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Zimbabwe's class 2 driving licence holders to undergo further testing to drive haulage trucks
IN a bid to tame Zimbabwe's traffic jungle that has witnessed massive road carnages in recent years, government has moved to stop holders of newly-acquired Class Two (2) driver's licences from steerin...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abandoning metal disc driving licence from June 19
Plans to replace the current metal driver's licences with a new plastic disc are at an advanced stage as Government through the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) moves Zimbabwe into line with the Common ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:29hrs | 9295 | by Staff reporter
R5 billion for ex-Wenela payouts
AT LEAST 1 000 Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wenela) are set to benefit from the provisional compensation pool of R5 billion tha...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
'Stop dramatising electoral process'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said it is executing its functions independently and is confident of delivering credible elections as it does not fear or favour any political party....Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:00hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
ZEC under fire over voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has come under intense scrutiny after registered voters and the opposition identified several anomalies during the voters roll inspection exercise which started...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says Zec favouring Zanu-PF on voters roll
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of colluding on the voters roll ahead of the August polls.Addressing a p...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence impasse in Electoral Bill debate
Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into ear...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Women in agriculture capacitated
Over 200 women in agriculture were invited to meet with various stakeholders in Mashonaland East province for a capacity building in Agribusiness in Marondera today.The workshop unpacked oppor...Published: 18 May 2023 at 16:12hrs | 402 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Marondera
'Gold tokens will unlikely save Zimdollar'
THE recently-announced gold-backed digital tokens will neither strengthen the local currency nor reduce chronic inflation because of waning market confidence and trust in government, an economic watch...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo needs to be prime shooting location for films'
The Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust (ZIFFT) in partnership with Bulawayo-based Rebel Film Productions brought together 10 production studios for a meeting at the Nust American Space in ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on charm offensive UK investment drive
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is on a charm offensive in the United Kingdom as his country wades out of international isolation to attract investors and kickstart the ailing economy....Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:01hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt charms war collaborators ahead of 2023 general elections
GOVERNMENT has been frantically charming war veterans, ex-political prisoners, detainees, restrictees, non-combatant cadres and war collaborators by increasing pensions ahead of polls later this year,...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
APPN Zimbabwe Caucus champions the creation of Parliamentary Press Committees
The African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) Zimbabwe Caucus has moved a step further in establishing Parliamentary Press Committees aimed at strengthening the operations enshrined in the APPN Regul...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 08:24hrs | 124 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hoping to build economy by 'creating' entrepreneurs and innovators is delusional and misguided!
There is a popular saying - leaders are born and not created or made. That is very true.It is a futile exercise trying to make a leader out of someone who never had leadership qualitie...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 09:59hrs | 885 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Storm over Mnangagwa texts to voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire for allegedly leaking voters' mobile numbers to the ruling Zanu-PF party, which is now using the numbers to solicit for votes using short me...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1952 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sets date for CCC candidate selection
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has set April 5 as the date for selecting its candidates for the general elections likely to be held in August.CCC election directorate head Ian Makone ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF claims to have amassed 4,5 million voters
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa claims the ruling party has already amassed 4,5 million registered voters, 500 less than its target of five million votes in the upcoming elections....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
De-registration of unlicenced vehicles starts
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has started the de-registration of vehicles that have remained unlicenced for more than two years.This comes after Zinara released a stateme...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing power of incumbency
THE election season has officially begun. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has in the week deliberately given his party, Zanu-PF, inside information on the August elections instead of gazetting such infor...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 294 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Releasing electronic format of voter's role compromises security, court rules
The High Court has rejected a bid by opposition CCC Member of Parliament Allan Markham to compel Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to release the voters' roll in electronic format after agreeing wit...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
In what ways can you use data to benefit your company?
Amazingly, today's technology allows us to collect massive amounts of data; however, a significant portion of that data is now being gathered before anyone answers the question, "What do we want to do...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:44hrs | 213 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zinara de-registers unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) will de-register all vehicles that have not been licensed for two or more years from the national database....Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says 'disengaging' from controversial Univern contract
Transport minister Felix Mhona says the government has started disengaging from the controversial Univern contract after it was deemed inconsistent with the Procurement Act.This came aft...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:21hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
Placements for 5 000 youths in agriculture
Up to 5 000 youths who graduated in Kwekwe last year after undergoing the provincial youth development skills programme will be placed on farms to boost their involvement in agricultural activities an...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has no electronic trade agreements, treaties database'
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry has no electronic database of trade agreements and treaties signed by government, NewsDay has learnt.This was revealed by Foreign Affairs deputy minister Da...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Namibian Government bans driving of second-hand in transit vehicles
THE Namibian Government has banned driving of second-hand in transit vehicles through that country and such vehicles will now only be transported on a car carrier trailer.The ban comes into ef...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 20:52hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dangles US$20m for lithium battery plant
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says the Government is ready to put forward US$20 million to partner investors willing to invest in a lithium battery manufacturing pro...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:44hrs | 897 | by Staff Reporter
Vendors4ED, Council clash
Zanu-PF affiliate Vendors 4ED has clashed with Harare City Council (HCC), amid reports that the latter was illegally allocating trading spaces to its members in the city under cover of the ruling part...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1834 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Zinara to disburse $98bn to councils
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is targeting to disburse $98 billion to local authorities across the country this year. Last year, Zinara disbursed $30, 6 billion to...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diaspora in SA forms consortium to spearhead migrants' development
THE Zimbabwean diaspora community has collaborated with other African countries to form a consortium called African Development Consortium (ADC), which will initiate and run developmental programmes f...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Umjolo app launched - 'Thou shall not commit adultery'
Walter Mbano, a 31-year-old man from Pumula South Bulawayo has launched an Application called "Bae Tracker" which is meant to keep relationship partners loyal to each other.The Application is ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:01hrs | 777 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Undocumented Zimbabwean children struggle to find schools in SA
It is 10:00, and 9-year-old Michael is begging at a set of traffic lights in Johannesburg. Most children his age are back at school after the holidays. But Michael is undocumented.He has not b...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
e-Gov drive goes up
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services through Potraz has donated 160 computers to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare as the e-Govern...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 13:11hrs | 557 | by Staff Reporter
10,000 pastors set to undergo 'patriotic' training at Zanu-PF's School of Ideology
OVER 10,000 Zimbabwean pastors are set to undergo training at Chitepo School of Ideology.Pastors for ED National Chairperson, Idiraishe Dongo, said the initiative is aimed at grooming pas...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:08hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Kenyan hacker syphons $20M from Zimdef bank account
A KENYAN national yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with hacking the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) systems and syphoning $20 million from its bank account....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 16:49hrs | 1362 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh Zimbabwe farm invasions loom
RULING Zanu-PF members have formed a shadowy group dubbed "Land for Economic Development (ED)" to fast-track parcelling out of "unutilised" land to party youths ahead of next year's crunch polls....Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:39hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says independent electricity producers' licences corruptly awarded
EXILED former cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi, has confirmed a widely held belief that tenders for independent power producers (IPPs) were corruptly handed out by government.Mzembi's comments ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP sues Zec over voters roll
HARARE North legislator Allan Markham (CCC) has filed a High Court challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seeking to compel it to provide the national voters roll in electronic form...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
'40% Zimbabwean cars uninsured'
At least 40 percent of cars on Zimbabwe's roads do not have insurance cover, the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has said.ICZ spokesperson Ringisai Batiya said this has affected victims of...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Agriculture Minister warns lazy farmers
AGRICULTURE Minister, Anxious Masuka, has called on farmers under-utilising land to consider joint ventures with investors or risk revocation of offer letters.Masuka, who was commenting on agr...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll a mess, claims Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has admitted that the voters roll to be used in next year's polls is a mess and needs serious scrutiny and audit for it to be credible.Section 35 of the Electoral Act gives the Zimbabw...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mobilisation drive in top gear
THE reintroduction of District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) in Zanu-PF structures has injected renewed impetus into the ruling party's mobilisation activities, with the party now on a strong footin...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:41hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Pastors4ED call for sanctions removal
As Zimbabwe and the region commemorate the SADC Anti-Sanctions Day today, Pastors for Economic Development (Pastors4ED) have added their voices in calling for the immediate and unconditional lifting o...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Pastors4ED meet
THE obscure Pastors4ED grouping of church ministers is holding its first strategic meeting in Harare today as it ups its campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the 2023 elections.I...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will bar all vehicles without valid licence discs from passing through tollgates.In a statement, Zinara said this would be implemente...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
All Zimbabwe qualified health professionals recruited
ALL qualified health professionals seeking employment in the public sector have been hired, giving that group a zero unemployment rate as the Health Services Board (HSB) acts to upgrade the public hea...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
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