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Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street in...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
BCC to engage resident associations in mitigating La Niña Effects
Bulawayo councillors have urged the City Council to engage residents in adopting mitigation measures against the effects of La Niña.La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of ocean surface te...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 19:38hrs | 352 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean exporters granted duty-free access to UK markets
Zimbabwean exporters have been encouraged to explore new markets and boost exports through the United Kingdom's Eastern and Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (UK ESA EPA), which offers si...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 13:36hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
India sends food aid to Zimbabwe
Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal said that India sent food assistance to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi on Saturday.In a post on X, Mr Jaiswal said, "India sends ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:15hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu now leader of the opposition in Parliament
Senator Sengezo Tshabangu of Matabeleland North Province has been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, overseeing both the National Assembly and the Senate.The announcement...Published: 30 May 2024 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Sengezo Tshabangu appointed Leader of the Opposition in Parliament
Matabeleland North Province Senator Sengezo Tshabangu has been named the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, overseeing both the National Assembly and the Senate.The announcement was made ...Published: 30 May 2024 at 17:33hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Majority of Zimbabweans threatened by hunger
Zimbabwe's government has vowed to work hard to prevent people from dying of starvationMore than half of Zimbabwe's population will require food aid this year due to a severe drought that has ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 15:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares drought a national disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a state of emergency due to the ongoing drought gripping Zimbabwe, marking it as the third African nation to do so after Zambia and Malawi.Speaking f...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 18:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Drought kills 9 000 cattle in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has recorded approximately 9 000 drought-related cattle deaths with over 1,4 million more reported to be at high risk due to lack of pasture and water, the USAid's food security arm has said....Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
SAPS arrest 4 Zimbabwe men with R313,000 smuggled cigarettes
South African authorities have arrested four Zimbabweans aged between 25 and 45, in the Modjadjiskloof police area, for possession of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth R313 050 as they clamp down on...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa seeks to boost tourism with new safety measures
South Africa is seeking to boost its tourism revival with the introduction of new measures to improve security, including the Tourism Monitor initiative....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 13:27hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Mupezeni appointed ambassador to South Sudan
President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Kossam Mupezeni as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Sudan.Mr Mupezeni replaced Ambassador Kufa Chinoza who was transfe...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WFP planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans
The World Food Programme is planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans over the next three months, an official said on Friday, as the country braces for a poor harvest due to an El Nino-induced droug...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Zimbabwean scammer Webinston Jokonya fakes to create new country
In a surprising twist, investigations by this publication and others into the claimed discovery and establishment of the United Republic of Delvin (URD) on Howland Island by Zimbabwean national Dr. We...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 11:21hrs | 238 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora demands equitable food aid distribution from govt
The president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Douglas Mwonzora, has urged the government to ensure an equitable distribution of food aid and take measures to address the impact...Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forecasts huge grain deficit in 2024 amid El Nino drought
Zimbabwe's staple maize harvest is expected to halve to 1.1 million tons in 2024 due to an El Nino-induced drought, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday, flagging a huge grain deficit that ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic named 2023 bank of the year by the banker
Harare, 12 December 2023 - Stanbic Bank has been selected 2023 Bank of the Year in Zimbabwe by world renown London-based magazine, The Banker, cementing its place as one of the country's leading finan...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe man jailed two years for smuggling cigarettes into SA
A 48-year-old Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for smuggling cigarettes worth R416 070 into South Africa.Max Ch...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Warriors move up Fifa rankings
THE Zimbabwe senior men's national team has moved up one place on the FIFA rankings to number 124 in the world after their two draws in the World Cup Qualifiers played last month.International...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC ratchets up pressure
THE BESIEGED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has escalated its diplomatic offensive by engaging regional, continental and international parliaments to intervene over the illegal recall of it...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assents to Georgetown Agreement
THE Revised Georgetown Agreement of 2019 that moved forward the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, originally set up in 1975 under its first agreement, has been assented to by President M...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defence minister in China for security forum
THE Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, is in China for the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum co-organised by the China Association of Military Sciences and the China Institute for International...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC 'faka pressure'
The beleaguered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has intensified its diplomatic efforts by engaging with regional, continental, and international parliamentary bodies to address the illegal r...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs refuse to disengage
The CCC demonstrated hypocrisy and double standards in Harare as its party legislators attended a meeting of Parliament's Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (SROC), just one day after their leader...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC gives Mudenda two weeks to reverse recalls
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will be dispatching a letter to the National Assembly Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, demanding the reversal of the recalls of 15 of its members. This letter grants a t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cigarette company's empire up in smoke
The Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), formerly known as Savanna Tobacco Company, has been granted its request to undergo voluntary business rescue due to alleged tax violations and outstanding obligati...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Adam Molai's Pacific Cigarette Company forced into voluntary corporate rescue
Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), led by local business magnate Adam Molai, has voluntarily initiated corporate rescue proceedings due to a substantial $19 million tax liability. This move comes amid a...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 16:00hrs | 94 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Election observers meet Mnangagwa
ELECTION observers that met President Mnangagwa at State House in Harare yesterday hailed the Government for its efforts in organising a peaceful election despite the existence of illegal sanctions im...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:21hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man caught with R12 million smuggled cigarettes in SA
A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has been arrested by the North West Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigating Unit (ACIU) in South Africa for allegedly trying to smuggle a contraband of cigarettes worth m...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
China intensifies lithium interest in Zimbabwe
CHINA has accounted for more than half of investment licences issued by Zimbabwean authorities during the first quarter of the year amid a boom in global demand for lithium as commercial and domestic ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
60 countries to observe Zimbabwe elections
ZIMBABWE has extended invitations to 60 countries and regional bodies to observe the August elections, a 20% rise from 48 in the previous election, giving the international community a chance to see Z...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 8 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Youth vote litmus test for Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF-led government faces a litmus test in the August general election, after it failed to deliver on key priority areas affecting the youth over the past years, amid indications of a considera...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
What Happened with Debris from Chinese Rocket Booster Falling Back to Earth?
China faced a lot of criticism because it allowed more than one rocket booster to fall to Earth uncontrollably. Even NASA accused space operators in Berlin of not meeting responsible standards on spac...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 12:17hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Over 60 foreign observer missions invited to Zimbabwe elections
FORTY-SIX countries — including the United States, Russia and the United Kingdom — as well as 17 continental and regional bodies, have been invited to observe the August 23 harmonised elections, i...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firms target US$13bn Zimbabwe project
ABOUT 20 Chinese investors with cumulative turnover of nearly US$40 billion have shown keen interest to invest in the proposed US$13 billion mine-to-energy industrial park in Mapinga, Mashonaland West...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
China takes next step in currency globalisation
China's gradual internationalisation of its currency will shift to its next leg on Monday when about two dozen Chinese companies start trading in their home currency in Hong Kong's stock market....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tainted and haunted by unfulfilled 2018 promises
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking re-election on August 23 this year, his campaign is being overshadowed by unfulfilled promises from the previous poll, The NewsHawks has learnt.Zi...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe joins poverty league
Zimbabwe, which was the most industrialised nation in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa in 1980 - is now among the top 20 poorest countries in the world - ranking 17, according to an unknown Glo...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adjudged as flood prone
ZIMBABWE has been added to Google's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Flood Hub platform which provides early warnings to people living in regions exposed to risk of floods.This comes at a time whe...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa now worthh $2-billion
FOLLOWING a surge in the market value of his publicly listed companies on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, Zimbabwean billionaire businessman Strive Masiyiwa has once again joined the exclusive group of A...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium revenues poised to exceed expectations
THE growing global demand for lithium — a mineral which is critical in the manufacture of batteries that power electric vehicles, among other renewable energy products — as well as continuing mult...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Ian Beddowes
Guptas secure Vanuatu citizenship
Director-general of the justice department advocate Doctor Mashabane said on Friday they only just learnt that the Guptas are citizens of Vanuatu in the Pacific islands."In the communication w...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa now among 20 richest black men in the world
Following a US$1.5-billion wealth loss in 2022, Zimbabwe's richest man Strive Masiyiwa has seen a strong rebound in his net worth since the beginning of 2023, owing to a surge in the shares of his pub...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
R1,4 million smuggled Zimbabwean cigarettes intercepted in South Africa
SOUTH African police have intercepted another consignment of Zimbabwean cigarettes worth R1,4 million that was being smuggled into the neighbouring country through Botswana.On Monday, two peop...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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