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Belarus spreads Zimbabwe footprint
BELARUS has increased its footprint in Zimbabwe after cabinet this week announced that it was concluding a framework to award the Eastern European country a tender to construct a 100-megawatt photovol...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth Secretariat mission to visit Zimbabwe
The Commonwealth Secretariat is today confirming that a delegation, led by the Assistant Secretary-General, Prof. Luis Franceschi, will be visiting Harare...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 17:50hrs | 675 | by Agencies
Zimdollar shortage hits the country
ZIMBABWE has been hit by Zimdollar shortages, a situation that has resulted in long-winding queues resurfacing at banks throughout the country.Of late, banks have been disbursing less than $5 ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 91 | by Jamwanda
Parirenyatwa Hospital runs out of painkillers, bandages
OPPOSITION Harare East legislator Tendai Biti said Thursday that the country's largest referral public hospital, Parirenyatwa, has run out essentials including painkillers with patients forced to buy ...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flies to Togo on luxury jet linked to Libyan strongman
Zimbabwe's vice president Constantino Chiwenga on Tuesday flew to Togo on a private jet linked to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, a renegade military commander who now controls the eastern and some s...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:22hrs | 2091 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga set to join global health leaders
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga is expected to join global health leaders here tomorrow for the 72nd Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Region...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:26hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 7191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses out on G7 stimulus package
ZIMBABWE missed out on a G7-backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus package designed to help countries of the global South weather economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The reason for t...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Former territories of the British Empire snub Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S bid to be re-admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations appears to have flopped after the economic bloc snubbed the Southern African country.The Commonwealth Heads of Governmen...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Bankers endorse central bank currency auction
BANKERS have endorsed government's foreign currency auction system, describing it as transparent given the prevailing economic situation.Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clears foreign currency auction backlog
THE backlog at the foreign currency auction run by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has now been cleared with all allotments made by the end of last month now fully funded and all successful bidders since...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Blame game between govt, banks reaches tipping point
A NIGHT of long knives beckons for banks after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube accused them of driving the parallel market rate up, causing the sharp tumbling of the local currency.President Emm...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's ban on bank lending null and void'
LEGAL experts have dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ban on bank lending as a legal nullity.The ban, meant to stabilise the local currency, was part of a raft of measures announced on S...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:12hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Bafana again
FORMER Warriors coach, Sunday Chidzambwa, believes the senior national football team have been drawn in a fair Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group that has Morocco, South Africa and Liberia....Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for burglary, theft in Botswana
BOTSWANA police have arrested a Zimbabwean man accused of 27 counts of housebreaking and theft of property worth P85 000.The accused, Leonard Ndebele (36), was arrested in the Kazungula area, ...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2419 | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe a country with no coins, US$1 is more useful than US$100
ADRIANA Siwela, a 25-year-old college student in Harare, thought she could dash into a shop for a quick purchase of a US$2 packet of biscuits. But the cashiers sent her away. Her US$20 bill is conside...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:49hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes progress in human rights reforms
ZIMBABWE has made tremendous progress in the implementation of various reforms that seek to strengthen and protect citizens' rights.On Wednesday the United Nations Human Rights Council's Unive...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe bank charges too high'
INVESTMENT banker and business man Dr Nigel Chanakira says the prevailing banking sector charges are still too high and make the formal banking system expensive in an economy trying to rise from turmo...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Govt snubs cheaper donor-funded jabs
IN an eyebrow-raising development, the Zimbabwean government, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, has been purchasing expensive Chinese vaccines while overlooking doses supplied at cheaper prices under th...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
IMF SDR release puts Biti in his place
IN April 2021, the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) granted debt relief to the 28 poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by catastrophic natural disaste...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
COVID-19 certificates now a pre-requisite at 5 African countries' borders
COVID-19 certificates are now a pre-requisite at several African countries' ports of entry as cases of the respiratory virus continue to soar.This includes Zimbabwe, which the Africa Centres f...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Makusha
SPRINTER Ngoni Makusha's journey at the Tokyo Olympics ended in disappointing fashion after he finished 7th in heat 6 of the men's 100m race in a disappointing time of 10.43 seconds yesterday....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't get international Covid-19 rescue package
ZIMBABWE will not receive a dime from a multi-billion-dollar facility organised by international financial institutions which seeks to help countries of the global South in dealing with the socio-econ...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZRP joins Interpol in drug trafficking operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police was among countries in Africa and the Middle East that recently participated in an International Police Organisations (Interpol)'s operation code-named "Lionfish" which wa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe's Covid-19 vaccination rate among the highest in Africa?
IN a Twitter post on April 12, 2021, urging Zimbabweans to get vaccinated against Covid-19, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: "Zimbabwe has the third highest rate of vaccinations in Sadc and eighth h...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:18hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Kadewere features in unique Europe ranking
Zimbabwe international striker Tino Kadewere has emerged in 12th place among the best 25 young and upcoming players in Europe who play for small nations in international football.This is accor...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elephant kills 71 year old Zimbabwean cattle herder in Botswana
A 71-year-old Zimbabwean national working as a herder at Metsibothoko ranch cattle post in the Nata area was reportedly killed by an elephant on Tuesday. According to Nata Police station comma...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 20:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mark Ngwazi poised for sungura throne
RISING sungura musician Mark Ngwazi is poised to take over the sungura throne if the new heights scaled by his latest offering is anything to go by.The Njanja Express frontman is riding high w...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:02hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Loga laments poor preps
WARRIORS coach Zdravko "Loga" Logarusic has expressed concern over his players' lack of competitive match fitness with Zimbabwe being one of four sides that will feature at the African Nations Champio...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Francophone countries
Zimbabwe's attendance at today's inauguration of Guinean President alpha Conde cements the already existing relations between the two countries and opens doors to trade throughout West Africa, Vice Pr...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner beats up workmate to death
A MANGWE illegal gold panner is on the run after he allegedly beat up his workmate to death for wearing his clothes without permission. Matabeleland South acting provincial spokesperson, Inspe...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 17 | by Franck Kuwonu
Zimbabwe model fares well in global pageant
Local model Pauline Marere was chosen among the top 10 out of 56 models from across the world at the Miss Heritage Global in Accra, Ghana, last month.The outgoing Miss Africa Continent was rep...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:03hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
CTMI readies for conference
THIS coming week, Church Team Ministries International (CTMI) will be holding a Leader's Conference titled Build His People Build his Church, at Bulawayo's White City Stadium.The Build confere...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:03hrs | 395 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gets down to business at TICAD
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) which begins today, with principal focus on business and investment. He joins...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
'Some fallen heroes, battle sites lie forgotten'
While war veterans across the country are fighting for gratuities and other benefits for their participation in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, some Zimbabweans believe they should be fighting for the...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zifa after Belgian coach, but why not give Bruce Grobbelaar a chance
BELGIAN coach Jean-Francois Losciuto has emerged as a leading candidate to be appointed substantive Warriors head coach. The Warriors coaching job remains vacant after the departure of the cou...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 4672 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe can learn from Rwanda
Zimbabwe should take a leaf from Rwanda's post-genocide reconciliation model as it embarks on its own healing process, President Mnangagwa has said. In an interview at Kigali International Air...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
West Africa bloc currency ECO to launch in 2020
Leaders of a 15-nation West African bloc have called for greater structural reforms as they step up efforts for the introduction of a shared currency, aimed to be launched in 2020.In a stateme...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:00hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
NMB facilitates growth of agricultural exports
NMB Bank is keen to help promote agricultural exports, which is one of the reasons it is this year participating for the first time at the Agricultural Dealers' and Manufacturers' Association (ADMA) A...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:24hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe journalist, one of the first black female journos to report on the genocide in Rwanda
Long-time Southern African regional correspondent Susan Njanji from Zimbabwe was one of very few black African female journalists to cover the genocide in Rwanda. Here she reflects on the challenges t...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Warriors star on the verge of Ligue 1 switch
WARRIORS star Marshall Munetsi has struck gold after agreeing to join French topflight side Stade Reims at the beginning of next season, while Belgian side Zulte Waregem have also tabled an offer for ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean refs fingered in bribery scam
TWO Zimbabwean referees have been accused of accepting bribes while officiating in an Under-23 Total Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between a Central and North African country in March this year. ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls now too expensive for tourists
VICE President Kembo Mohadi Friday said government was concerned about exorbitant rates charged by hotels and tour operators for accommodation and other leisure activities which make the country an ex...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2832 | by newzimbabwe
Parly ratifies African Charter on democracy, elections
PARLIAMENT on Tuesday ratified the African Charter on Democracy and Elections and Governance, which, among other things, is meant to enhance the quality of elections in Africa, promote human rights, s...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 4906 | by Staff reporter
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