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Kariba power station resumes full capacity after drought
ZIMBABWE'S main hydropower plant is operating at near-full capacity for the first time since it was revamped two years ago, enabling the country's state utility to generate more electricity.Th...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3210 | by Bloomberg
Radical Economic Structural Transformation (part 6 of 10)
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:25hrs | 1652 | by Vince Musewe
Dilapidated Gwanda - Maphisa road needs urgent upgrade
THE 66km Gwanda-Maphisa Road remains dilapidated, forcing Government officials and other travellers to drive for 464km via Bulawayo to access the two districts of Matabeleland South Provin...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South running out of quarantine space
AUTHORITIES in Matebeleland South have called on the Government to urgently avail more Covid-19 quarantine and isolation centres and to upgrade existing facilities to enhance their capacity to handle ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Sticky-fingered conductors strike Zupco, again
PILFERING staffers have been the proverbial monkey on Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s case ever since it was brought back to life.Last year, the mass public transport operator jett...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:15hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
If only RBZ could listen
Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), On the 30th of December 2019 I wrote to the governor of (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe) RBZ, the Ministry of Finance and the government that the growth of a dominating mobil...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3026 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimra nets $23,1bn revenue in 2019
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it managed to collect a net revenue of $23, 19 billion in 2019 against a planned $18, 6 billion target for the year. The tax authority is employing ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabwe embassy staffers test positive for coronavirus
FOUR Zimbabwe embassy in South Africa staffers and two members of their families tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the closure of the office for 18 days, although it has since partially opened alb...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
The critical need for seamless, digital payments in the COVID-19 era
The impact of COVID-19 on our spending habits cannot be over-emphasised. With the temporary shutting down of industries and businesses around the world, millions of people have been laid off, furlough...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 421 | by Jabu Basopo, Visa's general manager for Southern Africa
Mnangagwa's govt sets surveillance cameras in cities
Zimbabwe is planning to link its proposed National Data Centre with databases and information from the country's key economic players and state institutions as the country prepares for the creation of...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:48hrs | 5610 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Prophet predicts Chamisa's ascendancy to 'high office'
Outspoken Masvingo based preacher Isaac Makomichi has predicted MDC Alliance leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa's "ascendancy before 2023."The outspoken cleric's prophetic declaration has triggere...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 13623 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa panics...deploys soldiers in Bulawayo
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says the deployment of armed forces in Bulawayo on Tuesday was an operation to prevent an unnamed group of persons who want to stage an anti-government activi...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 13:49hrs | 11896 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe prioritizing use of ICTs
CHAMBER of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) president Ms Elizabeth Nerwande is prioritizing the upgrade of the Chamber's resource centre so that information becomes available to its membership in real-time, r...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 18:48hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe risks lagging behind in digital era
ZIMBABWE risks being left behind in the digital era and this has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic as local mobile network operators (MNOs) continue to charge subeconomic tariffs amid rising o...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Transport operators fret over Zupco scheme
Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their vehicles.Last year ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post upgrade deal still on, says Matiza
THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said the Private Public Partnership (PPP) between the Government and Zimborders to upgrade Beitbridge Bo...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border upgrade contractor abandons project
JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange-listed construction firm Raubex, the primary contractor on the $241 million Beitbridge Border Post upgrade, has abandoned the project and left the site.This develop...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu reveals his Mamelodi Sundowns secret
Retired former Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Ndlovu has revealed his philosophy following his transition from the playing field to his current role of team manager. Ndlovu made a name for hi...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Telcos want another tariff hike
Local mobile telecommunications operators have approached the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for another upward review of tariffs. Earlier in March Pot...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:47hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Amagumaguma invade Plumtree school, turn it into criminal hideout
PLUMTREE border touts, popularly known as amagumaguma, have turned a school in Nxele along the border with Botswana into a base for criminal activities, a situation which has riled villagers.T...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed up at Covid-19 isolation centres
SECURITY at designated Covid-19 isolation centres, especially those situated in border towns, is set to be upgraded to prevent quarantined returnees from escaping.Last night, Information, Publ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 09:50hrs | 1032 | by Staff Reporter
An introduction to Radical Economic Structural Transformation (REST)
"We have been caught in a spider's web of lies about our history, our potential and our future as a country since 1980. The only way we can extricate ourselves from it is to first change our belief sy...Published: 28 May 2020 at 14:47hrs | 1004 | by Vince Musewe
CSC upgrade project put on hold
THE COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has suspended rehabilitation works, putting on hold a programme that was expected to see the country's meat processor and marketer resuming operat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Schools, colleges no longer isolation centres
Schools, colleges and universities will no longer be used as Covid-19 quarantine centres for returnees since they will soon partially re-open, while hundreds of buses and kombis have joined the Zupco ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ups modernisation drive
Beitbridge Municipality has appointed Grosbrook Real Estate to prepare a valuation roll for properties within its jurisdiction as part of its transformation into a medium city. The town was up...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water woes to ease by monthend'
WATER problems bedevilling Bulawayo are expected to ease before the end of the month as the Government has moved swiftly to augment supplies through rehabilitating more boreholes at the Nyamandlovu Aq...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean woman dies of coronavirus
A United Kingdom based Zimbabwean woman has died of coronavirus with popular radio personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda pouring out on how her family has been tormented by death.Nothando Mafu, died...Published: 15 May 2020 at 17:26hrs | 2579 | by Wellington Toni
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 395 | by Fay Chung
Council starts road signs installations
Beitbridge municipality has started installing standard road signs which conform to set Sadc guidelines as part of the local authority's efforts to transform the town into a medium city.Financ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:40hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway upgrade gathers momentum
REHABILITATION and upgrading of the HarareBeitbridge Highway will continue following the release of a special budget for the multi-million-dollar project, Transport and Infrastructure Development mini...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 8094 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Urgent Need for African Governments to Upgrade the Health Systems
Amid multifold theories and disinformation spreading around the COVID-19 in Africa, it is important for African governments to consider strengthening the existing health systems and infrastructures, a...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:24hrs | 154 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
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 | 3661 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo resumes Covid-19 testing
TESTING of the coronavirus at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory in Bulawayo resumed yesterday after a two-day stoppage that was triggered by shortages of consumables.The centre, h...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Chinese help in Zimbabwe's Covid-19 fight raises suspicions
China is publicly handing out money and equipment to help fight the spread of coronavirus in Zimbabwe. But Beijing's generosity has made some very wary.Until now most in Zimbabwe have accepted...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:27hrs | 4091 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package for Zimbabwe
A technical team is being set up to craft operational details of the $18 billion economic recovery, stimulus and social package aimed at reviving Zimbabwe's economic sectors affected by the global Cov...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
DStv Compact subscribers get free May bouquet upgrade
MultiChoice is giving a free month-long upgrade to all DStv Compact subscribers to the next higher bouquet because of the Covid-19 lockdown situation in South Africa.Until 29 May DStv Compact ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 10:55hrs | 2598 | by Staff reporter
Govt happy with Beitbridge facilities
Government is satisfied with the state of Beitbridge quarantine and Covid-19 isolation centres where an estimated 3 000 returnees from South Africa will be housed upon arrival, with more resources bei...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS:Mnangagwa arrives in Mozambique after 129 Islamic terrorists are killed
...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 20:00hrs | 5841 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Strive Masiyiwa leads campaign for Zimbabwe
Businessman Mr Strive Masiyiwa has appealed to the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral institutions for humanitarian support for Zimbabwe in the wake of the e...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:58hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is not a family company
PEOPLE with little minds do not know the difference between a constitutional democracy and a monarchy. In a constitutional democracy, leadership is by election. It is not bequeathed like in a monarchy...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 4378 | by O Gutu
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5006 | by Staff reporter
'Faulty' COVID-19 test kits cause confusion
SOME of the test kits being used by the government to test for coronavirus are defective, causing confusion among people testing positive for the virus, an official has revealed.Zimbabwe was o...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:35hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to review budget
THE Government is considering reviewing this year's National Budget allocations as spending dynamics have changed following shifts in resource use by various ministries as the country battles the coro...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda relocates vendors
GWANDA Municipality has taken advantage of the prevailing lockdown to relocate vendors that were operating from shacks at undesignated points in the CBD as part of efforts to promote hygiene and sanit...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa equates Kuda Tagwirei to Biblical Peter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was Thursday full of praise for oil mogul and advisor, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whom he equated to the Biblical Peter after the latter had handed over to government, a fully e...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Chinese President sends special message to Mnangagwa
Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping has sent a message to the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulating him and the nation on the occasion ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 14:55hrs | 4257 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teachers demand regular re-grading
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has written to the Public Service Commission and the Primary and Secondary Education ministry demanding regular salary reviews and promotion of teache...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Health workers ready to defend nation
As Zimbabwe deepens the fight against Covid-19 by intensifying the screening, testing and isolation suspected cases, health workers remain determined to save lives despite the obvious risk associated ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stresses prosperity, growth
Zimbabweans must continue to look at building a prosperous and free Zimbabwe and accelerating economic growth as the country celebrates the 40th anniversary of independence today, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:01hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to make televised address
TODAY, President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make a televised address on the country's 40th Independence Day.According to the deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, who is also Presi...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
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