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Chiwenga pledges to improve the working conditions of health workers
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga who is also the country's Health Minister has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers.This comes as the Health Apex Counci...Published: 7 hrs ago | 653 | by Staff reporter
Rushed Zim Dollar introduction cost the economy
The Zimbabwean government recently gazetted the Finance Bill (H.B.4 of 2020) which validates the fiscal changes that were tabled in the Mid-Term budget review in July 2020. The Bill amends the Gains T...Published: 7 hrs ago | 397 | by Victor Bhoroma
Government and household budgets are not the same
We often talk about the national debt as though it is the same as the burden of debt shouldered by households.But the two couldn't be more different."People think 'paying down the debt...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1371 | by Erick Matotoba
Mugabe's indigenisation law ill-conceived, says Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT rolled out an ill-conceived indigenisation policy for political expediency during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 19 hrs ago | 1361 | by Staff reporter
'Worn out US dollar notes notes acceptable'
BADLY damaged, dirty or even torn United States dollar notes remain valid for all transactions and can be exchanged as legal tender. This comes as some businesses and individuals have been rej...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends virtual UN General Assembly
President Mnangagwa will today join other Heads of State and Government in the virtual opening meeting of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The opening proceedings, whic...Published: 19 hrs ago | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to take part in Govt procurement processes, says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF is finalising on preparing a document that will among other issues see the governing party being involved in the lucrative government procurement business.The party's acting national s...Published: 19 hrs ago | 369 | by Staff reporter
Former Governor convicted
Former Midlands Governor Jason Machaya has been convicted by the Gweru magistrate court of abuse of office and will be sentenced today (Tuesday), his lawy...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1470 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers resist eviction for city expansion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and Masvingo district development co-ordinator (DCC) Ray Hove was on Saturday reportedly booed by over 300 resettled farmers who refused to be forcibly evicted from...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes $2,85 billion supplementary budget
BULAWAYO City Council on Friday announced a proposed $2,85 billion supplementary budget to sustain its operations for the remainder of this year.The council also announced a $17,1 billion prop...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Indian immigrants takes over Zimbabwe's borehole drilling industry
A group of illegal indian borehole drillers met in Harare today to strategise on how they can take over the entire country and share it among themselves.The illegal immigrants are drilling bor...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 20:32hrs | 10420 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 4128 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 413 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zanu-PF Diaspora districts galvanise party
Zanu-PF'S Diaspora districts have started enhancing collaboration as they work together to share strategies of strengthening the revolutionary party's footprint outside Zimbabwe.This comes as ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
ZACC busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Whistle-blowers help bust Covid-19 looters
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is on record calling on all those entrusted with managing resources earmarked for fighting Covid-19 to exercise a high degree of transparency and account...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:27hrs | 206 | by Comm John Makamure
Impala Car Rental's benevolence hailed
Peter Chirata, the father of a 12-year-old Mt Darwin girl who suffered serious burns in a inferno in 2013, was a relieved man yesterday after Impala Car Hire paid for her medical bills and donated cas...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1065 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe teachers vote with their feet
HUNDREDS of teachers are leaving the country or preparing to do so to escape worsening economic problems amid deteriorating working conditions, a new report says.Over the past couple of weeks,...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Mambo Dhuterere reveals soft spot for needy people
Darlington Mutseta, aka Mambo Dhuterere, says one unique aspect about his music (which he also labels Dhuterere) is that it addresses the challenges of mainly the poor.Speaking on the sideline...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Jeys Marabini, Sandy join forces
AFRO-POP ace Jeys Marabini has for the first time engaged in a collaboration with a female artiste, Sandra "Sandy" Ndebele-Sibindi, for a top-drawer production.The two Bulawayo artistes collab...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
City fathers under fire over water
SOME former Bulawayo councillors say the current council leadership cannnot escape blame for the grave water shortages in the city amid accusations the local authority is failing to manage the limited...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Corruption Commission busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 248 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 225 | by Staff Reporter
Man steals cow to pay medical bills
A 32-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani man told Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa that he stole his neighbour's cow in a bid to pay medical bills for his other child with mental illness.Patnus K...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:38hrs | 1875 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Strictest lockdowns cause surge in viewership of online videos
The adult industry has been seriously shaken by recent events. There has been an increase in online content because of the need for social distancing by creators and also the consumers. Some a...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:21hrs | 803 | by Staff Writer
Teachers declare incapacitation ahead of schools reopening
THE opening of schools for examination classes after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been dealt a blow after teachers declared incapacitation.Government announced Grade Seven, Ord...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2237 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital gives patients 48-hour ultimatum
GWERU Provincial Hospital yesterday have given debtors a 24-hour ultimatum to settle their debts or risk having their property attached by the health institution to recover outstanding bills, Southern...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Prophetess dupes congregant
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Bindura prophetess Spiwe Gwashure (40) of Grace in Abundance Ministries was sentenced to two months in jail yesterday by Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera for fraud....Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:17hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
'People must defend their vote' - never ever had a vote, can't defend what is not there
The root cause of Zimbabwe's crippling economic meltdown and political paralysis (politicians on both sides of the political divide are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless) is the failure to hold...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:59hrs | 1475 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bulawayo residents demand the ouster of MDC Councillor Mcdonald Chunga
Bulawayo residents are baying for the blood of Ward 14 Councilor Mcdonald Chunga who is being accused of deserting the ward and relocated to South Africa where he has been residing for the past eight ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 11:10hrs | 5310 | by Mandla Ndlovu
War vets sue Mnangagwa
A WAR veterans group has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court seeking the nullification of the recently signed US$3,5 billion deal by government and commercial white farmers who lost their land...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 5603 | by Staff reporter
Man wins $56k suit against Zimbabwe police
OME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have been ordered to pay $56 640 as compensation to a Mazowe man whose car was burnt to a shell by law enforcement a...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Residents demand prosecution of council fraudsters
CHIVHU residents have called on Chikomba Rural District Council (RDC) authorities to press charges against four revenue clerks who were recently dismissed from the local authority on fraud charges....Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:54hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor alleges Zacc witch-hunt
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently offered mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni a piece of land where he intended to build six town houses for an unjustifiable amount of US$2 500. According to cou...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes sanctions fight to UN
Zimbabwe will next week use the opening of the 75th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), that will be held virtually because of Covid-19, to reiterate its call for the unconditional remo...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Fresh scandal rocks ZESA
AN external audit has unearthed a massive scandal implicating a senior Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) executive who allegedly prejudiced the struggling power utility of millions of dolla...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife sued over US$6,000 water debt
WOES continue to mount for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, after she was hit with a US$6 000 lawsuit for failing to pay for water supplied to her. Hesno Holdings, ...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
'Police Boss Godwin Matanga selling fraudulent stands' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Commissioner General of the Police Godwin Matanga of working with Minister of Local government July Moyo to sell fraudulently acquired stands...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 4428 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZimThrive announces new dates for 2021
The organisers of ZimThrive have announced that the event will now take place in December 2021.In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the month-long event, which was initially set for April ...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:25hrs | 678 | by Agencies
Khupe's recalls a drain to the fiscus
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) last week disclosed that it required about US$18,5 million to be able to run by-elections, a process that should be done by December 5.Most of the by-el...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Mthuli denies policy consistency reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday denied that there were policy inconsistencies in the country, claiming his austerity measures were simply "reforms" aimed at bringing back stability to the econ...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Family spends 5 days with corpse
A Mwenezi family spent five days with a decomposing corpse of their daughter-in-law, who died last Friday in their home after her family demanded payment of lobola before burial.Tendai Gwehama...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:08hrs | 2578 | by Staff reporter
When a Nguni Kingship chases his own agenda to undo other Ndebele Kings
We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride at the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by Zanu Government. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1832 | by Nomazulu Thata
Khupe, Chamisa scuffle cripples local authorities
THE turf war between MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa has left operations in the country's major cities and towns paralysed after she recalled a record 84 council...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism rocks Hospital
TEN general hands at Chivhu General Hospital were recently suspended from work barely a month after they joined the institution amid allegations of nepotism in their recruitment.Allegations ar...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation eases to 761%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation rate for the month of August eased to 761,02% from 837,53% reported in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said. "The year-on-year inf...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC admits abuse of govt resources in jet trip to Zimbabwe
The ANC has undertaken to reimburse the government for the costs incurred during its controversial use of an air force jet on a party-political mission to Zimbabwe last week after a public backlash....Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds husband with cooking oil
A Redcliff man is lucky to be alive after his wife scalded him with cooking oil following a misunderstanding over gumboots. Mr Benny Chamunorwa (30) of Simbi Park in Redcliff was attacked by h...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zesa board reinstated
Zesa Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata and the rest of the Zesa board can now return to duty under a directive by President Mnangagwa pending finalisation of investigations after the Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa clears ZESA's Dr Gata to go back to work
Executive Chairman of ZESA holdings Dr. Sydney Gata has been re-instated to his position as Exercutive Chairman.The matter was communicated by the government on Tuesday afternoon. Secr...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 13:04hrs | 5925 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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