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75% Zimbabwe local content for broadcasters on cards
Public broadcasters in Zimbabwe could soon be required to air at least 75% local content across their channels, while licensed sports channels will need to dedicate half their airtime to local sports,...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:00hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF directs its govt to provide free healthcare, pay BEAM
The Zanu-PF party has issued a directive for the Government to provide free healthcare services to elderly citizens, minors, and individuals with disabilities, as well as establish mobile healthcare f...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:57hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'bereka mwana' candidate selection method haunts CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Willias Madzimure has attributed the all-male representation in constituencies like Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North to the party's controversial Berek...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:17hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 4 | by Sipho Seepe
Botswana to 'send' 20,000 elephants to Germany
Botswana's president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation.Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokg...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu says he will not pursue partisan politics
CCC secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu said yesterday he would not pursue partisan politics, but will push the national agenda interrogating issues that will help improve people's lives.In...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes new legislators
CCC interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 others are expected to be sworn in as Senators and members of the National Assembly next week after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission confirme...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira's election under objection
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revealed that the election of Chief Fortune Charumbira as the deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs was under objection.Charumbira, who...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Varun's plea to curb imported energy drinks goes flat
Competition regulators have turned down a request by Varun Beverages, the bottler of Pepsi in Zimbabwe, to restrict imported energy drinks.Imports of energy drinks have surged by over 7 000% s...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells ambassadors to defend the county's policies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has told Zimbabwean diplomats to defend the county's policies and push the Vision 2030 agenda through building strong alliances at bilateral and multilateral levels....Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zimbabwe diplomats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rallied Zimbabwe diplomats in foreign lands to step out of their comfort zone and work hard to build a positive image of the country after years of international isola...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US resists pressure to reform IMF voting shares
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen showed little willingness to embrace reforms at the International Monetary Fund that would give China and other developing countries significantly more say in how th...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans encouraged to apply for Russian scholarships
THE Russian Federation has encouraged Zimbabwean students to take up scholarships in Russia as the Eastern European-Asian nation consolidates relations with the country.Over the past decade th...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF clinches majority proportional representation seats in the Midlands
ZANU-PF has clinched a majority of proportional representation seats in the Midlands province ahead of the main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC).Zimbabwe Electoral Commiss...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gains majority of proportional representation seats in Matebeleland
ZANU-PF has clinched a majority of party proportional representation seats in Bulawayo and Matebeleland South provinces while the main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) secured mor...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has so far secured 109 seats out of the 171 constituency results
Zanu-PF is poised for a landslide Parliamentary election victory after it secured 109 legislative seats out of the 171 constituency results that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:20hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
6,6 million Zimbabweans eligible to cast ballots
ZIMBABWEANS go to the polls today with at least 6,6 million registered voters expected to decide the next leadership that will steer the country forward for five years.The Zimbabwe Electoral C...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
10 rejected CCC Bulawayo provincial council candidates lose appeal
Ten Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates on the party list for the provincial council in Bulawayo have lost their application for review challenging the nomination court's decision to reject...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe civil servants abuse car import facility
THE Government has expressed concern over the continued abuse of the duty-free car import facility for civil servants amid revelations that more than 14 000 vehicles have been unprocedurally imported ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves judgement in CCC provincial council list case
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgment in the matter in which members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are challenging their omission from the provincial council list. T...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Electoral uncertainty is a form of rigging
FOR any election to be adjudged as free, fair and credible, it has to have a certain level of certainty in how it's called, conducted and results announced. However, in Zimbabwe's case nothing is cert...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
How will Zimbabwe implement women, youth quotas in the absence of an electoral law?
On August 23, 2023, Zimbabwe is going to have five elections under the proportional representation even though national focus has been on the directly elected ward councillors and Members of Parliamen...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
ZEC invites nominations for women, youth quota
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has called on all political parties taking part in the local authorities and National Assembly elections on August 23 to submit party lists for the women's and youth ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Election nomination fees gazetted
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said it is going through the final phases of cleaning the voters' roll of mistakes noted during the inspection period and getting it ready for use in the harmon...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections nomination Court to sit on Wednesday
The Nomination Court will sit on Wednesday and political parties planning to field candidates in all wards and constituencies will need to fork out about US$230 800, or the equivalent in local currenc...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF storm troopers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday rallied the Zanu-PF election machinery, including liberation war veterans and youths, to take charge of the ruling party's campaign ahead of the August 23 polls....Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Labour quota system key to reducing future conflict in Zimbabwe
The current president of NMWUZ - National Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe, Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka during an interview on labour and the combined 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Governm...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:39hrs | 12 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
NGO insists on reforms ahead of polls
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has implored government to implement electoral reforms in line with regional best practices ahead of the country's August polls.Zimbabwe's election...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries 'spell chaos'
A RUSHED ruling Zanu-PF party internal poll set for tomorrow could trigger waves of discontentment in the former liberation movement, insiders warned this week.They said the short notice to ho...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
A paranoid government seeking to legislate 'patriotism' is a danger unto all citizens!
So, the government of Zimbabwe has finally decided to stubbornly proceed in enacting the controversial 'Patriotic Act'.Only this time s...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boy (13) fights crocodile
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Checheche bravely fought a giant crocodile with bare hands after it had attacked him while he was crossing Save River with his friends recently.Danmore Gwenzi escaped fr...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drivers licence removed as proof of identity
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has questioned the removal of driver's licence as proof of identity in the proposed Electoral Bill that was approved by Cabinet last week.Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Colonialists abandon confrontation with Zimbabwe
CHARMED by President Mnangagwa's open door policy and far reaching economic reforms, more investors will be coming from the European Union (EU) which is prepared to extend loans to the private sector ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brain drain cripples Zimbabwe
UNFULFILLED electoral promises of creating an environment conducive to youth development by the Zanu-PF-led government in 2018 have fuelled a mass exodus of young people to faraway lands in search of ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC wants spousal and relative's visas done away with
Spousal and relative's visas should be done away with because the system is being "abused by foreign nationals" to settle in SA, the ANC has said in an additional discussion document distributed to de...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa blow for foreigners, Dudula wins
AS South Africa readies itself to face a legal fight over Zimbabwean Work Permits, the Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi is pressing ahead with the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) a...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at ZPCS pass-out parade
President Mnangagwa is expected to officiate at the 150th recruit correctional officers' pass-out parade for the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) at Ntabazinduna Prison Training School...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
South Africa making efforts to tackle xenophobia
SOUTH Africa has adopted multi-pronged approaches to tackle the scourge of xenophobia through community dialogues and soccer matches between foreigners and locals, among other interventions, a governm...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
South Africa makes it difficult to hire Zimbabweans and other foreigners
South African Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has published the Draft National Labour Migration Policy and Employment Services Amendment Bill for public comment.Employers who rely ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa to ban foreigners from starting businesses in some sectors
Government will introduce new employment quotas on foreign workers, as well as ban foreigners from starting small businesses in some sectors.On Monday, Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nx...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
In full: ZEC statement responding to allegations of voters roll manipulation, rigging
Statement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on recent reports that it has added new polling stations and changed polling stations without the knowledge of voters. Statement was delivered by a...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
SADC rural communities demand win-win benefits from international hunting
Once considered to be voiceless and almost powerless, southern African hunting communities are increasingly becoming powerful and are now demanding win-win benefits from international hunting by remov...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:07hrs | 15 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
Uproar over Tsholotsho elephant sales
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of selling elephants for a song to concession holders under the Government quota system.Communities living near national parks are allo...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
South African govt to ban foreign drivers?
The South African government will announce several policy changes for drivers following widespread protests in the truck and freight industry.Drivers are aggrieved about foreign nationals taki...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The primary benefits of adaptive planning
If you're still using spreadsheets for your business plans, or are making strategic decisions sans comparisons data, you're already behind. To bring your financials, workforce, and sales planning up t...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 22:42hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
Women Organisation Petitions Parliament
The women's Reform Network Representative yesterday handed over their petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe and Ministry of local government over the women's representation in local government. ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Shelton Muchena and Tarisai Mudahondo
Harare, London entering another diplomatic level?
CORDIAL engagement and re-engagement between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe testify that the Second Republic is quietly working and making good progress in terms of re-engaging the world. Thi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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