By Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has bowed down to the opposition and civil society pressure to proclaim the dates for the upcoming general elections. Speaking in Binga at the official commissioning of classroom blocks at Mabobolo Secondary School under Chief Pashu on Saturday, Mnangagwa said he will announce the election date on Sunday (today).
By AFP Geneva – The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa. Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, the WHO said it had teamed up with other United Nations agencies to support farmers wishing to
By Staff Reporter REIGNING Zimbabwean beauty queen, Charlotte Muziri will represent Zimbabwe at this year’s Miss International pageant which will be staged in Japan. Muziri, who is Miss Zimbabwe, will represent the country on the global stage on October 26 in Tokyo. In a statement, Miss Zimbabwe International said Muziri has the wherewithal to represent
By James Muonwa l Mashonaland West Correspondent INCUMBENT Chinhoyi Member of Parliament (MP), Peter Mataruse this Saturday narrowly won, by just 30 votes, the right to represent the opposition party in the watershed 2023 harmonised elections expected in August. According to unofficial results seen by NewZimbabwe.com, Mataruse tallied 676 votes while his closest rival Leslie
By Alois Vinga THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has frozen four bank accounts for violating exchange rate and banking regulations amid a stern warning that any company caught on the wrong side of the law will be charged accordingly. The development comes on the back of incessant price increases by
By Staff Reporter JUSTICE Minister had to request Parliament for more time to ‘investigate and document’ how Zimbabwe’s vast array of minerals were benefiting ordinary citizens after Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa charged that foreigners were getting much more than locals. Ziyambi, who was responding to questions that had initially been meant for Deputy Mines
By Sports Reporter WARRIORS star Marvelous Nakamba etched his name in the history books at Luton Town after playing a key role for the Championship side as they secured promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club’s history on Saturday. Nakamba, who joined the club on a loan deal from Aston
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE international Terrence Dzukamanja capped off a memorable season after scoring the winner as Orlando Pirates were crowned Nedbank Cup winners after beating Sekhukhune United 2-1 in the final played at Loftus Stadium on Saturday evening. The former Ngezi Platinum Stars forward was the hero when he turned in a Monnapule Saleng
By UK Correspondent UK-BASED Diaspora Insurance company was one of the partners for the recent JamAfro concert in Leicester which featured Zimbabwean mega-stars Alick Macheso, Sulumani Chimbetu as well as Botswana’s Vee Mampeezy and South Africa’s Makhadzi. The company’s stand at the Ramgarhia Community Centre event venue in Leicester was a hive of activity as
By UK Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava is off to China for an official visit at the invitation of his counterpart, Beijing officials confirmed Friday. According to a statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning, Shava will be in Beijing from May 27 to June 2. Shava was invited
By Alois Vinga MONTH on month inflation rate for the period May 2023 rose significantly to 15,7% on the back of a sharp increase in prices, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) reported Friday. During the period, the consuming public experienced excessive price hikes following the accelerated depreciation of the exchange rate which now hovers around
By Derick Matsengarwodzi Haunted by memories of epidemics past and bordered by outbreaks, Zimbabwe is bracing for the deadly, but preventable, infection. Fifteen years have passed since the cholera epidemic that killed his mother and many of his close friends, but each time Dennis Chafa, 44, hears news of another outbreak, he grows anxious, his
VOA Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. Moscow’s forces, meanwhile, struck a building containing psychology and veterinary clinics in the city of Dnipro, in
Reuters Zimbabwe’s government will closely regulate voluntary carbon offset trading in a bid to curb greenwashing and ensure benefits for local communities, its environment minister has said. The global $2 billion voluntary carbon offset market involves companies buying credits from emission reducing projects such as renewable energy or planting trees to offset their own emissions. Zimbabwe says
Zimbabwe to implement reforms critical to resolving debt and arrears By Business Day (SA) CAIRO: Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the government supports Zimbabwe’s implementation of key reforms to resolve its debt problems and end 21 years of sanction. If successful, such moves can boost economic integration and prosperity for the entire Southern African Development Region.
By TimesLive HARARE: Pensioners in Zimbabwe will receive part of their monthly pension in US dollars to cushion against inflation. The National Social Security Authority (NSSA), a publicly run pension fund under the stewardship of the public service ministry, said pensioners will receive the money through mobile money services or their banks. “NSSA beneficiaries will
By Staff Reporter ZIMBABWEAN music lovers in the United Kingdom (UK) are in for a treat with a stellar line-up of local established artists, Congolese soukous musician Awilo Londomba and South Africa’s Kamo Mphela set to perform at the Straight Outta Africa music gig set for the Corah Suite in Leicester on Saturday. The show
By Alois Vinga ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority and Allied Workers Trade Union (ZIMRATU) have petitioned their employer demanding a timetable with three days per week working slots necessitated by eroded salaries which have fallen far beyond the cost of living. A letter gleaned by NewZimbabwe.com written by the ZIMRATU president Dominic Manyangadze to the Zimbabwe Revenue
By Anna Chibamu LOCAL economist Gift Mugano has said government needs to urgently consider dollarizing amid fears of hyperinflation adding that any other measures will not contain the drastic fall of the local currency against the USD and spiking prices. In an interview with newzimbabwe.com Mugano said that the level of money supplied by the Reserve
By James Muonwa l Mashonaland West Correspondent CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa has reportedly ordered that internal processes to choose a parliamentary candidate for Chinhoyi constituency be redone. The nomination exercise is scheduled to be conducted afresh this Saturday, making Chinhoyi the only constituency countrywide to repeat the process. Sources within the
