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Zimra gives land baron's firm 7-day ultimatum
Delatfin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by alleged land baron Felix Munyaradzi, has been given seven days to pay outstanding taxes of more than US$12 million, before the Zimbabwe Revenue Autho...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Johann Rupert gives Ramaphosa an ultimatum
Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert has allegedly given President Cyril Ramaphosa a marching order, instructing him to tow the line and fire Ace Magashule, African National Congress (ANC) secretary ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 17:44hrs | 4707 | by Staff reporter
Cornered govt agrees to salary talks
GOVERNMENT yesterday agreed to meet its restive workers today to hammer out a salary deal to avert a crippling strike.The meeting comes after unions on Monday gave government a seven-day ultim...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
'Demolition of tuckshops inevitable'
Harare City Council has said the scheduled demolitions of illegal tuckshops across the city will continue with the owners currently being given ample time to put their house in order. In an in...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 501 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Fear grips farmers
Fear has gripped local farmers following the government's ultimatum giving them up to the end of next week to submit production return forms with many believing it is a ploy by authorities to remove t...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
UZ student gives minister ultimatum
ALLAN Moyo, a University of Zimbabwe student, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses Supreme Court appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Air Zimbabwe challenging a ruling by the Labour Court ordering it to reinstate over 300 workers whose contracts were unlawfully terminated without notice b...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Town unleashes debt collectors on ZRP to recover $10m
THE financially-strapped Masvingo City Council has resolved to unleash debt collectors to recover over $10 million it is owed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in unpaid water bills.The lo...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Parents petition govt over teachers' strike
PARENTS have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to resolve the salary impasse with teachers, saying the strike was violating children's right to education.A Bulawayo parent Patrick San...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe pays police brutality victim to avoid jail
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday rushed to pay $195 500 compensation to a Gweru-based student Simon Mandoza, who was brutalised by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in 2018.Kaz...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents give Zinwa ultimatum over water
BULAWAYO residents have given the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) a two-day ultimatum to fulfil its promise to supply water from the Epping Forest to the city.Most Bulawayo residenti...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 05:58hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga divided over Zanu-PF DCCs
SHARP divisions have emerged in the Zanu-PF presidium, pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, over the remaining District Coordinating Committees (DCC) elections....Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Chitungwiza residents as municipality stops demolitionsafter lawyers intervention
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality on Sunday resolved to stop the demolition of some residents' houses after Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) threatened to sue the local authority for violating people's...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1469 | by Stephen Jakes
Kazembe Kazembe faces 2 months in jail
A HARARE magistrate has ordered the imprisonment of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe for 60 days for contempt of court.Kazembe failed to compensate a Gweru student, ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Khupe tightens Chamisa screws
THOKOZANI Khupe and her MDC-T have escalated their siege on Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance with an ultimatum for the rival party to vacate the MDC Bulawayo offices before Monday.The MDC-T holds...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:30hrs | 5796 | by Staff reporter
Idle pupils turn to sex orgies, drugs
Some of the pictures making rounds on social media of students kissing or standing next to each other in sexually suggestive positions at school. The authenticity of the images could not be immediatel...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 3424 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital gives patients 48-hour ultimatum
GWERU Provincial Hospital yesterday have given debtors a 24-hour ultimatum to settle their debts or risk having their property attached by the health institution to recover outstanding bills, Southern...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Econet to release GPS data in abduction saga
THE High Court has given Econet Wireless a 48-hour ultimatum within which to re-lease cellphone records pertaining to the three MDC activists' movements, tracked through their mobile phones on the day...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 9175 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to expose theft by Chamisa's faction
WOES continue to mount for embattled MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following reports that the rival camp led by legitimate MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe took control of most of the troubled ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1770 | by Staff reporter
Criminals around President: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked (II)
THE first part of this series, which was published last week articulated the unconstitutionality of the military intervention in November 2017, which was a coup d'etat.This week, Part II of th...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1853 | by Jonathan Chando
ZimPF demands $1m from MDC-T $7,5m Parly grant
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) is demanding a share of $7, 5 million allocated to the MDC-T recently by the Justice Ministry under the Political Parties Finance Act.In a letter of demand da...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 2054 | by newzimbabwe
Why de-dollarization is an economic tall order
As the Zimbabwean economy regresses back to widespread use of multiple currencies that anchored economic stability from 2009 to 2018, it is worthy assessing why de-dollarization is a tall order for mo...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:07hrs | 1594 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sikhala sets aside August 31 for 'more protests'
THE July 31 Movement has set aside August 31 for "more protests" to pile pressure on the government to end corruption, arbitrary arrests and other gross human rights violations against civilians and a...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 4467 | by Staff reporter
Key aspects sinking the Zimbabwean Dollar
The Zimbabwean economy is rapidly re-dollarizing, less than 12 months after the government banned the trading of multiple currencies through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 and introduced a local cur...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 3366 | by Victor Bhoroma
Assault on property rights closes Zimbabwe for business
The government directive to suspend the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) operations on the 26th of June 2020 and the recent political threats to eject Old Mutual Zimbabwe, PPC and SeedCo International fr...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1367 | by Victor Bhoroma
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4453 | by Staff reporter
BCC to repossess undeveloped stands
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to repossess 179 stands in Cowdray Park, Entumbane and Pumula after the owners failed to develop them.Some of the property owners have gone for 22 years ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
City health workers reject salary offer
Harare City Council nurses have rejected a $4 498,18 salary offer presented by the local authority, arguing that the proposed figures were below the poverty datum line, and have issued a 14-day ultima...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Court bars June exams
Government has been barred from conducting the June examinations unless World Health Organisation guidelines that restrain the spread of coronavirus are met. The High Court issued a June 26 ul...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 7686 | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3807 | by Nomazulu Thata
COVID-19 pandemic will lead to social revolutions
The most misleading cliche about the coronavirus is that it treats us all the same. It doesn't, neither medically nor economically, socially or psychologically. In particular, Covid-19 exacerbates pre...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga's SA lawyers respond to 24-hour ultimatum
On 16 April 2020 the High Court in Zimbabwe made a provisional Commission and the Judicial Services Commission in March order that our client, Mr Frank Buyanga Sadiqi, must return his son,...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 943 | by William Wilcock
Buyanga hangs on to son despite court ultimatum
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga, embroiled in a bitter fight for the custody of son with ex, Chantelle Muteswa, has vowed to appeal a Thursday High Court ruling ordering him to return the minor within 24 ho...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga gets 24hr ultimatum
Frank Buyanga has been given up to 24 hours by the High Court to return his five-year-old child he forcibly took away at Waterfalls Shopping Centre recently. Failure by Buyanga to return the c...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Dilapidated business premises to lose licences
GWERU businesses risk losing operating licences if they continue using old and dilapidated structures in the central business district (CBD), the local authority has warned. Gweru Mayor, Counc...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:01hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Farm management orders workers to evict families from residence due to Covid-19
Kefalos Farm management in Seke is reported to have forced its employees to send away their family members from the farm residence in order to reduce the population around the compounds and prevent Co...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1174 | by Stephen Jakes
7 MPs yet to declare assets, given 2 week ultimatum
Seven legislators in the current Ninth Parliament are yet to declare their assets as required by section 198 of the Constitution. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda gave those MPs ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1689 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stadia fails March inspection, gets June ultimatum
Warriors still risk playing their matches outside the country if Covid-19 recedes after communication from CAF that local stadiums failed to meet the required minimum standards after an inspection in ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:26hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri given 2 week ultimatum to handover seized farm
A MARONDERA businessman and farmer, Godfrey Gonese whose farm was seized by government in 2014 and given to an Italian citizen, Francesco Marconati, has demanded Lands Minister Perrance Shiri to retur...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:11hrs | 3740 | by newzimbabwe
MDC Alliance slammed over MP's sanctions remarks
Parliament yesterday slammed the MDC-Alliance for harassing Glen View South MP Mr Vincent Tsvangirai for saying Western-imposed sanctions were hurting ordinary citizens. Mr Tsvangirai, son to ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:37hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa given ultimatum to fire Mthuli Ncube
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube within seven days or face crippling protests by members of t...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 21:18hrs | 7075 | by Staff reporter
Ultimatum for ministers, MPs over undeclared assets
PARLIAMENT yesterday gave an ultimatum of Thursday next week for all legislators and ministers to declare their assets.Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told legislators that they...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:05hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to repossess properties
THE Bulawayo City Council will repossess 26 properties in the city after their owners failed to heed an ultimatum requiring them to either pay their rates or resume development works within their stan...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Zifa get ultimatum from Caf over Barbourfields Stadium
ZIFA have until tomorrow to inform the Confederation of African Football (Caf) if they wish to have Barbourfields Stadium re-inspected or provide the continental body with a venue outside the country ...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3946 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11830 | by Blessing Vava
Informal shops face closure
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has issued an ultimatum to all retailers and wholesalers to formalise their businesses with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and other regulatory bo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths finger Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF youth leaders yesterday labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Kuda Tagwirei "the most corrupt person in the country" at an extraordinary Press conference that also exposed growing facti...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Mujuru to compensate Dubai company
Former Vice-President (VP) Joice Mujuru has been ordered by the High Court to compensate a United Arab Emirates-based company, Suzane General Trading JLT (Pvt) Ltd, US$70 000 following the collapse of...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 14:43hrs | 2609 | by Staff Reporter
Chihuri did not order the arrest of Chiwenga, we did
THE famous fugitive of justice has undeniably succeeded in creating hype and momentum before the launch of his book which supposedly seeks to shed light on how the 2018 elections were stolen. It is of...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:06hrs | 2327 | by Robert Sigauke
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