Green fuel security guards armed with guns and dogs Thursday morning moved in to provide security as the company destroyed crops and structures owned by over 1 000 households in Chinyamukwakwa village, Chipinge. The destruction is meant to pave way for the controversial ethanol producing company as it prepares land for its expansion and is […]
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URBAN Grooves crooners, Stunner and Roki have come together to honour women, in their recently released single, ‘Kudakwashe’, an affirmation of self love and acceptance. The song’s title loosely translates to God’s will. The new song was in collaboration with music promoter’s Kayse Connect who are passion about empowering and supporting women, having recently donated […]
Former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, axed for being incompetent, has filed an urgent chamber application with seeking permission to the full judgement which led to her firing. Ndewere claimed she only got to know about her dismissal by President Emmerson Mnangagwa through social media. It is her submission that she is supposed to […]
Efforts by the New Dispensation and the private sector to revive the country’s tourism have been well noted by the international community, an indication that so far so good given the circumstances fronted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is despite attempts by some Western countries to sideline Zimbabwe from the international community through measures such […]
Police have released four more names of the 22 people who perished in a horror crash along the Masvingo-Zvishavane highway on Monday afternoon. This has brought to 18 the number of bodies identified so far. Nine of the deceased are understood to be members of the Shara family from Gutu. In a statement, national police […]
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Zimbabwe: Us$50k Cargo Vanishes At NRZ
ABOUT 10 National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees have been hauled before an internal disciplinary committee after a wagon loaded with brake blocks allegedly disappeared in Gweru prejudicing the company of US$50 000. The disappearance of the load of brake blocks which are mainly used in the oil industry services to equip the brake bands […]
Econet Wireless has torched a major public outcry after it increased its data packages by 20 % effective Thursday. The company justified its decision by indicating that operating costs have escalated over the past few months. Under the new prices, 8 gigabytes of data is now going for $2 030, 15 gigabytes $3 120, a […]
Transport minister Felix Mhona has announced a new six-member interim board to the run affairs of the troubled national carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) following the unceremonious departure of administrator, Reggie Saruchera. Mhona announced the appointments on Twitter Thursday. The appointments followed reports published by NewZimbabwe.com over the past few days highlighting the scale of destruction […]
Gukurahundi victims are concerned that perpetrators of the early 1980s human rights atrocities are dying without facing justice for the heinous crimes they committed during Zimbabwe’s darkest hour. This follows the death early Thursday morning of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Edzai Chimonyo after a long battle with cancer. Senior opposition party officials and civil society […]
Former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) group chief executive Cuthbert Dube’s efforts hold on to the company’s shareholding hit a snag after the High Court threw out his application Thursday before hitting out at him, describing him as a lazy sluggish person. Dube, who was also slapped with costs for the suit, initiated court […]
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Zimbabwe: Mash Central Mourns Top War Vet
Zanu PF Mashonaland Central war veterans league has mourned the death of one of the most senior war veterans in the province, Cde Michael Chakabva, whose liberation struggle name was Cde Vhu D Masuko. The provincial war veterans league secretary for information and publicity Cde Bruce Mugadzaweta said Cde Chakabva, who was a member of […]
United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean business magnate, Strive Masiyiwa’s firm, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with Facebook in a landmark fibre network expansion project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project will also connect the East and West Africa regions, and in the process improve internet access to over 30 million people in that part […]
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Zimbabwe: Vaccine Blitz Gathers Momentum
Citizens without identification documents are facing vaccination challenges and have implored the Government to address the issue. While the blitz to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination has gathered momentum across the country with over 2 800 vendors getting vaccinated in the last two days, there are some citizens that have not been vaccinated because they don’t […]
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says the government has so far used US$40 million of the reserved US$100 million meant for Covid-19 vaccine acquisition. Ncube said this as he and Health and Childcare Deputy Minister John Mangwiro received two million doses of Sinovac drugs at the Robert Mugabe International Airport Thursday. Responding to questions from the […]
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Zimbabwe: Comedians Plot Survival Skills
Zimbabwean comedians are having a virtual workshop today, with the thrust to boost their skills amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The workshop, which is open to anyperson who is interested, would see panellist discussing issues affecting the comedy sector in the wake of the global pandemic. The organiser of the programme, Denis Denya Madyira, who is […]
Musicians Trevor Dongo, Mwenje Mathole, Mbeu and Feli Nandi will be the supporting acts for tonight’s Jah Prayzah virtual “Gwara” album launch performances on Gateway Stream music platform. Last weekend, Jah Prayzah released the audio songs for his new album “Gwara” on the same platform and promised fans a virtual performance today. IThe three-hour long […]
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has again warned Western countries to desist from lecturing Zimbabwe on the need to uphold human rights as the same states were involved in worse abuses against their citizens. Mnangagwa was speaking Wednesday at the State House where he was bidding farewell to Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations, Albert Chimbindi, and […]
VICE President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has dismissed a petition by pharmacists who were seeking to have the Public Health Act amended, and include them into the ministry’s top administrative posts. Speaking during a virtual oral evidence hearing Wednesday regarding the petition by the Retail Pharmacist Association of Zimbabwe to the Health Parliamentary Portfolio […]