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BCC hikes business development fees
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has hiked business development regulation fees from US$381 to US$1 000 to discourage illegal operations in the central business district, a council report has revealed....Published: 7 hrs ago | 285 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabwean gay couple demand rights back home
SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to come to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosex...Published: 7 hrs ago | 752 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo calls for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED United States- based Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician and human rights activist, Thomas Mapfumo, has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene and stop what he calls an...Published: 7 hrs ago | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF internal battles escalate
The November 2017 Operation Restore Legacy changed the top echelon of political power in the country. Many business persons, politicians and politically exposed persons sponsored and supported the pro...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 1464 | by Anonymous Writer
'Chamisa, Mwonzora taking Zimbabweans for granted'
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has accused political opponents Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora of taking Zimbabweans for granted as the two engage in personal fights at the expense of the natio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Plans to repeal crippling taxation on cards
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is currently engaged in major discussions with fiscal and monetary authorities to address the issues of the punitive tax regime and surrender thresholds th...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Renewed EU sanctions dent Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive
THE decision by the European Union (EU) last week to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe drives yet another dagger in the heart of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reengagement drive, amid fresh allegations ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Govt axes WHO, Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities
GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreachi...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4222 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now ready to take Covid-19 jab
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and members of the Cabinet will take the lead and get vaccinated when the second batch of vaccines are delivered in the country in the next two weeks. This follows the donation of ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Teacher unions demand plan for opening of schools
Teachers' unions under the Federation of Zimbabwe Education Unions (FOZEU) have called upon government to plan and engage them ahead of the opening of schools for this year.FOZEU demands sever...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
22 COVID-19 vaccination centres set up in Bulawayo
THE Health and Child Care ministry has set up 22 COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo to inoculate 6 000 frontline workers and other vulnerable groups in the city.Bulawayo's vaccination ex...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors bemoan licensing delays
BULAWAYO informal traders have rapped the local authority for taking long to license their vending stalls to enable them to resume their operations.The issue came out last Friday during a virt...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's $50 note imminent
Zimbabwe announced on Thursday that it would shortly introduce a $50 note, while raising cash withdrawal limits to Z$2,000 per day from Z$1,000.The central bank also lifted its main lending ra...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:30hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
More Chinese vaccines arrive next week
AN ADDITIONAL 600 000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured by Government from Chinese pharmaceutical giant, Sinopharm, will land in the country next week as authorities continue intensifying the countr...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primes for Harare comeback
ZANU-PF Harare Province has devised strategies to help wrestle back control of Harare City Council through securing council seats left vacant by opposition councillors who have left Town House....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called upon Zanu-PF structures to gear up for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, which he said will provide the ruling party with the platform to wipe out t...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 14:58hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Chinese vaccine given green light
AUTHORITIES have cleared the Chinese coronavirus jabs - which arrived in the country on Monday - paving the way for the government's national vaccination programme that is initially targeting frontlin...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 19:52hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to dump 'useless' AstraZeneca via African Union
South Africa plans to share a million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses it received from the Serum Institute of India with other African countries via the African Union (AU), a senior health official...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:53hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
'Avoid partisan distribution of COVID-19 vaccine'
A PRESSURE group, the Citizens COVID-19 Monitoring Mechanism, has warned the government against partisan distribution of the vaccine for the coronavirus, whose vaccination programme will start this we...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe medical professionals not trained to administer COVID-19 jabs
MEDICAL professionals yesterday said they still had not been trained on how to administer the COVID-19 vaccines despite the country expecting its first batch today, a consignment of 200 000 doses of t...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Africa Gaming Industry and its Potential Growth
A few years back, Africa seemed a less profitable market for most online businesses, especially overseas brands that had their sights on more developed markets. However, time has shaped the continent'...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:16hrs | 323 | by Staff Writer
5-year ban for fake Covid-19 certificates
TRAVELLERS entering South Africa using fake Covid-19-free certificates will be denied entry into that country and subsequently issued with a five-year travel ban. According to the World Health...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Harare roads funds need audit
The heavy rains have highlighted the lack of maintenance and lack of required rebuilding on many Harare roads, with the city council getting its fair share of Zinara funds and having access to parking...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Soft drinks strike Zimbabwean musician with blindness
HARARE - FAMED for fronting some of the most popular music genres in the country, Bob Nyabinde has claimed that his decades old addiction to soft drinks rendered him blind.The popular Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 7597 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
SA re-opens 20 land borders including Beitbridge
South Africa will reopen 20 land borders tomorrow, the country's Cabinet decided yesterday.The border crossings between South Africa and Botswana, Lesotho, eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Zi...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:34hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccine deals must be transparent
Zimbabwe is expecting its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines this week with the government indicating inoculations will start immediately for vulnerable groups.China donated 200 000 doses of ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:32hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo sued over floods
TWO Chitungwiza residents have taken Local Government minister July Moyo and the local authority to court over the poor drainage system in the town, which is causing flooding. Several houses i...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:48hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Should social media platform proprietors be held responsible for abuses or individual users only?
It is now being suggested that the social media platform proprietors (eg Facebook ), must take full responsibility of any abuses perpetrated to others by the users of those social media platforms. Thi...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:34hrs | 158 | by Njabulo
Covid-19 fears force politburo postponement
ZANU-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
Zesa fights to end blackouts
AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:38hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Pensions scandal rocks CSC
Former managers and ex-board members of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) spirited away millions of dollars from the company's pension fund – magnifying the rot in State owned enterprises and parastata...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
NPA moves to block Machaya appeal
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has filed a notice of opposition at the High Court challenging jailed former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya's application for leave to appe...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
UK firm to invest in Bulawayo renewable energy
BULAWAYO has lined up a number of renewable energy development projects worth millions of United States dollars, which are set to transform the city's economy and impact positively on the country's re...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:39hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Moyo backs national talks
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC bigwig, Lovemore Moyo, has thrown his weight behind the current push to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition and other key stakeholders in t...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:35hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Mayor distributes 2020 Mayor's Christmas Cheer-fund proceeds
His Worship, the Kariba Mayor Cllr George Masendu will be taking the 2020 Mayor's Christmas Cheer-fund proceeds to 110 beneficiaries drawn by the relevant Councillors from the 9 Municipal wards. This ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:02hrs | 518 | by Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio
Zimbabwe purchases 600 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from China
Zimbabwe has purchased 600 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, in addition to 200 000 China has donated, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has revealed. China last week l...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to re-open Beitbridge border on February 15
South Africa is planning to re-open its land borders - closed for a month - on January 15, the same day that Zimbabwe is expected to ease its Covid-19 lockdown which was extended by a fortnight last w...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 3597 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T faces implosion
PLANS are afoot to challenge the constitutionality of the MDC-T extraordinary congress (EOC), its election results and the subsequent appointments made by its new leader Douglas Mwonzora after an atte...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4144 | by Staff reporter
South Africa turns to China for Covid-19 vaccines
South Africa is turning to China to supply Covid-19 vaccines as the country prepares to inoculate healthcare workers. Answering questions before the parliamentary health committee on Wednesday...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 17:15hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Govt to vaccinate 10 million Zimbabweans against Covid-19 virus for free, Mutsvangwa breathes fire
The minister of Information and Broadcasting services has rubbished the headlines by Newsday which suggests that the government does not know which vaccine to buy. In the article published by Newsday ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 11:10hrs | 2306 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fuel, mines and banks the Tagwirei method
TAGWIREI has built up his wealth in large part through a long-standing partnership with major commodities trader Trafigura, which has been trying to distance its operations from him as he faces intern...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration yesterday said it had not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy although it had mobilised a US$100 million war chest to fight the global pand...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 vaccine first batch delivery next week
THE country is expected to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday with the second one at the beginning of next month as Government commits to protecting citizens from the deadly pan...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to vaccinate 10 million
The Government plans to vaccinate 10 million people against the Covid-19 virus for free, as the health system battles to reduce the threat of the global pandemic. Zimbabwe is expected to recei...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:27hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers tasked to draw up 5-year plans
Cabinet ministers must before the end of March, draw up five-year action plans aligned to the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), for consideration by Government with the offices of the Vice Presi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:25hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A must act on food security
Zimbabwe has been talking about Minister Sekai Nzenza's crude oil remarks. MDCA National Spokesperson joined the discussion and dragged mealie meal into the conversation on twitter.Fadzayi Mah...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 12:35hrs | 740 | by Nicholas Ncube
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