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Kariba power station surpasses Power generation targets in Q2
Kariba power station generated 72 percent of the 2 300 GWh that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) sent out during the second quarter of this year on the back of improved water availability and plant ef...Published: 14 hrs ago | 396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells profiteers to play fair,
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the need to adopt fair business practices and urged economic stakeholders to rally behind the country's transformation agenda and leave a legacy of positive im...Published: 21 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to release smaller gold coins
Smaller Zimbabwean gold coins, as small as a tenth of an ounce, are expected to go on sale in November from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe so ordinary people can invest in them and store value for their...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hectic schedule
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today lead key proceedings in a double hectic schedule in the resort city of Victoria Falls where he is set to officially open the End of Term Judges Symposium this morning an...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ready to welcome Zimbabwean citizens as permits expire in SA
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, said the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is ready to welcome back its citizens who have lived in South A...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3383 | by Staff reporter
Nedbank chops off 23 workers
Nedbank Zimbabwe Limited has retrenched 23 workers, including 10 managers, citing a shift in its strategic focus.The workers affected by the compulsory retrenchment exercise, which took effect...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 855 | 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 | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe school dropouts skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 20% increase in school dropouts since 2020 when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Union of Education Norway in conjunction with the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:23hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe average salary very low as poverty bites
SEVEN out of 10 employed people in Zimbabwe earned a monthly salary of ZW$20 000 in January this year, an income which was below the obtaining bread basket as urban poverty hits the southern African n...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University students win innovation prize
LUPANE State University (LSU) scooped the top award at the Enactus awards ceremony organised and hosted by Boost Fellowship in Harare on Friday to walk away with $400 000.The Entrepreneu...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Parents cry foul over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has refused to bow down to pressure from parents who want children to attend holiday lessons, saying the practice was long outlawed.Holiday lessons have long been banned because gov...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in no hurry to relax masks mandate
GOVERNMENT says it is in "no hurry" to relax mandatory wearing of face masks despite a decline in new COVID-19 infections in the country.On Tuesday, Information and Publicity minister Monica M...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets sights on UN Security Council seat
ZIMBABWE has presented its candidacy for an African rotational slot as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2027-2028, and now awaits the authorisation of the African Unio...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
China's 'juicy' deal with Zimbabwe set to benefit citrus farmers
MBUYA Rosemary Tendi (70) of Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, has been braving crispy cold mornings in the past few weeks to make sure that she monitors the harvesting of oranges from h...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Simukwe bridge construction resumes
GOVERNMENT has resumed the construction of the 200-metre Simukwe River Bridge that links Matobo under Chief Malaba and Bulilima District under Chief Bango.Engineers on site said the project is...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe buys new Embraer plane
IN a move expected to boost the fleet of national airliner Air Zimbabwe, Government has bought a new state of the art Embraer ERJ-145 jet that is expected to take to the skies in the next eight weeks....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe companies miss Zimra revenue target
THE ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) says companies, which are some of the major contributors to revenue, missed the target for the quarter by 17,8% due to depressed economic performance and negativ...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Stress-related suicide cases triple in Bulawayo
THE number of people attempting suicide has almost tripled in Bulawayo since last year with concerns that residents are failing to cope with stress, which drives them to the edge leading to suicide....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Fresh test for Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts as the US hosts crucial Africa meeting
DESPITE spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a public relations stunt and expending energy on an international re-engagement exercise, Zimbabwe continues wallowing in isolation amid reports that t...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:50hrs | 2707 | by Staff reporter
Dangers of Arab Spring in South Africa
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of pover...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:15hrs | 697 | by Sandy Africa
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF supporters
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to register in their numbers and ensure a resounding victory for the ruling Zanu-PF party during next year's harmonised elections.Speaking during ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses former commercial farmers compensation deadline
GOVERNMENT has once again failed to meet its July deadline to pay the remaining half of the US$3.5 billion in compensation to former white farmers, whose land was seized and redistributed to blacks un...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:58hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses out on G7 stimulus package
ZIMBABWE missed out on a G7-backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus package designed to help countries of the global South weather economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The reason for t...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining surpasses US$5 billion
Zimbabwe's mining sector is registering unprecedented growth, for the first time in history, with earnings jumping to US$5,2 billion in 2021 from about US$2,9 billion in 2017, as positive gains contin...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Police officer testifies in trial of CCC members
ASSISTANT Inspector Tevedzerai Shonhai, who led a police reaction team from Warren Park police station in Harare on the day five CCC members allegedly staged an illegal demonstration during the lockdo...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank assists more than 600 individuals and companies with residential and commercial property needs
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has assisted over 600 individuals and corporates acquire residential and commercial properties over the last year as part of its efforts t...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 21:49hrs | 545 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's problem is Zanu-PF's intimidation and kleptocracy, not the country's youth
THERE is a certain blindness in understanding the nature of Zimbabwean politics and elections if the problem is mostly attributed to an apathetic youth. A more analytical view includes other consequen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 242 | by Tony Reeler
Midwives shortage hits Harare City Council clinics
HARARE City Council's health services director Prosper Chonzi yesterday said there was a serious shortage of midwives at council-run clinics, saying this had severely affected maternal healthcare serv...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Efforts to end loadshedding by November stepped up
The problems at the huge Hwange Power Station and the small Harare station have been corrected, while negotiations are ongoing for the importation of more electricity as a short-term measure to lessen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:34hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
1 200 primary and secondary schools built in last 4 years?
AT least 1 194 primary and secondary schools, averaging about 300 per year, were built countrywide in the last four years in line with the Government's quest to reduce the distance learners walk to an...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:08hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests
Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp — Broad Alliance Agains...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:50hrs | 519 | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai
Mnangagwa's govt ends Zupco monopoly
PRIVATE transport operators are expected to resume soon under a new set of regulations to repeal Zupco's monopoly and establish an efficient urban mass public transport system, it has been learnt....Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:07hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi turns to law
Maverick and controversial ZANU PF Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Dr Energy Mutodi was last week Wednesday sworn in as Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public at the High Court of Zimba...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:32hrs | 5097 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Baba Harare vs Jacaranda
The Jacaranda tree is known to represent The tree represents wisdom, rebirth, wealth and good luck as such when most artists see the Jacaranda Music brand they think wealth and all good things....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:23hrs | 2059 | by John Mbizvo
Zimbabwean tech start-up wins US$250,000 Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa
ZIMBABWEAN tech start-up Vaxiglobal was recently named among the first winners of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa which attracted 330 applicants from 38 countries across the continent....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has best formalisation model in Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO has exhibited the best model in the country in terms of formalising the informal sector, which should be replicated in other provinces to assist the country in transitioning from informal ope...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Vusa Mkhaya releases lockdown production
EVERYBODY hates the dark. So does the ancestor of Bulawayo's music sector, Vusa Mkhaya who has released his fourth studio album titled Khanyisa.His latest offering consists of a dozen songs wh...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
ZimFund $23 Million Power Project Ready to Roll with Delivery of New Transformer
HARARE, Zimbabwe - An Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project funded by ZimFund, has reached the last leg of implementation with the deliver...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 08:17hrs | 1042 | by APO
Mai Mabhena hosts Macheso
Guruve Hotel proprietor and music promoter Monica Chikanda popularly known as "Mai Mabhena" in the music industry is hosting the King of Sungura Alick Macheso tomorrow (Friday).The hotel...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 15:18hrs | 1336 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases increase
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases, a cause for concern considering the havoc wrecked by the disease previously.Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Africa's food security relies on climate smart agriculture
THERE has not been a more demanding time for Africa to adopt modern agriculture methods than now. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security in Africa is threatened at all levels and farming ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:59hrs | 122 | by The Exchange
Zimbabwe, China continue to strengthen ties
ZIMBABWE and China continue to engage each other on modern challenges as part of solidifying the long-standing bilateral relations that exist between them, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.H...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
South Africa blow for foreigners, Dudula wins
AS South Africa readies itself to face a legal fight over Zimbabwean Work Permits, the Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi is pressing ahead with the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) a...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 3295 | by Staff reporter
Macheso vs Ngwazi: Who hit the right chord?
The debate has been raging like a wild fire for almost a week now, and sungura music fans are clearly divided.The question has not been about who is better between veteran sungura musician Ali...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp prophet makes waves
WE have seen a boom of prophets who use spiritual hangers, padlock, spectacles, anointing oil and handkerchiefs that are believed to have powers to heal different ailments and restore broken marriages...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Nurse left with tubing in body after brain surgery at London hospital; problem only discovered years later in Zimbabwe
A man has said he was left in agony after plastic tubing was left in his body after undergoing brain surgery.Kennedy Mugovera, 51, from Swindon, had the procedure at the University College Lon...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officially open Mine Entra Conference
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to headline the country's leading Mining, Engineering and Transport exhibition (Mine Entra) to be held in Bulawayo in the next few weeks.Commonly known as Mine Entra...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive continues to pay off
Zimbabwe continues to reap economic dividends from its engagement and re-engagement drive, with French President Emmanuel Macron facilitating the rehabilitation and upgrading of the historic Great Zim...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
China donates new Parliament building to Zimbabwe
China has donated to Zimbabwe the recently completed new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden in Harare to boost friendship and solidarity between the two countries.Government has, however, been ...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's forex earnings to reach US$12 billion this year
ZIMBABWE registered US$4,9 billion of foreign currency inflows during the first five months of this year, and is on course to surpass the 2021 record of US$9,7 billion, a senior official has said....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
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