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Why CCC MPs defied Chamisa and took the US$40,000 loan
ON Tuesday 6 December 2022 the Citizens Coalition for Change Parliamentary Caucus converged in Harare where among other things they discussed critical national issues affecting the citizens of Zimbabw...Published: 8 hrs ago | 522 | by Prosper Mutseyami
Chamisa's MPs dig in, defend US$40,000 loan
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators have defended their move to accept controversial US$40,000 loans from Parliament, days after party president Nelson Chami...Published: 8 hrs ago | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean parliamentary delegation calls on India
NEW DELHI, India - A Parliamentary Delegation from Zimbabwe led by Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda, cal...Published: 9 hrs ago | 125 | by APO
Africa's Funding Councils Meet for Impact
Participating councils of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) deliberated on progress, focus and initiatives to advance research and innovation since the SGCI was est...Published: 18 hrs ago | 150 | by NRF
Zimbabwean mum and son 'proud' volunteers at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
A mother and son from Zimbabwe are part of the 20,000-strong volunteer team at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.Rufaro Makambira-Chindalo is supporting operations at the Main Media Centre, whi...Published: 22 hrs ago | 817 | by Staff reporter
Students blame Zimbabwe education system for joblessness
ZIMBABWE's tertiary students have blamed the country's education system for not preparing them for formal job after completing their studies, resulting in many turning to vending to make ends meet....Published: 22 hrs ago | 265 | by Staff reporter
Violence driving away potential voters
POLITICAL violence is dissuading many Zimbabweans from registering to vote in general elections, a recent report by the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has shown.ERC said the number of new regi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Liberation museum 12% complete
INSTITUTE of African Knowledge (Instak) chief executive officer Kwame Muzawazi says construction of the African Liberation Museum site is now 12% complete.The museum's construction is being fa...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
370km of Harare-Beitbridge road open to traffic
The ongoing upgrade of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway into a modern road by the Second Republic has now seen a total of 370km being opened to traffic, with many other roads being reconstructed...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wins bid to host Constitutional jurisdictions
Zimbabwe is returning to the centre stage in Africa, with the latest sign being winning the bid to host in 2024 the 7th Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa, a continental body that se...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
70% registered to vote, claims ZEC
More than 70 percent of Zimbabweans eligible to vote have registered and are already on the voters roll, the chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, has tol...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Govt delays payment to contractors
The delays in paying contractors is a result of the due diligence which the government has to carry out after some of them were charging extortionate prices, a cabinet Minister has said. Minis...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's to-do list ahead of 2023 polls
Zimbabwe is expected to hold its presidential election next year, and the world has mixed sentiments about the impending polls due to the Zimbabwean government's reluctance to execute electoral reform...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 176 | by Evans Mathanda
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 192 | by Gorden Moyo
Cyril Ramaphosa refuses to resign
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says.The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his prope...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
English language test dashes nurses' hopes of filling UK jobs
As a fluent English speaker, Indian-trained nurse Deepa was surprised to learn she had to sit a language test to practise in Britain, her home for many years. She was even more shocked when she failed...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:07hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Horror fight leads to double murder at Growth Point
POLICE in Midlands province are investigating a case of double homicide after two bodies with stab wounds were found at the business centre on Saturday.In a statement on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:04hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides CCC MPs for getting US$40 000 loans
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the US$40 000 loans given to legislators were in fact bribes to stop the MPs from speaking out against ongoing looting.He says a...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:12hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out Covid-19 vaccination blitz
A Covid-19 vaccination blitz is starting this week in parallel with the second phase of the special polio vaccination campaign, so parents and older children can get their Covid-19 jabs when they take...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets an honorary doctorate degree from Russia
RUSSIAN State University for the Humanities yesterday conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Philosophy (Honoris Causa) on First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa in recognition of her philanthropic work ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:34hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe documentary selected for Climate Story Lab ZA
The 2023 Climate Story Lab ZA is excited to announce that nine creative projects from five African countries have been selected to participate in the Lab. The 4-day residential lab brings together cli...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 12:36hrs | 316 | by Agencies
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been sued over their arbitrary ban on a demonstration against the looting of diamonds in Marange and failure b...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rebukes party MPs who accepted government loot
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Wednesday issued a guarded condemnation of party MPs who have joined the queue to receive government's US$40,000 windfall issued generously to...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2427 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba's chance to impress Emery
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has a chance to make an impression on new Aston Villa boss Unai Emery in a friendly match against Cardiff City in South Wales tonight.The Zimbabwean is on...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Game Sanctuary gets new furry resident
Tshabalala Game Sanctuary on the outskirts of Bulawayo has a new tenant; a three-year-old male lion that was released yesterday to the facility from Hwange National Park.Still nameless, the li...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Vendors 4ED chapter launched
HUNDREDS of vendors gathered in the city centre for the official launch of the Vendors 4ED Bulawayo Chapter yesterday.During the launch, vendors accused the Bulawayo City Council of victimisin...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimate...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to the US as the West lose hope on Zimbabwe's hopeless opposition
ZIMBABWE has been invited to the upcoming United States-Africa leaders' summit in Washington despite concern over a "dire" authoritarian pivot by the Harare government which has seen a crackdown again...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3545 | by Staff reporter
ZEC reports US linked Pachedu to the police
IN a litmus test against cyber terrorists, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday reported an anti-Zimbabwe shadowy group Pachedu to the police on a litany of allegations ranging from hackt...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
African Sun shuts down Victoria Falls Kingdom Hotel
African Sun Limited has announced it is shutting down its Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls January next year after failing to agree on lease terms with First Capital Bank, owners of the property....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2531 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa's lawyer says CIO operatives are State witness in Chiwenga case
Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Mary Mubaiwa, is seeking postponement of trial in a case where she is accused of the attempted murder of the State and ruling Zanu-PF party vice president.P...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failing Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted failing to run elections properly, but has laid the blame on poor funding by the State.In its latest report on the March 26 by-elections, Z...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
JSC welcomes use of ICTs in Judiciary
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says the use of information communication technology (ICTs) in its operations will assist judicial officers to track and manage all cases filed at the courts....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube adds impetus to Nust projects
GOVERNMENT is placing special attention on construction works at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as it is poised to be a bedrock of the country's industrialisation and mordeni...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Global steel giant shows confidence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investors from across the globe for win-win outcomes such as the development of the country's rich mineral resources, and the multi-billion-dollar steel mills and...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga seeks recusal of SA judge for throwing himself into proceedings
SOUTH Africa based property mogul, Frank Buyanga, currently locked up in a South African prison, has applied for recusal of High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda in a case he is seeking freedom....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:49hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
All set for Old Mutual Schools Quiz grand finale
A nail-biting Old Mutual Schools Quiz finxale is in the offing after ten heavyweight schools won provincial spots to fight out in the national championship tourney to be held next month on 2 December ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 13:47hrs | 238 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Judgement on Mahere 'dead baby tweet' postponed again
JUDGEMENT in a case Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere is accused of publishing falsehoods has been postponed for the fourth time.The presiding magistrate Taurai M...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Witness nails fired deputy minister
THE trial of former Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro who was fired in June this year after being implicated in the theft of inputs sourced under the Presidential Inputs Scheme star...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
'VFEX growth exceeds expectation'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has lauded the rapid growth of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which witnessed the listing of the fifth counter, Nedbank Gr...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe's visit to UAE surveillance expo ahead of 2023 raises eyebrows
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently dispatched Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe (pictured) to attend a digital surveillance event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid indications that the Zim...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Another probe into AK-47 arms saga
GOVERNMENT has launched yet another investigation — the third one so far in as many weeks — into the controversial AK-47s arms import saga through Beitbridge Border Post which is now entangled in ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Why army was deployed in oil-drilling precincts of the Zambezi Valley
FEARS of a Mozambican Cabo Delgado-style Islamic insurgency in the northern Zambezi Valley where the Zimbabwean government and an Australian Securities Exchange-listed Invictus Energy are engaged in o...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele was sold to sexual suitors without her knowledge
WHILE she is now a seasoned performer, Sandra Ndebele still recalls a time when she was a young star caught in the glare of the limelight, with socialites taking advantage of her naivety to "sell her"...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:50hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Opposition 4ED crumbles like a deck of cards
It never rains but pours for MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora. The centre is not holding at his party which he unconstitutionally grabbed from Nelson Chamisa with the help of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:25hrs | 2819 | by Leonard Koni
Mthuli Ncube raises VAT, restores duty on basics
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube unveiled his 2023 budget on Thursday, raising value added tax (VAT) in a move the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) described as "an attack on working p...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 10419 | by Staff reporter
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