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Waverley Blankets ownership wrangle: trial begins under private prosecution
The trial of Aron Vico for fraudulently taking over Waverley Blankets, a company owned by the late prominent industrialist, Victor Cohenm has begun under private prosecution.Vico appeared in c...Published: 20 hrs ago | 291 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teaching Jobs in UK: Eligibility criteria amended as application period opens
Zimbabwe was among the four source markets recently added to list countries targeted for teacher recruitment by the United Kingdom, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.The opportunity fo...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:31hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora keeps Zimbabwe afloat but no vote
ALTHOUGH Zimbabweans in the diaspora are not allowed to vote from their host nations, their cash remittances back home are fast growing and helping to keep the country afloat.Last year, remitt...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:12hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 557 | by Stephen Bates
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 249 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 102 | by Jonathan Moyo
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa accepts David Mabuza resignation letter
South Africa Vice President David Dabede Mabuza has for the first time told South Africans that he has tendered his resignation to President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in a bid to pave way for ANC Deput...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 17:50hrs | 1345 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UZ Lecturer's shenanigans with students exposed
A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Media Lecturer Dr Teddy Mungwari is being accused of demanding sex from female students in exchange of giving distinctions.This comes after Mungwari was exposed b...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 14:45hrs | 1638 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe re-registers closed schools to absorb returnees' children
The returning learners will also undergo a stringent vetting process before they can be admitted into local schools, a top government official said yesterdGOVERNMENT has started re-registering...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:16hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
South African-based armed robbers, team up with locals to terrorise Harare residents
FOUR South Africa-based Zimbabweans appeared in court today on allegation of teaming up with six locals and committed a spate of armed robberies in and around Harare.Deborah Mukambachaza, Gadi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:14hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Polad gobbles millions in taxpayers' money
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), hangs in the balance after gobbling millions of dollars in taxpayers' money as Zimbabwe hurtles towards make-or-break ge...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records US$2bn trade deficit for 2022
THE country recorded a trade deficit of US$1,96 billion for the period between January and November 2022, which is an increase from the US$1,4 billion recorded during the same period in 2021, the late...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:12hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Latest on ZEP holders in South Africa
Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa His Excellency David Hamadziripi has assured Zimbabweans who are under the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits which expire this year that the government is still comm...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 17:32hrs | 1019 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: Mphoko mocks South Africans for staying in shacks
Siqokoqela Mphoko who is a ZANU PF member and son to former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has kicked the hornet's nest after tweeting a picture of tin shack slums in South Africa and caption...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 3680 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Business of Arts seminar for SADC artists planned
Upcoming music and film label Zhomba Entertainment is set to host a Business of Arts seminar for artists which is meant to empower artists on the business side of the entertainment industry.Th...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 09:16hrs | 136 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Councillors force premature Egodini Terminus opening
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to open Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, for transport operators and vendors before construction has been completed as the project has dragged ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2459 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe embassy invites ZEP holders to apply for repatriation assistance
Zimbabwe's embassy in South Africa on Thursday announced an online registration process for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders who need assistance to return home when their permits expire on June...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
SA Labour Court sets aside dismissal of three Zimbabwe immigrant lecturers
The Labour Court in Gqeberha has granted four lecturers, who are foreign nationals, an interdict to set aside their dismissals by the Port Elizabeth TVET College's Iqhayiya Campus.In the written r...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 18:35hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean national, wife and girlfriend among suspects arrested for kidnapping of SA businessman
A Zimbabwean national, his wife and girlfriend are among suspects arrested for the kidnapping of a Midrand businessman.Five suspects, including a Zimbabwean national, his wife, girlfriend, and...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabweans nabbed over R6 million cigarettes contraband
SIX foreigners, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been arrested in South Africa after they were caught loading smuggled cigarettes worth R6 million from a gas tanker into two cargo trucks in the Limpop...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
KeYona TV starts fully fledged programming
KeYona TV yesterday started broadcasting live fully fledged programming with soapies such as Umntakabhudi and a morning show called New Dawn.KeYona TV which was officially launched in December...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko's eagerness for Mnangagwa to win elections casts serious doubts over credibility of deals signed!
Normally, when a national leader visits another country, he is expected - on account of common decency, respect and statesmanship - to keep clear of his hosts' domestic politics. It would have...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 12:13hrs | 1227 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabweans are angry'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have warned of simmering civil unrest due to unfettered corruption among President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lieutenants and cronies, after the country fared badly in Tra...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1597 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala was advocating for violence,' says last State witness
THE State's last witness in the trial of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala (CCC) for allegedly inciting public violence sometime in 2018, yesterday claimed that the video evidence showed the opposit...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2634 | by Staff Reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1421 | by Victor Bhoroma
Bulilima villagers build 6 clinics
SIX clinics being built by villagers in Bulilima East are nearing completion, a move that is expected to boost health provision and reduce distances they walk to access health services.The cli...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:54hrs | 1010 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa to keep a close eye on 2023 Six Nations
With South Africa drawn in a 2023 World Cup pool that includes both Ireland and Scotland, the Springboks will be keeping a closer eye on proceedings at this year's Six Nations Championship.The...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 13:45hrs | 982 | by Staff Reporter
Malema threatens to shutdown South Africa
EFF leader Julius Malema has threatened to unleash the "mother of all protests" which he said would bring South Africa to a standstill on March 20, as the opposition pressurizes the government to end ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3472 | by Staff reporter
What Zondo's Commission did not want South Africa to know
An explosive affidavit that turned the state capture narrative on its head never made it to the final report of the state capture commission of inquiry or was even considered by Chief Justice Raymond ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | 2799 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe aims for top spot in carbon steel production
ZIMBABWE is now on a sustainable economic growth path following a number of interventions and is set to become one of the top carbon steel producers in sub-Saharan Africa in the next three years on th...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:10hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Regulated Brokers in South Africa
When it comes to investing in the financial markets, it's crucial to choose a reputable and reliable broker. This is especially important in South Africa, where the regulatory environment is robust an...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 688 | by Agencies
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha4ED launched in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO city centre came to a standstill on Tuesday afternoon when a convoy of cross-border kombis, mostly South African registered Toyota Quantums, moved around with drivers honking their horns, mar...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
West Nicholson-Mberengwa road is really bad
GOVERNMENT is rehabilitating the West Nicholson-Mberengwa Road linking Matabeleland South and Midlands provinces.The road is one of the five major roads in Matabeleland South that are being ta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka jailed 12 months
FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation television (ZBC-TV) presenter Oscar Pambuka was yesterday slapped with a one year jail term for attempting to defraud Croco Motors of R36 000.Pambuka w...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs new blood
The volatile political and social situation in the country is a reflection of what was left by the former President Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa has managed to perfect the art of bad governanc...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1000 | by Leonard Koni
Police raid illegal alcohol warehouse
THE police have vowed to bring to book the supply network of Bulawayo businesses and beyond that are linked to the warehouse where US$110 000 worth of suspected smuggled alcohol consignment was seized...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Car crash ends 10-day marriage
PAINFUL wails and heart-wrenching sobs filled a local mortuary hall in Bulawayo yesterday as two families that were brought together through marriage 10 days ago said their goodbyes to the couple that...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:44hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa
Chicken Inn loses trademark row with Chicken SliceINNSCOR Africa Limited's bid to interdict its competitor, Slice Distributors (Pvt) Ltd, also trading as Chicken Slice, for trademark infringement ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:05hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa
In yet another case seeking to protect the rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa, the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) is asking the Gauteng High Court to set aside what it says i...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya postpones the release of his new album
CHIMURENGA music veteran, Thomas Mapfumo has postponed the release of his new album offering to allow the compilation to undergo meticulous mixing and other technical specifications.The album ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:03hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clarifies guidelines for learners from South Africa
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has laid down the technicalities that will be considered for absorbing learners coming from outside the country into the country's education system....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:00hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn win Hadebe dispute against Kaizer Chiefs
IN a protracted monetary benefits dispute between Castle Lager Premier Soccer League former champions Chicken Inn and South Africa's DStv Premiership side Kaizer Chiefs over the 2019 transfer of Zimba...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:58hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
FNB of South Africa plus 4 other investors vie for Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe?
THE proposed takeover of Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (StanChart), the country's oldest financial institution, has moved a gear up after five prospective investors including local and regional ent...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diaspora in SA forms consortium to spearhead migrants' development
THE Zimbabwean diaspora community has collaborated with other African countries to form a consortium called African Development Consortium (ADC), which will initiate and run developmental programmes f...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's street 'shops' flood city by night
FILLED to the brim with groceries ranging from foodstuffs, toiletry to skin care products, a pushcart — commonly known as iScania in the streets of Bulawayo — is strategically positioned at a busy...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
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