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UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
'Informal traders to blame for demolitions'
THE Harare City Council yesterday blamed informal traders over the demolitions carried out by council and police, accusing them of choosing to operate at undesignated areas.Council spokesperso...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Gweru engages Salvi Lighting Rwanda to fix street lights
GWERU City Council has engaged the services of Salvi Lighting Rwanda to install streetlights on parts of the city, mayor Josiah Makombe has said.Makombe said the local authority was working on...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Its not sanctions but corruption hitting Zimbabwe
The 2017 Coup was for ZANU PF political bigwigs who felt that they were being outclassed in joining the gravy train of looting the country dry.The coup was just like fielding a reserve side of...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | 1029 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe internet service providers widening digital divide
The cost of internet bandwidth in Zimbabwe during Covid-19 has created an inequality that will only be improved through policy formulation and enhancement, a MISA Zimbabwe Multi-stakeholder engagement...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Council agonises over water leaks
THE Bulawayo City Council has accused Zesa workers of damaging water pipes in the process of repairing underground electricity cables resulting in several leakages.Sikhululekile Moyo, chairper...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
NGOs unfazed by Mnangagwa's threats
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said they were unfazed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to deregister them over allegations that they are pursuing a regime change agenda. ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses fake news
Zanu-PF has dismissed as fictitious, a report in a local daily newspaper yesterday claiming the ruling party has failed to fulfil its 2018 election promises. In a statement yesterday, Za...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe stares at another disputed poll in 2023'
SINCE the advent of COVID-19 in March last year, Zimbabwe suspended by-elections despite that several parliamentary and council seats fell vacant after MPs affiliated to the MDC Alliance led by Nelson...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
'Rights' groups Report Mnangagwa to UN
HUMAN rights organisations have reported President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) for overseeing worsening gross human rights violations in the country....Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:53hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reach Covid-19 herd immunity by December
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube says the government is determined to achieve herd immunity by December this year, a development that may see the country lifting its tight Covid-19 restrictions.T...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:03hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe removes Sadc visa requirement
Zimbabwe has become the first country to exempt all SADC Member States from visa requirements, taking the lead in the region as part of accelerated efforts to operationalise the African Continental Fr...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:12hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Early Day capacitates young climate change reporters
Early Day, a local youth led organization that seeks to foster for the empowerment of youth, women and disabled persons in matters of sustainable developm...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 22:55hrs | 285 | by Paul Ndou
Corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police a smoke without fire
In Zimbabwe, it is very rare for politicians holding ministerial positions or senior officers to resign on their own without a hint of scandal. So it has ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 2835 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zesa pension fund opts for merger
BOARD of directors at the embattled Zesa Holdings Pension Fund (ZESAPF), battling a ZW$2,4 billion (US$28,5 million) actuarial deficit, are now opting for a merger with the Zimbabwe Electricity Indust...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:36hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi a very sensitive issue: NPRC
NATIONAL Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) deputy chairperson Lillian Chigwedere yesterday told Parliament that the Gukurahundi genocide of the 1980s was a very sensitive issue which still ne...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
'Withholding COVID-19 allowances to unvaccinated workers illegal'
CIVIC society groups yesterday blasted threats by government to scrap insurance pay-outs for unvaccinated frontline workers saying these were tactics to enforce mandatory vaccination of civil servants...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:59hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi a priority for the whole nation
AFTER attaining full independence in April 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on a journey of nation building but along the way, conflict was unavoidable in the young nation. Factors including tribalism,...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | 727 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to intervene in Bulawayo housing stands saga
THE Government will this week meet Bulawayo City Council officials, private developers and aggrieved residents over growing cases of housing stands abandoned by private developers despite residents ha...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 11:25hrs | 2106 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo businesses must ride on ZITF, exploit regional market opportunities
WITH only a few weeks left before the country hosts the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), Bulawayo once again comes under spotlight, not only as a host to the prime trade showcase, but ...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 10:11hrs | 379 | by Staff Reporter
President Mnangagwa converted by Passion Java?
His excellency the president of Zimbabwe has shown a skill to engage the youth. The president has taken time in his busy schedule to meet individual youth leaders youth pastors sports persons and peop...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 08:50hrs | 3490 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe govt unsettled by non-renewal of SA permits
AS details of South Africa's recent bilateral talks with Zimbabwe emerge, the authorities in Harare are now in panic mode after Pretoria announced plans to suspend the temporary work permits of Zimbab...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 4782 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't get international Covid-19 rescue package
ZIMBABWE will not receive a dime from a multi-billion-dollar facility organised by international financial institutions which seeks to help countries of the global South in dealing with the socio-econ...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Govt privatises IDs, passports production
GOVERNMENT has awarded a tender to an unnamed private company to print citizens' identification (ID) cards and passports under a build operate and transfer (BOT) agreement in a bid to ease the current...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
Inhlokomo rolls up its sleeves
Inhlokomo YeSizwe sika Mthwakazi is rolling up its sleeves and getting hands on by setting regional structures on the ground. After taking a momentary and deliberate pause to give space for the Phuthe...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1334 | by IYS
Peter Ndlovu party champions Zimbabwe re-engagement efforts
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu's opposition All Peoples Party (APP) has petitioned Queen Elizabeth II to allow for Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonwealth club.APP acting president Sabastian ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 7283 | by Staff reporter
Brotherly advice to Hon Joanna Mamombe
In our families, communities, religious and political groupings and even at workplaces, people tend to be hesitant to tell each other the truth especially that which is deemed the unpalatable truth. H...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:51hrs | 2304 | by Harare West Constituency Voter
RBZ goes for broke: names, shames forex abusers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday escalated plans to punish "outliers" including listed milling giant, National Foods, which it said were "abusing" foreign currency acquired through the auc...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
18 forex abusers to pay penalties
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday listed the first 18 firms facing civil penalties under the new Statutory Instrument 127 after being caught abusing the foreign exchange auction system, with Zimb...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
NRZ-Turkish firm ink game-changing deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board is convinced that Turkish construction giant, Yapi Merkez, which has agreed to invest in the rehabilitation and modernisation of local railway infrastruct...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
RBZ names companies abusing foreign exchange auction system
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has named 18 companies that have been abusing the foreign exchange auction system. The RBZ released a statement and said the companies that were found out by the F...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 277 | by Agencies
63 pregnant school girls drop out in Bulawayo
IN a trend that has exposed the continued exploitation of the girl child in both rural and urban communities, 63 girls in Bulawayo dropped out of school after being impregnated, while about 40 pupils ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora 'secret' meet raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora on Friday held their first formal meeting since the Manicaland senator became the government's preferred leader of the opposition amid mu...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | 5351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'favouritism' slammed
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of dividing teachers by ignoring concerns of other teachers while sympathetic to Zanu-PF aligned teachers onl...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
ZYC engages young journalists
Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) has engaged the Young Journalists Association (YOJA) today in Harare in a bid to increase it's visibility.Speaking at the engagement meeting YOJA Spokesperson Leop...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 19:08hrs | 263 | by Lloyd Rabaya in Harare
Zimbabwe appeals for sanctions removal
ZIMBABWE yesterday appealed to the European Union (EU) to remove sanctions, which it says have continued to hinder development and caused the economic meltdown.This came out during the EU-Zimb...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths summon govt officials
Zanu-PF youths in Mashonaland East province on Wednesday summoned government workers, district development co-ordinators and ministers, and ordered them to support their activities.The tense m...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims he is touched by the plight of teachers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is touched by the plight of teachers and Government acknowledges that there is a need to improve civil servants' remuneration.The President said while Governmen...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to put structures in place
Zanu-PF wants its provincial structures to work tirelessly with the lower structures to ensure a resounding victory in the 2023 harmonised elections through putting in place proper structures from cel...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Villagers approach High Court over hospital master plan
DISGRUNTLED Chiweshe villagers have approached High Court after Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) allegedly refused to furnish them with master plan an...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:41hrs | 273 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean students showcase Chinese language skills
The final round of the Zimbabwean edition of the 20th Chinese Bridge contest was held at the University of Zimbabwe in the capital Harare on Saturday.The Chinese Bridge is an annual worldwide ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:21hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
25 000 Sputnik V jabs boost for vaccination
Zimbabwe's battle against Covid-19 got a boost yesterday after the country took delivery of the first consignment of 25 000 doses of the Russian manufactured vaccine — Sputnik V — donated by a dia...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA revive migration indaba
Zimbabwe and South Africa on Friday revived the Cross-Border Migration Management Stakeholders Forum's quarterly meetings which had stopped due to Covid-19.The forum was established around 201...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:02hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Clinics for pensioners rolled out
Health facilities dedicated to the elderly are being rolled out in the public system nationwide, with the first fixed clinic in the new chain being opened by NSSA in Harare on Friday.Speaking ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business set for showdown over Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) wants the government to suspend the "heavy handed" decree promulgated last week as it has the potential to kill market confidence. Statutory Inst...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
Emganwini residents still living in fear
EMGANWINI residents are living in fear over the growing number of people suffering from diarrhoea in the suburb.They blame Bulawayo City Council's water for the diarrhoea outbreak, but tests a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says public service not a feeding trough
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday warned public office bearers against abusing goods and services meant for the people as he rallied the ruling party to occupy the space left by the country's ever squabbl...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:54hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
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