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BCC rolls out e-learning facilities at schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rolling out e-learning facilities at its schools as learning institutions remain closed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.E-learning is seen as the o...Published: 18 hrs ago | 260 | by Staff reporter
Putin announces first Covid-19 vaccine
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has announced the registration of what Russia claims to be the first vaccine for the coronavirus in the world and said one of his daughters had already taken it.Speaki...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:57hrs | 2129 | by Staff reporter
Letter from Bulawayo in 2031
11 August 2031. Dear Mr Tanaka Chinembiri, Mayor of Guruhusva (Formerly Bulawayo). I am writing to you registering my concern over the way the town clerk Mr Nyasha Tinevhan...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1044 | by Kudzai Mahere
Cassava Fintech and Liquid Telecom launch Sasai Wi-Fi Finder
Cassava Fintech International (CFI) and the Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) have announced the launch of Sasai Wi-Fi Finder, a potential game-changer in driving digital and financial inclusion in Africa. T...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 13:54hrs | 1939 | by Agencies
NetOne crisis deepens
TROUBLED state-owned mobile phone operator NetOne has been beset by a myriad of problems that include network failure and a shortage of airtime recharge cards, which are attributed to a board wrangle....Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:02hrs | 2676 | by Staff reporter
Beyonce won't vote in Zimbabwe
The Bishop laughed his lungs out last week when he saw the desperate efforts of some activists who were trying to foist their latest hashtag movement on US singer Beyonce.There was a lot of eu...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 385 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll breaches 100 mark
Zimbabwe's coronavirus deaths breached the 100 mark on Friday as the health ministry reported five new deaths.The latest data came as the number of Covid-19 cases in Africa rose to over one mi...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1161 | by Victor Bhoroma
All we can do for now is take precautions
The Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc across world populations with no signs of slowing down. Scientists the world over are busy in their labs trying to cross the T's and dot the I's ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 490 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Region turns heat on Mnangagwa
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has voiced his concern over the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe that has seen a spike in State-sponsored abductions, arrests and torture of opposition activ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 7970 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's rape jail sentence slashed
RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura on Wednesday had his jail sentence on four counts of rape reduced, but his legal team claims it was not enough and is now seeking to appro...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans reject political party regulation
MOST participants at a recent Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) hosted virtual public meeting to discuss the topic Political Parties Regulation – Considerations for Zimbabwe did not support p...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 118 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths
Zimbabwe recorded an additional 118 Covid-19 cases yesterday, and three deaths, as the pandemic continues to take a huge toll on the country.This means Zimbabwe now has 4 339 and 84 deaths since C...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 17:34hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
High inflation sees Zimra exceed targets in Q2
Increased loss of value in the ZWL saw tax revenue in the second quarter exceed target by 42.75% to $20.11 billion. The tax collector had a target of $14.09 billion after collections amounted to $13.8...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:24hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Biti failing to account for MDC assets
Tendai Biti is failing to account for MDC property and cash amounting to US$3million which he kept holding on to after breaking away from MDC-T, the Harare Post can report. A source revealed t...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 21:22hrs | 4621 | by Derick Tsimba
Government must be taken to task over informal traders
Zimbabwe has been on an economic free fall since the turn of the millennium. The comatose economy led to most industries closing shop and as a result countless jobs have been lost. The persisting and ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1677 | by Nkosikhona Dibiti
Ziyambi to withdraw delimitation amendment
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has in principle reportedly agreed to withdraw one of the 27 clauses government was pushing for as part of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill, which i...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:02hrs | 2413 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling ring busted
Multiple fuel smuggling scams are being run in Zimbabwe with cheap fuel being smuggled from Mozambique, sometimes mislabelled to avoid customs duty, and sold or re-exported for hard currency while fue...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga arrest triggers global storm
The arrest of award-winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, a nominee for this year's Booker Prize, and several political activists on Friday has invited global condemnation and demands for thei...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:18hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Abductions rock region
THE MDC Alliance claims unknown men abducted eight of their Matabeleland South members last week as cases of enforced disappearances climb.The incidents came a week after an MDC Alliance membe...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:16hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Fake fertilisers floods the market
AN influx of fake fertilisers has hit the market in Zimbabwe as bogus dealers take advantage of the product's expensiveness in the formal market to the unsuspecting farmers, Standardbusiness has estab...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:15hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Borehole drilling scam surfaces
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans, who are in need of borehole drilling services are made to pay exorbitant charges in foreign currency or give away livestock by a cartel of companies suspected to be of foreign...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares up 100%
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has increased fares for urban routes by 100 percent.According to the new fares, passengers will now pay $8 per trip for Zupco buses up from $4 whi...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail hearing deferred to today
THE bail hearing for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who is accused of inciting the public to revolt against the Zanu-PF government, was deferred to today after the State failed to bring a transcript of...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Muponda conned
A director of Oxcom Trading Private Limited Company, which is into commodity brokering, yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of conning businessman Mr Gilbert Muponda of his business premise...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
2020 Mid Term Budget Hits and Misses
The 2020 mid-term budget and economic review was delivered amid high inflation levels and declining economic productivity that has been worsened by the Corona Virus pandemic. The Zimbabwean economy is...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:38hrs | 1149 | by Victor Bhoroma
Informal traders defy Mnangagwa
INFORMAl traders, who are currently unable to ply their trade on the capital's pavements, have invaded open spaces around industrial areas, mainly in Graniteside, posing a COVID-19 health hazard as th...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3919 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders arrested for lockdown violation
TWO church leaders in Gwanda have been arrested for holding a church gathering without the necessary requirements such as sanitisers and a thermometer as part of measures to prevent the spread of Covi...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army ready to deal with 31 July protesters?
PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS Minister for Mashonaland West, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka says Zimbabweans who ignored warnings not to take part in anti-government protests planned for July 31 risked the wrath of securit...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:32hrs | 7224 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to give US$4 to Zimbabwean families
Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube will be giving $300 monthly (about US$4) to families affected by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. The state media reported t...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 12:32hrs | 3229 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs revealed
FOUR high-density suburbs have been singled out the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulawayo, with authorities hinting that considerations were being put in place to introduce stiffer lockdown me...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
3 300 Zimbabweans in SA apply for food assistance
ZIMBABWEANS who missed the submission deadline on 19 July to apply for food assistance cannot get an extension, Zimbabwean consul general in Johannesburg Melody Chaurura told GroundUp last Wednesday....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:56hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
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Dewapoker Poker88 is an Asia Gambling Agent and a trusted Online Poker. If you want to be a good gamer, poker88 is a perfect one to choose from. When you will discuss Dewa poker poker88, you have to t...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 16:34hrs | 328 | by Staff Writer
'31 July mass protest organisers to be personally liable for any damage to property'
Members of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) have raised concern over the much hyped 31 July mass demonstrations registering fears of loss of property which will have adverse effe...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 11:55hrs | 3452 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Calling for Zanu-PF ouster not criminal'
LAWYERS representing incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono yesterday said there was nothing criminal about calling for change of government outside elections as that was how the late former Presid...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 4640 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF militia evicts 100 Chiredzi families
OVER 100 families in Gutsaruzhinji C, ward 23 in Chiredzi North have been sleeping in the open since July 10 after a Zanu-PF militia razed down their homes in a bid to evict them from the area....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's future bright, claims Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday told Senate that Zimbabwe's future was bright, adding that the economy would witness growth next year despite the severe economic difficulties currently bein...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction faces collapse
TOBACCO sales at the auction floors are declining each year, with latest data showing they only constituted 5% of total delivered crop, raising concern over the future of the country's oldest marketin...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:28hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
R1.5 million business loan unveiled to Zimbabweans in South Africa
The Zimbabwe community in South Africa (ZimCommunitySA) has unveiled a Business Rescue Loan Facility to Zimbabweans residing in neighboring South Africa. In a statement issued on Thursday by t...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 13:58hrs | 3316 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bushiri's church relocates from Pretoria Showgrounds
The Shepherd Bushiri led Enlightened Christian Gathering Church has announced that it will be relocating from its current base, the Pretoria Showgrounds, to a new venue in Midrand. Church Spok...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 09:52hrs | 26433 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa imposes curfew
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew from today aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak and warned that security forces would enforce the new measures. This...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 3277 | by Staff reporter
Police warn instigators of disobedience
The police have warned people who have been using social media to incite members of the security forces to disregard lawful orders and commands given by their superiors, saying they will be prosecuted...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:44hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Night curfew, restricted business hours imposed
A night curfew from 6pm to 6am for all but essential services and a retreat to 8am to 3pm working hours for exempted businesses have been imposed from today, along with criminalisation of deliberate o...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
'Mutsvangwa plotting November 2017 style coup over Econet'
STRIVE Masiyiwa's Econet mobile network says its existence was under threat from former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa.Mutsvangwa, according to court papers file...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:41hrs | 4234 | by newzimbabwe
Robbers arrested after warning shots
FOUR suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that was targeting people after offering them a lift, have been arrested in Harare following a high speed chase with police officers....Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:47hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
Debate rages over parties registration
THE registration of political parties has become a sticking point ahead of the 2023 general elections with the MDC Alliance raising concern that adopting laws that would require registration of politi...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Fresh onslaught against EcoCash
Police have issued a warrant against Econet Wireless to hand over a list of its EcoCash subscribers and transactions as part of an investigation into allegedmoney laundering.According to a...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa says Million people to get free Covid-19 drug
ECONET founder Strive Masiyiwa says an African Union (AU) initiative set up to mobilise resources to fight Covid-19 is facilitating the free distribution of a drug to treat the disease.Masiyiw...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 2174 | by Staff reporter
Billion-dollar kitty for Zimbabwe's white ex-farmers
GOVERNMENT has tabled a multi-billion dollar offer towards infrastructure compensation to about 3 500 white former commercial farmers whose land was appropriated by the State during the Fast Track Lan...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
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