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Mthuli Ncube set to retain post after election
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube secured the ruling party's endorsement to stand as a lawmaker in upcoming elections, a possible precursor to his reappointment in the next administration....Published: 6 mins ago | 18 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe data, among world's costliest'
INFLATION and a deteriorating economy have seen data costs in Zimbabwe spiking upwards compared to other countries in the region, information communication technology (ICT) experts have said.C...Published: 15 mins ago | 13 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia ramps up gold production
GROSS revenues at Victoria Falls Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation grew by 17,4% to US$142 million last year compared to the same period in 2021, on the strength of increased gold out...Published: 17 mins ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Technologies hikes tariff
LIQUID Intelligent Technologies is set to effect a 50% tariff increase from 1 April, the second hike this year.In February, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz...Published: 17 mins ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
Spike in elderly rape cases worry Zimbabwe police
POLICE have expressed concern over the spike in rape cases involving elderly people.Mashonaland East provincial police spokesperson Simon Chazovachiyi said areas such as Murehwa were experienc...Published: 18 mins ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho gets town board status
GOVERNMENT has granted Tsholotsho a town board status in line with the national vision of transforming the country into an upper middle-income economy by 2030.This was revealed by Local Govern...Published: 18 mins ago | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zulu lithium production might start this week
MULTI-COMMODITY mining and natural resource development company, Premier African Minerals, on Tuesday completed the plant assembly, construction and final instrumentation connections at the mine plant...Published: 19 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border readies for Easter traffic
Border agencies at the transformed Beitbridge Border Post yesterday said they were ready to handle increased traffic during the Easter Holidays that run from April 7 and April 11.The number of...Published: 22 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media urged to promote peace during elections
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has crafted an elections conflict prevention strategy that will guide it and its stakeholders in coming up with ways to prevent violence during the for...Published: 22 mins ago | 2 | 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: 24 hrs ago | 216 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping learner several times
A 35-year-old teacher from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly turning one of his learners into a sex slave, raping her at least four times last month, police have confirmed....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs Minister meets Lukashenko
As Zimbabwe seeks to deepen economic collaboration with Belarus, the Government has sent a delegation to Minsk to start making concrete moves of operationalising issues that were agreed on when Presid...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation rate declines
ZIMBABWE continues to experience a sustained drop in inflation since August last year as the annual rate for March tumbled to 87,6 percent from 92,3 percent in February.The Zimbabwe National S...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:28hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
China Energy proposes $1 billion floating solar farm In Zimbabwe
More than 1.8 million photovoltaic panels installed over 146 modular floating units would be used for the Lake Kariba project.China Energy Engineering Group proposed building a 1,000-megawatt ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns newsroom sex predators
INFORMATION and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa has threatened to take punitive measures against male journalists accused of sexually abusing their female counterparts, mostly interns.Add...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver nabbed for $4 million mbanje
POLICE have arrested a bus driver at Dulivhadzimu Bus Terminus in Beitbridge and recovered 40kg of dagga, with a street value of $4 million.The dagga was found stashed in the boot of the bus....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages Zesa on power cuts
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has engaged Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) to give them advance notices of at least an hour before power cuts, to enable procedural shutdown of pu...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:12hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in top 10 of most visited African countries
ZIMBABWE has been ranked ninth on the list of Africa's most visited countries in 2022 after receiving nearly 1 million international tourists.The country recorded 895 338 arrivals last year, a...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:57hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's presidential envoy abuses his position
CHARISMATIC Zimbabwean evangelist and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy on Trade and Investment, Uebert Angel, is embroiled in a money laundering scandal involving the abuse of diplomatic p...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe speeding into the territory of charter cities
FINALLY, Al Jazeera aired the first of the four-part series documentary Gold Mafia. Social media went into overdrive, with many people condemning the attitude and character of some of those implicated...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 581 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
As guns flow into Zimbabwe, armed robberies spike
CHRISTOPHER Holland believed he had done all he could to secure his home: two vicious dogs permanently stationed in the front yard and wall-to-wall security. But as he arrived home from work one day a...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Looting fears mount in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S gold markets were overrun this week by fears that the recently announced steep increase of 400% in gold dealing licence fees would result in a sharp rise in smuggling of the precious ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to attend Zulu Lithium plant official opening
DIVERSIFIED mining group, Premier African Minerals Chief executive officer, Mr George Roach says Government is delighted with rapid progress at the Zulu Lithium plant in Fort Rixon coupled with height...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power generation improves
POWER generation improved remarkably yesterday with 810 megawatts being fed to the national grid largely owing to Hwange Thermal Power Station which injected 442 megawatt, a sharp improvement from an ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:22hrs | 256 | 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
What do we know about the 2023 Asia Cup?
Cricket fans have much to look forward to in 2023. As well as the regular domestic competitions of the Big Bash League (BBL) and the Indian Premier League (IPL), there are also annual international ev...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 06:15hrs | 203 | by Staff Writer
Is Hwange Unit 7 another huge big scam and con job?
Is it just me, or has everyone else also noticed that, ever since Hwange Unit 7 Thermal Power Station came online, two days ago, load shedding has strangely increased?Excuse me for my ignoranc...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 3545 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe teachers reject 100% salary hike
TEACHERS yesterday rejected government's 100% salary increase, saying they remain incapacitated, while accusing their employer of dishonesty after reportedly dodging wage talks under the National Join...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1932 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project yet to reach the second and third phases
LAWMAKERS have taken Treasury to task over delays in updating Parliament on the progress of the Gwayi-Shangani water project after it emerged that there has been little construction activity despite t...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:09hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt awards civil servants 100% salary increase
GOVERNMENT has reviewed upwards salaries of civil servants, members of parliament, independent commissions, grant-aided institutions and pensioners by 100%.The increase is with effect from Feb...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:48hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hit by water crisis
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo have been hit by a serious water crisis with most suburbs going for weeks without running water amid fears of a disease outbreak.The city is enduring a prolonged water-sh...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 synchronised with the Zimbabwe power grid
It was a historic moment yesterday evening here, when one of the Second Republic's signature projects, the Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7, was successfully synchronised with the national grid, ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:36hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family in mourning as teenage son stabbed to death at Leeds house party
A murder probe has been launched after a 17-year-old boy, identified as Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, was stabbed to death in Leeds.Police were called to a house in Salisbury Grove, Armley at 2...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:52hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tollgate fees go up today
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has increased toll gate fees in local currency, effective today 20 March.Zinara on Friday issued a statement notifying motorists of the immin...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 10:38hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | 181 | by General Franco
Mnangagwa sets tough conditions for poll observers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says foreign observers will be invited to oversee this year's polls on condition that they do not meddle in the country's electoral processes.Zimbabwe will hold it...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP accuses Zanu-PF of fuelling drug scourge
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza East MP Goodrich Chimbaira says Zanu-PF is to blame for the increase in drug and substance abuse in the country.Chimbaira said known drug lords and ...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
African countries must scrap passports, abolish border restrictions
Colonisation created a divided Africa.Even when King Leopold II ravaged the present day Democratic Republic of Congo, he didn't envisage that Africa would have independent states one day....Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 341 | by Evans Mathanda
Zimbabwe power supplies set to improve
RISING water levels in Lake Kariba and the imminent synchronisation of Hwange units 7 and 8 to the grid - which will add a cumulative 600MW - have raised expectations that the country's power supply s...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Cannabis production doubles in Zimbabwe
THE production of industrial hemp doubled to more than 40 tonnes last year, with the country exporting about five tonnes to Switzerland.The number of players registered with the Agricultural M...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Andby defends bizarre Mnangagwa 'prophesy'
Zanu-PF linked Andby Makururu has defended his bizarre ‘prophesy' that people who vote for Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa will live longer.Makururu of the Johanne WeChishanu weAfri...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Prof Mthuli Ncube vision for Cowdray Park
From the horn of Africa in Ethiopia which resisted colonialism to Ghana which became the first African state to attain independence, the African continent has been home to many great minds that have l...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Demand for Zimdollar still high
ZIMBABWE'S central bank says demand for the local currency remains high despite increased use of foreign currency across economic sectors.The country legalised the dual monetary system to tame...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:59hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police get 400% pay hike
Teachers' unions have slammed government over the selective remuneration of its workforce following the controversial awarding of a 400 percent pay hike to the military and police.Teachers are cur...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 6008 | by Staff reporter
Power outages hit PPC cement sales
REGIONAL cement maker PPC expects sales volumes at its Zimbabwean unit will drop by 14% in the full year compared to the same period last year due to recurrent power outages and grey imports.P...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD expansion to cover Suburbs, Kumalo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is considering extending the Central Business District (CBD) into residential areas such as Suburbs and Kumalo in line with current trends that have seen some companies and...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:25hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs to fine farmers for not dipping cattle
TRADITIONAL leaders have been urged to penalise farmers who are not bringing their cattle for dipping as this is hindering Government's efforts to fight the January disease.In a speech read on...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:14hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poised for landslide victory?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will win the forthcoming presidential elections by an unassailable landslide, a new opinion poll shows.The President, whose Government has transformed the country in less t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:13hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
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