The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has increased its fares by 100%. In a statement, ZUPCO said the increase is to ensure it keeps providing safe and reliable transport whilst ensuring operational efficiency. The new fares will take effect tomorrow (5 September 2020). “Effective 5/10/20 Zupco will be increasing fares. This is to ensure we [...]

In a move that has Zimbabweans talking, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reversed a decision made by his deputy Constantino Chiwenga. Mnangagwa cut the retirement age from 70 to 65 effectively reversing Chiwenga’s decision made in 2018. In August 2018, Chiwenga, who then doubled as Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister, extended soldiers’ retirement [...]

Sour Grapes: Mass recalls to open door for Zanu PF-led government to dissolve Harare City Council and appoint a commission which will run affairs of city until the 2023 elections.MDC-T ready to let Zanu PF takeover city than let MDC Alliance rule THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T are plotting to paralyse operations of the Harare City [...]

09-04-20 by Spotlight Zimbabwe Senior officials say land is ‘birthright’ of indigenous Zimbabweans amid compensation deal with dispossessed white farmers ANKARA- Zimbabwe said it would not return all the plots of land that the government had previously expropriated from white former farmers to their previous owners, local media reported Thursday. Dismissing recent media reports that a [...]

05 Sep, 2020  GOVERNMENT is working on a proper roadmap towards the restoration of King Lobengula’s original palace, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago as well as sprucing up King Mzilikazi’s grave. Old Bulawayo was built by King Lobengula in 1870 and was burnt down in 1881 in protest [...]

05 Sep, 2020  IT’S been 41 months since Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo opened its cancer unit for members of the public in the southern region to access treatment for one of the leading causes of deaths in Zimbabwe. Sadly, the state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines in the unit have been down more than they have been [...]

5th September 2020 THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it will petition government over failure to address outstanding terminal benefits owed to 400 000 ex-commercial farm workers. This comes after government has agreed on a US$3,5 billion compensation deal with white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the country’s violent land [...]

5th September 2020 Russian scientists have published the first report on their coronavirus vaccine, saying early tests showed signs of an immune response. The report published by medical journal The Lancet said every participant developed antibodies to fight the virus and had no serious side effects. Russia licensed the vaccine for local use in August, [...]

September 5, 2020 Bacela Mbete By Jane Mlambo| The South African delegation from the African National Congress is expected in Harare on Tuesday next week following resolution by the party to meet with Zanu PF leaders and other key political stakeholders in the country. This was revealed by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reporter Sophie [...]

  4th September 2020 A WHITE former Zimbabwean commercial farmer says most landowners who were dispossessed of their farms during the country’s violent land grab programme post-2000 would prefer financial compensation as opposed to land offers by government. Government recently inked a US$3,5 deal with farmer representative groups in what would see the use of [...]