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No to politisation of operating spaces
THE Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is disturbed by the reports of politicisation of operating spaces on a piece of land adjacent to the traffic lights at Malvern and...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 149 | by Viset
Son drags father to court over abuse
A 20-year-old man alleged to be involved in drug abuse dragged his father to court on allegations that he assaults and harasses him. Joe Chisenga appeared before Harare Civil Magistrate Mrs Gl...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips undocumented foreign workers in South Africa
Zimbabwean domestic migrant worker Precious clocked in late for work, launched into her duties for a white South African family as if nothing happened, yet hours earlier she had been arrested for bein...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:38hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube vows to punish government officials facilitating inflated tenders
FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube has upped the anti- inflated- tender scams threatening to take disciplinary measures on any of the government officials found on the wrong side of facilitating such frau...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
We've to battle without reforms! Said Ncube - because wouldn't 'implement reforms like a man!'
"We've to battle without reforms!" screamed the Daily News headline with a picture of Professor Welshman Ncube. "We have to be ready, prepared to win elections under the most adverse of conditions...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 2980 | by Wilbert Mukori
Maguwu raises Zimbabwe civil war fears
HUMAN rights activist Farai Maguwu says Zimbabwe is on the cusp of a civil war if the current wave of political violence is not contained.This comes after the ruling Zanu-PF party supporters h...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots reign of terror despite electoral victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former State security minister, Owen Ncube, has been fingered in a gory plan to unleash a reign of terror in Gokwe-Kabuyuni and Gokwe-Kana constituencies targeting oppos...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 2166 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
The Rising Cost of Democracy in Zimbabwe
The recent surge in the cost to contest in elections and to view voters’ roll in Zimbabwe raises eyebrows. It was recently gazetted that the cost for co...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 07:41hrs | 1012 | by Zakhele Maphosa
Zimbabwean villagers climb trees to make cellphone calls
Villagers in many districts in Matabeleland South province have appealed to telecommunications companies to install cellphone signal towers to improve network coverage in their areas.According...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 13403 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Harare's opposition councillors of being corrupt, at a time his own minister, July Moyo, is being investigated for allegedly forcing council into shadowy deals...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 21435 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pounces on councils
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is reportedly targeting local authorities ahead of the 2023 elections in a bid to weed out corrupt elements.Yesterday, Zacc pounced on Guruve chi...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:11hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
7 tollgate cashiers fired over million-dollar theft
SEVEN cashiers at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) Flamingo tollgate in Gweru have been fired while eight have resigned over a million-dollar theft scandal.Acting Zinara chie...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans in witch-hunt
WAR veterans are re-structuring in an exercise expected to claim some scalps to weed out "rogue" elements that "could disrupt" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of being re-elected next year....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers turn to aquaponics
A CRICKETER turns his back on the excitement of pro sports to take on a whole new challenge: farming without soil.Yasser Parker thought he had fulfilled his childhood dream by becoming a profe...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Zinara moves to weed out corruption
A LEGACY of corruption and operational challenges at tollgates has tainted the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)'s corporate image.NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Taurai Mangudhla int...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Factional fights tear Mnangagwa led party
DEEP-SEATED divisions and fierce jostling for posts are gnawing Zanu PF as two post-2017 coup factions reportedly aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga engage in ...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | 5366 | by Staff Reporter
PSL suspends games over Dembare hooliganism
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has indefinitely suspended its programme as it seeks a lasting solution to acts of hooliganism that are tainting the image of local football.The biggest match i...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to name firms taking bank loans to black market
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has unearthed an elaborate practice by some big corporates in the country, who were borrowing large amounts of money from banks which they would then channel into th...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
14 arrested for Elvis Nyathi murder
Fourteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot earlier this month. They are appearing in court on Tuesday.South Afr...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco marketing season starts today
This year's tobacco marketing season kicks off today with the usual ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor opening the auction sales with the contract floors, which will handle 95 percent of...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:13hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fire worker for Sikhonjwa links
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has fired its entities manager following allegations that he was electioneering for losing vice chairperson candidate, Babongile Sikhonjwa.The entities manager, Dalub...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Student shares bed with giant snake
FEAR gripped students of Novena University, Ogume Delta State, in Nigeria, after a python invaded a female hostel in the school.The python was found early morning on the bed of an unnamed fema...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Zinara after tollgates scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is weeding out corrupt employees following a scandal at toll gates in the Midlands where several employees were allegedly caught stealing fro...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Farmers fret over dry spell
Farmers are becoming very worried as the dry spell continues with crops showing signs of moisture stress and a lot could depend on supplementary irrigation to ensure reasonable harvests.It has...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe's elite ricochet across economy
Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days.In the 1990s, his factory, located in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was buzzing....Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean economy suffers under US sanctions
Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days.In the 1990s, his factory, located in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was buzzing with a ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Police resume operation against unregistered vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police have resumed an operation against plateless, unlicensed and unregistered vehicles in the country, which will see them impounding all vehicles found in the wrong.Th...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa showers praises on Jabulani Sibanda
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has heaped praises on ZANU PF Bulawayo Province Chairperson elect Jabulani Sibanda calling him a workhorse who will revive the party in the province. W...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 19:17hrs | 3301 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Jabulani Sibanda rejoins Zanu-PF
FORMER war veterans chairperson Jabulani Sibanda, known for having spearheaded a nationwide reign of terror to secure a Zanu-PF victory in the 2008 run-off and 2013 elections before being fired from t...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:27hrs | 3649 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Gweru City Council Mayor
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) which is led by party president Douglas Mwonzora has recalled the City of Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe over corruption allegations. Makombe is under the MDC-A ...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:55hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
ZACC boast 'great strides in stamping out corruption', seized US$700M - super slow applaud, 6% gold looted in one decade alone
"The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) said it had seized property worth over $700 million," reported Zimeye."The anti-corruption body has also filed 18 unexplained wealth order case file...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 13:58hrs | 455 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa goes after 'sell-out' councillors
MDC ALLIANCE councillors from across Mashonaland West province have undergone a ritualistic pledge of undying allegiance to the party's leader Nelson Chamisa, in what is being seen as a move aimed at ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2180 | by Staff reporter
House of Lords reprimand leaves Mnangagwa propaganda in tatters
LAST week's heated British House of Lords debate on Zimbabwe in which parliamentarians and a government minister said the southern African country should not be readmitted into the Commonwealth until ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:43hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's quest to re-join the Commonwealth is set to hit a snag
ZIMBABWE'S quest to re-join the Commonwealth is set to hit a snag, following revelations during a debate in the British House of Lords this week that the United Kingdom is far from supporting the coun...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Marc Holtzman: His axis with Mnangagwa and CBZ Bank
ON Monday last week - 15 November - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa travelled with a delegation of senior government officials and top business executives to the Intra-African Trade Fair in Du...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Pegged exchange rate unsustainable
Zimbabwe's export receipts for the first 9 months of 2021 jumped 38% to US$6.10 billion from US$4.43 billion realized in the same period in 2020. Notable improvements have been realized in internation...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:37hrs | 14 | by Victor Bhoroma
New land offer permits unveiled
Government has introduced the new securitised A2 Model Settlement Permit with advanced security features to curb fake offer letters.This follows the emergence of land ownership disputes countr...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Unoka' Biti 'appeals' to tyrant Mnangagwa to uphold rule of law - 'Go implement reforms like a man!'
"This is to advise friends and family that I am ok and in a good space. Thank you for your love and care. To Mr Mnangagwa, I appeal to you to stop your shenanigans, uphold the rule of law and protect ...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 07:58hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Battling Anxiety? Here are some expert-approved tips to overcome it
Describing anxiety is extremely difficult as everyone may suffer from it in a different way. It is normal for us to feel anxious from time to time, but when anxiety starts to affect our daily life, th...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 12:39hrs | 38 | by Staff Writer
Esidakeni farm wrangle turns nasty, tomato crops destroyed
KERSHELMAR Farm, commonly known as Esidakeni, should be teeming with ready-to-harvest tomatoes at this time of the year as it is every farmer's wish to take a good crop to market.A gaze throug...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo weeds out negligent staff members
MPILO Central Hospital has taken drastic measures to weed out negligence by staff members, a development that has seen over 20 workers redeployed from the maternity ward and disciplinary hearings bein...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
More jail time for illegal forex traders
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi, has warned of more jail time for economic saboteurs while the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will intensify the blitz against manipulation of the local c...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rampant corruption in Zimbabwe jails
CORRUPTION is rampant in Zimbabwe's prison facilities as wardens and inmates frequently fraternise to relax and ease jail terms and conditions, a top official has said.Zimbabwe Prison and Corr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears currency crisis may trigger social uprising
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is intensifying its sweeping crackdown on foreign currency traders in the volatile market amid growing fears of an exchange rate-driven economic meltdown, The...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taming inflation is an arduous task
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straig...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 8 | by Victor Bhoroma
Who needs two VPs, anyway?
TODAY is six months and 11 days since former vice-president Kembo Mohadi resigned from his post following two weeks of juicy revelations of his bedroom commissions with two married women, one of who w...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:59hrs | 10 | by Tawanda Majon
New offer letters for farmers
Old offer letters for resettlement land and land permits are being replaced with new documents that have improved security features to curb illegal parcelling out of land and weed out fake offer lette...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
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