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Zanu-PF getting ready for 2023 elections
ZANU-PF is like a sleeping giant which is often teased by smaller political parties which have no political ideology, but those parties remain teaser bulls, nothing more. The party works in ve...Published: 9 hrs ago | 169 | by Elijah Chihota
War veterans recommend anti-sanctions holiday
War veterans have recommended the Government to pronounce the anti-sanctions day slated for October 25 a public holiday after Sadc countries declared the day a solidarity day against illegal sanctions...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba urges Zimbabwe political leaders to save 'this great country'
RENOWNED Kenyan political analyst, Professor Patrick Lumumba has urged Zimbabwe political leaders to to engage each other and save "this great country."Lumumba was speaking to NewZimbabwe.com ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 14:13hrs | 6144 | by Staff reporter
Zambian traders flock to Victoria Falls
Zambians are taking advantage of Zimbabwe's collapsing economy to buy basic commodities from Victoria Falls for resale in the resort town of Livingstone.Products that are popular with the Zambian ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Kenyan lawyer calls for revival of Sadc tribunal
OUTSPOKEN Kenyan lawyer and African political commentator, Patrick Otieno Lumumba has called for the revival of the Sadc Tribunal which was disbanded by the regional bloc in 2012.The tribunal ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Sex in kombi full of passengers
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Victoria Falls has been arrested for engaging in sex with a minor girl in a moving commuter omnibus full of passengers.The Form Four girl, now 16, is seven months pregna...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:02hrs | 2534 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF getting ready for 2023 elections
ZANU PF is like a sleeping giant which is often teased by smaller political parties which have no political ideology. The Party works in very mysterious ways to such an extent that when people think i...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:34hrs | 657 | by Elijah Chihota
Siblings drown in Zambezi River while bathing
A FAMILY from Dibutibu in Victoria Falls is searching for two siblings who were swept away by the Zambezi River on Friday while taking pictures close to the bank.Police, community and parks ra...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:15hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Another upmarket lodge for Victoria Falls
A NEW up-market lodge is set to open in Victoria Falls targeting tourists who want a quiet environment and interaction with the wild. A total of 24 locals will be employed at the 12-bed tented Tsowa S...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Steep fees for Zimbabweans seeking healthcare in Zambia
Zimbabweans travelling across the border for medical treatment in Livingstone, Zambia, have been hard hit by a hike in health-care fees there and stringent new conditions for foreigners.Among ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 21:44hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Injiva's million dollar bet on Tsholotsho
OWEN Sibanda's childhood was typical of thousands that grow up in Tsholotsho, one of the poorest districts in Matabeleland South province.He walked at least 18km to and from school every day a...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | 3467 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will not stop flushing out corrupt officials'
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa yesterday said government will continue to flush out corrupt malcontents and officials as his administration seeks to right wrongs that have bled the country's economy of b...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:36hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
By-elections TKO and below the belt politics
If the Matabeleland North by-elections held recently were a boxing match, the MDC-Alliance would have been dealt a technical knock-out (TKO).After jabs and uppercuts, then a flurry of combinat...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tell lawyers to be advocates of economic justice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged legal practitioners to be instruments of peace building, social cohesion, beacons of equality and advocates of economic justice, as the task of rebuilding a coun...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:27hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open lawyers' conference
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here last evening for the 20th Sadc Lawyers' Association annual conference he is expected to officially open this morning. The President landed just before 6PM at t...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs paying lip service to electorate
Growing up in the high-density suburb of Mufakose, more than two decades ago, life was a potpourri of events. Seemingly with no form of entertainment to fill up the mundane township life, we s...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | 132 | by Ruth Butaumocho
No free Chinese lunch
CONSTRUCTION of the US$100 million six-storey new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, Harare, is well ahead of schedule, with the Chinese contractors working round the clock.This is good news t...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1713 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe economy to contract by 3%
The Zimbabwean economy will contract by 3 percent in 2019, but the mining sector as well as the tourism sector will surprise on the upside, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has s...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Policy inconsistency hurting economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the Zimbabwean Dollar and outlawed the use of multicurrencies on the local market on the 24th of June 2019, despite widespread concerns on burning the m...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1994 | by Victor Bhoroma
Command Housing kicks off
THE Government has managed to get the buy-in from private sector players, including pension funds and insurance schemes, to support the Community Housing programme which is set to be rolled out soon. ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:21hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Election time - 'All Lupane schools to have computers'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima has said Government is mobilising resources to digitalise all schools in Lupane district as part of a countrywide exercise to improve lea...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Hwange community call for Nakamba statue
SOME Hwange residents and villagers have called for the erection of a Marvelous Nakamba statue at his rural home Dinde in Hwange district along Victoria Falls road as an honor of becoming the first pl...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 18:44hrs | 3272 | by Staff reporter
$80 000 in back pay for suspended immigration officers
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema has been ordered to direct his ministry to pay more than $80 000 in back pay salaries and benefits for eight Victoria Falls immigration officer...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should brace for higher electricity tariffs, says Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWEANS have no choice but to expect higher electricity tariffs if power utility Zesa is to continue to be able to supply the commodity, Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said.Nc...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 4653 | by newzimbabwe
NRZ loses clients to Zupco
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) missed its passenger target in the first six months of the year by five percent to 508 148 people. NRZ public relations manager, Mr Nyasha Maravanyika, ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Why marrying a single mother is the right thing to do
DID you know that the Ndebele name "imvana'' was originally a mocking name? When a man marries a woman who already has a child, the man's friends would mock him and say "wadonsa ugatsha lamahlamvu alo...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1804 | by Nobuhle Virgie Ajiti
Kariba restricted to 358MW as dam water drops to 24%
State power utility, Zesa, needs to strictly adhere to a tight prescribed water ration that allows it to generate an average of 358 megawatts at Kariba to avoid depleting Kariba Dam following revelati...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to get bridging finance from govt
THE government is considering providing bridging finance to struggling Zesa Holdings in order to alleviate the current power crisis in the country , a government official has disclosed.Zesa Ho...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:28hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya pleads for national dialogue
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday added his voice to the growing calls for a national dialogue to unlock the country's socio-economic and political logjam.Mangudy...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
NRZ fails to meet demand for passenger services
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) carried more than half a million passengers on its commuter and inter-city passenger trains in the first six months of 2019.A total of 508 148 peo...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:22hrs | 885 | by N Maravanyika
By-elections take centre stage
The ZANU-PF Politburo yesterday extensively discussed the forthcoming by-elections in Lupane East, Glen View South and Mangwe constituencies in which the revolutionary party is eyeing resounding victo...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
ICC threatening to terminate Zimbabwe Cricket membership
THE International Cricket Council have raised the stakes by threatening they could trigger a termination of the Zimbabwe Cricket membership should the conditions, which they have set, not be met by Oc...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites China to invest in Zimbabwe tourism sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Chinese investors to take advantage of available opportunities in the tourism sector, mainly in Mashonaland West and Matabeleland North provinces. He commended Zhez...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland guns for devolution amid government delays
Chagrined by government delays in the implementation of devolution people in Matabeleland feel marginalised and is gunning for its speedy completion. The military government of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:30hrs | 554 | by Makho Precious Moyo
WATCH: Jah Prayzah featuring Iyasa Sadza nemuriwo song
Award winning super star has released a video of his latest single Sadza Ne Muriwo.The video featured Bulawayo based stars Iyasa, Tanya Chikuni and Ben Chest and was co-produced by Dj Ta...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 11:19hrs | 5712 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Diasporans urged to mobilise development funds
ZIMBABWEANS domiciled in the United Kingdom have been urged to collectively mobilise resources and form bonds that will allow them to easily invest in infrastructure development back home.The ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Govt shilly-shallying threatening Zimdollar sustainability
ON June 24, through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019, government boldly declared "the Zimbabwe dollar… the sole legal tender in Zimbabwe in all transactions". But worryingly, and curiously, the same...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's luxury junkets cause storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's junkets have caused a storm after he hired a luxury jet from Dubai early this week to fly him to Victoria Falls, where he officially opened the third edition of the rura...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grapples with US$85m SAA debt
ZIMBABWE owes South African Airways (SAA) over US$85 million (R1,1 billion) in unrepatriated revenue from ticket sales as the country continues to grapple with biting foreign currency shortages amid g...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission more Zupco buses
President Mnangagwa yesterday said all was now in place for the commissioning of the second batch of Zupco buses as his Government mitigates transport challenges in the country. At least 47 ne...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Army confronts Mnangagwa over leaked audio
Information from Harare indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was locked up in a meeting with some senior officers from the Joint Operations Command on Thursday evening when he returned fro...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:00hrs | 27433 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube doing everything by the book
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube seems to be doing everything by the book as he pursues orthodox economic policy often prescribed by the global "Bretton Woods" lending institutions to try and ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | 4076 | by Reuters
SA firm seals US$2bn Beitbridge - Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway dualisation deal
Construction group, Khato Holdings, has sealed a deal that will see the dualisation of Beitbridge-Victoria Falls highway at an estimated cost of US$2bn in a build, operate and transfer arrangement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4625 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife commissions education hub
VICTORIA Falls Primary School was yesterday commissioned as the first ever model education innovation hub in the country. It also becomes the only such facility in learning institutions in Africa, it ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City Concept
Bulawayo, the Umthwakazi African City ConceptAuthor: Prince Zwide KhumaloDate: 26 June 2019Isilo seNtuthuko Bulawayo and the identity of Umthwakazi or the Ndebele nation are inseparabl...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:57hrs | 2844 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Mthuli Ncube told to resign
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has urged Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to resign from his post before he dents his credibility by implanting policies that he does not bel...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 12:50hrs | 19815 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Duty waiver on solar equipment
Government has approved a duty waiver on solar equipment and allowed mining firms to procure energy directly from the Southern African Power Pool. Further, selected hotels in resort areas will soon st...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe miners told to pay utility bills in foreign currency
Mining companies in Zimbabwe will have to use foreign currency to pay for power but can make their own arrangements for imports from foreign suppliers, the country's energy minister said.The o...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 22:16hrs | 1606 | by Bloomberg
Victoria Falls hotels to pay ZESA in US Dollar
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet has announced that it had taken a resolution to mandate hotels operating in the resort town of Victoria Falls to start paying their electricity bills in foreign ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 21:39hrs | 2933 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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