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Policy flaws chasing Forex from the formal market
It is estimated that US$2.5 billion is circulating outside the formal banking system in Zimbabwe with households, businesses and foreign investors preferring to store their hard-earned foreign currenc...Published: 4 mins ago | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Red flag over Mnangagwa ally's mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Scott Sakupwanya's company Better Brands (Private) Limited's operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga is under the spotlight amid concerns over gold leakages and po...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$500m Zim Cyber City 'murky' investor exposed
MULK International, the United Arab Emirates-based company roped in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to build a US$500 million Zim Cyber City in Harare, secretly bought Nigeria's National Theatre for U...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cash-rich govt suppliers fuel currency volatility
GOVERNMENT procurement and service providers - who include public works contractors and suppliers of goods and services - are destabilising the foreign exchange market by offloading part of their stag...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe's new gold coin evidence of a broader global trend?
Saber rattling by the Chinese Communist Party stoked investor fears this week, putting upward pressure on gold prices. CCP officials felt aggrieved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, whi...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 239 | by Mike Gleason
Ndiweni slams 2022 census outcome
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the exclusion of the Zimbabwe Diaspora community in the 2022 census is akin to the disenfranchisement of people under the colonial Ian Smith reg...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe judges in the eye of a storm
A Harare businessman has written a letter of complaint to Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi raising allegations of criminal abuse of office, conflict of interest and ob...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:05hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC activists dismiss video evidence against them
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have dismissed video evidence from State witness Detective Chief Inspector Richard Muvhuro as "a story of ghosts" which...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala rots in remand, CCC ignores
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala's and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole's application challenging placement on remand has been dismissed by Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9228 | by Staff reporter
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 2234 | by Israel Dube
Inside three swing provinces that will decide entry to State House in 2023 polls
The 2023 general election may see the highest turnout in decades, though it comes at the same time as vast uncertainty about the independent auditability of the voters roll and electoral systems, ball...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:29hrs | 1712 | by Farai Chirimumimba
'Zimbabwe's bigwigs living lavishly as ordinary citizens starve'
HUMAN rights organisations have red-flagged the lavish lifestyles of the elite in the country at a time when ordinary citizens are struggling to put food on the table due to a faltering economy....Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2768 | by Staff reporter
Lager beer production seen up 11%
DELTA Beverages says its lager beer portfolio is performing ahead of prior year, with a target to produce more than two million hectolitres this year, up 11% compared to prior year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
National Hero Cont Mhlanga memorial set for tomorrow
THE memorial service for the late arts doyen Cont Mhlanga will be held tomorrow at the Amphitheatre in Bulawayo, before a drive through the city in his honour ahead of his burial in Lupane, Matabelela...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Youths shoot down national service
YOUTH organisations say they do not want to partake in the National Youth Service (NYS) programme which they say is associated with lawlessness and terror.The youths, who took part in the NYS ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Cont
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has accorded late playwright Cont Mhlanga a State-assisted funeral and has given the family $2,5 million for funeral expenses.This was revealed by Bulawayo Minister of Stat...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
China's 'juicy' deal with Zimbabwe set to benefit citrus farmers
MBUYA Rosemary Tendi (70) of Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, has been braving crispy cold mornings in the past few weeks to make sure that she monitors the harvesting of oranges from h...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Who will Continue your work?
INTABA enkulu idilikile sums up the impact of the death of one of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga.Cont (64) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after be...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga mourned
One of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga, died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after being admitted 10 days ago.He was 64.His family said he succum...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends talented young people
ZIMBABWE is poised to be at the apex of development given its rich pool of talented youths in various fields like engineering who have put shoulders to the wheel in transforming the country towards an...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Martin Dinha shoots self on the thigh fighting off armed robbers
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chairperson and Zanu PF acolyte, Martin Dinha, is nursing injuries after he reportedly shot himself on the thigh fighting off armed robbers who attacked...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
CCC duo dismisses video in fake abduction case
A LAWYER representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Joannah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri yesterday dismissed video evidence submitted by the State linking the duo to charges of faking abduction ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to have e-passport office
THE Civil Registry Department is working on opening more e-passport offices at district level, including one in Beitbridge where Zimbabweans living in South Africa can make applications more easily....Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold coins start circulating
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday released the first batch of 2 000 Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins into the market to provide a store of value alternative to the US dollar in a development expect...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bribery trial starts
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, who is facing charges of trying to bribe an official from the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) to let her pass when she was carrying...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:32hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
State plays video in CCC fake abductions case
THE State yesterday played one of the video footage extracted from Bon Marche Supermarket at Belgravia Shopping Centre in Harare, where CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, accused of fakin...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:26hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Honour Alick Macheso with an honorary degree in music
The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture should recommend to the relevant authorities to honour one of the greatest sons of Zimbabwe a polished musician of par excellence ever produced in the cou...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 1488 | by Leonard Koni
Dubai firm agrees to invest US$100m in Zimbabwe's drugs deal
The drive to attract fresh investment continued yesterday, with Zimbabwe now set to become a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing for national and regional consumption following the signing of a joint ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Does 'telling the Zimbabwe story' also mean 'telling lies about our country'?
What exactly is this "Zimbabwe story", of which we are daily implored to tell by the ruling elitist clique?What did President Emmerson ...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 21:29hrs | 479 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga's name used by bogus cop
AN Epworth man was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure over charges of impersonating the police and extortion using Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's name.Luke Machonisa ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:52hrs | 3767 | by Staff reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 1095 | by Israel Dube
Zesa, Zesco stitch power deal
POWER utility Zesa Holdings is in discussions with its Zambian counterpart, Zesco for importation of 100 megawatts of electricity to supplement local production, NewsDay reportedAccording to Z...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | 3599 | by Staff reporter
State allowed to play incriminating footage in CCC case
A COURT yesterday allowed the State to play CCTV footage extracted from shops in Belgravia shopping centre in Harare where CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, accused of faking their abduc...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Journalists urged to promote Zimbabwe's image
ZIMBABWE will continue to democratise the media industry with many commercial and community radio licences already issued and laws changed, but journalists should promote a positive image of the count...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Warriors kicked out of CHAN because of illegal Zifa Board
ZIFA have insisted that there is no need to rush the nation back to international football as systems are being put in place to ensure Zimbabwe returns stronger from the FIFA suspension. The W...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC/CCC participate in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy in an open book - read it for yourself
"Electoral watchdog, the Election Resource Centre says Zimbabwe's total eligible voters should hover around eight million, meaning that nearly three million people are not interested to vote," reporte...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 20:01hrs | 816 | by Nomusa Garikai
'3 million eligible Zimbabwean voters unregistered'
ELECTORAL watchdog, the Election Resource Centre says Zimbabwe's total eligible voters should hover around eight million, meaning that nearly three million people are not interested to vote.A ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Boris is still PM, he never 'mentioned resign' - fake news to sooth jarred regime change sensitive nerves
"We must all remember that until a British Prime minister talks to the Queen he will not resign without her majesty's consent. So, until then Johnson is very much the Prime minister. Not once in his s...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1045 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe economic outlook grim'
ECONOMISTS have warned that Zimbabwe's economic outlook looks "dark" given the country's widening trade deficit following the government's suspension of customs duties on imported consumer goods....Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:36hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe 40 yrs backward'
ZIMBABWE is now 40 years backward compared to several African countries as a result of misrule and failure to tap into professional skills that have found home outside the country due to the country's...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:26hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
RBZ gold coins to strengthen Zimdollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week, following a resolution agreed on by its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced plans to introduce gold coins to be used as a new investment tool to st...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dog mauls man's private parts
A Beitbridge man is lucky to be alive after he was mauled by a police dog which bit his private parts last Thursday.Police did not send to hospital the badly injured Proterge Kwangware despite...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
Secret grave exposes Chinese 'cartel's' identity fraud scam, fraudulent schemes
In a case pregnant with intrigue, bizarre episodes and curious developments involving what appears to be a sophisticated criminal Chinese cartel, the Registrar General's office was forced to cancel a ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
New details emerge on police shooting
EYEWITNESSES to a recent Chitungwiza shooting incident that left two residents seriously injured have accused police of misleading members of the public by claiming that the shooting incident happened...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Pupils turned away for non-payment of fees
ABOUT 51,8 percent of pupils across the country were turned away from school for non-payment of fees during the first term of the year, in defiance of Government policy, a report has revealed....Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife D-Day set for July 27 in child minder assault case
VICE President Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, will know her fate, in a case she is accused of assaulting a former child minder, on July 27 after the state closed its case Thursday.Mubaiwa ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Court freezes account after US$300 000 deposit
THE High Court has frozen an account at NMB Bank after US$300 000 was deposited into it with inadequate information on its origins, leading to authorities suspecting money laundering.This was ...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2788 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri seek to block damning video evidence
CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, accused of faking their abductions in May 2020, yesterday mounted a bid to block the State from playing and tendering into court record CCTV footage obt...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
South Africa fails to avoid Zimbabwe type load shedding
Embattled and underperforming Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said the power utility was working to restore capacity to power stations to mitigate the "very real risk" of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday ev...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:06hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no need to fight with Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has commended Zanu-PF for introducing a good education system post-independence.Speaking at a memorial service for the late...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 6956 | by Staff reporter
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