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Zimbabweans should be wary of Trojan horse constitutional amendments!
So, the Zimbabwe government is planning more constitutional changes.This is according to Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, in an interview with the state-cont...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:12hrs | 251 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Madzibaba Ishmael denied bail
The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves.Is...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Evicted Zimbabwean families brace for winter without shelter
With just a month ahead of the start of the winter season in Zimbabwe, the harsh reality of survival is hitting hard for Gogo Esther and other displaced families in Harare's Retreat and Waterfalls are...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to utilise Zinara funds
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) failed to utilise $2,3 billion in road rehabilitation funds from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yet the local authority is struggling to repair the city...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:04hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Church condemns Zimbabwe heartless evictions
THE government has taken a leaf from the colonial regime which prevented landless blacks from accessing productive land, a fellowship of Christian churches has said.In a statement, Zimbabwe Co...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury exposes abuse of sugar tax for profiteering
GOVERNMENT has condemned the abuse of the Beverages Sugar Content Tax and other tariff measures by some businesses that deliberately misinterpret clear policy propositions for profiteering while unjus...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:27hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Gold Mafia exposes Mnangagwa's US$240m election war chest
SELF-STYLED prophet and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambassador-at-large Uebert Madzanire, aka Uebert Angel, has claimed that Mnangagwa will spend US$240 million for his re-election bid.Appe...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council revamps CBD roads
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a road rehabilitation exercise targeting major roads in the city centre.The roads rehabilitation is part of a number of key projects the local a...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:51hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on road contractors
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has tightened its screws on companies contracted by the government to rehabilitate national roads after some companies were blamed for substandard wo...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 15:13hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of injustices
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) yesterday said it was regrettable that Zimbabwe commemorated World Day of Social Justice amid ongoing injustices against alleged illegal settlers across th...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not exempt state entities from scrutiny
GOVERNANCE watchdogs has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa discard his gazetted General Notice 164B of 2024 which exempts 21 key state entities from complying with the Public Procurement and ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 20:03hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zim teachers frog-marched to administer iron and folate supplements, Govt evasive
School teachers in Highglen District have raised red flag over alleged compulsory administration of iron and folate supplements amongst learners in schools without the presents of health officials or ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 08:18hrs | 545 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Land war rages as bigwigs clash
A FIGHT for vast tracts of land pitting former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, a private developer and former minister Didymus Mutasa has spilled into the public domain with Mliswa accusing his partn...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo 80% forex rates illegal'
GOVERNMENT has said the decision by the Bulawayo City Council to force residents and businesses to pay 80 percent of rates strictly in foreign currency is illegal and ordered the local authority to re...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Police blitz rattles Bulawayo commuter taxis
BULAWAYO police and Bulawayo City Council (BCC) have launched a blitz on pirate taxis, commuter omnibuses and touts to drive them out of the city.The operation, which was launched on Monday th...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over inhumane evictions
GOVERNMENT has been criticised for carrying out inhumane mass evictions in Masvingo and Chiredzi, among other areas, leaving families homeless.The latest wave of farm evictions targeting land ...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:24hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders are from Mars!
I WAS touched by an impassioned plea by a fellow Zimbabwean.He appeared on local television, imploring the government to remove VAT (value added tax) on rice. His logic was that rice w...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:19hrs | 563 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa exempts 21 entities from scrutiny
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has exempted 21 public entities from scrutiny in procurement and disposal of assets.The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, AFC Commercial Bank, Infrastructure Develop...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:58hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube exempts VAT on key basic commodities
TREASURY has gazetted the suspension of Value Added Tax (VAT) on selected basic commodities with effect from today as part of Government measures to tame price increases while boosting consumer purcha...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Belarus strongman dispatches 'smallhouse' to Mnangagwa's wife
PROFESSOR Irina Abelskaya, the Belarusian envoy recently dispatched to Harare to deliver a donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, is a mistress of the Eastern European country's leader Alexander L...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:21hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Heavy tax chews up Zimbabwe civil servants' US$300 salary
CIVIL servants have bitterly protested over the government's heavy taxation of their United States dollar salary component, which is leaving them with little US$ disposable income. The government rece...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:38hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's civil servants' US$300 addition 'unfairly' deducted
Public sector workers affiliated with the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) have expressed dissatisfaction with the government's decision to implement substantial deduction...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
BCC sparks controversy with debit cards notice
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) was last Friday forced to withdraw a notice stating that only bank debit cards bearing the name of the owner of the property will be accepted for rates payment which wa...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Equipment crisis hits Bulawayo hospitals
MPILO and United Bulawayo (UBH) hospitals are failing to replenish wheelchairs and cancer radiation machines due to poor government funding.The government-owned hospitals are currently having ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence
The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince N...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 686 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zimbabwe family basket skyrockets to $3,6 million
THE cost of the food basket for a family of six has shot to ZWL$3,6 million, with retailers now charging some goods exclusively in United States dollars (US$) owing to the depreciating Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's taxes kick in
Zimbabweans will begin a new year tomorrow faced with a basket of new taxes, levies and fees that will push up the cost of living for many that are already struggling to make ends meet.Finance...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Botswana backlash to Zimbabwe border plan
A proposal by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi to allow citizens to cross borders using national identity cards instead of passports has drawn hea...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:34hrs | 4377 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before'
ZAPU says Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before as there is no unity whatsoever, to warrant a whole public holiday, under the guise of commemorating the pivotal signing of the Unity Accord bet...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:44hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Economic gloom feeds Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe
Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 160 | by Associated Press
Zimbabwe's house negroes
THERE was once a fire at the slave master mansion and the house negro was heard wailing: "Our house is on fire!" much to the astonishment of the field negroes.This small anecdote flashed and r...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 978 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF affiliated vendors applaud govt on toll fees
Zanu-PF affiliate organisation Vendors 4ED has applauded Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for revising downwards his proposed steep toll gate fee increase.In the 2024 national budget presented la...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:51hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CEOs push back on salaries disclosure
THE chief executives (CEOs) of firms trading their shares on Zimbabwe's two stock exchanges have slapped down proposed regulations that would force them to disclose their earnings in line with interna...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Leviticus 20:13 - Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God's love and mercy s...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 11:48hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Finance Ministry open to reevaluate 2024 Budget amid public backlash
In response to widespread concerns and criticisms from various quarters, Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa has announced the Finance Ministry's readiness to reevaluate the proposed 2024 budget. The budg...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 07:35hrs | 1347 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends proposed sugar tax
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has defended the proposed tax on high sugar content beverages, saying the revenue generated will go towards creat...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to appease security forces
TREASURY has allocated 18% of the national budget to the security sector, ZW$10.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion), which is a large amount in peacetime, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moves to appease the ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:07hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
'David Coltart faces opposition as some councillors refuse to disclose assets'
Some councillors are apparently dragging their heels in complying with Bulawayo mayor, Councillor David Coltart's call to disclose their assets, CITE has learnt.When Coltart assumed office, he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps online nurses' recruitment
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has scrapped the centralised nurses' online application system in an effort to decentralise the recruitment of nurses and cater for applicants from across the cou...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:19hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pensioners to be compensated for 2007-9 losses
PENSIONERS who lost their life savings during the 2007 to 2009 hyper-inflation era will receive compensation from February 2024, a senior Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) official has said....Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda sewer system not in a good state
GWANDA residents have called on the municipality to timeously upgrade the town's sewer reticulation system saying its failure may result in the outbreak of a number of diseases including cholera. ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:44hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean outcry over Zesa power tariff increase
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has criticized the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for increasing power tariffs in US dollars, stating that there is no justif...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:49hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
More woes for Kwekwe Messenger of Court
It never rains but pours for Kwekwe Messenger of Court (MOC) as more corruption allegations continue to pile.This follows a public outcry on the operations of the government entity after being...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 22:13hrs | 520 | by Desmond Nleya
Outcry over Beitbridge crack team operations
Cross-border traders, shipping agents, and truck drivers utilizing the Beitbridge Border Post have reported mistreatment at the hands of a State security team assigned to combat smuggling and other il...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zinara sticks to its guns over roads rehab funding
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) maintained this week that local authorities must report to government if they are unhappy with the way it was disbursing funding for road rehab...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 10:09hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Is the Permanent Secretary living in Mars?
A few days ago in the state paper, The Chronicle, appeared an article related to the massive hike in fees at our local universities.There was a public outcry over the fees pegged in US dollars...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 624 | by AT Kadada
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