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Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 22 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda calls for Gukurahundi public apology
The speaker of National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has called for the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to vigorously push for a national apology for the past conflicts, especially the ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabe military clarifies NSSA role in Afreximbank loan
Africom wishes to state facts on the Africom Afreximbank loan of 15m after having noted that certain elements of the media continue to misrepresent the contents on the recently published Forensic Audi...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 3104 | by Africom
Probe nails top tourism official in US$500 000 scam
A GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTED investigation has nailed the National Employment Council for the Tourism Industry (Necti) general secretary Klodias Hove in an abuse-of-office scandal and financial misconduct ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Goromonzi farm wrangle: More details emerge
A FARM wrangle between former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe and 600 Goromonzi farmers has opened a can of worms with the Local Government ministry saying the disputed piece of land was legall...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt neglect driving citizens across borders
RURAL communities in southern Zimbabwe are bearing the brunt of government neglect, 39 years after independence forcing them to turn to neighbouring South Africa for greener pastures and general upkee...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:53hrs | 2380 | by Staff reporter
Govt official doubts the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit reports
ACTING Finance secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday angered legislators from the Public Accounts Committee when he suggested that he doubted the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit rep...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
4,000 shonas to get Kenyan IDs
The dream of recognition for at least 4 000 members of the Zimbabwean community living in Kenya came closer to reality at last as the government began issuing them with birth certificates.For ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league in Gwanda mining claim controversy
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday stepped in to resolve a violent turf war between two rival youth groups in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South, after claims that one of them was using names of senio...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Registrar decries late birth registrations
IT is an offence not to register a child within 42 days of birth and more needs to be done by way of publicity to ensure people know the importance of the requirement, Mashonaland Central provincial r...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
State appeals against former top cop's acquittal
The State intends to appeal the acquittal of former Mbare Traffic officer-in-charge Violet Sigauke who was facing charges of taking bribes from commuter omnibus operators in return for safe passage....Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
RBZ liberalises fuel imports
Foreign currency-starved Zimbabwe has liberalised fuel imports by allowing authorised dealers to pay directly to foreign fuel suppliers upon exchange control approval in a move meant to ease pre...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:46hrs | 9989 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa redefines corruption'
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti says President Emmerson Mnangagwa has redefined the meaning of corruption through the grand theft of USD$ 3 Billion which was stole through the opaque Command Agricultur...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | 8584 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South JetOne demands US$50m for planes' software from Air Zimbabwe
THE two Airbus A320 planes at the centre of a wrangle between Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and an Isle of Man company, South JetOne Ltd, were leased to the troubled airline with the latter demanding a US$50 ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Farmer unmasks Gwaradzimba
CHIPINGE farmer Richard Le Vieux yesterday accused Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba of attempting to grab his multi-million export enterprising farm and was only blocked from d...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa creating a bourgeoisie class
WHEN it staged the November 2017 coup, the military was very candid in its statement that the grave action was an effort to "restore Robert Mugabe's legacy", a heritage that over time had been reverse...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1218 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Gukurahundi victims top documentation hearing
PEOPLE from Matabeleland North have implored the Government to help facilitate the issuance of national documents to victims of Gukurahundi saying a majority of them remain undocumented. ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers, gold dealers in court
TWO suspected armed robbers have been arraigned before a Bulawayo court on charges of illegal possession of gold worth US$37 338.Robson Chatikobo (35) and Brezhnev Maposa (37) appeared before ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
National documentation hearings start in Matebeleland North
PUBLIC hearings on the national inquiry on access to national documentation in the country are set to commence today in Matebeleland North province. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Human Rights C...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
600 000l fuel disappears
Auditor General (AG) Mildred Chiri has expressed concern over the disappearance of a donation of 600 000 litres of fuel by a South African company.The fuel was meant to transport prisoners, bu...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Documentation challenges for ex-Wenela miners
EX-WENELA Miners Association of Zimbabwe is facing challenges in ensuring that its members and dependants of the deceased have the requisite documentation to enable them to receive compensation for re...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Minister July Moyo wades into Bulawayo Town Clerk issue
Addressing a Press conference at the Mhlahlandlela Government Complex yesterday, the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing July Moyo, flanked by Bulawayo provincial affairs M...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Unexplained wealth orders here to stay
THE proposed introduction of a free-standing procedure which compels an individual to explain the source of his wealth is a radical development in English law. For instance, the human rights and polit...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 375 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 956 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Air Zimbabwe, South Jet fight over planes
TROUBLED Air Zimbabwe is involved in a tug of war with Isle of Man company South Jet One Ltd over the ownership of two Airbus A320 aircrafts which the state entity claims it was given as a donation in...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Birth certificate challenges in Masvingo
A NUMBER of children in Masvingo are still facing challenges in acquiring birth certificates because of a number of reasons among them death of parents and problems related to legal issues, an officia...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:13hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi's 'son' set for Zimbabwe prison release
A LIBYAN man claiming to be slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son is set for release and deportation after languishing at Harare Remand Prison since 2014.This was after his case was struck...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1515 | by newzimbabwe.com
New Bill to question unexplained wealth gazetted
Law enforcement agents will now have powers to question people living flamboyant and swish life from inexplicable sources of income as the Government moves in to curb corruption, money laundering and ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:03hrs | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Latest update on passport printing in Zimbabwe
News coming from Harare indicate that the country has purchased new printers to enable the Director General's Office to clear the backlog of passports and also to increase the production of the travel...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:56hrs | 13546 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UBH records in shambles
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)’s records are in shambles, a situation that could lead to loss of important hospital information, records, patient files as well as revenue, the Auditor-General (...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
'Toothless' Human Rights Commission tackles Gukurahundi
THE Gukurahundi disturbances have been identified as one of the reasons why some people in Matabeleland North fail to access national identity documents. This emerged yesterday during a Zimbab...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Latest on 3 'missing' Air Zimbabwe planes
Air Zimbabwe has denied that three MA60s acquired from China in 2005, had disappeared. The airline says the planes are there and not working but what the Auditor General's office found a...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 12:01hrs | 10277 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister 'unleashes' Zanu-PF youths, police to grab mine
Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Appolonia Munzverengi is being accused of using her political muscle to grab a mining claim owned by Mekasi Engineering.The company claim that the ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
Maize ban triggers Zimbabwe - Zambia border stand-off
Some Zimbabweans without proper documentation were denied entry into Zambia last week as the neighbouring reacted to the confiscation of maize by Zimbabwean authorities following the introduction of S...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
More heads to roll at parastatals
PUBLIC officials in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and Government departments might soon face the music after the Auditor-General, Mrs Mildred Chiri, uncovered continued dereliction of duty and deep-s...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:02hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC exposed on transformer purchases
THE Zimbabwe Electricity and Distribution Company, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, has not taken delivery of transformers it paid US$4,9 million for nine years ago, the Audi...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:42hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling: the new corruption frontier in Zimbabwe
As the Zimbabwean economy rapidly slides into hyperinflation induced recession, the levels of smuggling at the country's border posts has reached alarming levels. Cross border traders, foreign nationa...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 3728 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Moving to SA doesn’t guarantee success'
South Africa-based ventriloquist and standup comedian Chik Aljoy, real name Anesu Chikowo, says relocating to South Africa is no guarantee for success. The 23-year-old stand-up comedian ...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:31hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
ZBC sweats over Afcon rights
Live broadcast of Africa Cup of Nations matches by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation hangs in the balance, as the national broadcaster is battling to secure €700 000 (about US$791 000) required ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:14hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Youths are growing horns due to using cellphones
Research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 15:09hrs | 3190 | by Online
Resolving Zimbabwean challenges in transfer pricing
A lot of debate about taxation in most developing countries is evolving on how to ease revenue leakages through offshore tax havens. But there is another hot issue called transfer pricing which develo...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | 369 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Massive scandal rocks Lupane Passport office
Mthwakazi Republic Party is saddened by the level of corruption at Lupane Passport office. The party's intelligence department through a tip-off raised by the Lupane residents has today unearthed a ma...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:13hrs | 5697 | by MRP
Surprise Home Affairs operation for foreigners in Johannesburg
There are reports that South Africa Home Affairs officials will be conducting surprise door to door visits in Yeoville and Hillbrow from Saturday up to Sunday. A circulating says the officials...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 21:59hrs | 24987 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu-PF youths will let no-one attack Mnangagwa'
It is four months since the Zanu-PF Youth League decided to attach the phrase "ED will never walk alone" to its commitment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration through a solidarity march t...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:56hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni pushes for Dabengwa honour
OUTSPOKEN Matabeleland North traditional leader Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said local traditional leaders are working on rewarding the late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa's clan with a chieftainship....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Names and naming: Naming as a form of documentation
NOT so long ago we visited Beitbridge District to capture the voices of the youth. We visited Beitbridge East and the area provided me with an opportunity to reflect on naming, the subject that I am d...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:12hrs | 199 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Zanu-PF blasted for monopoly over national hero status
ACTING Zapu president Isaac Mabuka yesterday said the Zanu-PF politburo should not have the monopoly to declare who national heroes are and called for an independent body to be set up to select people...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
De Villiers fires salvo at ZRU after sacking
FORMER Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has lashed out at the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) after reports that he had been fired as the Sables' head coach. De Villiers was appointed Zimbabwe head coach ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
US, China and Italian companies shortlisted for Batoka project
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has shortlisted three companies - from the US, China and Italy - for the contract to undertake construction of the Batoka Gorge hydropower project on the Zambezi Rive...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza family wins order to get son's post-mortem report
A CHITUNGWIZA man, Julius Choto, whose son Kelvin Tinashe was shot and killed by the police at Makoni Shopping Centre during demonstrations over fuel increase in January has finally obtained an order ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
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