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Schools should close shop to avert the cholera crisis
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ has concluded its research on the state of preparedness of schools to handle the cholera outbreak. Our Schools are not safe and have no capacity to...Published: 15 mins ago | 124 | by ARTUZ
Mnangagwa lays down legislative agenda
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially opened the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe, and pronounced the legislative agenda which is guided by the need to align laws to the new constitution, to further d...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2079 | by Staff Reporter
The truth behind Team Pachedu
Once upon a time, there was a source with credible information online. It started as a mysterious micro-blog, but their simple numbers were objectively verifiable. Even though no one really knew who t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1590 | by Anthony Mkondo
SA court legalises private cannabis use
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence.Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the law banning marijuana use by adults was un...Published: 3 hrs ago | 971 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa on real economic test
Barely in less than month since the president has Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the office, a number of striking developments have taken place. In his November inaugural speech last year, the focus was o...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2041 | by Sithabile Mafu
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2357 | by Paul Siwela
Retired old cabinet to be in charge of directing government programmes
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Japhet Moyo has said it is now official that the retired old cabinet would actually be in charge of directing government programmes. "The re...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1934 | by Stephen Jakes
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1070 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa seems to be on track
The opposition campaigned freely across the country.The presence of regional and international observers was most welcome.However, Zec has some serious house-keeping to do in order to ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1416 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU honours 2006 torture victims
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has honoured its members who were brutally tortured by police on September 13 2006 after spearheading countrywide protests against social injustices by for...Published: 7 hrs ago | 272 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs demand satellite teachers' college
TRADITIONAL leaders from Matebeleland North say they are expecting government to honour their request for a satellite teachers' training college at the Ntabazinduna Vocational Training Centre....Published: 7 hrs ago | 769 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 7 hrs ago | 644 | by Don Chigumba
Stunted exploration to stifle Zimbabwe gold output growth
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity), the country's sole gold buyer, says gold output could hit 50 tonnes in two years on the back of a central bank support to the small-scale mining sector, but ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
US$ black market rate spirals
Exchange rates on Zimbabwe's parallel market have risen sharply in the past week to 100% for real time gross settlement (RTGS) transfers, triggering fears of more price increases.Zimbabwe's ch...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3007 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 5 'quick-win projects' from each minister
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered his cabinet ministers to each come up with "five quick and high impact projects" as he looks to make a quick impression after his disputed election in July, Ne...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1541 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangangwa's govt bans vending with immediate effect
THE government has banned "all types of vending with immediate effect", cabinet ministers revealed Monday as the country battles a cholera epidemic that has claimed 30 lives nationwide."As a w...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1986 | by Staff reporter
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1656 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, Finance ministry in anti-graft blitz
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is currently reviewing all government-funded programmes to identify possible cases of corruption, an official said yesterday.Munyaradzi Magiga, a...Published: 7 hrs ago | 560 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 7 hrs ago | 541 | by Staff reporter
Independent media aids plurality of voices, says Mutodi
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has said the government appreciates the role played by independent media and called for multiplicity of voices if the country...Published: 7 hrs ago | 134 | by Staff reporter
'Govt, council should stop blame-game on cholera'
GOVERNMENT and local authorities have been urged to ensure provision of basic water and sanitation infrastructure in order to effectively deal with the cholera and typhoid outbreaks, the former which ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Vendors blitz spreads to Masvingo as soldiers, police clear city
THE police blitz on vendors in major towns has spread to Masvingo, with soldiers and the police clearing the city at the weekend as government responds to the outbreak of cholera that has claimed 30 l...Published: 8 hrs ago | 522 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cholera tests negative
LABORATORY tests have ruled out cholera in 10 of the 12 people from Bulawayo who had been admitted to hospital on fears that they had contracted the disease. Bulawayo City Council director of ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 367 | by Staff reporter
'Banks have let Bulawayo down'
A NUMBER of viable manufacturing projects in Bulawayo have remained stagnant and failed to take off for years due to lack of affordable credit lines from banks, entrepreneur and one of Bulawayo's few ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?
LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic strea...Published: 8 hrs ago | 241 | by Ian Scoones
Cops launch countrywide roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a countrywide operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Driving policies towards Vision 2030
Zimbabwe has a new socio-political order. This has been dubbed the Second Republic, which is under the new dispensation. A new national policy is being crafted and hopefully will soon be unveiled. ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 120 | by Nick Mangwana
Mnangagwa chairs first Second Republic Cabinet
President Mnangagwa yesterday chaired the first Cabinet meeting under the Second Republic where he introduced a new approach on the conduct of Government business and tasked the new ministers to ident...Published: 8 hrs ago | 348 | by Staff reporter
Four independent power producers approach Zera for licences
Four Independent Power Producers (IPP) have approached the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority seeking independent licenses to venture into electricity generation. The energy regulatory autho...Published: 8 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deliver SONA, set agenda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to deliver his first State of the National Address (SONA) and officially open the first session of the Ninth Parliament during which he will set the legislative a...Published: 8 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
Econet celebrates 20 years of ZSE listing
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe yesterday reached a major milestone after completing 20 years since its shares were listed and first publicly traded on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE); a month after Zimbab...Published: 8 hrs ago | 47 | by Staff reporter
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2285 | by AT Kadada
Anger on social media over Mugabe, Grace chartered flight
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily on social media after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly chartered a plane for former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who flew to Singapo...Published: 24 hrs ago | 4051 | by Staff reporter
'MDC council, govt should work together'
MDC Alliance-controlled local authorities are not autonomous to government and pushing for absolute independence would place them on collision course with the ministry of Local Government, an official...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
42 young Zimbabwe leaders sought
The 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship is looking for 42 young Zimbabwean leaders who have a proven record of leadership and accomplishment in business, or civic engagement.The applications fo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:14hrs | 2702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his VPs urged to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two deputies - Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi - have been urged to publicly declare their assets in order to demonstrate their commitment to fighting corrup...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Khupe earmarked for a diplomatic posting
Speculation is rife within the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe that its leader could be earmarked for a diplomatic posting in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This follows claims on social...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:06hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Removal of vendors from streets of Harare is improperly conceived and poor- Zvidzai
MDC Alliance senior official Sesel Zvidzai has described the removal of the venmdors from the streets of Harare on account of cholera outbreak as improperly conceived and poor.Government...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:32hrs | 1597 | by Stephen Jakes
Man denies kids birth certificates
A HARARE man is said to be in the habit of denying his own children their rights to birth certificates when hauled for maintenance by ex-wife at the Harare Civil Court.The court heard when Vim...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police detain journalist for 3 hours
Freelance journalist Columbus Mavhunga was detained for close to three hours during a police crackdown on vendors in Harare on Sunday 16 September. Mavhunga was detained after he refused to de...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:43hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Raj Modi lobbies govt to work from Bulawayo instead of Harare
Zimbabwe's new deputy minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi has requested government to allow him to work from Bulawayo instead of Harare.Bulawayo businessperson and Sai Enterprises...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 10:54hrs | 4402 | by Staff writer
MDC-T Khupe bemoans cholera outbreak
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Thokozani Khupe hsa lamented the outbreak of Cholera especially in Harare urging the stakeholders and well wishers to chip in to curb the problem....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1520 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo Mayor speaks out on Cholera
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni has spoken out about Cholera, which continues to claims lives of citizens in Harare and seem to have spread into Bulawayo as well."So, cholera has been dec...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1865 | by Stephen Jakes
Ailing Mugabes flies out to Singapore
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and wife Grace reportedly flew out to Singapore Sunday on a flight chartered by the government.Mugabe, 95, and his wife, 53, have reportedly been struggling with...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 5769 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa side-lines Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent cabinet and party appointments featured curious inclusions and exclusions.After taking over power late last year following a military backed intervention ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:35hrs | 15348 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's trial postponed
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo's fraud trial was last week postponed pending a High Court's decision on an application challenging his arrest.Through his lawyer, Chombo applied for a ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Top govt posts for Khupe?
Speculation is rife between the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe that its leader could be earmarked for a diplomatic posting in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. This follows claims on soci...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:30hrs | 12364 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now talking dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "come to the negotiating table" or face the real prospect of driving the country down the abyss.In a...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 7434 | by Staff reporter
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