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Mliswa to be banned from Twitter?
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has been shopped to Twitter over bigoted and racist comments made on the social media platform on February 17.The comments were made in a 39-part rant in w...Published: 4 hrs ago | 539 | by Staff reporter
Judgment reserved on Mupfumira application
THE High Court has reserved judgment on an application by former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira for a review of a magistrate's dismissal of her original ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches Twalumba Travel and Tourism Awards
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and hospitality Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has announced that Zimbabwe has launched the Twalumba Travel and Tourism awards.He said the national tourism aw...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 15:42hrs | 632 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimra needs monetary, fiscal alignment
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Faith Mazani has called for monetary and fiscal policies alignment as the depreciating Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) has made it difficult to plan.&...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Zimra faces taxation challenges
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is experiencing teething challenges in its tax levying systems as a result of the ongoing transition from the use of the multi-currency system to mono-cu...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:29hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 66 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Mzembi's party slams govt for policy inconsistencies
THE party led by Zimbabwe former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Dr. Walter Mzembi the People's Party (ZPP) has slamed Zimbabwe govermnent for policy inconsistencies after it allowed Zuva Petrole...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Matobo council frustrates Nkomo memorial project
LALANGWE Mbambangwe Memorial Trust, a non-governmental organisation founded by a former ZPRA cadre in honour of the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo has accused Matobo Rural District Council of...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa playing dangerous gukurahundi games in Matabeleland - we see blood on the floor
This has to be put as crude as it is. Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF government and the Shona majority that cheered the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade and celebrated the death of innocent Matebeles in the 198...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4711 | by Israel Dube
RBZ, industry disagree on de-dollarisation
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and captains of industry on Friday sharply differed on the currency in use in local trading.Government mid-last year outlawed use of multi currencies i...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:33hrs | 5879 | by Staff reporter
'Hardliners to take over from Mnangagwa'
One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's staunch supporters, with access to intricate details within the Zanu-PF internal politics, Kudzai Mutisi has warned that hardliners will take over from the ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:47hrs | 5699 | by Staff Reporter
Temba Mliswa exposes Innscor Africa Limited
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Innscor Africa Limited's Mike Fowler of running a cartel that has captured the state and is practicing racism in the country. Mliswa who wr...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 09:12hrs | 4491 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt reduces farm sizes
Government has streamlined the sizes of all individual farms in the country's five ecological regions, in a move that will see more people having access to land after failing to benefit from the land ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 2162 | by Staff reporter
Priority shifts to investigations, asset recovery
The commission has so far this year received more than 60 reports of suspected corruption.The reports were received through walk-in clients, by telephone, through letters, email and use of soc...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:32hrs | 95 | by Comm John Makamure
Mupfumira granted relief
Former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira was last Friday granted relief after she applied for stay of her criminal prosecution at the High Court.Mupfumira is facing abuse of office charges an...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance mayor arrested
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini for alleged abuse of office. ZACC officials picked up Clr Dlamini who is also MDC-Al...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:36hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Angel meets Sri Lanka Prime Minister
MAN of the cloth, Prophet Uebert Angel was in Sri Lanka last week and made a lasting impression that saw him meeting the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa at his home in Colombo.N...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:57hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
NSSA dumps Treasury Bills
THE National Social Security (Nssa) has discontinued investing in Treasury Bills (TBs) in the face of skyrocketing inflation, with the state-run pension fund now saddled with US$295 million (in TBs an...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's application for exception dismissed
Deputy chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday dismissed an application for exception of charges filed by the former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing a criminal abuse of office ...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
UN applauds Zimbabwe's ICT sector
The United Nations has hailed Zimbabwe's successes in the information communication technology (ICT) sector, adding that the continent could draw some lessons. This was said by UN Economic Com...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Africa adventure specialist tips Zimbabwe for 2020 success
Adventure specialist Acacia Africa is tipping Zimbabwe for further success in 2020 as the country continues to rebound following the fall of long-time leader Robert Mugabe in 2017.The destinat...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 11:33hrs | 229 | by James Chapple
Masvingo community, EMA in sustainable wetlands utilisation
Masvingo community and the Environmental Management Agency has embarked into a sustainable utilisation of wetlands.This was revealed by Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitalit...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 10:15hrs | 257 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa outlines 2020 plans
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government's focus this year will be on increasing productivity, growing the economy and employment creation, and directed leaders to spend more time with their comm...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Fire Brigade denies being ill-equipped
THE Bulawayo Fire Brigade has denied allegations that they attended the fire which burnt down a house in Morningside suburb and claimed three lives last Wednesday, without water. In an intervi...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Valentine's steam train treat on cards
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) Rail Leisure Unit has a special treat for lovers on a steam train next Saturday. With this year's Valentine's Day falling on a Friday, NRZ said it has d...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
ZTA Embarks on game changing excellence initiative
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has started rolling our it's game changing service excellence initiative. The program has seen the organisation training operators in Bulawayo and sur...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 12:36hrs | 265 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drought in Plumtree shocks Tourism Minister Ndlovu
Ravaging drought in parts of Plumtree has shocked Minister of Industry and Commerce Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu after he visited his fields in the area and found his crops in a serious wilting and dry...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 1453 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's 1st Indian MP seeks closer ties with 'home'
For a young Gujarati hailing from a humble background, becoming a central government minister of a foreign country is beyond wildest imagination. But, not for Raj Modi who was born in 1959 in the smal...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:42hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube uses Davos to push investment agenda
Zimbabwe continues to use opportunities of the annual gathering of business, political, academic and other leaders in the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland to sell the country as an investm...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:42hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
10 community radio stations on the cards
Government is working on establishing 10 new community radio stations countrywide in the first quarter to empower marginalised communities through universal access to information. The pilot pr...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos to tour South Africa
DYNAMOS are leaving nothing to chance as they seek to return to their competitive best in the 2020 season with the team set to tour South Africa for pre-season preparations. The Glamour Boys a...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 05:27hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand US$1 per week from learners
SCHOOLS in Hwange and Victoria Falls are reportedly demanding an extra US$1 from each learner per week for teachers to attend class despite the learners having paid fees in full.The developmen...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 13:11hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to liquidate exporters' forex
the RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will liquidate all foreign currency that will be channelled into the country after the prescribed three-month period for exporters in a desperate attempt to ...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:22hrs | 2943 | by Staff reporter
Family killed by fire to be buried today
BURIAL of three family members who died in a fire incident last Wednesday in Bulawayo's Morningside suburb will be held today at Athlone Cemetery.Family spokesperson Mr Thabani Moyo confirmed ...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:16hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to descend on forex tax evaders
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will descend heavily on businesses that are transacting in foreign currency but continue to meet their tax obligations in local currency, the taxman has warned....Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:12hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Why safeguarding Mzilikazi heritage sites matters
"UMzilikazi ka Matshobana Inkosi yaMaNdebele. Intaba yaDilika Ngo 5 September 1868. Zonke Izizwe ziti Matshobana! Bayete . . . In Memory of UMzilikazi, King of the AmaNdebele Nation who settled in thi...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:24hrs | 299 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mupfumira to file for refusal of further remand
FORMER Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Prisca Mupfumira will have to wait a little bit longer for her trial, amid indications that investigations into her criminal abuse of office case are ...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:59hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Is the new dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 13:45hrs | 477 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Chiwenga tours Kanyemba projects
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) who is accompanied by government officials this Thursday toured Kanyemba, Mbire district to assess and tour projects in the area.The visit...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet expands Zimbabwe network
Budget airliner, Fastjet Zimbabwe has added two new additional direct routes to its network.Fastjet currently connects the three major cities in Zimbabwe by flying between Harare and Victoria ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:30hrs | 1523 | by Staf reporter
Zimra targets US$ charging businesses to raise dollars
Zimbabwe's tax agency on Monday ordered businesses charging their customers in foreign currency to also settle their tax obligations in foreign currency, as the government aims to raise scarce dollars...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:05hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi party dealt body blow
NEW kid on the political scene, the People's Party (PP) fronted by former Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has been dealt a body blow after one of its top executives, Vince Musewe, pulled out hardly a m...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwe consular to UAE removed from remand
BUSINESSMAN and former Zimbabwe Honorary Consular for Investment and Trade in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shamiso Fred, who was facing US$1,4 million fraud allegations, was yesterday removed from ...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:59hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zimra says to collect tax in forex from businesses selling in US dollar, rand
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Monday ordered businesses charging their customers in foreign currency to also settle their tax obligations in foreign currency, as the government aims to rai...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:57hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
New Air Zimbabwe planes must start generating revenue
The acquisition of two aircraft by the Government for Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) can impact the horticultural and tourism sectors positively, spurring the sectors' growth. This week, the Government took de...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic turnaround possible, says EU ambassador
EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Timo Olkkonen has said the country has all the ingredients to achieve an economic rebound, adding that the international investment climate is also favour...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:08hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
World Economic Forum, opportune platform to lure investment
Zimbabwe's participation at this year's 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland is a big opportunity for her to lure Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)....Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:33hrs | 499 | by Chido Chikuni
Mzembi to break Zimbabwe political stalemate?
Our political dynamics require a game changer to break the perennial stalemate between the two main protagonists of our failed politics, Zanu PF and MDC A . At the core of this gridlock is the vanity ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 12:19hrs | 5238 | by Tawanda Ruzanhi
Mnangagwa repossesses Kasukuwere's farm
FORMER Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere's Mazowe Farm has been repossessed by government with the exiled politician accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa o...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Killer's case finalised
The Masvingo Zanu PF leadership wants the party's national disciplinary committee to finalise the case of suspended provincial secretary for environment and tourism Killer Zivhu. The provincia...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:17hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
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