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UK based Zimbabwe businessman in Ghana lithium refinery venture
United Kingdom based Zimbabwe businessman Douglas Chikohora, 63, and his Cluff Africa Associates Mining Limited (CAA) are set to team up with a European firm in setting up a lithium refinery in Ghana....Published: 10 hrs ago | 374 | by Staff reporter
'UK-based Zimbabwean caregivers being exploited'
SOME Zimbabwean caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are allegedly subjected to, among other ill-treatments, unfair labour practises such as working for long hours on poor wages and sacked from work ...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa sent bulk of remittances in 2022
ZIMBABWE'S diaspora community in South Africa and the United Kingdom accounted for the bulk of remittances last year, reaching US$1,66 billion up from US$1,43 billion in 2021, official figures show....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Belarus cashes in on Zimbabwe sanctions
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko secured eight bilateral agreements in agriculture, education and economic co-operation with Zimbabwe.BELARUS has taken advantage of sanctions imposed ...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Teaching Jobs in UK: Eligibility criteria amended as application period opens
Zimbabwe was among the four source markets recently added to list countries targeted for teacher recruitment by the United Kingdom, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.The opportunity fo...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:31hrs | 1632 | 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 | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora keeps Zimbabwe afloat but no vote
ALTHOUGH Zimbabweans in the diaspora are not allowed to vote from their host nations, their cash remittances back home are fast growing and helping to keep the country afloat.Last year, remitt...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:12hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Bulilima villagers build 6 clinics
SIX clinics being built by villagers in Bulilima East are nearing completion, a move that is expected to boost health provision and reduce distances they walk to access health services.The cli...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:54hrs | 1017 | by Staff Reporter
Spike in Zimbabwe marriages... as many stampede for diaspora jobs
SCORES of desperate Zimbabweans, particularly civil servants, are reportedly entering into fake marriages to expedite the processing of spousal visas to enable them to travel to developed countries su...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 2951 | by Staff reporter
Headwinds ahead for Zanu-PF
NORTON Independent legislator Temba Mliswa remains a comical character but he is one you cannot afford to ignore.A rabble-rouser of note, he has been a thorn in the flesh of Zanu-PF ever since...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:26hrs | 2598 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 533 | by Jamwanda
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 998 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe among top 24 tourists destinations
GLOBAL business and financial media group, Bloomberg, has listed Zimbabwe among top 24 destinations to visit in 2023, despite widespread negative foreign publicity and a southern African nation's tank...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:23hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
UK lawyer chides Mnangagwa
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer, Max Lion has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of abusing State powers to settle a personal vendetta against incarcerated opposition politician, Job Sikhala.Sik...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 3033 | by Staff reporter
Revived CSC fast gaining traction
THE revived Cold Storage Company (CSC), now CSC-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe, is fast gaining traction among stakeholders amid increasing business orders, as more players in the meat value chain utilise the...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:23hrs | 1304 | by Staff Reporter
Zipra veteran blasts liberation war pretenders
PROMINENT Zipra war veteran Thomas Ngwenya says the country's independence has lost its essence 43 years on because people are failing to enjoy the fruits of the hard-fought for liberation struggle....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 17:19hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans health workers from prolonged strikes
Zimbabwean health workers are now barred from going on strikes lasting more than three days, according to a new law just signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The government says the Health S...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:58hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will be a shell by 2030
SOUTHERN Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was slapped with United Nations sanctions in 1965 until 1979, but still managed to be one of Africa's richest nations.Zimbabwe was slapped targeted sanctions b...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:51hrs | 375 | by Black Eagle
'Real estate agents' up for issuing fake title deed
TWO Harare men appeared before a Harare magistrate last week for allegedly issuing a fake title deed.The two, Job Banda (52) of Chitungwiza and Tatenda Mwenyi (29) of Kuwadzana Extension appea...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:00hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case clouds Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission bid
UNITED Kingdom (UK)'s House of Lords member Kate Hoey has said Zimbabwe must not be re-admitted into the Commonwealth club over the country's deteriorating human rights record and continued detention ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:11hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala divides CCC from prison
Some members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have come out guns blazing against their perceived neglect of the party's Vice Chairperson, Job Sikhala as demonstrated through a food hamper do...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa ally tells diasporans not to send family money if they haven't registered to vote
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has credited Diasporans for its success in the March 2022 polls and challenged the exiles to again carry the party to triumph in general elections du...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' inaction against Sikhala's unjust continued incarceration is greatest threat to activism!
A tyrant will always be a tyrant - and, like the proverbial leopard, foolhardy for anyone to expect him to change his spots.It is, therefore, incumbent upon the people being oppressed to stand...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 09:38hrs | 850 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's UK activist jailed 13 years for terrorism
A CCC activists based in the United Kingdom has been jailed for three years for inciting public violence using his Facebook page.William Chinyanga was convicted last month on two of the four c...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:10hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
AfDB rallies support for Zimbabwe debt solution
When the African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, speaks on the effects of devastating economic sanctions slapped on Zimbabwe over two decades ago by Britain and her western all...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 00:21hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga bail hearing set for tomorrow
The bail hearing for Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi (43), who was rearrested last week on a separate charge of contravening South Africa's immigration laws, has been set for tomorrow....Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:36hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Passport backlog cleared
The Registrar-General's (RG) Office has issued over 350 000 e-passports to date, clearing the national backlog that stood at 200 000 in January, with plans to decentralise the service to four addition...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Africa's Funding Councils Meet for Impact
Participating councils of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) deliberated on progress, focus and initiatives to advance research and innovation since the SGCI was est...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 09:04hrs | 180 | by NRF
Zimbabwe lithium project gains traction
THE construction of a multi-million US dollar world class lithium mining plant, which seeks to feed into the future of electric vehicle manufacturing, is gaining momentum in Fort Rixon, Matabeleland S...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
The many political lives of Mohadi
WHEN the "Ides of March" devoured Kembo Mohadi as he stepped down as country Vice-President (VP) late February last year, many thought the epitaph on his political grave had been inscribed for eternit...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga appeals reinstatement of arrest warrant
The appeal against a decision by a High Court judge not to recuse himself from the application by the National Prosecuting Authority for a review of cancellation of Frank Buyanga Sadiqi's Zimbabwean w...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
America, Europe easing their stance on Zimbabwe
The current economic stability prevailing in the country is indirectly forcing the West to mend its relations with Zimbabwe, economic analysts have said.Economic analysts, Abednigo Matsika sai...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:59hrs | 2503 | by Innocent Mujeri
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rejigs US$3.5bn compensation to farmers
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped Treasury has proposed a staggered payout plan to settle the US$3.5 billion compensation to white ex-commercial farmers who lost vast tracts of land when the government embarke...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to cruise ships amid vast job opportunities
Zimbabweans are leaving the country in their droves to secure vast employment opportunities that have emerged on cruise ships in the United Kingdom, America and the Caribbean, among other places....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:51hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Police summon, charge journalist over Mnangagwa 'escape' story
Leopold Munhende, a journalist with NewZimbabwe.com, was Monday charged by police for allegedly communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the State in a recent story carried by the online publication cl...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:50hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga attacked in SA prison
ZIMBABWEAN businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi, who was recently arrested in South Africa for potential extradition to Zimbabwe, has reportedly been attacked in a Johannesburg remand prison by other inma...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman lives with rotting corpse
POLICE have said they are still investigating a case of a woman who lived with the decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband while her son identified as Grant Mashasha (39) was found hiding in a cei...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga further remanded in custody
CONTROVERSIAL South African-based Zimbabwe businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has been further remanded in custody to Friday or next Tuesday to allow South African authorities to verify his identity doc...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, EU sign financial agreements valued at €47 million
ZIMBABWE and the European Union, (EU) have signed two financial agreements worth €47 million in Health and electoral processes to support the implementation of the National Development Strategy One,...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 15:19hrs | 819 | by Staff Reporter
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 | 1173 | by Staff reporter
4 000 health workers leave Zimbabwe
MORE than 4 000 health workers left Zimbabwe since the beginning of last year, but many fell victim to dubious recruiting agencies taking advantage of the aggressive scouting for health workers by ric...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:35hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Gweru businesswoman bags another global award
Barely two months after winning an international business awa rd in the United Kingdom, Gweru-based businesswoman Dr Smelly Dube has bagged another presti...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 07:26hrs | 3198 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa 'mutilates' Zanu-PF constitution
Zanu-PF president and first secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has mutilated the party constitution introducing sweeping changes, ostensibly, to remove some provisions that hounded his firm grip to power....Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2985 | by Staff reporter
Foreign-funded NGOs give conditional backing for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum), a union of 22 rights organisations whose relationship with government have been shaky for over a decade, has expressed its support for re-admission ...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist faces 10 years in UK jail
CCC has been left with egg on its face after a United Kingdom-based activist was convicted for inciting public violence in Zimbabwe, a charge the party wants to take lightly in Zimbabwe, and now faces...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes senior appointments
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Allen Choruma as Head-Corporate Governance Unit and Mr Christopher Shumba as the director-general of the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency.Both posit...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Almost 200 babies born through IVF Zimbabwe programme
The in vitro (IVF) fertilisation programme which was reintroduced in Zimbabwe in 2016 by a team led by Dr Tinovimba Mhlanga has proved a great success with 197 live births recorded so far and more exp...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:06hrs | 1080 | by Agencies
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