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Ex-Nigerian president dies at a clinic in London
Muhammadu Buhari, a former Nigerian military ruler who went on to become the nation's first opposition candidate to win a presidential election, has died. He was 82.Buhari died on Sunday after...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 21:12hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must end 'dollar grip' to regain economic sovereignty
Zimbabwe must take the necessary steps to end its reliance on the dollar and increase the use of its own currency, Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said."The benefits of de-dollarisation fa...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:24hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Russian Post resumes delivery services to Zimbabwe
As summer starts, Russian Post will offer customers the ability to send parcels to 14 more African countries, bringing the total to 39, the state-owned company's press service announced on Monday....Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 12:42hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zambia, Zimbabwe to re-tender $5bn Batoka hydropower plant
Zambia and Zimbabwe are retendering a $5 billion project to build a hydropower plant they previously awarded to General Electric and Power Construction Corp of China, and expect to select new bidders ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK ranked second-most miserable country in the world
The UK has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons' mental health has plunged since th...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe least free in SADC according to US, Canadian NGO
ZIMBABWE's steady decline on The Human Freedom Index (HFI) has seen it slide to being worse than coup-ridden Niger and Gabon while taking the trophy for being the worst in Southern Africa.The repo...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 15 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabwe 5 years after Robert Mugabe - so, what has changed?
A climate of fear still lingers in Zimbabwe, five years after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was deposed. As the country marks this milestone, few people are willing to speak openly about whether the g...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZB directors mull liquidation and surrendering licence
With three months left before year-end, it is now crunch time for ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH), which is currently under increased pressure to recapitalise its building society within the grace period...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi turns to law
Maverick and controversial ZANU PF Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Dr Energy Mutodi was last week Wednesday sworn in as Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public at the High Court of Zimba...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:32hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Bishop
Brawl over CSC turns nasty
A nasty brawl between new investor in Cold Storage Company (CSC) and the judicial manager, which threatens to scupper current initiatives to revive the once-vibrant meat processor, has emerged, The Su...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chauya Chikwata's comeback not going as planned
IT was a comeback that was celebrated as a major stepping stone to getting Zimbabwe Saints back into mainstream football, but the situation on the ground speaks otherwise.After years in the fo...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank confident it has turned the corner
Steward Bank, which is considered a pioneer of mobile banking on the local market, has already begun the second phase of its system upgrade that is largely expected to consolidate its success in minim...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renewed exodus of healthcare workers hits Zimbabwe
Earlier this year, Johnson Chegore, 33, resigned from his job as a nurse at a government hospital in the Zimbabwean capital Harare before he left for the UK.In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-larg...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elected into AU's Peace and Security Council
THE African Union's election of Zimbabwe into the AU's Peace and Security Council is an honour that the country should be proud of, at a time when there are growing concerns over insurgencies in a num...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The last great war might have begun
The tongue can be a powerful weapon.It can build and destroy. It also can excite, spite and incite.And when a sharp tongue is mixed with potent ideas, it is easy to concoct a nuclear w...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Ritual killings leave Zimbabweans reeling
TEARS run down Michael Benza's face as he recalls the recent deaths of his son Dylan and nephew's daughter, Melissa. They were both seven."I was away from home, and when I came back, there was...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa/Linda Mujuru
Econet unveils $50m Christmas promotion
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has unveiled a $50 million Christmas promotion that will see lucky customers walking away with various prizes, including eight residential stands.The country's largest...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Of new lockdown rules and self-imposed sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced new lockdown measures while the rest of southern Africa is still to come to terms with moves by the United Kingdom, European Union and other countries...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant
The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice keeps losing DStv Premium subscribers
As MultiChoice's DStv Premium and DStv Compact Plus subscribers keep declining due to MultiChoice's shift in focus to offer a bigger value proposition to mass-market customers on lower-tiered DStv bou...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
No to extortion on maternal health services in council clinics
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) calls upon the Harare City Council to act decisively and stop harbouring and nurturing extortionist practices by health personnel in council clinics ag...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by ZUJ
SA petrol to hit new record under Ramaphosa
South Africa's fuel prices are set to rise to a record today, adding to inflationary pressures in an economy that imports almost all of its fuel.The retail cost of 95-octane petrol will climb ...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanla fighter's daughter now top medical officer in US
While a good number of gallant veterans of Zimbabwe's war of liberation brawled this week in Harare with the police, who charged them with seeking to incite public violence, a city in a distant land t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Govt adamant on child marriages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is adamant that it has accomplished a lot in stopping child marriages in Zimbabwe despite some reported rising cases of the pervasive practice.In resp...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 16:07hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe cellular operators hike tariffs
Mobile network operators in the country have adjusted promotional bundles in response to rising industry wide operating costs which grew by 15,8 percent to $8,9 billion in the second quarter of 2021, ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to attend Dubai business forum
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is expected in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) today, where he is leading a high-level Government delegation to the Global Business Forum Africa slated for Wednes...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
ZimThrive on course for December 2021 with scaled down event
The organisers of ZimThrive have announced that the event will go ahead in December as a scaled back celebration.In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the event which was due to run from 1-...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 10 | by Staff writer
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
UN must act on lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
THIS year's United Nations General Assembly, held in hybrid format in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, has once again shone the spotlight on the devastating impact of years of sanctions on Zi...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, now trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, in strong showing at ZITF
BULAWAYO - Diversified fintech giant Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, which is now rebranding as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, is exhibiting at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZI...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 19 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's exports on the rise
AMID the pervasive disruption to world trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Zimbabwe's exports held up well between January-June this year compared to the same period last year.According ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Allan Majuru
We need to repair our sick politics
AS strange as it might sound or seem, you can be sure there is an imbecile somewhere in our beloved teapot-shaped country that is very unhappy the weatherman is forecasting we might have a very good r...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwean Hlatshwayo Davis named health director of U.S. city of St Louis
Zimbabwean Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis has been named director of health for St. Louis, the second biggest city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America.The infectious disea...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
IMF funds to power Zimbabwe's economic agenda
The US$961 million boost received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week will give impetus to the country's economic programmes guided by the five-year National Development Strategy 1 (N...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to use IMF funds to support beleaguered Zimdollar
THE government will hold back $500m of the $961m IMF funds to support the currency which has plunged.Zimbabwe will use more than half of the $961 million allocated by the International Monetar...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
British spaceports under development
Two new British spaceports could be the catalyst to making Britain Europe's newest space superpower. If they can overcome planning challenges, the value to the UK's economy could be hard to measure....Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 20:37hrs | 26 | by Staff writer
Warriors brace for Afcon draw
THE Warriors will get to know their opponents for the 2021 Afcon finals when the draw finally takes place at the Yaoundé Conference Centre, in Cameroon on Tuesday evening.Team manager Welling...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'On land, Mugabe travelled a path Mandela did not dare' - Yes, but look where he landed Zimbabwe!
There is overwhelming evidence out there to show Nelson Madiba Mandela was a visionary leader his greatest legacy to South Africa is a stable democratic system of government. On the other hand, Robert...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zim students' battle to get internship
NGQABUTHO Mhlophe spends his days at home, burrowing around the internet in search of a marketing internship.A second-year student at the National University of Science and Technology, he need...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Goodwood Festival: A recap of 2020's Sussex Stakes Day
The prestigious Goodwood Festival is on the horizon, and with England recently lifting the majority of their coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the five-day meeting will be one of the first major hors...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 20 | by Staff writer
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 5 | by Agencies
'Defer schools opening'
TEACHERS' unions have called on the government to defer schools opening to August or until the COVID-19 infections have subsided, saying going ahead with schools opening anytime soon would be "suicida...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bus shortage is making commuters miserable
Masimba Gwazho waits in a line at a bus terminus in Harare's central business district."I have been in this queue for close to an hour," the 39-year-old bricklayer told Al Jazeera.More...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nakamba builds lavish castle in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWEAN midfield maestro Marvelous Nakamba is making the most of his career in the lucrative English Premier League after it emerged that he is constructing a multimillion dollar castle in Bulawayo...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA back on lockdown and Ramaphosa criticised for slow vaccine rollout - Zimbabweans duped into complacence
Pressure is mounting on SA's President Cyril Ramaphosa to contain the coronavirus pandemic as he places the country back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions including a ban on all alcohol ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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