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Currency devaluation slashes Zimbabwe wages by 90%
Zimbabwe's rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap, from which there's little chance of escape.If they implement the polit...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 600 | by Bloomberg
Demonstrations disrupting flow of business
THE opposition MDC-Alliance has been busy plotting to destabilise the country through nationwide demonstrations.The organisers claim they are demonstrating against the country's economic condi...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 795 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa threatens to unleash more violence
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash more violence in the streets after yesterday's planned illegal demonstrations failed to take off following a prohibition notice isued b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Khupe attempts to 'steal' Chamisa's money
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe, in connivance with government, allegedly attempted to claim the money entitled to Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance through the Political Finances Act.Party secre...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Cops save 'unlucky' thieves
TWO men suspected to be behind a spate of thefts from motor vehicles in Bulawayo were arrested after their getaway car collided with a haulage truck during a high speed chase through the city centre o...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court says illegal foreigners should be deported
A Gauteng court has ruled that over 400 illegal immigrants who were nabbed during the recent raids in Johannesburg Central Business District must be deported to their home countries. South Afr...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 11:11hrs | 3216 | by Mandla Ndlovu
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 19094 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
We have more heroes in 40 years than UK in 400 years - but not one stopped Zim going to the dogs, why
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the biggest thief," said Thomas Mapfumo in a facebook video circulating in the social media.Thomas Mapfumo, is a very talented Zimbabwean musician who has cons...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1894 | by Wilbert Mukori
Kombi crews circumvent tollgates
Commuter omnibus operators plying highway routes are reportedly dropping off passengers just before approaching tollgates as a strategy to avoid paying high tollgate fees which were introduced by Fina...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
Interbank trades hit US$5m daily
Over US$5 million is now being traded daily on the interbank foreign exchange market as business confidence on the platform continues to grow. President Mnangagwa revealed these statistics in ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash agents make a killing
ECOCASH agents have turned their booths into illegal selling points of cash at exorbitant premiums ranging from 30 to 40 percent. For one to get bond coins and notes from EcoCash agents, he or...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Heroes Month message to the people of Zimbabwe
It is exactly twelve months since disputed and stolen election of 2018. The majority of Zimbabweans are still in shock at the brazen manner inwhich their vote was stolen. Disputed ele...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1674 | by Nelson Chamisa
Zimbabwe Embassy in SA monitors Johannesburg situation
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is monitoring the situation in Gauteng province mainly Johannesburg where police in that country have been rounding up foreign immigrants in the wake of recent c...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12663 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa advisor lashes govt, Mthuli Ncube
One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most loyal backers, Eddie Cross, has attached the government-accusing it of "practising the worst kind of corruption" and struggling to keep the country afloat. ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 12232 | by Staff reporter
Zimfest delivers another 'phenomenal' festival
Every summer, Zimfest Live is the epicenter of the Zimbabwean music and arts scene and for a third consecutive year, it did not disappoint.The popular southern African festival takes 'musiophi...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 16:28hrs | 697 | by Tidi Kwidini
Gweru vendors given 7-day ultimatum
GWERU City Council has given vendors operating at Kudzanayi long distance bus terminus a seven-day ultimatum to vacate their stalls which are not in the local authority's database, a development that ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:26hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
One year on: What has changed for Zimbabwe?
A year ago, with Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe out of the picture, the troubled southern African country seemed to have taken a turn for the better.Mugabe's successor and the incumbent, ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:50hrs | 274 | by Al-Jezeera News
Cop, four others in court for robbery
A suspected police officer and his four accomplices who masqueraded as passengers and a taxi driver, have been arraigned on allegations of robbing six unsuspecting passengers and an airtime vendor in ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans say their economy is worse than ever: 'This is hell'
Dadirai Tsvakai and her family have taken to combining dinner and breakfast — a meal they now eat just after midnight, if they are lucky to have a few hours of electricity. Then, in the dead of the ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | 5861 | by Farai Mutsaka
These fuel queues you see today will be no more
Austerity, who are your parents and why not relenting? You are invisible but effects, signs and symptoms. Fathers and mothers are moonlighting on vending sojourns to make ends come nearer, never mind ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 15:12hrs | 6426 | by Thomas Murisa.
Bulawayo Council warns residents over sewer water
Bulawayo City Council has warned residents that vegetables watered using sewer water pose a threat to the intellectual capacity of children as the water is contaminated with dangerous chemicals....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:17hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Health crisis looms at Bulawayo's makeshift kombi terminus
WITHOUT a care in the world, a visibly intoxicated tout staggers out of a parked commuter omnibus with a plastic bottle filled with a yellowish liquid and tosses it on a heap of trash in an alley just...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:17hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda bemoans Mutare 'leadership vacuum'
ZANU-PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed there is a leadership vacuum at Mutare City Council as residents bemoaned the worsening poor service delivery in the city.Matemadanda ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex vending sucks in cops
GOVERNMENT efforts to eliminate illegal foreign currency dealers from the streets of Harare are being hampered by the involvement of some unscrupulous police officers in the illicit trade, The Herald ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting death: Family demands compensation
The late Julius Zingwe, who was shot dead in Chinhoyi a fortnight ago, was buried in Mhangura last week with his family members calling on government to compensate them for his death.Zingwe wa...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
'Egodini mall to accommodate 1 000 vendors'
Once completed, the Egodini mall project is set to accommodate over 1 000 informal traders, a move that will ease decongestion in the central business district, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3627 | by Staff reporter
Bread crews promoting bread shortages for self gain
The bread delivery van crews from the country's three main bakeries are feeding the prevailing bread shortages for personal gains, the Harare Post has established. During the weekend, this pub...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1462 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Government to name and shame overpricing shops
ZANU-PF national secretary for the commissariat Victor Matemadanda yesterday warned businesses in Bulawayo against selling goods at exorbitant prices, saying corrective measures will soon be taken aga...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council to decongest CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council is working on plans to limit informal trading in the central business district to reduce congestion, the mayor Solomon Mguni has said.In a state of the city service d...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:33hrs | 2300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of voodoo economics
I was attending a pre-conference of Christian pastors in Masvingo at the urgent invitation of Prophetess Elizabeth Chademana.I had been charged by the saints in Greenwood District of the Unite...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:30hrs | 359 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Tajamuka promises to strike again
This statement comes at a time when we have tested our government`s open door policy by submitting a petition demanding that government urgently attends to the political crisis and the economic plight...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 19:30hrs | 3592 | by Promise Mkwananzi
Mnangagwa ally berates Chamisa's MDC at clean-up campaign
ZANU-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda yesterday turned a national clean-up campaign in Gweru into a platform to attack the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, saying the opposition party shou...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa, Zanu-PF Mnangagwa urged to bury the hatchet
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has called on political parties to bury their differences and work towards the development of the nation. Matemadanda who was spea...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:05hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Gweru in 'lockdown' ahead of Mnangagwa visit
THE State has beefed up security in Gweru ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit, with anti-riot water cannons being rolled into the city centre to prevent any chances of civil disobedience....Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean attitude, self hate
Is it not a shame that over the years, a lot of us have been taught by the West to define everything from democracy to good governance and accountability in the eyes of foreigners as if we are still a...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 360 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Gang wars - Sikhulile High pupils injured, hospitalised
THREE Sikhulile High School pupils in Bulawayo were rushed to hospital after they were injured during a school gang war yesterday morning. Teachers at the school were in panic as bloodied pupi...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Gweru for Clean-up Campaign
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow lead the National Clean-Up Day campaign in Gweru as Government intensifies efforts to clean up cities and towns. On December 5 last year, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Econet foresees brighter future for Zimbabwe
THE country's largest telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, believes that the country will conquer the immediate economic setbacks and attain a brighter future. Group chairm...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Econet swings to $106,4m loss after tax
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited (EWZL) posted a loss after-tax of ZWL$106,4 million in the year ended February 28, 2019, from a profit after-tax of ZWL$132,3 million recorded in 2018 following the un...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka shut down flops
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday ignored desperate calls by a shadowy, pro-MDC Alliance group, Tajamuka and its affiliates to shut down the country on an anti-Government move to demonstrate against President Mna...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU denies hand in planned ShutDownZimbabwe protests
LABOUR federation, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has dismissed messages circulating on social media linking it to a "shutdown" of the country on July 1.A pamphlet that has gone...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 2842 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe banks dump Paynet
ZIMBABWE banks have dumped Paynet, a subsidiary of Mauritian financial services provider Cambria, as they are developing their own new system expected to be in place mid-July, businessdigest has learn...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
'TB Joshua's meeting in Nazareth is rebranding Africa's image abroad...'
In the last week, Israeli media has been awash with news of the controversial visit of Nigerian cleric T.B. Joshua to Nazareth.Initial news of the visit ignited a furore among apprehensive rel...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2465 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Back to 2008 as Zimdollar returns
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, the re-introduction of the national currency a decade after its demise is a return to "normalcy".For most of the country's citizens, it's a bitte...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1950 | by Bloomberg
Bakers divert bread to parallel market
Bakers are diverting bread from the official market by creating cartels of their sales representatives and vendors who sell the basic commodity on the streets across Harare at exorbitant prices of bet...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:38hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Rapist prays for fainted victim
A MAN from Bulawayo raped a 45-year-old woman until she fainted, prayed for her and raped her again when she regained consciousness.Haston Phiri (37) of no fixed abode was sentenced to 15 year...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 22:55hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar comeback divides civil servants
THE reintroduction of the Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender has widened divisions within the civil service, particularly teachers, who are now accusing each other of colluding with government t...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:28hrs | 7202 | by Staff reporter
Matanga tells cops to be diligent
ZIMBABWE Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged police officers who are attending the rebranding exercise to be diligent, engaging and understanding in executing their duties because the...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
ZRP starts equipping police to deal with rioters
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has started equipping police to deal with rioters in fulfilment of recommendations made by a Commission of Inquiry led by former South Africa President Kgalema Motla...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
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