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ZRP starts recruitment
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has begun a recruitment exercise as it continues to undergo major transformation in adopting a new structure and re-branding to win back public confidence.However,...Published: 6 hrs ago | 932 | by Staff reporter
Chombo, Chipanga, Hamandishe case deferred
Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has deferred the matter of former Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leaders —Kudzanayi Chipanga, Innocent Hamandi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles his cards
President Emerson Mnangagwa has reassigned Minister Davis Marapira to Minister of State in the Office of the President and Cabinet in charge of Monitoring the Implementation of Special Agricultural an...Published: 12 hrs ago | 6380 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Shelton Muchena
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 13 hrs ago | 5311 | by Staff reporter
Over 200,000 Zimbabwe migrant workers return after Covid-19 job losses
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned of a "deeper crisis" on Tuesday after more than 200,000 Zimbabweans working in other countries were forced to return home by the Covid-19 pand...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Hansole to empower ICT youths
We all live in a community were we have plumbers, welders, tailors, carpenter, builders, etc. As part of our commitment to increase web presence we are offering FREE web development train a tr...Published: 13 hrs ago | 256 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Ruvheneko, Kasukuwere's daughter divorce hubbies
PROMINENT TV and radio personality, Ruvheneko Elsie Mafara (nee Parirenyatwa) has gone separate ways with her husband of seven years, Tendai Basil Mafara.In a related case, exiled former minis...Published: 13 hrs ago | 7001 | by Staff reporter
Teachers scoff at 'toxic' salary award
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday said teachers were still heavily incapacitated after they were paid between $13 300 and $17 000 this month after government effected a 25% i...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe independence is now a senior bachelor!
YOUR Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Sunday April 18 was Independence Day a once-hallowed day that has since lost its glitz because the requisite freedoms associated with the occasion are...Published: 13 hrs ago | 771 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe: From jewel of Africa to laughing stock
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) on Sunday joined the rest of Zimbabweans in marking 41 years of independence from colonial rule. Indeed, it is an important day of our lives as we salute t...Published: 13 hrs ago | 451 | by Japhet Moyo ZCTU secretary-general
Constitutional amendments betray independence
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) party joins Zimbabweans in celebrating the independence of our great nation.We take this opportunity to celebrate that, as a country, we are free fro...Published: 13 hrs ago | 149 | by Madock Chivasa NCA spokesperson
'Zimbabweans must resist imperialists' machinations'
UGANDA-BASED leader of the Coalition against Coronavirus for Africa Development (ICAC-AD), Tom Isingoma Mwesiga, has challenged Zimbabweans to resist imperialists' moves to influence the country's pol...Published: 13 hrs ago | 292 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1538 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'Parliament must closely monitor security sector'
PARLIAMENTS have been urged to strictly monitor the security sector in their countries especially in times of conflict to avoid human rights violations.This came up during debate last Thursday...Published: 13 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
Transport shortage cripples Zesa
NATIONAL power distributor, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is failing to execute its mandate due to an acute shortage of vehicles, with the current fleet b...Published: 13 hrs ago | 390 | by Staff reporter
Zela red-flags proposed constitutional amendments
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has urged MPs to reject the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2, saying the Bill seeks to strip them of the power to keep the Executi...Published: 14 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff reporter
'3rd wave already in Zimbabwe'
HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the third wave of COVID-19 had already hit the country as evidenced by the surge in new infections in the past few weeks, a situation which poses a huge challenge ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Corruption bleeding health sector: TI-Z
CORRUPTION in the health sector has stifled service delivery despite the existence of many organisations that fight corruption, a report by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) revealed yesterda...Published: 14 hrs ago | 134 | by Staff reporter
Man mauled by crocodiles
A SILOBELA man was reportedly mauled to death by crocodiles while fishing along the Gweru River. Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko could not be reached for comment but Sil...Published: 14 hrs ago | 793 | by Staff reporter
IsiTonga Short Stories competition launched
A short stories competition targeted at promoting ChiTonga young writers has been launched at secondary schools in Binga district, Matabeleland North province. The competition dubbed ChiTonga ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 85 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe a dumping ground for used cars?
LAST year in November, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube announced that imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old were to be banned to contain the import bi...Published: 14 hrs ago | 522 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school tests ALL pupils
COVID-19 tests for all the 800 pupils enrolled at Mzilikazi Primary School started yesterday after eight teachers tested positive two weeks ago. Health officials have also started initiative c...Published: 14 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Biti's pessimism over RBZ forex auction defied by listed companies
LISTED companies reporting their latest financials have effectively defied claims made by former finance minister, Tendai Biti the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign exchange auction system was a rigged...Published: 14 hrs ago | 635 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's Liquid Telecom rebrands
The newly rebranded Liquid Intelligent Technologies (formerly Liquid Telecom) says its transformation is aimed at becoming a more interactive business, providing solutions for all economic sectors acr...Published: 14 hrs ago | 539 | by Staff reporter
Identity theft fraudsters arrested
Fraudsters responsible for the identity thefts that allowed them access to WhatsApp groups and EcoCash accounts of others to con people into foreign currency deals had not hacked into the phones of th...Published: 14 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF commits to non-interference'
Zanu-PF will respect the principles of state sovereignty and non-interference as each country in the world has the right to determine its own destiny, the ruling party national chairperson Oppah Muchi...Published: 14 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reassigns top officials
President Mnangagwa has reassigned Minister Davis Marapira to Minister of State in the Office of the President and Cabinet in charge of Monitoring the Implementation of Special Agricultural and relate...Published: 14 hrs ago | 666 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy could have come across as too emotional for some people to appreciate my perspective....Published: 14 hrs ago | 415 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZRP CID mineral department in Chegutu taking law into their own hands
A chegutu mining Syndicate has raised a red flag against four CID police detectives from minerals department for taking the law into their own hands again...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1018 | by Shelton Muchena
SA, Zimbabwe cigarette price war escalates
THE seizure of a truckload of illegal cigarettes reportedly from Zimbabwe underlines the war raging between criminal operators in South Africa's illicit tobacco trade.Authorities confirmed the...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba wants Job Sikhala appointed Cabinet Minister?
ECCENTRIC Member of Parliament for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) has called for more powers to be vested in the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa so that he can appoint whoever he want...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:01hrs | 3840 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maintains 7.4% growth target
Zimbabwe's Treasury is sticking to its economic growth estimate of 7.4%, even after the nation's president said the projection would have to be lowered.The forecast is achievable after the cou...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:00hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds thawing relations with France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa,, says Zimbabwe's frosty relations with key European Union (EU) countries have improved markedly ever since his government embarked on its dogged re-engagement drive with ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Health Ministry launches Covid-19 App
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has launched the ZimCovidSafe App, which was created to help members of the public ascertain if they have been exposed to the deadly virus and when they should se...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman dies in SA, family appealing for aid to repatriate body
The family of a Zimbabwean woman who died in Pretoria, South Africa last month is appealing for financial aid from well wishers after it has failed to raise 17 000 Rands required by the funeral ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Importation of poultry from South Africa remains suspended
The importation of poultry and poultry products from South Africa remains suspended as the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) is on high alert following confirmed reports of an outbreak of high p...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:21hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi longs for apartheid-era electric fence on Zimbabwe border
South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says removing apartheid-era electric fences to secure the border was a "terrible mistake."Motsoaledi spoke on Monday as he expressed his e...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:14hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
#SaveOurEducationZw: 5 million voices for 5 million learners
Zimbabwe has a total learner population of almost 5 million, who are enrolled from Early Child Development, (ECD) to Advanced level, (A level). These learners are on the verge of completely losing out...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 15:10hrs | 488 | by ARTUZ
Mthwakazi leader fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo said his family is now living in fear of being abducted after suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives were spotted in the vicin...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 3061 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo rues lost opportunity to grab Gukurahundi dossier
FORMER cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says he regrets failing to get hold of the Chihambakwe Report during his period as government minister.Moyo says he would have used the document to forest...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says Patriotic Bill mustn't be allowed
POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) member and opposition National Constitutional Assem-bly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has been critical of constitutional amendments which seek to grant President Emm...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
$6m 'theft' haunts Mwonzora
MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga is lobbying party members to demonstrate against their leader Douglas Mwonzora on Thursday this week to compel him to account for over $6 million which he allegedly stol...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter
Retailers squeal over protectionist policies
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has challenged the promulgation of Statutory Instrument (SI) 89 of 2021, which among others restricts importation of second-hand cars that are more than 1...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF govt has failed democratic test'
GOVERNMENT was yesterday blasted for inheriting and maintaining colonial civic suppression tactics 41 years after independence.This came out during a virtual meeting conducted by SIVIO Institu...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's media landscape remains treacherous'
FORTY-ONE years after independence, Zimbabwe's media landscape remains treacherous with independent journalists being subjected to harassment by State security agents, poorly paid and denied the freed...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa film wins award in Brazil
A DOCUMENTARY about MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa based on the compelling story of the country's 2018 presidential election has won the Best Feature Documentary in Brazil's Its True Film Festi...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2452 | by Staff reporter
Govt scraps nurses' night allowances
GOVERNMENT is headed for a showdown with health workers after it scrapped non-claimable night-duty allowances.This was announced by Health Services Board (HSB) executive director Ruth Kaseke l...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
US rubbishes Mnangagwa's Polad?
THE United States has renewed its demands for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to implement wide-ranging reforms and initiate inclusive dialogue to resolve the country's debilitating socioeconomic and pol...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
No to govt bullying, says teachers
TEACHERS' representatives yesterday described government as a heartless employer and vowed that their members would not be coerced to teach, despite threats to withhold their benefits.Primary ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to intensify Commonwealth readmission efforts
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would re-intensify re-engagement efforts with the Commonwealth in order to ensure its readmission to the group of former British colonies.This was revealed by acti...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
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