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BREAKING BARRIERS . . . fastjet made history today when an all female crew did the Harare-Joburg-Harare-Vic Falls-Harare round trip. At the front is Capt Chipo Matimba, in the middle Rutendo Huni (cabin crew) and the back is First Officer Chipo Gatsi
#connectivity
#Zimbabwe
and
#Swaziland
are now directly connected.
With effect from April 14, 2023, Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation will be flying between Swaziland and Zimbabwe four times weekly
Credit:
@Airports_Zim
RISKING YOUNG LIVES...
Pupils attending Nyamutumbu Primary School in Murehwa risk their lives as they use a makeshift bridge made up of two poles to cross a stream located some few metres from the school
📽 Tendai Chara
On this day, February 1999, System Tazvida, band leader for Chazezesa Challengers, breathed his last. It has been 22 years without the sungura maestro . . . which song/s do you remember him for?
BREAKING: Fuel prices reviewed upwards. Petrol will be going for $3.31 per litre while diesel will be going for $3.11 per litre. The new prices take effect at midnight.
Patrick Matadi (43) of Lions Den, Chinhoyi, explains how he has managed to plant 45 hectares of tobacco despite not owning any land...
📹
@TheseusShambare
MDC Alliance leader
@nelsonchamisa
said all beneficiaries of the land reform will get tittle deeds. He promised to turn Mash Central into the hub of agriculture.
#ZimElections2018
FLAMBOYANT businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo has been arrested over the $5 million payment he received for the Gwanda Solar Project but undertook nothing meaningful at the site, police confirmed yesterday.
Greyhound Buses (SA) has announced that from February 14, the company will cease operations and all those who were booked for travel from Feb 15 onwards will get refunds. What memories do you have of travel in Greyhound and/or Citiliner buses?
SIX years after he made history when he became the first Zimbabwean and African to test in modern day Formula One, driving ace Axcil Jefferies yesterday secured another podium finish when he won the Dubai 24 hr race and hoisting the Zimbabwe flag high again.
Built at a cost of about $180 million and designed by students, the UZ's refurbished bus terminus facility comprises bathrooms, shops, sheds, seats, and will be running on solar, with power points that have charging ports
📹
@leedzenga
Arnold Zikhali, better known as Mr Strong, proved his doubters wrong as he consumed 2kg of sadza and 3kg of meat at a restaurant in Harare's CBD
📹
@kimberlymhembe1
British business intelligence firm, Alaco Limited, has released a report giving President Mnangagwa a seal of approval and that he can turnaround the economy in a few months and create gains that can help the ruling Zanu-PF party win the elections.
Namibian President Hage Geingob says President
@edmnangagwa
and the people of Zimbabwe have made notable transformative reforms and deserve to be given a chance to succeed without the burden of sanctions
South African superstars
@PrinceKaybee_SA
and
@CassperNyovest
at a press conference held at the Meikles Hotel in Harare this afternoon. They perform tonight at the Glamis Arena.
Former Studio 263 actress Anne Nhira who acted as Vimbai Jari in the soap has died. She was 38 years old. Her brother Juan Nhira confirmed the news.
“She sustained injuries on her chest area, rib cage and back during a robbery on Monday afternoon in Bedford view South Africa.”
ZANU PF candidate for Mabvuku-Tafara Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya explains his ongoing US$2,5 million road rehabilitation project for suburb
He was addressing thousands of residents who attended a football match he organised for youths at New Tafara Grounds on Sunday
A consignment of agricultural equipment worth US$20 million from US-based John Deere — which consists of 500 tractors, 200 pieces of machinery and 40 combine harvesters — has arrived in Durban, South Africa, and will be transported to Zimbabwe soon.
"We do not eat or cook politics, children want food on their table, so it is now time for productivity in particular those on farms as what we have seen here.” - VP Chiwenga at Green Valley Estate in Chakari
Grace Mugabe (far right) keeps an eye on her husband who was being assisted to vote by daughter Bona at Mhofu Primary School in Highfield.
#ZimElections2018
📹 Former Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Mandiitawepi Chimene says she is ready to come back home to Zimbabwe
Watch full video on YouTube...
MDC–Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday tacitly confessed to causing the suffering of the people in the country at present, during a prayer meeting in Harare.
Current SADC chair and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi asks why the UN is silent and indifferent to two-decades-old sanctions against Zimbabwe
A TEAM of 500 experts from Switzerland is expected in the country to finish constructing 18 state-of-the-art villas in Mt Hampden that will accommodate high-level dignitaries during the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled for August
President Mnangagwa chats to Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the National Sports Stadium where the inauguration of President Mnangagwa took place
#EDinauguration
Pure Oil Industries, one of Zimbabwe’s major cooking oil producers, says it has invested $9 million towards supporting contract farmers to produce soya bean required for the manufacture of edible oils, with other producers expected to follow suit.
GIANT goalkeeper George Chigova wrote his name into the history books when he completed a world record five successive penalty saves as he inspired the Warriors into the final of the COSAFA Cup at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium last night.
Bona Mugabe, the daughter of former President Robert Mugabe has joined thousands of Zimbabweans at the inauguration of President Elect Emmerson Mnangagwa at the country's national sports stadium. she is joined by her husband Simba Chikore
#EDinauguration
ZANU-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Cde Paul Mangwana has said the call by MDC Alliance to have a transitional Govt is not feasible as it is unconstitutional.
He said there is no room for a transitional Govt as the Zanu-PF led Govt has the capacity to transform the economy.
SELECTED urban households living below the poverty datum line (PDL) have begun receiving cash transfers from the Government as part of its response to the El Niño-induced drought
GOVERNMENT has instructed the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria to assist the Tsvangirai family in any way appropriate, including meeting expenses attendant to the handling of the body of the now deceased, pending decisions to be made later.
Sakunda Holdings CEO Kudakwashe Tagwirei pledged 500 heifers for the Presidential Livestock herd, five vehicles to the ZRP and 300 000 litres of fuel. The company also donated $261 million towards efforts to curb the spread of covid-19. -📸
@tawandamudimu
Victoria Falls is the first stop for a group of 10 American business executives from across the world who are on a 12-day private tour of Africa. The business people arrived aboard a Roar Africa Emirates Executive Private Jet. -
@ZtaUpdates
TREASURY has proposed to drastically reduce the National Budget deficit in 2019 through interventions such as limiting Government borrowing from the central bank, tightening of Treasury Bills issuances and cutting travel and wage bills.
WATCH: SA Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor says there is need to end unilateral coercive measures against Zimbabwe, which have compounded the problems experienced by ordinary people and have a detrimental effect on the SADC region
Nelson Chamisa yesterday attempted to overshadow Oliver Mtukudzi’s send-off at the National Sports Stadium as he came face to face with protocol after being barred from entering the venue with his vehicle entourage.
@rangamataire
@VictoriaRuzvid2
@DMusaru
Higherlife Foundation is set to plough over US$225 million into Harare’s water and sanitation sectors as part of broader efforts to fight water-borne diseases like cholera and typhoid. Higherlife Foundation was founded by Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa.
Bona Mugabe, daughter of Former President Robert Mugabe greets Vice President Kembo Mohadi at the National Sports Stadium where thousands gathered today to witness the inauguration of President ED Mnangagwa
#EDinauguration
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has launched a new operation code-named “Wakazvitenga Sei?” that is set to see individuals who fail to account for their wealth forfeiting it to the State...read more on this new development in The Sunday Mail
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya yesterday responded to the cholera crisis by donating an assortment of goods worth $1 million to help contain the outbreak which has claimed 33 lives so far and affected thousands others.
Newly-appointed Registrar- General Mr Clement Masango yesterday vowed to end perennial queues for various documents, fight corruption and instill a new work ethic to ramp up service delivery in line with the demands of the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa.
“Zimbabwe is now the biggest exporter of blueberries in the SADC region, supplying 5 000
tonnes a year," said
@MoLAFWRD_Zim
permanent secretary
@basera_john
during a tour of Palmlife Blueberry Project at Ivanhoe Farm, Mashonaland East
📸 Theseus Shambare
From Takunda Maodza in ABU DHABI, UAE President Mnangagwa has shortened his visit to the United Arab Emirates to make sure he is involved directly with the national response by way of relief to victims of cyclone Idai induced floods.
@HeraldZimbabwe
@capitalkfm
@HChikwanha
#idai
Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa speaks on fake Twitter account
"G40 Jonathan Moyo has taken refuge espcapism into the realm of superstitious psychosis. This is the toll of lonely, hapless and hopeless exile in Kenya and the receding prospects of returning home to Zimbabwe...
Zimbabweans should stop complaining about the impact of Western sanctions on the country and instead focus on creatively leveraging on available human and natural resources to steer growth and development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
ZIMBABWE international Khama Billiat yesterday gave back to his former primary school, Gwinyiro, in Mufakose, when he donated a consignment worth R100 000.
The donation was made through his recently-launched Khama Billiat Foundation.
An explosion has rocked White City Stadium in Bulawayo where President Mnangagwa was addressing thousands of people at a campaign rally. President Mnangagwa is unhurt and has been successfully evacuated.
Dorothy Shamuyarira, nee Mandimika, Nathan Shamuyarira’s widow, has just passed on at Parirenyatwa Hospital. She was the first black matron of Parirenyatwa Hospital.
A stone sculptor Mr Richard Banda works on a Ndebele warrior worth over USD$5000 at Canaan Patterson craft centre in Mbare, Harare – Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said former president Mr Robert Mugabe blamed his failures on sanctions even where he could have proffered solutions to challenges facing the nation during his rule.
Some
@cohsunshinecity
council officials have been caught in a procurement scam in which they are fighting for the purchase of 500 desktop computers at US$4 000 each, above the market price of about US$700.
At least US$2 million has been set aside for this -
@HeraldZimbabwe
Mr Cross also called MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa a political novice who needed more time to mature before dreaming of the high office.
The dualisation of the Harare-Marondera and Harare–Gweru highways is progressing according to plan under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme which has created employment for close to 1 900 people countrywide.
Kwekwe City Council has started rolling out prepaid water meters throughout the city, effectively becoming the first local authority in the Midlands Province to introduce the system.
Zanu-PF is certain of victory in next month’s harmonised elections, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the July 30 polls are a mere formality to endorse the ruling party’s national administration.
#CoronaVirusUpdate
First batch of Covid-19 prevention materials - 1,1m testing kits, 6m masks and 60 000 protective suits - donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma arrived in Ethiopia today.
It will be distributed to all African countries, including Zimbabwe, starting tomorrow.
BREAKING: Superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has died. He was 66. The musician succumbed to a long battle with diabetes at Avenues Clinic in Harare this afternoon.
The African Medallion Group, owned by SA-based businessman Frank Buyanga, has availed nearly $35m to procure and deliver fuel, pharmaceuticals and other products that are in short supply. This came after Govt granted AMG the approval to do so following its request to assist.
Zimbabwe has attracted over $3 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) in the past seven weeks, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing Zanu-PF supporters in Mash Central, the President said it was no longer business as usual... the country should move forward and create jobs.