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Address Beitbridge Border Post mess or we lose out to Kazungula
IN this digital age, our border posts are expected to move with the times and embrace technology so that clearing of goods is done efficiently.Our border posts have been so porous and delays a...Published: 9 hrs ago | 658 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe in heated exchange with Zanu-PF Mashonaland central 'chefs'
DIVISIONS among warring Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central province's top dogs deepened at the weekend after they turned their WhatsApp group into a battleground, exchanging fierce vitriols and threatening e...Published: 9 hrs ago | 498 | by Staff reporter
Border chaos: National Ports Authority the missing link
The Government has over the years come up with a number of strategies to remove trade barriers and enhance the smooth flow of people and cargo through its land borders.This is being done with ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 9 hrs ago | 136 | by Nobleman Runyanga
ZDAMWU extends a condolences to six Chinese Miners in Mazowe
The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives following a mining explosion at SAS mine in Mazowe, a nickel ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:12hrs | 796 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa claims to have exposed Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his tour of Masvingo that invited a backlash from Zanu-PF mobs exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an unpopular leader.Chamisa's visits to many part...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:10hrs | 3696 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bankers sweat over forex crackdown
Zimbabwean bankers are fretting over compliance with government directives to root out "illegal foreign currency dealings, with the country's biggest bank, CBZ, cautioning its employees against facili...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Zacc okeys Bulawayo mayor's $165 per month rent
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has cleared Bulawayo mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni and the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, of any wrongdoing regarding corruption allegations that were level...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:03hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 251 | by Bishop Lazi
Sanctions lobbyists' days are numbered
THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms Alena Douhan, will be in the country from tomorrow to October 28, ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mureza to assemble Prim8 vehicle in Zimbabwe
MUREZA Automobile Company, a South Africa-based Zimbabwean auto mobile company, says it is now looking to localise production of its Mureza Prim8 vehicle that has been "successfully accepted" worldwid...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
'We turned adversity into opportunity'
Zimbabwe turned adversities caused by Covid-19 into opportunities for local industry, which resulted in manufacturing capacity jumping from 36 percent to 47 percent driven by local capabilities, as gl...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Cops join gold mine looting spree
THE GOVERNMENT is facing fresh headaches over the invasion of Jumbo Mine after police officers deployed to seal it off have started to fraternise with trespassers and have joined the gold looting spre...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:52hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Uncle jailed for raping niece
A 38-YEAR-OLD Shamva man will curse the day he failed to control his sexual appetite and ended up raping his 13-year-old niece in his bedroom.The man who cannot be named for ethical reasons wa...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:14hrs | 832 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MPs lament paltry ECD budget
MEMBERS of Parliament said paltry funding for Early Childhood Development in Zimbabwe was cause for concern and will push to ensure the sector is capacitated.Speaking during a meeting organise...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 27009 | by Staff reporter
US$2bn allocated at forex auctions
More than US$2 billion was allotted to almost 6 000 entities at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's weekly foreign currency auctions from when they opened near the end of June last year to the end of last ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 113 | 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 | 2860 | 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 | 779 | by Staff reporter
Govt, business stalemate rages
BUSINESS executives made desperate attempts from last week Friday to worm their way out of arrests for violating foreign currency exchange regulations, but the government turned a deaf ear as it vowed...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ignorance on economics: Mthuli Ncube his best Boss ever
Even Mnangagwa's law degree is questioned by many. If Mnangagwa had a slender idea how the economy works, they would never launder money to Chinese banks in billions of dollars. He would know that kis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:45hrs | 1292 | by Nomazulu Thata
Matebeleland stakeholders forge alliance ahead of 2023 polls
DIFFERENT stakeholders in Matebeleland, including civic society members, political parties, churches and the diaspora community have formed the Freedom Alliance, a social movement to lobby for improve...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP calls Martin Dinha a 'thief'
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) chairperson Martin Dinha, has been called a "thief" who is busy stripping the state-owned entity's assets for resell and thereby reversing the gains of Zimbabwe's l...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Work on Beitbridge - Bulawayo highway begins
Preparatory works on traffic surveys along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway as part of a feasibility study for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the expressway have begun. ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed in SA over R10m abalone deal
A 36-year-old Zimbabwean man, Lawrence Muroma, and his Chinese accomplice, Qing Quen Feng (28) have been jailed for one year by a South African court for illegally dealing in the endangered abalone sh...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Robber waylays gold dealer
A 36-year-old Bulawayo man lost 65 grammes of gold and a cellphone to an armed robber who had lured him to Chegutu. The man had been lured to Shamva by the robber only identified as Anyway Mun...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 630 | 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 | 118 | 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 | 119 | by Staff reporter
Illicit dealings cost Zimbabwe $2bn annually
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has said the country is losing about $2 billion annually through illicit dealings with the private sector being the ma...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:16hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Private sector major culprit of graft, says Zacc boss
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says the private sector is the major culprit in corruption as players are evading taxes and inflating figures, among other ills causing serious damage to...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
'Arresting executives will destabilise market'
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday warned against the arrest of business leaders over alleged currency violations saying this will sour relations between government and business ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 712 | 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
'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 | 757 | 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 labels attack on convoy 'primitive'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday labelled an attack on his convoy a day earlier "primitive" as Zanu-PF denied responsibility.Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo p...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:38hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Opposition must remove fear in rural voters
THE 2023 polls, which both Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance desperately need to win, will be determined by the rural vote.With the majority of people generally resident in rural areas, Zanu-PF has dev...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1406 | by Taneta Fambai
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 | 550 | by Harare Residents Trust
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 | 458 | 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 | 236 | by Staff reporter
What's makes some people believe they're presidential material, when they clearly aren't?
Who can ever forget those dreamy days, when we used to be asked by our parents and teachers what we wanted to be when we grew up?I remember those days like they were yesterday, since they were...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 11:43hrs | 2312 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'COVID-19 situation remains dire in schools'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday said the COVID-19 situation remained bad in schools and accused government of failing to deal with the situation.Two weeks ago, seve...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
The impact of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
WHEN the American government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment (Zidera) Act 20 years ago, it argued that the Act was not intended to punish ordinary Zimbabweans but to targ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 446 | by Eddie Cross
RBZ vows to tame forex black market
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday pledged to continue availing foreign currency through the foreign exchange auction system to ensure uninterrupted supply.Mangudy...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Silobela community demands share of Jena Mine
VILLAGERS in Silobela are demanding that the redundant Jena Gold Mine claims be allocated to them as they are living in poverty while their area is endowed with gold deposits.The Jena Mine cla...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Truckers block traffic at Limpopo bridge
COMMERCIAL traffic going into South Africa and Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge border post was yesterday delayed by more than four hours after truck drivers staged a sit-in at the New Limpopo Bridge d...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance bid to stop Parly probe fails
THE High Court has ruled that it cannot interfere with internal processes of Parliament dealing with alleged acts of misconduct by Members of Parliament and so cannot consider an application by 18 MDC...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business reach consensus on exchange rates, pricing
A number of agreements were thrashed out yesterday between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and leaders of the business sector to deal with what everyone agreed were unjustified jumps in black-market exch...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Why does the gambling industry boom in times of economic hardship?
There is no doubt that recent times have been tough economically for many countries around the globe. While some nations might have been facing hard times anyway, Covid-19 has really put a spanner in ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 14:01hrs | 601 | by Staff Writer
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