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Muchenje reinstated and fired as NetOne CEO
NetOne chief executive officer Mr Lazarus Muchenje's turbulent tenure at the helm of the State-owned mobile telecommunications company ended dramatically yesterday after he was fired barely 24 hours a...Published: 16 hrs ago | 569 | by Staff reporter
RG application dismissed
Suspended Registrar-General Clemence Masango today lost his bid to have his bail conditions varied after the court noted that there were no changed circumstances from the day he was granted bail....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:27hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube faces uphill task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, expected to present his mid-term budget statement next week, faces a daunting task to craft a cocktail of measures to stem the steepest economic decline in Zimbabwe sinc...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 4054 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Bulawayo revolt
MDCAlliance is facing a revolt in Bulawayo with reports that some councillors and legislators want to join acting MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe. According to insiders, the councillors and MP...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3661 | by Staff reporter
CID boss jailed for abuse of office
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu has been sentenced to three years in prison for criminal abuse of office. Gwandu will, however serve an effective two years in ja...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
PRAZ boss sent on leave
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe's (PRAZ) chief executive, Mr Nyasha Chizu, was on Tuesday sent on leave, the day after he told Parliament's committee on the Budget, Finance and Econom...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Gayz and Lesbians mobilise Zimbabweans to snub Capitalk FM
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe have thrown its weight behind the move by some section of Human Rights organization to mobilise Zimbabweans to snub Harare based Capitalk 100.4 FM for suspending its mana...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:11hrs | 1838 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnagnagwa loyalists facing purges from Zanu-PF
FRESH fissures are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party with cadres seen as loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Team Lacoste banner facing purges amid reports of a plot to reform the party...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5185 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a 'liar' who doesn't deserve the presidency, says MDC councillor
The MDC-Alliance Bulawayo East District has allegedly suspended its district chairman, Silas Chigora from his position over allegations of denigrating the party's President Nelson Chamisa and declarin...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
Who is in control of Zimbabwe's crashing economy?
LAST month, in an unprecedented Press conference, military generals said they didn't plan to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Yet weeks later, security leaders sidelined his administration to forc...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 2794 | by Bloomberg
Mliswa drags Mudenda to court
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has dragged Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to court challenging a decision to suspend him for six sittings on allegations of disorderly conduct. ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 17:25hrs | 4011 | by Staff reporter
G-Tel sales person steals mobile phones
Bindura based Gtel sales person stole her company's mobile phones valued at US$1 962.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 09:41hrs | 1687 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills HIV+ maid lover
AN ex-Lupane State University laboratory technician who fatally assaulted his 52-year-old maid whom he was having an affair with after discovering that she was HIV positive, was yesterday sentenced to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2911 | by Staff reporter
Man gets 30 years for Xmas rape
A 60-year-old Gweru man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping a woman in her early 30s as well as her daughter on Christmas Day last year. Appearing before Regional Magistrate Mr...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures laid bare in Mash East
TENSION is brewing within the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province women's league after the league reportedly refused to hand over a party vehicle to the recently reinstated chairperson Nyarai Tsvuura....Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council engineer resigns
GWERU council engineer Robson Manatsa has resigned barely two days after another top official was suspended on graft charges, with sources indicating that more senior employees were likely to quit to ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
The truth about coup rumours in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is awash with speculation, innuendo and rumours of a coup following a statement against corrupt leaders by the army General during a burial of a national hero Nleya, with even left some...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:06hrs | 3716 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe's ex-ministers seek Zanu-PF return
Two former ministers are seeking readmission into Zanu-PF, nearly three years after they were expelled following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe.The late Mugabe resigned 21 N...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 22:27hrs | 5486 | by Staff reporter
Ngodzo fights for dear life
REIGNING Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year Joel Ngodzo and his compatriots Donald Teguru and Takudzwa Chimwe will resume their battle against relegation as Zambian Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) rest...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Wife whips cheating hubby with wire
A Bindura woman could not stomach her husband's cheating habits and resorted to assault him with a wire.The matter came to light at the Bindura magistrates courts yesterday where Belinda Sekan...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:00hrs | 3368 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Suspend NetOne CEO suffers setback
SUSPENDED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje and his alleged accomplices yesterday suffered an initial setback after a Harare magistrate threw out their application for refusal of remand....Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:53hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa defends CapiTalk FM station manager
Veteran broadcaster Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has posted a social media post expressing disappointment on Zimpapers which has suspended the station manager of its talk radio station, CapiTalk FM Ny...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 11:52hrs | 3801 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man assaults 'naked' woman (78)
A 35-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for beating up a 78-year-old woman who is his neighbour. Xolisani Maphosa of Matsholomotshe Village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to assaul...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC suspends nine managers
NINE senior Zimbabwe Electricity, Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) managers have been suspended pending investigations over allegations of spearheading illegal power connections. ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security chefs fingered in mobile money suspension
Zimbabwe's security force leaders sidelined the nation's economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 22:44hrs | 5841 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Khupe gathers pace
VULTURES are circling over MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe with insiders saying there is a plot to oust her by end of this month after she failed to convene an extraordinary congress (EOC) with...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 15720 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash suspends agent, bulk payer lines
DOMINANT mobile money service provider, EcoCash, says all of its agent and bulk payer lines have been suspended until further notice in compliance with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directive. ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2256 | by Staff reporter
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
ZSE trading suspended, awaiting guidance from ministry
Following the statement issued by the Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services on 26 June 2020, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has suspended trading until further notice, FinX repor...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to tumble
A forex dealer brandishes wads of $2 and $5 notes in Harare. The Zimdollar has continued losing value against stronger currencies like the rand and the United States dollar.THE Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 4258 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes teen girl, bribes her with biscuits
A Chiweshe man who raped and bribed a 15 year old girl with biscuits and body lotion was jailed 12 years by Bindura regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna yester...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 21:35hrs | 2321 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Government gazettes new mobile money laws
THE government has gazetted a Statutory Instrument (SI) to regulate mobile banking and money transmission in the country, apparently to back up the controversial decision to suspend all monetary trans...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8951 | by Staff reporter
'Mobile money suspension will bury Zimbabwean economy'
THERE is a debilitating mixture of chaos, confusion and panic among both consumers and businesses across the country, after the government made a surprise announcement late on Friday evening that it w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:41hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the edge again?
A Zimbabwean shopper in a Harare supermarket shook his head, grumbling as he returned a loaf of bread to a rack after finding the price had jumped by a third and he could no longer afford it.N...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:17hrs | 3253 | by AFP
EcoCash ignores govt ban amid
ECOCASH has continued offering its services despite a shock government ban on mobile money services on Friday.The government said it had suspended all mobile money services as it battles again...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools open today
BOARDING schools will open today to receive pupils who will be writing June/ July examinations that start on Tuesday.As part of ensuring the smooth running of examinations, the Government has ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
RBZ confirms mobile money ban but keeps platforms open for small transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended all money agents from mobile financial transactions but the general public can still continue to transact using the platforms.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya suspends mobile money agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended mobile money agents from facilitating mobile financial transactions and has placed restrictions on merchant transactions.This follows a pronouncement...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clarifies phone based mobile money platforms position
Below is a statement released by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on the suspension of phone based mobile money platforms.On the Suspension of Monetary Transactions on Phone Based Mobile Money Pla...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:42hrs | 5094 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends EcoCash, 3 other platforms
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended all monetary transactions on mobile money platforms "to deal with malpractices, criminality and economic sabotage perpetuated by the wolves in sheep sk...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Football restart gathers pace across Africa
Some football Leagues in Africa have been declared over, but Tanzania have forged ahead, returning to competitive football last weekend while clubs in Morocco and Egypt resumed training on Thursday ah...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:22hrs | 435 | by Busisani Ncube
Mobile money brewing storm
Suspension of mobile money transfer platforms is one of the latest unorthodox means of chocking the people of Zimbabwe. The clueless government is running away from the actual problem and culprits deg...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2518 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Mobile money services banned
THE Government has suspended phone-based money transactions with immediate effect as investigations into allegations that they fuel black market transactions that have caused runaway inflation gather ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7714 | by Staff reporter
Security guard steals VID money
A 21-YEAR-OLD Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Rusape, security guard was jailed for 18 months after he broke into VID's accounts office and stole a cash box containing $7200 bond.Leonard A...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1314 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZBC SAGA: Auxilia Mnangagwa steps in
Ministry of Health and Child Care Ambassador Auxilia Mnangagwa has reportedly intervened in a cooperate disciplinary case by the state broadcaster ZBC TV which had saw Cameraman Stan Marodza being sus...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 12:43hrs | 12794 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Morocco's Botola League returns on July 24 after lengthy Covid-19 break
The Botola League of Morocco is set to return on July 24, which will be exactly 133 days since football activities were postponed in the north African country due to the Covid-19 outbreak.Gove...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 295 | by Busisani Ncube
Mounting challenges for Chamisa
THE MDC-Alliance, and the entire legacy of the opposition movement, faces the gravest political challenges it has had to confront since its formation in 1999.This is the result of a combinatio...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 10073 | by Brian Raftopoulos
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
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