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Hundreds turn up for national documentation blitz in Bulilima
HUNDREDS of villagers drawn from around Bulilima district went home all smiles after having acquired national documentation at a one-day blitz at Ndolwane village.The blitz was made fruitful t...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 22:48hrs | 292 | by Staff Reporter
Police spokesperson subpoenaed to testify in Mahere police 'baby murder' tweet
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has been subpoenaed to court February 17 to give his testimony in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Maher...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
8 300 more teachers hired
Another 8 382 teachers are being hired by the Government as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is looking to further its national educational goals anchored on providing quality, inclusiv...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:44hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Nust students complex awaits Mnangagwa commissioning
THE Government, through the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), has completed constructing the massive US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo.The multi-purpose...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt claims to have delivered 600 000 jobs
NEARLY 600 000 new formal jobs have been created in various sectors from 2018 to date, an indication that the formal economy is growing in tandem with increased economic activity, latest figures from ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
e-Gov drive goes up
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services through Potraz has donated 160 computers to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare as the e-Govern...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 13:11hrs | 551 | by Staff Reporter
Egodini to open in mid-February this year
Bulawayo City Council has said the Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, will be opened in mid-February this year for some informal traders and transporters as construction work progr...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:47hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabweans are serious about change then 2023 should be a year of action!
In this world, only a fool expects their aspirations and goals to just fall onto his laps - as if manna from the heavens. Anyone who genuinely supposes that their dreams and objectives will be...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 892 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
UK target Zimbabwean teachers
The UK has opened opportunities for teachers from South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria with equivalent qualifications to their British counterparts and at least one year of teaching experience t...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane market takes shape
A MASSIVE market place in Bulawayo, which will help decongest the city centre and redefine fruit and vegetable trading is taking shape in Nkulumane suburb.The fruit and vegetable produce distr...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:30hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 410 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Zimbabwe's dormant IPP licences to be revoked
Licences of independent power producers (IPPs) who have failed to provide electricity under their agreement with the State are being re-examined by the regulator and could be revoked, legislators have...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Biti, Karenyi trial deferred
THE trial of CCC vice presidents, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi, on charges of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after they allegedly staged an illegal demonstration at their...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:33hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prices soar ahead of Christmas
ZIMBABWEANS face yet another bleak festive season as prices of basic commodities, mostly foodstuffs, continue to rise with retailers citing the current power outages as the main driver of price increa...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
$3 billion for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade, amid faulty radar system
THE upgrading of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare has been allocated ZW$3.1 billion by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as fears mount that the port of entry has become a major c...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Judgement on Mahere 'dead baby tweet' postponed again
JUDGEMENT in a case Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere is accused of publishing falsehoods has been postponed for the fourth time.The presiding magistrate Taurai M...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife invited to Iran
IRAN's First Lady Dr Jamileh Alamolhoda on Saturday rolled out the red carpet for her counterpart Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, where the two exchanged notes on various issues including education, health, wo...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
SA based Zimbabwean filmmaker walks into a room with a different energy
The Cape Town-based filmmaker's refreshing combination of cool confidence and whimsy comes across even before we've sat for the interview."Hi, can we re-schedule?" a breathless voice says when...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:54hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
High Court outlaws Zupco monopoly
A BULAWAYO High Court judge has stripped the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) of its monopoly in the public transport business.Justice Evangelista Kabasa said COVID-19 lockdown regul...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers successfully challenge two-year ZUPCO monopoly
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has ended public transporter Zupco's two-years long monopoly after successfully challenging provision of the Public Health (COVID -19) Prevention, Containm...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:07hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
'Billions of electronic transactions untaxed'
AS the use of modern electronic payment systems continues to grow globally, experts say it is critical to increase investment into fiscal tools that enable the country to widen its ability to tax elec...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga brings back face masks
The latest Statutory Instrument (SI) published on Friday has made the wearing of face masks in public spaces and in public service vehicles and trains mandatory.The SI, published by Vice-Presi...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 4965 | by Staff reporter
Hlanganani Expo kicks off
THE 15th Hlanganani/Sanganai World Tourism Expo opens in Bulawayo today with a packed schedule of intense business engagement sessions as Zimbabwe seeks to capitalise on the showcase to drive higher t...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police smoke out Mbare violence leaders
POLICE yesterday went door-to-door arresting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF suspects who have since Friday been causing mayhem at Mupedzanhamo flea market in Mbare, Harare — b...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Zupco on cusp of collapse
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) is on the cusp of catastrophic collapse with simmering indications that private operators contracted to provide buses have since ditched the state-owned pu...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:41hrs | 2061 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cancels exemption facility for importers
THE Government says the exemptions letters issued to importers, but without expiry dates, under the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme 2022 have expired.The CBCA programm...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
2 boarding schools under full Covid-19 lockdown
FATIMA and George Silundika High schools have been temporarily turned into isolation centres and put under full lockdown as the Government works to contain Covid-19 cases at the two Matabeleland North...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:01hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
3 million civic documents issued during blitz, but e-passport machine remains down
The mobile registration drive ended on Friday, with over three million civic documents having been issued.The figure is one million more than the planned target.The exercise, which was...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwean families depending on breadwinners in South Africa
Families depending on remittances from relatives working in South Africa fear they will lose their primary income when the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit expires.A financial services company warns ...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 21:24hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Tsitsi Dangarembga and co-accused fined ZW$70k each for inciting public violence
WORLD acclaimed author, Tsitsi Dangarembga and her co-accused, Julie Barnes, have been found guilty of inciting public violence after staging a peaceful demonstration in Harare's leafy suburb of Borro...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 20:19hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
'Drop Dangarembga charges,' says Americans
UNITED States-based rights group PEN America has called on Zimbabwean authorities to drop charges against world acclaimed writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga.The Harare-based writer will k...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Zimra rolls out self-service kiosks
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started rolling out self service facilities (Kiosk) for clients in a move to enhance efficiency in tax remittance as well as improve collections, especially ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa now a comedian?
SELF-STYLED preacher Talent Madungwe, better known as Prophet Madungwe and Norton MP Temba Mliswa will feature as "comedians" at the urban culture fiesta in the country, Shoko Festival which kicks off...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
3 years in a row with Bulawayo posting best Grade Seven results
BULAWAYO province recorded the best Grade Seven ZIMSEC results countrywide for the third year in a row last year with reports showing that although Covid-19 affected continuous learning, the 2021 pass...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Hectic schedule for Mnangagwa in New York ahead of UNGA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the United Nations General Assembly debate, the biggest global diplomatic event where world leaders tackle challenges facing the world for a better futur...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa activist boycotts court
THE police now have leads on the whereabouts of one of the five CCC members who disappeared during their trial on charges of staging an illegal demonstration in Warren Park, Harare, in May 2020, the S...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border modernisation Phase 3 completion by December
THE construction of the light vehicles and pedestrians terminal under the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation is nearing completion and is set to be opened to traffic in December this ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:47hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
BCC to embark on night-time refuse collection
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will soon introduce night-time refuse collection in the city centre as it gears to return the city to its former glory of being one of the cleanest in the continent....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Census reveals migration surge under Mnangagwa rule than before
Zimbabwe's population census has revealed a surge in unemployed citizens leaving the country under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule than during the many years in which late former President Robert ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 20:39hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Makomborero Haruzivishe snubs court, warrant of arrest issued
AN arrest warrant has been issued against Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Makomborero Haruzivishe after he failed to attend court Tuesday.Haruzuvishe is jointly charged with CCC ...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:09hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
NetOne fails to fix abuse of US$1m Covid-19 fund
MOBILE network operator NetOne has failed to properly account for a US$1 million fund the organisation was mandated with distributing to vulnerable citizens whose livelihoods were adversely affected b...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction
The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their a...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South agric show roars to life
THE 64th edition of Matebeleland South Agricultural Show will run from August 18 to 20 with the major attraction being the artificial insemination programme for cattle breeders.Matebeleland So...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Berita used me' - ex-hubby Nota
ZIMBABWEAN songbird Berita Khumalo's messy divorce from ex-husband Nota Baloyi took another nasty turn last week, as the media personality accused her of using his name to get gigs before unceremoniou...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:19hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabwean schools connected to internet
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had connected more than 400 schools to the internet.Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said this was part of gov...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, SA to collaborate on expiry of permits'
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.This emerged yesterday during the m...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targeting African churches
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly leaving no stone unturned as he targets churches with African roots as part of his wider presidential re-election campaign ahead of the 2023 elections....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
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