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Mthuli Ncube to expend 5% fuel levy on Chirundu Highway
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated 5% of the excise duty revenue collected on fuel towards the construction of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway as international...Published: 19 hrs ago | 340 | by Staff reporter
Stabbing after sex-for-taxi fare deal goes sour
A SECURITY guard has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman several times on her back accusing her of not honouring her promise to have sex with him after paying her taxi fare. Nqobizith...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Former Bosso chairman dies
FORMER Highlanders chairman, Malcolm King, died yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa. Highlanders president Ndumiso Gumede said King, who served as Bosso chairman in 1984, contributed a lot to the clu...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:35hrs | 2455 | by Staff reporter
Zupco not paying route approval fees: BCC
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is reportedly not paying route approval fees to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), prejudicing the local authority of about $16 000 in potential revenue ann...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told he has 'done a very bad job'
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has done a bad job in the economy since being appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa despite claiming the country has recorded a budget surplus for the first time in i...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 3720 | by newzimbabwe
3 die in car crash
THREE people died on the spot, while two others were seriously injured when a pirate taxi they were travelling in overturned several times along Khami Road near Delta Beverages in Bulawayo early Sunda...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa led govt has failed
It is a fact that ZANU PF party has failed this nation since 1980, it is also a fact that ZANU PF is known locally for all the wrong reasons, ranging from gukurahundi genocide, government sponsored tr...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3441 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Zimbabwean sex slaves freed in SA
MORE than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga province where their captor...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
We have a moral duty to denounce sanctions
Zimbabweans in all their different shades and from various social and political backgrounds on Friday 25 October, expressed their exasperation on the continued existence of illegal sanctions by the Eu...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:49hrs | 79 | by Ranga Mataire
Police recover $300k stolen household property in raid
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered property valued at RTGS$300 000 allegedly stolen by a three-man gang in daylight raids from households in Cowdray Park suburb between June and this month. Bul...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2336 | by Staff Reporter
All signs bad - ZimVigil Diary
A number of reports this week exposed the worsening situation in Zimbabwe, facing hunger and malnutrition, continued abuse of human rights and a contracting economy. On Wednesday Veritas,...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2256 | by ZimVigil Diary
Erect bus stop shelters for Zupco buses
THE timely coming on board of the Zupco buses to service town routes that have all along belonged to private owned commuter omnibuses or kombis has brought smiles to the majority of citizens who...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:45hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa summoned private jet from France for Bulawayo trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa summoned a private jet from France to fly him the round trip to Bulawayo from Harare, ZimLive reported.The US$30,000-per-hour Boeing 737 flew 11,330km to pick up t...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:28hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube now taxes villagers
The Zimbabwean government has put into force a livestock levy. This levy will tax any livestock products of livestock, this includes milk, eggs and mazondo. The levying of the livestock will put to te...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 54 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man steals drunk friend's car
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing his drunk friend's car and selling his belongings without his consent. Ntandoyenkosi Moyo (28) of Pumula South suburb...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing cash, cellphone
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing a bag containing more than RTGS$5 000 in cash and a cellphone from an Inter Africa bus. George Muchineripi (33) of Th...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
SA taxi associations terrorising Zimbabwean immigrants in Pretoria
"We are living in fear. We do not know when they will strike next," says Ashley Johnson.Johnson, a Zimbabwean living in Pretoria, is nursing wounds after being attacked last week at a shop by ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1316 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
The trials and joys of travelling in overloaded malayitshas to Zimbabwe
"Wait and see for yourself: the sky is the limit," said the man halfway up the trailer.He was loading more and more goods on what already appeared to be a mountain of luggage, GroundUp reporte...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:06hrs | 402 | by GroundUp
No citizens here, just tribal warlords and a bunch of idiots
Just how is it that we have sunk to this place of self-worship, of hyper individualism and vain-glory — the place where our common humanity takes a backseat and the groans of a neighbour are an...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 390 | by Zifiso Masiye
Bulawayo residents endorse solar farms at disused cemeteries
BULAWAYO residents have said they are not opposed to the setting up of solar farms at disused cemeteries as long as council does not tamper with graves.The residents said this during a Bulaway...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma charged with raping 2 women who blacked out from 'traditional concoction'
A traditional healer has been arrested after being accused of raping two women who had passed out after drinking a traditional concoction during a "cleansing ceremony", KwaZulu-Natal police said yeste...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Companies, parastatals default paying tax
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Faith Mazani on Tuesday told Parliament that companies and parastatals were not paying taxes resulting in a huge tax debt.Mazani appeare...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Family lives in fears, as member goes missing
A FAMILY from Bulawayo is living in fear following the disappearance of a family member in January this year, during a near uprising in the country over the hiking of fuel prices.The family of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3915 | by Agencies
All the fun of the Casino
Most of us at one time or another have enjoyed a night out at a land-based casino but unfortunately this type of entertainment has become a pretty expensive way of enjoying yourselves, especially if y...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 20:32hrs | 443 | by Staff writer
Car robbers jailed 30 years each
Two Zvishavane men, who had been terrorising motorists in and outside Harare, mainly targeting taxi drivers, were last week sentenced to 30 years in prison each after being convicted on three counts o...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:44hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tax evasion outs govt
The Zanu-PF government is taxing people dead on one hand, but is an artful dodger of tax on the other. That's an insulting contradiction.Months ago, Mthuli Ncube, the Finance minister, introdu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:40hrs | 779 | by Tawanda Majoni
Busting the myth of an 'upper middle income' Utopia in Zimbabwe
Ever since the November 2017 military coup, in which then iron-fisted late Zimbabwe leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe was toppled, his predecessor Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has ridden on the mantra of ta...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 18:16hrs | 311 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe needs higher productivity and exports
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Dr Jesimen Chipika emphasised to chartered secretaries meeting in Victoria Falls last week that the government's Transitional Stabilisation Programme is a two-...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 15:01hrs | 265 | by Agencies
Taxmen, police, and army take bribes from smugglers
The Victoria Falls, on the mighty Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the world's seven wonders and arguably the largest waterfall by width and depth.It is alternatively known...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Woe betide prawn-munching comrades
Having grown up in a very productive village, the Bishop knows all too well about the notoriety of nuisance greedy baboons, especially during the cropping season.Being assigned to fend-off the...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:15hrs | 50 | by Bishop Lazi
'Righteous' cop jailed
A POLICE Constable who recently opened up on corruption in the police force and tendered his resignation, has been sent to jail for communicating with the media without authority. Authorities ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Pandemonium as ZUPCO arrives in Kadoma
Business came to a brief halt yesterday as flea market and vegetable vendors rushed from their stalls to cheer the arrival of two ZUPCO buses in Kadoma's central business district. ZUPCO fares...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 4161 | by ilizwi263
Zimbabwe tour operators accuse Botswana of unfair business practice
ZIMBABWE'S tour operators have alleged unfair business practices by their Botswana counterparts, whereby they bring their clients straight to the country instead of letting them do that on their behal...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hikes again
Zimbabwe on Monday raised fuel prices again, with petrol going up to ZWL11.55 and diesel going up to ZWL12.08 per litre in line with Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's suggestion that the price of fuel ...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:24hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says they outsmarted cash oligarchs
Government last Friday outsmarted some individuals and entities that were behind the sharp rise in foreign exchange rates, a development that has seen the United States dollar falling against the loca...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:15hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Woman smashes boyfriend's car
A local bar waitress in Matsheumhlope, Siphathisiwe Moyo (30) cracked the court open last Friday when she told the court that it was her right to smash her boyfriend's car bonnet after she found him i...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
German national missing in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the location of a 37-year-old German national who went missing in Bulawayo last week. Bulawayo acting provincial police ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa owns CBZ bank?
One of the country's leading commercial banks CBZ is now owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This was revealed by exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo.Moyo was responding ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 04:59hrs | 11643 | by Mandla Ndlovu
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 7957 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Mapeza explains shock departure
NORMAN MAPEZA says the need for rest, after five demanding years in the trenches at FC Platinum, finally forced him to end his successful marriage with the Zvishavane miners. The Zimbabwe cham...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:53hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Prices up 100% in one week
PRICES of basic commodities have increased by up to 100 percent this week thereby pushing the prices beyond the reach of most consumers. Shops, including big supermarkets, have increased price...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 19:54hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Of the South African confusion
South Africa has two current types of politically inclined confusions that we are witnessing as Zimbabweans. The first one of course is this primitive but very costly xenophobic crusade against largel...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1343 | by Wiston Mazhandu
Prices for basic commodities go up 100% in one week
PRICES of basic commodities have increased by up to 100 percent this week thereby pushing the prices beyond the reach of most consumers. Shops, including big supermarkets, have increased price...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 06:33hrs | 3183 | by Staff Reporter
Airports told to revamp emergency services
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has expressed concern over lack of proper emergency services at the country's major airports. Speaking after ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:05hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: A product of a vicious system
The death of former President Robert Mugabe at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday September 6, 2019 rang memory bells about the hush-hush, but spirited conversations that Zanu-PF comrades used to hav...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1264 | by Jonathan N. Moyo
Xenophobia - Afrophobia unrest flares up in Joburg CBD
Businesses in parts of the Johannesburg city centre and surrounding areas have shut their doors as a group of men, believed to be mostly hostel dwellers from Jeppestown, march and protest on Sunday af...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 16:26hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
Minor dies after rape attempt
A BABY died when a Mvurwi woman jumped off a moving vehicle as she tried to escape from two men who were allegedly trying to rape her.The woman had boarded a lift on an unregistered white Hond...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:20hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1491 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested five suspected armed robbers who raided a business premises in Ardbennie, Harare, and stole various goods and property worth over US$40 000. The five are still assisting w...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
From the 404 to the Honda Fit
"KIDNAP, robbery and near rape", the newspaper headline screamed on 22 August. "Honda Fit Crew robs osiphatheleni," our sister paper The Chronicle's headline read on 27 August. In the ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | 424 | by Bruce Ndlovu
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