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StarLink terminals sold out in Zimbabwe capital
Elon Musk's Starlink terminals sold out in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, less than two months after receiving permission from authorities to operate in the southern African nation.Harare now j...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 16:24hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
Deloitte exits Zimbabwe as management leads buyout
Deloitte, one of the world's big four accountancy firms, is leaving its Zimbabwe business and senior partners will buy out the unit.The Zimbabwe practice will exit the Deloitte network by Octo...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police systems are crumbling
I don't know about these days, but one of the most shaming things back in the days was when a learner was sent back home because he or she didn't have a uniform.It was shaming on the learner a...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 13 | by Tawanda Majoni
CCC aspiring councillor warned against nepotism
Entumbane residents have implored the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring councillor Kalazani Ndlovu to avoid nepotism in the expanded public works program if she wins in the August 23 electi...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 20:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$27m needed to modernise Bulawayo CBD roads
THE Bulawayo City Council says it needs about US$27 million to completely modernise the city centre road network and ensure the establishment of efficient parking infrastructure.While some sta...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Baker's Inn slashes bread prices
Baker's Inn Bakery has reduced the price of bread alleviating the strain on the pockets of Zimbabweans.In an era where rising costs have become the norm, Baker's Inn, has emerged as a knight i...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fire burns part of Luveve Cemetery
A portion of Luveve cemetery was burnt by a veld fire which destroyed grave markers and some of the tombstones.The cause of the fire is unknown but some residents blamed the Bulawayo City Coun...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
At what stage does a president concede he has failed?
If I were the president of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under these circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each and every day without electricity, and most urban a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe announces another fuel price increase
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has increased fuel prices by at least 2,3% as economists raised fears of price hikes.According to ZERA's latest update, ZERA said traders can se...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thugs turned yellow Kwekwe rally bloody red
On Sunday the 27th of February 2022, Zimbabwe's main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change held a rally in Kwekwe town which saw a huge attendance by thousands of ecstatically cheering suppo...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:08hrs | 11 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Bulawayo 150% rates approved
BULAWAYO residents will start paying 150 percent more in rates for domestic users following Government's approval of the city's $23,8 billion 2022 budget.The new charges are effective from thi...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage online anti-govt demo
Members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) yesterday staged online anti-government protests meant to coincide with the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) anti-sancti...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Employees may be compelled to take Covid-19 vaccine
The strides made by the government to scale up the voluntary vaccination process in Zimbabwe are welcome as a move to contain the surging virus.however, some employers are now compelling their...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Cephas Mavhondo
Zupco to receive more buses this week
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will receive new buses procured from China to add to its fleet this week.Zupco acting chief executive officer Mr Evaristo Madangwa told The Sunday...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe appealing both conviction and 'harsh' sentence, says lawyer
Jailed opposition MDC Alliance youth activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is appealing his conviction and 14-months sentence at the High Court, his attorney said on Wednesday, calling the punishment "too ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tall grass headache for Bulawayo motorists
A NUMBER of intersections in Bulawayo have become potential blackspots for motorists due to tall grass that reduces visibility. Drivers have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to slash tall...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crops on council land to be slashed
HARARE has warned people growing crops on open spaces that their crops will be destroyed.Residents around Manresa and many other areas are illegally cultivating on council land and despite not...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 20:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Illegal farmers damaging city sewage system'
ILLEGAL farming activities have been blamed for blocking Bulawayo's sewage system resulting in regular pipe bursts, a council report has revealed.According to latest council minutes, several c...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy in SA scales down operations
The Zimbabwe embassy in South Africa has with immediate effect suspended all consulate appointments stretching from today to March 26 while also slashing by half the number of clients assisted daily f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senditoo becomes cheapest money remittance service after slashing all fees
Senditoo has cut its remittance fees meaning that all customers who send money to Zimbabwe will not be charged for their transactions. This will make the money transfer company one of the cheapest mon...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 09:07hrs | | by Loma Media
Zanu-PF says violence instigators to be brought to book
ZANU-PF Politburo member Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said perpetrators of violence which led to the abandonment of the Kwekwe Central Constituency primary election recently must be made to account for ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hiding behind a finger
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's 2019 Mid-Term Monetary Policy Review statement on Thursday was very interesting in more ways than one.Firstly, that publishing annual inflation has been suspend...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:47hrs | | by Editorial _ Newsday
Fresh headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recently enacted economic measures will be tested next week when government workers meet to decide the salary threshold they should demand from their employer following ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simbisa Brands slashes prices
LISTED quick service business, Simbisa Brands, has set the pace by slashing prices of its major products by 20 percent margins in response to monetary and fiscal consolidation measures being implement...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens profiteering businesses
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to come down hard on shops that are refusing to slash prices after his government last week dumped the decade-old multi-currency system and re-introduced th...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's endless currency circus and cycle
When it comes to currency management in Zimbabwe there is always déjà vu which is a result of repeated fallible prescriptions. It's a circus where the actors enjoy their never-ending play with the a...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Ngonidzaishe Makaha and Adrian Mapiye
UK to end contribution to climate change by 2050
The Prime Minister has today announced that the UK will eradicate its net contribution to climate change by 2050.The statutory instrument to implement this will be laid in Parliament today, We...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa's credit ratings remains at 'junk status'
Standard and Poor's Global Ratings kept South Africa's foreign- and local-currency credit ratings in "junk" territory with a stable outlook late on Friday, saying the new government was expected to fo...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike a step in some direction
With the unending queues and the bond crashing against the dollar, the Energy ministry has once again raised fuel prices to stem the so-called 'under-recoveries' of oil companies. According to the lat...Published: 26 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
New Zupco buses come to Bulawayo
FIVE of the 39 new Zupco buses which were commissioned recently are coming to Bulawayo to service urban routes. This comes in the wake of Government slashing fares by 50 percent resulting in fares for...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco will work, commuters call for timetable adjustments
COMMUTERS have called on ZUPCO to adjust timetables to cater for all workers as well as also expand on areas covered.Currently, the Zupco buses operate between 5am and 7pm, which affects those...Published: 22 May 2019 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student kills lecturer over thesis
An argument over a thesis turned fatal as a student allegedly killed his professor by slashing her throat.The incident happened Monday afternoon, May 2, at the North Sumatra Muhammadiyah Unive...Published: 09 May 2019 at 21:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Body found under tree in suspected suicide case
THE body of a 40-year-old man has been found under a tree in Bulawayo's Nketa 7 suburb in a suspected case of suicide. Sources said the corpse was discovered by city council street clean...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa Reserve Bank to be nationalised
President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement on Thursday that government intends to continue with plans to nationalise the central bank cased "havoc" in dealing rooms, according to Bianca Botes, Corporate...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What I learnt from a dog which stole an egg
(Warning 🚫 The following message may change your life) During the holiday while visiting my relatives in the village, I passed a certain old man's h...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Growing unrest exposes official posturing
FAILURE by government to address the unrelenting currency crisis has come back to haunt the country as evidenced by widespread unrest triggered by the rising cost of living.Finance minister Mt...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Austerity does not bring prosperity - ED, stop destroying our lives, please!
Ever since the current economic crisis bedeviling Zimbabwe started, sometime around October, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime has been at pains trying to reassure the nation that they were on to...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Senior doctors join striking juniors
HARARE - In the latest standoff between the government and striking junior doctors, senior medical personnel have now joined the industrial action by their juniors - leading to the suspension of major...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff Re
Zimra targets ill-gotten wealth
GOVERNMENT has directed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to widen revenue collection measures including pursuing individuals who evade paying taxes. This was said by Secretary for ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive teachers' demo over salary and bonus cuts
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has announced that it is engaging in a series of industrial targeted at the minister of Finance to force them to respond to teachers' concerns....Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube cuts 5% of top civil servants' salary
The Minister of Finance & Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube has announced that he will be cutting 5% of basic salary of all top civil servants. Ncube announced the development at the 201...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 14:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Local Zimbabweans priced out of tourist resorts'
ZANU-PF legislator Christina Nyere (proportional representation) has called for the slashing of hotel rates and tourism fees for locals in order to promote domestic tourism and enable locals to enjoy ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets ghost workers
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) is targeting "ghost workers" in the civil service as part of government's transformative agenda, chairperson Vincent Hungwe has said.Hungwe told journalists...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes not equal to US dollar, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has admitted that the country's surrogate bond note is not equal to the United States dollar, contradicting earlier government pronouncements on the currency.The ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2 | 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
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday ordered his political nemesis President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa to do the "most gracious and revolutionary thing" by conceding defeat and start...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Incumbents promising slashed bills to buy votes: Aspiring councillor
Aspiring independent councillor for Bulawayo's Lobengula ward 14, Lwazi Khanye (27), has accused incumbent councillors of seeking to buy votes by proposing that council should suspend water disconnect...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brands and stores affected by Edcon's new recovery plan
Edcon Holdings' latest recovery plan includes closing chains including Red Square cosmetics and La Senza lingerie and attempting to lure their customers to its flagship Edgars clothing stores....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 12:41hrs | | by Bloomberg
CEO reassures all fastjet passengers
Fastjet - the budget African airline founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou - reassuring all fastjet passengers, the travel industry and our partners that the company will continue to operate in a state of '...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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