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Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25182 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mother-in-law teams up with daughter to bash son-in-law
A Bulawayo man, Thomas Bonde, who was hauled before the courts for verbally abusing his wife, has accused her and his mother-in-law of ganging up to beat him over allegations of failing to provide for...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
VBS looter released on parole
Former VBS Mutual Bank's chief financial officer Phillip Truter was released on parole after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2020. Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Monday, De...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:57hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes after household property
The cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has implemented stringent measures to recover over US$50 million owed by defaulting ratepayers. These measures include attaching and auctioning off proper...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya loses Chitungwiza master plan deal
Chitungwiza Municipality has terminated a controversial deal with Wistmer Investments for funding its master plan, deciding to finance the process independently. The cash-strapped council had struggle...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:22hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Go Beer to reopen in 8 months
GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signe...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala soiled Zimbabwe police image'
The investigating officer into Job Sikhala's charges of publishing falsehoods says the former lawmaker should not be spared any corresponding punishment for allegedly tarnishing the image of the polic...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Curious case of Sikhala's conviction
EIGHT days after serving a 595day pre-trial detention at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, veteran opposition politician Job Sikhala was earlier this week convicted of publishing falsehoods, a charge...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to revive Go Beer Breweries
Gweru city council is locked in talks with an unnamed investor to revive the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer, in a bid to start operations this year, it has been established.Mayor Mart...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has sunk beyond a banana republic!
I am sure the first time I came across the term 'banana republic' was in the early 1980s - when I was still a little boy in primary school.Obviously, I did not know what this meant.It ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo Thermal Power Station decommissioning to hit jobs
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association ((BPRA) has warned of massive job losses in the country's second largest city as the power utility Zesa moves to decommission the Bulawayo thermal power ...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Family swept away by flooded Sanyati River
A GOKWE family was this week swept away after a canoe they were using to cross a flooded river capsized.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the tragic...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goods portering, a way of life in Beitbridge
RIVULTS of sweat run down her face, falling onto her dress as Mai Muku trudges the 472-metre length of the Beitbridge steel girder carrying an awkward-looking and heavy load.Apart from the bri...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council struggles to pay December salaries
THE cash-strapped Gweru City Council (GCC) is struggling to pay its workers their December salaries including bonuses.The failure by the local authority to pay its 1 200 employees has had a ne...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors invited to Europe
THE Warriors have been invited for a friendly match in Malta in March before they resume their Group C 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers campaign when they host Lesotho on June 3 at a venue yet to be ann...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police pass-out parade flops, send recruits home
POLICE have sent home recruits after a failed pass-out parade on Wednesday this week due to a shortage of uniforms, NewsDay can report.NewsDay is reliably informed that the Zimbabwe Republic P...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nevers Mumba: From assaulting journalists to Zimbabwean election Observer duties
In a world of Zambian politics, there exists a figure so full of contradictions, you can't help but be bewildered. Nevers Mumba, the self-proclaimed democratic leader, has quite the undemocratic track...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 15:29hrs | | by Isaac Ncube
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives rally attendees 'ED bread' to consume for a day
IT was yet another bumper crowd for President Emmerson Mnangagwa where Zanu-PF supporters attended the Mashonaland Central provincial rally in Centenary over the weekend.Hundreds of buses and ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Of Zimbabwe's embarrassing leadership record
ZIMBABWE has not had many presidents since attaining independence from Britain in 1980, having known only three.The first, Canaan Sodindo Banana, was merely ceremonial.The other two - ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's broke candidates send out begging bowl
A number of aspiring Members of Parliament under the cash-strapped Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have sent out a begging bowl to its supporters to raise money to fund their campaigns after being...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa the most unpopular Zimbabwe leader since independence?
Not that Zimbabwe has had many presidents since attaining her independence from Britain in 1980, having known only three.The first, Canaan Sodindo Banana, was merely a ceremonial one. ...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:39hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cash strapped CCC chose a bush rally for it's campaign launch
CASH STRAPPED CCC CHOSE A BUSH RALLY FOR ITS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH AFTER IT WAS SNUBBED BY THE OPPOSITION RUN BINDURA TOWN COUNCILThe attachments below refer.As is often the case, it turns o...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:23hrs | 12 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF name drops US billionaire Elon Musk
US billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly shown interest in Zimbabwe's lithium mining industry, with ruling Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa revealing talks are already underway between him a...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC bows to residents' pressure on security guards
The Bulawayo City Council has backtracked on its plans to disband the Municipal Police and replace it with a private security company, following a backlash from residents.According to a Confid...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 18:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Government says NO to payment of bills in forex
THE directive late last week by the Government that all local councils must continue charging in local currency as opposed to United States dollars as had just been announced by the Harare City Counci...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 8 | by Staff rporter
ZITF seeks refuge from currency crisis
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has proposed to pay its utility bills to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) four months in advance citing a free-falling local currency.The lo...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cash-strapped Municipality sells old properties
Chegutu Municipality has been forced to sell its dilapidated properties as the local authority swims in financial challenges including a debt overhang.In a meeting with the Combined Chegutu Re...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Estranged wife stabbed 34 times
FRESH details have emerged in the Bulawayo Morningside murder case where a man allegedly killed his wife in cold blood, with revelations that he stabbed her 34 times with a kitchen knife before crushi...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Job Sikhala
JAILED opposition lawmaker, Job Sikhala will know his fate Wednesday when Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa hands down her judgement in a case the politician is accused of disturbing police investiga...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Marinos quits as Rugby Australia chief ahead of World Cup
Rugby Australia (RA) boss Andy Marinos resigned on Monday four months out from the World Cup in France, saying it was time to move on after returning the organisation to profit.The Zimbabwe-bo...Published: 01 May 2023 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere appeals conviction and sentence
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has filed an appeal at the High Court after her conviction for publishing falsehoods with an intention to undermine the police....Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign lawyers throw weight behind Mahere
LAWYERS based in neighbouring South Africa have condemned the recent conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, saying it stifles freedoms of expression and media in Zimb...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council divided over Go Beer revival
Gweru City councillors have called on management to compile a report on the defunct Go Beer Breweries before the local authority entertains any plans of reclaiming the business.The brewery was...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere conviction unjust
THE country bleeds today because of lack of an independent Judiciary.Some judgments and sentences being handed to members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party need to be...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:18hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Fidelity Printers in kickbacks storm
FORMER Fidelity Printers and Refiners general manager Fradreck Kunak (pictured) a and the company's head of gold operations Mehluleli Dube were allegedly paid US$30 000 and US$3 000 kickbacks apiece e...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Lukashenko, be warned, Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!
Amongst all the hullabaloo, with the pomp and fanfare, surrounding the so-called 'historic' state visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Zimbabwe - some of us are more wary of a leader ...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Senior CIO directors given US$350 000 cash windfall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's financially struggling administration has given senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors US$350 000 housing loans each in a desperate bid to appease crit...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thursday water supply schedule for Bulawayo announced
The cash strapped City of Bulawayo municipality has announced the Provisional Water Supply Restoration Strategy for Thursday, 29 December 2022.The Council has been doing daily announcements of...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean shot dead in Lincoln
A day after Zimbabwean national Kupo Mleya (38) was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege is responsible.Kupo was son to the late Brigadier General Fa...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infant killer surrenders self to the police
A Shamva based woman who allegedly killed a four months old baby and went into hiding eventually surrendered her self to the police on Wednesday....Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 13:33hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Infant dies as mother gets beaten over alleged adultery
POLICE say a four month old baby died last Saturday whilst strapped on its mother's back after she was assaulted in Shamva over adultery accusations.In a statement yesterday, police said the i...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Zivanai Dhewa
Zimbabwe govt rejigs US$3.5bn compensation to farmers
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped Treasury has proposed a staggered payout plan to settle the US$3.5 billion compensation to white ex-commercial farmers who lost vast tracts of land when the government embarke...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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