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British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1298 | by Staff reporter
De Jongh crashes Bosso car and walks away
DUTCH coach Pieter De Jongh did not only leave Highlanders in a lurch after packing his bags for FC Platinum but he left the Bulawayo giants RTGS$6 000 poor after he crashed the club's car.It ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1454 | by Staff reporter
China snubs Mnangagwa bailout request
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's desperate attempts to secure a financial rescue package from China were once again flatly rebuffed after Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi emphasised during his visit thi...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 134 | by Derek Matyszak
Mthuli Ncube misses 10% year end inflation target
ZIMBABWE'S implied annualised inflation rate closed 2019 at 521%, defying authorities' target to reduce it to at least 10-15%.According to Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) month-on-mo...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's strange dream on a cold night
Zimbabweans never cease to amaze me. They have a penchant to blow their own trumpet (kuzvifonera) at every opportunity, but nature has its own humbling ways. Examples abound of people swaggering and b...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:03hrs | 423 | by Cliff Chiduku
200 illegal miners arrested in Mazowe
TWO HUNDRED more illegal miners were arrested in Mazowe, bringing to 1 107 the number of those netted in the blitz in Mashonaland Central Province this week. This came as security guards at a mine in ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 87 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe braces for paperless courts
While piles of paper still rule in all Zimbabwean courthouses, the new Commercial Court Division of the High Court, which is getting ready to move at the end of the year into Bristol House now under r...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:55hrs | 30 | by Staff rpeorter
BCC bans tombstones
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has banned the erection of tombstones at the Athlone West Cemetery and other new cemeteries.The local authority has said only headstones must be erected on grav...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1766 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa to build multi-purpose stadium
IN a rare and audacious bid that is set to transform the face of sport in this country, Harare property mogul Philip Chiyangwa has revealed plans to build a multi-million- dollar modern stadium in Har...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3169 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare Passport Office scam exposed
THE INITIATIVE by the government to clear the passport backlog and revert to the Passport offices normal operations which seeks to have all citizens getting the document within stipulated times has cr...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 06:56hrs | 17417 | by Staff Reporter
Proposed constitutional changes gazetted
The much-awaited constitutional reform process has entered a crucial stage following the gazetting of the Constitution Amendment Bill which paves way for restructuring of the supreme law.Gover...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 22:13hrs | 2402 | by Staff Reporter
For Matabeles in Zimbabwe, war is a necessary evil
We would like to start year 2020 by congratulating our comrades in Ambazonia for successfully launching the "Ambazonian war of Independence". Needless to say, the government of Cameroon is shaking.Thi...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:04hrs | 2309 | by Israel Dube
ZRP warns machete gangs
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga said yesterday that police had arrested two members of a machete wielding gang that allegedly killed a police officer who was on duty. Commissioner G...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1270 | by Staff Reporter
Mashurugwi: A smokescreen to loot and plunder by the rulers
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Machete cop killers nabbed
TWO suspects believed to be part of a gang that allegedly killed a policeman last Saturday and seriously injured his colleague at Good Hope Mine in Battlefields have been arrested. Police say ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:41hrs | 4781 | by Staff Reporter
ZERA to descend on fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said it is going to engage relevant partners and descend heavily on individuals who are delivering fuel to the public in unsafe containers and at inflat...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:01hrs | 5236 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in court for disorderly conduct
FARAI Chauke, a senior partner at Chauke and Associates, is set to appear at Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on February 4, 2020 facing a disorderly conduct charge after he staged a one-man demonstration ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:17hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Fake TIPs racket exposed
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge have bust a racket that uses fake customs documents to clear foreign registered vehicles entering the country from South Africa. A suspect, Khumbulani Ndlovu wa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:45hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
SA cops pounce on omalayitsha
SOUTH African police last week impounded several vehicles found not road roadworthy belonging to cross-border transporters, commonly known as omalayitsha, in a campaign aimed at reducing road carnage....Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:37hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border a hive of activity
THE Beitbridge Border Post has been turned into a hive of activity with thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa arriving home for festive season. Statistics from the Department of Immig...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:57hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on NSSA board
LABOUR minister Paul Mavhima has descended heavily on the Cuthbert Chidoori-led National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board and ordered it to restore order at the scandal-ridden pension scheme....Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Another Tsholotsho top official fired
AS confusion continues to reign supreme at the Tsholotsho Rural District Council (RDC) a senior official was on Thursday fired from the local authority, bringing to three the number of executives who ...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:12hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented children allowed to get education in SA
South Africa's Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge has set aside sections of the schools’ admission policy which in any way hindered undocumented children’s access to school.His ru...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2328 | by Stephen Jakes
Court blocks construction of church on wetland
HIGH Court Judge Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered a property developer to stop construction of a church on a wetland in Harare following objections by some environmental rights campaigners and so...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 12:03hrs | 1542 | by Stephen Jakes
Massive tender scam sucks in top officials
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo and Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu have been implicated in a massive tender scandal at Harare City Council (HCC) after they allegedl...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:58hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Millers not budging on prices
THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says its members are yet to get upfront payment of subsidy funds from Government, a move which will see players in the sector reverting to previous me...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, war vets clash
Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa has approached the High Court seeking to evict members of the ZNLWVA who have reportedly invaded Karoi Country Club. He said this was an urgent matter....Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa evicted
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has been kicked out of the Karoi Country Club in Mashonaland West which he has been running since 2013.Mliswa is now suing members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation Wa...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 19:40hrs | 6554 | by ZimLive
Kazembe Kazembe under fire over passport fees
The Zimbabwe Community South Africa takes note of the USD318 passport fee prescription by the Zimbabwean government as announced by the minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe.The Zimba...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 18:23hrs | 6504 | by Bongani Mazwi Mkwananzi
'Mnangagwa can't go beyond two terms'
ZANU-PF's attempts to tinker with the Constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eligibility to run for office beyond two terms faces a legal hurdle because any changes would not benefit hi...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 4197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot run for third term without a referendum
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu last week raised the prospect that the party could change the country's constitution to remove the presidential term limits clause.The amendmen...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:04hrs | 2371 | by Veritas Zimbabwe
BCC to hire external experts for BF?
THE Bulawayo City Council is likely to hire external expertise to work on recommendations of the Confederation of African Football stadium inspection team for Barbourfields Stadium, as the local autho...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:11hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's subsidy restoration takes effect
THE price of mealie meal has been slashed by 50 percent with immediate effect as Government introduces a new subsidy model for the production of roller meal, the Minister of Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:10hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Zifa engage Government over NSS ban
ZIFA have engaged the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to map the way forward after the National Sports Stadium failed to meet the Caf minimum requirements. The ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:07hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City will be forced to dump kit?
PREMIER Soccer League returnees Bulawayo City FC will be forced to abandon their Ingwebu branded kit as it offends the sponsorship agreement the PSL has with Delta Beverages. Delta Beverages s...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:06hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda RDC to issue amacimbi harvesting permits
Gwanda Rural District Council (RDC) says it has crafted access and utilisation of natural resources by-laws that will among other things ensure the sustainable harvesting of Mopani worms.With ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
Homes, land destroyed as gold panners invade region
Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold....Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Cameras for traffic offences
MOTORISTS engaging in reckless driving will now be captured by cameras and follow ups with the owners will be carried for prosecution, Harare police spokesperson has said.Acting provincial pol...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
Patients call for doctors to return
Patients seeking treatment from public health institutions countrywide have pleaded with junior doctors to end their impasse with the Government over salaries and find it in their hearts to assist the...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:43hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Malema charged for firing a gun...faces jail sentence
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters Commander In Chief Julius Sello Malema has been charges by the South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority for shooting a firearm during a rally in the Easte...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 10:00hrs | 11788 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinese man found dead in Harare hotel
A Chinese man was found dead in his hotel room in Harare on Tuesday morning.A hotel cleaner stumbled on the lifeless body of 39-year-old Song Yuan at around 10AM, according to police sources....Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 20:10hrs | 9214 | by ZimLive
Marriage of convenience with Nigerian man haunts Harare woman
A marriage of convenience has returned to haunt a Harare woman who is legally married to a Nigerian but is customarily married to a local man, under whose name she is trying to register their child....Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:24hrs | 4076 | by Staff reporter
Duty, permit requirements on grain, flour imports removed
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty and scrapped import permits and licences for grain, maize meal and wheat flour with immediate effect to plug potential food supply gaps and counter the effects of...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
US roasts Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under immense pressure to act and stop the wanton attacks on unarmed civilians.This came as the government and the European Union have started "high level" talk...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:05hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Import duty on basics removed
Government has removed import duty on maize and wheat, among other basic commodities, as it seeks to ensure affordability of essential foodstuffs and to mitigate the effects of the drought experienced...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2854 | by Staff Reporter
United States condemns Zimbabwe police
The United States has condemned the "unprovoked use of force" by Zimbabwean police who broke up a gathering by MDC supporters at the party's headquarters in central Harare on Wednesday.Police ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:13hrs | 4782 | by ZimLive
MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2238 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
America, UK speak on beating of MDC supporters by police
The Assistant Secretary for United States Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Naggy says America is concerned by the brutal crackdown on opposition members that took place at the MDC...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 12638 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt embarks on 2nd round of ease of doing business
GOVERNMENT has embarked on the second round of Ease of Doing Business Reforms targeting 16 areas seen as critical in expediting the implementation of reforms aimed at creating a conducive environment ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:01hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
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