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BREAKING: Fully vaccinated former American leader dies of COVID 19
A fully vaccinated and first black United States of America Secretary has died from complications from Covid-19, CNN has reported. He was 84."General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe still bound by chains of Mugabe dictatorship
Zanu-PF and MDCs have indicated that they want to give themselves monopoly over political power in Zimbabwe. Recently, I felt bad when I saw some people chanting the Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana mantra....Published: 16 hrs ago | 309 | by Paul Dzimano
Border chaos: National Ports Authority the missing link
The Government has over the years come up with a number of strategies to remove trade barriers and enhance the smooth flow of people and cargo through its land borders.This is being done with ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Illegal sanctions choking business
ILLEGAL economic sanctions imposed by the United States and her allies have negatively affected the business community, which cannot access loans, and even do straightforward transfers for their needs...Published: 16 hrs ago | 74 | by Staff reporter
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 16 hrs ago | 176 | by Nobleman Runyanga
He who acknowledges his failings has started his journey to success
Have Zimbabweans ever wondered why they appear 'cursed' - in a country seemingly entrapped in a never-ending vicious cycle of economic malaise and poverty, whereby each minute is expended on how to ju...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:22hrs | 568 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube sees potential for 'diaspora remittances' via Blockchain
ZIMBABWE'S central bank frowns at digital currency and previously ordered all banks to stop processing transactions involving digital currencies, such as BTC and other altcoins in 2017.They te...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:11hrs | 1180 | by Agencies
Is Guvamatanga altogether there?
An observation made by my daughter, Dr Rumbi, when she was 27 years old has haunted me ever since. Dr Rumbi was preparing for her doctoral defence on governance, and she had returned from a research t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1198 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwean bankers sweat over forex crackdown
Zimbabwean bankers are fretting over compliance with government directives to root out "illegal foreign currency dealings, with the country's biggest bank, CBZ, cautioning its employees against facili...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect ordinary people
IN a week's time, we will have the Anti-Sanctions Day again.In August 2019, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) declared October 25 as the Anti-Sanctions Day in solidarity with t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 49 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Sanctions lobbyists' days are numbered
THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms Alena Douhan, will be in the country from tomorrow to October 28, ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mureza to assemble Prim8 vehicle in Zimbabwe
MUREZA Automobile Company, a South Africa-based Zimbabwean auto mobile company, says it is now looking to localise production of its Mureza Prim8 vehicle that has been "successfully accepted" worldwid...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:57hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for rape in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man, living illegally in Botswana, has been arrested in the neighbouring country for allegedly raping a 37-year-old woman.Thabani Murudangwa (23), is accused of raping the woman o...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, even a husband who makes excuses for failing his family soon finds himself with divorce papers!
Excuses, excuses, excuses! Thats is what the people of Zimbabwe have come to expect from their government, ever since coming to power in 1980 - after the country attained political independenc...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1141 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's Life is in danger
About 200 ZANU-PF sponsored youth and women were baying for Chamisa and his team's blood on their way to meet the people of Masvingo community in chief Charumbira area yes 10/10/2021.The same ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1851 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Zanu PF attacks on MDC will galvanise and blind supporters to Wizard of Oz Scarecrow trickery
Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22! We a stuck in a political and economic mess and those who have landed us here are the ones profiting from our suffering and misery and, worst of all, they have the po...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1157 | by Nomusa Garikai
US$2m for displaced Zimbabweans
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has availed about US$2m to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) towards livelihood support for vulnerable and disaster-pron...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
SA acts on Beitbridge congestion
South African authorities have come up with a host of measures to address challenges that have seen commercial truck drivers spending at least 11 days at Beitbridge Border Post.Sadc's busiest ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 30875 | by Staff reporter
Loga can't take all the blame, players must introspect
DIE hard Warriors supporters who had hoped that the gasping senior men's national soccer team would spring a shocker and beat Ghana in Tuesday's 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier, watched in disbelief as ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mnangagwa sleepless nights
THREE days before the 31 July 2018 general election, Harare erupted into a riot of colour as the top contenders brought their campaigns to a roaring crescendo.The capital city was hosting two ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised on US$85m traffic interchange project
MEMBERS of the public have raised a red flag over the government's announcement that the Mbudzi roundabout traffic interchange on the Masvingo highway in Harare will cost US$85 million, which could be...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to pipe pre-paid gas to homes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will now install pre-paid gas meters in new residential areas under a piped gas reticulation system, as the local authority seeks alternative revenue streams as demand for ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
US plotting to discredit Chinese investments in Zimbabwe
THE Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State is implementing "an intricate plan" designed by Washington to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe "through disinformat...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Govt will keep digging in on currency
IN the week under review the Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar) swept past the psychological 1:90 mark. The local unit has been losing ground against the United States dollar on a weekly basis, for 24 stra...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 170 | by Respect Gwenzi
Govt, business stalemate rages
BUSINESS executives made desperate attempts from last week Friday to worm their way out of arrests for violating foreign currency exchange regulations, but the government turned a deaf ear as it vowed...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Violence in Masvingo makes Chamisa a hero
The recent events in the Masvingo province against MDC-Alliance President Advocate Nelson Chamisa raised his bar graph very high. The MDC-A leader is in a meet the people whirlwind tour, meeting commu...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 17:41hrs | 1212 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Chamisa's MDC claims more attacks
THE MDC Alliance yesterday claimed that Zanu-PF supporters mounted a "roadblock" in Gutu, kidnapped and beat up some opposition supporters at their meeting with party leader Nelson Chamisa, who is on ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Over 5m Zimbabweans food insecure, claims WFP
OVER five million Zimbabweans in urban and rural communities are food insecure due to COVID-19-induced difficulties, the World Food Programme country director Francesca Alderman said yesterday....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa corrupt and totally ignorant, says Steve Hanke
UNITED States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of corruption and being "totally ignorant" as the Zimbabwean dollar keeps losing value.The para...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed in SA over R10m abalone deal
A 36-year-old Zimbabwean man, Lawrence Muroma, and his Chinese accomplice, Qing Quen Feng (28) have been jailed for one year by a South African court for illegally dealing in the endangered abalone sh...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife attends Third Eurasian Women's Forum in Russia
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is here to attend the Third Eurasian Women's Forum, on Wednesday had a heart-to-heart discussion with the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly o...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube signals soft stance towards crypto-currencies
Zimbabwe is ready to soften its stance on crypto-currencies, judging by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube's remarks this week, that he intends to develop a framework and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
NetOne to install 345 base stations
NetOne has promised the installation of above 300 base stations across Zimbabwe through the National Mobile Broad Band Expansion Project (NMBB3) to ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:34hrs | 731 | by Lloyd Rabaya in Guruve
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 935 | by Fortune Moyo
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 781 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
What's the point in building Zimbabwe 'brick by brick' whilst dismantling it 'wall by wall'?
There is a popular saying, "taking two steps forward, and one step backwards" - that describes a scenario whereby things are not going smoothly, when one's efforts are not yielding the desired results...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3062 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chinamasa needs to tone down rhetoric
Zanu-PF acting national political commissar Patrick Chinamasa's dramatic Press conference on Tuesday represents everything rotten about the leadership of this country.From arrogance, insatiabl...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
'US, Zimbabwe fights not affecting citizens'
THE United States says it will continue to support the country with humanitarian aid in several key areas including the health sector despite political disagreements with the Harare regime of Presiden...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Chloride expands outlets as imports fall
ZIMBABWE'S biggest battery maker, Chloride Zimbabwe, says outlets of its Exide Express, have increased by 330% in the past five years, as demand increases on the domestic market in response to import ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
English netball club re-sign Zimbabwe captain
Zimbabwe senior netball team captain Felistas Kwangwa is delighted after renewing her contract with English side Surrey Storm for the 2022 Super league season.The club announced the re-signing...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Hubby killer's trial stalls
A South African court has ordered a mental examination for a 42-year-old Zimbabwean woman accused of killing her husband and throwing his body parts in three pit latrines in Gauteng province.N...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes UN special rapporteur
The ruling Zanu-PF has welcomed the impending visit by United Nations Special Rapporteur, Dr Alena Douhan, to review the impact of the illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Weste...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
One of the country's most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has bee...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank offers to finance former farmers' compensation
Time Bank Zimbabwe Limited that is set to re-open its doors to the public on December 01 this year, has excited the market after unveiling four types of loan facilities among them a scheme for payment...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA apologises
ZIFA have said they take full responsibility for the 2022 World Cup debacle, which saw the Warriors crashing out of the contest, after three defeats in their four qualifiers.The senior nationa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
SA court orders for the mental exam of Zimbabwe woman who confessed to killing husband
A South African court has ordered a health and mental examination of a 42-year-old Zimbabwean woman who confessed to killing her husband and throwing his limbs in three separate pit latrines in Gauten...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
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