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Zimbabwe: A move to curb freedom of association as election nears
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe should reregister hundreds of civil society groups whose registration it has withdrawn, and amend its Private Voluntary Organization Act to bring it in line with its obligation...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:13hrs | 483 | by APO
Regulated Brokers in South Africa
When it comes to investing in the financial markets, it's crucial to choose a reputable and reliable broker. This is especially important in South Africa, where the regulatory environment is robust an...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 629 | by Agencies
ZERA Raises Fuel Prices
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has raised fuel prices in its latest review, which is effective January 26, 2023.In a statement seen by Bulawayo24.com, the regulator said petrol wo...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1574 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
9 die of COVID-19 in one week as cases rise in Zimbabwe
COVID-19 cases are gradually increasing in the country with statistics indicating that nine people succumbed to the disease during the past week. This comes amid calls for the media to revive ...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 2393 | by Staff Reporter
Oscar Pambuka spared extended jail time
FORMER television personality Oscar Pambuka was yesterday spared from serving another prison term after a Mbare Magistrate sentenced him to a wholly suspended one year jail term for attempted fraud. ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:32hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi calls for peace ahead of elections
ZION Christian Church (ZCC) leader, Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has implored churches to play a leading role in promoting peace and unity in the nation as the country heads towards this year's harmonised ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Gold mine fined $500 000 for flouting environmental laws
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has fined Jannarch 17 gold mining and milling plant $500 000 for operating a gold mine without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence.The mi...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:32hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Challenge against Zec presses on
WHILE Senate has approved the delimitation report, which is now before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Harare voter Tonderai Chidawa, represented by Lovemore Madhuku, is pressing ahead with his challeng...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF and CCC pursuing the 4th Chimurenga agenda: Is it mere coincidence?
Barbara Tanyanyiwa, a woman representative at CCC was on 19th January 2022 interviewed by Studio 7 on the arrests of 25 CCC members in Budiriro in Harare. In her 2 minutes, 15 seconds inte...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 17:55hrs | 1883 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Mnangagwa under fire
Civil society organisations have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of refusing to implement electoral reforms in order to gain an unfair advantage in this year's hamornised elections.The cl...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:11hrs | 5741 | by Staff reporter
Why Prince Harry's book is a must read!
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, has written a biography of his life and times in the House of Windsor, the ruling family of Great Britain. He was paid US90 million.This type of a book is cal...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:08hrs | 494 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zec's delimitation exercise ends
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has officially ended the delimitation exercise although experts argued that alleged irregularities in its preliminary report exposed a deeply flawed process....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:01hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses second ODI by 46 runs
Gary Balance's 50 was in vain as Zimbabwe lost the second One Day International by 46 runs at Harare Sports Club leaving the series poised at one all with the decider set for Monday.The Chevro...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 17:52hrs | 468 | by Staff Reporter
Headwinds ahead for Zanu-PF
NORTON Independent legislator Temba Mliswa remains a comical character but he is one you cannot afford to ignore.A rabble-rouser of note, he has been a thorn in the flesh of Zanu-PF ever since...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:26hrs | 2593 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt turns to banks to fund roads rehabilitation
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator said this week it had kicked off processes to draft in banks to bolster its capacity to fund rehabilitation of the country's crumbling road network.In an intervi...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not ready for credible harmonised elections, says 'regime change' NGO
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition's (CiZC) has established that the country is not yet ready to hold free, fair and credible elections due to a number of systemic bottlenecks impeding transparency....Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:26hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu Breweries hunts for board members
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking, Ingwebu Breweries, is hunting for three new board members to fill gaps created by the expiry of the term of office of previous members.The board'...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's street 'shops' flood city by night
FILLED to the brim with groceries ranging from foodstuffs, toiletry to skin care products, a pushcart — commonly known as iScania in the streets of Bulawayo — is strategically positioned at a busy...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 531 | by Jamwanda
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 967 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Temba Mliswa blasts parly ad hoc committee
OUTSPOKEN independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week attacked the composition of the Parliament ad hoc committee analysing the preliminary delimitation exercise report cautioning on possible...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to hand over Parly's Delimitation report to ZEC
President Mnangagwa is today expected to hand over to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), a report by Parliament on the preliminary Delimitation report of electoral ward and constituency boundari...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:38hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to 'shoot to kill' armed robbers
Police will bring the full force of the law to bear on those who possess unregistered firearms, as they will be deemed to have criminal intent to harm, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-Gene...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 21:26hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Econet among Africa's top 250 companies
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited have been named among Africa's top 250 companies by the African Business magazine.Every Year the African Business top 2...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 16:21hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1071 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Zimbabwean 'Obama' turns down Chamisa party overtures
Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader, Robert Chapman, the latest entrant in the race for the Zimbabwe presidential seat, has turned down overtures for him to join the Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:36hrs | 4292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's upcoming general elections test for Commonwealth readmission
The upcoming general elections in Zimbabwe should be a highlight of the country's willingness to re-join the Commonwealth but so far, nothing is pointing in that direction, according to Sonny Leong, a...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Ex-deputy minister's theft case in new twist
The state's case against former Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro on Thursday seemed to crumble after the prosecution's star witness exonerated him.Karoro is accused of stealing 700 b...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:19hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Town Clerks, Mayors face Zimbabwe government wrath
THE Government says it is disappointed with poor service delivery obtaining in the country's towns and cities that does not signal a collective agenda steeped towards achieving an upper-middle income ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:18hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to start demolishing dilapidated buildings
GWERU acting Town Clerk, Mr Vakai Chikwekwe has revealed that the city will start demolishing dilapidated buildings next month.Building owners had been given a three-month notice last year in ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:41hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 166 | by Bishop Lazi
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 594 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Mliswa says no political party in Zimbabwe will admit him because he is outspoken
NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa said no political party in Zimbabwe will admit him because he is outspoken, a situation that will see the fiery politician contesting the 2023 general electi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:26hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party threatens mass action
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has threatened mass action if the preliminary delimitation report produced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is adopted in its current form.The part...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 13:59hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition
Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a conditi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 408 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Bulawayo suspends health services director over CBD garbage
Bulawayo's health services director Dr Edwin Sibanda has been suspended for alleged incompetence over uncollected garbage in the city centre and deteriorating environmental standards.The decis...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:56hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Dad terrorises family with murder-suicide threats
"I'LL kill you, myself and the children…"An abusive Bulawayo man has reportedly developed homicidal tendencies after his wife left him, to get peace of mind.It seems like a no-win si...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
US treasury boss heads for Africa
THE United States (US) Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen's visit to Senegal, Zambia and South Africa from January17 to 28, 2023 has been confirmed by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:40hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP appeals to Transport ministry
Zanu-PF Mutasa South constituency legislator Misheck Mugadza has engaged the Transport ministry over increasing traffic accidents involving haulage trucks at Mutare city's mountainous Christmas Pass r...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Parliamentarians shreds Zec delimitation report
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday "tore up" the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s preliminary delimitation report tabled in Parliament last week Friday, describing it as flawed.Independent electi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Petrol price rises by 3%
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has slightly adjusted upwards the price of petrol by three cents to US$1.53 per litre from the previous price which was US$1.50 and Liquid Petroleum Gas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Dad christens kids Jesus, Mbuya Nehanda and Mugabe
Jesus, Mbuya Nehanda and Mugabe are siblings! This is not blasphemy or a script for a movie and believe it or not, there is a Harare family where they incarnate.Even if we are to invite the DN...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Delimitation report null and Void: Parliament
The controversial delimitation report released by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) this month has been condemned by the ad-hoc committee selected by parliament on the basis that it lacked clarity w...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 14:43hrs | 2575 | by Desmond Nleya
SHOCKING: A'level pupil dies after a snake bite in classroom
A sixth form student at Rushinga High was bitten by a snake in the classroom yesterday while coming from sports and died in the evening.The shocking incident was confirmed by Rushinga legislat...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 12:36hrs | 5640 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Business community slams BCC forex conversions
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries have accused the Bulawayo City Council of using a wrong formula to convert the 2022 and this year's tariffs to Un...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa violence: Two more arrested
TWO more suspects have been arrested over the alleged political violence in Murehwa following a video which went viral on social media. In the video, some people could be seen assaulting both ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school headmasters face the sack over illegal fees hikes
HEADS of Government schools who defy laid down guidelines in hiking fees will be deemed to have committed acts of misconduct and will be liable to disciplinary action, which may include dismissal, whi...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
'What leadership invest in violence?' asked Chamisa - a dictatorship and after 23 years you have done nothing to end it
"If you have support why are so violent, so heartless against citizens even the elderly? And why should bases and vigilante groups be allowed around the country? Are we now worse than animals? What le...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 18:25hrs | 890 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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