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RBZ strangles street money changers
They don't know what has suddenly hit them. It is no longer business as usual for most, if not all, illegal street money changers.They used to call the shots in the last few months, de...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abandons SA diaspora
THE Zimbabwe government has confirmed that it will not assist its citizens based in South Africa facing deportation in December after the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) with Foreign A...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:23hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair wer...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity and lack of confidence as a leader compromising national development and unity
During the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby, the ruling ZANU P...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 08:36hrs | 3133 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa ready to welcome Zimbabwean citizens as permits expire in SA
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, said the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is ready to welcome back its citizens who have lived in South A...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, SA to collaborate on expiry of permits'
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.This emerged yesterday during the m...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge passport office cuts long trips for residents
A passport issuing office has been opened in Beitbridge town as the Government presses ahead with plans to decentralise critical services nationwide and most people in the area reckon that with passpo...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cash-rich govt suppliers fuel currency volatility
GOVERNMENT procurement and service providers - who include public works contractors and suppliers of goods and services - are destabilising the foreign exchange market by offloading part of their stag...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
73 passengers escape death
SEVENTY-THREE passengers aboard a K and M bus cheated death yesterday morning after it overturned and landed on its side at the 238-kilometre peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway, police confirme...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe oil could be new source of conflict'
CENTRE for Natural Resource Governance executive director Farai Maguwu has warned that the possible oil findings in Muzarabani could lead to conflict.Recently, the Britain-based independent oi...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe next stop on Lewis Hamilton's African holiday?
Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton is in Africa, enjoying a break from what has been a difficult season so far. With the calendar on hold until the Belgian GP on 28 August, the seven-time world...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:25hrs | 6287 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha: Matebeleland's unsung heroes
OMALAYITSHA (cross border transporters) are among the unsung heroes to most communities particularly in Matabeleland region where most families have relatives based in South Africa who send them money...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens border security to curb trafficking
ZIMBABWE is tightening security at all border points in a bid to end unauthorised crossings from organised criminal gangs, including child traffickers, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over smuggled firearms
POLICE have expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal firearms, some smuggled into the country, as the law enforcement agency sweats over a spate of armed robberies and violent crimes of pas...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
New political party launched in Zimbabwe
A NEW political party, the Progressive People's Party (PPP) was launched in Harare yesterday as political temperatures continue to heat up towards the 2023 general election.The party is led by...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 19:51hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe tightening borders to curb smuggling
GOVERNMENT says it will tighten the country's borders to curb smuggling of minerals out of the country at a time when reports state that Zimbabwe is losing US$100 million worth of gold every month to ...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Machipanda border post to operate 24/7 from December
THE Machipanda border post in Manica province, the main crossing point between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, will start operating 24 hours a day from December this year. Currently the border post o...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe infrastructure upgrades to boost revenue performance
GOVERNMENT expects the on-going infrastructural development projects, particularly the upgrading of major highways, to impact positively on revenue performance through improved transport and logistics...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Push for new route to the sea
IN a short four years, President Mnangagwa and his team have ushered in and carried out breathtaking reforms in our national economic management. He is scoring successes in all the fundamental...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 543 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Mnangagwa did not rape me, says ex-Zanu-PF minister
FORMER Environment and Tourism deputy minister Annastancia Ndlovu, who is now a full-time employee at Zanu-PF headquarters in the party's directorate, has strongly denied reports that she was se...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:15hrs | 6162 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's former wife says she can't be tried in Zimbabwe
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Marry Mubaiwa yesterday said she cannot be tried in Zimbabwe for an offence that was allegedly committed in South Africa.In her application f...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:09hrs | 25160 | by Staff reporter
Ximex dealer guns down lover
A dealer at the former Ximex Mall in Harare, Tafadzwa Murengwa alias Boss Pangolin, yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend near Bathroom Boutique along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls after ac...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Mzi Khumalo urged to dispose of Zimbabwe mines
SOUTH African mining magnate Mzi Khumalo is under pressure to dispose of Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica- land province and Mazowe Gold Mine in Mashonaland Central as the mines have become hotbeds ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
No joy in Mthuli Ncube's budget
CALLS by Zimbabwe's restive civil service for United States dollar salaries went unheeded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday.Ncube doubled the national budget to $1,9 trillion as a res...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | 2982 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exports rise 33%
Zimbabwe's exports increased by 33% to US$3,5 billion in the first half of this year, from US$2,6 billion during the same period in 2021, driven by an increase in agriculture, mineral and manufactured...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:51hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Kanyemba Road construction: 2km opened to traffic
The redesigning and rehabilitation of the Harare-Kanyemba Road in Mashonaland Central Province has moved a gear up following the completion and opening up of about 2km to traffic of part of the stretc...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exemption permit saga: SA Home Affairs facing fresh lawsuit as another challenger enters fray
The Department of Home Affairs is facing another lawsuit relating to the looming termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).The ZEP is a special dispensation permit established more ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5687 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's hatred of opposition now xenophobic
ZIMBABWE has a very serious problem that threatens to keep dividing us as a nation.That problem is intolerance by the ruling Zanu-PF party and a sizeable number of its supporters who rabidly a...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
SA customs officials strike: Commercial cargo movement improves
The movement of commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and South Africa has gradually improved after some customs officials from the neighbouring country who have been on strike over a pay increase returne...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:36hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
CCC Beitbridge district chair case postponed
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Beitbridge district chairperson Elliot Mabeza, who is accused of convening an unlawful gathering in Beitbridge border town, had his case postponed to August 17....Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:32hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt races towards Deka timelines
TRUCKLOADS of a massive consignment of pipes and key equipment for the US$48,1 million Deka Pipeline Project continue to be delivered in Hwange as Government races to ensure the March 2023 implementat...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to have e-passport office
THE Civil Registry Department is working on opening more e-passport offices at district level, including one in Beitbridge where Zimbabweans living in South Africa can make applications more easily....Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 884 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses out on G7 stimulus package
ZIMBABWE missed out on a G7-backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus package designed to help countries of the global South weather economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The reason for t...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway project: A new big step in the right direction
AS we turn right off the Harare-Beitbridge highway - just before the intersection of the Harare and Bulawayo arteries five kilometres north of Beitbridge Border Post on the banks of the Limpopo River ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested trying to smuggle explosives in SA
SOUTH AFRICA: A 33-year-old suspect was arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on Saturday 23 July 2022 for attempting to smuggle commercial explosives into the country.The suspect was arreste...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:30hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
EFF to meet new PAP president Charumbira
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe is next week expected to meet and deliver its solidarity message to newly elected Pan-African Parliament, President Fortune Charumbira.The EEF delegati...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:29hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's smuggled regalia intercepted
Attempts by the CCC to smuggle party regalia from South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post failed after alert police officers intercepted the commercial truck transporting them, resulting in th...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roadworks create 11 000 jobs
Fifty-five contractors and nearly 11 000 people have so far been hired countrywide to conduct works under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), bringing joy to communities along the r...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 11438 | by Staff reporter
Binga hot springs dry out
THERE are more than 30 hot springs in Zimbabwe where warm water gushes from the ground.Geologists believe natural hot springs are found where water seeps into areas of volcanic activity in the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 329 | by Jamwanda
'Zimbabwe independence, freedom not for sale'
ZIMBABWE'S independence, freedom, democracy, sovereignty, patriotism, dignity and heritage are not for sale, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing thousands of ruling Zanu-PF party supporter...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles with daily blackouts
ZAMBIA'S integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country how has surplus capacity of about 1,000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound.Across t...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must stop meddling in councils
IF it is, indeed, true that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has woken up to its folly of meddling in local authorities affairs as far as the problematic Pomona Waste to Energy deal betwe...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Manama's radio dream comes alive
THE long-cherished dream of the Babirwa people in Manama to have a local radio station broadcasting in SeSotho is finally coming to life as the Ntepe-Manama Community Radio is expected to go on air ne...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
US, West 'weaker than before'
The leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the US and West have become weaker than before, adding that despite great efforts and spending, "their policies in regional countri...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Seven nabbed for stealing 21 Donkeys in Botswana
Police in Plumtree on Monday arrested seven men for stealing 21 donkeys in and around the Zimbabwe-Botswana Border line, Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 20:53hrs | 718 | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe's problem is Zanu-PF's intimidation and kleptocracy, not the country's youth
THERE is a certain blindness in understanding the nature of Zimbabwean politics and elections if the problem is mostly attributed to an apathetic youth. A more analytical view includes other consequen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 242 | by Tony Reeler
New Nkayi dam to have hydropower station
GOVERNMENT is constructing 12 high impact dams countrywide including Ziminya Dam in Nkayi, Matabeleland North, which will have a hydropower station on site.Ziminya Dam was mooted 24 years ago ...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
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