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'Mining sector to reap from liberalised inter-bank rates'
ZIMBABWE'S economic crisis continues to deepen, with no signs of recovery in the short to medium term. This has had a devastating impact on industry, resulting in the closure of companies and massive ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 175 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to continue with confidence building measures
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will continue to pursue confidence building measures and is optimistic the recently secured US$500 million interbank facility will go a long way in stabilisi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 21:12hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self in neighbours yard
A VICTORIA Falls man allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree in a neighbour's yard following a dispute with an unnamed girlfriend he was cohabiting with.Roderick Mpofu, believed to ...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Chinese tourists descend on Victoria Falls
The visiting 343 tourists from Asia’s economic powerhouse, China have arrived in Africa's adventure capital, Victoria Falls and are set to tour the UNESCO World Heritage site, Mosi-O-Tunya.T...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:37hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
'Billions of dollars to pour into the country'
The Tourism Industry is set to contribute billions of dollars into the national purse the Deputy Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has said.Posting a video of Chinese...Published: 17 May 2019 at 15:59hrs | 3239 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to stop exports of raw mineral as Mnangagwa commissions smelting plant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said yesterday that Government will, going forward, stop exports of raw minerals in pursuit of increased value addition and beneficiation.Addressing thousands of peop...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:18hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
2019 ZITF perceptions
The 60th of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair had more than 532 companies who participated in showcasing their services and products. The Trade Fair theme was "Propagating Industrial Growth throug...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:13hrs | 306 | by Enos Denhere
Hospitality workers demand salaries in forex
WORKERS in the hospitality industry are demanding that their salaries be paid in foreign currency, saying their employers have the capacity to do so as most of their transactions are in foreign curren...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 562 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Gift Lunga Jnr dumps Bosso
HIGHLANDERS' Under-18 coach Gift Lunga Jnr has dumped the Bulawayo giants and joined Victoria Falls based Mosi Rovers that plays in the Zifa Southern Region Division One as their head coach. M...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:49hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's transport network affects tourism
Bulawayo's poor transport network is negatively affecting tourism in the city, Bulawayo Publicity Association (BPA) has said.BPA recently had an opportunity to market the City of Kings and Que...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa gives 'juju' scarf to white people
Delegates to the 35th International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) summit which took place in Victoria Falls were made to wear the infamous Mnangagwa Scarf which has become a cult symbol in Z...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:33hrs | 20681 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawarire exposes Strive Masiyiwa
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has alleged that Econet boss Strive Masiyiwa is a beneficiary of government tenders courtesy of the late General Solomon Mujuru and his wife Joi...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 17060 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mining fees still to be reviewed
MINES minister Winston Chitando has disclosed that government has not yet increased statutory mining fees, but was in the process of reviewing them."The long and short of it is mining fees hav...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:48hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Gweru partners Holiday Inn to build hotel
Gweru City Council has partnered Holiday Inn to construct a hotel in the Midlands capital, a senior council official has said.Acting finance director Owen Masimba said the local authority was ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
2 court officials die in accident
TWO court officials from Hwange Magistrates' Court died on the spot while others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in burst its tyre and veered off the road along the Bulawayo-Victoria...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:54hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
You are on the right path Mthuli but....
I can't help but feel sorry for Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.By now the economy should have been showing signs of stabilising.Experts say for the fi...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:44hrs | 4205 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Losing Presidential candidate preys on young women
HARARE-BASED church leader and losing presidential aspirant in the 2018 elections Emmanuel Moyana, who is founder of the Emmanuel Global Ministries International and Multi-People's Democratic Party (M...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe buys plane from US
National carrier, Air Zimbabwe, yesterday took delivery of an Embraer ERJ145 aircraft bought from the US as efforts to revive its fortunes gather momentum. The plane landed at Robert Gabriel M...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:08hrs | 9745 | by Staff reporter
Cancer treatment at Mpilo, Parirenyatwa hospitals compromised
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has stopped offering radiotherapy services after all its three cancer treatment machines broke down while unconfirmed reports indicate Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo also f...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1268 | by Staff Reporter
Truck driver beats up lover, policeman
A CROSS border truck driver has been fined RTGS$150 after he assaulted his girlfriend for refusing to have sexual intercourse with him and later beating up a cop who had come to arrest him for the off...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce more PGM investors
Government will, in the next few weeks, announce at least two more investors that are expected to deploy huge foreign capital in the country's platinum sector as scores of local and foreign investors ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
More China investments coming to Zimbabwe
I arrived in Harare last month and I have already had a deep impression of the beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and wonderful people of Zimbabwe.I am especially moved by the friendship that...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | 720 | by Ambassador Guo Shaochun
Air Zimbabwe to import spares duty free
ONGOING efforts to turnaround the operations of Air Zimbabwe have received further boost following revelations that Government recently extended the dispensation for the national air carrier to import...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe trumps Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have said former president Robert Mugabe was a relatively better dictator than incumbent Emerson Mnangagwa because although he plundered the country's resources, Mugabe did not pass the co...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 20:26hrs | 56614 | by Methusi Ncube
Cheating man kills wife, shares bed with corpse
A CHEATING Victoria Falls man allegedly fatally punched and kicked his wife before sharing the bed with her lifeless body at night not knowing she was long dead.Japhet Mapfumo (41) of House Nu...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:28hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis in Harare exposes MDC inadequacies
There is an old adage that says fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. This maxim rings true to most of our urban voters who are constantly casting their vote to a failed MDC party whic...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 14:37hrs | 1478 | by Prosperity Mzila
Ilala Lodge Hotel to showcase line-up of enhancements at Africa's Travel Indaba Show
At the 2019 Africa's Travel Indaba tourism trade show Ilala Lodge Hotel will showcase a line-up of recent developments set to enhance guest experiences in Zimbabwe's tourism capital, Victoria Falls....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Border jumper jailed for stealing wheelchair
A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Zhombe has been sentenced to 30 months in jail by a Victoria Falls magistrate for border jumping and stealing a wheelchair and a cellphone in Botswana. Siphosami Sibanda...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 8912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for thunderstorms, wet Easter
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted a wet Easter in some parts of the country with isolated showers and scattered thunderstorms expected. In a statement issued on Wednes...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 3878 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC councillors using out-of-town workshops to syphon funds
Harare City Council has conducted more than 10 out-of-town workshops in blatant defiance of a ministerial directive proscribing the costly training programmes. Over the last two weeks, council...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka
Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on Apri...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1423 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Diaspora initiative plans grand reunion
An international initiative to unite Zimbabweans who live in the diaspora in April 2020 has been launched, with preparations underway to bring a whole month of business, sports, arts, entertainment, f...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Marriot International to finalise US$500 million deal for Zimbabwe hotel
GLOBAL hospitality group, Marriot International will next month finalise its US$500 million deal with a local company that will see the company constructing a boutique hotel and a riverside camp in Vi...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
China pledges to fund Zimbabwe's road, rail network
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun yesterday pledged to assist Zimbabwe access funding for infrastructure development from the $60 billion pledged by his country to assist African nations las...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 353 | by Staf reporter
'Exposed' Patrice Motsepe's sister rubbishes Botswana political interference allegations
It has been confirmed that she flew to Zimbabwe but the purpose of the trip was to attend a reunion lunch.Following allegations that South African businesswoman and president of the South Afri...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1722 | by Citizen
Patrice Motsepe's sister detained in Zimbabwe
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's chief financier Bridget Motsepe, Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Guma Moyo and Prevailing Securities MD Shaduff Baitse were Saturday detained briefly and interrogated by...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3400 | by Staff reporter
Motsepe fingered in plot against Botswana president, Zimbabwe foils it
Zimbabwean intelligence officers reportedly foiled a meeting by a Botswana politician, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and her colleagues - including former President Seretse Khama Ian Khama - which sought ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 8619 | by Staff reporter
Killer Campfire ranger granted $100 bail
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire), who allegedly accidentally killed a 62-year-old Jambezi woman as he tried t...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
World's largest shoe maker to invest in Bulawayo
ONE of the world's largest shoe manufacturers, Chinese firm, Huajian Group of Companies has set sight on investing about $10 billion towards setting up a leather products and beef processi...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe's Embraer delivery imminent, two B777s on way
AIR ZIMBABWE is on the brink of replenishing its fleet amid indications that the national airliner would take delivery of an Embraer ERJ 145 tentatively in the next two weeks.It has also emerg...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 865 | 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 | 2752 | by newzimbabwe
Ranger in court for shooting villager
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has been taken to court for accidentally shooting a 62-year-old Jambezi woma...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks hikes rain-forest entry fees
Zimbabwe and Wildlife Management Authority Zimparks, has aligned the Victoria Falls rainforest entry fees for locals to the prevailing inter-bank exchange rate in response to the recent monetary measu...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 21:35hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora initiative, ZimThrive, launches ahead of April 2020
An international initiative to unite Zimbabweans who live in the diaspora in April 2020 has been announced, with preparations underway to bring a whole month of business, sports, arts, entertainment, ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 18:45hrs | 931 | by Angecies
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