs | 2838 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF made 235 poll promises, keeps 13
Zanu-PF made 235 electoral promises in the run up to the 2018 polls, but only managed to keep only 13, less than a year to polls in 2023, a non-governmental organisation has claimed.Independen...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells his followers to 'faka pressure'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa was Monday encouraged his supporters to 'faka pressure.'Chamisa sent the cryptic message on Twitter....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:21hrs | 3691 | by Staff reporter
Robbers net US$100,000 and R500,000 in Zimbabwe cash-in-transit robbery
Shots were fired as armed robbers targeted a cash-in-transit van on a busy street in Bulawayo on Monday morning.Police said US$100,000 and R500,000 was stolen as at least four armed men wearin...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:07hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe infrastructure upgrades to boost revenue performance
GOVERNMENT expects the on-going infrastructural development projects, particularly the upgrading of major highways, to impact positively on revenue performance through improved transport and logistics...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lashes at Chamisa's mazizi
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has lashed at Mazizi for insults targeted at him.Said Prof Moyo, "You can dot me, call me names, body shame me or lie about me for all you want; no...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 09:52hrs | 4906 | by Staff reporter
491 Zimbabwean teachers up for Rwandan jobs
MORE than 491 Zimbabwean educators have been registered to undergo job interviews next week for possible recruitment by the Rwandan government under a worker-exchange agreement struck between Harare a...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:11hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends examinations registration
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates to next Friday giving examination centres a week-long window ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa responsible for CCC attacks on Jonathan Moyo's family, and abuse of his late daughter
FORMER information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, has directly blamed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa for online attacks targeting his family, including his late daughter ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 7129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legally untouchable while in office
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is unlikely to face justice while in office over sensational rape allegations by Australia-based Susan Mutami, legal experts have said.Now-based in Australia, Muta...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 4772 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa battles party factionalism
HUMAN rights defenders in Zimbabwe are fretting over a political crisis as the 2023 general election looms, saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa will use every trick in the book, including violence, to...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:58hrs | 3378 | by Staff reporter
Magriza's equipment fundraiser
Hie beautiful people, my name is Prince Sivalo Mahlangu. I'm part of an online show we publish on YouTube called Magriza Made Me Cook. The channel seeks to document Africa's diverse food culture, one ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:24hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami saga: 'Mnangagwa must resign, or bring back Mohadi!'
SOCIAL media users have demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to either resign from office or bring back his tainted deputy Kembo Mohadi, who quit his job after a dramatic expose' of his sexual shenan...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:06hrs | 9169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 351 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
All set for Ndebele sci-fi, The Signal's premiere
THE wait for the premiere of the first Ndebele sci-fi in Zimbabwe is over and everything seems to be in place for its first showing.The director of The Signal, Daniel Lasker, jetted into Bulaw...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Biti challenges Minister on ‘one man and his wife' dominating ZBC news daily
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare East Tendai Biti on Tuesday challenged the government on ZBC's compliance with the Constitutional obligation for impartiality and diversity of views in its n...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 9806 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC caught off-guard?
POLITICAL analysts have described the recent appointment of legislators to serve as opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokespersons in Parliament as evidence that the party needs to urgen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 7370 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala distances himself from the incriminating video
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala has complained that he feels unsafe after he was taken from Chikurubi Maximum Prison without knowledge of his lawyers on the day he was hit w...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:38hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests
Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp — Broad Alliance Agains...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:50hrs | 519 | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai
Magistrate recuses himself from Sikhala bail hearing after bias protest
Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Monday recused himself from hearing Job Sikhala's bail application following his arrest accused of defeating the course of justice.The Zengeza West MP filed an...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:25hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farm-grab doctor sanctioned by UK Medical Tribunal
A MEDICAL doctor originally from Zimbabwe has been sanctioned after his fitness to practice was found to have been impaired during a recent hearing by the Medical Practitioners' Tribunal (MPTS)....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF group says Mnangagwa must go
A GROUPING of 'dissident' Zanu-PF members has hit out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing him of reneging on an earlier pact to serve a single presidential term before handing over power....Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 5512 | by Staff reporter
British embassy disowns recruitment advert
THE British embassy has dismissed an advertisement circulating on social media claiming that it was hiring interns.Some Zanu-PF members were claiming the interns were being recruited for a pro...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC sounds alarm over violence ahead of 2023 elections
Citizens Coalition for Change has accused the Zanu-PF led government of attempts to weaken it through visiting forms of violence on its structures coupled with targeted legal attacks on party and civi...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 20:19hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar 'turns down' BBC's Strictly Come Dancing
Ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar is set to slip through the fingers of Strictly Come Dancing bosses after turning down an opportunity to appear on the show later this year.BBC producer...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1863 | by Staff reporter
ZEC to embark on 10-day voters roll inspection
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will embark on a 10-day voters' roll inspection ahead of the delimitation exercise which shall be conducted in terms of Sections 160 and 161 of the Constitution...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new Zec commissioners
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sworn in six new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners who replace the previous commissioners whose terms of office expired.The six new commissioners sworn ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 20:12hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Mahere affair with married man allegations take a new twist
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has threatened to sue online publication Kukurigo if it does not retract an article alleging she is having an affair with top businessma...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:09hrs | 14304 | by Staff reporter
Top BBC show Strictly Come Dancing wants Zimbabwean legend for new series
STRICTLY bosses want former Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalie Bruce Grobbelaar to appear on this year's show.The 64-year-old Zimbabwean with "spaghetti legs" is at the top of the BBC show's list a...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:07hrs | 10302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's long but crucial road to digitalisation
In recent days, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said that embracing science and technology, particularly in the field of education, will help to boost the global economy. He added that ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:54hrs | 792 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ gold coins to strengthen Zimdollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week, following a resolution agreed on by its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced plans to introduce gold coins to be used as a new investment tool to st...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe gold coins rollout
GOLD coins that were announced last week as a new measure and alternative to store monetary value, will be introduced into the market mid-this month and will be purchased using both foreign and local ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | 2911 | by Staff reporter
Journalist Manyowa lays cyber-bullying charges against Facebook users
CELEBRITY journalist, Maynard Manyowa and his first wife Mutsa, have laid cyber-bullying charges on two Facebook users following a series of posts the two dispute.The charges emanate from a po...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:23hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash brings more convenience for its users, unveils new bill management service
EcoCash has introduced 'EcoCash Bill Manager', a new service that brings more convenience for its users and simplifies how EcoCash customers manage their bill payments to different service providers, ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 04:42hrs | 936 | by Agencies
Three Ways IoT is Benefiting the Mobile Gaming Industry
Over the past decade, the mobile gaming industry has undergone some massive changes as a result of advancements in technology. Therefore, it is unsurprising that the industry has adapted to the techno...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 12:51hrs | 3777 | by Staff Writer
Foul play disguised as incompetence at the Competition and Tariff Commission
I am an avid reader and consumer of all things Competition and Anti Monopolies related. I believe in healthy competition and have learnt a thing or two from watching the American Sherman act evolve in...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 12:48hrs | 1008 | by Thabo Nkiwane
The latest live casino games shaking up the industry
Live casino games are more popular than ever before and, in order to meet demand, the industry is constantly devising innovative games for live online casinos, providing enhancements to the casino...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 12:50hrs | 1449 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VAYA Technologies relaunches online bidding platform
VAYA Technologies Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, has re-launched BidBuddie, an online bidding platform that allows customers to bid and buy, auction and sell virtually an...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 16:13hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo linked to inflated Belarus fire tenders scandal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo was this Monday the subject of another corruption allegation storm over the procurement of fire-fighting vehicles from Belarus.Moyo is reportedly under inve...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Bogus real estate agent in court
BOGUS real estate agent Jacqueline Gijima (34) has been arraigned before the courts for duping a desperate land seeker of US$28 000.Gijima was yesterday remanded out of custody to June 30 on f...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe further tightens noose on NGOs
GOVERNMENT is further tightening screws on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country with Public Service minister Paul Mavima proposing more amendments to the Private Voluntary Or...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes huge strides taken towards ending power cuts
IN what would be a major boost to the country's industrialisation and modernisation journey, Hwange Thermal Power Station Units 7 and 8 are almost complete with 88,29 percent of work having been done ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko spills beans on murky US$6bn deal
Former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has revealed how the army seized Zimbabwe's biggest platinum reserves, saying he was threatened with dismissal by unnamed generals for questioning the deal whi...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 8051 | by Staff reporter
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