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Multi-million-dollar road rehabilitation storm erupts in Zimbabwe
KWEKWE City Council in the Midlands has failed to account for millions of dollars poured into the local authority for the rehabilitation of roads amid revelations that politically connected comp...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3354 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activists cornered
CHIEF magistrate Mrs Faith Mushure yesterday allowed a crucial State witness from Econet Zimbabwe to testify in the ongoing trial of CCC members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, on charges of faki...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to launch collateral registry
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the collateral registry, a record keeping system for the existence of security, would be launched by the third quarter of this year. The collateral regi...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activists chicken out again
CCC members - Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Chimbiri - charged with faking their abductions in May 2020, yesterday mounted a bid to block a crucial State witness from Econet Zimbabwe from giving evidence ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ban added fuel to a fire
The government's on-going crackdown against financial institutions to stem the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar will only worsen the economic crisis facing the country instead of solving it.Pre...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 887 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Legislators letting citizens down
IT is now clear that Zimbabwe's parliamentarians are not playing their role of fixing the mess in our country's financial sector. The Zimbabwean government has introduced several statutory instruments...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:04hrs | 27 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Parliamentarians letting the citizens down
It is now clear that Zimbabwe's MPs or parliamentarians are not playing their role to fix the mess that our country's economic financial service is in. The Zimbabwean government has had Statutory Inst...Published: 12 May 2022 at 09:45hrs | 1229 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Network challenges haunt Mat South villagers
FOR Mr Rapelang Nare of Buvuma area, Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, to make a phone call, he has to walk for about two kilometres to get to the business centre where there is network ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Econet partners Harare, Capitol for insurance scheme
Econet Insurance, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, has partnered with Capitol Insurance Brokers and City of Harare to launch CitySure, a one-stop-platform that allows residents to buy insura...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 'Smart US dollar Bundles'
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe yesterday launched ‘Smart US Dollar Bundles' that will allow its customers to buy airtime, data and SMS products in US dollars. The company said the development, whi...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
From Zimnyama village to South Africa
THE power of collaboration between the media, promoters and artistes has yielded fruitful results as fast-rising artistes Muntuza and Sobancane have earned their first professional gig across the Limp...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:18hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
CBD parking fees furore escalates
THE public backlash against the Bulawayo City Council's contentious parking management system in the city centre continues to escalate with more residents blasting council for failure to adequately co...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Council reduces parking fees
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has scrapped the US$1 per 30 minutes parking fee in the city centre to US$1 per hour for the whole city as from Monday, an amount residents say is still high.Wh...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora leaves MDC Alliance partner stranded
ZANU Ndonga secretary general Farai Mudzingwa was left stranded after MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora reneged on his earlier promise to surrender the party's share of the political grant he received fr...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo loses discharge application
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo, yesterday indicated that he might appeal against the decision by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande to dismiss his ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a country with no coins, US$1 is more useful than US$100
ADRIANA Siwela, a 25-year-old college student in Harare, thought she could dash into a shop for a quick purchase of a US$2 packet of biscuits. But the cashiers sent her away. Her US$20 bill is conside...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:49hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
'Salaries must revert to 2018 levels'
WITH the onset of the new year, there has been an increase in the demand by workers to be paid their salaries in hard currency. This has been prompted by the rapid fall in value of the Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:31hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank retrenches workers
Steward Bank, Zimbabwe's largest bank by customer base, says it is reviewing its structures and operations to adapt to technological changes in a move that will see the institution rationalise its sta...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans businessman caught in $200m money-laundering scam
A ZIMBABWEAN businessman based in South Africa has been arrested on money-laundering charges involving $200 million.The suspect, Bornface Mudzingwa (36), was yesterday arraigned before Harare ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
VAYA delays commission payments
VAYA Mobility, the taxi and shuttle service provider, is struggling to pay contractors their December commission due to cashflow problems. The company issued a statement on Sunday to contracto...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans honour Butau
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday hailed as a hero Sirizani Butau, who risked his life to save at least eight people from a bus that caught fire along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.Batau, who...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Accident hero to be honoured
President Mnangagwa has hailed Mr Sirizani Butau for heroically saving lives at an accident scene in Mutare on Friday, saying the Government will honour him for the sacrifice.Mr Butau, a truck...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Cassava name change get ZSE nod
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed tech-group Cassava Smartech has been given the nod by the ZSE to change its name to EcoCash Holdings Limited.ZSE has, according to a circular on the propos...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police can only help unwell homeless white lady if she dies
Dear Editor, ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:40hrs | 2147 | by Etiwel Mutero
Witnesses in witch hunt Zifa case will not be prosecuted
Witnesses in the Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo's bribery case are free from prosecution.The State led by Michael Reza had asked the court to declare them hostile after...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank profit up 263% to $252 million HY
STEWARD Bank Zimbabwe has shrugged the disruptive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and inflationary pressures to report impressive half-year financial results to+ August 31, 2021.The bank, a su...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube bounces back
Zimbabwe's biggest comedy export Carl Joshua Ncube has victoriously bounced back after a long absence from the public eye and comedy stage. Ncube, who has featured on Showmax, Comedy Central, ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 14:18hrs | 233 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mayor encourages online bill payments
Bulawayo mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has urged residents to utilise mobile platforms to pay bills to minimise unnecessary gatherings and long queues that promote the spread of Covid-19.Coun...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transporters must adopt required pre-clearance processes at border
It's just over a week since the new Beitbridge Border Post freight terminal has been opened to the public and the results of improved border management systems are slowly beginning to show.Lik...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Kamambo trial deferred
The trial of ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, who stands accused of bribing councillors to enable his ascension to the top post, was today deferred to November 3 after his defence lawyer failed to atte...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fakes 'assassination' attempt?
THE MDC Alliance yesterday claimed party leader Nelson Chamisa's convoy was intercepted by heavily suspected armed Zanu-PF youths who fired gunshots, hitting a rear window on the opposition leader's v...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa talks about 'grief and fear'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said people in the rural areas were living in fear due to intimidation ahead of the 2023 general elections, adding that Zimbabweans from all wal...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told 'don't blame sanctions'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime must stop lamenting about sanctions and focus on eradicating corruption that has become rife in his government, Parliament heard yesterday.Zanu-PF h...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni arrested for exchange rate violation
Opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn leader Simba Makoni was arrested and dragged to court, charged with contravening the Exchange Control Act on Tuesday.Makoni, who appeared before Magistrate Stanf...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:40hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
EFF VP resigns
OPPOSITION Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe vice-president, Otilia Monfort Mathe, who was elected in May at a congress in Nkayi, has resigned from the party.Siphiwo Ngwenya told journa...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors demand closure
FAMILIES of the 12 Silobela villagers who were killed in 1985 during the Gukurahundi massacres in the Midlands province have called on government to provide healing services and compensation for the l...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police boss orders compulsory vaccination
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday ordered that all members of the force should be fully vaccinated to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.The police chief said this whi...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Dry Port operating at 65% capacity
THE Zimbabwe Dry Port facility at Walvis Bay in Namibia is operating at between 65% and 70% of capacity due to lack of support from the local business community, the company's acting area manager Just...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash shrugs headwinds
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, reported solid operating results for the year ended February 28, 2021, despite strong economic headwinds.EcoCash ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
EcoCash shrugs headwinds to posts solid results
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, reported solid operating results for the year ended February 28, 2021, despite strong economic headwinds in the country d...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zacc investigating officer not fit to testify'
SUSPENDED Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza claimed in court that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission's investigating officer Eric Chacha, was not fit to testify in his corruption related trial ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet answers church's prayers
Econet Life, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe), has partnered the Zimbabwe Christian Ministers Association (ZCMA) to provide an assortment of insur...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
'Top cop forged EcoCash transactions to nail opponent'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigating officer in the case involving police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza yesterday accused the top cop of forging EcoCash transactions in a "despe...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Forex rentals at blackmarket rates illegal'
PROPERTY owners and managers demanding rentals in foreign currency, without giving tenants an option to pay the equivalent in local currency using the auction rate, risk being arrested as the fight ag...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Currency manipulators on the prowl
CURRENCY manipulation by businesses setting their Zimbabwe dollar prices to black-market exchange rates, has reached levels where some shops are pricing their goods and services using illegal rates ra...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex dealers denied bail
COMPANIES and individuals alleged to have been involved in illegal foreign currency deals that saw over $1,5 billion being transacted on the parallel market within six months, were yesterday denied ba...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crack team set up for mobile money crime
A crack team of 15 experienced prosecutors has been set up to work with seasoned investigators to come up with watertight dockets and so effectively prosecute economic saboteurs abusing mobile money p...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
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