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Chiwenga calls Zimbabwe hotels to order
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned operators in the hospitality industry against charging exorbitant rates which he said contributed to economic instability.Officially opening the ...Published: 40 mins ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimate...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Lone gunman robs Victoria Falls bank
A LONE gunman robbed the ZB Bank Victoria Falls branch on Wednesday afternoon and made off with an undisclosed amount of money – a source from the bank however said more than US$100 000 was stolen....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:43hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
African Sun shuts down Victoria Falls Kingdom Hotel
African Sun Limited has announced it is shutting down its Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls January next year after failing to agree on lease terms with First Capital Bank, owners of the property....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
$3 billion for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade, amid faulty radar system
THE upgrading of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has been allocated ZW$3.1 billion by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as fears mount that the port of entry has become a major c...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt likely to print money to fund deficit'
ONE of Zimbabwe's top financial institutions, FBC Holdings Limited (FBC) says the 2023 National Budget announced last week will likely be funded by money printing, amid dwindling revenue options for T...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube skating on thin ice
THE $4,5 trillion 2023 national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday has set tongues wagging.Firstly, $4,5 trillion is way above the $3,9 trillion projected revenue fo...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
'VFEX growth exceeds expectation'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has lauded the rapid growth of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which witnessed the listing of the fifth counter, Nedbank Gr...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo pressures Victoria Falls City Council to give prime land to gold baron
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo, who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraudulent land ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
9 cattle dead as haulage truck ploughs into herd
A HAULAGE truck ploughed into a herd of cattle in Chimwara area near Halfway along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, killing nine beats in the process.The news crew was told that the accident ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' quarters await commissioning by ...
THE construction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' quarters is now complete and will be commissioned before the end of the year.Government was renovating three apartment buildings housing doc...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warms up to more investments from China
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investments from China across all sectors of the economy as Harare accelerates a sustainable and mutually beneficial modernisation and industrialisation of the tw...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe miners in urgent plea for forex
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says it is engaging authorities to come up with mechanisms that can accommodate the foreign currency requirements for the sector as shortages are weighing down the sec...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo entangled in Vic Falls corruption scandals
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo (pictured), who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraud...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Mystery of the abandoned trailer
FOR more than a decade, a haulage truck trailer has been lying on the side of Victoria Falls Road in Dopota, Hwange, abandoned, forgotten, neglected and untouched by thieves, leading to more questions...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:27hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
'Time Africa solved its own problems'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro has urged African countries to resolve their own problems, particularly tackling HIV/Aids and other diseases.Mangwiro made the remarks at th...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'chickens out' of Binga by-election
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the campaign environment in Binga as "peaceful and calm" ahead of by-elections slated for early next month.National polls manag...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade up 30%
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China went up by 29,9% to US$1,7 billion between January and September this year.The statistics were revealed by Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun during a...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Foreign nationals arrested in Zimbabwe over drugs
THREE foreign nationals have been arrested at the country's airports between September and this month while trying to smuggle heroin to India with a combined street value running into millions of doll...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda windfall for Bosso
CHARMED by Highlanders' improved second half of the season performance in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, the club's principal sponsors, giant energy company Sakunda Holdings has offered 250 p...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:48hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Headmistress under fire
Parents and guardians of Brandon Secondary School have petitioned the Ministry of Education to reign in on the school headmistress Anna Gora whom they accuse of mismanaging the school, including finan...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 16:36hrs | 1703 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Zimbabwe govt to resume school feeding
GOVERNMENT is set to resume the schools feeding programme whose aim is to nourish learners and reduce absenteeism due to hunger.Government initiated the schools feeding programme whereby schoo...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Depleted Kariba water level cripples power generation
THE water level at Kariba Dam continues dropping, affecting electricity generation, with inflows expected to make a difference in the first quarter of the 2023 rainy season, the Zambezi River Authorit...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:44hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora withdraws recall on councillor, forces scrapping of by-election
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's recent recalls on elected opposition representatives turned farcical last week when the politician was forced to reverse the recall of Victoria Falls Ward 8 Councillor ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:40hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean journalists are safe insists Mutsvangwa despite attacks at political rallies
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwean journalists are safe despite glaring evidence involving the assault of media practitioners at political rallies and gatherings.Of late, Zimbabwe has witnessed a resu...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:31hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
5 injured in bus accident
FIVE people were injured on Wednesday when a bus driver lost control of the vehicle they were traveling on before it veered off the road, hit a tree and landed on its side.The accident happene...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga decries escalating acts of terrorism in Africa
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has decried escalating acts of terrorism in Africa saying it has become a "thorn in the flesh" for many governments.Addressing delegates at the official ope...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar dollar budget will fuel inflation
AFRICA Economic Development Strategies executive director Gift Mugano has warned that the proposed $3,4 trillion 2023 national budget will fuel inflation and deepen the economic crisis in the southern...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe seeks suitors for long-haul aircraft
AIR Zimbabwe, the country's State-owned carrier, is courting potential takers to lease out its long-haul aircraft, as part of efforts by the national airline to consolidate its revenue base as it emer...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Investors to get Zimbabwean citizenship
Deserving investors will be granted citizenship as part of Government efforts to increase investment, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.The S...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia acquires Bulawayo Mining Company claims
Caledonia Mining, a Jersey-based mining junior whose shares are listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), has acquired Motapa Mining gold claims near the Bilboes Holdings gold mine ass...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Water levels drop at Kariba dam
The Zambezi River Authority says reduced water levels in Lake Kariba were under control as it seeks to optimise power generation and progress at the Kariba Dam rehabilitation project.While lev...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T throws Komichi under the bus
THE MDC-T has dismissed a weekend statement by its national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, saying the opposition party had already fielded candidates to contest forthcoming by-elections after boycotting...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2999 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Beitbridge highway rehabilitation not anytime soon
FULL rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway will only start after the completion of the ongoing upgrade of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway, a Government official said ...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 7793 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T reverses decision to boycott by-elections
THE MDC-T has made a somersault on its earlier decision to boycott by-elections, which arose mostly as a result of recalls of incumbent councillors and Members of Parliament (MPs) by the opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Airlines in maiden flight to Bulawayo
ETHIOPIAN Airlines yesterday made its maiden flight to Bulawayo as it landed at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport, a key development in the aviation industry that will boost the tourism secto...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:50hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Drug cartels turn Zimbabwe into a hub
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a destination of choice for smugglers of dangerous drugs such as heroin, with police saying syndicates involving locals and foreigners were on the loose.The country h...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 pupil gives birth, writes exam from hospital bed
SHE is 13 years old but already a mother of a one-month-old baby girl.The girl, of Mkhosana in Victoria Falls, shocked all and sundry when she wrote part of her Zimsec Grade Seven general exam...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:30hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'poll surge' faces Binga test after Mwonzora triggers 6 by-elections
Zanu-PF's assumed clout in recapturing parts of opposition territory while protecting its own comes under check this December when party candidates face off with CCC opponents in six Binga Rural Distr...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:15hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Indian national busted trafficking 7.7kg of heroin at RGMI Airport
An Indian national has been arrested with 7.7kg of heroin at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, police said on Monday.Gowada Nabin Chandra, 61, was nabbed on Sunday just before b...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:57hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Nedbank Zimbabwe heads for VFEX
FINANCIAL services outfit, Nedbank Zimbabwe said on Friday it planned to list on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) on November 18, becoming the first lender to trade its stock at the waterfall ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can be a financial hub
MAURITIUS Finance chief operating officer Vinod K. Bussawah, who is also chairperson of Harare-based financial advisory firm Bard Santner Markets Inc, says Zimbabwe can become a regional financial hub...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt hit with US$20bn bill over grabbed properties
EX-COMBATANTS from Zapu's military wing during the armed struggle are demanding US$20 billion as compensation for properties that were confiscated by the government at the height of Gukurahundi....Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
All set for Ethiopian Airlines maiden flight to Bulawayo
ONE of the world's top airlines, Ethiopian Airlines is set to introduce flights that will fly into Bulawayo for the first-time, end of this month, a development that will boost the tourism sector as w...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:14hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Female chief endorsed
THE late Chief Mvuthu's daughter Ms Silibaziso Mlotshwa could be one foot closer to succeeding her father after the Chiefs Council endorsed her.Chief Mvuthu, born Nyangayezizwe Mlotshwa of Mvu...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe general elections set for July-Aug 2023
Constitutionally, Presidential, Parliamentary and local authority elections must take place in July or August next year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has noted and so there shall be no by-e...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
MPs say forced to stay in grubby Harare lodges
LEGISLATORS have been forced to put up in sub-standard lodges in Harare, footing their own bills, as the treasury has not paid hotel bills since July 2022, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.One of th...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
US$ VFEX market capitalisation jumps 25% in Q3
The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) market capitalisation increased by 25 percent to US$345 million in the third quarter to September 30, 2022 from US$273,24 million in the previous quarter....Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
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