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Civil servants bonus payment hangs in the balance
As the month of November nears, the payment of bonuses for the majority of the country's workforce hangs in the balance, with the government also still undecided over the 13th cheque for the civil ser...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves infrastructrure master plan
Cabinet yesterday approved an integrated National Infrastructure Development Master Plan that will ensure development of the country's infrastructure and utilities will be done in a co-ordinated manne...Published: 14 hrs ago | 168 | by Staff reporter
World class women's clinic for Bulawayo
MPILO Central Hospital is set to have the first stillbirth prevention clinic in sub-Saharan Africa under a special scheme to address high numbers of stillbirths in the country. The hospital is...Published: 14 hrs ago | 222 | by Staff reporter
4 parastatals to be listed on ZSE
GOVERNMENT has identified four parastatals for listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in line with the Public Enterprises Reform Programme which seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 317 | by Staff reporter
Top 5 mind-blowing benefits of new online gambling sites
Introduction Which online gambling agencies would you prefer between a large household brand or a new one? For most, they will tend to stick to old casinos that they trust even though new casi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 72 | by Staff Writer
Top 4 sites that will guarantee you the latest cryptocurrency news
The internet is a goldmine of information. However, at times, one may wonder. What's fake and what's real? Are you investing in the blockchain technology? You certainly know the importance of staying ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 13:26hrs | 694 | by Staff Writer
Providing reliable web hosting services across Africa
ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar and Web Hosting company, Web4Africa, is working on providing more reliable web hosting services across the Afri...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 12:00hrs | 299 | by Staff Writer
StanChart remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe
Standard Chartered remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe and its digitisation strategy - which has seen the country's oldest bank closing most of its branches - should not be interpret...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Nust students urged to come up with diaper recycling methods
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to engage students from National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to come up with diaper recycling methods to address increasing levels of litter in the c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army told to embrace new technology
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) battalion group commanders should be dedicated to provide and guarantee a conducive environment for socio-economic development and national prosperity. Officiating...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Judge calls for married people database
In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of mar...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 56 | by Emmanuel Koro
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 00:03hrs | 99 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Internet Counseling: Is it a Good Alternative for Africa?
The Internet has and continues to revolutionize different sectors, mental health included. Today, internet counseling has become a popular option in the US,...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 17:29hrs | 189 | by Staff writer
Outcry over high graduation fees
GRADUANDS at various universities are in a quandary over whether they will be able to graduate after most institutions announced exorbitant graduation fees.Most universities hold their graduat...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Nust deputy bursar quits
A DEPUTY bursar - finance and administration at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Mr Reaboka Noko has reportedly resigned amid allegations that he embezzled funds from the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 111 | by Ranga Mataire
Harare's disgraceful water can be clean
Greater Harare's water supply is probably the worst managed and the most unfairly distributed in Zimbabwe; yet even in a severe drought, it should be possible to provide every household and every busi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Science education way to go'
President Mnangagwa has said science education is critical for Zimbabwe to achieve rapid modernisation, urging institutions of higher learning to churn out graduates capable of producing transformativ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
JSC offers to reinstate fired resident magistrate
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has offered to reinstate fired Esigodini resident magistrate, Mr Tawanda Muchemwa, barely a month after he had approached the Labour Court challenging his dismiss...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:27hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Delta to increase PSL sponsorship
DELTA Beverages, Premier Soccer League sponsors have indicated that they will be extending their contract with the topflight when the present deal runs out at the end of the year. The league s...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:27hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with various issues, including the current drought, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Polytechnics urged to adopt new technologies
Polytechnics should embark on a relentless drive for adoption, adaptation and import substitution of advanced technologies in line with the policy of developing and adopting scientific technologies th...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Media house raided to get information it has on Gordhan and Ramaphosa
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) raided Dr Iqbal Survé's offices in Cape Town this morning, in what the businessman described as a "fishing expedition" and "an intimidation tactic"....Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1445 | 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 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister fingered in machete wars
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube has been implicated in the often violent Mazowe illegal mining activities that have seen youth gangs popularly known as MaShurugwi, engaged in machete wars over gold...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli tables ambitious revenue collection figures
TREASURY has tabled an ambitious $14 billion revenue collection target by year 2019, despite only collecting a paltry 35% of that figure in the first half of the year.Revenue collections for t...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
Commuters appeal for more Zupco buses
COMMUTERS have appealed to Government to increase the fleet of Zupco buses in urban centres to ease public transport costs saying kombi fares were now beyond the reach of many. Following the l...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Customers rebel against Econet promo
In a development that could redefine the relationship between consumers and various service providers, Econet subscribers made an unprecedented uproar against unsolicited messages from the company adv...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecoms, a key driver for development in Zimbabwe
In view of a lack of liquidity and a falling currency in Zimbabwe, the telecoms sector is one of these that could drain significant revenues, if properly regulated. This requires the State to deploy a...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Angela Collings
Mthuli Ncube's Budget plans revealed
The 2020 National Budget will focus on job creation, productivity and economic growth and plugging revenue leakages, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. He outli...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister, Zanu PF MP nearly trade blows
Zanu PF's Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Kazembe Kazembe and Bindura North lawmaker Kenneth Shupikai Musanhi nearly came to blows on Saturday after trading sabotage accusations during an inqu...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 22:53hrs | 4441 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets US$34 million for service delivery
GOVERNMENT has allocated US$34 million and ZWL$18 million to the City of Bulawayo to improve service delivery.This was revealed by Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube while add...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:45hrs | 2604 | by Staff reporter
Nust students protest over 700% increase in graduation fees
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students, who are expecting to graduate on November 8, have petitioned their administration over exorbitant graduation fees which they described as...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1030 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
'Only dialogue can save Zimbabwe,' admits Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for engagement among Zimbabweans to move the country forward, a call seen as an appeal for political dialogue with his rival Nelson Chamisa who heads the ...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:14hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Doctors ordered back to work
DOCTORS in public health institutions have been awarded a 60 percent increment as Government yesterday issued a directive that they abandon their industrial action and return to duty by tomorrow....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 19:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa conferred with honorary degree
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been honored with an honorary Doctor of Engineering, Sciences and Technology degree from the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) .In his acceptance speech,...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hwende's passport released
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Communication and Technology Chairperson, Chalton Hwende, has made a successful application for the temporary release of his passport by the courts to...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa conferred with honorary degree
Proceedings at the 15th graduation ceremony at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) are underway and President Emmerson Mnangagwa is officiating at the event. The President has been hon...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South EPO challenges rural schools
RURAL schools should embrace the new curriculum and come up with programmes that will enhance development within their provinces, Matebeleland South Education Planning Officer, Mr Godfrey Mathuthu has...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Siphosami Mhlanga
China buys Zimbabwe's new capital city of Mt Hampden
Diplomatic and high level government sources at the ministry of lands, agriculture, and rural resettlement this week said Beijing had also struck a deal to provide the more than US$20 billion needed b...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2386 | by Itai Mushekwe
New Zesa board will have its work cut out
The tough talk by Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi to appoint a new Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) board is a noble idea because the country has been battling acute el...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:00hrs | 11 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Govt, Nust in child ARVs study
GOVERNMENT and the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have embarked on a study to improve the provision of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for children. The Ministry of Healt...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa headlines clean-up
President Mnangagwa today headlines the 10th National Clean-Up Campaign at Mzimba Shopping Centre in Chinhoyi before presiding over Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT)'s 15th graduation ceremony. ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dandemutande CEO declared Chartered Secretary of the Year
Dandemutande chief executive Never Ncube was declared Chartered Secretary of the Year at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries annual conference dinner in Victoria Falls last week. Agribank company s...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 14:35hrs | 289 | by Agencies
Stakeholders must work together to avert a time bomb in Harare
The water situation in Harare has become a state of disaster and all stakeholders must work together to stem a calamity that could threaten the lives of the people.The council is doing all...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 13:21hrs | 390 | by Elias Mudzuri
Zanu-PF empowers youths with mining equipment
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has bought state of the art mining Gold Carbon-in-pulp (gold CIP) equipment worth about $2,8 million to improve gold returns in mining operations done by youths in all provinc...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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