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Ex-NSSA boss reports Zimbabwe auditors to Belgian HQ
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chair Robin Vela has reported auditors BDO Zimbabwe to their parent company in Belgium over what he said was an "evidently biased, politically-mo...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors risk losing salaries
Striking doctors risk losing their monthly salaries should they continue defying calls to return to work as Government is now invoking the Labour Court ruling allowing it to institute disciplinary mea...Published: 21 hrs ago | 494 | by Staff reporter
SADC failing on core responsibilities
Dear EditorThe SADC's goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration amongst it's 16 Southern African countries and they have not achieved the desired result to date. After fail...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:21hrs | 757 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Chamisa, Khupe Court Judgment: Legal complex & Political Narrative
What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numbers, it requires strategic intelligence to deal with an opponent,...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:18hrs | 1840 | by Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Wednesday court judgment: Legal complex & political narrative
(Balanced views) What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numb...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 17:31hrs | 1133 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe plans law against those calling for sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration will support calls for a law to sanction citizens who support moves by foreign governments against the State, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said....Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 781 | by newzimbabwe
Teachers declare 2-day working week
TEACHERS have declared that they have become so incapacitated financially that they are now only able to work two days per work starting today until government has heeded their demands for a massive s...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue does not mean defeat
WHEN neither side can achieve the upper hand in a game of chess, it is only a matter of time before a stalemate is declared.In a protracted battle in which no one enjoys the upper hand, the qu...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 781 | by Akinola Olojo
Mudenda attacked in Serbia
Government is engaging host countries to ensure Zimbabwean public officials receive adequate security when on international duty where they continue to be hounded by individual opposition-aligned elem...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 4891 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF illicit forex deals exposed
Zanu-PF bought its fleet of luxury vehicles and colourful regalia used during last year's election campaign through a company that was recently blacklisted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for al...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:54hrs | 5218 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube challenges land probe
A Gweru land developer has approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking to bar a commission set up to investigate the parcelling of out state land across the country from summoning the company's directo...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:54hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tycoon's children lose 13 firms
A Harare tycoon's children might have lost control of at least 13 companies after a relative allegedly forged their signatures on registration documents following his death in 2017 amid suspicion of c...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:53hrs | 9126 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:48hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs lose allowances
PARLIAMENT has docked the allowances of opposition MDC legislators as punishment for walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, the Daily News reporte...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 5524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 252 | by Cyril Zenda
The curious case of Peter Lobengula, the Prince of Salford
On a Wednesday morning in the spring on 1899 the Union Ocean liner called Goth sailing from Cape Town South Africa, docked in Southampton United Kingdom carrying the entire cast of a show called â€...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:50hrs | 57 | by Joseph Qobo Mayisa
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Curb corruption in the police force now
The recent case involving 11 police constables from different police stations who were arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in forei...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 5 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Cop dies mysteriously at boyfriend's house
A 25-YEAR-OLD female police detective in Marondera died under unclear circumstances at her boyfriend's house on Monday.Detective Constable Antonete Silopa, who was stationed at Marondera Centr...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:27hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Doctors told to resume work & dialogue
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Obadi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves infrastructrure master plan
Cabinet yesterday approved an integrated National Infrastructure Development Master Plan that will ensure development of the country's infrastructure and utilities will be done in a co-ordinated manne...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors told, 'No work, no dialogue'
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Ob...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to fire George Charamba?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is making moves to fire the Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba an online publication Zimlive has reported.It is reported that Mnangagwa told his officials a...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:37hrs | 672 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 769 | by Tony Hawkins
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 271 | by Cliff Chiduku
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1073 | by Wilbert Mukori
France behind sacking of AU's ambassador to the United States?
The firing of African Union ambassador to the United States Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao has angered thousands who are now signing an online petition, demanding her reinstatement.Chihombori-Quao...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa private jet aborted take-off from France over technical fault
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's private jet aborted take-off from Lyon on Thursday night after the pilots reported a technical problem with the aircraft, ZimLive can reveal.The 77-year-old lead...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 2368 | by ZimLive
RBZ's TBs auction hit by low uptake again
A paltry $72 million out of the $150 million Treasury Bills (TBs) auctioned last week was subscribed, an apparent indication the market has no appetite for the sovereign paper.This is the seco...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Rural vote key in propelling the MDC
The MDC party led by Nelson Chamisa celebrated 20 years of existence at Rufaro Stadium on September 28 2019, under the theme, "celebrating courage, growth and people's victories". As the MDC celebrate...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 133 | by Mtape Mamuse
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 117 | by Ranga Mataire
Mnangagwa's govt must come clean on salary discrepancies
AS far as this country's statutes are concerned, civil servants' wages and benefits are not a secret to the extent that they should actually be published in the Government Gazette. It does not matter ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals deserted as strike continues
THE situation at the country's major public hospitals has deteriorated to alarming levels, with patients reportedly dying on stretcher beds before being attended to, while most wards are virtually emp...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:29hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots colleague
A police officer mistakenly shot and injured his colleague who had accompanied him on a raid on a licensed firearm owner in Rujeko C on Tuesday, October 08.Police in Masvingo referred all ques...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Incorporate these tips for unforgettable postcards
Postcards are like pre-invites to a wedding and are typically sent from 6 months to a year before the wedding. They are usually less comprehensive than a formal invite and seek to give guests sufficie...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 163 | by Staff Writer
Zinara board chair freezes as corrupt activities exposed
Former Transport deputy minister and Zimbabwe National Road Administration board chairman Michael Madanha was on Tuesday left speechless in court after dismissed finance director Simon Taranhike asked...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 3533 | by Staff reporter
Army told to compensate evicted families
CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago.The army gave a short noti...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals turn into horrific hellholes
NURSING a swollen face, with eyes blinded by the soreness, Clayton Banda (35) lay helplessly on the hospital bed, his lower body covered by a threadbare orange blanket.Banda was involved in an...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reins in Matiza over NRZ
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week moved to rein in Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza over his bid to scuttle the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project by...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1714 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health crisis deepens
OPERATIONS at Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals yesterday ground to a halt after nurses joined the strike by doctors, with most wards at Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals closed, incre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland nurses programme, few 'southerners' added to list
MORE people from the southern region have been added to lists of student nurses enrolled last week at two Bulawayo hospitals after claims that more than 90 percent of the recruits were from Harare and...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to address Bulawayo rally
VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi will on Sunday address a rally in Bulawayo.Zanu-PF Politburo member Absolom Sikhosana yesterday told our Bulawayo Bureau that the rally will be held at Stanley Squa...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:24hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Kariba youths face the Magistrate over causing noise to elephants
Wednesday the 9th of October at exactly 10:37am, three youngsters from Mahombekombe's ward 6 stood before Kariba magistrate, Mr Toendepi Zhou for allegedly causing noise to a herd of elephants which r...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 21:37hrs | 1223 | by Dumisani Mawere Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
A quick guide to writing invoice payment terms
The objective of every business is to be paid for every piece of work completed and not only that but to be paid on time without delay and without having to send reminders time after time. Many hours ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 21:34hrs | 522 | by Staff Writer
May the last person to leave, turn off the lights
ONE of the questions that I ask myself daily is: Is there a point to this?I have to be honest, I feel defeated and I wonder if there is any hope that this country's fortunes will improve anyti...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:50hrs | 394 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Highlanders Hlabangana Lounge shut down
BARELY five months after the opening of Hlabangana Lounge in Bulawayo, the popular outdoor joint has reportedly been shut down by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), allegedly due to licensing issues. ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Customers rebel against Econet promo
In a development that could redefine the relationship between consumers and various service providers, Econet subscribers made an unprecedented uproar against unsolicited messages from the company adv...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa's letter: my reply!
Dear Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa, I was excited to read your letter on Bulawayo24.com yesterday dated October 8th 2019. My excitement comes not only from the content and dismay you highlighted but...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 13:23hrs | 7167 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mr Cross, Prof Ncube and the questions for which Zimbabweans seek answers
WHEN the former MDC secretary for economic affairs, Mr Eddie Cross announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government was to introduce a new currency next month (November), it didn't seem like i...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 21:02hrs | 2526 | by Anthony Matutu
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