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The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 4 hrs ago | 663 | by Zifiso Masiye
City fathers or city dealers at council chambers?
THERE is a wide and telling difference, just like the North and South Poles, in stature and charisma, between city councillors of old and the current generation of men and women in the council chamber...Published: 5 hrs ago | 143 | by Limukani Ncube
Zimbabwe MPs demand Land Cruisers, houses in Harare
Members of Parliament have demanded to be issued with Toyota Land Cruiser V8 vehicles, houses in Harare, security and five-digit salaries, accusing Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube of prioritising the ot...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:25hrs | 537 | by ZimlIve
Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should vote for a tried and tested revolutionary party w...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1968 | by Staff Reporter
Road to be named after Mnangagwa
Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana has requested Zimbabweans to assist in the identification of a road that should be named after the President of the country Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 8032 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa should release Chihambakwe, Dumbutshena commissions reports
This is the third in a series of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the State...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
VID sued for selling impounded vehicle
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza and the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) have been taken to the High Court by a Harare man, Hazangwi Phillip Peter, who is claim...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest half a million rand robber
Police have arrested one of the five suspects who along with his accomplices pounced on a Beitbridge foreign currency dealer's house and robbed him over half a million Rands, US$4500 and a...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2651 | by Staff reporter
Internet woes a huge setback to devolution'
Local authorities here have described the lack of Internet connectivity as a major setback to the roll-out of the devolution agenda. Speaking at a recent devolution meeting, Vungu Rural Distri...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparabl...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:57hrs | 2672 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
'ZHRC making inroads at problematic institutions'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says it has made inroads in ensuring observance of human rights at different problematic institutions such as prisons and refugee camps in the country....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri warns defaulting new farmers
Government has warned that resettled farmers who default on their land rental payments risk punitive action. In 2015, Government introduced land rental, with farmers resettled under the model ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'I must be anointed new President of Zimbabwe,' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants to lead Zimbabwe's transition to a "new dispensation" but not before he forces President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiating table.Chamisa told thousands of p...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:57hrs | 7167 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi 'architect' threatens
Zanu-PF party Politburo member Perrance Shiri has called on members not to be swayed by opposition elements who want to make the country ungovernable through demonstrations. Addressing thousan...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1045 | by STaff reporter
Lessons from Singapore on economic development
Singapore is a tiny island-city state in Southeast Asia with a total area of 718km2 (543 times smaller than Zimbabwe) and part of the four Asian Tigers (Others include Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Kore...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1285 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa wants to force Mnangagwa out and lead Zimbabwe's transition
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants to lead Zimbabwe's transition to a "new dispensation" but not before he forces President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiating table.Chamisa told thousands of p...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 4164 | by newzimbabwe
Diasporans contribute towards growth of rural economies
DIASPORANS continue to be the cornerstone of turning around the economies and livelihoods of families at most rural communities in Matabeleland South Province bordering the country with neighbouring c...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:37hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Batoka power project clears ESIA hurdle
THE multi-million dollar Batoka power project has been certified not to pose adverse effects on human settlement along the Zambezi River, passing one of the pre-project commencement processes and sett...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 11100 | by Agencies
Bulawayo Town Clerk not off the hook yet
It is now clear that tribal battles at Bulawayo now over shadows service delivery.The city is facing serious water shortages,have poor roads, busting of sewer pipes posing a health hazard especially i...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 17:43hrs | 2747 | by Etiwel Mutero
'Don't expect a picnic when army is deployed,' says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned would-be protesters that the army will be readily deployed to quell any political unrest, saying if that happens; the use of maximum ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:52hrs | 6744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders the acceleration of roads tarring in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the acceleration of roads development and tarring in Matebeleland, among them the 92km Plumtree-Maitengwe Border Post stretch.Transport and Infrastruct...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs Ministry to urgently invest in water reticulation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the Ministry of Finance to urgently invest towards the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in the face of acute water shortages across the countr...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 244 | by Staff Reporter
Former top govt official in US$5 million Zinara storm
FORMER deputy chief secretary to the president and cabinet Ray Ndhlukula is in the eye of a storm after it emerged this week that he unprocedurally ordered the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader Siziba gets $1 000 bail
MDC national youth secretary-general Gift Ostallos Siziba, who is accused of inciting public violence, was yesterday granted $1 000 bail with stringent bail conditions by a Harare magistrate.S...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Harare proposes 300% increase in service charges
Harare City Council yesterday presented a ZW$483 million supplementary budget which will see a 300% rise in charges for water, refuse collection, clamping fees, tow-away and burial space, among other ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes overdrive to lure diasporans
Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira is in the United Kingdom for Zimbabwe's roadshow aimed at increasing engagement with citizens domiciled in Europe to encourage them to come and invest back in the co...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts campaign for Lupane East by-election
ZANU-PF has officially launched its campaign to drum up support for its Lupane East by-election candidate, Mbongeni Dube, ahead of the election set for August 3. The launch was done at a rally...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Wheel clamping fees up 1 000%
Harare City Council has increased charges for clamping and towing of vehicles by over 1 000 percent in its $829,86 million supplementary budget that was approved yesterday. The budget that slightly in...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
VID graft probe complete
INVESTIGATIONS into the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) corruption scandal are now complete and findings will be handed over to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joel Big...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Thomsons Towing built on the back of Tata Trucks
Thomson's Towing and Panelbeaters, based in White River, Mpumalanga, owes much of its success to the hardworking Tata trucks in its growing fleet. An Automobile Association partner, the company curren...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1433 | by Agencies
The man who will save Zimbabwe revealed
The country is experiencing probably one of the worst power shortages. Industry is losing money , city councils do not have power to pump water to residents , there is very little fuel available and i...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 54143 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chamisa in an audacious bid to undercut Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in an audacious bid to undercut President Emmerson Mnangagwa, visited a newly completed clinic at the run-down settlement of Hopley, south of the capital a day before the Zan...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 6182 | by newzimbabwe
Sikhala to appear before Bikita magistrate
The MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Monday for allegedly subverting a constitutionally elected Government is expected to appear before a Bikita magistrate to...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
ICT Zimbabwe's true economic driver
In the 80s and the 90s life was so great in Zimbabwe, just by attending a university and graduating with a good degree was all you needed to secure a good job. Zimbabwe of today, things ha...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 23:28hrs | 736 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Egodini mall to accommodate 1 000 vendors'
Once completed, the Egodini mall project is set to accommodate over 1 000 informal traders, a move that will ease decongestion in the central business district, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3578 | by Staff reporter
'Coup plotter' Sikhala to appear in court today
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government and is expected to appear in court today. He was by last ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Bread crews promoting bread shortages for self gain
The bread delivery van crews from the country's three main bakeries are feeding the prevailing bread shortages for personal gains, the Harare Post has established. During the weekend, this pub...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1433 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Gweru rejects $200k roads plan
GWERU city fathers have rejected a deal put forward by the local authority's management to channel over $200 000 from its coffers to pay a private company to complete rehabilitation of roads in the de...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promised a 'Zimbabwe you want' but has failed to deliver
Last year, during Zimbabwe's national elections, the ruling party erected dozens of banners all over the country, emblazoned with lofty promises and a giant photo of the man who won that contest, Emme...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:37hrs | 2991 | by John Sparks
The two faces of Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF popped the champagne to celebrate Zimbabwe's promotion by the World Bank from a lower income country to a lower middle economy. Apparently we now have an average annual income of $1,790....Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1086 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
High Court throws out Gweru residents' case on State land
THE High Court has dismissed an application by 11 residents who sought a court order blocking the Land Commission from re-convening in Harare for an inquiry into the sale and acquisition of State land...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council to decongest CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council is working on plans to limit informal trading in the central business district to reduce congestion, the mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In a state of the city service d...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:33hrs | 2276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally berates Chamisa's MDC at clean-up campaign
ZANU-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda yesterday turned a national clean-up campaign in Gweru into a platform to attack the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, saying the opposition party shou...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Perverse opulence amid squalor likely to sink Zimbabwe
The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amids...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power shortage attracts solar investment
Faced with a punishing load shedding schedule, sometimes lasting 15 hours, the Zimbabwean renewable energy market has opened limited prospects.The prolonged phase, ignited by a recent drought,...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 19:24hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Extra City bus involved in accident
An Extra City bus travelling from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo was involved in an accident on Thursday. An eye witness who spoke to this publication said the bus was involved in an accident afte...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 14:40hrs | 6010 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Batoka power plant construction set for next year
Zambia and Zimbabwe will start building the 2 400MW Batoka Gorge hydropower plant next year, a company jointly owned by the two governments said yesterday. The Batoka project involves construc...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | 389 | by Reuters
The future of Zimbabwe's economic growth through proper collection of taxation and diaspora taxation
Zimbabwe is a country that is coming out of three decades of of economical abyss The Zimbabwean economic challenges are many and addressing them will not happen overnight. Security situation has...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | 768 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa commissions Tanganda-Ngundu Road
President Mnangagwa has officially commissioned the second phase of the Tanganda-Ngundu Road in Chipinge which was bankrolled to the tune of US$20 million.Addressing villagers at Kondo Busines...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
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