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Blow for Magaya as rape charges resurface
The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Walter Magaya is facing a fresh headache as rape charges takes new twist. T...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3590 | by Desmond Nleya and Tarisai Mudahondo
Zanu PF attacks on MDC will galvanise and blind supporters to Wizard of Oz Scarecrow trickery
Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22! We a stuck in a political and economic mess and those who have landed us here are the ones profiting from our suffering and misery and, worst of all, they have the po...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1047 | by Nomusa Garikai
SA acts on Beitbridge congestion
South African authorities have come up with a host of measures to address challenges that have seen commercial truck drivers spending at least 11 days at Beitbridge Border Post.Sadc's busiest ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 558 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga invites private sector to partner Govt
GOVERNMENT is forging ahead with infrastructural development as it is the bedrock for sustainable economic recovery and growth, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Car...Published: 23 hrs ago | 600 | by Staff reporter
Nust students worry over lost results
STUDENTS at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have expressed concern over the removal of results from their student portals following a malware assault on the Nust system (Navis...Published: 23 hrs ago | 293 | by Staff reporter
Loga can't take all the blame, players must introspect
DIE hard Warriors supporters who had hoped that the gasping senior men's national soccer team would spring a shocker and beat Ghana in Tuesday's 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier, watched in disbelief as ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses UN global transport conference
A vibrant transport sector is key to enabling economic growth to attain United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to meet the demands of the Paris agreement on climate change, President Mnangag...Published: 23 hrs ago | 96 | by Staff reporter
US$2bn allocated at forex auctions
More than US$2 billion was allotted to almost 6 000 entities at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's weekly foreign currency auctions from when they opened near the end of June last year to the end of last ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to pipe pre-paid gas to homes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will now install pre-paid gas meters in new residential areas under a piped gas reticulation system, as the local authority seeks alternative revenue streams as demand for ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is undergoing a fresh turmoil threatening intra-party stability as jostling for provincial leadership reaches fever-pitch.The chaos has rocked all the provinces as warring factions in ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Govt will keep digging in on currency
IN the week under review the Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar) swept past the psychological 1:90 mark. The local unit has been losing ground against the United States dollar on a weekly basis, for 24 stra...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 160 | by Respect Gwenzi
Govt, business stalemate rages
BUSINESS executives made desperate attempts from last week Friday to worm their way out of arrests for violating foreign currency exchange regulations, but the government turned a deaf ear as it vowed...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa betrays SA war vets
SOUTH AFRICA'S elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white minority rule....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank donates matresses, blankets and pillows for children's home
Stanbic Bank has donated 11 mattresses, 22 blankets and 11 pillows to Wings of Hope Children's Home in Houghton Park, southern Harare, in keeping with its commitment to meet the needs of underprivileg...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:30hrs | 75 | by Agencies
Congestion locks up Beitbridge
CHAOS has rocked Beitbridge Border Post where haulage trucks are taking up to five days to be cleared after Zimborders, a private company contracted to upgrade the border on a build operate and transf...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Over 5m Zimbabweans food insecure, claims WFP
OVER five million Zimbabweans in urban and rural communities are food insecure due to COVID-19-induced difficulties, the World Food Programme country director Francesca Alderman said yesterday....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Industry in fresh push for bailout
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing sector has escalated its push for State-assisted bailout packages to stem a blazing crisis precipitated by the COVID–19 pandemic, a deteriorating foreign currency crisis and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clarifies 'demotion' of Cain Mathema
The new Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Evelyn Ndlovu, replaced Ambassador Cain Mathema because the latter is unwell, President Mnangagwa has said.Minister Ndlovu is the former...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
Forex auction revitalises economy, claims RBZ
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by some unscrupulous businesse...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions fruit and vegetable processing plant
President Mnangagwa has today commissioned a US$1 million fruit and vegetable processing plant in Mutoko which is expected to contribute to crop value addition for the local community in line with Vis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough forex to sustain economy'
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by unscrupulous businesses and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
World Vision transforms state of Lupane schools
THE era of learning under trees and carrying water to school for drinking and sanitation is over for children in Lupane after World Vision invested close to US$300 000 into learning infrastructure, wa...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
NetOne to install 345 base stations
NetOne has promised the installation of above 300 base stations across Zimbabwe through the National Mobile Broad Band Expansion Project (NMBB3) to ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:34hrs | 720 | by Lloyd Rabaya in Guruve
What's the point in building Zimbabwe 'brick by brick' whilst dismantling it 'wall by wall'?
There is a popular saying, "taking two steps forward, and one step backwards" - that describes a scenario whereby things are not going smoothly, when one's efforts are not yielding the desired results...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3017 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gweru to maintain water rationing
GWERU City Council (GCC) says it will maintain its rationing regime as part of efforts to conserve the water because of a low water table in its catchment areas.This was said by GCC spokespers...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
'Arresting executives will destabilise market'
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday warned against the arrest of business leaders over alleged currency violations saying this will sour relations between government and business ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Brain drain too rampant in the health sector
IN 1963, the first medical school in then Rhodesia was established and was affiliated to the University of Birmingharm. This followed the establishment of University of Rhodesia in 1952, which was fun...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 234 | by Johannes Marisa
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply
Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas alt...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
'Forex rentals at blackmarket rates illegal'
PROPERTY owners and managers demanding rentals in foreign currency, without giving tenants an option to pay the equivalent in local currency using the auction rate, risk being arrested as the fight ag...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
IMF maintains positive outlook for Zimbabwe
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained a positive growth trajectory outlook for Zimbabwe in 2021 of 5,1 percent largely supported by increased agricultural output, energy productio...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
RBZ directs banks to detect currency abusers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to configure their automated transaction systems in order to implement robust mechanisms that detect the abuse of debit cards in facilitating ille...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Govt must be serious about devolution
DEVOLUTION means transferring power and authority from central government to lower tiers of government, especially local authorities and provincial councils.The government, despite having said...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 549 | by Harare Residents Trust
RBZ must keep tight lid on forex auction system
FOR a while the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been "availing" United States dollars to businesses at a capped auction rate.This means RBZ funds are the cheapest as they are availabled at ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 417 | by Ndebele
Zanu-PF violence forces politburo to descend on Manicaland
Zanu-PF politburo members yesterday descended on Manicaland province to douse factional fights which have seen party members demonstrate against provincial chairperson Mike Madiro since Sunday....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
CZI warns of imminent Zimdollar collapse
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has warned that the local currency faces imminent collapse and called on government to come up with alternative policy measures to restore confidence in ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
14 community radio stations licensed
GOVERNMENT has made tremendous progress in opening up the airwaves with 14 community radio stations having been licensed so far.In her post-Cabinet briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadca...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 234 | 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 | 445 | by Eddie Cross
RBZ vows to tame forex black market
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday pledged to continue availing foreign currency through the foreign exchange auction system to ensure uninterrupted supply.Mangudy...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Truckers block traffic at Limpopo bridge
COMMERCIAL traffic going into South Africa and Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge border post was yesterday delayed by more than four hours after truck drivers staged a sit-in at the New Limpopo Bridge d...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds, drizzle across Zimbabwe
The strong winds and thunderstorms over many areas since Sunday including drizzle and light rain in some areas yesterday arise from a strong high pressure system over Zimbabwe. Meteorological ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business reach consensus on exchange rates, pricing
A number of agreements were thrashed out yesterday between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and leaders of the business sector to deal with what everyone agreed were unjustified jumps in black-market exch...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife
They bring international hunters and income to Africa. Additionally, they contribute to wildlife management and conservation through acceptable hunting...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 379 | by Emmanuel Koro
What China's overseas coal exit could mean for Zimbabwe
IN response to What China's overseas coal exit plans could mean for Zimbabwe' XYZ says: Is being fair to acknowledge that the environmental accusations made towards China are somehow unfair.As...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1472 | by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora
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
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