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Mnangagwa cronies get lucrative tenders
On 5 May 2025, Youth Minister Tinoda Machakaire posted a seemingly heartfelt message on social media expressing deep concern over the dire state of Zimbabwe's public health institutions. Visiting a ho...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:42hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Government contractors warned against dishonesty
The Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers Union (ZCATWU) has called on government contractors to stop abusing delayed payments from the Treasury as a justification for poor performance and d...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:41hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's IMC Communications expands into road rehabilitation projects
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo's company, IMC Communications, has expanded its operations to include road rehabilitation projects, marking a significant diversification from its traditional telecommunic...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 13:49hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of victory in Glen View
Zanu-PF supporters converged at Chemhanza Grounds in Glen View South yesterday for a campaign rally in support of Tsitsi Tawomhera, the party's candidate for the April 12 by-election.The rally...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:25hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce new law to regulate social media use
The Zimbabwean government is in the process of drafting new legislation to regulate social media platforms, aiming to address growing concerns over unregulated use.Speaking at a Ministers Meet...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 06:53hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Warren Hills housing development abusing prison labour
The use of prison labour at a private housing development in Warren Hills, reportedly linked to businessman Ken Sharpe's real estate company, West Properties, has ignited a heated public debate. Socia...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 14:21hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media must not agitate for illegal regime change
Advocating for the overthrow of a democratically elected government falls outside the bounds of media freedom, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr. Jenfan Muswere said yesterd...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:54hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Modern homes for old Gwanda Road displaced families
Mnangagwa says there is no room for hesitation in his governmentPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa took decisive action yesterday against under-performing Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and D...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:36hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing billions in inflated infrastructure project costs
Zimbabwe may be losing billions of dollars in inflated costs for its massive infrastructure projects due to the absence of advanced software for accurate project pricing, according to a local industry...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:11hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1516 | by Paul Siwela
Resistance to Mnangagwa's 2030 push grows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly facing resistance from the military and shifting alliances within Zanu-PF as he seeks to extend his stay in power beyond 2028. Supporters and shadowy affilia...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Minister commissions first Binga propaganda radio station
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, yesterday officially commissioned Twasumpuka FM, the first and only community radio station in Binga District in Matebelel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe debt set to balloon
ZIMBABWE is set to finance its 2024 total budget financing gap of ZWL$9,2 trillion through domestic and external borrowing, a development that will further sink the country deep into debt.Acco...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2,996 graduands at Nust
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 996 graduands at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), among them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswer...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes more key govt appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Virginia Mabhiza, former Secretary for Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, to the position of Attorney-General. The announcement of this appointment w...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate not worried about Mthuli Ncube's perceived influence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary candidate for Cowdray Park says he is not worried about Zanu-PF's aspiring National Assembly candidate Mthuli Ncube's perceived influence.On W...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives rally attendees 'ED bread' to consume for a day
IT was yet another bumper crowd for President Emmerson Mnangagwa where Zanu-PF supporters attended the Mashonaland Central provincial rally in Centenary over the weekend.Hundreds of buses and ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimra closes Kariba border post
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is on Thursday, 20 July, set to suspend the usage of the Kariba border as a crossing point for a host of stakeholders citing high traffic volumes that have stret...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Nust construction projects on course
MASSIVE progress has been recorded at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), where the institution's Technovation Centre is now 88 percent complete.The construction of facto...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The day Zanu-PF stole the election
WITH less than four days to go before the nomination court sits, the opposition is in disarray and still trying to find its way out of the political dust raised by Zanu-PF this week.The ruling...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
RBZ boss speaks on looming exit
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says his top priorities are to leave behind a sound financial system, strong central bank, and stable prices as his two terms come to an end....Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister allays bread shortage fears
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira says the country will not experience wheat and bread shortages because it has 13 months wheat supply, signifying a good wheat harvest.Respon...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo defends government projects
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in charge of implementation and monitoring, Joram Gumbo has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is seeking to develop key infrastructure in al...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assigns Reconciliation Act to Justice Ministry
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has assigned the administration of the National Peace and Reconciliation Act to Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who needs to give the required su...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to unleash vendors, touts in 2023
Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial vice chairperson Edson Chiherenge yesterday (September 14) during the party's inter-district meeting said all vendors and touts in the province belong to the ruling party a...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
3,000 hectares of wheat in Mat North
FARMERS in Matabeleland North have increased their wheat hectarage from last year's 950 hectares to about 3 000 hectares as the province moves towards enhancing the country's food security and attainm...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
USD pay rise for Zimbabwe civil servants
GOVERNMENT has offered a 25 percent salary increment to civil servants in United States dollar terms which will result in State employees getting US$200 effectively this month.The workers have...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF holds business symposium
Zanu-PF Harare Province has held a business symposium aimed at communicating and equipping its members with knowledge on the developments being undertaken to the Second Republic led by President Mnang...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shadow MP guns for Binga DDC
DAGGERS are out for Binga district development co-ordinator (DDC) Siansolo Kabome, who is being accused by Zanu-PF Binga shadow MP Kudakwashe Mavula Munsaka of sabotaging government programmes....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Court rules delay corruption cases'
ACTING Prosecutor-General Mr Nelson Mutsonziwa has implored the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) to consider relaxing some of the court rules to speed up corruption cases that have been dragging on ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US, CCC and local journalists gang up to foment chaos
The US government through its Harare embassy has started sponsoring local journalists to write more negative stories about Zimbabwe, at the same time undermining Chinese investments to create national...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Lupane villagers complain over extraction of granite stones
VILLAGERS in Ndengwende, which is popularly known as koMlalazi village in Lupane, are complaining about mass extraction of granite stones in their area, saying it is posing an environmental hazard....Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
PPC sees annual Zimbabwe cement sales up 25%
PPC, Africa's biggest cement company, says cement sales in Zimbabwe grew 25% year-on-year up to March, on better-than-expected demand from individual buyers and government projects.Cement sale...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Vast opportunities in rural areas'
ENTREPRENEURS have been urged to consider investing in rural areas as they are laden with opportunities that can drive the local economy. In his remarks at an open day organised by the R...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Monetary Policy Analysis
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) presented its first monetary policy statement for 2022 on the 7th of February. The monetary policy comes after a 53.5% surge in foreign currency receipts from US$6.3...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 13 | by Victor Bhoroma
Senior CCC members praise Zanu-PF?
There is no need for anyone to call on the Zanu-PF Government to go when it is addressing all the issues that were not handled well by the old dispensation, a former top MDC official who has joined th...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Major strides in road rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to gain momentum as an additional $6 billion from last year, which will add to this year's budget, will be re...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift exposed by rigging
Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of rigging January provincial elections have embarked on a witch-hunt to silence dissent in lower structures as infighting in the ruling party boils over following the disputed...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs homestead access roads rehab begins
The Government has started rehabilitating access roads to chiefs' homesteads countrywide to improve accessibility to traditional leaders as well as enhance their dignity and development in communities...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to borrow $147 billion in 2022
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the Treasury will borrow $146,8 billion using Treasury Bills (TBs) and Treasury Bonds in 2022 to finance key Government projects...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
6 contractors for Lake Gwayi- Shangani pipeline
GOVERNMENT has selected six contractors to urgently work on the 245km pipeline that connects the massive Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Matabeleland North Province to Bulawayo and insists that implementation ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, a champion of black empowerment
Business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei remains a champion of black empowerment. I am an ardent follower Tagwirei's business ventures and empowerment initiatives. His Command Agriculture scheme has benefit...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:55hrs | 11 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Fuel to be sold in Z$
THE Government is set to roll out a local currency fuel supply programme which will see a number of garages selling the commodity in local currency.At the moment more than 90 percent of garage...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mat North civil servants relocation imminent
GOVERNMENT is inching closer to fully relocating Matabeleland North civil servants to Lupane as construction of the Lupane Government Complex is now 88 percent complete with all works expected to be c...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clarifies 'demotion' of Cain Mathema
The new Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Evelyn Ndlovu, replaced Ambassador Cain Mathema because the latter is unwell, President Mnangagwa has said.Minister Ndlovu is the former...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZMDC begins exploration works at Kamativi Mine
THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) has commenced exploration works at Kamativi Mine in Matabeleland North province and hopes to complete the programme in December.Kamativi, formerl...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blue chips shine in Africa
AT least five of Zimbabwe's biggest stock exchange-listed firms have made it to the list of Africa's best performing companies, defying storms stemming out of a two year old economic crisis, which was...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Completion of Beitbridge-Harare road way behind schedule
Progress on rehabilitation work of Beitbridge-Harare highway is lagging behind schedule as the much-hyped project initially meant to be done by 2022 is still far from completion.Speaking to jo...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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