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Marange villagers, ZCDC bury the hatchet
KUSENA villagers in Marange, who last week had resisted an order by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to temporarily vacate their homes so that the diamond miner can engage in explorati...Published: 4 hrs ago | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zupco pledges to pay operators
Owners of private kombis operating under the Zupco franchise are set to receive their payments starting from tomorrow with all paid by the end of the week. Delays have seen some Zupco kombi drivers no...Published: 4 hrs ago | 334 | by Staff reporter
Cassava rebrands to EcoCash Holdings
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited is set to rebrand to EcoCash Holdings Limited in a move aimed at aligning the business with its main operating subsidiary EcoCash Private Limited. In a circul...Published: 4 hrs ago | 112 | by Staff reporter
Buying time and delaying the inevitable. The case of Zanu-PF resistance to political reforms
Playing a game without prior knowledge that Zanu-PF was a participant, a dearth of awareness of said rules dictated that Zanu-PF preference of a political system would be one patterned on its sponsor'...Published: 15 hrs ago | 441 | by Nancy Makurira
Army to embark on mass vaccination of Bulawayo residents
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is set to embark on four-day mass vaccination of Bulawayo residents as part of the military's community outreach programme.The outreach programme will be held...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2194 | by Staff reporter
Biti says Mthuli Ncube is 'clueless and incompetent'
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the current head of Treasury Mthuli Ncube is "clueless and incompetent" who hopes that God or the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda will keep the economy afloat....Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
Banana family applauds Govt support
THE family of the late Mrs Janet Banana has expressed gratitude over continued support from Government during the difficult time following the death of the former First Lady last Thursday. Mrs...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
$2,2bn set aside for Gwayi-Shangani works
GOVERNMENT is working on an integrated master plan for the renamed Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North as Treasury is set to release $2,2 billion next month to speed up the comp...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
July worst month for Covid deaths, infections
July was easily Zimbabwe's worst month for Covid-19 infections and deaths, basically doubling all the new cases and deaths since the first case was recorded in March last year, with 1 743 (49,35 perce...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Agric sector grows 34% on bumper harvest
Zimbabwean farmers did so well with the last harvest that the agricultural sector is now expected to grow 34 percent this year, more than three times the 11 percent initially projected in the budget a...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Closure of foreign companies cleared way for local controlled economy
THE closures of foreign-owned companies in Zimbabwe and relocating to neighbouring countries have produced positive growth in Zimbabwe as the country has managed to create its own local controlled eco...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba could save Aston Villa millions
The affable Marvelous Nakamba is so often the unsung hero who's set to feature more prominently for Aston Villa this season.With Douglas Luiz set for a break after his Olympic Games involvemen...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 17:16hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Polad's new flashy cars
OPPOSITION parties accuse President Emmerson Mnangagwa of dolling out state-of-the-art vehicles to Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) principals as part of the ruling party, Zanu-PF's grand plan to cre...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 16:07hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa is pampering Polad allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give luxury vehicles to members of the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) is part of an elaborate plan to delay elections while consolidating his s...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3816 | by Staff reporter
How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 862 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zida boss raises red flag
ZIMBABWE Investment and Development Agency (Zida) CEO Douglas Munatsi says he is worried about government's failure to protect investors.Investor protection has been a thorny issue in Zimbabwe...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
The next big crisis for Zimbabwe retailers
A crisis is brewing in Zimbabwe's retail sector after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube amplified a desperate situation by turning down pleas to hike tax-free thresholds by wide margins in his midterm pol...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Push for forex-indexed tariffs for telecoms sector
THE government should allow telecommunication companies to charge some of their products and services in hard currency to allow them to repay mounting debts, meet foreign supplier obligations, and upg...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube's strategy will help him avoid fresh borrowings'
THE global economy contracted 4,3% in 2020 against a background of the United States-China trade war, Brexit and the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, which saw countries imposing strict lockdowns that...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 293 | by Inter HorIzon Securities
Mathetha becomes first Zimbabwean to earn UFC contract
NEW Zealand-based rising star Mike Mathetha says he wants to inspire the next generation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes in the country of his birth.Mathetha last week became the first Zi...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Makusha
SPRINTER Ngoni Makusha's journey at the Tokyo Olympics ended in disappointing fashion after he finished 7th in heat 6 of the men's 100m race in a disappointing time of 10.43 seconds yesterday....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues 55 medicinal mbanje/ cannabis licences
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) has to date licensed 55 local and foreign investors for their medicinal cannabis sector-based strategy, meant to promote investments into the country....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Cross border bus operators continue to smuggle travellers
GREEDY and selfish cross border bus operators are placing the lives of many at risk as they continue to smuggle travellers from neighbouring countries.This is in direct violation of Covid-19 l...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to compensate for power surge damages?
ELECTRICITY users who suffer losses due to power surges can now be compensated after the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), developed a mechanism to cover such mishaps...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked second least happy country in the world
The 2021 World Happiness Report is out, and Zimbabwe ranked one step above Afghanistan, the world’s unhappiest country in the world. A total of 149 countries made the pool of countries that were ran...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 20:02hrs | 1866 | by Tafara Mtutu
Mr Cross's zeal with limited knowledge, a danger to macro-economic stability
Mr Eddie Cross's article titled "Challenges facing the foreign exchange auction" made a lot of casual reading amusement, especially for those amongst us uninitiated in the domain of macro-economic ana...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:32hrs | 922 | by Jameson Dapi
Man drowns digging well
A 47-Year-Old Mushumbi man drowned on Thursday while digging a well with his colleague.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson A...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 07:55hrs | 2634 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mushumbi
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 5168 | by Staff reporter
Man torches family house in domestic row
A MENTALLY-ILL man in Bulawayo's Queens Park suburb ran amok and torched a family house following a dispute with his mother.The man has been identified as Trevor Nyamakawo (29).Bulaway...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:49hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora free to join Polad,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora was free to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) if he wishes. He said this at State House yesterday while handing over 19 Isu...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani lake master plan set in motion
GOVERNMENT is working on an integrated master plan for the renamed Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North as Treasury is set to release $2,2 billion next month to speed up the comp...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Tips for betting on sports successfully
In recent years, sports betting has grown in popularity. Many areas have decided to legalize the activity for one reason or another. It is more popular than ever before. You've likely engaged in this ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Police warn illegal transport operators
POLICE in Bulawayo have enough manpower to deal with rowdy illegal transporters who are blocking Zupco buses from transporting passengers to and from town and will not hesitate to arrest them....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Janet Banana was publicly shamed and not her gay husband Canaan
The public knowledge that the former President was gay was suffered by Janet Banana his wife more than Canaan Banana. She was shamed, she was whispered by those patriarchal voices of our women in our ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 17:40hrs | 3552 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zinwa disconnects water supply to Gwanda town
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supply to Gwanda Municipality over a $193 million debt, leaving residents from the mining town with no water.Zinwa has emba...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:31hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 4598 | by Staff reporter
Man demands lobola back, torches in-laws' hut
A MUTASA villager has left the community dumb-founded after demanding his lobola back from his in-laws before burning his mother's kitchen hut to ashes following an argument with his wife.Know...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reintroduces black rhino in Gonarezhou
GONAREZHOU National Park has reintroduced the black rhino species, seven years after it became extinct.The last original black rhino population in Gonarezhou was seen in the 1940s, presumably ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Swedish company Sandvik opens mine tech centre in Zimbabwe
SWEDISH engineering company Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has launched a new technology centre in Zimbabwe to take advantage of local miners' push for automation to manage rising costs.The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Passengers appeal against police spikes
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment giving the police powers to use spikes when dealing with errant motorists on the country's roads....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers army, war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S government spent higher amounts funding operations of the Defence and War Veterans ministry during the first half of the year, compared to expenditures committed to crucial sectors, such as...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a cyber army to protect our cyberspace
ImagIne a cyberattack on Zimbabwe's mobile money platforms, financial service networks and electronic payment platforms that include point of sale systems. These kinds of attacks have now become commo...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 176 | by Jacob Mutisi
Resurgent power outages to gnaw at growth targets
THE power outages currently besetting the country are set to derail economic growth prospects at a time the economy is already reeling from Covid-19. Zesa has imposed rolling blackouts that ar...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:31hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination remains 'unavoidable', says Mthuli Ncube
TREASURY has so far disbursed US$93,2 million to procure vaccines to combat the spread of the catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed millions of lives across the globe and sharply slowed wor...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:29hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
RBZ forex auction system overwhelmed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s foreign currency auction system is overwhelmed as it struggles to meet growing demand, leading to a two-month delay in payment of successful bids.This has ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:29hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes token payments to clear foreign debt
ZIMBABWE has started making token payments to service the country's foreign debt with the Treasury channelling about US$17 million in the first quarter of 2021 towards clearing the arrears owed to dif...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Banana's wife
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding First Lady Janet Banana and Mrs Angela Haritatos, the mother to Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube revises growth to 7,8%
Zimbabwe's economy is doing well with growth prospects strong and on track, despite the stalking shadow of Covid-19, leading Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday upgrading ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
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