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Latest on alleged ZANU PF meddling in Namibia elections
Namibia's ruling party, Swapo, has strongly denied allegations of interference by Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF in the country's recent elections, calling the accusations a baseless conspiracy aimed at undermini...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1203 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Swapo denies Zanu-PF had a hand in Namibia's elections
Namibian President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has firmly denied accusations that Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party influenced her country's recent presidential and National Assembly elections. The all...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Nandi-Ndaitwah elected as Namibia's first woman president
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as Namibia's fifth president, making history as the country's first woman to hold this position.She won with 638 560 votes, followe...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Namibia opposition has a responsibility from sponsors to challenge the results
Namibia's main opposition party has said it will not recognise results from this week's general election, where there have been logistical problems and voting was extended in several places.In...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:07hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Namibia's western sponsored Presidential candidate rejects election results
Dr. Panduleni Itula, the presidential candidate for the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), has announced that his party will not accept the results of the ongoing national election, citing signifi...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 20:27hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Swapo wins special elections in the diaspora
Unofficial results of votes cast by Namibians in the diaspora on Wednesday show Swapo leading with 61% of the presidential and 61% of the parliamentary votes.The Independent Patriots for Chang...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:50hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Zinara shells ZiG93,9 million to road authorities
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed ZiG 93.9 million to road authorities for critical road infrastructure maintenance and development projects across the country.A...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
High food assistance needs imminent, says USAid
Governments, stakeholders and humanitarian partners should brace for sustained high food assistance needs and potential emergency levels of food insecurity in Zimbabwe and other deficit-producing sout...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
World Bank warns of grim future
Climate change and global warming are no longer buzzwords. They have emerged as clear indicators of an impending crisis that threatens the very fabric of global societies, economies and food systems....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to declare drought state of disaster
ZIMBABWE is expected to declare the drought which is ravaging the country a state of disaster in a bid to marshal resources and avert possible starvation, NewsDay can reveal.President Emmerson...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on road contractors
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has tightened its screws on companies contracted by the government to rehabilitate national roads after some companies were blamed for substandard wo...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Depleted local food produce constrains access to income ahead of 2024 season: FEWS NET
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has reported that depleted own-produced food stocks, has constrained access to income, and high food prices will likely drive Crisis (IPC Phase 3) o...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 13:26hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe starts developing its 2.0 One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced updating its antimicrobial resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP) 2023-2027, to replace the previous NAP (2017-2021) which had lapsed...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:39hrs | 7 | by APO
Zimbabwe ups tempo on debt resolution
President Mnangagwa's scheduled engagements at the African Development Bank (AfDB)'s annual meetings in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, this week will add impetus to Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resol...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam 70% complete
THE construction of Gwayi-Shangani Dam, which will supply water to several centres in Matabeleland including Bulawayo, is now 70,2% complete, the Zimbabwe Independent heard this week.The total...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liberian national rapes Zimbabwean student in India
Khanna police on Tuesday evening arrested a Liberian student for allegedly raping a student from Zimbabwe at his rented accommodation.The accused is a civil engineering student at a local coll...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 08:26hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: SA Rapper 'Costa Titch' collapses on stage, dies
Multi-award winning rapper Costa Titch, real name Constantinos Tsobanoglou, has reportedly died.The 27-year-old rapper from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga collapsed on stage at the Ultra SA music festi...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe foreign debt now US$14.4bn
DEBT-RIDDEN Zimbabwe's total official Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG) debt is estimated at ZW$2.2 trillion for domestic debt and US$14 billion for external debt (including blocked funds of US$3.1...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra garnishes Chinese contractor
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has garnished for the fourth time in six months, bank accounts of a Chinese contractor, China International Water and Electric Corporation (CIWE), developing Lak...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $7,8bn for roads
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday said it had so far this year disbursed $7,8 billion to local authorities for road rehabilitation projects under the Emergency Road Rehabili...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abandons debt relief initiative
The Zimbabwe government has abandoned its plan to access a debt relief facility under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, meant to resolve its unsustainable debt, Business Times repo...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
IOM seek to address irregular migration flows in Africa
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is working flat out in an effort to curb the irregular migration flows in Africa amid revelations it has trained 40 frontline officials (16M/24F) on ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa pleads poverty
REVELATIONS that Zimbabwe is pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) as Harare seeks debt relief in what is effectively a volte-face on the long-held official aversion to the i...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country
ZIMBABWE is pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) as the country seeks debt relief in what could be a volte-face on the long-held official aversion to the initiative, a new r...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's daughter appointed as Econet Board member
Econet Wireless has announced that it has appointed Strive Masiyiwa's daughter Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa to the board of directors of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe.The appointment is with effect fro...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 17:49hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 11 | by Sharon Hofisi
Urban commuters lament transport crisis
IT was just another day at the bus station. Passengers were waiting in queue at a terminus adjacent Harare Police Station charge office, enduring hours before the next bus came by.The swelteri...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Paltry salaries aching Zimbabwe workers'
Zimbabwe leads on mental health cases among workers, with the majority suffering depression due to paltry salaries that cannot sustain them in an inflationary environment, research has established....Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Food, rent gobble 78% of workers' wages
HARD-PRESSED Zimbabwean workers are spending an estimated 78% of the monthly earnings on food and rental costs, leaving very limited room for personal growth and long-term investments owing to deep ec...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South villagers face hunger
THE majority of families from drought-prone areas might be in need of urgent food aid as their available food stocks have dropped sharply, a food insecurity monitoring agency has warned.A Mata...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia and SA record maize surplus
DESPITE the good rains received in the last cropping season, an estimated 47,6 million people are in need of food aid in Southern Africa with Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa being among the few stat...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kariba pumping 70% of Zimbabwe power supply'
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has surpassed its production target for the second quarter by 11,2 percent, generating 2,162 Gigawatts per hour against the targeted 1,944GWh. In an update for...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Thermal Expansion project 62% complete
THE Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion programme closed the first quarter at 62,54 percent against a planned progress of 85,9 percent as the project was affected by interim payment certificates an...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Methods for Controlling the Spread of Germs during the Covid-19 Pandemic
There was a time when people didn't know why they became ill. They had no idea that germs that the naked eye couldn't see were the cause of most of the sicknesses they experienced. The first bacteria ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Staff Writer
Hwange Power Station expansion 65% complete
The major expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station by the addition of units 7 and 8, each of 300MW, is now 64,63 percent complete despite Covid-19 amid finance challenges that have pushed back comple...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rights groups, opposition stage online protest against Constitutional amendments
ZIMBABWEAN opposition and rights groups have held an online protest against proposed constitutional amendments that would allow the president to handpick top judges. Thousands of people viewed t...Published: 07 May 2021 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Dubious' contractors prejudice Zinara of US$71,5 million
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have been prejudiced of about US$71,5 million in special projects undertaken with a number of "questionable and dubious" contractors between 20...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 slows down Batoka Gorge project
THE developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorg...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Thermal expansion lags behind schedule
THE Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project is behind schedule at 58,29 percent as at the end of the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2020 against a target of 78,5 percent.The US$1,5 bi...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe platinum output up 4%
According to the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) latest Platinum quarterly report for the third quarter of 2020, Zimbabwe saw a marginal increase in platinum output in a period where global d...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Food sovereignty in Zimbabwe is a human rights issue
With Covid 19 is ravaging and weighing heavily on the socio-economic well being of Zimbabwe, there is a far worse pandemic bedevilling the country in the form food insecurity and food injustice....Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Matibiri steps down
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) is in the hunt for a chief executive to replace Andrew Matibiri who is stepping down next year after being at the helm for the last 15 years.The...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Bushiris are in South Africa illegally'
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary are in South Africa illegally, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.In an interview with SAfm's...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to extort Minister Ziyambi over adultery claims
Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has survived an extortion attempt by a man who alleges that the Minister is having an affair with his wife.The man who claims to be married to a senior Law officer wit...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Shock as Gwanda goblin kills 57 goats and sleeps with women
A mysterious cat-like creature has killed 57 goats in Makwe area, Ward 8 about 40km west of Gwanda Town.According to an eyewitness, she saw the creature coming of the blankets where the childr...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 09:00hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Work on Hwange power project at 60%
THE Government is working tirelessly to expedite the return of expatriates contracted under its power generation projects most of whom are still locked up in their countries due to the outbreak of Cov...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa-Chamisa refuses to go
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) is losing thousands of dollars every month as it continues to pay a full salary and associated benefits to suspended chief executive officer, Mrs Na...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira brings Durban feel to Bulawayo
SOUTH Africa's most sought-after wheel spinner, musician and producer DJ Tira brought a feel of Durban fun at the oversubscribed show in Bulawayo's Cosmopolitan nightclub on Friday night.The s...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DJ Tira jets in for Bulawayo show
SOUTH African wheel spinner DJ Tira has landed in Bulawayo ahead of his show at Cosmopolitan Night Club tonight, where he is ready to rock the crowd as part of his Fact Durban Rocks Tour.Malum...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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