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'Air Zimbabwe to relaunch in 2020 with 5 planes'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says Air Zimbabwe will take off in earnest in 2020, with five planes.Ncube also told the National Assembly that Treasury was also going to assume the airline's to...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe airspace safe?
A RADIO frequency controller at the air traffic control (ATC) broke down on Monday night, causing a two-hour flights delay yesterday morning, NewsDay can reveal.Last week, a leaked letter from...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:16hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe's Mbuya Nehanda is back
THE country's airliner, Air Zimbabwe, has said the aircraft it expects to introduce later this month is not a new acquisition but one of the planes that had been grounded. The struggling airli...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
New plane for Air ZImbabwe
AIR Zimbabwe is expecting delivery of a new plane in the next three weeks, a development that will see it introducing evening domestic flights to Victoria Falls. The flag carrier has been usin...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
How to conduct a TX, semi-annual roof inspection
A roof is an important part of any home for three reasons. One, it protects you from harsh envir...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 11:22hrs | 863 | by Staff writer
Aviation system crisis rattles Zimbabwe security chiefs
THE Joint Operations Command (Joc), which brings together the army, police and intelligence service chiefs, convened an urgent meeting after the country's aviation traffic control system broke down on...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:57hrs | 4736 | by Staff reporter
Air traffic controllers down tools
AIR traffic controllers (ATCs) at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare downed tools on Monday citing incapacitation and fatigue, forcing flight delays and cancellations yesterday morn...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2228 | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport airspace open
It's business as usual at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with scheduled flights departing and landing in spite of fake news on social media claiming Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbab...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 13:18hrs | 2941 | by Staff reporter
Flight Radar shows movement in the Zimbabwe airspace
Social media is awash with reports that a go-slow strike by air traffic controllers caused travelling chaos on Monday morning with planes unable to take-off or land at Zimbabwean airports.Howe...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 7747 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Air Force to take over Harare airport.
Reports coming from Harare indicate that members of the Air Force of Zimbabwe are moving in to take over the Robert Mugabe International airport after the air traffic controllers downed tools on Tuesd...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 41987 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fast-tracks Dubai deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has said it will soon fast-track paperwork for construction of an upmarket hotel for his business partners from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ensure exte...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
AfDB advises government on Air Zimbabwe
INSOLVENT national flag carrier Air Zimbabwe must focus its efforts on optimising routes to reduce operating costs and replace aging, high cost planes used on domestic routes with smaller planes that ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:39hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
JETGATE: 'Mnangagwa uses luxury jet to loot diamonds and foreign currency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa seemingly sensing his imminent boot from power, is allegedly involved in grand looting of the country's scarce foreign currency coffers and resources using his chain of hi...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:37hrs | 13296 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
SA Express flights from Joburg to Bulawayo start November 18
SA Express revealed that it will commence flights from Johannesburg to Bulawayo from November 18. There will be daily flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo from Monday to Saturday an...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:33hrs | 3287 | by Staff reporter
Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1153 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Joram Gumbo: Charges wont shed light into the ZimAirways scandal
Joram Gumbo, the former Transport minister, has been arrested for his actions around the Zimbabwe Airways controversy. But it tells a story of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's feeble anti-corruption dri...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:40hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joram Gumbo arrested
Former Transport Minister Joram Gumbo was arrested on Monday accused of corruption involving a US$70 million deal to acquire four planes from Malaysian Airlines.The planes were sold to Zimbabw...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 9647 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to receive two Malaysian planes
BELEAGUERED national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe will soon take delivery of two aircrafts bought under a controversial arrangement that at the time reportedly involved now Minister in the Office of the...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 846 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa alienates China
As President Mnangagwa goes through his pantomime head of state role, flying off all over the place in expensively-hired planes, Zimbabwe slips into mass starvation and hopelessness impelled by incomp...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 17:13hrs | 6351 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Biti approved funding of Command Agriculture he is bashing
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya last week produced evidence in Parliament which suggests that former Finance Minister Tendai Biti approved the funding of Government's agricult...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe's ONLY plane seized in Johannesburg over debt
Air Zimbabwe's only serviceable plane has been impounded by the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) over an unpaid debt.The plane was seized at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday,...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:52hrs | 484 | by ZimLive
Mangudya nails Biti
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday produced evidence in Parliament which suggests that former Finance Minister Tendai Biti approved the funding of Government's agricult...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2011 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya, Biti clash in Parliament
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday produced evidence in Parliament which suggests that former Finance Minister Tendai Biti approved the funding of Government's agricult...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 2208 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: South Africa bans Air Zimbabwe from using its airports
Reports coming from Harare indicate that the national airline Air Zimbabwe has been barred from using any of the South Africa's airports until some amounts that it owes to the Airports Company South A...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 19:05hrs | 12088 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa buys massive beachfront villa in Dubai?
BERLIN - Spendthrift President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reportedly bought an exquisite massive beachfront villa in Dubai, where he intends to retire or alternatively use the opulent property as an exil...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 45435 | by Itai Mushekwe
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
China - Zimbabwe's 40-year relations
ON May 15 1981, former president Robert Mugabe - then Zimbabwe's prime minister - held a meeting with legendary Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Beijing, China, which could have changed Zimbabwe's cour...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks needs US$30 million for operations
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) needs about US$30 million annually to effectively run its operations, but the budget might be affected if the United States government's...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:22hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
'US crafting Cecil Act to ban Zimbabwe trophy movements'
THE United States is reportedly working on legislation called the Cecil Act, which seeks to ban the movement of trophies from Zimbabwe to America, a development that could see the southern African nat...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:37hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slates proposed US anti-trophy hunting law
GOVERNMENT is disturbed by moves by the United States to frustrate wildlife trophy hunting in Zimbabwe and is engaging Washington over the matter, a senior official said yesterday. The United ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo presents an ideal plan for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is buffeted by inconsistencies, lack of cohesion, indecisive politics, incapacitation and deep rooted corruption. The bottom line is Zimbabwe economy has totally collapsed and there is need f...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 22:10hrs | 1218 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 604 | by Reginald Nyathi
African Dream boat spurs growth at Kariba Airport
THE Kariba Airport has started witnessing growth in passenger traffic following the launch of the African Dream boat in Kariba Dam in 2017, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has revealed....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Malaysia clears Air Zimbabwe aircraft
A MALAYSIAN firm has cleared the release of two aircraft acquired by Air Zimbabwe, with delivery of the first one expected soon, a senior Government official has revealed. Transport and Infras...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 05:53hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | 4564 | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
Air Zimbabwe plane grounded over manual
MORIBUND airline Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) has not yet obtained the crucial operating manual for its Embraer ERJ145, four months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe I...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:23hrs | 5581 | by Staff reporter
The invisible professionals
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude and sideline them. There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1491 | by Wiseman Magasela
How online casinos are better for the environment
Gambling has become a favorite passtime for many people with every passing year. People travel long distances just to play casinos in Las Vegas. Many people do not consider the environmental impacts t...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 13:17hrs | 370 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa to go into UAE exile bolthole
VANCOUVER/HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is allegedly plotting to disappear from the country into exile once toppled from power by the military or his own ruling Zanu PF party by June 2020, Sp...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 13428 | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Government threatens to unleash army and police again
The government has threatened to unleash the army and police on citizens who will take part in anticipated MDC Alliance led nationwide demonstration against unsustainable living conditions in the coun...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 15:28hrs | 3770 | by Staff Reporter
From Brunapeg with love, proudly Kalanga and a pilot
Born in the Brunapeg, a business centre and village in the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe,Simon Talon Moyo is both proudly Kalanga and a commercial pilot with many flying hours experience....Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 71 | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
5 suitors eye Air Zimbabwe
About five prospective investors have expressed interest in Air Zimbabwe among them the continent's top airline, Ethiopian Airlines.Ethiopian Airlines, is leading the pack with four other suit...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 12:18hrs | 4420 | by Staff reporter
South JetOne demands US$50m for planes' software from Air Zimbabwe
THE two Airbus A320 planes at the centre of a wrangle between Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and an Isle of Man company, South JetOne Ltd, were leased to the troubled airline with the latter demanding a US$50 ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe gets fresh hope for international flights
STRUGGLING flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) might regain its wings to fly internationally after a Netherlands-based company, Knighthood Capital (Knighthood), recently tabled an offer to partner the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3222 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
The loved opposition
I hope I can be brief enough to be witty but concise enough to be understood and effectual. I know the natural instinct for people when they see someone questioning the political party that they suppo...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 749 | by Jason Huntley
China to impose sanctions on US firms
US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth US$2,2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan will face sanctions, China said, warning Washington "not to play with fire".Taiwan on Saturday defended...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | 403 | by News Agencies
Air Zimbabwe, South Jet fight over planes
TROUBLED Air Zimbabwe is involved in a tug of war with Isle of Man company South Jet One Ltd over the ownership of two Airbus A320 aircrafts which the state entity claims it was given as a donation in...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government speaks on missing planes
The permanent secretary in the ministry of transport and infrastructural development Engineer Amos Marawa has rubbished recent media reports alleging that three Air Zimbabwe's MA 60 aircrafts were mis...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 4557 | by Staff Reporter
Muzamhindo presents an Alternative, Clear and sound Development plan which will take Zimbabwe forward
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:A policy is a declaration of an intention of an organisation or institution. These are rules and regulations which will set terms of references for an o...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 771 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
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