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Peter Moyo receives new termination notice from Old Mutual
While still engaged in a legal tussle with its former CEO Peter Moyo over his initial termination, Old Mutual's board announced on Thursday that it had served Moyo with a "further notice terminating h...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over unqualified Chunga, silence over Luphahla
There has been outrage over Zifa's decision to bar Moses Chunga from coaching Premiership side TelOne because they say he isn't qualified for the job. Joel Luphahla who guided the team into the Premie...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1666 | 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, but those parties remain teaser bulls, nothing more. The party works in ve...Published: 19 hrs ago | 189 | by Elijah Chihota
SADC behind the new dispensation …as it adds its growing voice against illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe
Upon his ascendancy to the Presidency of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa quickly made known his ambition to project a different path to the one set by his predecessor, Robert Mugabe. Pr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:42hrs | 590 | by Claver Nyuki
Chamisa's supporters jailed over dangerous weapons
POSSESSING offensive weapons has proved costly for a Harare trio that was slapped with a two-month jail term. Evidence Ncube (28) of Gokwe, Masimba Jemwa (41) and James Pfundira (27) were recently arr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Central Committee member attacked in Nyanga
Zanu-PF central committee member who is also a provincial council member, Moses Gutu survived a suspected politically motivated attack by unknown assailants at his Mufaro farm in Nyanga.Gutu e...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:09hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member attacked in intra-party violence
ZANU-PF Manicaland provincial committee member, Moses Gutu was on Sunday evening attacked at his farm in Nyanga by suspected fellow party members as intra-party violence continues to rear its ugly hea...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Intra-party violence rocks Zanu-PF
ZANU PF Manicaland provincial committee member, Moses Gutu was on Sunday evening attacked at his farm in Nyanga by suspected fellow party members as intra-party violence continues to rear its ugly hea...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2127 | by Staff Reporter
Chief Ndiweni appeals against jail sentence
Chief Ndiweni's lawyer Dumisani Dube has filed an appeal against last week's ruling.Ndiweni has been sentenced to 24 months in prison over malicious damage to property charges after he alleged...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:06hrs | 2992 | by Staff reporter
Murder attempt at snooker game
A MAN from Bulawayo lost his front teeth and was rushed to hospital after his friend allegedly brutally attacked him with an axe in a dispute over a snooker game. Bayethe Nyathi (28) from Cowd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1011 | by Kennet Mufuka
Chamisa demands Chief Ndiweni's unconditional release
Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was jailed for an effective 18 months on Friday, a ruling criticised by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.The popular traditional leader was...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 4698 | by ZimLive
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2055 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mthuli Ncube to establish Offshore Financial Centre in Zimbabwe
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe is "very serious" about establishing an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC) in the country, but analysts say given the country's handli...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Woman seeks protection order against brother, in-law
A CHIPINGE woman has applied for a peace order against her brother and sister-in-law, after theyallegedly threatened to axe her for possessing goblins which were tormenting the family.Memory M...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Axe attack gangster in court
A MAN who was part of a seven-man gang that allegedly attacked a storekeeper in Nkayi with okapi knives, an axe and knobkerries for being rude has appeared in court. Khangelani Nkomo (42) was ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:04hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
The economics of demonstrations
Demonstrations are a huge mark on a nation's economy. The average man is not aware of this. Maybe after reading this piece, the common man will be able to contextualize what a political demonstration ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1446 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Peter Moyo tightens screws on Trevor Manuel
Axed Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo has launched a fresh legal battle to get his job back.Moyo, 56, on Monday approached the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to have the country...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1669 | by iol
Fact-checking Mthuli Ncube
"It's early days, we just introduced the new currency regime a little over a month ago, so it (the new currency) is trying to find its way, it is trying to find equilibrium; it will get there and clos...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1170 | 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
'Some fallen heroes, battle sites lie forgotten'
While war veterans across the country are fighting for gratuities and other benefits for their participation in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, some Zimbabweans believe they should be fighting for the...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews circumvent tollgates
Commuter omnibus operators plying highway routes are reportedly dropping off passengers just before approaching tollgates as a strategy to avoid paying high tollgate fees which were introduced by Fina...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
The 1929 Bulawayo Shona-Ndebele fights reconsidered
From Christmas Eve of 1929 to the end of that year, Bulawayo was an ungovernable city marred by fights between Shona, on the one hand (perceived as a 'common enemy’), and forces that were predomina...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | 2554 | by Enocent Msindo
Mthuli Ncube warned against subsidies
The government's move to subsidise transport services and agriculture will complicate efforts to extricate the economy from a myriad of challenges, analysts have warned.Finance minister Mthuli...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 2624 | by Staff reporter
Man hands self to police after killing 'cheating' wife
The police here are investigating the murder of a 42-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by her husband who handed himself to the police after committing the alleged crime.The accused Si...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2706 | 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
Zimbabwe Army to declare martial law to crush Mnangagwa and MDC protests
The country's military is reportedly preparing to declare martial law in the event of planned opposition protests becoming violent insurrections and grinding the nation to a halt, Spotlight Zimbabwe, ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:47hrs | 21066 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mthuli Ncube quizzed over budget surplus
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled over the benefits of his much-touted ZW$803,6 million budget surplus at a time the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering from a rapidly deteriorating economic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 'illegal' budget causes chaos in parliament
THERE was chaos and drama in Parliament yesterday as tempers flared when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi ignored issues raised by opposition MDC Alliance MPs and Nor...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1992 | by Staff reporter
Madlela Skhobokhobo meets Macheso
RHUMBA music sensation, Madlela Skhobokhobo, will share the stage with Alick Macheso with the axe-wielding performer saying this was something that he had always longed for. September 6 will be ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
'Delinquent' Old Mutual board begs Peter Moyo for talks
Old Mutual's board struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday, saying the nasty fight between the insurer and axed CEO Peter Moyo had dragged on for too long and it was perhaps time for the two parties t...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 08:48hrs | 4364 | by Staff reporter
Quick-fix solutions to Zimbabwe's huge electricity crisis
THE Zimbabwe government has announced that it’s facing critical power shortfalls. The country's anchor power producer, Kariba Dam, might have to stop production in weeks due to dropping water levels...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 703 | by Tafadzwa Makonese
Chamisa's MDC too broke to compete with Zanu-PF
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is too broke to fund its programmes without accessing finances under the Political Parties Finance Act hence was struggling to challenge the ruling Zanu PF party dur...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consumers decry rising taxes
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chairperson Philip Bvumbe says the new plethora of taxes introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would significantly weigh down consumers and further erode their...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Budget tinkering will not solve Zimbabwe crisis
In an economy with inflation nearing 200% a year, budget figures come with severe health warnings as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube can attest. His presentation on August 1 was his third in nine months...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1500 | by The Source
Man loses eye in fight over beer
Police have arrested two machete-wielding brothers from Shurugwi, who are part of a four-member gang that teamed up and allegedly assaulted three siblings, resulting in one of them losing an eye durin...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Overfed, unconcerned and arrogant - Zimbabwe's politicians have broken away from the people
Saying all kinds of niceties and delivering nothing. These seem to be the most notable, if not the best traits of a politician. Particularly the Zimbabwean politician. It is not because they lack the ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1464 | by Mandla Tshuma
Lupane election results call for 'MRP' self-introspection
I am seriously disappointed by the election results of the Lupane-East parliamentary by-elections. We didn't perform well.While I understand the many factors that influences our poor performan...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 13:44hrs | 1294 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
We are here waiting for the signal
As Bishop Lazi writes this, somewhere in Tripoli, Libya, a family is hunkered down or huddled in an apartment, fearing that if they venture out onto the streets, the likelihood of parting with their l...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:08hrs | 449 | by Bisho Lazi
Mthuli Ncube's budget plots progress on fundamentals
Presenting his supplementary budget last week, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube spoke directly to the concerns of Zimbabweans, both as individuals and as businesses....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party at crossroads
I am seriously disappointed by the election results of the Lupane-East parliamentary by-elections. We didn't perform well.While I understand the many factors that influences our poor performan...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 592 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Zimbabwe printing new currency, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would soon unveil new notes and coins to complete the cycle of the introduction of the new currency put in motion through the banning of the ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 4656 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube widens tax-free threshold
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has reviewed upwards the tax-free threshold by 100 percent from $350 to $700, with immediate effect, in an effort to increase workers' ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya should contend with being unpopular
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube on Thursday presented a $10,85 billion Supplementary Budget and the 2019 Mid-Term National Budget Review Statement. Themed; "Building a...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Fuel to be sold in US dollars
Finance and Economic development Minister Mthuli Ncube has given greenlight to companies who have foreign currency to purchase fuel and resell it in foreign currencies at their garages. Giving...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 22:00hrs | 17719 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC MPs monkeys, baboons says Perrence Shiri
CHAOS reigned supreme in Parliament yesterday after Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri described MDC MPs as "baboons and monkeys" for seeking answers on the missing $3 b...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 6123 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo reports for duty, but Trevor Manuel's Old Mutual locks him out?
Axed CEO Peter Moyo reported for duty on Wednesday morning despite a statement by Old Mutual late on Tuesday night that it would immediately appeal the court order reinstating him.In its state...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 3095 | by Staff reporter
Telecos should consider solar energy: Kazembe
GOVERNMENT is engaging mobile operators to install solar units at base stations, following the recent disruptions to networks because of the ongoing power crisis, NewsDay reported."We are reco...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws Kambarami under the bus
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has thrown Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami under the bus, describing his attempt to suspend Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube as unprocedural....Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 8736 | by Staff reporter
Online casino on the rise in Africa
Casinos were previously associated with Las Vegas, Nevada in the US but the trending is quickly spreading to various other parts in the world. African countries has not been left behind in the elite g...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 367 | by Staff Writer
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