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Zambia bans popular Zimbabwe juice Mazoe
Health authorities in Zambia are investigating the safety of a popular Zimbabwean juice, Mazoe.There are fears that counterfeit Mazoe products have hit the market and are not fit for consumpti...Published: 22 hrs ago | 11403 | by Staff reporter
Koffi Olomide's Zimbabwe show in limbo
CONGOLESE artiste Koffi Olomide's concert set for August 3 at the Harare International Conference Centre might be in limbo following indications that he has been banned from entering Zambia for crimin...Published: 22 hrs ago | 916 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa receives Chamisa's petition
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday disclosed that their planned vigils at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices countrywide would kick off next Tuesday a...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3704 | by Staff reporter
Acid spillage in haulage trucks head-on collision
TWO haulage trucks caught fire and one of them spilled an unknown amount of sulphuric acid when they were involved in a head-on collision in Dinde area outside Hwange town on Monday night.The ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:52hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out again
President Mnangagwa leaves Harare today for Lusaka, Zambia where he will attend the 20th Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa).Heads of State and Government from...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:51hrs | 2865 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi economy can sustain it's people and the continent
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Mthwakazi nation which lost its sovereignty in 1893, when the British collaborated with the Shona people to rule the state through the rule by conquest has...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 701 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe ranked lowest on income equality
Southern Africa is one of the regions with unequal incomes in the world, with Zimbabwe ranked among the lowest in the region, a report released by the African Union (AU) and the Organisation for Econo...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:08hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa inks Cape to Cairo fibre network deal
Telecom Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Liquid Telecom to enable the pan-African group to complete Africa's terrestrial fibre network stretching across the African continent, the c...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 826 | by Reuters
Beitbridge upgrade to speed up border efficiency
The upgrading and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post will speed up the processes culminating in the implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) concept between South Africa and Zimbabwe, Tr...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:41hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Delta bemoans forex shortages
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation Limited has said foreign currency shortages continue to have a knock on effect on its business especially packaging material, although earnings were positive in the ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube up for award
TOP stand-up comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube, has been nominated for the Savanna Comics Choice Awards under the Pan-African Comic of The Year category, where he will battle it out with four other top Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:21hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Delta revenue jumps 40%
DELTA Corporation Limited has reported a 40% increase in revenue as a result of an upsurge in all its beverage categories which was driven by higher consumer demand during the first quarter of the yea...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election Commission caught with their pants down
Whistle blowers from ZRP Ross Camp in Bulawayo yesterday morning alerted the opposition political parties of a voting process which has kicked off without ZEC officials and polling agents.I am...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:45hrs | 8527 | by Leonard Koni
ZEC's Black-Box Approach: Ballot Politics & Electoral Risks
'Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws.'Reader, just across the mighty Zambe...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 11:16hrs | 471 | by Dr. Phillan Zamchiya and Washington Katema
'Bond notes are here to stay'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says the country's surrogate currency, the bond note, will be around for the foreseeable future.Zimbabwe introduced bond notes in 2016 to ease a...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 10:33hrs | 2122 | by Staff reporter
Ballot politics & electoral risks
"Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws."Just across the mighty Zambezi River...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 287 | by Phillan Zamchiya & Washington Katema
Mnangagwa prioritises Beitbridge economy
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said the heavy presence of the country's top leadership in Matabeleland South province yesterday, for two important complementary activities, is a realisation t...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
7 months and a new reality
Yesterday I saw the new advertisement for the president's campaign on his Facebook page. I must admit it gave me goosebumps. I know, I know, that is what is supposed to do, but I can't help but feel t...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | 1536 | by Joice Tsitsi
Mnangagwa to launch satellite technology agency
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to launch the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (Zingsa) and tomorrow officiate at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Beitbridge modernisation pro...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to visit Beitbridge Border Post tomorrow
President Mnangagwa will tomorrow visit Beitbridge Border Post for a groundbreaking ceremony to begin works on the mordernisation of the country's and sadc's busiest inland port as part of Government'...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Is Militant Separatism the Right Strategy for the Mthwakazi Question? - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
Over the years, we have seen an up-surge of activities that pronounce the Mthwakazi question in a number of ways. There is an angle that presupposes the importance of culture (Amasiko) and attempts to...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 23:26hrs | 1015 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Zimbabwe and African countries urgently need a new generation of leaders?
For the youth in Zimbabwe, you have a chance for "youth quake" on July 30, 2018! Zimbabwe like most African countries' populations is dominated by young people. Unfortunately, these young peop...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:34hrs | 491 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa pledges power project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to push ahead with a hydro-electric power project on the Zambezi river as he campaigns ahead of the July 30 election on a promise to rebuild the shattered econom...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 13:29hrs | 279 | by AFP
Proflight in maiden flight to Harare
PROFLIGHT Zambia is to land at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport this morning, as the airline launches its Harare-Lusaka route. The airline had been selling tickets all along waiting...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:44hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
$4,5bn Batoka deal to create 6 000 jobs
Zimbabwe and Zambia have agreed on principles for the $4,5 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project secured by Harare, paving way for a technical meeting this week between experts from two the c...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
$19m for Mberengwa-West Nicholson tarred road construction
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has embarked on massive $19 million road construction projects which links Mberengwa and West Nicholson and another linking Mberengwa and Mata...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:11hrs | 628 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa threatens 'earthquake' on Mnangagwa, Chigumba
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday threatened to unleash an "earthquake" to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla C...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe missed digitalization deadline by 3 years
Zimbabwe failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital since June 2015.The digitalization project which is under the...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 12:31hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Businesses urged to take advantage of regional export opportunities
Zimbabwean businesses are failing to take advantage of export opportunities in the region, leaving South African companies to exploit them, ZimTrade acting chief executive Allan Majuru told the NMB Ex...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 10:43hrs | 368 | by Agencies
Infant killer jailed
A WOMAN from Kezi who subjected her three-year-old step granddaughter to torture and physical abuse for soiling herself resulting in the toddler's death, has been sentenced to seven years in jail....Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
When will ideas prevail over emotions?
We have just entered July - the month of elections. It is an election that is pregnant with expectations, hopes and despair. The race is between two highly polarising front-runners.They are po...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:05hrs | 376 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Chiwenga unpacks military's role in peace-building
I feel honoured to speak on "The role of the military in peac-building and national reconciliation" itself a topic under the broad theme "A Reflection on Ethical Leadership. The theme honours the 100t...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 346 | by Dr Constantino Chiwenga
Beitbridge modernisation plans gets Cabinet okays
Cabinet has approved a plan to modernise Beitbridge border post as the Government moves a gear up on the ease of doing business with civil works expected to commence soon, President Mnangagwa has said...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 1095 | by MRP
Nkosiyazi wins Vic Falls marathon
Six-time Econet Victoria Falls full Marathon champion, Nkosiyazi Sibanda has won this year's edition of the iconic race ahead of defending champion, Zambia's Mathews Mutenya.Sibanda, who is a ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 15:32hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ghost haunts Mnangagwa in Tanzania
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Tanzania last week intent on projecting Zimbabwe as a country that has moved on from the shadow of former president Robert Mugabe, the man he deposed in a milit...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:26hrs | 6892 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's Turning Point
COMRADE Elison Mupamawonde (born 1950 in Bikita), whose Chimurenga was Soft Magarasadza last week spoke about how ZIPRA out-gunned Rhodesian forces at Chirundu during the liberation struggle and how t...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
CEO reassures all fastjet passengers
Fastjet - the budget African airline founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou - reassuring all fastjet passengers, the travel industry and our partners that the company will continue to operate in a state of '...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:56hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Dorcas Chibanda finds love again!
Former ZBCtv personality Dorcas Chibanda has found love again!The fluent news anchor who inspired a whole generation of news readers will be walking down the aisle this September in the UK....Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 15:45hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ditches Air Zimbabwe for Swiss luxury jet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ditched the struggling Air Zimbabwe and hired a private Swiss luxury jet to fly him to Tanzania for a meeting with his counterpart, John Magufuli.Accordi...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
'5 million Zimbabweans live in extreme poverty'
OVER five million people in Zimbabwe are living in extreme poverty, throwing into doubt the country's capacity to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end extreme poverty by 2030, a...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:03hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Nobody wins spiteful wars
TWO separate news items from the past few days have been most instructive in their own way.The first was about MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda walking into Herald Hous...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:01hrs | 216 | by Conway Nkumbuzo Tutani
Presidential nomination fee a rip-off: Candidate
OPPOSITION New Patriotic Front presidential candidate, Joshua Munyanduri, has cried foul over the $1 000 nomination fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying it was a rip-off for...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets German investors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met a 14-member delegation of German businesspeople who expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe. The team is led by Amatheon Agri Holdings chief executive off...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions $1,5bn project
HWANGE The expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station under a $1,5 billion facility is now set to begin in earnest after President Mnangagwa officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project he...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Economists ponder Zimdollar return
ZIMBABWE will have to use the parallel market rate to determine the official exchange rate when it introduces a new currency, economic commentators have said.The country adopted a multi-curren...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Turkish Airlines has not made any formal communication with Zimbabwe
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe's acting general manager, Tawanda Gusha has said Turkish Airlines has not made any formal communication with Zimbabwe to establish flights between Harare and Turke...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:56hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice to train Zimbabwe filmmakers
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe is looking for aspiring film directors, sound engineers, and scriptwriters to enter the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) which offers them a chance to gain theoretical knowledge a...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
How ZIPRA outgunned Rhodesians at Chirundu
In our last instalment, Soft Magarasadza, a former ZIPRA commander, spoke about how he joined the liberation struggle and went on to walk from Mozambique to Botswana for two months after the failure o...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 18:17hrs | 3221 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leaping back into its former glory
Bulawayo is leaping back into its former glory as Zimbabwe's industrial hub, with several major companies either re-opening or increasing capacity utilisation that will result in the creation of emplo...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:01hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
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