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3 suspended over Harare water shortages
HARARE City Council has suspended four senior officials for alleged dereliction of duty and contributing to the water crisis in the city.The axe fell on head of city chemistry, production mana...Published: 37 mins ago | 73 | by Staf reporter
Council refuse trucks stuck in SA for 3 years
FIFTEEN refuse trucks bought by Harare City Council in South Africa are stuck there almost three years on as it cannot raise over US$2 million required for their delivery. However, there are conflicti...Published: 5 hrs ago | 613 | by Staff reporter
Businesses defy Mthuli Ncube on new tax regime
Some businesses are defying Treasury's directive to review downwards the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) to 14,5% levied on certain goods to stimulate aggregate demand.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi announces drought relief strategies
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi yesterday announced a raft of government drought relief strategies, among them massive mobilisation of grain and an immediate livestock restocking exercise.Mohadi s...Published: 21 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants rule out strike
Government has reiterated its commitment to improve the welfare of its workers ahead of another round of salary negotiations.The Government workers have also ruled out the possibility of a str...Published: 21 hrs ago | 637 | by Staff reporter
Polad economic summit on the cards
POLITICAL leaders under the banner, Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have set plans to engage various business and industry sector players to come up with economic reforms that will be key in revivin...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
F1 racecourse construction begins in Zimbabwe
PRELIMINARY survey and construction works on a multi-million dollar investment comprising an international Formula One (F1) grade motor racing circuit course, which is expected to add more glamour in ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
We have a full-blown crisis
Phew!What a frenzied week it was as those brats, who are used to hogging TV remote controls or causing unending trouble during holidays, were finally banished to school, where they rightfully ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 208 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11389 | by Staff reporter
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants receive cushioning allowances
GOVERNMENT has said civil servants will be paid more cushioning allowances this year as its employees yesterday started receiving their promised payments for this month. Government this week r...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:43hrs | 3136 | by Staff reporter
'Nhlanhla Ndiweni dismissal above board'
GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims by dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni that his removal from the chieftainship by President Mnangagwa, following recommendations by Cabinet and the Matabelela...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Phase 1 to be complete in 2nd quarter
THE first phase of the multi-million dollar Egodini project is expected to be completed by the beginning of the second quarter, Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In 2016, South African civ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 151 | by Derek Matyszak
Harare City Council tender scandal deepens
THE massive tender scandal rocking Harare City Council (HCC) has taken a new twist after it emerged in an explosive email trail that a local company, Microlab Scientific (Microlab), offered to use its...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 354 | by Staff repoirter
Devolution confusion
Confusion over implementation of devolution projects has rocked Mashonaland East province, resulting in clashes between legislators, councillors and Zanu-PF leadership particularly on the distribution...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots showdown with police
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared war against the police, warning that his party was now itching to fight back and even defy their prohibition orders which he said were unjust, p...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo shops abusing mealie-meal subsidy'
BULAWAYO residents have accused some retail shop owners of abusing the subsidised mealie-meal facility by forcing consumers to buy other goods in order for them to be able to purchase the commodity....Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:07hrs | 289 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's govt defends Ndiweni ouster
GOVERNMENT has said that Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni was dethroned procedurally because he was not the legitimate heir to the throne.Ndiweni, through his law...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's strange dream on a cold night
Zimbabweans never cease to amaze me. They have a penchant to blow their own trumpet (kuzvifonera) at every opportunity, but nature has its own humbling ways. Examples abound of people swaggering and b...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:03hrs | 642 | by Cliff Chiduku
Sheriff raids Zifa offices
THE Zifa offices in Harare were raided by the Sheriff of the High Court on Wednesday and movable office property was attached over a US$209 460 debt the association has owed LED Travel and Tours since...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:00hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
AU steps up efforts to engage West on sanctions against Zimbabwe
The Africa Union is determined to engage the West over illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe in an effort to ensure instability threatening the region is thwarted. The union has since dispatched its P...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:59hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Jestina Mukoko's abductor CIO boss
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed one of Jestina Mukoko's abductors in 2008, Brigadier-General (Retired) Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi as the Deputy Director in the much feared Central Intelligenc...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 248 | by newzimbabwe
Resident seek to rehabilitate Athlone Cemetery fence
A Bulawayo resident has undertaken to renovate the Athlone Cemetery fence, which has been vandalised many years ago.This is revealed in the latest council minutes.The minutes states th...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 11:47hrs | 628 | by Stephen Jakes
Government controls fuelling the black market
Business at the country's parallel (black) market for foreign currency and other commodities has never been as brisk. Billions of dollars in local or foreign currency exchange hands on a daily basis i...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 3845 | by Victor Bhoroma
Russian PM and government resign after Putin speech
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his government was resigning to give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changes he wants to make to the constitution....Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 15:59hrs | 5940 | by Staff Reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill being misconstrued and politicised
The Constitutional Amendment Bill which was gazetted by Government on 31 December 2019 has sparked controversy among citizens and a deliberate ploy to influence a bandwagon resistance of the passage o...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 14:38hrs | 1293 | by Ashley Kondo
BCC ecstasy over CAF's approval of BF
Bulawayo City council is ecstasy over the decision by CAF to grant the use of the Barbourfields stadium for the CAF games.This is contained in the latest council minutes."The Director ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:48hrs | 2036 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli can only afford allowances
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday poured cold water on civil servants' demand for United States dollar-benchmarked salary adjustments, saying the broke Zanu-PF government will, instead, continue...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3739 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo gets CAF post
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who has been battling to contain a domestic storm, was smiling yesterday after being appointed a member of the CAF AFCON organising committee.He follows in the f...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door HIV survey comes to Zimbabwe
Enumerators assessing the current HIV and Aids burden and related sexually-transmitted infections will now be collecting information in Harare Province after successfully completing a similar exercise...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
BCC bans tombstones
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has banned the erection of tombstones at the Athlone West Cemetery and other new cemeteries.The local authority has said only headstones must be erected on grav...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths pray for talks
AMID Zimbabwe's worsening economic rot, outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has once again challenged his party and the MDC to set aside their political differences an...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec A' level results out
THE 2019 Zimbabwe school examination council (ZIMSEC) Advanced Level results are out.Speaking at a media briefing in Harare this Tuesday, Zimsec Board Chairperson, Professor Eddie Mwenje said ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
BCC grants ZRP, BACFOZ free use of city hall car park
Bulawayo City Council recently granted the police and the Business Against Crime Forum of Zimbabwe (BACFOZ) free use of the city hall car park for their event.This is revealed in the council's...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1576 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga/Marry divorce exposes Vice President capture
The legal battle between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry has opened a can of worms with the former army general revealing that he was given a Mercedes Benz vehicle by ...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 08:27hrs | 13250 | by Staff Reporter
PSI hands back Lobengula Clinic to BCC
Population Services International recently handed back the Lobengula Clinic to the Bulawayo City Council to renew the Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC) services and other services needed by t...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1418 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF MP apologises to villagers after attempts to politicise food aid
The Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that in a unique case, an unidentified Zanu PF member apologized to villagers in Bikita East Constituency after he had attempted to politicize aid, only to be infor...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4449 | by Stephen Jakes
Guns before food
With millions of Zimbabweans facing starvation, hospitals and schools collapsing in the rubble of the economy and civil servants rejecting a 98% pay rise as inadequate, President Mnangagwa is reported...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 20:32hrs | 4518 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Clinics experienced depletion in medication
Bulawayo council clinics recently experienced depletion of medication much to the concerns of the Councillors and the citizens.This is revealed in the latest council minutes."The matte...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 10:22hrs | 888 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa to build multi-purpose stadium
IN a rare and audacious bid that is set to transform the face of sport in this country, Harare property mogul Philip Chiyangwa has revealed plans to build a multi-million- dollar modern stadium in Har...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3353 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mohadi speaks on resource utilisation
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has implored the Matabeleland South Zanu PF party leadership to come up with strategies that will bring economic development to the province.The Vice President expr...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:01hrs | 230 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimsec clerk in court for leaked exam paper
A CLERK with the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) appeared in court on allegations of smuggling a copy of the October-November Economics Paper 3 from the printing press and selling it....Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 19:02hrs | 2988 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants offered 97% pay rise
GOVERNMENT has offered civil servants a salary increment of up to 97 percent which will see the lowest paid worker earning a monthly salary of over two thousand Zimbabwe dollars.According to t...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 18:59hrs | 3717 | by Staff Reporter
Charamba dismisses Mnangagwa house arrest reports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed as gibberish reports that his boss was under house arrest.He was responding to a report by an online publication claim...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 18:24hrs | 19768 | by Staff Reporter
Four reasons why Kasukuwere cannot be our saviour
Renowned African-Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is well known for his famous novel, A Man of the People, which mirrors Nigerian political culture through the eyes of a corrupt politician, Chief Nanga. ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2921 | by Innocent Mujeri
Zanu PF shadow councillor says MDC members are not eligible to food aid
Zanu PF shadow councillor for Umzingwane Larvet Dube is alleged to have said that the MDC members are not elligable to get food aid from government.This is revealed in the Zimbabwe Peace Proje...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 10:49hrs | 1541 | by Stephen Jakes
Why the MDC will lose the 2023 elections
Each time the country approaches an election, the MDC goes full throttle lying to the electorate that they are the "party of excellence" and would win the elections despite doing absolutely nothing to...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:57hrs | 4538 | by Elijah Chihota
Police brutality riles ZPP
Police brutality has riled the human rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project which said citizens have fallen victims to the security agents who are supposed to protect them."Police brutality a...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1312 | by Stephen Jakes
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