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EcoCash court bid hits brickwall
The High Court has dismissed Econet Zimbabwe's mobile money platform, EcoCash's application which sought to interdict the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) from suspending its mobile money agents....Published: 3 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Pauper burial for Gwanda accident victims
CHARRED bodies of three victims of the Brooklyn Express bus accident that occurred on November 15, 2018 in Gwanda are set for pauper burial after remaining unclaimed for close to two years.The...Published: 3 hrs ago | 432 | by Staff reporter
South Africa rationing diesel
South Africa has implemented diesel rationing, as demand recovered more quickly than expected after a lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus was eased.More than half of South Africa's r...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1912 | by Bloomberg
ZR police teargas imbibers in Karoi bottle store
KAROI - Members of Zimbabwe Republic Police deployed to monitor Covid-19 regulations violations had throw tear gas to force out imbibers who sought sanctuary in a bottle store at the weekend.T...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1369 | by Naume Muza
Vendors take refuge in online trade
Informal traders have embraced online business opportunities that came with the COVID-19 induced lockdown measures in Bulawayo. Informal traders say the lockdown has taught them to embrace Inf...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 502 | by Stephen Jakes
Makomo, Zambezi Gas resolve concession dispute
ZAMBEZI Gas and Makomo Resources have resolved a long-standing concession dispute the two Matabeleland North-based coal mining companies were embroiled in. In 2018, Zambezi Gas implored the Go...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
No pay-cut for Warriors coach Loga
ZIFA have revealed that they will not ask Warriors coach to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic since they are still in a comfortable financial position to meet his monthly salary as per co...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
SAPS arrest 5 for smuggling cigarettes
South African police have arrested a Zimbabwean woman (35) along with four others aged between 28 and 42 whom they found with smuggled cigarettes worth thousands of Rands along the N1 highway in Limpo...Published: 25 May 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Wolves are at it again, destroying Zimbabwe's currency
Once again, officials at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, along with the honchos at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) find themselves on the back foot of powerful forces that are man...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 2806 | by Andrew Lampard
Strong leadership in times of crisis
CT GSB alumnus Mehluli Mpofu was recently appointed as the Managing Director of Central Africa Building Society (CABS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Old Mutual Zimbabwe. On the first day of his appoin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:01hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm standoff threatens crop
The tussle over former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's farm, involving a top war veteran, has taken a new twist following revelations that disruptions at the Mazowe property could resul...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 74 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe's quarantined citizens stage demo
GROUP of returning Zimbabweans currently quarantined at Belvedere Teachers' College in Harare Saturday staged a demonstration against a government requirement for them to each pay a private medical fa...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:40hrs | 2532 | by newzimbabwe
RBZ can't import forex to buy gold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners' group says.Fidelity Printers & Refiners (FPR), the central bank unit which i...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3637 | by Staff reporter
RBZ charges Ecocash directors with money laundering
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has brought charges under the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act against Ecocash, the company's chief executive officer Natalie...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique's problems are ours too
A FEW months ago, I travelled to Mozambique. I was struck by the stark dichotomy on one hand between the unmistakeable sense of optimism which is palpable when you talk to the local intelligentsia and...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1441 | by Brezh Malaba
'Money printing impact is worse than Covid-19'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has warned government against printing money to fund the ZW$18 billion Covid-19 Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package saying to do so will have a more...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4598 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance abductions unsettle top police officers
MISTRUST and suspicion have intensified within the police in the wake of the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC-Alliance youth leaders with panicky commanders this week taking extraordinary me...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 3583 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4109 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, social media and the new dispensation
On May 13th three MDC-Alliance members, Cecilia Chimbiri, Netsai Marowa and legislator for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe were allegedly abducted after staging a flash demonstration in Harare...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:27hrs | 856 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Zimbabwe's eased lockdown is a lockdown no-more?
52 Days into the lockdown, and the Ministry of Health and Child-Care reported that as at 20 May 2020, cumulatively a total of 18 244 rapid screening tests and 14 618 PCR diagnostic tests had been cond...Published: 21 May 2020 at 11:23hrs | 2727 | by Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe
Govt orders re-run of TSCZ interviews
THE government has ordered a re-run of the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) managerial post interviews, saying the initial process was flawed and marred by irregularities. NewsDay is reliably...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
8 arrested for smuggling groceries
EIGHT people have been arrested in Beitbridge for smuggling groceries, blankets and electrical equipment from South Africa. Police are still to assess the value of the smuggled goods. ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7247 | by Staff reporter
Zimpost considers solar-powered vehicles
STUNG by perennial fuel and electricity shortages affecting its operations, Zimpost a quasi-government institution is planning to invest in solar power and electric-powered vehicles to combat the chal...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Central Vehicle Registry a national embarrassment
IN any other jurisdiction, the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) director-general should by now have long been relieved of their duties. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development whose am...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1166 | by Learnmore Zuze
O and A Level June examinations ready
TIE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) yesterday told Parliament that examination papers and other logistics were ready with around 66 000 students expected to sit for 'O' and 'A' Level Jun...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2282 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 233 | by Brian Sedze
War vet feasts on Tyson's oranges
MAZOWE district war veterans chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi is harvesting where he did not sow as he defies a High Court order barring him from interfering with operations at a sprawling farm belonging t...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over indefinite Covid-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe's indefinite lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus could sound a death knell to an ailing economy and lead to massive job losses, experts have warned.President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Masuku declared national hero, buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been declared a national hero. He was buried at Lady Sta...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
VACANCY: Executive Director wanted
A leading network of human rights organizations in Zimbabwe, that advocate the promotion and protection of human rights has an exciting new opening for a suitably qualified person to fill in the posit...Published: 14 May 2020 at 12:35hrs | 1630 | by Online
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 325 | by Peter Gambara
Ministers' feud rocks Mnangagwa's government
WITH the unity and credibility of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's under pressure administration suffering a fresh blow this week — after his ministers were involved in an unseemly public quarrel — ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
UK has become Zimbabwe's tribal tower
The MDC sings from Zanu PF's hymn books without shame when it comes to tribalism. How do you replicate a party you are opposing in all aspects of its operations? MDC is comfortable with tribal allocat...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:22hrs | 3099 | by Nomazulu Thata
Plea for omalayitsha to move goods
The Zimbabwe Community in South Africa (Zimcomm SA) has appealed to the Zimbabwean and South African governments to allow cross-border transporters commonly known as Omalayitsha to access the borders ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:58hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to take back non-productive farms, says Minister
Government will not to back down on plans to repossess idle land from non-productive farmers, especially beneficiaries of land reform. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy M...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's financial system is risky: to money laundering' - worse, rotten to core to institutionalised corruption
"Zimbabwe is among 12 countries put under the spotlight by the European Union because it has deficiencies under its Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the F...Published: 12 May 2020 at 18:16hrs | 2005 | by Nomusa Garikai
WATCH: Zimbabwe top artists release Coronavirus song
Strive Masiyiwa's Cassava Fintech International (CFI) through the Sasai Team Talk has produced a prayer song for Zimbabwe titled The BlessingZW. The song saw top Zimbabwean musicians...Published: 12 May 2020 at 10:42hrs | 1225 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court stops repossession of Kasukuwere farm
THE High Court last week quashed government's decision to seize former Local Government minister and Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere's Mazowe Farm.But despite the court order, ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 110 officers between the rank of inspector and commissioner, in a development expected to improve efficiency in the police service. Inspector...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3051 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested for beer smuggling in SA
Four Zimbabweans have been arrested for smuggling alcohol into South Africa. The quartet separately crossed into South Africa with bottles of whisky through the Beitbridge port, but after a tip-off. S...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe level two lockdown in its final week
Zimbabwe's level two COVID-19-induced lockdown entered the second and final week Monday amid concerns the first week has been marred by challenges ranging from transport scarcity to some companies fai...Published: 11 May 2020 at 19:30hrs | 3755 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's embassies in dire straits
ZIMBABWE' S embassies across the globe are in a financial mess, says a letter from the Foreign Affairs ministry.According to the letter to heads of mission and consul generals dated April 21, ...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
Zacc has made significant headway
SENTIMENTS have been expressed in certain circles that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has failed to deliver on its constitutional mandate of combating and preventing corruption....Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 348 | by Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo
Chamisa's MPs meet to discuss future
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance parliamentary caucus is set to meet in Harare on Monday for a crisis meeting to map the way forward following the shock expulsion of four party legislators by the S...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 3855 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives US$120 million towards ZWL$18 billion stimulus package
Zimbabwe has received US$120 million in foreign grants towards its ZWL$18 billion COVID-19 stimulus package and expects to conclude negotiations over an export sector facility from Afreximbank soon, t...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:52hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's controversial 'baker' buys state owned Zimglass
The name Douglas Kwande has, in the past months, been associated with a controversial picture of him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa seated inside a car with bread awkwardly placed between them. ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 12690 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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