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Charamba rubbishes mandatory inoculation report
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has rubbished a report in today's local newspaper alleging that Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some ...Published: 43 mins ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
3 banks to extend credit facilities to farmers
THE agriculture commodities exchange - the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) - to be introduced soon, has courted three banks willing to extend credit to farmers as more progress is made towards the ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 2 hrs ago | 191 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Bulawayo tops Grade 7 results
BULAWAYO province produced the best results in the 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations with the country's pass rate having been adversely affected by Covid-19 p...Published: 2 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Chombo remanded in custody
Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally parcelling out land in Harare and Zvimba, will hear today whether his application for bail is successful a...Published: 2 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo, Timveous raptures Chamisa's MDC
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance secretary-general Charlton Hwende said former party official, Lilian Timveous decided to dump the Nelson Chamisa-led party and join Zanu-PF to keep in her possession a parliame...Published: 2 hrs ago | 277 | by Staff reporter
Youths urged to patch up potholes
AN organisation dealing with youths, Volunteer Troops for Sustainable Development, is rallying youths across the country to contribute to the development of their areas.The organisation said o...Published: 9 hrs ago | 830 | by Staff reporter
'Housing co-ops remitted money into Chombo personal bank account'
SEVERAL housing co-operatives around the country reportedly deposited cash into former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo's personal bank account instead of remitting the money to the State, a ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 855 | by Staff reporter
Storm leaves trail of destruction in Shurugwi
HEAVY rains have spawned a humanitarian crisis in Shurugwi district destroying schools, homes, roads and other public infrastructure such as bridges over the past few weeks.Shurugwi assistant ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 679 | by Staff reporter
Amplats warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S decision to compel exporters to surrender more of their foreign currency earnings may leave miners unable to fund operations, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), one of the country's biggest...Published: 10 hrs ago | 278 | by Staff reporter
Gweru ignores poor service delivery, parades new wheels
Gweru City Council has come under fire as residents are demanding that the local authority must sell the new Toyota VX Land Cruiser bought for the office of the town clerk and channel the money toward...Published: 11 hrs ago | 344 | by Staff reporter
Marvelous Nakamba Is Becoming a Fan Favourite at Villa Park
Generally speaking, it takes a while for local fans in the English Premier League to be convinced of any new players that arrive at a club. That's not to say that there isn't a murmur of excitement wh...Published: 12 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff Writer
Chombo in court for fraud, abuse of power
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Morgan Chombo today appeared in court on allegations involving illegal parcelling out of pieces of land in Harare and Zvimba Rural District during his tenure as the Mi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 608 | by Staff reporter
KeYona TV selects 12 short film producers
BULAWAYO-based KeYona TV has selected 12 production houses which are set to produce short films for the station.The TV station is set to start its content production in June with content set t...Published: 15 hrs ago | 428 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says all land barons are from Zanu-PF
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, who has recalled dozens of rival MDC Alliance councilors over the past several months alleging involvement in corrupt land deals, now says all land barons are from Zanu-...Published: 15 hrs ago | 715 | by Staff reporter
Fishing girl raped by two men
Two Mvurwi men are in hot soup after they allegedly took turns to rape a 15-year-old girl at a local dam.Joshua Magomo (22) and Ephraim Makatowa (21) were not asked to plead to rape charges by...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1832 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA
A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
22 COVID-19 vaccination centres set up in Bulawayo
THE Health and Child Care ministry has set up 22 COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo to inoculate 6 000 frontline workers and other vulnerable groups in the city.Bulawayo's vaccination ex...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fires terrorise families
A SERIES of mysterious fires have reportedly razed three homesteads belonging to three related families in Lupane, forcing them to flee and seek refuge in a bush. The bizarre incidents are tak...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Spotify coming to Zimbabwe
As part of Spotify's expansion into 85 new markets, Spotify an online audio streaming and media service, is soon coming to Zimbabwe. If you are in Zimbabwe and you want to listen to music on the platf...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:47hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
3 000 more schools needed, says Minister Mathema
At least 3 000 more primary and secondary schools are needed to cater for the increasing number of students and to ensure an improvement in the quality of education in Zimbabwe, a Cabinet minister has...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Chombo spends second night in police cells
THE director of Epidemiology and Diseases Control in the Health Ministry, Portia Manangazira will remain behind bars after she was Tuesday denied bail by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.Mana...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
New Maisha Health product enables patients to consult doctors remotely
Maisha Health, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, has rolled out a digital platform that allows patients to consult doctors remotely.The Maisha Telemedicine platform will colle...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 17:08hrs | 358 | by Agencies
Mutare service charter to improve service delivery
Mutare City Council (MCC) service charter, still in draft form, is set to improve service delivery once completed.Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi told a virtual meeting hosted by Peace Building an...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 10:35hrs | 317 | by Bernard Chiketo
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5409 | by Staff reporter
Parents fume over expensive uniforms
PARENTS of Form One pupils yesterday called on the government to intervene and stop school authorities from swindling them of their money by demanding mandatory purchase of "overpriced" uniforms at th...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Power outage hits Chirundu border post
RESIDENTS, businesspeople and regional transporters at Chirundu Border Post have gone for three weeks without electricity due to a faulty transformer.The transformer was hit by lightning three...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:49hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt letting down youths'
GOVERNMENT has failed to formulate policies that address the high unemployment rate among the youth, while political inequalities in the country have barred young people from participating in democrat...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors bemoan licensing delays
BULAWAYO informal traders have rapped the local authority for taking long to license their vending stalls to enable them to resume their operations.The issue came out last Friday during a virt...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
BCC reclaims 'pits of death'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started reclaiming the city's "pits of death" following an outcry from residents and human rights activists.This was after two people drowned in disused pit...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Galloway set for Warriors call-up
ENGLAND-BASED Brendan Galloway is set to be roped into the Warriors provisional squad that is expected to be announced today ahead of two decisive Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Group H qualifiers next...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Daily News assistant editor dies
Tributes have been pouring in for veteran journalist and Daily News assistant editor Maxwell Sibanda who died at a Harare hospital yesterday morning after a short illness. In a statement, the ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
ZACC goes after US$13m external assets
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started the process to track down, seize and repatriate movable and immovable assets worth more than US$13 million acquired by Zimbabweans in five fo...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Government steps up efforts to complete Gwayi-Shangani Dam
MATABELELAND region is poised for economic growth as Government has stepped up efforts towards the completion of the massive Gwayi-Shangani Dam project before the end of next year.It is envisa...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records highest number of Covid-19 cases
THE country has reported two more Covid-19 related deaths and 58 new cases in the last 24-hour cycle, with the highest number of cases, 24 being recorded in Bulawayo. All the 58 new cases are ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Loga to announce Afcon squad
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, is tomorrow expected to name an enlarged squad for the decisive final two 2021 Afcon qualifiers next month. Zimbabwe take on Botswana in Gaborone, on March 25, in th...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 triggers massive drop in Beitbridge revenues
THE Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected Beitbridge Municipality's capacity to collect more revenue from ratepayers and businesses who are also finding the going tough under the obtaining economic...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1767 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Zanu-PF MP protests abuse of agric inputs
ZANU-PF legislator for Magunje has taken Lands Minister Anxious Masuka over the continued abuse and mismanagement of farm inputs distributed to local farmers under government schemes.Speaking ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
A product of Rhodesia's cattle improvement scheme
In the early 1940's in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the Government was promoting a cattle improvement scheme whereby bulls from imported European breeds were made available to the indigeno...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:42hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
'No need for further studies on Chinese vaccine'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro has told Senate that the Sinopharm vaccine from China does not need further studies as it has been extensively researched on internationally and loc...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urban house rentals becomes very expensive
The United Nations predicts that by 2050, seventy percent of the population in Africa will be living in urban areas hence there will be many challenges ,risks as well as opportunities which comes with...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 20:47hrs | 642 | by Noel Mavura
Mnangagwa declares war on land barons
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on land barons and councils that duped desperate home seekers to settle and develop on illegal land, saying the government would bring them to book....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:15hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Covid-19 vaccines are completely safe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing Covid-19 national inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe.This comes after the country c...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:14hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
400 storm Police station over US$80 000 pyramid scam
More than 400 residents of Mvuma and nearby areas thronged the local Police Station this week after they allegedly lost US$80 000 to a pyramid scam (mukando) operated by an organisation called Devine ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2678 | by Staff reporter
Rains to drive Zimbabwe exports rebound
ZIMBABWE has been projected to narrow its trade balance in 2021 owing to better yields in the current agricultural season following a good rainfall season.According to a report by IH Securitie...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels lowest in the country
BULAWAYO's supply dams have the lowest levels in Zimbabwe with the majority of dams in the country now full and spilling.The city, which is emerging from its worst water crisis in recent years...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
More Chinese vaccines arrive next week
AN ADDITIONAL 600 000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines procured by Government from Chinese pharmaceutical giant, Sinopharm, will land in the country next week as authorities continue intensifying the countr...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers
Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his e...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
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