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Matebeleland South senator raps govt over Bulawayo water crisis
Matebeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has accused the government of lacking the political will to address the ongoing water crisis in Bulawayo, which is grappling with its worst water shortag...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Residents calls for speed rehabilitation of Iminyela ablution facility
Bulawayo residents have called for the local authority to speed up the rehabilitation of Iminyela ablution system to accommodate the current populat...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 07:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe economic data questionable'
A team of technical experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week called into question the authenticity of economic data compiled by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), r...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
UK based World Economics says Zimbabwe's economic data unusable
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED economic researcher, World Economics, has rated the country's official gross domestic product (GDP) and population data as "unusable", a week after State media applauded the UK-ba...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 12:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Medical scheme in graft accusations
Medical Aid Society Central Africa (MASCA) has been accused of mismanagement amid indications its reserved funds were sitting at zero.It is said that three top management officials are accused...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:19hrs | 150 | by Stephen Jakes
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BCC worry over vandalism of public toilets
THE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over the increase of vandalism of public toilets in the Central Business District with some unscrupulous individuals going to the extent of stealing toi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves nationwide audits on mining activities
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved the undertaking of nationwide audits on all mining activities in a bid to enhance widespread compliance issues expected of players in the sector.The a...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 14 | by Stephen Bates
'Voters roll is in shambles, unusable'
THE voters roll which will be used by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the Saturday by-elections is shambolic, with an unacceptably high margin of error of 27%, watchdogs have said.A...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents cry foul over road project
COWDRAY Park residents have appealed to the Bulawayo City Council to prioritise the completion of the road linking the suburb and Hlalani Kuhle residential stands, as the rainy season is fast approach...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demolitions are an act of witchcraft and trully demonic
The streets of Harare and Chitungwiza flow with tears of citizens who watch helplessly as their lives are tossed in the dust. Their chicks distinct with the two lines of sorrow left behind as tears te...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 14:12hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF MP clears the air on CDF abuse allegations
Shurugwi South Member of Parliament Edmond Mkaratigwa (ZANU PF) has come out clean on the allegations of abuse of the constituency development fund.The MP yesterday released documents of the f...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Cyclone Idai hits Manicaland business
THE devastating Cyclone Idai has affected Manicaland's agro-based industry thereby reducing exports, while players in the small to medium enterprises sector were either forced to close shop or downsca...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra mum on Beitbridge warehouse inferno
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to disclose the value of goods lost in three fire incidents in which its warehouses at Beitbridge Border Post were razed to the ground, saying the i...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Anonymous kickstarts DDoS protest against Zimbabwe's government
For several days, starting on Monday 14 January 2019, Zimbabweans have been without Internet access. This is as a result of the Southern Afrikan country's government, under rumored instructions from G...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | 9 | by frikan
China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 23 | by Itai Mushekwe
Kariba Dam water level rises to 82%
Kariba Dam's water level has risen markedly from a critically low level of about 20 percent last year to 83 percent; raising hope that significant benefits will continue to accrue from Kariba South Po...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tafadzwa Musekiwa resurfaces and label MDC-T candidates useless
Many of us clearly remember the young boy who was elected Member of Parliament for Zengeza West back in 2000. The young boy then fled from Zimbabwe to the UK barely months after his election. ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Gibson Shanyika
Tafadzwa Musekiwa resurfaces and label MDC-T candidates useless
Many of us clearly remember the young boy who was elected Member of Parliament for Zengeza West back in 2000. The young boy then fled from Zimbabwe to the UK barely months after his election. ...Published: 01 May 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by Gibson Shanyika
Bulawayo State House under major renovations
THE government is currently renovating both Harare and Bulawayo State Houses, which had been neglected by the former First Family since ex-President Robert Mugabe and former First Lady Grace took resi...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean's failure to maintain Rhodesian living standards nothing to do with racism - a response to criticism
I was very touched and am grateful for the magnificent response I received from readers on my previous article entitled, '...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 09:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grace's donation of used G-stringy and dingy panties annoys Dangamvura women, an ethical dilemma and a cultural assault
The truth is hard to take. The truth is uncomfortable to many. Old panties are not new panties. Old panties are old panties. They can't be anything else but old. Anything old is old; it can't be new. ...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Cops, nurses steal victims' food
POLICE officers and nurses stole food and other donations meant for flood victims in Matabeleland North, a senior official has said.Matabeleland North Provincial Administrator Ms Latiso ...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo shrugs off questions on Gukurahundi
Former Industry and International Trade Minister and Zimbabwe presidential aspirant, Dr Nkosana Moyo yesterday shrugged off questions on the Matabeleland disturbances that occurred shortly after indep...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo joins Zimbabwe presidential race
A former Zimbabwe cabinet minister has announced that he will be running for president in next year’s elections.Nkosana Moyo announces his intention to run for the Zimbabwe presidency during...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira condemns Harare-Copakabana hygienic conditions!
She is dead right for once. I agree with Linda Masarira that the conditions in our capital Harare-Copacabana are a serious threat to health. But it is not in Harare alone: in all town and cities...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
In defence of MRP
The Mthwakazi Republic Party has received overwhelming condemnation from the wider Mthwakazi community for their involvement in reburials of bones suspected of being of the victims of the guk...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 16:18hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Dineo Alert: Masvingo, southern Midlands, parts of Matabeleland under threat
Government is ready to render assistance and respond to emergencies that may arise as a result of tropical depression Dineo, which is likely to hit the country tonight as it has already made lan...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bond notes: When mere depositors debate
An interview Donald Trump is alleged to have had with People Magazine in 1998 quoted him as saying: "If I were to run [for US presidency], I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters ...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe roads in a sorry state
The state of roads in the country are in a very sorry state and virtually unusable as the country battles with economic challenges. A sign that all is not well with the road networks is eviden...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 20:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC commissioner Moyo lambasted over national pledge remarks
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner Moyo Qhubani has come under fire after he posted on Facebook saying he does not see anything wrong about the national pledge.Moyo had posted that he sees no...Published: 03 May 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium
A health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo each time there is load shedding in the suburb leaving thousands of soccer fans at risk unless generators lying idle at the venue are connect...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
New York Stock Exchange suspends trading in all securities
Without announcement, all trading has ceased on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.While off-floor trading is still occurring, every listing on the NYSE board is currently showing "HALT"...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim programmers develop anti-virus tools for Word Documents
Zimbabwe Information Communication Technology entrepreneurs, Tawanda Katsaruware and Richwell Phinias have partnered to provide anti-virus tools to help computer users repair Microsoft Office documen...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 11:15hrs | 8 | by Richwell Phinias
Pop star casually shares photos of his brand new 'iPhone 5' online
A Taiwanese pop star casually shared photographs of his brand new 'iPhone 5' with his 13.5 million followers this week on Weibo, the Chinese micro-blogging equivalent of Twitter....Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 07:10hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Apple to take iPads to the most remote rural Zimbabwe schools
If you want a solar-powered iPad 2 with a pico projector, get a job as a school teacher in Zimbabwe, where Apple has entered into a joint venture with the Zimbabwe government to supply such setups to...Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 06:48hrs | | by Rik Myslewski in San Francisco
Seven hours to cross into Zim
There is severe congestion at the Beit Bridge border post to Zimbabwe, with many regular travellers saying the service has not improved under the power-sharing government and is worse than it has...Published: 22 Dec 2010 at 13:46hrs | | by Peta Thornycroft
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