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'Zimbabwe crisis man-made'
OUTSPOKEN cleric and one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top advisers, Shingi Munyeza, yesterday said the country's crisis was man-made, and mainly centred on unresolved succession matrix.In...Published: 3 hrs ago | 637 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia satisfied with progress at Batoka hydro plant
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have expressed satisfaction on the progress made in the construction of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) since the project was awarded to a Chinese contractor....Published: 3 hrs ago | 408 | by Staff reporter
From zero to hero without Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known simply as Nero, was the fifth roman emperor and ruled from 54 to 68. For most people who have heard of him, though, all we know is that, in line ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 475 | by Tim Middleton
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 | 182 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cities left with less than a year of water supply
WATER supplies in many cities and towns in the country are dwindling, while local authorities face additional challenges of shortages of chemicals and broken down pipes and pumps, Lands deputy ministe...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
MDC divisions plumb new lows
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
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 out thinking Chamisa?
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:11hrs | 8900 | by Staff reporter
ANC, Zanu-PF collides
Zanu-PF and the African National Congress have sharply disagreed over the latter's future role in trying to find a solution to the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe.The ANC on Tuesday said it inten...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 12:07hrs | 6131 | by Staff reporter
Kapini shown exit door at Highlands Park
FORMER Warriors goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini has expressed his shock and disappointment at being unceremoniously offloaded by Absa Premiership side Highlands Park after a successful five year spell at the...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa feud escalates
THE senseless blood-letting in the MDC continues with interim president Thokozani Khupe wielding the axe on 11 more councillors in Harare, including deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde. This c...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 4707 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Teachers escalate row with govt
THE row between the government and teachers over the reopening of schools for face-to-face teaching for examination classes is escalating. The teachers have now accused Primary and Secondary E...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1255 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 348 | by Admire Dube
Not all men are bad, says gospel artiste
BULAWAYO budding contemporary gospel musician and leader of the Preachers of the Word Gospel group Nobesuthu Shyleen Mkandla is disturbed by the continued prejudice against women in all spheres of lif...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may be sitting on more oil and gas deposits
ZIMBABWE may be sitting on more oil and gas deposits than initially projected. The country has five other basins capable of hosting hydrocarbons such as oil and gas, in addition to the Zambezi V...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will be exporting power by 2023, says Zhemu Soda
Muzarabani North Member of Parliament, Honourable Zhemu Soda, was last month appointed Energy and Power Development Minister. Before his appointment, he was relatively unknown to many Zimbabweans desp...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Gukurahundi exhumations
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday reserved judgment in a case where Gukurahundi survivors were seeking an interdict order to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to fast...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to blame for water crisis
WATER at Bulawayo's remaining three supply dams can last the city for 11 months without council implementing the water shedding programme but lack of investment in a bulk water delivery system has con...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance says ZUPCO monopoly a threat to public safety
Zimbabwe's public transport network should be opened up to private players, the MDC Alliance has demanded after condemning the ZUPCO service as "inefficient" and a threat to public safety.ZUPC...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
Mine shaft collapse traps five underground
Five employees of Task Mine Syndicate just outside Chegutu town, were on Tuesday night trapped underground after the shaft they were working in collapsed.Chegutu district co-ordinator and Civi...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:48hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Nurses call off strike
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has told its members employed by the Government to end their industrial action and immediately start reporting for work. ZINA yesterday also endorsed pla...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to ban medical trips abroad for 'everybody'
Vice president and health minister Constantino Chiwenga has announced the government will ban overseas medical flights for all Zimbabweans, saying the trips are bleeding the country of scarce foreign ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | 9460 | by Staff reporter
Bitter first anniversary for Mugabe
DESPONDENT and waiting in a long queue for daily food handouts from a well-wisher, Milka Mandimutsa gets nostalgic about Zimbabwe's autocratic and longtime ex-leader Robert Mugabe, who died a year ago...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Residents demand Chamisa's Mayor, town clerk assets register
BULAWAYO residents have piled pressure on mayor Solomon Mguni and town clerk Christopher Dube demanding that they declare their assets following reports that they were recently clandestinely awarded c...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga restructures Health Ministry
The Health and Child Care Ministry is being restructured with a new sustainable funding model, far greater effectiveness, and a new work ethic for staff under plans outlined yesterday by the Minister,...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF deploys social media warriors
Jittery about the increasingly influential role of social media in the formation of public opinion, the ruling Zanu-PF party plans to deploy activists in every district to counter online narratives th...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 21:56hrs | 3357 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa acquires Standard Bank's data centre
ZIMBABWE telecoms businessman Strive Masiyiwa has completed a transaction which will see one of his companies owning Standard Bank's Johannesburg data centre.Data centres are locations in whic...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 9601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reduce quarantine period to 2 days
GOVERNMENT is working on reducing to two days the turnaround period for people, especially foreigners on transit, kept in quarantine centres while waiting for Covid-19 results. The Polymerase ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2938 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ministerial briefings continue
THE governing party, ZANU-PF, will continue briefings with Cabinet ministers as it tries to add impetus to ongoing efforts to grow the economy.The consultations are part of the party's thrust ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:47hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will have 5 000 MW capacity (2.5X present) by 2023' boasted Mnangagwa - buying time to rig 2023 elections
President Mnangagwa, his Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and other Zanu PF leaders have promised economic recovery pegged at the country attaining middle income status by 2030, "Vision 20...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 407 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Kalanga Cultural Festival cancelled
ORGANISERS of the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival, the Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA) have announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition.The festival which w...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic IBTC Institutes Scholarship Awards For Nigerian Undergraduates
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has called for applications for the maiden edition of its 2020 Scholarship Programme.The Stanbic IBTC 2020 Scholarship Programme...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:48hrs | 439 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZHRO Walk for Freedom number 4 completed
Four Zimbabwean Diasporans, who are members of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO), have successfully completed the ZHRO VISION 2020, "Walk for Freedom," which started at day break, on Satur...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1032 | by ZHRO Team
Chamisa's MDC welcomes ANC bid to resolve Zimbabwe crisis
MDC Alliance has welcomed renewed attempts to resolve the country's crisis by South Africa's ruling African National Congress.ANC and State President Cyril Ramaphosa told South African media s...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 6009 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must swallow its pride, accede to dialogue
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba's hardline stance against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to deploy envoys to Harare to meet all stakeholders over the country's multifacet...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Govt plans phased reopening of borders, schools
GOVERNMENT has agreed on a phased reopening of the country's borders and schools in the next few months.Addressing the Press during a post-cabinet briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvan...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | 5576 | by Staff reporter
SA denies Zimbabwe's EFF permission to stage anti-govt demo at border post
SOUTH AFRICAN authorities have reportedly denied Zimbabwe opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) permission to hold demonstrations at Beitbridge Border Post.EFF had planned to hold ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 383 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe ministries blocked from outsourcing legal advice
Thirteen tropical cyclones formed in the south-west Indian Ocean during the last rainy season and had some effect on southern Africa weather although only three made a landfall. The cyclones w...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
MDC slams govt over social media law
THE MDC Alliance has slammed the government's plans to fast-track the Cyber Bill, which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once i...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's minister in land row
FORMER Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha is embroiled in a land dispute with resettled ward 8 villagers in Chivhu, who are accusing him of seizing State land which was gazetted by government f...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:41hrs | 2717 | by Staff reporter
Freeze Zanu-PF bigwigs' assets, says SA politician
South African opposition politician Herman Mashaba yesterday called for the freezing of assets belonging to Zanu-PF officials in the neighbouring country.Mashaba, who launched his new politica...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
November exams in February - teachers
TEACHERS' unions have called on the Government to defer the opening of schools and writing of the November Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) final examinations to 2021 noting that learners...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
'We are our own saviours'
LOCALS, and not foreigners, are the only ones who can help to grow the economy and achieve a relatively prosperous society in the next decade as envisioned by President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030, LEAD p...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Price stability to force inflation down
The growing price and exchange rate stability following the introduction in June of the forex auction, coupled with a cocktail of measures by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to support the platform...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okays key appointments
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of 10 provincial development co-ordinators (PDC) who will assist Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs with "technical and administrative support" ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
Minister Soda fixes Hwange power unit, boosts supply
ONE of the power generating units at Hwange Thermal Power Station was fixed yesterday to boost the country's unity capacity by more than 150MW, Energy and Power Development Minister, Soda Zhemu has sa...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fast-tracks social media law
AMID rising tensions in the country, authorities plan to fast-track the Cyber Bill which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Ascot Stadium not being leased, council says
THE Gweru City Council has said they are not leasing out Ascot stadium but have rather opened their arms to corporates and private players willing to help them maintain the facility.Officials ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:29hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
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