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Zimbabwe MPs close to blows over probe into computer scandal
CHAOS rocked a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) Tuesday after members came close fist-fights during a heated oral evidence hearing into the controversial tender involvin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2691 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University campus radio goes on air
LUPANE State University (LSU)'s campus radio station is now on air and broadcasting from its base in the Matabeleland North provincial capital with the institution set to receive the outstanding studi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among four winners of 2022 Mandela social impact awards
THE Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) has announced four of its award winners for its social impact award the Äänit Prize.The four winners – all of them young leaders – are focused on soci...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:45hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife invited by New York mayor
FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Thursday shone like a beacon as the only First Lady to be invited to the exclusive Met Gala Cocktail by the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in recognition of her phi...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:44hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities adjust fees structures
STATE universities in the country have raised their tuition fees in line with regional trends to cover operational costs.Lupane State University (LSU) released their new fee's stru...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Title deeds mapping underway
The Government has enlisted the services of two local companies to develop basic infrastructure in informal settlements currently undergoing geospatial mapping, a process that will expedite the issuan...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:15hrs | 178 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch imminent
Zimbabwe's first satellite - ZimSat-1 - will reach the International Space Station (ISS) next month before its launch into orbit in November, marking the country's entry into space after a two-month d...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | 307 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa meets Iranian counterpart
IRAN President Ebrahim Raisi has emphasised the need to activate the joint economic commission for cooperation between Tehran and Harare.President Raisi made the call during a meeting with Zim...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Potraz tells content creators to be ethical
LOCAL online content creators have been urged to desist from publishing fake news amid calls for them to undergo training on ethical standards.This came out during a workshop organised by the ...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs thrown under the bus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly blocked attempts by party bigwigs to ring-fence their current posts ahead of the ruling party's central committee elections tomorrow.The bigwigs, Za...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 3462 | by Staff reporter
'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 309 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
TelOne picks EOS Data for agric platform
TelOne, the State-owned telecommunications company, has picked EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics, to provide a platform that allows farmers to mon...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tender raises eyebrows
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has reportedly awarded a US$4,6 million tender for the supply, delivery and installation of a fiscalisation back-end system to Norwegian firm, Norway Registers D...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission says handling more than 1,000 cases
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), an independent commission created to combat corruption and crime, said it was handling more than 1,000 cases as it intensifies its war against corruptio...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zinara defends Univern deal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday claimed that the awarding of a 2016 contract to Univern for the supply and maintenance of graders and provision of software programmes was ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fine-tunes free basic education mode
BUILDING towards sustainable education, Government has come up with self-financing mechanisms for higher and tertiary education while plans are afoot for free basic education starting next year, Presi...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Tension ahead of Zanu-PF's central committee elections
Factional fights have erupted in the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of elections for central committee members slated for this weekend.The central committee is the principal and highest decision-m...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire fighter dies in veld fire operation
THE family of a fire fighter who succumbed to burns he suffered while on duty at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) two weeks ago, suspects foul play in his death.Fanyana...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Mashonaland West Politburo members
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Committee, which was yesterday turned into an election directorate, resolved to honour four Politburo members from the province to be uncontested i...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Donation scandal hits Bulawayo city council
THE Bulawayo City Council's Health Services Department has been operating its own bank account, where the department would deposit donated money and then spend it outside the city's financial system, ...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:52hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Jailed former labour minister launches freedom bid
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye (pictured), who was slapped with a 36-month jail term in June this year for corruption, has appealed for bail pending appea...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:12hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Human remains found at Nust
SUSPECTED human remains were found behind the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' residential campus yesterday afternoon.The remains were allegedly discovered by a m...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions effects laid bare at UN
A DOSSIER detailing in graphic detail the horrendous effects of unilateral sanctions that were imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries at the turn of the millennium has been submitted to the United N...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:51hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean engineer joins F1's Mercedes
Zimbabwean engineer Samantha Nyikadzino has joined Formula 1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas following in the footsteps of Stephanie Travers who made the breakthrough as a trackside fuel engineer.N...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Nust students centre nears completion
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans fro...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Mkoba Teachers' College starts producing liquid fertilisers
Mkoba Teachers' College (MTC) in Gweru, Midlands Province has started producing vegetable and fruit pickles, herbs and liquid fertilisers in line with Education 5.0 philosophy.The liquid ferti...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Police block CCC conference
POLICE are in the eye of the storm over allegations of selective application of the law after they cancelled a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youth conference scheduled for last Saturday, claimin...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
US$30 million for Lupane State University students accommodation
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has released US$30m for the construction of Lupane State University student accommodation and work has already begun in earnest on the seven-hect...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 11:05hrs | 732 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says no to tribalism, regionalism
Government will intensify direct support to farmers through various programmes during the 2022/2023 summer cropping season to stimulate enhanced grain production and guarantee national food self-suffi...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:12hrs | 2097 | by Staff Reporter
Nust sets up factories
PLASTIC container making, honey and fruit processing factories have been established at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as the institution angles to play a critical role in Bu...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Where is Generation Z age group born 2000-2004? The missing '1.5 million voters'
More than 1.5 million people turn18 since the last general election, and these youngest eligible Generation Z (Gen Z), Gen Zers or Zoomers form a diverse, active, and potentially decisive voting bloc ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 251 | by Farai Chirimumimba
DHL Global Forwarding grows Zimbabwe presence
One year after the launch of DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) in Harare, the international air, ocean, and road freight services provider is expanding its presence with a second office in Mutare. The new f...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF will rule forever
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday boasted that his ruling Zanu-PF party would not relinquish power, but rule forever.He was addressing thousands of party supporters gathered at Dulivhadzi...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:38hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's former adviser form his own party
UNITED STATES-BASED Maxwell Shumba (MS), a former chief adviser to the late MDC leader and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has decided to form his own party, Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst), ...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:38hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils new-look Beitbridge Border Post
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post and said all border posts would be upgraded to improve the quality of services in the transport sub-sector.He d...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
ZIMASCO starts building two new furnaces
ZIMASCO, a unit of China's Sinosteel, has started building two new furnaces at the Kwekwe complex as it targets to raise capacity by 40 percent, a spokesperson said.The US$35 million investmen...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:29hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for shared African values
AFRICA's shared values and common challenges should not only bring the continent closer, but also help nurture the capacity to build a stable and conflict-free Africa that is needed to promote sustain...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:27hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Econet subscriber base hits 14,9 million
LEADING telecommunications services provider, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) says its customer subscriber base has hit 14,9 million to become a "pace setter" in the industry.The latest fig...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches rural poultry scheme
THE Presidential Rural Poultry Scheme which is expected to provide 30 million chicks to at least three million people across the country's rural areas was launched in Masvingo on Thursday in line with...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Schools, colleges maintain face masks requirement
COVID-19 containment measures including wearing of face masks will remain in place for all learners in schools and tertiary institutions despite the Government lifting their wearing for fully va...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety grips Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders
THE Government has reaffirmed its commitment to assist thousands of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders who are living in South Africa as the 31 December deadline for the expiry of the special per...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc data costs prohibitive'
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has castigated the high cost of data in southern Africa as an assault against freedom of expression."The cost of accessing the internet r...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:10hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'don't be left behind'
LOCAL investors should not be left behind Zimbabwe's economic drive, which is expected to put them at the forefront of the ongoing transformation, modernisation and industrialisation, President Emmers...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Civil Registry derails voter registration'
ELECTORAL watchdogs are concerned that the temporary failure by the Civil Registry to issue identity documents due to broken down equipment will derail the voter registration exercise ahead of the 202...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 20:37hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 438 | by Clerk Ndlovu
'Esidakeni persecutions counterproductive'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has described the continuing wrangle around the ownership of Esidakeni farm as counter revolutionary.The wrangle is between Kershelmar Farms Private Limited (the...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Passports: Decentralising a Citizen Right, says Mnangagwa
Devolving governance, decentralising servicesChapter 14 of our Constitution provides for devolution of governmental power in the interest of citizen participation and social justice. The Chapt...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:42hrs | 279 | by President E.D. Mnangagwa
Chiwenga praises Boustead Beef
BOUSTEAD Beef, a firm that is currently undertaking the revival of the Cold Storage Company (CSC), has so far pumped in US$24 million into the business, which is a complete violation of the Livestock ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:05hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Use tech to stop tout menace
Zimbabwe's crime hot spots are bus stops and bus ranks where we catch our long distance buses and the biggest criminals are the touts that take advantage of innocent travellers by insulting, harassing...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:39hrs | 563 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
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