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Jonathan Moyo doesn't need Nelson Chamisa
Two days after former President Robert Mugabe fired Professor Jonathan Moyo, I received a meeting request from the former information and publicity minister. It was a crazy, unpredictable time....Published: 11 hrs ago | 3729 | by Tafi Mhaka
IMF warns of adverse Covid-19 impact on Zimbabwe's economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Zimbabwe's economy is likely to take a battering from the coronavirus outbreak that has paralysed the world as it would make it harder to balance ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 317 | by Staff reporter
Rethinking paltry pension payouts
WITH the coronavirus (Covid-19) causing significant economic and social disruptions across the globe, its impact is likely to be keenly felt by the most vulnerable members of society.The pande...Published: 14 hrs ago | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mr Trump, please cut us some slack
Despite romanticising rural life perhaps a tad too much, Bishop Lazi will openly admit that some village folk are an idiosyncratic lot.For those who might not know them, it takes time getting ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 135 | by Bishop Lazi
Govt shores up mealie-meal supplies
Government has shored up mealie-meal deliveries to ensure that households have adequate supplies of the staple.Also, some hospitals, including council and privately owned clinics, will tempora...Published: 14 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Zimbabweans for lockdown determination
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hailed Zimbabweans for complying with the regulations of the 21-day national lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, with the number of infections around the world sh...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees isolated – subjected to inhumane treatment
MORE than 260 Zimbabweans, among them deportees repatriated from neighbouring Botswana, are subjected to unhygienic and squalid conditions at Plumtree High School, which has been turned into an isolat...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Fitch downgrades South Africa further into 'junk'
The rand hit a new all-time low on Friday, breaching the R19/$ mark as rating agency Fitch downgraded the country's credit rating.Fitch on Friday downgraded South Africa’s long term foreign ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 17:40hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Nurses desert Wilkins
NURSES at the country's main Covid-19 isolation centre, Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, are resigning as morale hits rock bottom in the crucial health sector, which is in the frontline of Zimbab...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown laws draconian, excessive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of a 21-day national lockdown across Zimbabwe to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus was accompanied by a raft of laws, which are draconian, excessive a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:49hrs | 184 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 Taskforce satisfied with public compliance
The Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19 has applauded the public's high level compliance with Government's directive to stay at home and observe social distancing as the country entered day four o...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Access Forex launches US$200k COVID-19 relief initiative
Access Forex, a unit of Access Finance Zimbabwe has committed an initial US$200 000 to assist the most vulnerable segments society and communities across the country who are now reeling from the negat...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power generation remains constrained
ELECTRICITY generation at Kariba Hydropower Station remains constrained despite the dam level rising by 97 centimetres between January and March this year, data from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
BCC to intensify water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is proposing to increase the weekly water shedding exercise from four to five days as the city's water situation turns desperate. Bulawayo has been experiencing water c...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:26hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Digitisation progress charms Govt
MANY communities in remote areas now have access to radio services following the successful roll-out of Government's digitisation programme that has so far seen the installation of six gap filler tran...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:21hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe waives duty on Covid-19 material
Duty on imported drugs and other materials used in the Covid-19 response has been waived, with Government expressing satisfaction with mitigation measures put in place by the Inter-Ministerial Taskfor...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:22hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soccer player 'steals, kills' woman
A FORMER footballer from Bulawayo allegedly killed a shopkeeper in the city as he fled from her shop after stealing peanut butter. Leniency Mpofu (30) who once turned out for a club that has s...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Gweru councillors in stands, tender storm
Gweru councillors allegedly allocated themselves residential and commercial stands and influenced the awarding of lucrative contracts prejudicing the local authority of much money, according to a repo...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:55hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Painful lessons from our COVID-19 so far
The confirmed number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide crossed the half a million mark last week and still going. The world's biggest cities and towns are on lockdown; so are the biggest marke...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 583 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Delta raises caution on beverages supply
ZIMBABWE'S largest beverages maker, Delta Corporation, says it has not scaled-down operations but supplies would likely go down after Government announced a total lockdown starting today in light of t...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown stalls Zimbabwe's 10-year census
A partial lockdown in an attempt to avoid the worst of the Covid-19 virus has stalled the preliminary stages of Zimbabwe's preparations for the 2022 census.However, it is business as usual els...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:17hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo braces for Covid 19
I love walking the streets of my hometown, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Every street, edifice and alley way holds many memories for me. Memories of happier times, when our now old and frail parents...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 436 | by Terence Msuku
Telecoms players call on Fourth Industrial Revolution
PLAYERS in the telecommunications sector have appealed to the Government to prioritise and channel more resources towards embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) so as to accelerate the growt...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:42hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding to get worse
BULAWAYO residents will soon have to endure more than four days a week without water supplies after council announced on Friday that it was considering reviewing upwards the water shedding schedule....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problems keep piling - from starvation to coronavirus
THE COVID-19 outbreak is expected to worsen Zimbabwe's problems as the southern African country grapples with a tanking economy, the worst food shortages in decades and a collapsing health system, obs...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
US donates US$470,000 to combat COVID-19
THE United States yesterday pledged US$470 000 to combat COVID-19 in Zimbabwe and to complement World Health Organisation (WHO) efforts to prepare large-scale testing for coronavirus in the country....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:43hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
South Africa now sub-investment grade
Rating agency Moody's has cut South Africa's sovereign credit rating to sub-investment grade, meaning the country now has a junk rating from all three major international rating agencies. The ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Telcoms revenue jumps 181%
The telecommunications industry's annual revenue for year 2019 surged 181 percent to $4,5 billion compared to $1,6 billion recorded in the prior driven by inflation induced price hikes. Last y...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:33hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
UN calls for easing of sanctions on Zimbabwe
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for easing of sanctions against Zimbabwe and such countries like Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea to allow their health systems to...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo Council exposes residents to coronavirus'
While some of the key messages around the preventative measures against COVID-19 has been the urging of people to wash they hands regularly with water and soap, it is unfortunate that Bulawayo r...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 10:24hrs | 3832 | by BPRA
Bulawayo residents go 4 days without water
A MAJORITY of Western Suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for four days without running water a time when global health experts are promoting strict hygiene to stop the Covid-19 outbreak. Council la...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Zimra introduces new transfer pricing return for taxpayers
ZIMBABWE has introduced an advance version of the transfer pricing return that taxpayers are directed to file with their annual self-assessment corporate income tax return for the year ended 31 Decemb...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to feels impact of SA lockdown
With over half a thousand confirmed cases of Covid-19, South Africa has moved its response a notch up. The country has effected a 21-day lockdown starting from March 26. This is aimed at reducing case...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Warriors coach Loga's salary revealed
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko "Loga'' Logarusic, earns a salary of US$7 000 a month and is likely to have pocketed, at least, US$70 000 by the time he leads his team into a competitive football match for th...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
What is educational technology and how it helps in student learning
Ever since the emergence of educational technology, it has brought developments in teaching and learning methods. According to the study of ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:07hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deal with manufacturers profiteering from coronavirus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his government will come heavily on any manufacturer who wants to illegally profit from the coronavirus through charging extortionate prices.He said while...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:36hrs | 307 | by newzimbabwe
A clerical call on ZEC to postpone by-elections until decisive measures are implemented to reduce exposure to Covid-19 pandemic
Zimbabwe's embattled leader Emmerson Mnangagwa last week declared COVID-19 a national disaster. Along with the declaration came a host of largely copycat ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 03:49hrs | 388 | by Magugu Benard, Zapu Secretary of Elections (NEC)
Presidential Affairs minister Gumbo assesses EMA project in Beitbridge
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Jorum Gumbo has visited Beitbridge's ward 3 Fula village to assess the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) sponsored project aimed at addressing land degra...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 466 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo braces for another dry year
BULAWAYO'S supply dams did not receive significant inflows during the just-ended rainy season and council will continue to maintain the 96-hour-water rationing schedule, an official has said.T...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:38hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Load-shedding to go by June, claims Zesa
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as the country is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:34hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Millers ditch roller meal for refined product
LOCAL millers are now prioritising production of refined mealie-meal in a bid to dodge Governments' roller-meal subsidy programme, The Sunday Mail Society has established.This is despite the f...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:28hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Space dream edges closer
ZIMBABWE has taken another step towards realisation of a vision to launch its satellites into space after finalising a $25 million agreement to upgrade the TelOne Satellite Centre in Mazowe and improv...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:28hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zesa cuts Eskom debt to US$4m
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to significantly ease within the next three months as Zimbabwe is close to settling its debt with South Africa's Eskom - one of the country's major power suppliers - while pa...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zupco workers worried
ZIMBABWE United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) workers has called for improvement of working conditions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared t...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding is temporary, claims Zimbabwean minister
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has attributed the abrupt increase in load shedding experienced over the past few days to a fault at Hwange Power Station. Though the supply...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks Mbeki mediation
SADC leaders have been left frustrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration following his decision to block former South African president Thabo Mbeki (pictured) from mediating in the prop...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:43hrs | 3294 | by Staff reporter
Recruitment freeze grounds Mpilo
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is lobbying Government to scrap the staff recruitment freeze in the health sector as hospitals are hamstrung due to staff shortages leading to poor service delivery ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Despite stadium ban Zimbabwe have plenty of reasons to be cheerful ahead of AFCON 2021
Playing all of your Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches on international soil is an annoyance, rather than a hurdle that cannot be overcome. That is the message that Zimbabwe head coach Zdravk...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2227 | by Staff Writer
Disinfect Public Transport Systems to curb Spread of Covid-19
National Secretary for Transport and Logistics Settlement Chikwinya has challenged the government to de-congest and disinfect the public transport sector as the nation fights the possible outbreak of ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 07:36hrs | 1088 | by Stephen Jakes
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