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Chivayo rescues ailing gukurahundi cover-up editor
BUSINESSMAN Mr Wicknell Chivayo has donated US$15 000 to help assist in the medical needs of veteran journalist and former Chronicle Editor, Geoff Nyarota.Nyarota is arguably known for exposin...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:56hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi cover-up editor urgently needs medical help
Geoffrey (Geoff) Nyarota is in critical health and urgently requires medical treatment for a trio of serious conditions: cancer, heart disease, and kidney failure. Nyarota, who has a long career in jo...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 15:54hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate linked minister in another scandal involving 'stolen' millions
The High Court has mandated Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister July Moyo and Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Fredrick Shava, who is linked to the Willowgate motor scandal, to re...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils industrial growth blueprint for automotive sector
The Zimbabwe Industrial Reconstruction and Growth Plan (ZIRGP), a targeted economic manufacturing initiative, has outlined key strategies to boost domestic production of buses and trucks. Running from...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Willowton to unveil US$7m margarine plant
Willowton, a Mutare-based producer of edible oils and soaps, is about to launch a new margarine plant. The facility, currently in test runs, will begin full production in September with a monthly capa...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:16hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers
The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones
Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota to launch his fourth book
Award-winning veteran Zimbabwean journalist Geoff Nyarota, one of the best local scribes, will tomorrow launch his fourth book, The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimba...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 petrol tankers, bus reduced to shells
FOUR petrol tankers and a bus were reduced to shells at a garage in the Willowvale area of Harare after they caught fire while suspected fuel dealers were siphoning fuel from one of the tankers....Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity generation to increase monthend
Power cuts being experienced across the country are expected to ease by the end of this month when power generation will increase on the back of two units being brought back to the national grid....Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maybe if there had been no social media, Zimbabwe would be free today!
When I started writing these social justice articles way back in 1989, as a form three pupil, the world was a very different place.Those of us who had chosen this path - of speaking for the op...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:23hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadc anti-sanctions crusade a lost cause
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) annual Anti-Sanctions Day commemoration held last week was a sham vigil.It was misdire...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 10 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 5 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Willowvale to start assembling vehicles in Zimbabwe
WILLOWVALE Motor Industries will in August resume assembling vehicles after a hiatus of more than five years as the subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) returns to i...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Duty reprieve for vehicle assembly factories
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty on semi-knocked down (SKD) single and double-cab motor vehicle kits imported by approved assemblers for a period of three years in a bid to revive the local motor...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare man in court for insurance fraud
A Harare man is in trouble for insurance fraud after he allegedly swindled Old Mutual Insurance Company of US$2000 through a false claim for his motor vehicle which had been involved in an accident....Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Alleged ZB Bank US$2, 7 million heist mastermind family appears in court
THE family of the ZB Bank internal security officer Shadreck Njowa, who allegedly masterminded a US$2,7 million heist on his employer, were arrested and appeared in court on Saturday charged with harb...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heist mastermind's family remanded in custody
THE family of Shadreck Njowa, the alleged mastermind of the US$2,7 million ZB Bank robbery, which occurred in January last year, has been remanded in custody ahead of a ruling on their bail applicatio...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Belarus official jets into Zimbabwe
BELARUSIAN Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Piotr Parkhomchik, arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with various ministries as the two countries seek to deepen their long ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 12 | by Israel Dube
Govt must liberalise airwaves for development
A FREE Press is essential in holding those in power accountable.The Press is a tool that can be used in connecting and building nations.It is the Press which exposed Willowgate, Salary...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Muzokomba villager
Zimbabwe farm-grab doctor sanctioned by UK Medical Tribunal
A MEDICAL doctor originally from Zimbabwe has been sanctioned after his fitness to practice was found to have been impaired during a recent hearing by the Medical Practitioners' Tribunal (MPTS)....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:40hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabes in farm equipment scam
LATE president Robert Mugabe's family has been rocked by a fresh scandal after allegedly selling an assortment of farm equipment belonging to government departments and pocketing the money, it has eme...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Troubles mount for Jacob Mudenda
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has been trending in Zimbabwe after he lobbied parliamentarians to change the laws and allow a diaspora vote , a move which left a bitter taste in the mouths of ZAN...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zweli Mkhize irks Ramaphosa's boot lickers
The ANC's veterans' league and party national executive committee (NEC) members have warned party members, including embattled former health minister Zweli Mkhize, against making declarations of willi...Published: 23 May 2022 at 08:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shortages show the poverty of ideas in govt
THE shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities due to the shocking decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose a blanket ban on bank lending to everyone, including the...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:50hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Surface Wilmar's plant 75% complete
THE country's biggest cooking oil manufacturer, Surface Wilmar says its US$24 million plant that is under construction in Harare will commence production in September.The plant was shut down i...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
IMF notes show no appetite for reform
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its Article IV Consultation with Zimbabwe on 21 March 2022. The press release noted that real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Surface Wilmar in US$50m Olivine revival plan
THE country's biggest cooking oil manufacturer, Surface Wilmar has put in place a revival plan for Olivine Industries, which will result in a US$50 million upgrade of the Willowvale plant in Harare....Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Mukunda Chitova
Air Zimbabwe loses US$127 000 to property fraudster
A 44-YEAR-OLD Harare resident yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding Air Zimbabwe of US$127 000.Dzuda remanded Washington Hamunakwadi to today for trial date...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Auto spares gobble US$160m in 2021
Zimbabwe spent US$60 million more on auto spares in 2021 than a year earlier, figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show, as trade with the rest of the world increased due to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'second Republic' as scandal-prone as Mugabe's govt
THERE is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for trying to steal Parliament car
A-22 year old man was today arraigned before the Mbare magistrates court facing charges of attempting to steal a motor vehicle belonging to a top Parliament of Zimbabwe official.Kudzai Andrea ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora, Khupe fights are killing democracy
Just imagine that Zanu-PF had succeeded in establishing a one-party state as it had initially wanted, after drinking too much off the communist-socialist mug.Well, the scenario wouldn't be fit...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
I wonder how many Zimbabwean children have ever seen a train!
This morning I had a most interesting thought! I am not exactly sure how and why, but it just came to me that, due to the horrendous destruction of our economy by the country's ruling establis...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:02hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WATCH: Dr. Obert Mpofu a hero or thief?
The question: What has Dr. Obert Moses Mpofu achieved for Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans has been asked by many people and yet met with different answers. Some have claimed without evidence that Obert Mpofu...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 12:06hrs | 6 | by Nicholas Ncube
Govt splashes $30 billion on Harare-Beitbridge road
THE Government has spent more than $30 billion on funding the reconstruction of over 260km of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway, while an additional $1,3 billion has been directed towards the reh...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
IDC throws out bids for Deven
TWO local companies seeking a shareholding in Deven Engineering had their bids thrown out after they failed to offer the "best value for money" for the coach builder.Deven's core competence is...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ndux Junior bounces back with 11th album
Rhumba ace Ndux Junior has bounced back with his 11th studio album, Bambelela, which confirms the musician as one of the consistent artistes in the genre.The album that was recently launched i...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mounting concerns over breach of ethical journalism
The names of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who gained international eminence as premier investigative journalists, following their investigation and exposure of th...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 20 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Matabeleland in record wheat harvest
Wheat production has been rising fast in Zimbabwe and farmers in Matabeleland provinces are contributing immensely to a promising season.Across the country, wheat farmers have started harvesti...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mureza to assemble Prim8 vehicle in Zimbabwe
MUREZA Automobile Company, a South Africa-based Zimbabwean auto mobile company, says it is now looking to localise production of its Mureza Prim8 vehicle that has been "successfully accepted" worldwid...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Journalistic tenets lost to 'hits' and the quest for followers
One of the greatest problems currently confronting journalists on the Zimbabwean media landscape is the emergence of social media, with the attendant proliferation of platforms populated by content pr...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Ex-Wenela registration begins
The GOVERNMENT will tomorrow begin a mobile testing and registration exercise for thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wen...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A nationalist hero and authoritarian dictator
A group of Robert Gabriel Mugabe admirers, linked to Zanu-PF, has published a profile of Robert Mugabe. They are trying to provide a profile of the late president, combining both the positive and nega...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Fay Chung
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