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Obert Mpofu clocks 19th day in quarantine, joins Twitter
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, who is in self-isolation, says he will use his new twitter handle to engage on the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the country and has since claimed more t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Repatriated body triggers COVID-19 scare in Chivhu
HEALTH workers in Chivhu have called on government to prioritise community education on COVID-19 after a family held a normal two-day funeral wake for a dead relative whose remains were repatriated fr...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1764 | by Staff reporter
Shipping agents bemoan delays at border post
SHIPPING agents at Beitbridge Border Post have complained over what they called artificial delays by officials as a way of pushing for bribes to facilitate processing of goods, but the Zimbabwe Revenu...Published: 22 hrs ago | 335 | by Staff reporter
Ministry cracks whip on council land deals
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has directed all local authorities to submit information relating to land deals conducted under the current crop of Councillors whose tenure expires i...Published: 22 hrs ago | 226 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 delays jatropha energy project comeback
The outbreak of the corona virus, or Covid-19, has delayed the anticipated revival of the jatropha energy project in Zimbabwe.In 2017, the Zimbabwe government announced that it had rekindled t...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 117 | by Green Energy Zimbabwe
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka/Sesjikile leader explains no-show at #31July protests
#TAJAMUKA/SESJIKILE leader Promise Mkwananzi has claimed most organisers of last Friday's anti-corruption protests decided to go into hiding as a plan of action, and not derail their growing fight aga...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 136 | by Panashe Chigumadze
Zimbabwe in top 10 best wildlife conservation destinations
ZIMBABWE is one of the 10 countries in the world with the best wildlife conservation methods, according to a research by Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in partnership with Pan...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Shiri, Tuku connection revealed
THE late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) was a sucker for Tuku Music and had the departed superstar's entire music collection, which he "guarded jealously".According to family frien...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Govt makes it mandatory to test all corpses for Covid-19, virus kills 14 people in one week
AT least 14 people have died from Covid-19 on admission to health institutions across the country in the last six days with the Government making it mandatory for all corpses to be tested for the viru...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 733 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's condolence message
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL (Rtd) PERRANCE SHIRI, MINISTER OF LANDS, ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 4774 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa begs health workers
Health workers should put the nation first in the fight to contain Covid-19, President Mnangagwa said yesterday when assuring them that Government was attending to their grievances. In a movin...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 6779 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: General Sibusiso Moyo showers rare praises on Perrance Shiri
On behalf of the Deputy Minister, Dr David Musabayana, the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador James Manzou, the entire Ministry staff - including all Zimbabwean Ambassadors and diplomats serving abroad -...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 12:54hrs | 4692 | by Sibusiso Busi Moyo
Perence Shiri the Zimbabwean own hero
Perrence Shiri was known best as Zimbabwean Air Chief Marshal. He was a Military officer Zimbabwe had ever had. Perrence Shiri was born in Gweru on the 11th January 1955. He was born as Bigboy Samson ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:58hrs | 2730 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Go well Gudo Guru
ON Wednesday morning, the nation suffered a great and painful blow. Zimbabwe lost Honourable Perrance Shiri, the Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister. He was also a long-serving Air Mars...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:36hrs | 649 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Shiri died in his car while trying to get help
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
WFP urgently seeks US$250m for Zimbabwe crisis
With COVID-19 aggravating an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for an additional US$250 million to support a rapidly expanding emer...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor in farm wrangle
A ZANU-PF councillor in ward 14, Muzvezve constituency, Mashonaland West province is embroiled in a farm wrangle with a Chegutu family after he allegedly "stole" the land using political muscle....Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri timeline
Born 11 January 1955 Joined ZANLA in 1973 and rose through the ranks to become member of the High Command in 1977. Joined Zimbabwe National Army in 1980, attained Brigadier rank in 1982. Trans...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
'Take Zanu-PF's threats seriously'
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to rise ahead of Friday's planned protests, analysts have warned the organisers of the demonstrations to take Zanu-PF's warnings about the mass actions se...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Minister Shiri
President Mnangagwa has expressed deep sadness over the death of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri.Minister Shiri died early this...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:13hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Shiri declared a national hero
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri who died this morning, has been declared a national hero.According to senior ruling party politburo members, President ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:18hrs | 3978 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri's driver dies of COVID-19...Minister hospitalised
Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perrance Shiri (born Bigboy Samson Chikerema) has been admitted at an elite hospital after his driver died of the deadly Coronavirus.Onlin...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 22:39hrs | 15804 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala says July 31 will proceed as planned
MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who is currently in hiding, says that the anti-government demonstrations would go ahead despite the crackdown by authorities on some of the organisations. ...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 16:53hrs | 3050 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance shows police the middle finger...vows to defy ZRP directives
MDC Alliance has written a letter to Zimbabwe Republic Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi informing him that its members will not be reporting to the police after an advert was cir...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 12:12hrs | 5129 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsenengamu, Sikhala, Tajamuka leader on the run?
Police are hunting more than a dozen opposition politicians and activists, seeking to foil planned anti-government protests on July 31.Police on Monday said they were appealing for information...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:37hrs | 4299 | by Staff reporter
Stiffer conditions to pass roadblocks
Police at roadblocks will now be seeking more detailed documentation signed by an employee's chief executive officer or general manager so that those legitimately going to work in an essential service...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Police empowered to impound vehicles
GOVERNMENT has gazetted a statutory instrument authorising law enforcement officers to impound vehicles being used to violate lockdown restrictions with owners or drivers of the vehicles liable to pro...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:26hrs | 6547 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, civil servants delight in housing programme
Scores of war veterans and civil servants on Sunday expressed their delight after benefitting from a housing project in Melfort, Goromonzi, that will see many of them becoming property owners....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1586 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe Curfew regulations clarified
THE gazetted legal statutory instrument amending lockdown regulations by setting the 6PM to 6AM curfew, now requires church gatherings, jogging, walking and cycling to take place not earlier than 8AM ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 4996 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe protests leaders flee their homes
MANY leading players in the planned month-end anti-government mass protests have fled their homes as raids on their residences by suspected State agents continue.This comes as authorities and ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 7341 | by Staff reporter
Nasty row erupts over farms
ZANU-PF officials in Mashonaland West province are up in arms with the Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa, accusing her of single-handedly presiding over the exercise to downsize commercial farms...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
Gono defends 'RBZ looting' on TV debate
THE farm mechanisation programme spearheaded by the Government between 2007 and 2008 was not corrupt but legal with the costs taken care of by the State through the central bank's internal operations,...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams Magaisa's hypocrisy
ZIMBABWE survived under the yoke of illegal sanctions that were imposed by the West following the land reform programme because of regular interventions by the Zanu-PF Government that include the Farm...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:18hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3273 | by Staff reporter
Trial date set for Artuz leaders
THE State has set August 26 as the trial date for two leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe (Artuz), who in June participated in a demonstration demanding salaries in United Stat...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 229 | 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 | 607 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after critics
POLICE yesterday arrested opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, accusing them of inciting violence in what observers said was a crackdown on critics o...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 6090 | by Staff reporter
PSC, MDC Alliance councillors face off
TWO MDC Alliance councillors in Chikomba Rural District Council (RDC) have been ordered to step down from their posts after failing to resign from the civil service following their win in the 2018 ele...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:23hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
'No freebies under Mnangagwa regime'
Mechanisation and irrigation projects initiated by Government are not for free and beneficiaries will be expected to pay back loans, with all loans being issued through banks using banking criteria of...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Looting exposé shakes Gideon Gono
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday appeared shaken to the core after names of government fat cats who benefited from the 2007/8 Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)-funded farm mechanisation scheme were exp...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:58hrs | 9300 | by Staff reporter
'State did not demand repay US$ b RBZ loans, all above board' said Gono - essence of institutionalised corruption
After decades of denying that corruption was rampant is Zimbabwe, Mugabe shocked the nation in his 2016 birthday interview with ZBC TV when he admitted the country was "been swindled out of US$15 bill...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1493 | by Wilbert Mukori
Welshman Ncube, Khupe also benefitted from RBZ looting programme
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: THE 2007/8 Farm Mechanisation Programme was above board: Taxpayers not saddled with the Bill.First of all, I must express my prima-facie disappointment with my bro...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7384 | by Dr Gideon Gono
RBZ looting talk aimed at whipping public emotions against Zanu-PF?
ZANU-PF has dismissed as baseless, claims that some of its senior officials looted millions of United States dollars in public funds through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s farm mechanisation sch...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Gono slams Magaisa for ignorance
The Farm Mechanisation Programme of 2007 was above board, was funded from Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe funds with beneficiaries never expected to repay the sums, and taxpayers were not saddled with the bi...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Gono confronts Tsvangirai's ex-advisor
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono was Saturday forced to defend his controversial Farm Mechanisation Programme, insisting the dishing out of millions of public funds to senior Zanu...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:27hrs | 6139 | by Staff reporter
Cut the talk, Mnangagwa, and walk
EVER noticed how fake Pentecostal pastors and prophets cheat people year round? They use a combination of nicely worded promises and voodoo "miracles".The pattern is always the same. When the ...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:27hrs | 12005 | by Tawanda Majoni
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 | 1874 | by Staff reporter
Raids on homes of Mnangagwa's critics escalate
THE government stands accused of escalating its clampdown on critics ahead of the planned July 31 mass demonstrations, which have raised fears of potentially bloody clashes between protesters and secu...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 19:08hrs | 3715 | by Staff reporter
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