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Mnangagwa's Gokwe wish realised
DEEP down in Nenyunka area in Gokwe North district under Chief Nenyunka, some 90km north-west of Gokwe town, President Mnangagwa undoubtedly left an indelible mark in the hearts of the people from thi...Published: 22 hrs ago | 824 | by Staff reporter
Zinara and VID deal raises eyebrows
The country's roads administrator, Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) assigned the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) to collect transit and overload fees without a contract, a new report...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Title deeds mapping underway
The Government has enlisted the services of two local companies to develop basic infrastructure in informal settlements currently undergoing geospatial mapping, a process that will expedite the issuan...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:15hrs | 178 | by Staff Reporter
'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 308 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
US$100m Govt bond to hit market by December
THE Government will launch the US$100 million bond on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) by the end of this year to mobilise more resources for critical public infrastructural development projec...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Harare infrastructure now 20 years behind maintenance, says mayor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says the city's infrastructure is now 20 years behind its rehabilitation schedule and regrets the authority's endless financial woes that have made it impossible to undertake...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
EMA ropes police into blitz on vehicles without rubbish bins
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Agency (EMA) officials and police in Bulawayo on Wednesday embarked on a crackdown on all vehicles without onboard trash bags and bins.EMA officials and cops manned ro...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
SA addresses cargo movement challenges
Commercial cargo is now moving south through Beitbridge Border Post after the South African Revenue Service managed to refuel its stand-by generator on Tuesday afternoon, so allowing customs officers ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
SA loadshedding triggers Beitbridge border chaos
Continued loadshedding in South Africa with delays in delivering diesel for the South African back-up generator has seen commercial cargo piling up at Beitbridge Border Post with trucks stretching in ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council in key roads upgrade
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to rehabilitate 14 key roads and the programme starts with immediate effect after Government recently released funds for road works that will be done until mid-D...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Zinara stops US$70 million payment to bogus entity
THE new Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board stopped a US$70 million legacy payment to a company called Golden Roads whose terms of reference were not clearly defined in the contract....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:44hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zinara defends Univern deal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday claimed that the awarding of a 2016 contract to Univern for the supply and maintenance of graders and provision of software programmes was ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Names of accident victims released
POLICE today released the names of three of the four victims that died in a fatal traffic accident which occurred along Lion's Den –Mhangura Road last week.The accident claimed four lives an...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Figtree positions for place among smart cities
THE transformation of Figtree settlement into a smart city has started taking shape with technical teams working with Bulilima Rural District Council as Government moves to fully implement the smart c...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Mbudzi roundabout closes for construction
As motorists adjust to the closure of Mbudzi roundabout while the huge and complex Mbudzi Interchange is built over the next 18 months, the diversion of traffic into roads in Hopely and Waterfalls was...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF govt to build residential flats in Uzumba
THE government has plans to build residential flats in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe district in a bid to create small cities under a rural urbanisation programme.This was revealed by National Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Egodini project takes shape
SOUTH African based developer, Terracotta will this week start preparations for the laying of asphalt to the sides of Egodini Bus Terminus as they work towards the completion of Phase 1A of the rehabi...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:52hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Binga horror crash claims four, injures nine
Four people died Thursday while nine others were injured when a Department of Roads vehicle veered off the road and overturned in Siabuwa, Matabeleland North.Police confirmed the tragic incide...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:13hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's continued detention sparks protest
RESIDENTS of Chitungwiza Friday staged a flash demonstration demanding the release of incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala.The demonstration was held about 300...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:53hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF declares war on CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu-PF supporters to defend the par...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 399 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwean caregivers sing the blues in UK
ZIMBABWEAN nationals working as caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are at crossroads with agencies fleecing desperate workers of their salaries in the name of bond fees.The Independent is i...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | 2614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road carnage claiming 5 people every day
Five people die through road traffic accidents in Zimbabwe every day while the country loses US$406 million per year to the carnage, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:00hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga congratulates Mnangagwa on 80th birthday
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday joined the nation in congratulating President Mnangagwa on his 80th birthday.In a statement, VP Chiwenga said: "Your Excellency Sir, I wish to joi...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says enemy is Nelson Chamisa's CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu PF supporters to defend the party a...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3128 | by Staff Reporter
Motorist nearly kills 2 traffic cops in Harare
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a dragnet for the owner of a Toyota Wish registration number AFT 4573 who dumped his car after he nearly ran over two police officers who were on de-con...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi roundabout to be closed to traffic until 2024
The busy Mbudzi traffic interchange in Harare is set to be closed until 2024 to pave way for further construction work, the local government ministry announced Wednesday.The development, delay...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 3050 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads rehab to reduce carnage by 50%, claims Mhona
GOVERNMENT says it has a target of reducing road carnage by 50% by rehabilitating the country's poor roads and constructing new ones.Addressing the media during the tour of the Mbudzi intercha...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions effects laid bare at UN
A DOSSIER detailing in graphic detail the horrendous effects of unilateral sanctions that were imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries at the turn of the millennium has been submitted to the United N...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:51hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
‘No need for Zimbabwe to import cement'
THERE is no need for Zimbabwe to import cement as it has adequate supplies and capacity to meet all ongoing construction projects by the Government and private sector, PPC Zimbabwe managing director, ...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1019 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa regime's concept of 'development' is to impoverish citizens then come in as 'saviors'!
Picture these scenes in Zimbabwe. A group of urban dwellers gather in the scorching sun, awaiting President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's much anticipated arrival, in order to officially hando...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:29hrs | 491 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Arrest traffic violators
To the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Cde Godwin Matanga, Please can you bring sanity on our road. The careless driving in Zimbabwe Roads is getting out off order. Please ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 11:49hrs | 275 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Roads closed for Mbudzi Intercharge
MULTIPLE stretches of vital roads constituting a combined 4,5km will be shut down this Sunday, to allow for the construction of the US$88 million Mbudzi Interchange in Harare, officials said yesterday...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man beaten to death by angry SA mob
A Zimbabwean immigrant accused of raping a middle-aged woman from Matangari in Limpopo province was recently beaten to death by an angry crowd, it has emerged.The tragic incident occurred earl...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 4873 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits opposition pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday indirectly admitted that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is giving him nightmares ahead of elections scheduled next year.Chamisa ann...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:23hrs | 10488 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs speak out against Zanu-PF coercion
Zimbabwe's rural areas have for decades been a Zanu-PF stronghold, and are turned into no-go areas for the opposition during elections.Previous Zanu-PF election victories in the rural ar...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's capital markets collapse
DELTA Corporation CEO Matlhogonolo Valela has given graphic details about the frustrations that local firms have been enduring in accessing capital due to the country's difficult business environment....Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't blame anyone for failing to fully benefit from British colonial rule
What does Britain mean?In fact, where is the name London, or for that matter, England derived?Britain is a derivative of the Latin name, 'Brittannia', or 'Britannia' - whilst, London i...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:06hrs | 499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Devolution should spread to tender processes, says Mthuli Ncube
LOCAL companies should be given a fair chance to access infrastructure development projects that are tendered within their regions of operation in the spirit of devolution as the Second Republic widen...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:02hrs | 1387 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fights for his job
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon know his real status as Zanu-PF's first secretary when the High Court finally sits September 21 to determine his legitimacy as head of the country's governing pa...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 15233 | by Staff reporter
Zec starts delimination exercise preparation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has started training its workers ahead of the delimitation exercise as the country prepares for general elections next year.Delimitation, which is carri...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors block 'Freedom of City' award for Mnangagwa
CITY of Gweru councillors are locked in a bitter fight over honouring President Emmerson Mnangagwa with a ‘Freedom of the City' award.Mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi (MDC-T) has been pushing to hav...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 6625 | by Staff reporter
Qoki Zindlovukazi constructs 200 townhouses
QOKI Zindlovukazi is building more than 200 townhouses in Bulawayo that will accommodate its founders, who are diaspora-based Zimbabwean women, once they retire from their jobs overseas.The co...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to get US$100m airport
BEITBRIDGE is set to have a state-of-the-art airport to match the standards of the modernised border post as the Second Republic steps up efforts to transform the face of the border town.Beitb...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:38hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
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