POLITICS

Zec angry over 'frivolous' opposition court cases

ZIMBABWE Electoral commissioner, Qhubani Moyo, has accused the opposition and other civic organisations of bringing the name of the electoral management body into disrepute by raising "frivolous" cour...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Vic Falls re-opens White water rafting season

VICTORIA FALLS has reopened the White Water Rafting season, following its suspension early this year due to high water flows in the Zambezi River.The adrenaline-pumping adventure closes every year dur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese company, NUST sign solar deal

THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Chinese company, Satewave Technologies, for the establishment of a solar photovoltaic farm proj...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Ex-Zimra boss files for divorce

FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General, Gershem Takavada Pasi, has petitioned the High Court seeking nullification of his 29-year-old marriage with his wife, Susan (nee Zata), ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Presidential nomination fee a rip-off

OPPOSITION New Patriotic Front presidential candidate, Joshua Munyanduri, has cried foul over the $1 000 nomination fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying it was a rip-off for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

OPINION

Mnangagwa bomb raises more questions than answers

QUESTIONS abound over the weekend explosion that rocked a Zanu-PF rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo. For starters, the Zimbabwean police seem clueless about both the cause of the explosion and t...

By Lulu Brenda Harris | Published: 28 June 2018

OPINION

Zimbabwe caught up in election fever

ZIMBABWE is caught up in election fever, especially the national leadership.However, it's not the outcome of these elections that concerns me - it's what will happen after the elections. The party man...

By Eddie Cross | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Parties fret over frog-marching children to rallies

OPPOSITION political parties and civic groups have scaled up the campaign against frog-marching of schoolchildren to political rallies, thus exposing them to attacks.This follows a suspected grenade a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa failed to field MP candidate in Mbare

The MDC Alliance has failed to field candidates in three National Assembly seats and has double candidates in 14  other constituencies, a list of names gazetted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa summons rebel party members

ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T has summoned 40 defiant members standing as independent candidates in the coming elections to a meeting.The meeting, insiders said, is meant to convince the independe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

OPINION

Tax amnesty 2018 in respect of motor vehicles

IN an effort to encourage our valued clients to regularise their tax obligations, the Government has, through the Finance Act No. 1 of 2018 published on 15 March 2018, made provisions for granting of ...

By Zimra | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

'Political' teachers told to resign

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered all teachers who successfully submitted their names to the Nomination Court for election into political office to immediately resign.The Per...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

OPINION

Capping fixed term contracts destroying livelihoods

PUTTING a cap on the number of fixed term contracts an employee can have before they can be deemed or treated as a permanent employee has created a lot of problems and destroyed lives of many who were...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

No more talk shows, says SEZs CEO

THE strategic plan to guide implementation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country will be out by end of July and thereafter there will be no more talk shows but real work, SEZ chief executive...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa flying out of Zimbabwe today

President Mnangagwa was never slotted to address a rally in Hwange yesterday, Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba has said."The President was never slotted to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

URL ventures into mealie meal making

UNITED Refineries Limited has added mealie-meal to its wider product mix as part of an aggressive diversification drive.The agro-processing firm is renowned for manufacturing cooking oil, soap and sto...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's goverment meets on devolution

Government on Tuesday held an inaugural policy meeting on decentralisation and devolution as President Mnangagwa's administration walks the talk on devolving power to provincial levels in line with th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim manufacturing sector requires $2bn

Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector requires around $2 billion in capital funding for optimum operation, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has said. CZI president Sifelani Jabangwe pinpointed...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Minister's aide embroiled in Beatrice farm row

A Chitungwiza man has dragged a senior civil servant who works in the office of Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Davison Marapira for allegedly settling on his Beatrice plo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Give us land, agric graduates lobby Govt

GRADUATES from agricultural colleges have come together to form a coalition that seeks to tap into their technical expertise and help develop Zimbabwe's agriculture sector. Aptly named the Coalition o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt surpasses road grading target

Last year saw Government focus on grading the country's national road network with gravel/earth roads to ensure that they are trafficable. A total of $126,2 million was disbursed to road authorities u...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Digital platform for Zim businesswomen

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has launched the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MWS) Digital Networking platform in Zimbabwe. The digital platform is part of a broader wo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa-Khupe row: 'Zanu-PF Judge' recuses self

THE hearing of the contest over ownership of the MDC-T claimed by Mr Nelson Chamisa and Dr Thokozani Khupe, who are fighting over the party's name, symbols and logo, failed to kick off yesterday at th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

Military pays tribute to bomb victim

A funeral parade for Colour Sergeant Stanley Mugunzva, who died from injuries sustained following an explosion at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday, was held yesterday at the 2 Presidential G...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa meets German investors

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met a 14-member delegation of German businesspeople who expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe. The team is led by Amatheon Agri Holdings chief executive officer Mr ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

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