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'No free jab for foreigners in Zimbabwe'
FOREIGNERS who are not permanently staying in Zimbabwe will pay for COVID-19 vaccination, which is currently being administered for free to locals. This was said by President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 5 hrs ago | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zapu executive in double-dipping storm
SUSPENDED Zapu organising secretary Derek Katsenga has been accused of being a mole and working with Zanu-PF to lure the party into joining the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) initiated by President...Published: 6 hrs ago | 535 | by Staff reporter
PSL needs SuperSport as its broadcast partner
LOCAL football is set to return early next month in the form of a cup championship after almost 18 months on suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.While all but one of the 18 clubs are ready...Published: 6 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
'Security officers leading most armed robberies in Zimbabwe'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Thursday admitted before the Senate that serving and former police officers and soldiers were involved in the majority of armed robberies recorded throughout t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 854 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo to resume radiation therapy for cancer, says Chiwenga
GOVERNMENT will avail radiotherapy and chemotherapy services at Mpilo Central Hospital for cancer services following disruption of the amenities recently. Vice President Dr Constantino Chiweng...Published: 6 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean vehicle maker partners US-based company
A LOCAL vehicle manufacturer, Hende Moto, has secured a partnership with a United States-based Max Sound Corp, which will see the two providing high-definition audio technology on all the company's ve...Published: 6 hrs ago | 333 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 6 hrs ago | 967 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga commissions NetOne Base Station
Nachulwe Base station in Binga has been commissioned by the country's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga giving credence to government's developmental th...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1038 | by Shelton Muchena in Binga
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
$6m scandal haunts Mwonzora
An MDC-T activist on Friday lodged a complaint with the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) accusing the party's leader Douglas Mwonzora of stealing over $6 million from the opposition party's c...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2809 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks shut doors on 99-year farm leases
THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Milk shortages hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been hit by a serious milk shortage, with dairy farmers citing viability challenges emanating from poor producer prices, it has emerged. Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chair...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
RioZim gold output falls 27%
LOW ore grade at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed gold producer RioZim's flagship unit Cam&Motor Mine saw the firm's total output tumble by 27% during the year ended December 31, 2020, said the ...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Muchadeyi Masunda daughter, Dr Sindi van Zyl dies in hospital
Former Kaya FM presenter, medical doctor and life coach Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl died on Saturday morning at a Gauteng hospital, her family said in a statement today.Dr Sindi was daughter to forme...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1599 | by Staff reporter
Eight meter-readers available for entire city
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have put themselves on a collision course with residents as it has emerged that they have been estimating water bills since the beginning of the year.In a...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:43hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Improve mobile phone network connectivity, says Chiwenga
MOBILE phone operators have been called upon to play their part in ensuring network connectivity in the country so as to bring inclusivity to the previously marginalised communities.Speaking a...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:42hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 1196 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo conducts virtual consultations on city master plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a virtual consultation with residents on the city's master plan in line with the country's Regional, Town and Country Planning Act.The current c...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:57hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
BCC counting $1 billion loss in potential revenue
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) potentially lost over $1 billion in potential revenue since October owing to delays by government to approve its supplementary budget.The council in September 2020 ...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:56hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reported to ZACC over theft of party funds
INTRACTABLE MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga Friday reported his party president, Douglas Mwonzora to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) alleging the Nyanga senator, working in cahoots with ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:01hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi & related matters
Greetings to all Mthwakazi citizens! On 2 April 2021, I brought to your attention our preparations for the establishment of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. In doing so, I also invited you t...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:53hrs | 756 | by Dr. Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Give us farms' MDC Mwonzora MPs pleads with Mnangagwa's minister
MDC-T MPs Thursday took to task Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka on why the government's land distribution exercise remained partisan leaving out MDC members, especially MPs.The minister wa...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2972 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's financial sector needs to be harmonised,' says Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the country must establish a Financial Sector Development Plan (FSDP) as part of efforts to coordinate the operations of companies working in...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets over $15m for road maintenance
GOVERNMENT, through the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), recently disbursed over $15 million to the Bulawayo City Council for routine road maintenance works that includes pothole patchi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Government licenses 80 IPP projects
GOVERNMENT has so far licensed 80 independent power producers (IPPs) projects who could add a total of 7 000 megawatts to the national grid, more than three times the national requirement."At ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe represents everything wrong about opposition politics
A young member of the MDC formation led by Nelson Chamisa, Makomborero Haruzivishe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Harare Magistrates Court this week for inciting public violence. ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 331 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa needs to ditch 'student politics'
POLITICAL analysts have once again warned that the opposition risks being annihilated by Zanu-PF ahead of the 2023 polls, unless they change strategy and pursue national dialogue.In addition, ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:38hrs | 2300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets US$5bn tobacco industry
THE government wants to create a U$5 billion tobacco industry by 2025 as it moves to turn around the economy through agriculture.This comes as Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told stakehol...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:35hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
More misery for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suffered another blow after High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa dismissed an application to stop Treasury from disbursing money under the Political Parties (F...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:53hrs | 3754 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors launch marketing app
BULAWAYO-BASED informal traders have launched an application called Sizimele to help market their products both locally and internationally.Last month, the informal traders underwent capacity-...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:49hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Harare teacher smuggles 40 pupils into school system
THERE was chaos at Waterfalls Primary School in Harare last week when over 40 pupils were turned away after it emerged that their names were not on the school register after having been smuggled into ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Tourism goods VAT scrapped
GOVERNMENT has removed Value Added Tax (VAT) payable on selected goods and services in the tourism sector in an effort to promote domestic tourism and catapult the industry back to its hey days. ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:42hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Bosso crowd-fund for Covid-19 tests
A group of Highlanders FC members and supporters has embarked on an initiative to raise US$1 500 to cover the team's Covid-19 tests to enable the first team to start training. Twelve Premiersh...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:42hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC lose funding case
HIGH Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has thrown out an application by the MDC Alliance which sought to bar the government from disbursing funds to the main MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora under the Poli...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political tension escalates afresh
POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inci...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance seeks 'political prisoners' recognition for jailed activists
The MDC Alliance on Wednesday called on international human rights organisations to recognise nine of its jailed activists as "political prisoners" while urging the United Nations to launch an urgent ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
NMBZ realises $705 million pre-tax profit
NMBZ Holdings realised a profit before taxation of ZWL 705 414 282 last year, in what the group's chairman, Mr Ben Chikwanha, described as a remarkable performance, despite the difficult operating env...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:36hrs | 586 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe should've learnt how to run country from Rhodesians, not the wearing of colonial wigs
If ever there is anything in Zimbabwe that infuriates me to the core, it is the sight of a once prosperous nation - whereby (irregardless of the numerous glaring racial injustices) the economy was so ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:22hrs | 2289 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Haruzivishe appealing both conviction and 'harsh' sentence, says lawyer
Jailed opposition MDC Alliance youth activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is appealing his conviction and 14-months sentence at the High Court, his attorney said on Wednesday, calling the punishment "too ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:46hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
'Masuku death marked the demise of democracy'
CIVIC groups in Matabeleland have described the late Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Commander General Lookout Masuku as the epitome of democracy, hence his inexplicable death on April 5,...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2578 | by Staff reporter
Blanket completes Zimbabwe's deepest gold shaft
RESOURCES firm Caledonia Mining Corporation has blasted off its first gold ore at the US$67 million Central Shaft at Blanket Mine in Gwanda, marking the beginning of a new era following six years of p...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco selling season kicks off today
The new tobacco selling season kicks off today with the opening ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare and with contract sales opening tomorrow. The Tobacco Industry and Ma...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths slam swift jailing of Makomborero while Mnangagwa allies walk free
MDC Alliance youths have blasted the swift trial and jailing of party activist and pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by a Harare court while several corruption accused top Zanu-PF offic...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 5667 | by Staff reporter
Mawere reports SMM administrator to ZACC
Businessman Mutumwa Mawere has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate how Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), which is under state curatorship since 2004, has been collecting re...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
So how is it possible that someone considered too old to run a school class, can be entrusted with running an entire country?
Yesterday, I was extremely agitated watching the viral video of the elderly lady who was being harassed by a bunch of bus touts in Beitbridge town (who have since been arrested and sentenced to six mo...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 10:20hrs | 1956 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sibangilizwe Nkomo's interview was a disaster in the making
Not long-ago last month, Sibangilizwe Nkomo announced his Zapu candidacy to replace the late DD: Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa. I was excited about this, well as someone who grew up in Zapu and known the la...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 3633 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Zimbabwe, Africa ill-prepared for COVID-19 3rd wave'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said a potentially deadly third wave of COVID-19 was imminent at a time when most African countries' healthcare facilitiesand personnel were overstretched a...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
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