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Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 2635 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean female pilot graduates
Princess Nomqhele Ncube (23), a Zimbabwean female pilot, recently graduated with an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence from 43 Air School at Port Alfred Aerodrome in the Eastern Cape province,...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1861 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4305 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Commodities Exchange launch rescheduled
The much-anticipated launch of the commodities exchange - the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) - been extended by a month to April 30 to give allowance for the requisite approvals and promulgation o...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:36hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
MSU medical school launches stroke unit
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has joined hands with the Partnership for Education Training and Research Advancement (PETRA) to launch a stroke unit at the Gweru Provincial Hospital.The p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Reckless drivers to lose licences
RECKLESS drivers who routinely violate road regulations will have their driver's licences revoked under a new system set to be introduced by the Government soon.Authorities are preparing to ro...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Mass vaccination starts in Vic Falls
ZIMBABWE yesterday marked a year after it reported its first Covid-19 positive case in Victoria Falls, triggering unprecedented events that have seen the country recording 36 652 cases, 34 249 recover...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:44hrs | 468 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law, daughter struggle to complete mansion
NESTLED on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare's northeastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connectio...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:21hrs | 3758 | by Staff reporter
How do you percieve the difference between conscience and conscious as a Zimbabwean?
How does the conscious differ from the conscience? These two terms are sometimes confused in common everyday usage, but they actually mean very different things within the field of psychology....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 09:58hrs | 542 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience
IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most of the comrades I found there had been trained in Angol...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:48hrs | 755 | by Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo
Michael Banana buried in UK
MICHAEL Banana, son to Zimbabwe's first President Canaan Banana, was buried in the United Kingdom last month after efforts to repatriate the body failed under unclear reasons. He was buried on...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in early election mode
Zanu-PF has begun issuing electronic cards to its members as the party gears up for the 2023 national elections.This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa lit the torch paper to the Zanu-PF ca...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Govt kick-starts artificial insemination programme
THE country's beef and dairy industry is headed for a boom as Government has committed to an extensive livestock revitalisation programme, through a countrywide artificial insemination (AI) exercise t...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:45hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 3282 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions thwarted, we saw it coming!
In more than one article we told over ambitious Kembo Mohadi that he will never be the President of Zimbabwe given his Matabele background. We told him not to fly to high because his wings were fake, ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:38hrs | 3755 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa launches Zanu-PF electronic membership cards
ZANU-PF First Secretary President Mnangagwa will tomorrow launch the ruling party's electronic membership card in Kwekwe under a pilot project which will see the revolutionary party distributing more ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born actress, Sibongile Mlambo joins Black Lightning cast
ZIMBABWE-born actor, Sibongile Mlambo has been cast for American superhero series Black Lightning's spinoff, Painkiller, as an attractive icy and mysterious woman named Maya.Black Lightning is...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Councils, Zupco clash over unpaid fees
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has not been remitting fees for the use of designated urban bus terminuses thereby depriving cash-strapped urban councils of revenue.Inquiries in...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Veteran pilots' mercy flight
A pilot with 18 000 flight hours, Captain Judicat Jonas, led a team of 11 crew members that brought the 200 000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China. In total, there were four pilots, two cabin crews, ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
DDF gets $40 million for Mat South roads
THE Government has availed $40 million as initial funding for the District Development (DDF) to rehabilitate the road network in Matabeleland South's seven districts. Some of the roads have be...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pilot makes waves in US
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Highfield in Harare more than 40 years ago, Felix Chiota would gaze in awe at the sky each time an airplane flew over his neighbourhood. At a young age, Chio...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3812 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa's cabinet hiatus highlights Zimbabwe leadership crisis
AT a time when the surge in Covid-19-related deaths is dramatic, amid new rampant cases of the pandemic, the Zimbabwean government's primary policy-making body – cabinet – has not been meeting, Th...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
'Lockdown cripples councils'
BULAWAYO city councillors have bemoaned the crippling of service delivery by the COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, forcing it to go on auto-pilot.The lockdown has also affected the holdi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa to roll out pre-paid water meters
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) will begin rolling out prepaid water meters within the next three months to improve the supply and access to potable water.Three local companies w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Michael Banana still to be repatriated
The Banana family is still grieving over the death in Britain of Michael, son of the first President of Zimbabwe Canaan Banana, late last year, but is expected to make a statement "in due course" over...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Govt official in planes tender storm
A senior civil servant who recommended that a cloud-seeding tender be awarded to a company with faulty planes unsuitable for the purpose has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday on corruption...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
About 600 die while Mnangagwa holidays
Just as Covid-19 was bouncing back at the beginning of the new year with ferocity after a relatively mild and contained first wave in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa was going on leave.He left co-Vice-Pre...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:11hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 16617 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has voluntarily become the 10th province of South Africa
After protracted and emotional denials by Zanupf leaders that Zimbabwe is a country in crisis, masses of Zimbabweans that were stuck at Beitbridge border post a few weeks ago exposed Zimbabwe not only...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 2792 | by Israel Dube
The white man behind Mnangagwa's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme
Zimbabweans have embraced the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme that is turning out to be the trump card for this summer cropping season. However, not many people know the man behind the concept. Last week,...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:20hrs | 5184 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mulls tolling voucher as gridlocks mount
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is planning to introduce a tolling voucher as part of a broad strategy already underway to ease congestion throughout its system.Ult...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:05hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Fun online games you can play on your PC
As the weather starts to change and winter is ushered in, the natural reaction is for people to head indoors to stay cosy warm and comfortable. But sitting around indoors is something that many people...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 10:00hrs | 161 | by Staff writer
Las Vegas investor takes a gamble on a Zimbabwean gold mine
An investment firm run by Las Vegas investor, former casino operator and race car owner Michael Luzich is a step closer to taking over a small gold mine in Penhalonga, putting down a US$200 000 deposi...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:01hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
10 new mini-factories for Matebeleland North Province
A TOTAL of 10 mini-factories will be shortly established to manufacture high-value leather products in rural Matebeleland North province following the handover yesterday of brand-new equipment sourced...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:05hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army Brigadier-General retires
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) on Friday bade farewell to Brigadier-General Morgan Munawa, who has retired from service. Brig-Gen Munawa was the head National Command Centre: Special Program...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination.The...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
ZEC requires $8,6 billion for delimitation exercise
The $1,744 billion allocated in the 2021 National Budget by Treasury to allow the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct the delimitation exercise ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, has b...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs urgent facelift for Victoria Falls Border
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said that the Victoria Falls Border is in a sorry state and requires urgent facelift to meet modern standards expected from a port of entry into a world destination. Th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe border posts prepare for radiation control
THE Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe is setting up shop at the country's ports of entry to enforce the new Government requirements on vehicle imports. Under the new regulations, (S1 ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:46hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
CIPF spruces up its Stoneridge housing scheme
THE Construction Industry Pension Fund (CIPF) has spruced up its ZW$7 million Housing Scheme in Stoneridge, 20 km South East of Harare by planting Cyprus trees in commemoration of National Tree Planti...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:27hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights to keep lights on
ZESA announced yesterday that it had acquired new transformers and vehicles worth US$18 million, as the power utility battles to keep the lights on in the country.This comes as the country is ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
CIPF spruces up its Stoneridge Housing Scheme
THE Construction Industry Pension Fund (CIPF) has spruced up its ZW$7 million Housing Scheme in Stoneridge, 20 km South East of Harare by planting Cyprus trees in commemoration of National Tree Planti...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1120 | by Agencies
Govt goes after corrupt land buyers
Those buying land parcelled out uncleanly, as well as those creating fake stands and selling land corruptly, now face arrest as Government moves to stamp out corruption, especially in the Harare and C...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Re-imagining education in the Second Republic
OUR education should produce goods and services and it's not doing so. It should produce solutions to our challenges, but it's not. It should produce job creators, but its producing job seekers. So th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:40hrs | 142 | by Nick Mangwana
JSC pushes for digital delivery of justice
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is pushing for an electronic justice delivery system which will improve efficiency and help litigants access their files in a timely manner.In its strateg...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:19hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Family works on repatriating Banana's body
Preparations for the repatriation of Michael Banana's body have started, as the family seeks to fulfil his wish to be buried next to his father, a spokesperson has said. Michael, a forme...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:27hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls ending GMB monopoly
GOVERNMENT is resuscitating the agricultural commodities exchange, effectively ending the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)'s monopoly over the marketing and sale of maize and wheat in the country.T...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:10hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns crash victims
An Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) aircraft, SF 260 Genet trainer, crashed near Dabuka Railway Siding in Gweru around 2pm on Tuesday killing instructor Squadron Leader Mkhululi Dube (37) and trainee pilot...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airforce plane crashes
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe instructor and a female student pilot died when a training plane they were flying developed a technical fault and crashed at Dabuka in Somabula on the outskirts of Gweru yeste...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:42hrs | 3852 | by Staff reporter
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