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Chamisa needs our support now
I am not a member of MDC-Alliance. However, I will defend Chamisa with all my might. I consider Chamisa as my son and therefore he needs my support now.Chamisa is savagely attached on his way ...Published: 35 mins ago | 72 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's Life is in danger
About 200 ZANU-PF sponsored youth and women were baying for Chamisa and his team's blood on their way to meet the people of Masvingo community in chief Charumbira area yes 10/10/2021.The same ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 852 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Zanu-PF official bashed, hospitalized for dumping Chamisa
Former MDC-A official Shewu Meda has been hospitalized after being brutalized by MDC-A supporters for dumping their party and joining ZANU-PF where he was rewarded with the most senior post in Chiwesh...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3676 | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 2638 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to pipe pre-paid gas to homes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will now install pre-paid gas meters in new residential areas under a piped gas reticulation system, as the local authority seeks alternative revenue streams as demand for ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to lose out on loans
ZIMBABWE is set to miss out on a multi-million-dollar fund for countries sharing the Zambezi watercourse because of its external debt estimated at US$10,5 billion.The funds will be disbursed t...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Govt will keep digging in on currency
IN the week under review the Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar) swept past the psychological 1:90 mark. The local unit has been losing ground against the United States dollar on a weekly basis, for 24 stra...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 156 | by Respect Gwenzi
Zanu-PF fundraises for national conference
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is rallying its members and stakeholders to provide financial resources and other items towards its forthcoming annual conference slated for this month in Mashonaland Central....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF neglecting cadres, says Clive Malunga
JENAGURU Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of "gr...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Industry in fresh push for bailout
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing sector has escalated its push for State-assisted bailout packages to stem a blazing crisis precipitated by the COVID–19 pandemic, a deteriorating foreign currency crisis and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Forex auction revitalises economy, claims RBZ
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by some unscrupulous businesse...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough forex to sustain economy'
THE foreign currency auction introduced by Government last year has been critical in revitalising the economy despite deliberate inflation of black market exchange rates by unscrupulous businesses and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Shops shut down ahead of Chamisa's visit
POLICE Wednesday forced all shops at Janet Shopping Centre in Ward 17 Bikita, Masvingo to shut down while villagers were forced to go home blocking them from meeting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 6079 | by Staff reporter
Wage dispute threatens Hwange power station upgrades
A Chinese firm, SinoHydro Corporation, which is undertaking the refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station is reportedly engaged in a wage dispute with its employees who accuse it of unfair labour ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must beware of COVID-19 fourth wave
WE note with concern reports that a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by variants is imminent in Zimbabwe. While we are fully aware of the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-1...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 431 | by Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe
English netball club re-sign Zimbabwe captain
Zimbabwe senior netball team captain Felistas Kwangwa is delighted after renewing her contract with English side Surrey Storm for the 2022 Super league season.The club announced the re-signing...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply
Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas alt...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
One of the country's most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has bee...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Zanu-PF onslaught
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's ill-fated visit to Masvingo province this week has heightened fears the watershed 2023 harmonised elections could be bloody as Zanu-PF goes for the broke to maint...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:37hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa provoked us, claims Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of provoking its supporters to attack him and his team by "trying to impose his views and trying to address disinterested Zanu-PF supp...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5970 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3113 | by Staff reporter
Govt must be serious about devolution
DEVOLUTION means transferring power and authority from central government to lower tiers of government, especially local authorities and provincial councils.The government, despite having said...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 549 | by Harare Residents Trust
CZI warns of imminent Zimdollar collapse
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has warned that the local currency faces imminent collapse and called on government to come up with alternative policy measures to restore confidence in ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry could be amputated, court hears
Marry Mubaiwa is at a serious risk of having at least one of her arms amputated after failing to get the medical care she needs to treat her lymphoedema, a court heard on Tuesday.The Harare Ma...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new electricity import deals
Zimbabwe is negotiating for new power supply deals with Zambia and Mozambique, which could see the country importing additional 280 megawatts from the two countries, Energy and Power Development Minis...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams Masvingo violence claims
AHEAD of President Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom for the UN Climate Change conference of the parties (COP 26) in Glasgow and the expected arrival of the United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa encircled by hooligans
The MDC Alliance says its president, Nelson Chamisa, "has been encircled by hooligans at a place he's temporarily taken refuge" in Masvingo province. The party adds: "The provincial leadership...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 21:26hrs | 3335 | by Staff reporter
Cops savagely beat Zanu-PF officials at polling station
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to step up and personally intervene in the deadly factional rowing pitting senior Zanu-PF officials after Home Affairs minister and current party provincia...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 5422 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'teargassed'
RIOT police yesterday teargassed MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa at a private residence in Masvingo while suspected Zanu-PF youths attacked his convoy three times and injured several aides and his ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 8560 | by Staff reporter
Hwange struggles to obtain working capital
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has struggled to access crucial lines of credit from domestic banks and international lenders since slipping into administration about two years ago, judicial manager D...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Govt needs to stabilise bread and butter prices
THE looming increase in bread price will pile pressure on the country's citizens already battling a wildly inflationary environment aided by poor monetary policies by Treasury.To say that the ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 791 | by Eddie Cross
Mthuli Ncube told to prioritise social services, incentivise teachers
PARTICIPANTS in public hearings on the 2022 national budget yesterday called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to prioritise social services and incentivise teachers.The Parliamentary Portfolio...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Namibian professional hunters also conserve wildlife
They bring international hunters and income to Africa. Additionally, they contribute to wildlife management and conservation through acceptable hunting...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 379 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mashonaland chiefs demand change of title to kings
CHIEFS are lobbying government to urgently change the nomenclature of traditional leaders' titles from chiefs to kings.Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Urayayi Mhondoro, is leading the lobby....Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:04hrs | 4202 | by Staff reporter
BCC expresses concern over road rehab
BULAWAYO City Council has expressed dismay over its exclusion by central government in on-going road rehabilitation works and fears poor workmanship because of lack of supervision by city engineers....Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Harare loses 125 firefighters in one year
HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of firefighters after 125 of them left its employ since the beginning of the year for greener pastures due to poor working conditions.Counci...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2367 | by Staff reporter
'Paltry salaries aching Zimbabwe workers'
Zimbabwe leads on mental health cases among workers, with the majority suffering depression due to paltry salaries that cannot sustain them in an inflationary environment, research has established....Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:54hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi set for Swedish swansong
FREE-SCORING former Warriors striker Nyasha Mushekwi could be heading for a career swansong with his former Swedish club Djurgårdens, who confirmed on Wednesday they have been in contact with the Chi...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume over Obadiah Moyo's acquittal
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming over the recent acquittal of former Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo who was facing corruption charges.Moyo was being accused of illegally approvin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Infrastructure Summit set for next week
Global Renaissance Investments (GRI) will next week host the fifth edition of the Zimbabwe Infrastructure Investment Summit in Harare.The summit is set for October 14.The Zimbabwe Infr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Delay in stands allocation riles Bulawayo residents
MORE than 60 beneficiaries of a housing scheme in Emganwini thronged Nketa Housing Office in Bulawayo on Thursday last week demanding answers from the local authority on the continued delay in availin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 265 | by Clifford Kalibo
Youth vote crucial to MDC Alliance but certainly can't be taken for granted
THE opposition MDC Alliance's ambitious plan to capture the hearts of six million voters ahead of 2023 will only be successful if the party focuses on the youth vote while consolidating its city suppo...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans trek to rural areas as city life worsens
AN ESTIMATED 1,5 million Zimbabweans are reported to have abandoned life in the city as the country's economic situation continues to deteriorate.The International Labour Organisation (ILO) sa...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
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