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Zimbabwe lawyers challenge regulated business hours
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has taken the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to court challenging timelines that dictate that businesses should close ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 17:18hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister tests positive for Covid-19
DEPUTY Minister for Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Tino Machakaire has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now in self-isolation. He also appealed to those that were in contact with him to immediat...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Law on anti-Zimbabwe lobbying on cards
Political parties should be placed under a uniform code of conduct, hate speech should be banned and campaigning against Zimbabwe criminalised, the Cabinet Committee on National Peace and Reconciliati...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe square off again
EMBATTLED opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rekindled his fight against rival MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe saying she no longer had legal grounds to claim leadership of the main opposi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 11427 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri timeline
Born 11 January 1955 Joined ZANLA in 1973 and rose through the ranks to become member of the High Command in 1977. Joined Zimbabwe National Army in 1980, attained Brigadier rank in 1982. Trans...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa
Wamkele Mene was recently appointed Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Because of COVID-19, free trade for countries that have ratified the agreement did not beg...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 07:57hrs | 329 | by Kingsley Ighobor
New twist to NetOne case
NETONE chief executive Lazarus Muchenje yesterday got a second reprieve after the High Court suspended the termination of his employment contract until the NetOne board has a chance to file its reply ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza (TK) this week spoke to National Oil Inf...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump is an atheist and a blasphemer
DONALD Trump is a liar when he claims that his unbridled dictatorship owes its currency through God's appointment. Trump declared recently that he is the most powerful president of the United States b...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1136 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Komichi knows the rules he must apply them
A REPORT by one daily on May 17, 2020 stated that there were some hardliners on both sides of the MDC feud who were working hard to scuttle negotiations for the extraordinary congress suggested by the...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:36hrs | 2163 | by Kennedy Kaitano
'BCC might destroy damning diarrhoea outbreak evidence'
BULAWAYO residents have expressed fear that the local authority (BCC) could destroy evidence that implicates it in the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreaks in the city which recently claimed a d...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Khupe gathers pace
VULTURES are circling over MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe with insiders saying there is a plot to oust her by end of this month after she failed to convene an extraordinary congress (EOC) with...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 15832 | by Staff reporter
Khupe changes congress date
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T was yesterday forced to change its extra-ordinary congress date from September 4 to July 31 following legal advice from its lawyer Lovemore Madhuku. The faction had to re...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
Football restart gathers pace across Africa
Some football Leagues in Africa have been declared over, but Tanzania have forged ahead, returning to competitive football last weekend while clubs in Morocco and Egypt resumed training on Thursday ah...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:22hrs | 533 | by Busisani Ncube
Radical Economic Structural Transformation REST (part 5 of 10)
There is no doubt that without a fundamental structural transformation of our economy from a dualistic enclave economy, whose economic activity is mainly driven by the production of primary products, ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 286 | by Vince Musewe
Will IPL 2020 be canceled?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought to a standstill many sporting events globally. The India premier league (IPL) has not been spared. Cricket fans in India can only hope that the league will take pl...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:54hrs | 617 | by Staff writer
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe
DEAR Sir, Your Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. During my formative years, I read the novel, Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton. It never dawned on me then that time would come wh...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1229 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Africa celebrated a continent marred by criminality, slavery and human-organ theft
On the 25th of May the African time stood still: The rich continent was celebrating the 57 years of its existence: on this day, the AU acknowledges its successes and challenges. The continent has a hi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 13:23hrs | 567 | by Nomazulu Thata
Council under pressure to cancel Egodini Mall contract
BULAWAYO residents and councillors have called for the termination of Egodini Mall contract awarded to South African developer Terracotta (Private) Limited after the contractor failed to build the mal...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lover nails Joanna Mamombe on 'abduction'?
ADDRESSING a press conference on Thursday last week, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe revealed that the vehicle driven by MDC-T Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe during ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 8433 | by Staff reporter
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Teachers unions oppose June exams, schools reopening
While the Government continues working out how to reopen schools in phases, starting with public examination classes, as Zimsec finalises plans for the late June examinations, some teachers unions are...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Harare hit by crime wave amid COVID-19 lockdown, residents organise neighborhood watch committees
The current lockdown currently underway to fight coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in crime as people are hard-struck to make a decent living in Harare. Residents took to social media time...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1681 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Teacher union resists push to reopen schools under indefinite lockdown
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has insisted that no schools should open during country's Covid-19 indefinite lockdown without the government committing to ring fence safety of learne...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1917 | by Taruberekera Masara
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1618 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mahomva booted out over 'refusal to bend the rules'
CHIEF Covid-19 coordinator Agnes Mahomva's sudden removal from the Ministry of Health and Child Care after a short-lived tenure as permanent secretary was the culmination of fierce clashes with Health...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2201 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda erred in recalling MDC Alliance MPs
HAVING reflected on the facts on the ground, including statements attributed to Douglas Mwonzora soon after the Supreme Court judgment, I realised that there is no basis to recall MDC Alliance MPs....Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 4176 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Councillors to decide on Egodini
BULAWAYO councillors will this week decide on the fate of the Egodini rehabilitation project in the city as they resume sittings after the country downgraded its Covid-19 national lockdown to Level Tw...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Gen Mujuru portrayal - valiant, but misdirected
George Shire, you are very right my revolutionary soul mate.There was a turning point way back in 1976 to 1977 at Chimoio in Mozambique. Robert Mugabe wrestled leadership.Clutching a f...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:00hrs | 799 | by Amb Christopher Mutsvangwa
Zimbabwe to wait a bit longer on Commonwealth
ZIMBABWE'S bid to rejoin the Commonwealth faces an indefinite delay as a result of the imminent cancellation of this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which hangs in the balance...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown to wipe out 25% of Zimbabwe jobs
ZIMBABWE should brace for massive economic dislocation as business leaders project that 25% of formal and 75% of informal jobs in the country will be lost as a result of Covid-19 amid calls by industr...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA begs to return home
Government has offered to assist more than 100 Zimbabweans in South Africa who now wish to return home as they are distressed and finding it difficult to make ends meet due to the national lockdown in...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa applauds Kirsty Coventry
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry for launching the United Programme for Athletes and Artistes in Zimbabwe as part of a joint effort to...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:37hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean public fears police brutality than COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week declared a 21-day national lockdown as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), which has seen 14 people test positive and three deaths, that o...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Police warn illegal forex dealers
POLICE yesterday warned illegal foreign currency dealers who are breaking the lockdown rules.This comes as illegal foreign currency dealers have gone into hiding and they are operating in unde...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 20:01hrs | 2620 | by Staff reporter
Jaure lifts DeMbare spirits
Dynamos captain Partson Jaure provided his club with a major lift after he left hospital to continue his recovery from injuries suffered in a road accident at home.Jaure is expected to get bac...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:02hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Govt decentralises Covid-19 testing
THE country's 10 provinces will soon have Covid-19 testing, referral and isolation centres, as members of the Cabinet taskforce were yesterday deployed to various stations countrywide to assess progre...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Remittance queues back
Remittance beneficiaries are back in their long queues after Government allowed citizens to access their monies from the diaspora in the second week of the lockdown.Most remittance facilities ...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to resume flights on April 21
Low cost carrier, fastjet Zimbabwe intends to resume operations on April 21, two days after the lapse of the country's lockdown period, a trading statement has resumed.The trading statement re...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 14:14hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya instructs Money Transfer Agencies to open from Wednesday
Further to His Excellency the President's Directive of 6 April 2020 on the need to provide critical services to the public during the National Lockdown period, and in light of the feedback from the re...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 19:04hrs | 6649 | by RBZ
Wenera strikes UK TV deal
THE executive director of local popular soap opera Wenera Eddie Ndhlovu has struck a screening deal with VoxAfrica Television UK, a United Kingdom Pan-African bilingual television channel for the scre...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda starts crowd funding campaign for Thorngrove Hospital
UNITED KINGDOM based, famed radio personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has started a crowd funding campaign for Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital.The campaign has so far raised US$5 600 of the...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi engineer reinstated under unclear circumstances
CHIREDZI town secretary Charles Muchatukwa last week reinstated town engineer Wesley Kauma under unclear circumstances.Council chairman Gibson Hwende confirmed the reinstatement, but referred ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe Airport upgrade on course
The US$153 million expansion of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport is at an advanced stage, with the construction of one wing of the terminal building almost complete. The project is ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:50hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to load shedding by mid-year
ZESA has assured the nation that the prevailing load shedding will come to an end by mid-year as the country's power utility has embarked on ambitious programmes to address the situation. Due ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:31hrs | 4194 | by Staff reporter
CAF reject ZIFA's BF plea
THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected the Zimbabwe Football Association's plea to have the Warriors clash against Algeria played at Barbourfields Stadium, while the spread of corona...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:18hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
BCC goes into overdrive to meet Caf deadline
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) and contractors will work throughout the weekend to get Barbourfields Stadium ready for Zifa to take pictures of progress that they will be send to Caf on Tuesday. ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Govt gives NSS renovations timeline
GOVERNMENT has given a timeline in which it intends to address the 17 key areas flagged by the Confederation of African Football at the National Sports Stadium. Acting permanent secretary in t...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sign 8 players ahead of PSL season
VETERAN striker Mkhokheli Dube is among eight players that signed new contracts with Highlanders ahead of the 2020 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season set to kick-off later this month. D...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa proposes raft of electoral reforms
THE opposition MDC has proposed that decisions made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the conduct of elections in the country should be reviewed by the courts.The proposal is one o...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
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