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Shake-up looms at Zesa
Zesa Holdings has been set tough performance standards and goals in both energy supply and administrative efficiency, with the Government taking an active role in monitoring progress. This was...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 09:57hrs | 5003 | by Staff Reporter
US$215m lawsuit for Matiza, NRZ
THE Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) has instructed its lawyers Atherstone and Cook Legal Practitioners to sue Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza and the National Railways of Zimbab...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Ordinary Zimbabweas played no role in Mugabe coup
As Zimbabwe remembers the second anniversary of the "resignation" of long-time dictator Robert Gabriel Mugabe on November 21, 2017 — marking the end of his 37-year reign of terror — it is shocking...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:41hrs | 459 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fresh start for NRZ recapitalisation project
Cabinet has ordered the retendering of the National Railways of Zimbabwe recapitalisation project following the cancellation of the US$400 million deal last month. The deal, involving th...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Lets not delude ourselves - ordinary Zimbabweans played no role in Mugabe removal! It was purely a coup d'etat!
As Zimbabwe remembers the second anniversary of the 'resignation' of long-time dictator Robert Gabriel Mugabe on 21 November 2017 - marking the end of his 37 year reign of terror - it is shocking how ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2756 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MOPA comes into effect
President Mnangagwa has assented to three new laws aimed at guiding the Government's political and economic reform agenda. The three laws are the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA) (Chapter 11:...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
How Jonathan Moyo and Kasukuwere fled Zimbabwe
Two years after a military coup that ousted former president Robert Mugabe, one unresolved mystery is how two top loyalists of the late president escaped from the country after soldiers peppered a hou...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:39hrs | 5786 | by Staff reporter
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3748 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CAAZ mourns funds repatriation
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) says failure to repatriate funds to international airlines has piled on to challenges that are discouraging the firm from efficiently discharging duties in ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenged over Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project
Legislators from across the political divide, who hail from Matabeleland have been urged to unite in rejecting the 2020 budget if it does not address the need to implement the long mooted project to p...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as govt fires over 200 doctors
GOVERNMENT yesterday fired 211 doctors at public hospitals for going o strike to demand better pay, with another 500 at risk.Doctors have been on strike since September 3 demanding salaries th...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue needed to break doctors, govt impasse
Doctors and their employer have been urged to engage in an honest dialogue aimed at ending the current impasse which has halted operations in public hospitals and created chaos in the private sector w...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:19hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to extract diesel from coal
Zimbabwe is working on the possible production of diesel from its vast untapped coal resources in the Zambezi Valley, with the first feasibility study expected at the end of the month. Althoug...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
US$14m funding for Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
The 100 megawatt (MW) Gwanda solar project has received fresh impetus after a local infrastructure fund, African Transmission Corporation (ATC) Holdings, agreed to extend US$14 million to finance the ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3130 | by Staff reporter
Restoration of Zimbabwe
Dear AllAs previously affirmed, there is no retreat, no defeat and no surrender for us because God is with us. But if we do not do or say that which God would have instructed us to do and say ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 08:18hrs | 881 | by Tarisai
Zimbabwe reform package timeline revealed
A raft of constitutional and legislative reforms to deepen civil liberties, individual rights, extend the women's quota system and entrench political and electoral reforms, are expected to be gazetted...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Minister puts measures in place to speed up Beitbridge road project completion
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development Minister Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza says the Government has come up with a raft of measures to speed up the completion of a 6km road project under the Beitbri...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to formally communicate on DIDG contract cancellation
GOVERNMENT has not yet formally communicated to the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) concerning the termination of the US$400 million deal meant to revive the National Railways of Zimb...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare road upgrade begins
CIVIL works on the upgrading of the $600 million Beitbridge-Harare highway have begun in earnest under locally based contractors after Government could not agree on a number of issues with foreign con...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3571 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Roland opens up about the fame
It's a Beauties and a Beast affair . . . Akulaleki masambeni siyojaiva!Trending far-from-beauty valiant Roland Muchegwa well-known as Uncle Roland is unshaken by the negative comments on Black...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5120 | by Staff reporter
NRZ signs wagons deal in Russia
A NEW lease of life is beckoning for the troubled National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) after the entity signed a new deal with Union Wagons of Russia here on Tuesday, for the supply of wagons and locom...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:31hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches Sanctions Essay Competition
Zimbabwe is a Member State of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a regional body of sixteen members. SADC was created to promote socio-political and economic development in the region i...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:53hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo favoured Zanu-PF split, says Zapu
THE late Father Zimbabwe - Joshua Nkomo - always emphasised the need to pull-out of the 1987 Unity Accord agreement with Zanu-PF that was signed to ostensibly stop the1980s massacres in the region, Za...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:55hrs | 2549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
US$400m NRZ deal divides ministers
CABINET's shock decision this week to cancel the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal won by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and South African ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Massive NRZ tender cancelled
Government has cancelled the US$400 million deal with Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group-Transnet consortium meant to revive the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) after the group failed to co...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi chides Zapu on Unity Accord pullout
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has chided the opposition party, Zapu, for trivialising the 1987 Unity Accord saying the pact was irreversible.The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between Jos...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10780 | by Iphithule Maphosa
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 10:27hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
In Defence of Regular Elections: The Right to Vote and Rubbishing the Election Sabbath
I am admittedly and violently against the Church proposed and so called Sabbath meant to give 7 years for Zimbabwe to get the political jigsaw puzzle right. The under pinning argument is that too much...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 519 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
'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 07:13hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Conman dupes 510 of US$2m
POLICE in Harare have arrested a suspected conman for allegedly swindling 510 people of more than US$2 million in a fake financial investment scam. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 713 | 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 | 792 | by Tawanda Majoni
Government misses privatisation deadlines
The government has failed to meet its targets to revive state- owned enterprises (SOEs) that were outlined under its much-touted economic blueprint amid concerns about policy inconsistencies.F...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:33hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners to get express cash
THE Government is working with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and banks to ensure that pensioners access cash for their pension payouts.The country has been experiencing cash shortages that have...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:15hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out US$12bn milestone
President Mnangagwa is this month expected to spell out comprehensive practical steps that Zimbabwe will take to achieve an audacious US$12 billion annual exports milestone for the mining sector....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:09hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to review power tariffs monthly
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) holdings acting group chief executive officer, Engineer Patrick Chivaura says electricity tariffs will be now reviewed monthly at inter-bank market rates a...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 20:21hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Tips for starting an e-commerce business
The e-commerce sector continues to grow. Global accessibility for entrepreneurs that are located anywhere in the world has made it easier than ever for anyone with an internet connection to build a we...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 10:59hrs | 304 | by Staff Writer
2022 Census preps begin
Government has begun preparations for the 2022 Population and Housing Census which is held in terms of the Census and Statistics Act, which requires that it be held every 10 years. Cabinet yesterday a...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hectic schedule for new Parly session
During the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament, which opens on Tuesday, Government intends to fast-track the enactment of legislation that underpins political and economic reforms, including introd...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:16hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Ailing Bosso take on troubled Chiefs
INCOMING Highlanders' Dutch coach Hendriek Pieter de Jongh will be in the stands when the ailing giants collide with equally troubled city neighbours Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer L...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
'We will not switch off Kariba'
Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - the body responsible for managing the reservoir on be...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:27hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
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 | 7977 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
No funds yet for Harare-Beitbridge Road dualisation
Chinese firm, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) says it is still mobilizing funds for the Harare-Beitbridge and Harare-Chirundu highways dualisation. Government last ye...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:31hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to set date to deport illegal foreigners
South Africa's African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule told the neighboring country's media on Tuesday that the security cluster of that country will set out timelines as to when und...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 20:43hrs | 1420 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe: Despot, narcissist and murderer
The one-time hero has left behind a country in ruins, its economy in tatters, its moral fabric torn by poverty and sufferingRobert Gabriel Mugabe's name should have been there in the pantheon ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 16:55hrs | 718 | by Mondli Makhanya
Mugabe burial expected to be on Sunday at National Heroes' Acre
Robert Mugabe planned to return to the country at the end of this month and mutually agreed to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa upon his homecoming before his untimely death last Friday, Director-Gen...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 12:13hrs | 2050 | by Staff reporter
The life of Mugabe
FORMER President Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95 yesterday leaving a legacy as one of Africa's leading statesmen.Below is a timeline of Mugabe's history.21, February 1924Ro...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:59hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Online youth empowerment project seeks submissions
EMPOWERMENT Zone, a youth organisation focusing on empowerment, is calling on artists from different disciplines to submit their works so that they showcase selected talented youths on their online pl...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking 100-Day Cycle: Bringing transparency, accountability to people
TRANSPARENCY is a key ingredient in the recipe for success. When mixed together with accountability and sustainability then you have a mix that helps build trust for the establishment. It is these tha...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:37hrs | 77 | by Nick Mangwana
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