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'ZESA committing genocide in Matobo' says Linda Masarira
LEAD Zimbabwe President Linda Masarira has taken ZESA head on over what she called systematic genocide through the continued lack of electricity in Matobo District. Masarira said the company was b...Published: 3 hrs ago | 763 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Low-interest loans for all Government employees
All Government employees will be able to access low-interest loans from a fund set up with Government seed money and salary deductions from all civil service and defence forces staff. In addit...Published: 12 hrs ago | 500 | by Staff reporter
NUST wins Local CFA Institute Research Challenge
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won the local CFA Institute Research Challenge and advances to the next round where it will compete with universities from Europe, Middle E...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 11408 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Mnangagwa's presidential scholarships
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Monday revealed that it was probing the Presidential Scholarship Programme and the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm), with the fi...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
MSU fraud couple challenge conviction at High Court
FORMER Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi, who formed a briefcase company that saw the institution of higher learning being swindled of more than US$150 000 thro...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says committed to reforms
Zimbabwe is committed to implementing political, economic and legislative reforms as part of efforts to escalate sustainable socio-economic development initiatives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sa...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:52hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's return lifts Zimbabwe hopes
The imminent return to Harare of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, to continue with his mediation efforts in the local impasse has lifted the hopes of many Zimbabweans who see dialogue as th...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 7979 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents sue 'nosy' minister
Harare residents have taken Local Government minister July Moyo to court to stop him from allegedly interfering with operations of the local authority.The residents under the Harare Metropolit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
'Anti-graft fight no longer a Zacc, ZRP thing'
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) spokesperson John Makamure yesterday said the anti-graft body and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were unable to deal with highly connected cartels at the...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
New law forces companies to submit annual returns
GOVERNMENT has gazetted a new law which forces private, public and shelf companies to submit annual returns within 21 days after the date of the anniversary of their incorporation.Statutory In...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
IMF reviews Zimbabwe economic outlook
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started reviewing projected economic outlook for Zimbabwe for 2020 with preliminary indications pointing to a number of headwinds the lender thinks may weigh ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi demand high in Europe
ZIMBABWE has the potential to earn significant revenue from exports of mopane worms also known as amacimbi/madora to Europe where they are highly sought after, an official has said. The countr...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dry port records huge business turnover
Zimbabwe's dry port in Walvis Bay, Namibia, is now operational and has recorded exceptional business turnover following its official opening by President Mnangagwa last year, Transport and Infrastruct...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Dream houseboat heads home
The Zimbabwe Dream houseboat, a new addition to Lake Kariba's growing list of luxury boats, is making a 7-day road trip to the resort town from an engineering factory in Harare. Sitting at a s...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Econet to bid for Ethiopian telecoms license
Econet Global Ltd., owned by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, is keen to acquire a telecommunications license in Ethiopian, which is opening up the industry to foreign investment for the first ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:57hrs | 982 | by Bloomberg
Chamisa tackles Zanu-PF rural hegemony
THE MDC has taken its campaign machinery into rural areas to challenge Zanu-PF electoral dominance, with the opposition saying it is gearing to wrest power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:42hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
PPPs ideal for self-financing infrastructure projects
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe is now deplorable due to several years of neglect and underinvestment. The country's infrastructure gap in railway, roads, energy, sports facilities, bor...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 13:24hrs | 523 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwean government pins hope on amacimbi
Zimbabwe's investment promotion body Zimtrade has revealed that the country is planning to penetrate the European market and begin the exportation of amacimbi. .Speaking to some sections...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:40hrs | 10344 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US billionaire plans hotel in Zimbabwe
BILLIONAIRE investor, Kenneth Bordewick has partnered Zimbabwe-born and Dubai-based businesswoman, Edith Chibhamu, to invest in an hotel in a deal worth US$50 million.Bordewick, who is based i...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:12hrs | 5644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among worst food-insecure countries
ZIMBABWE is facing its worst food crisis in years, after being ranked the fourth worst food insecure country in the world.The head of delegation of the European Union, which is helping to feed...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
MDC tackles Zanu-PF rural hegemony
THE MDC has taken its campaign machinery into rural areas to challenge Zanu-PF electoral dominance, with the opposition saying it is gearing to wrest power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
SA tells Mnangagwa to stop meddling
NEIGHBOURING South Africa has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop political interference in public institutions, respect trade agreements and allow competition in business if it...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks on brink of collapse
Talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have broken down, pitching Zimbabwe further into political disarray.MDC leader Nelson ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
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Nhaka Foundation begins charity at home in Zimbabwe
In this interview, Patrick Makokoro, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nhaka Foundation, discusses the organisation's efforts at supporting education and health care in rural regions in Zimba...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:04hrs | 82 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Vandalism, theft threaten telecoms operations
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is rolling out consumer awareness campaigns in response to growing incidents of vandalism and theft of telecommunications in...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pleads for debt relief
THE ailing national airline, Air Zimbabwe, is seeking a Government bailout in clearing pre-reconstruction legacy debts that continuously make it difficult to attract strategic investment partners to t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:33hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
$12,6 billion loans not enough, say experts
ZIMBABWE's banking sector advanced an incremental $12,6 billion across different sectors of the economy in 2019, but business analysts say the amount was not adequate to meet industry needs. L...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:31hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 268 | by Matora Hupile
21st century mindset required to solve Zimbabwe challenges of the future
Our country seem be designing and implementing the economic strategy in a manner that Douglas Alexander described as "a fundamental error of what makes success in the 21st century".There are t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 99 | by Brian Sedze
My last 10 years
The year 2009 was another year to Zimbabweans.The country had just come out of a violent general elections in 2008.The elections were not conclusive. Zanu had won elections against Tsvangirai's MDC bu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 81 | by Etiwel Mutero
10 firms bid for Bulawayo parking tender
TEN companies, including TelOne had by close of business on Thursday submitted their papers for consideration for the long-standing Bulawayo parking management tender, Sunday News can reveal.T...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 16:27hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya under fire over currency
The collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar and government's denial that the country is dollarising will precipitate a collapse of the economy, a local securities firm has warned.According to a review...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:37hrs | 2419 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe revive hits a snag
National airline Air Zimbabwe says its bid to have strategic partners aboard its revival plans has been unsuccessful with bidders failing to measure up to expectations.The airline was placed u...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:56hrs | 5093 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lauds Mugabe's reign
FORMER cabinet minister and G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has showered glowing praises on late former state leader Robert Mugabe while reserving snide comments for his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:51hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to be banned from Twitter?
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has been shopped to Twitter over bigoted and racist comments made on the social media platform on February 17.The comments were made in a 39-part rant in w...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:22hrs | 2617 | by Staff reporter
SA warns Zimbabwe
THE South African government yesterday warned that Zimbabwe risked missing on foreign direct investment (FDI) if it does not complete the ease of doing business reforms, including those that relate to...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:50hrs | 6316 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere taunts Mnangagwa's 'real criminals'
FORMER cabinet minister and G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has showered glowing praises on late former state leader Robert Mugabe while reserving snide comments for his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 2850 | by newzimbabwe
Calls to diversify energy mix grow louder
CALLS for Zimbabwe and its regional peers to diversify the energy mix are growing in the face of biting climate change, whose effects have been erratic rains or too much rains in some areas, impacting...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Russians to build US$1,5 billion fuel pipeline in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has roped in the Russian government to fund the construction of a second fuel pipeline worth US$1,5 billion, in a deal that will see three other ...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 07:04hrs | 13113 | by Paul Ndou
Investors desert Zimbabwe stock market
FAILURE by foreign investors to repatriate funds has led to massive disinvestment on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) with investments plummeting to 25% in 2019 from 52% in 2016.This comes as...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps dialogue invitation open
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) - a grouping of politicians who contested the 2018 presidential elections - yesterday held its maiden Economic Summit which drew together captains of industry, la...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:31hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must stop inciting violence
After almost a year of rejecting broad-based dialogue preferring exclusive discussions with Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance has shockingly claimed its efforts for talks have failed and now seeks violent confron...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing US$400m to oil pipeline cartels
ZIMBABWE is losing US$400 million annually in potential oil revenue due to Sakunda Holdings' untenable monopoly over the Beira-Harare fuel pipeline, it has emerged.Sources in government and th...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
US threatens South Africa over land reform
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that the South African government's plan to expropriate land without compensation will be "disastrous" for the economy and the nation.Mr Pompeo mad...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2832 | by Staff reporter
'Maize being smuggled to DRC from Zimbabwe'
LOCAL small-scale millers yesterday sensationally accused large milling companies of collecting subsidised maize from the Grain Marketing Board and smuggling it to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Businessman in $4,2m money-laundering scam
The director of a construction company in Harare has been arrested on charges of money-laundering and fraud involving over $4,2 million.Tempter Tungwarara of Paulos Construction yesterday appe...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Politicians continue to bicker while Zimbabweans are starving
Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a large-scale humanitarian crisis and South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) cannot afford to ignore it. Half the population (7.7 milli...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 22:16hrs | 1092 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Old Mutual to oppose latest Peter Moyo court bid
Old Mutual intends to appoint a new CEO, despite axed CEO Peter Moyo's latest court bid to prevent it from doing so.The financial services provider on Tuesday issued a statement indicating it ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:23hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
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