BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange fires up US$8 million coke oven battery

Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is set to ignite its newly refurbished US$8 million coke oven battery on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in the company's industrial turnaround strate...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Unsafe wiring blamed for Glenview fires

A fire broke out at the Glen View 8 SMEs complex in Harare early yesterday morning, destroying several market stalls. Authorities suspect the blaze was sparked by illegal electricity connections.Hara...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo hit by wave of lithium battery fires

Lithium batteries meant to power homes are instead turning them into death traps, as a surge of fires linked to poorly installed solar systems sweeps across Bulawayo.So far this year, 10 homes have be...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare Institute fires back at Nurses Council

The Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) has reaffirmed the legitimacy of its nursing assistant training programme, clarifying that it is fully approved by relevant government bodies, following a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Online investment scam backfires for EcoCash agents

An attempt to make quick profits through an online investment scheme ended disastrously for two Mutare women who were convicted of fraud after misusing their employer's US$1,500. The crime came to lig...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2025

POLITICS

Govt fires 77 striking doctors

GOVERNMENT has fired 77 doctors who have been on strike for better conditions for over two months while disciplinary action against the other medical professionals on industrial action is still ongoin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 November 2019

POLITICS

Matutu's corruption 'name and shame' backfires

THE Zanu-PF youth league's "name and shame" exercise of alleged corrupt people has backfired after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya and Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2019

POLITICS

Mthuli Ncube fires back at Tendai Biti

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Sunday accused MDC vice president Tendai Biti of "lacking sophistication" following searing criticism of the treasury chief in London.Ncube lost his rag after Biti, a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 June 2019

POLITICS

Mthuli Ncube fires Green Bombers

GOVERNMENT has followed up on its word and cut loose over 3 000 members of the national youth service programme, commonly known as "Green Bombers" who were smuggled into the civil service under former...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$130m CSC deal backfires

THE decision by government to go it alone in negotiating a US$130 million Cold Storage Company (CSC) deal with a foreign firm without involving the meat processor's board in scrutinising the package h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bid to spite whistle-blower backfires on Zimra official

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended its commissioner responsible for investigations Charles Jaure with immediate effect after he was implicated in a bribery case in which he allegedly...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Veld fires destroy 126 000ha in Midlands

VELD fires destroyed more than 120 000 hectares of land in the Midlands province last year between July and October during the fire season, an Environmental Management Agency (EMA) official has said.E...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe fires bodyguards

Former president Robert Mugabe has fired six security details provided by the state because he suspected they were spying on him on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, it has been rev...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga fires pot shots at Chamisa

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday fired pot shots at the youthful MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, describing his pledge to introduce spaghetti roads as day-dreaming.Chi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2018

POLITICS

Bid to protect Mnangagwa's name backfires

A BID to protect President Emmerson Mnangagwa from being insulted has landed a Zanu-PF activist in trouble after he was convicted of assaulting an MDC-T supporter in Mvurwi yesterday.Godfrey Museba (4...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zinara fires CEO

ROAD administrator, Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) wielded the axe on chief executive officer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa on Thursday as the corruption scandal rocking the parastatal reach...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 June 2018

Prof Ncube-led MDC fires deputy spokesman

THE Professor Welshman Ncube-led MDC yesterday fired its deputy spokesperson Mr Mbuso Siso for allegedly putting the party's name in disrepute.Mr Siso however dismissed the claim that he was fired for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

POLITICS

BREAKING: NPF fires Mutinhiri

National Patriotic Front has fired its interim leader retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri.Former Bulawayo provincial affairs Minister Eunice Sandi Moyo said Mutinhiri has been fired for refusi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe fires another salvo at Mnangagwa

Former president Robert Mugabe has accused his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of allegedly spying on him and sabotaging his business interests, in the latest sign of a widening rift between...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 May 2018

OPINION

When firing backfires

As tempting as it is to engage in a full-on legal analysis of the government's decision to fire striking nurses, I will keep this piece as general as possible because the legality of the actions can b...

By Paul Kaseke | Published: 25 April 2018

EDUCATION

Solusi High 'fires' 12 teachers

The Seventh Day Adventist Church-run Solusi High School has allegedly "fired" 12 teachers directly employed by the school before re-advertising vacancies for the same posts.The teachers' contracts wer...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 April 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa gamble backfires

The Austrian company contracted to dualise the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway has ignored President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to cancel the contract and says it is already working on the project amid ind...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 April 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa's Joshua Nkomo lie backfires

MDC-T leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's attempt to ride on the legacy of the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo backfired spectacularly yesterday after the Nkomo family dismissed as false claims that they e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 April 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa fires 17 top CIOs

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired 17 top State security operatives believed to have facilitated the meeting between former President Robert Mugabe and opposition National People's Party lea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 February 2018

POLITICS

Junta fires senior CIOs

The Daily News reported that senior secret service operatives who were put on one-year renewable contracts after reaching their retirement age have now been released from the CIO.Reports also suggest ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 February 2018
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