ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange Food and dairy products processor Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited (DZL) has recorded a 50 % foreign currency earnings increase as the firm’s export strategy continues to deliver dividends. Several manufacturers are still grappling to secure foreign exchange to supplement the gaps left behind by the Reserve Bank of …
Read More »NRZ On The Verge Of Collapse
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has accumulated a huge debt which has left the giant state-owned transport utility on the verge of collapse, a cabinet minister has revealed. Speaking at the commissioning of the company’s museum as a National Tourism Development site in Bulawayo Friday, Transport and Infrastructure Development …
Read More »Kutama Villagers Feast On Mugabe’s US$1 Million ‘Retirement Savings’
Three of the four Kutama villagers who allegedly stole nearly US$1 million dollars from the late former President Robert Mugabe in Zvimba have been living in opulence since the strongman’s death, with the full knowledge, they will never account for their misdeeds now that the complainant is dead. The suspects, …
Read More »Mawarire Defends Jah Prazyah, Chides Chin’ono
Opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) party spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has come out in defence of musician Jah Prayzah following his verbal spat with investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on Twitter yesterday. Chin’ono had challenged Jah Prayzah, who is considered to be the poster boy of Zimbabwe’s authoritarian government through his music, …
Read More »ARTIST OF THE WEEK: KANI MUSIC— KaniMusic, A Grouping Set To Rock The Zim Gospel Scene Through Jazz
KaniMusic is an upcoming family project established in 2018 by two brothers born and bred in Kwekwe. Besides being into music, the siblings are of humble professions. The elder brother Kanizios Musonza (37) is based in Kwekwe where he is a baker by profession while his younger brother Cropass Musonza …
Read More »Audit Exposes Senior Manager’s Fake Qualifications
THE chief operations officer of the regulator that supervises higher education, the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education (Zimche), had just one O Level pass although reportedly produced fake certificates saying she had five O Levels plus tertiary qualifications. The embarrassed education quality regulator and Mrs Florence Chimbumu have now parted …
Read More »Stash Of US Dollar Cash Found At Robert Mugabe’s Rural Home
WHILE some, mainly close relatives and cronies, mourned the death last year of Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler Robert Mugabe –which was global news—two years after he was ousted in a coup, others celebrated for political reasons. Yet there were people for whom Mugabe’s death turned out to be a blessing in …
Read More »Teachers In Massive Salary Climbdown
Some unions representing teachers have revised their salary demands from US$500 basic salary to US$360 per month after a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday. Another round of stakeholder meetings is lined up, with the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) scheduled to convene next week. An internal memo seen …
Read More »JUST IN: Court Upholds State’s Withdrawal Of Consent On Rushwaya’s Bail
Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna has upheld the State’s decision to deny Zimbabwe Mining Federation president, Henrietta Rushwaya, bail. In the initial appearance, the State had consented to bail but changed its decision on Wednesday after new circumstances arose in the case. Besides possession of 6kg of gold, she now stands …
Read More »First Lady, Son Fingered In Rushwaya Case
An internal police memo seen by ZimLive says after Rushwaya’s arrest at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with 6kg of gold in her handbag, Gift Karanda tried to intercede on her behalf. Karanda, 44, allegedly told police officers that the gold Rushwaya was carrying “belonged to the First Lady …
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