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Let's Flood Masvingo!
"The liberation of Gold Coast is meaningless unless the whole of Africa is liberated", that was Kwameh Nkurumah, the visionary President of Ghana's powerful statement emphasizing the priceless value o...Published: 58 mins ago | 321 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Unethical retailers face blacklisting
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it will blacklist its members that would be involved in side-marketing the roller meal from the Government's subsidy programme. Of late, conc...Published: 9 hrs ago | 313 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal taskforce set up
The availability of subsidised maize-meal is expected to improve following the establishment of a taskforce to ensure transparent and equitable distribution of the product. The taskforce will ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 327 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga dares estranged wife
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday vowed that his estranged wife, Marry, would not set foot at his Borrowdale residence, claiming she wanted to kill him.The Vice-President made th...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12417 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe situation ripe for action
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is looking to take advantage of the collapsed economy, to mobilise for action across professional, political and religious lines against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's govern...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:41hrs | 2778 | by Staff reporter
Chapungu bounces back, Herentals relegated
PREMIER Soccer League side Herentals have paid a huge price for alleged match fixing during their league match against army side Black Rhinos last year after they were relegated following a ruling by ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:39hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to introduce $50 notes
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce $50 notes to address the currency crisis in the short term as the Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) continues to devalue, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.In June 2019...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
All that glitters is not gold
I AM not sure of the details but around the year 2000, a geological exploration team found alluvial diamonds at Marange in Zimbabwe. They cut trenches and did further exploration for a number of years...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 857 | by Eddie Cross
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
State seeks Marry’s alternative address, surrender of passport
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi's office has approached the High Court with a bail variation application seeking to compel Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry to provide...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
O-Level pass rate up
More than 6 000 extra students passed O-Level in November last year with more than 63 000 obtaining Grade C or better in at least five subjects, although the pass rate was just 0,4 percent higher with...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 884 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47hrs | 1095 | by Nelson Chamisa
Passport prices remain unchanged, says Kazembe Kazembe
THE MINISTER of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe says the cost of getting a passport for local citizens remains unchanged. This comes amid rumours that the government had approved t...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 15:18hrs | 2674 | by Staff Reporter
'Maize meal shortage to ease next week'
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has promised to ease the maize meal challenges as of next week.This was said during a GMAZ media briefing on Tuesday on a roller meal subsidy and p...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Supermarket forces clients to buy grocery worth $150 if they need 10kg mealie meal
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday intervened to stop a local supermarket that was selling a 10kg of subsidised roller meal on condition that a customer first bought groceries...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Universities hike fees
LOCAL universities have announced their new fee structures which will see students paying between $5 000 and $9 000 per semester depending on their programmes. The National University of Science and T...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal supply to improve
THE supply of mealie-meal is expected to improve starting next week as all millers are being registered under Government's subsidy programme while mechanisms to import maize using free-funds have been...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa gets reprieve
Businessman Mr Philip Chiyangwa, who was on the verge of having his commercial stand in Masvingo's Zimre Park repossessed by Masvingo City Council, won a reprieve after the High Court granted him a de...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal shortages persist
Subsidised mealie-meal supplies have remained erratic across the country, with major supermarkets running out of the commodity, forcing most consumers to access it on the black market. The sho...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Duty on bus kits cut to 10%
Stakeholders in the transport industry have welcomed the Government's decision to cut to 10 percent import duty on semi-knocked down kits used in assembling buses, saying this will reduce the cost of ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:19hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Things giving Mthuli sleepless nights
Food, power and currency stability are the three things keeping Finance minister Mthuli Ncube awake at night.The southern African country is facing drought for the second consecutive year, wit...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:59hrs | 2551 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has failed on human rights'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week released a damning report, describing Zimbabwe's human rights record as appalling despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reform pledges...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 296 | by Staff rpeorter
Chiwenga itching for a showdown with Marry Mubaiwa
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga is itching for a showdown with estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, in court today and has rejected an out-of-court settlement following a nasty fallout with the former...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:55hrs | 5535 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa feels the pressure over roller meal
CHURCHES have vowed to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to come up with strict measures to ensure that all millers who get grain under the government maize subsidy programme sell...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:51hrs | 448 | by Staff rpeorter
Mthuli Ncube must stop lying on inflation
EXACTLY a year after Zimbabwe's first biggest fuel hike since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power from the late Robert Mugabe, the administration was at hand to celebrate the Jan...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 142 | by Staff rpeorter
Mubaiwa must surrender all 3 valid Zimbabwean passports
THE State wants Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Acting President Constantino Chiwenga, to surrender into court custody as part of her bail conditions all three valid Zimbabwean passports reported...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:46hrs | 508 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's political demise beckons
It is a view expressed by astute political observers, this scribe included, that unless the MDC-Alliance denounces violence and joins President E.D. Mnangagwa and other political parties in the Politi...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:45hrs | 448 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Teachers rule out strike
THE Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has ruled out any industrial action saying it is in favour of dialogue with Government to address its members' concerns. In an interview yesterday, Z...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:43hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Former legislator accused govt of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis
Former Bulilima West legislator Norman Mpofu has accused government of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis which has impoverished the majority of citizens.The country is currently r...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 14:12hrs | 2244 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe economy to contract by 5.5% says UN
Zimbabwe's economy will register a negative growth of 5.5% and 2.5% in 2019 and 2020 respectively owing to foreign currency shortages, elevated public debt and uncontrolled inflation, a recent report ...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1562 | by FinX
ZACC probes drug thefts at hospitals
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now monitoring public hospitals and clinics to curb thefts and ensure drugs are not diverted to the black market. This follows checks that wer...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:14hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices go up
FUEL prices have gone up by an average of 10 percent, the first adjustment since November last year.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority said the maximum pump price per lit...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:18hrs | 3900 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga divorce case exposes him
The divorce case of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has gone a long way to expose the depth of moral decay that has pervaded our national leaders.It is, however, the level of impunity and beli...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:16hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Businesses defy Mthuli Ncube on new tax regime
Some businesses are defying Treasury's directive to review downwards the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) to 14,5% levied on certain goods to stimulate aggregate demand.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:15hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi announces drought relief strategies
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi yesterday announced a raft of government drought relief strategies, among them massive mobilisation of grain and an immediate livestock restocking exercise.Mohadi s...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:15hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's maize subsidy sabotaged
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a Presidential Maize Subsidy meant to benefit the masses. This was a response to Mthuli Ncube's poorly planned removal of subsidies on maizePresident Mna...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:52hrs | 6812 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chamisa to set up MDC rural structures
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has embarked on a rural recruitment drive as is it targets to set up structures in the hitherto Zanu-PF strongholds.MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya said the pr...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:45hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere speaks out
The self-exiled former Zanu-PF political commissar Savior Kasukuwere has for the first time opened up to the media since the November 2017 military takeover when he, together with other Generation 40 ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 10848 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa in no hurry to fix economy'
As the world marks the 61st anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has lamented the deterioration in living standards, claiming that the Pre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 7778 | by Staff reporter
No offer as yet for Prince Dube from Chinese club
HIGHLANDERS are still to receive feedback from Chinese club, Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic on whether they are interested in signing striker, Prince Dube who has been in China for almost a month. ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:39hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal tracker launched
THE Government, working with other agencies has unleashed monitors to track the movement and selling of subsided mealie-meal as concerns grow over the continued channelling of the commodity to the bla...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to reveal source of funds
CIVIL servants importing vehicles under the government's special motor vehicle rebate may be asked to produce proof of their source of funds, the State has said.Statutory Instrument (SI) 52 of...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:35hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sticks to his guns
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stuck to his guns, maintaining that the country is going to achieve 3 percent economic growth for 2020 in the face of independent f...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2092 | by Staff reporter
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1861 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe platinum leakages hurting national purse
WITH its economy tanking, Zimbabwe is looking to mining for salvation.But platinum ore exports may be leaking millions of dollars in potential revenue the country needs to plug an acute shorta...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:27hrs | 140 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zimbabwe doctors give up, trickle back to work
A MAN lies on a stretcher, visibly in pain but at ease while three other people sit on wheelchairs, with over a dozen more sitting on benches — chatting and waiting.If one had been here just...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:26hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11923 | by Staff reporter
Econet wants to hike tariffs
TELECOMMS giant, Econet Wireless is in talks with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) for a possible tariff increase prompted by the continuing devaluation of t...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2809 | by newzimbabwe
R50k lobola robbery: family suspects relative mot injiva
A GWANDA family that recently lost more than R50 000 lobola to armed robbers who pounced on their homestead suspects that a family member masterminded the attack. Mr Kenneth Ndlovu (66), whose...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:45hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa, Chiwenga court hearing deferred
The dispute over custody of children and access to a matrimonial home pitting Marry Mubaiwa and her ex-husband Acting President Constantino Chiwenga was yesterday deferred to next week to allow the pa...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:39hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
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