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Toyota Quantum is getting a new design - and better safety features
For the first time in 15 years, Toyota has revealed a new-generation Quantum van and bus range with advanced safety features, powerful new engines, enhanced ride comfort and increased specification, a...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:56hrs | 6023 | by Staff Writer
Journalist's 'death' another hoax
Elizabeth Zimunda, the woman identified as a veteran journalist who was allegedly killed by security forces in Chitungwiza during last month's violent protests organised by MDC-Alliance and its associ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1452 | by newzimbabwe
Econet injects $45 million in solar project
UGESI Energy, a pan-African company within the Econet Energy Group, is targeting to invest $45 million in the first phase of its community solar programme launched in Bulawayo yesterday, an official h...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:21hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
CEOs call for dialogue between Mnangagwa and Chamisa
BUSINESS executives in the country have called for a national dialogue to address the challenges facing the country. The call follows last week's meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and losin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda bemoans MPs' lack of economic literacy
SPEAKER of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has bemoaned lack of economic literacy among some of the Members of Parliament saying this was negating efforts to steer the country forward. Speak...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's minister to lose property
Former Health deputy minister Edwin Muguti has once again drawn the High Court whip as he is set to lose property in a case between him and African Century Limited.In a notice published yester...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:19hrs | 2837 | by Staff reporter
Passports backlog hits RG's office as dollar crunch bites
Delays in the processing of passports have hit Zimbabwe, with Registrar General Clemence Masango blaming a worsening foreign currency crisis which has sparked the downsizing of operations fearing a st...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa play hide and seek
BITTER political rivals, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC's Nelson Chamisa, again failed to meet face to face at a strategic national dialogue meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals targeted for UK sanctions
United Kingdom (UK) minister of Africa Harriett Baldwin has said her country is not considering removing sanctions on Zimbabwe, as it contemplates widening the embargo list to include officials in the...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:06hrs | 5045 | by Staff reporter
'I will make Zimbabwe efficient, we will fly!' boasted Minister Ncube - yes, Mr Know-It-All
I was once in the recruiting of technicians. In walked one of the interviewee, Max, smartly dressed from head to toe. He spoke with an American accent and pronounced every word perfectly; my High Scho...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:35hrs | 1842 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UK further discusses Zimbabwe abuses
As part of the inquiry into the country's human rights abuses, at least four witnesses are tomorrow set to give evidence to the United Kingdom's International Development Committee as the organisation...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 3006 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: UK summons envoys
THE recent army crackdown on protesters in Harare has forced the United Kingdom Parliament to summon its Minister for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, and the head of Department for International Development ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
Ruvheneko goes global
Award-winning media personality Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has resurfaced in broadcast, this time as a panellist for BBC's The She Word, which she says is a shot at going global after a wearisome stint on...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Cleric snubs Mnangagwa's presidential advisory panel
THE secretary general of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has declined an invitation to join a newly established panel of advisors for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The 26-member Presiden...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1666 | by newzimbabwe.com
Econet eyes Bulawayo as renewable energy centre
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Econet Wireless has chosen the City of Bulawayo as the centre of its renewable energy business in Zimbabwe in order to stimulate employment opportunities in the country's seco...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to court over PG's appointment
A HARARE man has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's recent appointment as substantive Prosecutor-General (PG) on the basis that he scored badly in...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Panel of judges clears Justice Bere of wrongdoing
A PANEL of four judges appointed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba has cleared Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere of ethical misconduct following allegations levelled against him by Meikles executive...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:22hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
'Declare Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero'
The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has approached the Government seeking conferment of national hero status on music icon Oliver Mtukudzi. Mtukudzi died yesterday afternoon at the Av...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 2524 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire bail hearing delayed
ACTIVIST pastor Evan Mawarire will spend more time in detention after a court on Wednesday postponed his bail hearing because state prosecutors were not ready to proceed with the case after deadly dem...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 15:31hrs | 688 | by Agencies
Post-Election violence commission submission
I am an independent member of the Zimbabwean society, meaning that I make rational decision and conclusions on political matters. Officially I am trained in the accounting profession henceforth in my ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:17hrs | 1164 | by Terence Simbi
Zimbabwe's own rights body says 'systematic torture' in crackdown
A human rights commission appointed by Zimbabwe's government said Tuesday that at least eight people were killed, mostly by gunfire, in a crackdown on protests last week.In a blunt statement, ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:58hrs | 375 | by AFP
More shutdown heroes emerge
WHILE most businesses in Bulawayo's western suburbs were destroyed by hooligans under the guise of protests, citizens will give credit to some business people who like a group of brave vendors and tou...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2913 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rapped for pegging fuel prices at black market rates
ECONOMISTS and analysts yesterday said the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to peg the new fuel prices at the parallel market rates proved government's insincerity when dealing with the issue ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Vandals target solar lights
Thieves are helping themselves to solar street lights installed along Harare's Airport Road while others have fallen prone to vandalism despite a decision by Harare City Council to conceal batteries t...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:26hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Many Zimbabweans in the UK abandon their professions to become nurses
Nurses do enjoy a diverse and rewarding career that really makes a difference. Nurses act as leaders, carers and clinicians, taking responsibility for the care they provide to patients. They are life ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:51hrs | 7588 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Doctors end strike?
Striking public sector doctors have agreed to return to work with immediate effect after an agreement with Government on a plethora of grievances that had witnessed the health practitioners' stay away...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Harare's booming automotive market
Downtown Harare is an economic hub.Here, money arguably changes hands more than in any other part of the city.It is typically the Wall Street of the capital.Household goods, sc...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:46hrs | 2482 | by Staff repoirter
'Intern' doctors agree to go back to work within the next 48 hours
Junior doctors have agreed to call off their strike and should be back at work by 5pm on Monday following an agreement at today's bipartite forum in Harare.The doctors spent the whole of today...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 20:41hrs | 4519 | by Staff reporter
The deal striking 'intern' doctors signed on Monday with Chiwenga
On 31 December 2018, parties to the Health Service Bipartite Negotiating Panel (HSBNP) meeting agreed to the following: The first three photographs show the executive summary of the meeting of...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 20:54hrs | 8003 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's muscle-conomics: The Case of Delta and Civil Servants
In a joint press release on January 3 by the central bank and Delta Corporation, whose arm is the country's biggest beverages maker, backtracked on its decision to sell its products in hard currency. ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 13:40hrs | 4947 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Chiwenga escalates govt, doctors' fight
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday warned that government will soon introduce a new law regulating the hiring of doctors after he came face-to-face with the dire situation at one of the h...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:55hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Senior doctors join striking juniors
HARARE - In the latest standoff between the government and striking junior doctors, senior medical personnel have now joined the industrial action by their juniors - leading to the suspension of major...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 20:05hrs | 6159 | by Staff Re
Chiwenga to discipliner striking health workers
STRIKING junior doctors and radiographers face disciplinary action after they ignored a court ruling that their job action was unlawful and were given a 12-hour ultimatum to report for duty, the Healt...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:17hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns striking doctors
THE Health Services Board (HSB) says it will take disciplinary action on the 553 striking doctors and radiographers after they disobeyed a 12-hour ultimatum to return to work, further straining negoti...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe inquiry findings - There is no justice
READING the report of the Motlanthe commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence, I had the distinct impression that the document was badly structured, devoid of a flowing narrative,...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:51hrs | 240 | by Brezhnev Malaba
When politicians say things to make people angry, not to solve problems
Many of the people who appeared before the commission of inquiry into the events leading to the August 1 killings, the shootings themselves and then map the way forward, proved themselves to be invent...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | 778 | by Conway Tutani
Zanu PF to study post-election violence report
Zanu PF says it will thoroughly study the findings of the Kgalema Mothlante Commission and come up with a positionThis follows recommendations that include the setting up of a multiparty recon...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mawere to testify before a parliamentary panel on SMM
Zimbabwe lawmakers have formally okayed a request by South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere to explain at a portfolio committee hearing how the government seized his Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:03hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, Apex Council reach consensus
Junior doctors who had withdrawn their services have agreed to consult with their constituencies regarding the offers that have been made, following an urgent meeting held today (Thursday) with the Ap...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 18:36hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna playing politics
Recent actions by Chief Vezi Maduna of Avoca, Filabusi in Matabeleland South to petition the United Nations to intervene in the Gukurahundi issue in Zimbabwe may have been a miscalculation by those wh...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2272 | by Bevan Musoko
Chinyengetere crowned 2018 Soccer Star-of-the-Year
FC Platinum midfielder Rodwell Chinyengetere was crowned the 2018 Soccer Star-of-the-Year for the second year running to join an elite group of players that includes five-time winner George Shaya and ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:11hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM RSA Student Wing thanks Dialogue participants
1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) RSA student Wing would like to thank all the people who participated on the 1st of December 2018 Matebeleland Gukurahundi G...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:13hrs | 435 | by Jabulani Sikhosana, 1893 MHRRM RSA Student Wing Secretary
WATCH: 42-year-old crowned Miss Zanu-PF Bulawayo
FORTY-two-year-old Nokuthula Sibanda was on Tuesday crowned Miss Zanu-PF Bulawayo Metropolitan province at a ceremony held at Davis Hall. The modelling contest that saw a 70-year-old making it...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa threatens to quit
Chairperson of the Mines and Energy parliamentary portfolio committee Temba Mliswa has threatened to resign after Zanu-PF MPs blocked the fielding of testimony by Hwange Colliery board member Nicholas...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:27hrs | 3213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean company signs a $1.8 billion mega solar projects deal
Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd a subsidiary of Craft Properties Holdings and an elite member of the World Confederation of Businesses have signed a mega solar projects deal worth 1.8 billion United States...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can fix corruption scourge, says Munyeza
Prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza says Zimbabwe has the ability to fix the endemic corruption that has brought the economy to its knees.Speaking at the AMH conversations series titled Tackl...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:37hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds killing report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not receive the report into the August 1 killings of protesters by soldiers yesterday as scheduled as the government and the panel investigating the violence gave cont...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:33hrs | 670 | by Staf reporter
What next for Nelson Chamisa?
On Thursday, Nelson Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance in a demonstration in central Harare. The demonstration, ostensibly protesting the current economic environment, was billed to be the...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:07hrs | 959 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chidzambwa ignores best goalkeeper in Zimbabwe
HIGHLANDERS goalkeeper, Ariel Sibanda who has been ignored by regionalistic national team coach, has thanked his teammates after being voted among the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Soccer Stars o...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:59hrs | 3585 | by Staff reporter
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