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Police boss orders compulsory vaccination
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday ordered that all members of the force should be fully vaccinated to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.The police chief said this whi...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cellular operators hike tariffs
Mobile network operators in the country have adjusted promotional bundles in response to rising industry wide operating costs which grew by 15,8 percent to $8,9 billion in the second quarter of 2021, ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Govt starts civil servants vaccination verification
GOVERNMENT has started the process of verifying the numbers civil servants that have been vaccinated so that appropriate decisions can be made.Cabinet has said unvaccinated civil servants will...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 383 | by Staff writer
Reckless throwing of rubbish worry BCC
Bulawayo deputy mayor ward councillor Mlandu Ncube has urged Bulawayo citizens to adopt cleanliness as the culture that will attract tourists and transform the city.Ncube said this during the ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 11:21hrs | 589 | by Stephen Jakes
They have no answers for Nero's charisma
My Dear People,In politics there is a "baby-kissing" season, where politicians go out and hug and kiss babies whose parents they do not know.By doing this, politicians would be trying ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:04hrs | 296 | by DOCTOR STOP IT
+200 arrested for not wearing face masks
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested more than 200 people in the past two weeks for flouting Covid-19 prevention and control measures among them failure to wear masks properly.Bulawayo provincial ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:02hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
No CALAs, no exam results
NEARLY 1800 pupils and teachers who contracted Covid-19 when schools opened last month have recovered from the disease, in another milestone that shows how the country has continued its top tier manag...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Council mulls closing four clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering closing four of its clinics as the staffing situation within its health services department continues to deteriorate.Last year, the local authori...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Unvaccinated civil servants 'fired'
CIVIL servants who defied government's order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants' vaccination deadline ends
THE deadline by which civil servants should have been vaccinated against Covid-19 lapsed yesterday, with those refusing to be inoculated facing disciplinary action and termination of contracts....Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3486 | by Staff reporter
Panic-stricken Zanu-PF unleashes terror
POLITICAL violence that reared its ugly head again on Monday in Masvingo against main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) and his entourage could be a precursor to what Zanu-PF is...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3563 | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 939 | by Fortune Moyo
Zanu-PF frets over internal chaos
Zanu-PF yesterday conceded that jostling for positions in the district elections has caused chaos in the party, and threatened to act on the "rogue" elements who it said were fanning divisions....Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must beware of COVID-19 fourth wave
WE note with concern reports that a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by variants is imminent in Zimbabwe. While we are fully aware of the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-1...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 436 | by Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe
Chamisa attacks harbinger of a more violent 2023
THE 2008 run-off elections pitting former President Robert Mugabe and MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai (now both late) witnessed violence on an unprecedented scale.Mugabe had been outpolled by hi...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents reject 216% rates increase
BULAWAYO residents have rejected a 216% proposed rate increase in the 2022 budget that would see residents in some wards paying as much as $12 000 in rates.The residents advised the loca...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
The impact of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
WHEN the American government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment (Zidera) Act 20 years ago, it argued that the Act was not intended to punish ordinary Zimbabweans but to targ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 447 | by Eddie Cross
Council embarks on water drain system cleaning
BULAWAYO has embarked on storm water drain cleaning in the suburbs ahead of the rainy season to prevent the recurrence of flooding caused by blockages.Floods have often affected suburbs such a...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
'People of Zimbabwe have become sanctions collateral damage'
WHEN the American government passed the Zidera Act 20 years ago, they argued that the Act was not intended to punish the people of Zimbabwe but to target those individuals and organisations that, in t...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 182 | by Eddie Cross
RBZ summons businesses over price madness
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday said his meeting with business this morning is not a witchhunt, but an effort by authorities to grasp the root cause of the prevailin...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't any different - even at school we had those who celebrated failure!
I am sure we all remember those school days - with all the craziness of youth.Surely, who can forget those ever-present mind boggling scenes of pupils who would helplessly weep in agony, after...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:29hrs | 3086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grenade explodes at school
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) bomb disposal unit and the Bulawayo Fire Brigade had to be called in after a grenade exploded at a Bulawayo school during a routine burning of grass and rubbish....Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Herd immunity Dec target unlikely to be attained
ZIMBABWE's ambitious target of attaining 60% Covid-19 herd immunity by December is in doubt, with only 15.9% of the country now fully vaccinated , three months before the government's set deadline to ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears currency crisis may trigger social uprising
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on foreign currency traders in the volatile market amid growing fears of an exchange rate-driven economic meltdown, The...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
QR-coded Covid-19 vaccination verification system needed now
NOW that it is business as usual, following the announcement that bars and nightclubs will be open and allowing only vaccinated individuals to attend these premises, worldwide Covid-19 is here to stay...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 433 | by Jacob Mutisi
Sustainable reforms now key to foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that it is on course to clear the backlog of foreign exchange auction allotments which date back to as far as three months and amounting to about ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 245 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimdollar market correction
A MAJOR highlight of this week's auction is the magnitude of currency depreciation. The Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar) weakened by the highest weekly margin since the beginning of the year, a strong si...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 295 | by Respect Gwenzi
Africa stuck in generational curse
WHOEVER bewitched African leaders probably perished at Nagasaki in 1945, many years before the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963. That person, alongside his tools of trade and hi...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:02hrs | 117 | by Sapien Sapien
Local oil firms push for fair play
THE Direct Fuel Import (DFI) group, which represents indigenous oil firms that have mounted legal challenges against the government to force policy changes, this week warned the Zimbabwe Energy Regula...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:00hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abusing social media to bolster fake abuses
When many protests go unnoticed, creating drama can seem like a good strategy to draw attention. But if they become self-harming and harming others the public opinion can turn against the protestors....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:57hrs | 69 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
78 health workers succumb to COVID-19
AT least 23 doctors, 30 nurses and 25 other professionals in the health sector have succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak in the country last year, Vice-President and Health minister C...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
UK removes Zimbabwe from Covid-19 red list
The United Kingdom will remove Zimbabwe from the Covid-19 red list on Monday, in a development that will make it easy to travel between the two countries.Crucially, the tourism sector is expec...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Courts cannot overturn Cabinet's Covid measures
HIGH Court Judge Justice Owen Tagu has ruled he cannot overturn measures put by the Cabinet in curbing the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.His ruling follows an application by the Passenge...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 has paralysed Zimbabwe'
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday said the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had paralysed the economy and increased the country's domestic and international debt burden....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga commissions 'beerhall' turned into hospital
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga Wednesday commissioned the opening of a former Kwekwe City Council beerhall in the populous high-density suburb of Mbizo that has been turned into an infectious dis...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:00hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
10 Insurance technology trends for 2022
Technology and the insurance sector go hand-in-hand. According to a recent survey by Accenture, insura...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:15hrs | 370 | by Staff Reporter
Taming inflation is an arduous task
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straig...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 429 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt recruits district schools inspectors
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has started recruiting 220 district schools' inspectors (DSIs) across the country to enhance the monitoring and supervision of teachers in line with the...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to be major steel producer
A third major steelworks is now scheduled for Zimbabwe as the country moves rapidly forward as a major steel producer in Africa with local firm Steelmakers set to start building a steel mill in Masvin...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans have no plan to remove Zanu-PF'
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has claimed that Zimbabweans have no plan that could remove the ruling Zanu-PF party at elections.The former MDC Alliance secretary-general accused some oppositio...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 2901 | by Staff reporter
Govt curtails internet freedom
THE Zimbabwean government has maintained a tight grip on internet control, curtailing the basic rights to freedom of expression and information, a report has revealed.According to the Freedom ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Poachers take advantage of lockdowns
CASES of wildlife poaching have increased due to subdued anti-poaching activities that have been brought about by the lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19.This was said by Paint...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers urged to get Covid-19 jabs
SEX workers have been urged to get vaccinated against Covid-19 because of the nature of their business which does not allow physical distancing.Sex work is one of the sectors in the country th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:04hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Parly demands role in IMF windfall use
ZIMBABWE'S parliament wants a huge say in the way government will distribute a nearly US$1 billion windfall injected recently into the economy by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The wind...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rebuilds structures
THE ruling party Zanu-PF Commissariat Department is set to preside over the setting up of four party districts in Epworth after their dissolution yesterday. Addressing party members at T...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
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