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Mnangagwa's govt gags media over Al Jazeera exposé?
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba yesterday subtly gagged the local media from reporting on the Al Jazeera documentary exposing alleged money laundering and illegal smuggling of gold by Presid...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburb plunges into darkness
BULAWAYO's Newton West suburb was plunged into darkness early yesterday morning after thieves once again stole copper cables as the spate of vandalism of critical public infrastructure continues unaba...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches resource mobilisation exercise
President Mnangagwa has today launched a resource mobilisation exercise towards victims of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Malawi which claimed more than 500 lives with thousands injured and a trail of des...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe seated on huge renewable energy resources'
ENERGY and Power Development minister Zhemu Soda last week said the country is sitting on enormous untapped energy resources offering significant opportunities for investors.He said some of th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors blame Mnangagwa's govt, ZETDC for Bulawayo water woes
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Bulawayo have blamed the government and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for the ongoing water crisis in the city. ...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:28hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers hit Masvingo Inter Africa depot
Police in Masvingo are appealing for information leading to the arrest of five armed robbers who robbed an Inter Africa depot in the industrial area and got away with US$14 524 and ZAR13 450.M...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:29hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Lovendale: A forgotten township
Have you ever heard of Lovendale Township? It's a small community located just 17 kilometres from the Bulawayo CBD, under Umguza RDC. Built in 2014, Lovendale Township is a relatively new development ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 11:01hrs | 875 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
French revolution brewing as France protests gets 'out of control'
Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron's pension reformFrench authorities struggled on Thursday to suppress the protests against President Emmanuel Macron...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF breaks tradition on primaries?
ZIMBABWE's ruling Zanu-PF party has allowed former opposition members to contest in this week's internal polls, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa breaks with tradition, the Zimbabwe Independent can repo...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zesa mulls US$4bn gas-fired plant
ZIMBABWE'S power utility Zesa Holdings Ltd says it plans to build a gas-fired power station as it prepares for a potential find by Australia Stock Exchange-listed resources junior Invictus Energy, whi...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
2022/23 rains wreak havoc countrywide
TWENTY-FIVE people died, while at least 3 100 households were destroyed countrywide by rainfall-related disasters throughout the 2022-23 rainy seasons, latest data shows.Statistics released by...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls double header for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Victoria Falls today to lead key proceedings of two separate high-level international economic conferences as the Second Republic intensifies its efforts to accelerate d...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1446 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Chamisa and Mnangagwa must work together to establish Karanga hegemony
Zimbabwe's National Council of Chiefs and Pan-African President, Senator Fortune Charumbira, has set the cat among the pigeons calling for talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition CCC...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Teen dies in mine shaft
A 19-YEAR-OLD man died after he fell into a 11-metre deep mine shaft where he inhaled hazardous gases.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Thandolwenko...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 10:36hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Zimbabweans don't care about your 'critical pronouncements' as long as we're hungry and poor!
Recently, during a performance contract signing ceremony, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa chided his information and communications personnel for failing to properly articulate and disseminate h...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:27hrs | 323 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman found dead in church
The body of a 34-year-old woman believed to have been assaulted and strangled was last Wednesday found in a prayer room at a church in Beitbridge.Investigations revealed that the woman had gon...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's bid for Cowdray park seat sparks debate
A debate has ensued about Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube's electoral chances after he surfaced as a contender in the Zanu-PF primary elections, to represent the newl...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 19:15hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga will never rule Zimbabwe while Karangas watch
"Dunderhead", is how the biggest Zimbabwe gold smuggling syndicate describes Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. It is fascinating that even the criminals are aware of this fact. His below p...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 08:12hrs | 5978 | by Israel Dube
Digital marketing strategies for small businesses
Are you a small business owner looking to get the most out of your digital marketing plans? Digital marketing strategies are becoming increasingly important for real cash businesses. Not only ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 23:44hrs | 161 | by Staff Reporter
Resource curse in Africa
The African continent is bestowed with so much natural wealth such as diamonds, coal, petroleum, natural gas, copper, and uranium to mention a few. Still, it has been the poorest continent in the worl...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 09:09hrs | 261 | by Jeremie Kalombo
Tropical storm Freddy on the rebound
Tropical storm Freddy, the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record which hit Madagascar, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the third and fourth weeks of last month before returning to sea, is far f...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC forgets Sikhala
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 15:36hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
The Nkulumane Complex: A sleeping giant
The Nkulumane Mall is named after Nkulumane who was King Mzilikazi's son. Nkulumane was born in Mhlahlandlela, near modern-day Pretoria in South Africa. Nkulumane was named after Kuruman, where Dr. Ro...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 10:18hrs | 4363 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Zera hikes price of gas effective immediately
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed upwards the price of Liquefied Petroleum (LP Gas).In a statement, the energy regulator noted that it had increased the price of LP ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 07:22hrs | 1606 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa ally 'defies' mining ban
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, who owns Better Brands, is reportedly engaged in secret mining at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, despite closure of the...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 2671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation goes negative
Monthly inflation went negative last month to -1,6 percent, meaning prices fell on average, according to ZimStat, the national statistics agency, using the new weighted consumer price index that takes...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:14hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala solidarity waning
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's name mired in underworld gold activities
FROM the Macmillan family and their gold-smuggling activities to the Kwekwe underworld mining adventures and Henrietta Rushwaya's sensational arrest three years ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nam...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:00hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
MPs take Soda Zhemu to task
LEGISLATORS say Energy minister Soda Zhemu is painting a misleading picture of Zimbabwe's energy situation, which they say is worsening despite his numerous assurances.In the final quarter of ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Harare couple in court over tuckshop wrangle
A COUPLE from Hatfield, Harare, had a verbal showdown in the civil court yesterday over ownership of a tuckshop.Joanna Gasa claimed that she was the owner of the tuckshop and was seeking to ba...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must stay away from occult wealth seeking
IMAGINE being instructed by an inyanga or sangoma to take soil from a stranger's grave that will be used to perform a ritual to invoke the spirit of a dead person to help you get instant wealth and po...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Bosso in tricky opening fixtures
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League title-starved Bulawayo sleeping giant Highlanders' five opening games will have a big tell in their quest to end a 17-year wait for the championship, as they face tr...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:02hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe courts cannot review monetary policy'
CABS will not pay a client US$179 000 in foreign currency, being the balance converted to local currency at the height of currency reforms in 2019, after the High Court ruled that courts have no power...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:53hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
U2 announce comeback on the Las Vegas Stage
Everyone's favourite Irish rock band, U2, will make a more than welcome return to the stage later this year. The world-famous group has followed in the footsteps of Adele and Celine Dion, announcing t...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 15:22hrs | 678 | by Staff Reporter
How Zimbabwe's fuel price now compares to other African countries
Zimbabwe's fuel price is painfully high and unlikely to drop significantly anytime soon.The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.30 U.S. dollars per litre. However, there is a subst...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:36hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwe High Court judges facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct
Two High Court judges are facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct, ZimLive revealed.Justice Martin Makonese of the Bulawayo High Court and Justice Webster Chinamora of the Har...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Freddy kills 2 people in Zimbabwe
CYCLONE Freddy, which had been anticipated to cause havoc in the country and parts of southern Africa has killed two people and blown off several roofs in Chimanimani and Chipinge, the country's Metro...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 23088 | by Staff reporter
China calls for investigation into Nord Stream blasts
China called on relevant parties to conduct an objective and fair investigation into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosions incident and supported the accelerated investigation process to fin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
USA wants South Africa to cancel all future military exercises with China and Russia
The House of Representatives in the United States of America is pushing for a review of relations with South Africa over its hosting of military exercises with China and Russia.The joint marit...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vice President arrives in Iran
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has arrived in Iran for bilateral engagements with the host government.The Vice President is here at the invitation...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 18:02hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai turning in his grave
THE late opposition MDC stalwart Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who died on 14 February, five years ago, is turning in his grave because some of his family members and close associates have joined the Zanu...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt acquires electric cars
THE Government, through the Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED), has now bought a total of 18 electric vehicles from a Chinese company as Zimbabwe continues to promote the use of smart ener...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:45hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rejects ZESA tariff plan
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has shot down a proposal by ZESA Holdings for businesses to wholly pay electricity tariff in United States dollar following the government's policy to align tariff p...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Why SA is destination of choice for asylum seekers
CURIOUSLY but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles.The country has played host to many prominent political ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 221 | by Dr Sizo Nkala
Zimbabwe readies for Cyclone Freddy
Reports from Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Climate Services Centre indicate that the cyclone, which hit Madagascar on Tuesday night, is expected to make landfall in the region, includi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Schools shut as Cyclone Freddy approaches Zimbabwe
As the fringes of Tropical Storm Freddy reached Chipinge and Chimanimani yesterday, adding to the already heavy rain and lightning that earlier in the week struck and killed one person, Zimbabwe went ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:01hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department warns of sixth cyclone
THE sixth south-west Indian Ocean cyclone of the present season, Cyclone Freddy, could possibly move into the Mozambique Channel today, although it was still about 1,250 km east of Madagascar yesterda...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:54hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 700 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe readies for Cyclone Freddy
ZIMBABWE has activated its disaster response teams as it closely monitors a developing Cyclone Freddy amid incessant rains that continue to pound most parts of the country while authorities are concer...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:28hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
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