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South African commentator downplays Zimbabwe's giant steel plant's capabilities?
'It will just add to surplus capacity in the region, and the only way to safeguard against the commodity trade is to start adding value to the steel product itself' – Charles Dednam, South African I...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 07:33hrs | 3454 | by Staff reporter
75% Zimbabwe local content for broadcasters on cards
Public broadcasters in Zimbabwe could soon be required to air at least 75% local content across their channels, while licensed sports channels will need to dedicate half their airtime to local sports,...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:00hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos, players standoff persists
Tensions are mounting at Dynamos Football Club as players staged a second day of protest yesterday, boycotting training over unpaid winning bonuses and sign-on fees. The unrest has thrown their Chibuk...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 104 | by Staff reporgter
Zimra's new tax system slammed
LOCAL businesses have expressed concern about the new tax and revenue management system (TaRMs) being used by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which they say is too complex and difficult to set...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Notorious drug dealer court papers vanish...fears of corruption at Tredgold Courts raised
An investigation by Bulawayo 24 into sentences effected on a notorious Bulawayo drug dealer has resulted in questions being asked about the integrity of the Tredgold Magistrates Courts after court pap...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 08:42hrs | 25 | by Simba Jemwa
US$150 million Old Gwanda road construction begins
THE Government has approved the construction of the 120km Bulawayo-Old Gwanda Road at a cost of US$150 million by a private contractor with work expected to commence tomorrow in a Build, Operate and T...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Company refuses to fund BCC Botswana jaunt, loses tender
A BOTSWANA company had its expression of interest tender to do a dairy farming project at the Bulawayo City Council-owned farms - Aisleby and Goodhope - turned down after they declined to host an 18-m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President, Zimbabwe has never known respite from terror
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as we count down to the 2023 harmonised elections, it is my fervent supplication that you replicate the Madiba blueprint. Despite the massive...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa says puppets will never rule Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe because Zanu-PF was the sole custodian of the country's liberation history.Addressing hundreds of ruling ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Monument to Ndebele victory complete
CONSTRUCTION of Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matabeleland North, is complete and the shrine is ready for commissioning.Government started upgrading the Pupu site about 50km east of Lupane...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
UB40 founding member dies
BRITISH vocalist and founding member of UB40 Terence Wilson, better known by his stage name Astro, has died aged 64.Astro, who performed in the reggae-pop band for more than 30 years, died aft...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 18:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
$5m for Manama Hospital repairs
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has availed ZW$5 million needed to rehabilitate Manama Mission Hospital and the army has since been seconded to carry out construction works at the health institution t...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends level 2 lockdown by another 2 weeks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday extended by another two weeks an alert Level 2 lockdown even as he noted a sharp fall in new Covid-19 infections and deaths.He said daily average infect...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business opts for US dollars as base currency
TRANSACTIONS are increasingly occurring in United States Dollars which means that households that earn incomes in the Zimbabwe dollar including most poor households, will find it increasingly unafford...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 contractors gun for Harare-Beitbridge Highway tender
GOVERNMENT plans to speed up the refurbishment of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway beginning next month, with five contractors expected to be selected in a shortened tender process. Further, a fr...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Benny Gudo
South Africa moves to tighten job terms, expats fear expulsion
Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | | by Reuters
Top Bulawayo lawyer served with divorce summons
Bulawayo lawyer Blessing Mabusiso Bhala has been served with divorce summons by his estranged wife, Senele, who is demanding custody of their daughter and $300 in monthly maintenance.In summon...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama humiliated by Botswana's ruling party
Former Botswana President Ian Khama slammed the ruling party after a candidate he backed withdrew from a leadership contest, saying it was rigged in favour of current president, Mokgweetsi Masisi....Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by AP/Bloomberg
African footballers of the year: Where are they now?
The continent of Africa has produced some fine footballers down the years, some of whom have gone on to become real world stars.That trend looks set to continue in the modern era too; just tak...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe, South Africa increase collaboration on migration
ZIMBABWE and South Africa have increased collaboration on the management of migration and repartition of children across their border through the Cross-border Coordination Committee for Unaccompanied ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
82 dead as cyclone toll doubles in Zimbabwe, more feared dead
TROPICAL cyclone Idai continued to wreak havoc in eastern Zimbabwe, with authorities announcing more than 82 bodies had been recovered as of late Sunday.Chimanimani and Chipinge districts sout...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa flies home into a storm
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to abandon his trip to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday after coming under pressure at home over the government's apparent lack of preparedness t...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's national dialogue in disarray
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to foster national dialogue with opposition political parties are hitting a snag with some leaders pulling out, accusing the Zanu-PF leader of being insincere....Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo accusing Mnangagwa of insincerity
The Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA), led by Nkosana Moyo- who contested for presidency with 22 other candidates in last year's elections – has withdrawn from the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo ditches Mnangagwa talks
LOSING presidential candidate Nkosana Moyo and his party have pulled out of the ongoing dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa insisting the process was headed for nowhere without the participat...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Cycle of Zimbabwe protests has shortened to intervals of about four months
AN independent policy research organisation says the country is likely to experience more protests until the government addresses issues of concern to the majority of Zimbabweans.Speaking at t...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over NPRC lifespan
MDC Alliance proportional representation legislator Concillia Chinanzvavana, who is a survivor of torture in 2008, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Masvingo High Court, seeking to force h...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel supply situation to normalise soon, says Gumbo
Government has assured the public that fuel supplies will soon normalise as queues significantly shortened or were totally absent at service stations across the country in recent days. Most se...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by STaff Reporter
Zinara seeks $250m for project
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) will float US$250 million worth of infrastructure bonds to mobilise funds for upgrading the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway. This comes after governmen...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Derailed goods train still at crash site
The Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway Company (BBR) is still working on modalities to remove its crashed goods train and repair the damaged track at the rail-road crossing in the border town.It is D...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
South Africa stops issuing general work visas?
Ahead of the implementation of new immigration laws and the release of a severely shortened critical skills list, South Africa's Home Affairs Department appears to be pre-emptively clamping down on im...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ bosses suspension laudable, but ...
YESTERDAY'S suspension of four senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directors fingered in fuelling the parallel market rates between the United States dollar and the bond notes, which has resulted in...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
Prophet Magaya on cholera fundraising
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader, Prophet Walter Magaya held a church service on Sunday and discouraged congregants from greeting each other.During the shortened service, Pr...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Haddon & Sly supermarket shuts down shop
One of Bulawayo's leading giant supermarkets, Haddon and Sly Supermarket has reportedly closed due to operational challenges.According to the workers, the supermarket closed 5 days ago....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How the electorate rejected Mawarire and Povo
When Pastor Evan Mawarire first emerged, many felt he had what it takes to challenge at least for a parliamentary seat. To be fair to those who saw him as a potential face for our esteemed august Hous...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Leroy Dzenga
Corruption major hurdle to meeting development goals
THERE are many questions which require some answers for Zimbabwe pertaining to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on whether Zimbabwe will achieve the targets of the 17...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by David Mhlanga
WATCH: Chamisacare to be launched soon
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa has promised to launch a 'Chamisacare' health policy soon after winning the 2018 elections.The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebele Diaspora Genocide Conference: Dabengwa and Mzila expected to attend
This press release is issued to the public as a way of an update about the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement's programme of activities including an update on the up...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Thembani Dube
Shabanie Mine, Mutare City draw
Shabanie Mine 1 - 1 Mutare CityGRITTY performers Shabanie Mine were held to a stalemate by struggling debutantes Mutare City in this Castle Lager Premiership soccer match at Maglas yesterday. ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School term shortened to 11 weeks
THE first school term calendar which in the past has been 13 weeks, has this year been shortened to 11 weeks.Schools opened on January 9 and will close on March 28 yet in the past schools used...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa man of his Word
A wise man is the one who distinguish jokes from sensitive issues and a loving friend maybe a friend for life. While the country is recovering from bootlicking and backbiting mainly orchestrated by fo...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:42hrs | | by Prof Luke Mbune Chakaza
Mphoko slapped with $2.1 million lawsuit
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is being sued for $2,1 million by a Bulawayo businessman for alleged abuse of office.The businessman says the former Vice-President allegedly used his ...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fastjet wins Leading African Low-Cost Airline at World Travel Awards
Kigali, Rwanda: Fastjet received its second award this year as the airline was named Leading African Low-Cost Airline at the World Travel Awards last night. This is fastjet's second successive...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Agencies
The challenges facing the healthcare industry in Africa
Access to basic healthcare services and products remains a challenge throughout significant portions of the world. When many people think of a lack of healthcare and/or the consequences that follow it...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 18:54hrs | | by Agencies
Man appeals for $10,000 to undergo knee op in Malawi
A 30-year-old Bulawayo man is seeking $10 000 to undergo a knee correction operation in Malawi.Mr Brian Bishop, of 32671 in Entumbane cannot walk upright and needs both his knees repaired. In ...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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