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Ministry advocates for skills audit, accreditation for Mbare Siyaso
The Ministry of Skills Audit and Development has expressed it's quest to audit, accredit and create a database for some unregistered skilled operators wit...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 00:29hrs | 31 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Burglar targets top cops
Who will guard ordinary citizens from criminals now that the Zimbabwe Republic Police are also in need of protection from criminals?This is the question Beitbridge residents are asking themsel...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai speaks from the grave
EXACTLY four years ago, the doyen of the country's democratic struggle died. It was only befitting that the late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai would die on Valentine's Day - on the day that the power of l...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Man found dead in Cowdray Park
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a homicide after an unidentified man was found dead near Cowdray Park Terminus on Wednesday.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police national spokesper...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Damaged urban roads need urgent attention
Importance of roads Recently I read an article by my former employer, the World Bank. The article explains that roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. By linking producer...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magaba, Siyaso traders defy COVID-19 regulations
BUSINESS has resumed at Mbare's Magaba home industry with informal traders defying COVID-19 lockdown regulations and going about their usual operations.This is despite that the government rece...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presumptive tax triggers storm
ZIMBABWE's informal businesses, making up about 60% of the country's economy, say government missed the point when it moved to impose a monthly presumptive tax on small-to-medium scale enterprises (SM...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Informal sector not affected by 2% tax
AN OPPOSITION legislator has called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to stop collecting the 2% electronic transaction tax, saying it was burdening workers only as the informal sector was now transacti...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube was also surprised
It's almost a year since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help turn around an economy weighed down by decades of ruinous policies.In the 10 months...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Entrepreneurship, the new spirit of Zimbabwe
The turn of the 21st century was not good for Zimbabwe as the country was slapped with illegal sanctions by the west which led to the closure of many industries. Despite going for nearly two decades w...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 13:53hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa hangs on the balance
If there is anyone who is going to learn the hard way the consequence of improperly arranging words, it has to be MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, as he riles ever listening to the demons which misled him ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Zimbabwe fire incidents explained
Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged members of the public to be cautious of individuals or groups who are trying to link recent fire incidents to all sorts of speculations yet facts on the ground are c...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira receives death threats
MDC-T spokesperson Ms Linda Masarira has said she is now living in fear after receiving death threats from unknown people for spilling beans on the MDC-Alliance's alleged terrorism activities. ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister suspects hidden hand behind infernos
A FIRE razed a girls' hostel at Mbuyazwe Secondary School in Umguza District, Matabeleland North yesterday amid calls for security services to investigate the alarming cases of infernos being experien...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accused of recent fire outbreaks
MDC-Alliance sent some of its members for military training in some southern African countries ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections and the recent outbreak of fires in several cities could be the...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National day of prayer set for 1 December
The Christian community in Zimbabwe has set 1 December as the National Day of Prayer in the wake of unexplained accidents and fires which have caused untold suffering to the people of Zimbabwe....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 15:41hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Deadly fire burns Siyaso home industries
State Media has reported that Siyaso Home Industries has been gutted down by fire and several cars reportedly caught fire. The Harare City council have however said the fire has been contained....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 09:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Card cloners' arrested
Four suspected card cloners appeared in court this weekend for allegedly stealing $18 000 from various bank accounts within a period of three days, a court heard.Nyaradzai Wisdom Mazviwanza, 3...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Bona Mugabe mansion
Three armed robbers stormed a construction site in Umwisdale, which is believed to belong to Bona Mugabe, and manhandled a police officer on duty before fleeing with items worth $4 800.Robson ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
We hope we will be safe under the new leadership - Siyaso SME's
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) situated at Mbare's Siyaso Home Industry hope to be safe from being forced to attend Zanu PF rallies and meetings as had become the norm under the former leadershi...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 16:48hrs | 6 | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Thieves bashed at masowe
APOSTOLIC church members attacked two men who were caught stealing vehicle parts at their shrine along Seke Road last Friday.The two thieves, who identified themselves as Admire Desire Masiiwa...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 16:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
$600m trades outside Zimbabwe's banking sector
At least $600 million is circulating outside the formal banking system with revelations that more than $1 million exchange hands among informal traders in Mbare, Harare daily.According to a la...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Technology spooks Mugabe's regime
Congratulations/Makorokoto/Amhlophe!After making observations on the ground, checking credible media outlets and receiving reports from trusted sources, we confirm that Zimbabwe has come out (or r...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 13:35hrs | | by Kubatana
Harare Residents Trust profiles Councillors
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has said it is engaged in the profiling Councillors in order for residents to know their leader and the developments done in their Ward.HRT Programmes Intern M...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe going plastic
Cash shortages on the market have forced everyone including the worst technophobes who heavily distrusts a system where money is only a small chip on a credit card. Admittedly there is just a certain ...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe
Grace Mugabe accused of closing vending stall in Mbare during rally
First Lady Grace Mugabe has been accused of prompting the temporal closure of vending stalls in Mbare Musika during her address of a rally in November this year."On 19 November 2015, First Lad...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 06:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Woman screams and weeps over maintenance in court
COURT proceedings at the Harare Civil Court came to a standstill after a woman screamed and wept in protest at the "paltry" $10 offered by her husband as maintenance for their four children.Ru...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans hailed for hard working
Zimbabweans have been hailed for their hard work and resilience to the negative challenges rocking the country political and economical.A Zimbabwean media business mogul Trevor Ncube desc...Published: 23 Apr 2015 at 13:02hrs | | by Stephen Jackson
I've played my part, says Biti
Members of the Tendai Biti-led MDC faction were this week kicked out of Parliament for having crossed the floor from the MDC-T party on whose ticket they were elected during the July 2013 elections.&...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mujuru cabal fingered in Mugabe's airport collapse - satire
Fired former VP Joyce Mujuru and her allies were behind the fall of President Robert Mugabe at Harare Airport yesterday, sources have confirmed. Mugabe yesterday tripped over a poorly laid-out...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Julius Manheru - The Messenger Editor
2015 National Budget is nothing but hot air, Zanu PF remains clueless
The 2015 National Budget presented late November is another clear indication that Zanu PF government continues to run the country in a toxic and retrogressive manner.Sadly, for the people of Z...Published: 03 Jan 2015 at 05:02hrs | | by Elton Mangoma
Zimbabwe paying dearly for rushed polls
In a fortnight, it will be one year to the day Zanu-PF claimed a two-thirds majority in elections.This time last year, President Robert Mugabe and his party were in a definite hurry for electi...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe working hard on economy'
President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party has reacted with disgust to accusations from the opposition that he has failed to get the economy moving, thereby endangering the lives of citizens....Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai: Personal reflections
The lasting image of the last election that has remained largely ingrained in my mind is of the mammoth crowd that gathered in Harare on what we dubbed the Cross Over rally on July 29, 2013....Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 13:59hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
Varaidzo Dorothy Mabvudzi crowned Miss Zimbabwe UK 2013
The eventful night of the 7th September 2013 in attendance of hundreds of Zimbabweans and friends witnessed the crowning of 2013's Miss Zimbabwe UK. 23year old Varaidzo Mabvudzi who holds a Deg...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 09:54hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police ban MDC Youth Assembly march
Police in Harare have banned the MDC Youth Assembly from holding a march in central Harare next month. On Monday, the MDC Youth Assembly Secretary, Promise Mkwananzi notified the police of the partyâˆ...Published: 27 Sep 2011 at 13:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Bogus VID officials appear in court
THREE bogus VID officials stood before the court of law on allegations of duping US$60 from a 31-year-old Chitungwiza woman on the grounds that they could book her a road test without any problems. Pe...Published: 29 Jun 2011 at 22:39hrs | | by Ndou paul
Forensic and bomb experts probing Biti residence bombing
Forensic and bomb experts from the police and army have been to the house of MDC-T secretary-general Mr Tendai Biti in Chisipite as investigations into the alleged bombing of his residence intensify...Published: 08 Jun 2011 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Indigenisation: looking at the bigger picture
ZIMBABWE’S indigenisation and empowerment law, whose present focus is on the mining sector, has been called many things: ‘destructive’, inimical to â...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Psychology Maziwisa
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