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Radical Economic Structural Transformation (part 6 of 10)
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 5 hrs ago | 637 | by Vince Musewe
'Zimbabwe can finance own development'
ZIMBABWE has enough resources to finance its own development if the right mindsets, as well as institutional and legal frameworks, are put in place, a joint report by organisations that promote socio-...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Pensioner sues over US dollar savings
AN 86-year-old pensioner is challenging the constitutionality of the statutory instrument (SI) that converted United States dollar balances to Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) accounts, which resulte...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Matiza censured over collapsed DIDG deal
IN the wake of the controversial termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal last year by cabinet, Attorney-General (AG) Prince Machaya reportedly wrote...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1207 | by Staff reporter
I was born in Zimbabwe, top SA actor, Mona Monyane reveals
With the #BlackLivesMatter and #ZimbabweansMustFall campaigns having trended recently on Twitter popular actress, Mona Monyane who was born in Zimbabwe, took to Twitter on Thursday to share how she wa...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1998 | by Staff reporter
Pupil writes exams from quarantine centre
A 16-YEAR-OLD pupil from a high school on the outskirts of Bulawayo is writing his Ordinary Level June examinations under quarantine in Bulawayo after returning from Botswana recently. The tee...Published: 7 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks Chief Mvutu's potential successor
The High Court has nullified nomination of Mr Sanders Mlotshwa as a potential successor to the late Chief Mvutu and ordered a restart of the selection process saying gender cannot be used as grounds t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 377 | by Staff reporter
Khupe axes 4 Harare councillors
THE ongoing expulsion of MDC-Alliance officials who are refusing to toe the MDC-T line has extended to municipalities, with the axe yesterday falling on four Harare councillors. This follows t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 683 | by Staff reporter
Zec makes U-turn over elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it would withdraw its proposal to suspend electoral activities during the COVID-19 lockdown because the pandemic was likely to be long-term.Zec...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2739 | by Staff reporter
'Nkomo joined Zanu-PF to stop Mugabe's killings'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and his lieutenants only joined the Zanu-PF government to stop the Gukurahundi massacres that were being perpetrated by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.T...Published: 7 hrs ago | 412 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights shift to Zec
NELSON Chamisa's MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the p...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures laid bare in Mash East
TENSION is brewing within the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province women's league after the league reportedly refused to hand over a party vehicle to the recently reinstated chairperson Nyarai Tsvuura....Published: 7 hrs ago | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police in distress
THE officer commanding police in Harare yesterday appealed to Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders to provide transport and accommodation to junior officers who are facing eviction from their rented ac...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 7 hrs ago | 708 | by Staff reporter
Lancet Lab workers down tools
LANCET Clinical Laboratories employees yesterday staged a sit-in at their workplace over poor remuneration, demanding salaries in United States dollars or the black market rate equivalent.Thei...Published: 7 hrs ago | 712 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders get streetwise on lockdown travel restrictions
ZIMBABWE Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) is opening "people's shops" in Beitbridge to enable its members to buy goods imported from South Africa in view of travel restrictions imposed due to ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt splurges millions on ambassadors' new cars
THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government has splurged millions to purchase top-of-the-range vehicles for nearly 50 ambassadors posted across the globe when the State is failing to pay agitated civil serv...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1169 | by newzimbabwe
Another Chinese up for attempted murder
A CHINESE national appeared at Mutoko Magistrates' Court on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges after he fired four shots at a farmer, but missed, following a land boundary dispute on June 21, 2...Published: 7 hrs ago | 704 | by Staff reporter
Attempts to amend Census, Statistics Act hailed
ATTEMPTS to amend the Census and Statistics Act have been hailed by an election watchdog as necessary to prevent the manipulation of electoral boundaries ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections....Published: 7 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council engineer resigns
GWERU council engineer Robson Manatsa has resigned barely two days after another top official was suspended on graft charges, with sources indicating that more senior employees were likely to quit to ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt seek $5 million for COVID-19 fight
GOVERNMENT is seeking to raise $500 million through Treasury Bills (TBs) to meet the COVID-19 pandemic expenditure, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said.The apex bank has invited banks and bu...Published: 8 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Caribbean countries get access to Africa Medical Supplies Platform for procurement of COVID-19 supplies
Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been given access to the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), a procurement system for supplies and equipment in the fight against COVID-19....Published: 8 hrs ago | 71 | by Agencies
Avenues Clinic to covid-19 test all elective admissions after 'significant increase in cases' - how many?
Dear Medical Director, The Avenues ClinicI direct your attention your letter of 01 July 2020 below."TO: All Specialists, Casualty Officers, Matrons...Published: 8 hrs ago | 229 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Baboons targets Kariba patients
KARIBA - Some residents in the resort town of Kariba have raised red flag to Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management to tame troops of baboons attacking patients at the district hospital....Published: 8 hrs ago | 855 | by Naume Muza
Mugabe's ex-ministers seek Zanu-PF return
Two former ministers are seeking readmission into Zanu-PF, nearly three years after they were expelled following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe.The late Mugabe resigned 21 N...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4997 | by Staff reporter
Matiza, NRZ board clash
Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Biggie Matiza has declared war on the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board and top management over failure to fully implement his directive on ca...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2292 | by Staff reporter
SA deports 273 more Zimbabweans
South Africa will, between today and tomorrow, deport a total of 273 Zimbabweans who have been arrested for breaking its immigration laws.The move is part of the neighbouring country's efforts...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2790 | by Staff reporter
Kariba inflows peak
In-flows into Lake Kariba have reached their seasonal peak of 481,22 metres, which is about 41,2 percent above the minimum operating level for power generation, as levels start declining.Level...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3123 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses house to wife
A SOUTH AFRICAN-based business executive walked out of his marriage empty-handed after the High Court awarded the family home jointly acquired to his estranged wife due to his failure to disclose to c...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3805 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 5 MPs challenge Parly expulsion
FIVE MDC Alliance MPs who were recalled from Parliament by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe last week, have approached the High Court challenging their expulsion.The affected MPs are; Basilia Maja...Published: 21 hrs ago | 4524 | by newzimbabwe
MDC-T bigwig disagrees with recalls
MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe disagreed with yesterday's recalls, arguing that the Supreme Court had ruled that the MDC Alliance was not a political party - "hence no delegate can be expell...Published: 21 hrs ago | 7052 | by Staff reporter
BCC to bill in forex
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is considering billing residents in foreign currency and has re-adopted selling of residential stands in US dollars. The local authority, in the latest council repo...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1439 | by Staff reporter
AIPPA scrapped
The new Freedom of Information Bill became law yesterday after being gazetted following the approval of the final amended version from Parliament by President Mnangagwa. The new Act, a giant s...Published: 21 hrs ago | 765 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's faction wreaks carnage
AS THE MDC's mindless wars worsen, interim party leader Thokozani Khupe threw the kitchen sink at her rival Nelson Chamisa yesterday - recalling nine senators from Parliament and barring more than 1 0...Published: 21 hrs ago | 4080 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala dares Muchinguri
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, recently accused of spreading falsehoods on an impending coup to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has warned Defence Minister Oppah Muchingur...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2212 | by newzimbabwe
Relief for over 3 million Zimbabwean cross-borders
MORE than three million cross-border traders will breathe a sigh of relief after the Cross-border Traders Association managed to lure various South African businesses to sell their products at Beitbri...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3585 | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to decide on school calendar
THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month.This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the gove...Published: 21 hrs ago | 874 | by Staff reporter
MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night. He...Published: 21 hrs ago | 712 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala survives recall
THE MDC-T yesterday recalled eight more senators belonging to the MDC Alliance, but some members expressed disquiet over the move.Acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday recalled s...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm hits Zimbabwe Pepsi maker
WORKERS at Varun Beverages Zimbabwe Limited (VBZL), producers of Pepsi drinks, yesterday downed tools alleging racism, human rights abuses and unfair labour practices at the company.The worker...Published: 21 hrs ago | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa graft fight pie in the sky
European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen's remarks that the EU will not provide budgetary support to Zimbabwe as has happened to other countries to stabilise their economies in the wak...Published: 21 hrs ago | 418 | by Staff reporter
From Mnangagwa's oil and soup dripping hands, to Chamisa's naivety
BESIDES pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 21 hrs ago | 706 | by Robert Sigauke
Khupe fast embarrassing herself
I TRY to avoid the use of harsh words in expressing opinions about personalities, but I can't help but endorse the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) secretarygeneral Japhet Moyo's description of...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2363 | by Kennedy Kaitano
When the clueless and corrupt pray
A FEW days back President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for a day of prayer and repentance. The objective was to pray for the intervention of the Almighty in the global pandemic, the COVID-19. Mnangagwa h...Published: 21 hrs ago | 217 | by Shepherd Mpofu
Bulawayo pushes for out of court settlement
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is reportedly pushing for an out-of-court settlement with residents who dragged it to court demanding answers to the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreak in the city....Published: 21 hrs ago | 925 | by Staff reporter
Ngodzo fights for dear life
REIGNING Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year Joel Ngodzo and his compatriots Donald Teguru and Takudzwa Chimwe will resume their battle against relegation as Zambian Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) rest...Published: 21 hrs ago | 919 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean embassies in dire straits
ZIMBABWEAN embassies are in dire straits with diplomats not being paid for several months, while living in squalid conditions as the government owes close to US$30 million for services rendered and re...Published: 21 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
So much lies and distortions in Zimbabwean history - the true story needs to finally be told
When renowned pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey famously said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots", he had a very valid point, as indeed,...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1764 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo's reason for joining ZANU PF revealed
As we commemorate the death of General Josh, let's get one thing clear Joshua Nkomo and ZAPU did not in 1987 join Zanu PF because it was a good party with good intentions and policies. They jo...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:12hrs | 4133 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Frank Buyanga: An African icon sent from God
Frank Buyanga is famous for his fast cars and power moves in different boardrooms and stock exchanges across the world. Frank Buyanga has been praised by some sections of the media while others have v...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 12:11hrs | 2936 | by Nicholas Ncube
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