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Stanbic continues with digital banking agenda
HARARE - 30 NOVEMBER 2020 Stanbic Bank continues to implement its digitization strategy as it seeks to remain in sync with the futuristic need for technological advancement as well as the dictates of ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 420 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's ministers blasted over reckless no mask Covid-19 'superspreader' birthday party
Several ministers and guests gathered in Harare on Saturday to celebrate the 60th birthday of information minister Monica Mutsvangwa with no mask in sight.Zimbabweans reacted with anger after ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2630 | by Staff reporter
SARS seizes US$40 million gold coins from Frank Buyanga
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) seized gold coins weighing over 565 kilogrammes, personal jewellery, watches and cellphones during a raid at the home of the girlfriend of a Sandton-based busi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3867 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe witchdoctor's daughter declined refugee status in New Zealand
The daughter of a Zimbabwean witchdoctor has been declined refugee status in New Zealand, despite her fears she'll be forced to take his place in the tribe if she returns home.The woman said i...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2761 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ready to work with Mnangagwa, Chamisa
Interim MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora says he is willing to work with both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his former ally-turned rival, Nelson Chamisa, to help end Zimbabwe's myriad and dec...Published: 8 hrs ago | 7669 | by Staff reporter
Tino's Lyon outsmart Munetsi's Reims
TINO Kadewere continued with his dominance over his high school adversary Marshal Munetsi, after his Olympique Lyon side outsmarted Munetsi's Stade de Reims 3-0 yesterday. It was a memorable moment fo...Published: 8 hrs ago | 315 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF putting lipstick on a frog
ZIMBABWEANS thought that the November 2017 events would usher in a new era, but events that have followed indicate that a leopard will not change spots.Many now see that the late former Presid...Published: 8 hrs ago | 479 | by Rerutsai Shangwa
Smugglers intercepted
At least 38 people have been arrested in Beitbridge in separate incidents on allegations of crossing into South Africa illegally before attempting to smuggle various goods worth over R156 000 into the...Published: 9 hrs ago | 343 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Trumpism - Sanctions, Sex and Infiltration
That the MDC-Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is an ailing force is no longer a subject for debate.The party suffers mostly from self-inflicted wounds - ones that its opponents are grac...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2482 | by Grace Kwinje
Zanu-PF emerges biggest winner in major scandal
THE ruling Zanu-PF, which thrives on a chokehold grip on airwaves to win elections by hook or crook, has emerged as the biggest winner in the controversial awarding of six new free-to-air licences to ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 662 | by Staff reporter
CIO owns abductions car rental company
ZIMBABWE's hospitality giant, Impala Car Rental, which has a big footprint in the tourism sector, and is implicated in the abduction and torture of severely traumatised journalism student Tawanda Much...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1763 | by Staff reporter
What Zanu-PF can learn from China
(In December 2016, ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, then the editor of The Southern Times newspaper based in Namibia, was dragged over the coals and subsequently fire...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1252 | by Ranga Mberi
Covid-19 certificates needed to cross Beitbridge border
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said people entering and leaving South Africa through the Beitbridge border post this festive season would now be required to produce Covid-19 ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mines now 'death traps'
AN investigation by the auditor general Mildred Chiri revealed that a number of mining operations across the country do not adhere to occupational health and safety regulations, exposing miners to dan...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights
IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importanc...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 231 | by Gaynor G Paradza
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree businessman shot dead by an injiva
A PROMINENT Plumtree-based Zanu-PF businessman was shot dead in cold blood by a Zimbabwean based in South Africa while resisting a robbery at his shop at Ntoli business centre in Bulilima East....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3381 | by Staff reporter
Global rugby stars back Sables
SEVERAL former and current international rugby stars, who trace their roots to Zimbabwe have thrown their weight behind the Sables' bid to qualify for the 2023 World Cup to be held in France after tak...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens security at SA border
Zimbabwe has tightened security along its border with South Africa, where cases of illegal crossings had become rife at the peak of the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began in March. Borders...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1022 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
FC Platinum off to winning start in CAF Champions League
FC Platinum 2 - 1 Costa do SolZIMBABWE champions FC Platinum enhanced their chances of progressing to the group stages of the CAF Champions League after securing an important away victory over Moz...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:48hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter
'Health budget big, but inadequate'
ZIMBABWE'S health budget allocation has been dismissed as grossly inadequate to tackle the myriad of challenges besetting the sector.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocated the health sector $...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Churches demand seat in Parliament
CHURCHES have started lobbying for a parliamentary seat to have issues affecting their constituency debated.The church representative organisations made the call in Bulawayo on Tuesday during ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions maintaining discipline on Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must listen to what the people are saying. We have had election disputes in Zimbabwe since time immemorial. They became more pronounced in 2000 when the late MDC founding ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2211 | by Worried
Zimbabwe needs a new ZBC
THE awarding of licences to six national free-to-air commercial television broadcasting stations last week was received with mixed feelings by Zimbabweans. Many hailed the momentous occasion as unpara...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 681 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mthuli's 'fantasy' budget: Here's how it will affect you
THE 2021 budget presented by the finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament shows that the minister was living in a ‘fantasy world,' according to academic, Professor Austin Chakaodza."Some ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 2991 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Aafrica strike border deal
Zimbabwe and South Africa are working flat out to harmonise management and health systems at Beitbridge Border Post so that more people can cross the Limpopo during the festive season without health r...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Imports of old second hand cars banned
Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old are to be banned to contain the import bill and promote the domestic motor industry, while all vehicles imported from Japan now require prior cle...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders US-dollar payment on foreign currency pensions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday ordered US dollar pension pay-outs on all investments under which workers injected foreign currency.This comes after thousands of Zimbabwean workers were be...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 17188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty increase to 6 million in 2019
The number of poor people in the country increased to 8.9 million in 2019 - more than half of its estimated population - from 8 million in 2017 while those living in extreme poverty increased to 6 mil...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:31hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe meets Motsoaledi ahead of the re-opening of Beitbridge border post
Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe met with his South African counterpart Aaron Motsoaledi in Beitbridge on Friday ahead of the re-opening of the border to normal traffic on December 1.The ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
ZRP urges caution during rainy season
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned citizens to remain vigilant and avoid risky behaviour during the upcoming rainy season in order to save lives and property.Zimbabwe was expected to start re...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cacophony remains needless!
THE seemingly growing cacophony in the ruling Zanu-PF party is needless and a threat to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's thrust to turn around the fortunes of the country's flagging economy.Over...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:12hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube reduces taxes
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday gave struggling workers something to cheer about ahead of the festive season when he presented his 2021 National Budget in Harare - significantly easing tax thr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:09hrs | 2543 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to save trapped miners as flood halts rescue
Hope is fading by the day for 40 informal gold miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Zimbabwe for more than 48 hours ago after rescue operations were stalled due to flooding.The disused mine c...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:02hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Ministers of Home Affairs discuss the fate of Zimbabweans in South Africa
The South African Broadcasting Corporation has reported that Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Kazembe Kazembe are in a closed meeting at the offices of the Musina...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 13:52hrs | 3958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean trucker narrowly escapes death after SA highway ambush
A Zimbabwean truck driver who survived an ambush by six gunmen on the N12 highway near Daveyton, on the East Rand, yesterday was just 35km from his destination when the attack happened.Joseph ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | 4168 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube piles more misery on Zimbabweans
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday dampened the hopes for a merry Christmas for the majority Zimbabweans after he reviewed the tax-free threshold to $10 000, about half the cost of a monthly bask...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 3839 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube out of touch with reality
SO much was expected from Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 national budget, which was presented yesterday. Yet he delivered very little.Zimbabwe has been badly bat...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold smugglers shipping over US$1,5bn a year
GOLD worth over US$1,5 billion is smuggled out of Zimbabwe every year, depriving the cashstrapped economy of crucial foreign-exchange revenues, according to research organisation International Crisis ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans demand US dollar budget
ZIMBABWEANS have expressed mixed feelings on the 2021 national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Parliament yesterday, saying it should have been configured in United States dollars...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Biti's sensational take on state of the Zimbabwe economy
MDC-ALLIANCE vice president Tendai Biti painted a bleak picture of the state of the economy this week in what he called the "State of the Economy Address". Many in Zimbabwe and abroad would find his t...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Econet hikes tariffs 20%
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has hiked its voice tariff by 20% to guarantee continued delivery of the service.The latest tariff adjustment comes at a time when government is banking on increased i...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
RBZ swoops on foreign entities
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has launched an investigation into the conduct of at least 15 foreign-owned companies, which have allegedly externalised millions of United States dollars, according...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 4120 | by Staff reporter
Karo Resources venture raises eyebrows
KARO Resources directly employs just eight people, two years after it was allocated vast platinum claims sitting on 23 000 hectares under a project the government said the company would set up a US$4,...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:04hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Bosso to unveil kit sponsorship deal
HIGHLANDERS are set to announce a technical sponsor as well as unveil new kits at a Bulawayo hotel. Bosso have parted ways with sportswear manufacturer, Roar, as their technical partner. ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe restricts importation of second hand vehicles older than 10 years
Zimbabwe has moved to restrict the importation of second-hand vehicles older than 10 years, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said in a bid to control the high import bill and promote the local motor indu...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 9 million poor people - report
NEARLY 9 million Zimbabweans are poor with the majority of them among those living in rural areas.This is according to recent ZimStats report focussing on Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expe...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Treasury orders refunds for exempted 2% tax transactions
Treasury has widened exemption on selected foreign currency denominated transactions from the two percent tax in response to submissions by stakeholders. Those considered would now be refunded...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC morphs into a terrorist ragtag?
A young politician with vibrancy is what many people thought of the advocate-cum-pastor and leader of a party that some believed was the true voice of an alternative logic. Nelson Chamisa foun...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 519 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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