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Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 11 hrs ago | 338 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project yet to reach the second and third phases
LAWMAKERS have taken Treasury to task over delays in updating Parliament on the progress of the Gwayi-Shangani water project after it emerged that there has been little construction activity despite t...Published: 11 hrs ago | 577 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's foreign trial bid flops
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa may have lost the battle to have her case of allegedly trying to kill her ex-husband tried in South Africa.It emerged that Z...Published: 11 hrs ago | 642 | by Staff reporter
Biker arrested over fake Zimbabwe licence in South Africa
Police in Ekurhuleni have arrested a 45-year-old man who was riding a motorbike, after he initially ignored instructions to stop, and later produced a "fake" Zimbabwean driving licence.Spokesp...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 18:51hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 1707 | by Staff reporter
Donkey-drawn carts ply Zimbabwe's abandoned remote routes?
From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway in Zimbabwe at a spot popularly known as Turn-P, the road passing through Neshuro Township has been degraded, disused, and derelict for over two decades, with buse...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | 162 | by General Franco
GMB invites transporters
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is inviting transporters owning 3-tonne to 36-tonne trucks to register to carry grain across the country.In a statement, GMB said all interested transporters mu...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
SMALL scale miners seeks audience with President on export ban
SMALL scale miners, bit hard by the new base metals export blanket ban announced recently, are seeking a six-month moratorium to fulfill existing supply a...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 20:16hrs | 355 | by Paul Ndou
Power outages hit PPC cement sales
REGIONAL cement maker PPC expects sales volumes at its Zimbabwean unit will drop by 14% in the full year compared to the same period last year due to recurrent power outages and grey imports.P...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
2 more die at Mnangagwa ally's mine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Better Brands has reportedly continued conducting secret mining operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland, which led to t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Motorist demands US$132 fine refund from CCC led council
A HARARE motorist is demanding a US$132 refund from the Harare City Council's subsidiary City Parking after his vehicle was clamped in the central business district on March 8 over parking fee arrears...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led HCC bows down to pressure from motorists
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday bowed down to pressure from motorists who were up in arms over the US$132 fine the council was charging for failing to pay parking fees.Harare motorists sti...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 684 | by Cremio Mabauwa
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 2675 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reads riot act to Harare councillors in parking storm
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday ordered Harare councillors to urgently review parking penalty charges following a public outcry, ZimLive reported.Chamisa st...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:23hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Plot to shield a fugitive backfires
A ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigator appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with criminal abuse of office after allegedly shielding a fugitive with three war...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | 245 | by @Jamwanda2
Zimstat boss grabs agency vehicles, awards self undue allowances
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) director general Taguta Mahonde has stirred controversy after allegedly thanking himself with some hefty benefits sources say are outside his conditions o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Duty reprieve for vehicle assembly factories
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty on semi-knocked down (SKD) single and double-cab motor vehicle kits imported by approved assemblers for a period of three years in a bid to revive the local motor...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF launches 'Zimbabwe is open for business: Mark 2' Someone is making a killing from these dunderheads!
The Zanu PF spirit to revive the Zimbabwe economy is willing but the intellect is weak!When then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fellow conspirator staged the November 2017 military ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 20:07hrs | 628 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe councils not disclosing all revenue streams
GOVERNMENT has unearthed a lot of irregularities in the running of local authorities, amid revelations that councils are not disclosing all of their revenue streams while their operations fail to comp...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:30hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be allowed to vote'
ZAPU has argued that the diaspora vote is a necessary political right because it is another way of appreciating Zimbabweans living abroad who send remittances back to the country.Ndodana Moyo,...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 19:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe's fuel price now compares to other African countries
Zimbabwe's fuel price is painfully high and unlikely to drop significantly anytime soon.The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.30 U.S. dollars per litre. However, there is a subst...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:36hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
High Courts foils illegal hostile company takeover
IN a huge victory for Israeli investor Ofer Sivan, the High of Zimbabwe has blocked the 'illegal' hostile takeover of earth moving equipment business, Adelcraft Investments, by Gillad Shabtai and his ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:44hrs | 2189 | by Paul Ndou
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Edgars branch forced to relocation by vendors
GIANT retail clothing company, Edgars Stores Limited, has closed one of its prominent branches in Bulawayo citing the need to secure an alternative location that suits its brand expectation amid press...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | 3382 | by Staff reporter
Zimra happy with block tax system
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is satisfied with the preliminary results of the Block Management System (BMS) that classifies all taxpayers into specific geographical locations or zone...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Sharpe chickens out, withdraws $20 million lawsuit
Ken Sharpe's has chickened out of his $20 million claim against a company he accused of causing him huge financial prejudice by erecting a billboard urging people not to buy stands on land under conte...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 22:11hrs | 3436 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF's absentee MP told not to contest 2023 elections
Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion Takura Mugweni (Zanu-PF) was last week told by party chairpersons in Mashonaland Central province not to contest at this year's general elections.Mugw...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 20:50hrs | 2114 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter: Mine loses millions worthy of diamonds as workers engage in illicit diamond panning
Dear, Some "lucky" Murowa Diamonds Mine workers have become rich overnight after a well-orchestrated and carefully executed diamond stealing process went on undetected for months leaving some ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 1986 | by Concerned Murowa Resident
Zimbabwe to become Africa's Dubai
Zimbabwe plans to set up an offshore financial center in the resort city of Victoria Falls that the government hopes will emulate the likes of Dubai and the Isle of Man to attract foreign investment....Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 08:54hrs | 11173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to compensate white former farmers over 10 years instead of 20
Zimbabwe will compensate white farmers, whose land was taken, over 10 years instead of the 20 announced three years ago, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday, adding that the money would be ...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tragedy is being led by a coward!
Over the past few days, I was in the breath-taking mountain city of Mutare - attending a dear cousin's funeral.During this visit to this captivating and awe-inspiring place - besides the immer...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 18:11hrs | 827 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Taxi driver bashes police officer
A taxi driver appeared in court this week for allegedly refusing to be arrested and whipping up a gang of vendors to assault a police officer.Wellington Tawanda Mafuta (39) appeared before Har...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:02hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai remembered five years on
February 14, 2023 marked five years since late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer.He was 65.Tsvangirai left the main opposition MDC...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:36hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Valentine's Day turned nasty for lovebirds
IT was a nasty end to a seemingly perfect Valentine's Day celebrations for Dereck Moyo (27) and his lover Tanya Maraire (23).Things turned horribly wrong while they were heading home when thre...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:52hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Top US banker Holtzman appointed Victoria Falls Offshore Centre Chairperson
TOP US banker and ex-politician, Marc Holtzman has been appointed chairperson of the Victoria Falls Offshore Centre in a move market watchers believe will bolster global investors' confidence....Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shifts goal posts after public panic over generator licensing
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it will only license generators above 5kVA at a commercial level, following panic among members of the public who are using generators at home due to pow...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:25hrs | 1582 | 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 | 526 | by Staff reporter
Namibia, Zimbabwe gear up to keep more profits from lithium boom
Lithium-rich African countries, including Zimbabwe and Namibia, are trying to develop processing and refining industries to capture more of the profits of global demand for the battery material....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Fresh moves to promote use of Zimdollars
GOVERNMENT will enhance tax collections in local currency and maintain interest rates at par with inflation to promote the use of the Zimbabwe dollar in local transactions, Treasury has said.A...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:35hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
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 | 69 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabwean men, 10-car cigarette smuggling convoy intercepted in SA
South African police have intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe via Beitbridge and illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, seizing five vehicles and cigaret...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records US$328mln in FDI
ZIMBABWE recorded USS327,9 million in foreign direct investment last year, an increase from USS237,5 million recorded in 2021. Despite the strong growth, analysts say the investment inflows re...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:20hrs | 96 | 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 | 960 | by Staff reporter
No evidence to convict '6.9kg gold smuggler' Henrietta Rushwaya?
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) top official Tawanda Zvekare has made startling claims Zimbabwe's prosecuting arm of the judiciary does not have enough evidence to secure a conviction against Zim...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 20:08hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Slain sheriff's spirit 'haunts' killers
IN a bizarre case of the dead fighting from the grave, four of the six suspects linked to the murder of Harare High Court sheriff during an armed robbery are no longer able to stand trial after two of...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
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