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The aftermath of violent protests and the way forward
The MDC Alliance and their regime change agenda cahoots in the civil society instigated violent protests that took place from the 14th to 16th of January 2019 and the inconceivable repercussions will ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:06hrs | 760 | by Peacemaker Zano
Only Chamisa has the economic keys to revive the Zimbabwean economy?
When Nelson Chamisa opines alongside foreign interests that nothing has changed since November 2017, the idea is to defeat today's ZANU-PF by psychological association to the leadership of former pres...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1107 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mohadi defends last week 'security service heavy handed dealing' - defending the indefensible
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his regime are feeling the heat as more and more voices have condemned last month's Police and Army brutality and barbarism against the rioters and innocent Zimbabwean...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1438 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa govt will not tolerate acts of banditry and hooliganism,' says Mohadi
Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the government will not tolerate acts of banditry and hooliganism witnessed around the country last month when some people went on the rampage looting several shops, s...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets conditions for dialogue with Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has denied reports suggesting that all is not well between him and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, the Daily News can report.Speaking to journalist...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:32hrs | 17679 | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 2150 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with Western countries is dead
Zimbabwe is now entering unchartered waters following several deaths of innocent people and arrests of pro-democracy activists and senior opposition figures by security agents in the on-going clampdow...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Zimra in talks with workers representatives
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is enmeshed in talks with workers representatives to locate lasting solutions to challenges faced by employees, who claim they are now struggling to make ends me...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:17hrs | 3771 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa activates security organs
THE MDC Alliance and its allies in non-governmental organisations and civil society sectors are behind the violence that broke out is some parts of the country yesterday, leading to a loss of life and...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | 343 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa to recover looted Zinara funds
Government will recover all the money looted from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. An audit report by Grant Thornton unearthed massive...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Intertoll transfers 72 tollgate employees
Intertoll Zimbabwe, a company contracted to collect toll fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) from the nine tollgates it operates on the rehabilitated Plumtree-Mutare h...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:54hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans rob,rape and kill South Africans?
There are unconfirmed reports that people speaking Shona language are terrorising people in neighbouring South Africa in a bid to rob, rape and kill them.Twitter whistleblower who use th...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4864 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa govt abandons complete dualisation of Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway
GOVERNMENT has abandoned the controversial $2,7 billion deal with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare-Chirundu ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:57hrs | 5290 | by Ndou Paul
Matiza talks tough on VID corruption
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza inherited a portfolio that superintends over struggling, but key parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe and the National Railways of Zimbabwe.Matiza (JBM) told ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:59hrs | 612 | by Staff reporer
Motorists fume over new tollgate
MOTORISTS have expressed dismay over the establishment of the Colleen Bawn tollgate along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, saying they were already paying too much at existing tollgates. Government y...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe motorists to pay more in toll fees
Hard-pressed motorists will have to dig deeper into their depleted pockets for toll fees, after Zinara announced yesterday that it was increasing the number of tollgates on the country’s highways. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:35hrs | 4674 | by Staff reporter
Taxed to death - Five new tollgates open today
GOVERNMENT has established five new tollgates on major highways with effect from today as part of efforts to generate more revenue for roads infrastructure development. In an e-mailed response...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard brings automated traffic barrier spikes to Zimbabwe
Safeguard Security's Engineering division has introduced to the Zimbabwe market high security automated retractable traffic barrier spikes, which can be used for traffic control, preferably in conjunc...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:55hrs | 2492 | by Agencies
Let Zimbabwe move forward
Ever heard of the adage 'Old habits die hard'? Most people thought threats from some political parties or is it one political party to boycott elections had ended with the demise of Save. Toda...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 13:51hrs | 547 | by Mrehwa Soko
Remove tollgate: Chitungwiza residents
CHITUNGWIZA residents have urged the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to relocate the tollgate located at Chanakira village, claiming it was making it expensive for them to travel to Har...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:56hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard brings automated traffic barrier spikes to Zimbabwe
Safeguard Security's Engineering division has introduced to the Zimbabwe market high security automated retractable traffic barrier spikes, which can be used for traffic control, preferably in conjunc...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | 2900 | by Agencies
BCC splurges $1 000 on 3-hour party
TWO top Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s officials recently blew over $1 000 on a three-hour lavish party at the Dutch embassy in Harare, Southern Eye reported.A report of the council's finance a...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | 788 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa buys War Vets' loyalty ahead of elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised increase war veterans salary ahead of the elections.Mnangagwa made the promise during an interface with the veterans of the liberation stru...Published: 11 May 2018 at 19:27hrs | 3445 | by Byo24News Reporter
Parly committee irks residents
BEITBRIDGE residents on Wednesday took a swipe at a parliamentary committee that seemed in a hurry to leave when people were still eager to raise issues of concern at a public hearing on the Public He...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
$206m highway crumbles before commissioning
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has instituted an inquiry to ascertain the state and standard of the 800-kilometre Plumtree-Mutare Highway after comp...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:43hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mnangagwa and Parliament
I want to put the record straight on corruption at two State entities.ZINARAThere is a company which was corruptly issued a software which is al...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 14:38hrs | 3492 | by Tafadwa
ZB to float $50m bond for urban tollgates
ZB Financial Holdings is in discussion with Harare City Council (HCC) to fund urban tollgates in the next few months to raise money for road rehabilitation and maintenance in and around the city. ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:12hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Dualisation project equipment arrives
THE contractor for the long-awaited Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has started bringing in the machinery into the country paving way for the commencement of the $1.7 billion pr...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:18hrs | 2913 | by Staff reporter
All set for Harare-B/Bridge dualisation
Austrian construction giant, Geiger International, the contractor engaged by Government for the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, has completed surveying the road, paving way for the commencement of the mult...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Issue IDs for free: Chombo
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Ignatius Chombo has ordered the Registrar's Office to issue national identity cards and birth certificates for free.Despite recent announcements that th...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:48hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Car smugglers hunt for draught animal power - $400 for a donkey
IN most villages in Beitbridge district, donkeys are used majorly as a source of draught power. These are used for tillage, drawing carts, fetching firewood and other household chores.Donkeys ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 12:33hrs | 2506 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Policeman was driving the doomed CRV
A POLICE officer was driving the Honda CRV which collided head-on with a Nissan Caravan at the 60-kilometre peg along Mvurwi-Centenary Road on Monday, killing 11 people and injuring 14 others....Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:35hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Gross incompetence and corruption on parastatals deadly to the economy
It is quite sad to note that the Auditor General, Mildred Chiri, has for quite a long period of time exposed the gross mismanagement of funds taking place in the most parastatals and local authorities...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:25hrs | 553 | by Blessing Machiva
WATCH: Mob justice after cop causes kombi crash
AN angry mob rained blows on a police officer who had allegedly caused an accident by grabbing the steering wheel from a driver whose commuter omnibus he had impounded on Saturday.The cop's ac...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's tollgates idea shot down
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has shot down suggestions by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to introduce urban tollgates, saying toll money would be po...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 16:19hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe traffic system on cards
Government is developing a computerised traffic system that will link all its departments involved in the movement of vehicles on the country's roads in a one-stop-shop format.The traffic syst...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 06:01hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Residents push against urban tollgates
HARARE residents have pleaded with the government to shelve plans to introduce urban tollgates, saying the economic environment is not conducive to have motorists pay more levies.Combined Hara...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Another survey puts us top again, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, just a year before we go into another election, yet another survey has revealed the obvious … that a preponderating majority of our people trust u...Published: 11 May 2017 at 21:36hrs | 574 | by CZ
The height of political oppression in Zimbabwe
The situation in Zimbabwe need people to unite and take action, there should be a change or reshuffle in the Governance. Besides changing the President, some ministers must be changed too. Not changin...Published: 05 May 2017 at 20:25hrs | 776 | by Belinda Chowa
What Independence, What Freedom- Mafa Sibanda
MDC-T Bulawayo Acting spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda has questioned as to what Independence can Zimbabwe talk of, when the liberators fought for themselves and their children?He said when peo...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:03hrs | 460 | by Stephen Jakes
What Independence, What Freedom
What Independence can Zimbabwe talk of, when the liberators fought for themselves and their children?When people preferred the Zanu-PF iron york to Smith's wooden yorkWhen the 1970s ch...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 12:14hrs | 216 | by Brave Ndebele
Zimbabwe @ 37: A pie in the sky
Zimbabwe is turning 37 on Tuesday 18th April 2017 with no symptoms of political and economic maturity. All this mess born out of ZANU PF's systematic abuse of the liberation struggle in the process tu...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:36hrs | 166 | by Marian Chombo
Workers request inquest into Zinara operations
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) workers have requested the government and the Zimbabwe Network for Social Justice (ZimJustice) to launch an inquest into their employer's operations that...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 16:11hrs | 933 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Urban tolling a necessary evil, says Kasukuwere
Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has insisted that urban tollgates are a necessary evil, vowing to go ahead with construction of the plazas, despite fierce resistance by motorists. ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Transport minister Gumbo distances self from proposed urban tollgates
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Jorum Gumbo has distanced himself from the proposed urban tollgates saying if they are to be put in place they are the responsibility of the ministry ...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 467 | by Stephen Jakes
Gumbo must resign over bad state of roads
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo must resign because he has failed to find a solution to the poor state of the country's road network, in particular, among other failures, the opposition People's De...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to reduce roadblocks
THE Government has bowed down to pressure from motorists and the public to reduce the number of roadblocks on the roads.Over half of tourists interviewed during a recent Zimbabwe National ...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:10hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
10 tollgates lie idle
At least 10 new tollgates are lying idle almost two years after their construction on various highways due to bureaucratic tendering processes, thereby prejudicing government of thousands of dolla...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 07:30hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
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