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Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 379 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Nkulumane MP pushes for statues of King Lobengula, Queen Lozikeyi to be erected in parliament building
Nkulumane Member of Parliament Honourable Desire Moyo has made a passionate call for the erection of statues to honor King Lobengula and Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo from the Ndebele Kingdom in Parliament. H...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 866 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo and South Africa's KZN Province strengthen ties
Business leaders from Bulawayo and South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province met yesterday, expressing a mutual commitment to enhance synergies and unlock new investment and trade opportunities. The...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:29hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face rates hike
Bulawayo residents may face higher rates and rentals next year as the city council considers revising various levies, along with introducing special road and water levies. This was revealed during the...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:58hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to sell water to South Africa?
Cabinet has approved a proposal for the multimillion water treatment plant in Beitbridge to sell water to Musina in South Africa to improve water resources and cooperation governance between the two c...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart engages Cincinnati, Cologne for twinning opportunity with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO Mayor David Coltart has unveiled initiatives aimed at fostering partnerships with the American town Cincinnati and Germany's Cologne, as part of several developments. These plans include a me...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart in talks with Aberdeen to revive Bulawayo
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says he recently met Lord Provost David Cameron of Aberdeen in Scotland to explore ways to strengthen the two cities' twinning arrangement.Coltart said he recently...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's late unsung hero
DEATH has robbed Bulawayo of one of its finest sons Bulisani Ncube who passed away on June 3 afternoon at Mpilo Hospital.Chris Raymond posits that as much as good men may die, death cannot kil...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Edwin Ndlovu
Zimbabweans in the diasporans urged to take up business opportunities at home
ZIMBABWEANS in the diaspora should take up available business opportunities at home by riding on the enhanced investment climate created by the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa, United Kingd...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ruwa eyes town status
RUWA is set to be granted town status amid reports that its local board is sitting on an investment portfolio worth US$1 billion that includes property and industrial expansion.Part of the pro...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headache for CCC Elections Directorate
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Election Directorate is faced with a mammoth task ahead of candidate selection for Chiredzi Central constituency where equally matching candidates were nominated ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare City in US$51m ICT scam
The allegations of dubious conduct arise as the IT boss Mr Samson Madzokere with some top managers are already reeling in the eye of a storm amid allegations of spending US$20 000 per trip on numerous...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells councils to consult residents first
LOCAL authorities should continuously consult residents on issues that affect them as opposed to only engaging them during budget formulation when they need money, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Russian business delegation expected in Zimbabwe
A HIGH-powered delegation from the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation led by the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Yarin Vyacheslav is expected in Zimbabwe today to explore areas of coop...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russian delegation expected in Zimbabwe today
A RUSSIAN business delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation, Yarin Vyacheslav, is expected in Zimbabwe today to explore areas of ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor defends Harare-Minsk twinning arrangement
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has defended his decision to meet a Belarusian delegation led by President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, where he signed a memorandum of understanding to twin the capital ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange to twin with Namibia, SA towns
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) plans to twin with Namibian and South African local authorities to improve service delivery in the coal mining town.The arrangements will also boost wildlife tourism a...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Polokwane to finally twin
BULAWAYO and the City of Polokwane in South Africa are set to twin, six years after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen co-operation in trade and development.The developm...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA delegation calls for Musina/Beitbridge synergies
A SOUTH African delegation on a tour of Beitbridge has called for synergies between the Beitbridge and Musina municipalities to promote economic growth in the two border towns.The delegates fr...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at mandatory clean-up
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that his Government would implement a compulsory National Clean Up Day as he rallied the business community to set aside two hours during the first Friday of each ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange pushes for twinning deal with Namibian town
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is engaged in talks with Namibia's Gobabis municipality for a twinning arrangement which it hopes will improve service delivery.The latest HLB report shows that the lo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants opposition in Junior Parliament
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa wants a Junior Parliament with robust debates on key issues.Mnangagwa said he was disappointed with submissions from junior parliamentarians which he said lacked d...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Amen Mpofu dies
FORMER Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Alderman Amen Mpofu has died.He was 67. Ald Mpofu died as a result of kidney failure on Friday at Mpilo Central Hospital. Family spokesperson Alderman Phinea...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities
IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and cel...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Why Zimbabwe's electric vehicle vision may flop
A strategic plan twinning the development of electric vehicle (EVs) in Zimbabwe and commensurate investment into the power industry will be key to sustaining their presence on the country's roads, acc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for city status conferment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday evening and will today officially confer the prestigious city status to the resort town, in another milestone achievement for Matabeleland North...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls finally gets city status
Victoria Falls becomes the City of Victoria Falls tomorrow, with President Mnangagwa expected to formally confer the new status at a ceremony where he will also be granted the Freedom of the City, the...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Khupe recalls
Harare and Bulawayo residents say they have been caught in the crossfire in the ongoing opposition power struggles after the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T engineered the mass recalling of councillors in M...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA to implement programmes under Trans-Limpopo initiative
Matabeleland region is poised for economic growth following a crucial meeting in Polokwane, South Africa to operationalise programmes under the auspices of the Trans-Limpopo Spatial Development Initia...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'BCC to avoid milking residents'
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomom Mguni has said for effective service delivery council should embrace international best practices of commercialising some of its entities instead of solely depending ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups re-engagement drive with UK, Diaspora
Since the coming in of the new political dispensation, Zimbabwe has set its eyes on re-engagement. One of the critical countries that Zimbabwe has set its eyes on is the United Kingdom, the former col...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:18hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Mnangagwa invites China to invest in Zimbabwe tourism sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Chinese investors to take advantage of available opportunities in the tourism sector, mainly in Mashonaland West and Matabeleland North provinces. He commended Zhez...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Explosive Bosso indaba expected
AN explosive indaba is expected at the Highlanders club house tomorrow when the fading Bulawayo giants' members meet for an annual mid-year review meeting. Members will demand honest answers o...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Positive response to interbank forex market
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the interbank market has, as at June 13, handled about US$154,7 million, with voluntary sales contributing the largest amount.Giving his presentation du...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Biti destroyed Zimbabwe's ability to conduct its own monetary policy completely'
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mtuli Ncube has said the monetary policy is a vital leg in Government's economic recovery efforts without which fiscal efforts alone are rather inad...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rivals call for dialogue
Opposition political parties have renewed their appeal for inclusive national dialogue in the wake of the worsening economic crisis, with Nelson Chamisa's MDC party warning of calamitous demonstration...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh protests loom in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is now at risk of fresh protests after the cash-strapped government on Monday night unexpectedly announced that it had cancelled fuel subsidies for imports.Caught in a debilitating en...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:10hrs | | by ANA
RBZ scraps 1:1 rate for oil marketing firms
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to discontinue twinning arrangements for their customers, with a view to promote efficient functioning of interbank market and willing-buyer willi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel procurement now via interbank rate
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, removed the 1:1 foreign currency exchange rate for the procurement of fuel by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), which will result in the interbank market being use...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ statement on the payment arrangements for fuel through interbank foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has advised the public that with effect from 21 May 2019, the procurement of fuel by the Oil Marketing Companies (OM.) shall be done through the interbank foreign exchange...Published: 20 May 2019 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean seeks twinning of Mutare, Toronto
RENOWNED Zimbabwean paediatric cardiologist Norman Nhamohainavazhinji Musewe, who is based in Toronto, Canada, is pushing for the twinning of Mutare city with a satellite city of Greater Toronto....Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC faces questions over lavish spending
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has set itself on a collision course with residents after it approved a plan to splash US$900 each per day on hotel accommodation for four council officials f...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to host eThekwini officials
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is set to host four eThekwini Council [Durban] officials as part of their twinning arrangement with the South African local authority.The meetings were meant to boo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
The RTGS dollar compounds Zimbabwe workers' troubles
THE government's decision to dump the United States dollar and adopt some form of local currency will hit workers the hardest as their incomes have been eroded with the floating of the exchange rate, ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing councillor gets nod to initiate twinning deals
Government has set in motion an urban councils twinning initiative which will see councils benefit from cities in developed countries by engaging a United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean in a bid to improve ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean businessman keen to promote twinning links
A UK-based Zimbabwean businessman has mooted a plan to form twinning links between several local authorities and those in the Diaspora — something which could attract foreign funding.Spearhe...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo engages Australia over twinning
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has revealed plans by the local authority to engage Australian diplomats towards a twinning arrangement with one of that country's cities.Mguni and other Bulawayo ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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