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Bleak future for Zimbabwean families depending on breadwinners in South Africa
Families depending on remittances from relatives working in South Africa fear they will lose their primary income when the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit expires.A financial services company warns ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 253 | by Staff reporter
Broad reforms key for Mnangagwa ahead of US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE'S invitation to attend the US-Africa summit in December can only reap through country a diplomatic dividend if President Emmerson Mnangagwa implements broad reforms to deepen democracy and pr...Published: 5 hrs ago | 289 | by Staff reporter
Tsitsi Dangarembga considers leaving Zimbabwe
The state-led prosecution of Tsitsi Dangarembga, arguably the most globally revered author the country has produced, for joining a peaceful anti-government demonstration could signify yet another mile...Published: 5 hrs ago | 378 | by Staff reporter
Gambians prove capabilities of youthful leadership
Young people are driving development in West Africa and demonstrating capacity to lead and transform entire regions and cities.Youthful Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda of Kanifing Municipality is t...Published: 16 hrs ago | 914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe tycoon set to get US$139 million refund from Bank of Zambia
THE HIGH Court of Zambia has ordered the country's central bank to pay back US$139, 191, 386 seized in 1998 to Zimbabwean business tycoon, Jayesh Shah, and his company Al Shams Building Materials Limi...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2529 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3825 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tables electoral reform demands ahead of 2023 polls
Zimbabwe opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa says there was urgent need to correct historical anomalies in order to end disputed election outcomes.The timing...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Pastors4ED meet
THE obscure Pastors4ED grouping of church ministers is holding its first strategic meeting in Harare today as it ups its campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the 2023 elections.I...Published: 20 hrs ago | 383 | by Staff reporter
Some apostolic sects shun ID blitz
REGISTRAR-General Henry Machiri says some apostolic sects are still refusing to get identity documents (IDs), death and birth certificates as government concludes its registration blitz today....Published: 20 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zacc goes after court officials
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has dragged court officials including magistrates, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and acting Prosecutor-Gene...Published: 20 hrs ago | 510 | by Staff reporter
CCC demands electoral reforms in blueprint
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday launched a seven-pillar electoral blueprint that includes the release of an audited voters roll ahead of the 2023 elections.Launching the blueprin...Published: 20 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets terms for NGOs
GOVERNMENT says non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may only be allowed to operate in the country if they are willing to complement its development policies. Addressing journalists on the si...Published: 20 hrs ago | 187 | by Staff reporter
'No easy road to recovery for Zimbabwe'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) warned on Thursday that there would be no quick fix to the myriad of economic challenges afflicting the country.Zimbabwe is in the throes of an...Published: 20 hrs ago | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's desperate power situation points to poor planning
THIS week, Justice minister Ziyambai Ziyambi, in his capacity as leader of government business in the National Assembly and responding to Members of Parliament's concerns about the country's rolling p...Published: 20 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power supplies to normalise from today
POWER supplies are set to normalise from today after almost a week of exceptionally high-level load shedding caused by the breakdown of four generation units at Hwange Thermal Power Station and a far ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 240 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nkomo burial set for Sunday
Liberation stalwart Highten Nkomo, who died a fortnight ago and was on Wednesday declared a National Hero, will be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Sunday.Yesterday his body mad...Published: 20 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T readies for December congress
MDC-T will hold its congress in December with its current leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora touted as the front runner.The MDC-T youth league has already nominated Senator Mwonzora as the sole p...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 20:17hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Energy Minister absconds Parliament for 2 months amid deepening power crisis
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that Energy Minister Soda Zhemu avails himself to the National Assembly to respond to questions regarding continuous power outages that have been going on for months wit...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo sucked into controversial installation of Masvingo chief
LOCAL Government Minister, July Moyo has been accused of unlawfully influencing the appointment of one Tranos Manjiva as Chief Nemanwa in an unfolding chieftainship row in Masvingo.The ministe...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 cases rising
GOVERNMENT has urged the public to continue following guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19 following an increase in new cases in the past few days.Speaking to NewsDay, Health and Child Car...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Chokuda told to resign
OPPOSITION legislators have called on Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda to resign after laying the blame for the dodgy laptop and desktop tender, and suspicious fuel allocations at the august House ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Sternford Moyo gets Freedom of the City of London
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) board member and International Bar Association president Sternford Moyo has tonight been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, an award given to High impact Inter...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
First commander of Mkushi Camp declared National Hero
LIBERATION stalwart Highten Nkomo, who was the first commander of the Mkushi Women's Camp in Zambia, has been declared a National Hero.He was 70.Nkomo, who was also known as Billy Mzam...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 trial run starts
ENGINEERS have started synchronising various sub-systems at the Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 plant which is 97 percent complete and ready for commissioning in November, paving way for its conne...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar exchange rate cleavage narrows
THE narrowing of the gap between parallel market and official exchange rates from an elevated level of 140 percent in May to current levels of between five percent and 15 percent is a significant move...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
State responds to Sikhala, Sithole bail bid
Investigations into the alleged incitement of public violence in Nyatsime by CCC members of Parliament Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole are almost complete with the trial set for November 15, the State...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'does not want bully partners'
Zimbabwe does not want development partners that impose their ideas, but those that complement its efforts in uplifting the livelihoods of people, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Develo...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, political elites negotiate shady, corrupt mining deals
COMMUNITIES across the country are being neglected in negotiating mining contracts with foreigners as the military and political elites take centre-stage for personal gain, an expert has said....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 20:27hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
3 family members killed by Black Mamba
THREE members of a Hurungwe family succumbed to poisoning after they were struck by a venomous snake suspected to be a Black Mamba, while foraging for firewood.The bizarre incident occurred in...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 20:00hrs | 2962 | by Staff reporter
Cop among 7 arrested for Marondera robbery murder
A police officer is among six people arrested for the robbery murder of a Marondera businessman on September 23.Lukas Chimoka, 62, was shot dead after armed gunmen stormed his home at around 2...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi continues to draw resources from the government
Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi is drawing fuel from the government for partisan political programmes, a leaked document shows.Mohadi has crisscrossed the country in recent months meetin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:56hrs | 2930 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole in fresh bail bid
CCC legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole accused of inciting public violence in the Nyatsime area following the death of Moreblessing Ali, today mounted a fresh bail bid on changed c...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:56hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surprises with national hero from Matebeleland
LIBERATION stalwart Highten Nkomo has been declared a national hero.In a statement on Wednesday, President Mnangagwa announced the hero status."In recognition of his contribution to th...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:55hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
'Toxicity' and 'hater' terms now used by those who don't want to hear the truth!
I have been there! It is only that we did not have such terms as 'toxicity' and 'hater' in my day - but, I have used or thought along those exact lines before.In my youth, I had a fair...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:31hrs | 935 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 1376 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fuel abuse rocks Zimbabwe municipalities
SEVERAL local authorities are failing to account for thousands of litres of fuel allocated and disbursed for specific projects in an exposé that confirms how corruption is now rife within councils....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked wonderkid named among 'best talents' in the Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers youngster Leon Chiwome has been named as one of the brightest young talents in the Premier League.Each year The Guardian compiles a list of youngsters from each Premier...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army warns public of massive troop and artillery movements
THE military will be moving a large number of troops and equipment to six districts of Mashonaland Central province for a training exercise, Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has announced.The not...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 13300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs close to blows over probe into computer scandal
CHAOS rocked a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) Tuesday after members came close fist-fights during a heated oral evidence hearing into the controversial tender involvin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF bigwigs eye return
THREE former Zanu-PF Members of Parliament (MPs) from Hurungwe district are eyeing central committee positions in the ruling party ahead of elections slated for this weekend.They include forme...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2309 | by Staff reporter
48 000 petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
SOME 48 000 people comprising Zimbabweans and citizens of other countries have signed a petition calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's intervention in the continued detention of opposition legisl...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
RioZim faces corporate rescue
A TRADE union has given the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed resources outfit RioZim a seven-day ultimatum to recapitalise and settle outstanding salaries or face administration.In a letter addr...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, Zimbabwe has never known respite from terror
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as we count down to the 2023 harmonised elections, it is my fervent supplication that you replicate the Madiba blueprint. Despite the massive...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 385 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Rights activist guns for top judge
WOMEN's Comfort Corner Foundation (WCCF) director Rita Marque Mbatha has applied for leave to sue High Court judge, Justice Catherine Bachi-Mzawazi for violation of her rights.The firebrand hu...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Education has highest inflation, says ZimStat
THE country's education sector has the highest inflation compared to other sectors, according to the latest Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) report.ZimStat says education had the highest i...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, FC Platinum clash
THE country's best two teams - FC Platinum and Highlanders - in the second-half of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season face off at the weekend in an all-to-play-for encounter at Barbourfield...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
$9bn gold coins sold as individuals join rush
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says gold coins worth $9 billion have been sold since July this year, with individuals taking a significant chunk of the bullion, while the Monetary Policy Committee...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goat scheme ready to take off
THE first 30 000 goats under the Presidential Goat Scheme, which seeks to boost breeding stock and increase numbers and quality, will be distributed to provinces over the next two months.The p...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Entire Zimbabwe goes dark
ZESA says entire country went dark at 10.26AM today after "an abrupt system disturbance on the Alaska-Warren high voltage transmission powerlines linking Kariba and Harare." While this now res...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 20:41hrs | 3934 | by Staff reporter
UK finance minister 'superficially' black?
Labour MP Rupa Huq says she has apologised to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for describing him as "superficially" black.Speaking at a Labour Party conference fringe event, Huq also said: "If you h...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 19:27hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
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