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ZINARA Employees stealing from government and motorists
Dear Minister of TransportOn Friday at around 1700 hours I witnessed one ZINARA tollgate till operator stealing from both the government and motorist. The operator in question was at the Guine...Published: 5 hrs ago | 550 | by Munya Shumba
Zimbabwe govt expenditure problem
The Zimbabwe Government has a constitution which should control expenditure to avoid haphazard uses of funds, treasury instructions for accounting purposes and the auditor general for checks and balan...Published: 5 hrs ago | 218 | by Clemen Moyo ka Mangena
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 19 hrs ago | 6359 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Bulawayo City Council workers demand housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers have demanded that the local authority avail non-monetary allowances as they seek to identify ways of cushioning their salaries, it has been learnt.This com...Published: 19 hrs ago | 236 | by Staff reporter
'18 people living in one room'
BULAWAYO's oldest suburb, Makokoba is still struggling to resolve the issue of shared accommodation, with over 170 houses having three to four families sharing a single room, investigations have revea...Published: 19 hrs ago | 524 | by Staff reporter
'Foreigners can now invest in Zimbabwe's restricted sectors'
Government has reviewed the ownership of restricted areas by making it permissible for individuals, who are not Zimbabwean citizens, to invest in previously "reserved sectors" of the economy.T...Published: 19 hrs ago | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zinara looters put on notice
A team of experts assembled by Government from both the private and public sector to pore over the recent Zinara forensic audit has recommended the recovery of funds that were allegedly bilked from th...Published: 19 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1188 | by Victor Bhoroma
Ex-Mnangagwa aide dumps lawyer in favour of Jonathan Samkange
Former State house director Douglas Tapfuma has dumped his legal practitioner in favour of prominent lawyer Jonathan Samkange after an unsuccessful bail bid at the High Court.Tapfuma (53) who ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:01hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's last drive in Harare
IT is 5:30pm in the city centre of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and the sun is setting to mark the end of yet another day in a country that is experiencing economic and political turmoil.Two ho...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 760 | by Tapiwa Zivira
NRZ - DIDG deal awaits guidance from Treasury
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has received the submissions for funding made towards the US$400 million recapitalisation project by Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)/Transnet C...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:19hrs | 318 | by Advocate Martin Dinha
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Chinese snub Zimbabweans in RGM Airport project
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport,, Oscar Gorerino, yesterday expressed concern that a Chinese company, Jiangsu, which is refurbishing and expanding the Robert Gabriel ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:03hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 193 | by The Economist
23 escape death after accident in Bulawayo
Twenty three people including seven school children escaped death after a commuter omnibus traveling to the city centre in Bulawayo overturned when it collided with a Nissan Xtrail.This occurr...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Let's reduce road deaths: Do unto others...
This is an open letter to all stakeholders concerned with the rising road deaths on our roads. Recently I had an opportunity to drive in another African city, Francistown, Botswana to be specific. I w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 106 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Kanyemba villagers call for a GMB deport
Villagers in Kanyemba have called on the government to give them a Grain Marketing Board deport in their constituency following their failure to raise transport fees.A survey by this publicati...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:35hrs | 283 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe mourners take over Harare Poly student quarters
Harare Polytechnic students have been asked to vacate their hostels to accommodate mourners coming for former President Robert Mugabe's burial.The students said they were addressed by the dean...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:04hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Tension, nostalgia as Mugabe's funeral
A TENSE atmosphere engulfed Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport when a chartered plane carrying the body of former President Robert Mugabe arrived yesterday.Mugabe died last Friday in ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:02hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe mourners invade Harare Poly
Harare Polytechnic students have been asked to vacate their hostels to accommodate mourners coming for former President Robert Mugabe's burial.The students said they were addressed by the dean...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1733 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe burial mystery deepens
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's burial has reportedly been postponed indefinitely as haggling over his burial place rages on, amid fresh developments that chiefs from his Gushungo clan want him burie...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 9866 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'killer' vendor escapes jail
A BULAWAYO fruit and vegetable vendor who fatally struck his colleague with a broomstick during a fight over two cabbages worth $2, escaped custodial sentence after he was ordered to perform 840 hours...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Airports told to revamp emergency services
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has expressed concern over lack of proper emergency services at the country's major airports. Speaking after ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:05hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Malaysia clears Air Zimbabwe aircraft
A MALAYSIAN firm has cleared the release of two aircraft acquired by Air Zimbabwe, with delivery of the first one expected soon, a senior Government official has revealed. Transport and Infras...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Parents cry foul as schools open
An unidentified guardian accompanies a pupil to board the school bus ahead of schools opening today in HararePARENTS and guardians yesterday expressed concern over the escalating prices of uni...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:55hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare incapacitation as schools open
TEACHERS have indicated they will not be able to resume work when schools open for the third term today citing incapacitation due to erosion of their salaries and the recently advanced cost of adjustm...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
High prices dampen back-to-school preps
As parents and guardians gear up for a new school's term which begins today, many last-minute shoppers, especially for basic requirements, had to contend with high prices from predatory retailers. ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Govt secures number plates
Government is set to receive 20 000 number plates for trucks and trailers at the end of the month, while other plates which are not for public service vehicles are now available, Government has said. ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
NRZ deal back on track
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project is now back on track after the utility's board yesterday approved a US$420 million funding offer from the Diaspora Infrastructure Devel...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
RMS Vehicle pushing tribalism
It has come to my attention that there is a spirited effort by a Mr Chifamba and a Mutakaya and previously "Taruvinga who have since retired, to eliminate all Ndebele people from work at RMS. The case...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1549 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Robert Mugabe: A product of a vicious system
The death of former President Robert Mugabe at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday September 6, 2019 rang memory bells about the hush-hush, but spirited conversations that Zanu-PF comrades used to hav...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1192 | by Jonathan N. Moyo
Zimbabwean 'trucker millionaire' businessman arrested in SA over citizenship
The Mpumalanga-based logistics operator became a household name earlier this year during the Durban July when he arrived in a convoy of 72 luxury cars.News broke on Sunday evening that busines...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 23619 | by Staff reporter
45 passengers cheat death
FORTY-FIVE passengers narrowly cheated death after a bus they were travelling in rolled back and fell on its side at Simangani River Bridge outside Hwange. Witnesses said the bus hit the side ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube calls for patience
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has called for patience among citizens, adding that reforms initiated by Government since late last year were beginning to show signs o...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
What the heck is happening at Highlanders?
FOOTBALL without Highlanders and Dynamos in the mix or top of the log, should I say is not interesting and that on its own lowers the standard of football in the country.I'm writing with a hea...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 155 | by Zenzo Moyo
Zimbabwe's richest: How they made their money
WHILST there is no official list of Zimbabwe's richest men and women, such as the one compiled by the Times and Forbes Magazine, the country has its fair share of rich people, including some who are m...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: The leader who shouldn't have been
About a kilometre from State House - the official residence of the Zimbabwean president, where Robert Mugabe lived until the mid-2000s before moving to his hideous mansion popularly known as Blue Roof...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 16:38hrs | 2374 | by Percy Zvomuya
Minor dies after rape attempt
A BABY died when a Mvurwi woman jumped off a moving vehicle as she tried to escape from two men who were allegedly trying to rape her.The woman had boarded a lift on an unregistered white Hond...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:20hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Government plans to gazette health fees
THE Government has warned private doctors, medical aid societies and pharmacies that it might soon be forced to gazette health fees to protect suffering patients from errant practitioners charging in ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Full house at Mnangagwa's SA dinner
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored foreign investors to consider investing in Zimbabwe saying the country was now ready for take-off following nearly two decades of isolation. The country has be...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 86 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Zimbabwe ready for take off, says President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored foreign investors to consider Zimbabwe, saying the country was now ready for take-off following nearly two decades of isolation. Zimbabwe has been reeling under sancti...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 305 | by STaff reporter
Mnangagwa courts investors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa held a meeting with top business executives attending the African edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday and urged them to invest in "a Zimbabwe, which gua...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 90 | by New Ziana
Figtree Police in bid to arrest Mzila
Figtree police attempted to arrest ANSA Interim Leader Moses Mzila-Ndlovu (66) on August 22, Thursday afternoon. Mzila-Ndlovu says he requested the police to come to his farm Mapungubge Farm Technolog...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:03hrs | 640 | by Delinfa Hlabalingene
Varsity employees get salary hike
GOVERNMENT has hiked salaries for State university workers in a move that will see cleaners at institutions of higher learning earning more than teachers and college lecturers.Acting Higher an...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 2849 | by Staff reporter
Motorist shot by cop wants $100 000
A MAN from Bulawayo who was accidentally shot and wounded by a policeman who opened fire on a suspected robber within the city's Central Business District, is suing Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Street grocery sales take Bulawayo by storm
BUSINESS hours and shop location no longer matter when doing grocery shopping in Bulawayo as basic commodities are now easily accessible from the streets and pavements. A survey in the c...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Investor interest remains high, claims Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday said foreign investor interest in Zimbabwe remained impressively high, as seen from the numerous multi-million dollar investm...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the third force, what's the next move?
The MDC leadership is in a quandary after all of its lined-up protests were quashed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police last week. The demonstrations that were earmarked to take place in major towns of th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:11hrs | 6938 | by Thomas Mukandi
Govt keen to set up electric vehicles infrastructure
GOVERNMENT is exploring avenues of accommodating electric vehicles (EVs) in the country by setting up the requisite charging infrastructure, which is the backbone of the innovation.This follow...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
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