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ED Mnangagwa Law School takes shape
Construction of the ED Mnangagwa Law School at the Midlands State University (MSU) Kwekwe Campus has recorded massive progress with the state-of-the-art multipurpose structure on course to meeting the...Published: 21 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
China now Zimbabwe's largest FDI source
China has made huge inroads into the Zimbabwean economy in terms of investment, which is expected to grow further following the three-day ZimTrade organised Zimbabwe-China Business Forum, which ends t...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Indeed life was hard under colonialism but there were plenty of opportunities
Over the weekend I drove my mother to her rural home in Rusape for an important family gathering.To be expected, as soon as we hit familiar territory, which held significant memories for her -...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:01hrs | 577 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe foundries require US$50m for retooling
The Zimbabwe Institute of Foundries (ZIF) says the sector requires about US$50 million for retooling of the existing foundries dotted around the country.Foundries are facilities that produce m...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 1242 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africa should stop being such a crybaby!
We all know there is nothing more 'uncool' or 'unsexy' than someone who never owns up to his own failures in life - but seeks to blame others as to why he is not succeeding.Amongst all these, ...Published: 17 May 2023 at 13:44hrs | 492 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe to convert coal to fertiliser
A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity."We ...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:42hrs | 889 | by Takudzwa Changadeya
Refrigerator features to look out for in 2023
Buying a refrigerator might seem like an easy task, but in reality, it needs a lot of planning and consideration. It is a significant expense and you do not want to end up with an ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 14:56hrs | 1041 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 1501 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe workers' rights brutally suppressed, says US embassy
ZIMBABWEAN workers are reeling under deteriorating conditions underlined by serious violations of fundamental rights by parastatals, security forces and Chinese companies amid a clear pattern of intim...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:25hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa losing grip on Zanu-PF
DEFEATS of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in Zanu-PF primary elections is an indication the embattled Zimbabwean leader is losing grip on the ruling party and power struggles could erupt ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:07hrs | 4570 | by Staff reporter
Chinese steel plant now 60% complete
THE US$1,5 billion steel plant being constructed in Mvuma, 200km south of Harare, by the Chinese giant, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), is now 60% complete, NewsDay Business heard yesterday....Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expands empire in Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, members of the First Family and his close allies, who include former State Security minister Owen Ncube, have amassed significant wealth in the form of immovable property...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2995 | by Staff reporter
Even colonialism opened up investment - what Zimbabweans want are improved livelihoods!
As Zimbabwe heads towards this year's harmonized elections, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is frantically trying to parade its supposed 'successes' over the past five years.Of note, ar...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:05hrs | 333 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, independence doesn't mean freedom to destroy one's country!
I recall a story I was told by my parents when I was still a little child. There was a ruling ZANU PF meeting at our local sporting facility, named 'Zisco Club', in the early 1980s – which a...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 22:51hrs | 516 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa ally's law firm placed under curatorship for conning client
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Kucaca Phulu's law firm has been placed under curatorship on the orders of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for allegedly conning a client of US$26,000 ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 'Lady of Steel' vows to humiliate Ziyambi in Zvimba West poll re-run
THE remaining candidate challenging Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in the upcoming Zanu-PF Zvimba West primary election re-run has vowed to hand him a humiliating defeat in the second round of votin...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:45hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga falls sick under South Africa prison detention
Zimbabwe millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has reportedly fallen sick in a South African prison where he has been detained since November last year with claims he was being denied access to privat...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 20:00hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 527 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Willowvale to start assembling vehicles in Zimbabwe
WILLOWVALE Motor Industries will in August resume assembling vehicles after a hiatus of more than five years as the subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) returns to i...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Did thousands die so that only a few enrich themselves from our minerals and land?
Having just woken up this Saturday morning, and turning on the television - I never expected to be greeted by such a heart-wrenching scene. There was a documentary narrating a harrowing ambush...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 08:53hrs | 1077 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SA gives in on migrants
ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back hom...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 696 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
A dunderhead leader believes what he can't do is impossible for everyone else to accomplish!
Those who follow my articles are now all too familiar with how I regard with utter disdain those who make excuses for failing to fulfill their mandates.Quite frankly, I seriously doubt if ther...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 10:33hrs | 677 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ABSA, Standard Bank agree US$193m funding deal to build new Zimbabwe hospitals
Zimbabwe is to raise US$193 million in offshore lending to implement a 2019 agreement with UK infrastructure company NMS for the construction of hospitals and clinics in the country.ABSA and S...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 20:43hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Is Hwange Unit 7 another huge big scam and con job?
Is it just me, or has everyone else also noticed that, ever since Hwange Unit 7 Thermal Power Station came online, two days ago, load shedding has strangely increased?Excuse me for my ignoranc...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 3567 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No handouts to investors in Zimbabwe, says Mutsvangwa
Under President Mnangagwa, there are no handouts to investors, who are all welcome from any part of the world at own risk, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa ha...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:31hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC cross swords over Bulawayo decay
Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairman Jabulani Sibanda has courted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s ire after he blamed the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for the decay bedevilling the city....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza abuzz over new signings
FC PLATINUN coach Norman Mapeza has described the capture of Jarrison Selemani and defender Misheck Ngwenya as the club's best signings so far and reckons that they have put together the best squad, a...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:20hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exports in 5,5% jump from a low base
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturers enjoyed rising export demand amid an increase in productivity, a government State of Industry report has indicated.The report suggested that manufactured export goods ...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:53hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenged to answer questions in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) member of Parliament for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend the National Assembly and answer to pressing issues fac...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:14hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Negative reporting by SA media on new Chinese steel plant in Zimbabwe starts
Workers building the $1bn steel plant for the Chinese-owned Dinson Iron & Steel Company (Disco) claim they are exploited, forced to work in inhumane conditions, and sleep crammed eight to a small ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
War vets postpone congress
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has advised the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) to postpone its Congress until after the elections as the ex-combatants lead in the campaigns for bot...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:38hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Zimbabwe's 'opaque' govt deals
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has called on government to be more transparent when entering into contracts with multinational companies to avoid plunder of the country's resources....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2524 | by Staff Reporter
Zimasco readies to commence production
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, is in the process of switching on three of its furnaces as it seeks to resume operations.The ferrochrome producer switched off its Kwekwe plant in N...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 185 | 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 | 166 | by Staff reporter
Manhize steel attracts huge interest
DINSON Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Chinese firm developing the US$1,5 billion steel plant in Manhize, Mvuma, says it has been overwhelmed by inquiries for its products from the local and forei...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:09hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
What type of person would continue believing endless empty promises by Zimbabwe regime?
Usually, I simply delete any spam in my email, without even bothering to read them - as, quite frankly, I find those messages not only irritating, but also extremely childish and silly.Nonethe...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:17hrs | 695 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man jumps 8 floors to his death
A 63-year-old man reportedly jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a local hotel yesterday morning. The man identified as David Howard Bookless, 63, suffered a fracture on his right han...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 12:08hrs | 3682 | by Staff reporter
BCC starts repairing Luveve Road
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started rehabilitating some sections of Luveve Road that are now impassable due to potholes that have been worsened by the rains.The local authourity needs US$9...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 953 | by Staff Reporter
Robber pounce on Mazowe gold mine
Three unknown machete-wielding suspected robbers allegedly pounced on Mazowe (Jumbo) mine and robbed over US$2000 on Sunday.Sources familiar with the incident allege the suspects tied two secu...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:19hrs | 523 | by Simbarashe Sithole
5 cops nabbed for aiding Mnangagwa
Five police officers in Bulawayo have been arrested after they allegedly connived to release a consignment of 250 tonnes of lithium ore destined for South Africa that had been intercepted by the polic...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 15:34hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firms to manufacture farm equipment
ZIMBABWE will this year start producing farm equipment locally, with some of the first products expected to be out by March.The latest development is a result of the innovativeness of local hu...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to manufacture lithium batteries in Zimbabwe
CHINESE steel manufacturer Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) says it intends to locally produce lithium-ion batteries as Zimbabwe has all the raw materials required in the production process....Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:30hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants grovelling for housing stands isn't economic development but shameful retrogression
It was one of the most painful and heartrending sights! There are very few incidents that are so harrowing and sink the heart, as watching grown-ups - grovelling for things which, in a normal ...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:22hrs | 884 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why should only ordinary Zimbabweans 'pay the price' whilst ruling elite enjoy lavishness?
For as long as I can remember - and, that goes back three to four decades - the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe has repeatedly alleged that economic hardships being faced by ordinary citizens were ju...Published: 31 Dec 2022 at 19:44hrs | 1645 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Steel firms pour US$1 billion into Zimbabwe
Major steel-processing firms developing operations in Zimbabwe have this year invested over US$1 billion into their projects, which are at various stages of implementation, official data showed yester...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes on annual leave
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commenced his annual leave after a busy year that saw his government implementing various developmental programmes.The man who is known for leading from the fr...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 07:53hrs | 1426 | by Staff Reporter
There is plenty of water in Redcliff, but it does not get to the taps in homes
Redcliff municipality has been reeling from acute water supply shortage, a situation that has been going on since the fall of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) around 2010.The water cris...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 11:23hrs | 529 | by Taruberekera Masara
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