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Zimbabwe to allow private companies to operate trains

Zimbabwe will soon allow private companies to operate trains on State-owned railway lines under a new open access framework aimed at liberalising the rail sector and improving efficiency.Transport and Infrastructural Development Deputy Min…

Published: 05 Oct 2025 at 16:31hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter

Private sector to help in farm surveys to speed title deeds

The government has engaged the private sector to fast-track the surveying and issuance of title deeds to land reform beneficiaries, with a projected completion deadline of June 30, 2026, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Devel…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sikhala hires private investigators after house bombing

Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has engaged private investigators to identify those responsible for the bombing of his Chitungwiza home, an attack he says will not deter his political mission.The incident occurred on August 30 w…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mombeshora warns private health facilities

Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Douglas Mombeshora has warned that private health facilities that fail to submit data on Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) programs risk being shut down.He issued the warning on Wednesday during a meeti…

Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt should fix public health, not meddle in private medical practice

This week, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi announced that the government will keep a close eye on private medical practices, particularly concerning issues of pricing. Predictably, this pronouncement drew …

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:31hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt privatising prisons?

Zimbabwe is embarking on a fresh push to reform its prison rehabilitation system, aiming to better prepare inmates for reintegration into society. This initiative, announced recently by Cabinet, includes the creation of a government-funded…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Private sector, experts hail Zimra's TaRMS tax regime

Private sector players and financial experts have praised Zimbabwe's Tax and Revenue Management System (TaRMS) for significantly improving taxpayer accessibility and compliance, particularly among small and medium enterprises (SMEs).Speaki…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:16hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt to regulate private security industry

Cabinet has approved the Principles of the Private Investigators and Security Guards (Control) Bill, which aims to regulate and license individuals and companies providing security services in Zimbabwe.During a post-Cabinet briefing yester…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter

Robbers raid 2 more private schools

TWO more private colleges in Ruwa and Gweru lost nearly US$17 500 cash to robbers who raided their premises recently, with police suspecting that the thieves could be working with staff.In Gweru, five robbers attacked security guards and s…

Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZETDC calls for private investment in energy sector

The country's power utility, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has implored economic players across all sectors to invest in renewable energy to complement government's power generation efforts.Speakin…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Girlfriend pours boiling oil on lover's privates

IT is normal, occasionally, in any relationship that tempers flare and hurtful words are spoken.But what happens when you discover that your loved one is cheating on you?Wonder no more!Tofara Masendu (28) from Bulawayo was left groaning in…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Private firm takes over online border management

GOVERNMENT has contracted a private company, Garsu PasauIlis AUB to implement a national online border management system capable of producing entry visas and residence permits. This was revealed by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa on…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa salutes private sector

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted the country's private sector which has risen to the occasion through the production of the majority of goods found in local supermarkets.This is testimony to the potential of local players, who the Pre…

Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

RBZ in dramatic U-turn on Fidelity privatisation

IN a dramatic policy U-turn, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has indefinitely suspended its plans to partially privatise Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) nearly two years after announcing intentions to dispose its 60% controlling st…

Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Treasury yet to disburse US$30m industry bailout

TREASURY is yet to disburse about US$30 million it promised to industry under the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to boost capacity utilisation and save some firms from total collapse.This was revealed on Wednesday by Industry deputy minister…

Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

12 Mugodhi church members on the run

POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for 12 Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members over the violence that erupted at the church's headquarters during Easter.The suspects are all members of a faction led by Wa…

Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Businessman busted in car sex with married lover

ADULTERY is thrilling until the moment you are busted having sex in a car with someone's wife.Ask Bulawayo businessman Ramutsikabotlalo Mokoena, he will tell you that as much as stolen waters are sweet, being caught drinking from a forbidd…

Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:21hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

Wifey tug on privates blacks out hubby

A man from Bulawayo apparently feared that he may never be able to use his sexual organ again after his ex-wife allegedly clasped and squeezed it together with his testicles so hard that he struggled to have an erection for almost three we…

Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:21hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

BCC ropes in private players on roads

LACK of plant and equipment has forced the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to contract private companies to re-gravel city roads.The local authority has only one functional grader and was in sixes and sevens on the way forward after receiving …

Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:44hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF MP 'hijacks' Buhlungu Sikhosana's private event

Villagers in Matabeleland North province have accused Zanu-PF legislator for Nkayi South Stars Mathe of hijacking the official opening of maskandi musician Cleopas Buhlungu Sikhosana's homestead for political gain.The villagers accused Mat…

Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Private schools defy Covid rules

TWO private schools in Bulawayo's affluent suburbs are defying Covid-19 lockdown regulations by conducting physical lessons. President Mnangagwa on Tuesday extended the enhanced level four lockdown regulations by a further two weeks with C…

Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Council takes over private cemetery

BULAWAYO City Council is set to take over the privately-owned Umvutcha Cemetery with an estimated 45 000-grave capacity to ease a shortage of burial space.The city has been battling burial space shortage following the decommissioning of We…

Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

The controversial role of private military, security companies in Africa

PRIVATE military companies (PMCs) have been involved in conflicts around the world, including Africa, for a long time and and different reasons.The growth of private military contractors raises ethical questions surrounding the commerciali…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Jonathan Powell, Christopher Michael Faulkner, Joshua Lambert

'Errant private schools risk deregistration'

PRIVATE schools which began their operations before the 2021 three-term school calendar was announced risk deregistration for violating government policy, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo told Parliament on Wednes…

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt to take corruption fight to private sector

THE fight against corruption should be extended to the private sector that has also been involved in unscrupulous dealings destabilising the country's economy, a Cabinet Minister has said. Government, apart from fighting corruption, has al…

Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:27hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Private sector urged to adjust workers' salaries

The private sector should adjust salaries to cushion its workers from rising prices similar to the way Government has responded to the plight of civil servants who, in addition to getting more than $606 million in salaries and cushioning a…

Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa luxury jets torch storm

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday grilled in the Senate by opposition legislators over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant to travel in hired luxurious private jets when the country is saddled with serious problems like short…

Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:41hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa and his love for expensive jets

At a time when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is implementing austerity measures that have only brought more suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behaving as if he is from another planet.Last week, our esteemed…

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 23 | by Benjamin Manzini

Mnangagwa under fire over private jets

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia for the African Union (AU) summit on a private j…

Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

'I cut off head, private parts to sell for $25,000'

The Gwanda man who allegedly murdered a mentally challenged man and harvested the head and private parts yesterday said he had planned to sell the human pieces in Chiredzi.Honest Moyo, 22, who appeared before Justice Martin Makonese at the…

Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 14:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zupco partners private players on urban routes

STATE-OWNED bus operator, Zupco has partnered with private public transport operators in a mass transportation exercise to ease urban transport woes, which spiked last week following a massive hike of bus fares by privately-operated commut…

Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Private sector could demand salary hike

The civil service salary increment may prompt workers in the private sector to demand pay hikes, according to analysts at IH Securities. Earlier this year, the Government increased civil servants' salaries by 15 percent. And the analysts a…

Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Does private media really hate Robert Mugabe?

I found the indignation of the Information minister, Webster Shamu, over reports that President Robert Mugabe had flown to the Far East for medical treatment rather puzzling. It is on public record that the president has travelled  to…

Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 06:48hrs | | by Citizen X

Has Trevor Ncube's Zimbabwe Independent gone to the dogs!

Has Trevor Ncube's floundering Zimbabwe Independent gone to the dogs to the point of unashamedly becoming a pathetic MDC-T pamphlet in a desperate bid to secure a good chunk of the three million dirty pounds that the British government sta…

Published: 10 Jul 2011 at 08:49hrs | 881 | by Professor Jonathan Moyo, MP

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