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SEEDCO, ZRP warn culprits distributing counterfeit seeds
In the wake of 2024/25 farming season, certified seeds distribution and supply giant, SEEDCO Limited has joined hands with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to thwart incidences of illegal selling of cou...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:15hrs | 1027 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Government urged to revise strategy for granting hero status
The government has been challenged to change the manner in which the ruling party exclusively grants hero status. Concerns have been raised that deserving individuals, such as the late historian Phath...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 13:11hrs | 515 | by Stephen Jakes
Headmistress faces allegations of corruption and assault
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has initiated an investigation into serious allegations of corruption and assault against Stella Mhlanga, the headmistress of Kumalo Primary School. Mhl...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Govt accused of protecting rogue Khumalo Pry school head
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has been accused of protecting Khumalo primary school headmistress, Stella Mhlanga who is facing allegations of corruption and assault of staff members ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 10:37hrs | 2281 | by Stephen Jakes
ZUDAC affiliates extort passengers, corrupt
THE Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC), including its affiliates, have been fingered in an extortion scandal and being accomplices in abusing commuting passengers, an investigation expos...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:07hrs | 7 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Gwanda residents up in arms against land developer
SOME Gwanda residents have petitioned Matebeleland South Provincial Affairs minister Abednico Ncube to take action against a Harare-based land developer for failing to service their housing stands....Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judas Iscariot and the Gold Mafia
When we look at the character of Judas in the Bible we notice that one has to belong to a certain group of people in power or has to form his own group th...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
Pressure group flags doctors for double dipping, shortchanging patients
Kwekwe based pressure group, Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has called on authorities to step in and stop some public hospital doctors from shortchanging poor citizens through spend...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 17:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean barlady stabs male customer after change dispute
A daring Chimanimani bar lady, Astaher Manyange, is facing murder charges for stabbing a man twice on his chest and arm after a heated exchange over change.Police said the incident occurred th...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe gold coins rollout
GOLD coins that were announced last week as a new measure and alternative to store monetary value, will be introduced into the market mid-this month and will be purchased using both foreign and local ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Prepaid Zesa for all next year
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has procured 100 000 prepaid meters as it targets to complete the placement of all its customers under this system by June next y...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers, tutors cash in on extra lessons
TEACHERS and private tutors are cashing in on extra lessons, charging up to US$40 per subject per month especially for examination classes as parents and guardians become desperate to make up for lost...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Nkayi trainee nurses recruitment
Nkayi is one of the districts in the Matabeleland region, which are facing serious challenges in having qualified nurses recruited from the local people.It has also been difficult for local el...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Beer shortages hit Bulawayo, surrounding areas
SOLE clear beer manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited is now coercing its customers to buy unpopular beer brands as clear beer shortages have hit the southern region.A survey carried by New ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suspends burials as grave-digging machine breaks down
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at the Athlone West cemetery due to a breakdown of a grave-digging machine.Council sources told New Zimbabwe.com that following the breakd...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne claims to be stable
STATE-RUN mobile telecoms firm NetOne says it has returned to profitability following a big swing towards attracting youthful subscribers to its network and a review of its governance systems....Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Election puts to test character of leadership
In 2023, the country will go the polls. It is one of the most prominent features on our calendar. Many look forward to elections with high expectations. In a free and fair world, it is a leadership pe...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Gweru workers call off strike
GWERU City Council workers have returned to work almost a week after they downed tools to press for better working conditions.Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers Union national general-secretary Ku...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff writer
Youths fret over by-elections delay
THE Youth Coalition has joined other civic organisations and opposition parties in demanding the immediate lifting of a ban on by-elections, saying the delays were shortchanging the electorate....Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine workers demand US$600 living wage
THE Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has demanded wage reviews between US$400 and US$600 for mine workers and expressed concern over the delay by employers to pay salary arr...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare's growing garbage problem
HARARE, renamed from the colonial Salisbury, in the early days of independence, was widely referred to as the Sunshine City owing to its squeaky-clean streets and orderly, smart and clean residential ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
A political career built on jecha
To be or not to be, is the question Nelson? Well, they say, trying to talk sense to Nelson Chamisa is as good as winking at a blind person. It is a horrible waste of time. He sees nothing. Now it's a ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government
Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | | by Murowa Ward Community
Time to confront bloodsuckers wherever and whenever
THAT things could be on the verge of boiling over is not an overstatement, but for the "big boys" these are the best of times as they are making a killing.But it should be pointed out from the...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Bitter pill to swallow for greedy Zimbabwe pharmacies
PHARMACEUTICAL and Chemical Distributors (PCD), a local drug distributor, has revealed that it is supplying pharmaceuticals to pharmacies in bond note currency and transfers, which they resale in Unit...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Provincial councils must be responsible for social-economic development of their provinces
MDC Alliance senator Lillian Timveos has said the provincial councils must be fully made responsible for the econpomic development of their provinces according to the clauses in the constitution....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zesa blacks out Soul Brothers show
THE much-anticipated Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo shutdown gig - Umcimbi Wabantu - largely anticipated to put the icing on a largely eventful arts jamboree, ended prematurely following a power cut...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower
AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amoun...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Third term opens as Nation transit from fear to acceptance
The hullabaloo of the inconsequential routine rituals of elections is now over. The political elites find themselves on different polar ends, the citizens are petrified and are slowly accepting the ne...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | | by ARTUZ
Is Jah Prayzah strangling his own baby?
A YEAR after it was formed, those that greeted the birth of Jah Prayzah's Military Touch Movement with jubilation may now be questioning whether their excitement was perhaps premature, given the glari...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere reads riot act to councils
Local authorities have been challenged to uphold their obligation of being the providers of housing in urban areas instead of playing second fiddle in the building of accommodation for urban dwellers....Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lack of POS machines cripples rural businesses
RURAL communities are unable to use plastic money due to poor telecommunications network connectivity.Given the continuing cash shortages in the economy, transacting is a nightmare for consume...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
The case for Internet regulation
The Internet is not only a conduit of nefarious activities but a domain of sophisticated crime which any nation would need to regulate. Other countries have already addressed this by putting in place ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Band sings about how Zim politicians are shortchanging the masses with lies and propaganda
While Zimbabwe is burning economically. A lot of voices are rising up with various ways of informing the regime of its failures, carelessness and poor governance.A traditional music piece led ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by Girlchild Creativity
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe swoops on unbanked businesses
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has assembled a crack team to compel all businesses to bank their money in line with a strategy to enhance cash circulation in the formal system.Point of sale and ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Promoter offers Byo artist $40 but $1500 for Harare based for same show
A Bulawayo musician known as Nashie is up in arms with a promoter who offered a mere $40 for a gig compared to $1500 for Harare artists for the same show.The show is planned for Palace G...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZINASU engages NUST officials over strike
ZINASU has dispatched a team of representatives to NUST in Bulawayo this afternoon to engage the Dean of Students on the ongoing lectures strike.The students body said they will demand a clea...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 12:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Name and shame them
CHIEF Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku broke with tradition last week when he gave a frank assessment of the performance of his subordinates during the official opening of the 2015 legal year. His speech ...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Financial Gazette
Fuel dealers 'tampering' with garage pumps
Some fuel stations in Zimbabwe's Manicaland province are allegedly tampering with fuel pumps ahead of a government deadline Wednesday to adjust fuel prices as per the falling prices of crude oil on th...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 21:55hrs | | by Loirdham Moyo
Government must move in swiftly in satelite schools - WhatsApp update
13:23, 9 Oct - +263 7* *** ****: THE GOVERNMENT MUST MOVE IN SWIFTLY IN SATELITE SCHOOLSA lot of people are complaining about the the so called sa...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 12:59hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
23 families to lose houses, residential stands
AT least 23 Bulawayo families will have their houses and residential stands auctioned today for failure to pay debts owed to council and different financial institutions. An auction company wi...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bonus for civil servants this month - Chinamasa
CIVIL servants will be paid their bonuses this month, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said yesterday. "We are working towards the payment of the 13th cheque and that will be done at the end...Published: 01 Nov 2013 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'My hair has grown grey because of fighting with MDC' says Chombo
ZANU-PF has urged people in Bulawayo to vote for them and completely wipe out the MDC factions in the forthcoming elections. Addressing more than 3 000 people at a rally at Stanley Square in ...Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 21:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zahara fever grips Bulawayo
Organisers of "Zahara and Friends Concert" scheduled for August 10 at the Borrowdale Racecourse's Fusion Club have promised fans a delightful night when all the artistes perform live on stage....Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:21hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
Reasons why The Herald is wrong about Nelson Mandela
‎I am always astounded by the persistent references in the The Herald newspaper together with its sister publications to former president Nelson Mandela as simply noth...Published: 22 Jan 2012 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Vusi Mavimbela
Why elections are necessary now
A family is made up of a father, mother and children. The father is the head of the family whi...Published: 18 Jul 2011 at 09:05hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
Fuel price hike justified
THE recent price increase of fuel is justified and unlikely to affect prices, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe executive director Ms Rosemary Siyachitema has said.In a telephone interview Ms Siyac...Published: 25 Dec 2010 at 14:34hrs | | by Byo24 Business Correspondent
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