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Warriors seek AFCON consolation
IT'S a tournament the players would want to forget in a hurry, given they flattered only to deceive in light of the massive financial support they have received from the Government through the Sports ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza demolishes more structures
Chitungwiza Municipality on Saturday demolished "illegal" vending structures in the dormitory town, leaving hundreds of informal traders counting their losses.The demolitions were done in a jo...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:37hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Rebranding is a matter of life and death for MDC-Alliance
WILLIAM Shakespeare, the 16th century English playwright who once prominently featured on the Zimbabwean Ordinary Level and Advanced Level English literature school curriculum, once rhetorically asked...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 901 | by Taona T. Denhere
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 379 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Harare Warriors dampen Zimbabwean's spirits
For the umpteenth time, the Zimbabwe national soccer team managed to raise the nation's hopes only to dampen football fans' spirits in cruel fashion.While the Warriors have failed to progress ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:51hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe financial flows under scrutiny
A HIGH level Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team is in the country to meet private and public sector institutions to assess implementation of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of T...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:13hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Power play rocks Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board was allegedly pressured by Treasury to appoint Morris Mpofu as acting commissioner-general, a move which was quickly reversed last week by the government i...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:13hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening further delayed
Schools may only be able to reopen in three weeks at the earliest, depending on progress in limiting Covid-19 infection, with Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday extending the Level Two lo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean heads Africa list of women to watch in banking & finance
WOMEN to Watch in Banking and Finance program has announced the list of Top 10 women shaping Africa's financial services sector.The list was compiled following a 3 month entry period which saw...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's human rights record under spotlight
GOVERNMENT has failed to implement recommendations of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Report, amid deteriorating human rights as well as closure of civic space in the country, rights groups...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Bombing of Gukurahundi memorial plague censured
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) has strongly condemned the recent bombing of a Gukurahundi memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, describing the act as barbaric.It add...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 2050 | by Staff reporter
Zondo's stunt backfires as his credibility is questioned
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's press briefing to ‘address' tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu's opinion piece has backfired and opened him to questions regarding his credibility.Various s...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:38hrs | 3790 | by Staff reporter
Lindiwe Sisulu hits back at Zondo
Less than a week ago, I published an opinion piece that captures the importance of where ordinary South Africans find themselves.This opinion piece is my contribution to a conversing South Afr...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | 2812 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
On the persecution trail with Ngarivhume: trailing the harassment of human rights leaders/activists by Zimbabwe regime
I called Jacob Ngarivhume the previous day and asked if I could be with him from morning to end of day. I wanted to get into his world, I wanted to follow up on the stories of harassment he has been c...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 17:13hrs | 209 | by Fungai Muridzo - a freelance journalist
'Zimbabwe sliding back to 2008 crisis'
ZIMBABWE is in economic and political crises which are threatening peace, particularly ahead of the 2023 elections.Observers say corruption and looting of public resources have reached alarmin...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3698 | by Staff reporter
Villagers in suspense over Gwayi Shangani Dam project
THE planned displacement of around 2 000 Lubimbi villagers in Binga to pave way for the construction of the Gwayi Shangani Dam has left the villagers in suspense, amid indications that government had ...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Chrome ore export ban excites local players
THE steel manufacturing sector has welcomed Government's decision to ban export of chrome ore saying this will assist local players to secure ferrochrome for their operations at competitive prices....Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
12 Bulawayo churches face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to demolish 12 church structures that are either dilapidated and an eyesore or have been illegally constructed as it ups its fight to rid the city of illegal and...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube appeals rice tax ban
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday filed an appeal against a High Court judgment on Wednesday, which banned the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and Treasury from charging 14,5% value-added tax...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Rogues wreak havoc on forex auction, says RBZ
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency auction system is under siege from a cartel of rogue local and international companies externalising millions of United States dollars (USD) under a well-orchestrated schem...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm bails out Zesa
CHINESE steel giant, Tsingshan Limited will soon release US$60 million to Zesa Holdings for the construction of a power transmission line from Kwekwe to Mvuma.This comes after the Chinese comp...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:39hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers start farming venture
THE First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa has extended her philanthropic work and empowerment initiatives to sex workers in Gweru where she donated farming inputs so that they could embark on farming pro...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Regional bus accident update: 3 dead, 70 injured
Three people were killed and 70 others injured after a Regional Premium Clas bus they were travelling in rolled on the N1 highway in the Matoks area, approximately 40km outside Polokwane in Limpopo on...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 2769 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over Zimbabwe police brutality
AT least 120 people were harassed and intimidated by the police officers while they were enforcing COVID-19 regulations during the festive season, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said yesterday....Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
'Divisions stifling Bosso's growth'
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube yesterday challenged Highlanders to unite and work for the good of the club to save the institution from collapsing.Speaking at...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe edges closer to US$12bn target?
Government and private sector players in the mining industry are resolute in their commitments towards achieving the US$12 billion by 2023.Zimbabwe launched the Strategic Road to the Achieveme...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
2021 marks four wasted years under Cyril Ramaphosa
Concluding his tour of four African countries in Dakar, President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters that challenges faced by his administration in 2021 "combined to create just a catastrophic year"....Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:16hrs | 1988 | by Professor Sipho Seepe
UN urges Zimbabwe to boost manufacturing sector
REVAMPING of the country's manufacturing and extension of support to Micro-Small to Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is pivotal for Zimbabwe to derive maximum benefits from the Africa Free Continental Trade...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:56hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Mutare highway dualisation resumes
Dualisation of the Harare-Mutare Highway has resumed with the contractor, Fossil Contracting Private Limited, already carrying out roadworks as the new dispensation works hard to perfect road infrastr...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crafting own graft perception index
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) says it is developing a local corruption perception index (CPI) after global rankings by anti-occupation watchdogs showed that graft was endemic in the c...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam most touted project in 2021
"From the budget presented in December, we allocated some money so that construction begins. I have promised traditional leaders that I will make sure that more money is released so that the construct...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:53hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA, Sports Commission war rages on
THE Zimbabwe Sports and Recreation Commission is not stopping at anything in their desperate attempts to perpetuate the chaos that already exists in domestic football.The stand-off in domestic...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Miserable X-mas for impoverished workers
THE year 2021 was a sad one for workers because of a plethora of challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic and now they will round it off with a bleak Christmas.Workers' unions say the gover...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 15:30hrs | 389 | by Staffreporter
'Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana' is game-changer" - Yeah right, sun will rise in West
You can read through all the available Zimbabwe 2018 elections reports, none has ever attributed Zanu PF's landslide victory to slogan. NewsDay, is claiming MDC A's new slogan for the 2023 elections i...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1682 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Dont re-ignite gukurahundi', Mnangagwa threatens Matabeles with second genocide
"As we give space to our traditional leaders to lead processes of reconciliation and repair, we should guard against those negative elements which aim to re-ignite frozen differences to throw us back ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2900 | by Israel Dube
Underfunding irks Nyoni
SITHEMBISO Nyoni, the Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) minister, is one of Zimbabwe's longest serving Cabinet ministers. But she has the hardest assignment in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:40hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo castigates Chamisa
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, wrote to MDC Alliance secretary general Charlton Hwende and his leader Nelson Chamisa strongly chastising them over the party's failure to respond to a st...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:31hrs | 5254 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped at Madzibaba's shrine
A self-styled prophet allegedly raped a 22-year-old married woman at his Harare shrine recently.According to a police memo seen by this publication, the prophet, Trymore Nyaunde lured the vict...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 18:28hrs | 2824 | by Shelton Muchena
Government must be seen to be actively promoting unity
AN old English adage which says: "Actions speak louder than words," can best be applied to the serious issue of holding all the citizens united regardless of tribe, race, creed, language, gender, poli...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:40hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
UN condemns anti-NGO Bill
FOUR United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have condemned the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill as infringing on the civil and political rights of Zimbabweans and lamented shrinkin...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa Xmas party shut down, elderly chase away
POLICE yesterday dispersed dozens of elderly people from a Christmas party hosted by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa in Highfield, Harare, and reportedly took away groceries meant for beneficiaries...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:19hrs | 2774 | by Staff reporter
2021 A year that never was
On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak and most of the countries in Southern Africa went for fourteen days lockdown and a lot of them were not even prepared for this pandemi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 16:59hrs | 176 | by Leonard Koni
Pumula residents worry over Chinese mine blasts
BULAWAYO residents in Pumula North are living in fear due to heavy blasting works at a nearby Chinese quarry mine.A Chinese firm, Haulin Quarry Mining Company is conducting quarry mining on th...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni turns fugitive
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader for viola...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni jumps bail, arrest warrant issued
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader and convi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of one step forward, two steps back
As the curtain comes down on the year, one cannot be blamed for being at sea as to the direction Zimbabwe is taking, considering the contrasting indicators of both progression and regression.O...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 372 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
'We are fed-up with Zanu-PF looters'
Chief Murinye stunned senior Government officials attending a funeral in Masvingo Rural on Monday when he warned President Mnangagwa to stop the looting in the country or lose the 2023 elections....Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:53hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
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