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Mutare police, doctors in bribe storm
POLICE and doctors at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare have been accused of demanding bribes from mourners to facilitate post-mortems.According to victims of the alleged scam and other sour...Published: 22 hrs ago | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readies for harmonised elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Gweru today to lead proceedings at the official opening session of an induction workshop for Zanu-PF aspiring candidates, as the ruling party gears for the harmonised el...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates workshop starts in Gweru
SCORES of Zanu-PF candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections, including the 210 candidates for the National Assembly, had arrived in Gweru by last night ahead of the party's five-day orientatio...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Maswanhise set for Leicester City breakthrough
ENGLAND-BORN Warriors' prospect Tawanda Maswanhise is expected to graduate into the first team of relegated premier league side Leicester City after he scooped the developmental side player of the yea...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:35hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite starts transmitting data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth-observation satellite, ZimSat-1, has started collecting data from space after undergoing successful orbital stabilisation.The satellite, which is monitored from the Mazo...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga set for Egypt
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care, is expected to lead the Zimbabwe delegation at this year's Africa Health ExCon, which starts here in Egypt on...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's election season begins
THE country was ushered into an election season yesterday as President Mnangagwa proclaimed the road map for this year's polls, setting August 23 as the election date and June 21 as the date for the s...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's election date proclamation is bad news
ON Wednesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted a proclamation fixing August 23 as the date for the 2023 general elections. This might turn out to be a general election like no other before....Published: 31 May 2023 at 20:59hrs | 2076 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Harare - Beitbridge highway nears completion
THE rehabilitation of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway is near completion with 435km now open to traffic, as the start of work on the upgrade of the 342km Harare-Chirundu Highway has also reache...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts developing its 2.0 One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced updating its antimicrobial resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP) 2023-2027, to replace the previous NAP (2017-2021) which had lapsed...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:39hrs | 293 | by APO
How worried should we be about income inequality?
How worried should we be about Income Inequality actually? We worry plenty about its opposite. Forced economic equality is socialism. It is unZimbabwean to be for socialism. But Zimbabwe's strength is...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:14hrs | 138 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Zimdollar not going anywhere
THE Treasury has assured the market of continued usage of the local currency and that deliberate steps are being taken to strengthen its value so as to restore consumer purchasing power and buttress t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 824 | by Musa Kika
Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Why I hate politics
So yes. I hate Zimbabwean politics. Obviously. I hate how every five years we get into this circus about giving people already with immeasurable riches and privilege the opportunity to get even more r...Published: 21 May 2023 at 09:34hrs | 725 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
All set for UB40 featuring Ali Campbell Zimbabwe show
All is set for the UB40 featuring Ali Campbell show that will be held at the Old Hararians on Africa Day amid revelations that the gig is almost sold-out.Organisers told Standard Style that pr...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
'If Auxillia Mnangagwa does not want you at her events, then don't go'
DEPUTY Information Minister Kindness Paradza has told journalists not to force themselves on First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who has developed a habit of hand picking reporters she wants and chasing so...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:15hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers cry for Indaba with Mnangagwa
THE mantra ‘‘leaving no place and no one behind'' as touted by the incumbent Second Republic Government in its national development policies must surely inspire all of us Zimbabweans to march into...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium revenues poised to exceed expectations
THE growing global demand for lithium — a mineral which is critical in the manufacture of batteries that power electric vehicles, among other renewable energy products — as well as continuing mult...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Sheasham out to tame Bosso
SHEASHAM coach John Nyikadzino wants Bata Stadium to be a fiery hell for visiting Castle Lager Premier Soccer League teams, with Highlanders being the first to experience the passion of the Gweru side...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia starts direct sale of gold outside Zimbabwe
MULTI-ASSET gold producer Caledonia Mining Corporation has commenced the direct sale of gold produced from Blanket Mine — its flagship operation — to a refiner outside Zimbabwe, NewsDay Business c...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1742 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans won't support leaders who don't accept culpability for economic ruination
As Zimbabwe commemorates 43 years of independence today (18th April), the indifference, bordering on pure disdain, by ordinary citizens toward this day is quite obvious.But why?Why are...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 22:49hrs | 222 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 528 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police defend ban on political gatherings
AS political activities heighten ahead of this year's general elections, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has defended its bans on some political gatherings, saying such decisions would have been ta...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 17:13hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Schools connive with police to leak exams
EXAMINATION leaks happen at schools where officials work in cahoots with police, a senior Government official has said.The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Edgar Moyo told s...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 12:28hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
'CCC nominees face axe'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday said it would automatically disqualify nominees implicated in violent skirmishes during the selection process held on Wednesday.Address...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:14hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Why blame Chamisa for every wrong in Zimbabwe?
EVENTS of past few weeks have shown that in Zimbabwe we have the unfortunate culture of holding the weak to account, while shying away from confronting the powerful.It starts with the arrest a...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | 927 | by Blessed Mhlanga
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2
Bishop told to 'shut up, stop lying' during service
BISHOP, shut up, stop lying!This is the dilemma being faced by Bishop Vengayi Tapfuma of St Joseph's Apostolic Faith Mission in Bulawayo's Lobengula suburb who claimed that whenever he is on t...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
ZimAlloys ready to switch on its biggest furnace
ZIMBABWE Alloys (ZimAlloys), one of the country's biggest producers of ferrochrome, will restart its 50 000 tonnes per year furnace in July this year after investing more than US$13 million in it, an ...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should remember what happened to Mugabe, he must be careful
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been warned of a likely coup if he does not reign in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and Zanu-PF affiliate Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) fingered in th...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
Analysts' 'grill' Gold Mafia documentary producer
ANALYSTS' on Sunday took AL Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary producer over hot coals for misinterpreting the country's mining value chain among other inconsistencies with the Qatar based news network ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 8726 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spin doctors rattled by Al Jazeera exposé
THE Al Jazeera documentary which exposed how people close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa are involved in gold smuggling and money laundering has torched a storm, with citizens openly expressing anger...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:28hrs | 5129 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Govt rolls out free education
GOVERNMENT has started rolling out a pilot project on State-funded education in 16 rural districts across the country as part of efforts to ensure that every learner has access to quality education....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:11hrs | 404 | by Staff Reporter
De-registration of unlicenced vehicles starts
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has started the de-registration of vehicles that have remained unlicenced for more than two years.This comes after Zinara released a stateme...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis hits Harare
THE Premier Soccer League has been forced to cram four matches at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) in three days as the eagerly-awaited 2023 soccer season kicks off this weekend.There is a St...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:44hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is panicking'
Nelson Chamisa leader of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has fingered President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the ordering of junior officers to vote Zanu-PF at this year's elections....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:54hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
ZEC lists 5 000 centres for registration
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has listed nearly 5 000 centres where citizens who are eligible to vote can visit to register during the mobile biometric voter registration which begins on Sun...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:15hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not doing enough to convince the public
New entrants to the presidential race in Zimbabwe have set their sights on new voters as well as those who are undecided.By 10 June last year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said ther...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 20:15hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to enhance Zimbabwe - South Africa one stop border
The modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million will pave way for the implementation of a one-stop border between Zimbabwe and South Africa.Government and the Zimbo...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 21:04hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction floors open tomorrow
Tobacco farmers have started delivering their crop ahead of the marketing season which opens tomorrow at auction floors with the official ceremony at Tobacco Sales Floor.Deliveries for the far...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters invade CCC rally venue, starts playing soccer
Zanu-PF elements invaded a Citizens Coalition for Change constituency rally venue in Raffingora North was Sunday and started playing social soccer.According to NewZimbabwe, the event which was...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 3313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens murambatswina II?
Unplanned and chaotic urban settlements without proper sewers, water supply roads and social amenities and with building on land totally unsuitable for human habitation are a serious risk to public he...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must realise its position in global geopolitics
ON Wednesday United States envoy Robert Scott jetted into the country. He did not hide his mission. "I am here to engage in a series of meetings with government, civil society and other a...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:07hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Jotsholo lad electrifies homestead
SCIENTISTS in the West say recycling of e-waste must urgently be ramped up because mining the earth for precious metals to make new gadgets is unsustainable and thousands of kilometres away in Jotshol...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP decries poor infrastructure in his area
Lupane West Member of Parliament (MP), Martin Khumalo, has said the newly appointed Chief Menyezwa assumes responsibility at a challenging time because of poor infrastructure in the area.Thurs...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 17:19hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs wisdom more than money
IN my opinion, Zimbabwe does not need to borrow money from anyone. The money is there in the country, what is needed at the moment is to get the right things in the right places.President Emme...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:52hrs | 137 | by Rudo Munei
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | 753 | by Jamwanda
MP fumes over delayed construction of Vungu Dam
SILOBELA MP Mthokozisi Mpofu has expressed disappointment over government's continued delay of Vungu dam construction which is expected to alleviate the constituency's water woes and create employment...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
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