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Massive rot hits RDCs
SEVERAL rural district councils (RDCs) across the country have come under the spotlight amid allegations of rot following audits by relevant authorities.The Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commissi...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: President Mnangagwa honours best performing public official
In a prestigious ceremony held at the State House in Harare, President Mnangagwa honored the outstanding performance of several key public officials across various sectors. The event, which mark...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 11:16hrs | 13486 | by George Tshuma
Water levels in Zimbabwe dams decline
WATER levels in major dams have started declining as demand for irrigation water has been picking up with a significant number of farmers resorting to irrigation to sustain their summer crop.I...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:24hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Charamba bashes wife for refusing him second wife
Failure to accept a second wife by Tinashe David Charamba's wife landed him in cuffs after he assaulted her several times with open hands.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrates courts ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:25hrs | 2299 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mudzi man jailed for fondling minor
A Mudzi man is regretting his failure to resist women after he was sent to prison for fondling a 12-year-old's breasts and buttocks.Lancelot Unofamba (43) was sentenced to 10 months in jail by...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:19hrs | 450 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teenager caught raping a minor in the bush
A sex-starved 18-year-old Mudzi man is in trouble after he was caught allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in the bush.Vincent Mukande was dragged to Mutoko magistrates courts yesterday fac...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 15:45hrs | 1214 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kuvimba hits jackpot with Sandawana lithium find
THE Sandawana Mines, which is controlled by Kuvimba Mining House, is sitting on an estimated 100 million tonnes of lithium resource, making it one of the biggest lithium assets in the world.Li...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:24hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Man gruesomely murders uncle over witchcraft accusations
In a sad incident, a 36-year-old Mutoko man was dragged to court after he fatally assaulted his uncle over witchcraft allegations.Sigareta Nyamadzi was not asked to plead to a murder charge be...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 18:08hrs | 458 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman fakes rape to save marriage
AN attempt to save marriage backfired for a Mutoko woman who faked rape after her husband discovered that she was having an extra-marital affair.Doreen Ndamba was sentenced to one year in pris...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Woman's bid to save marriage leads to false rape charge
A woman's attempt to salvage her marriage took a regrettable turn when she resorted to fabricating a rape accusation after her husband uncovered her extramarital affair.Doreen Ndamba, hailing ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:01hrs | 985 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers shun Sizalendaba School
THE deplorable working conditions at Sizalendaba Secondary School in Khami district, Bulawayo province, have been blamed for chasing away teachers from the institution.Sizalendaba school was e...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 09:37hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue withdrawal letters for underutilised farms
the Government will soon issue letters of withdrawal to anyone found to have been underutilising farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme, a senior Government official has said.The Land...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Matanga told to guard Chitando's docket
A FIRM embroiled in a fight for control of gold claims at a Bindura mine has petitioned the commissioner general of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Godwin Matanga, over a docket opened against form...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:27hrs | 3548 | by Staff reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo keeps cholera at bay
Bulawayo province has the least number of cholera cases countrywide, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care have shown. As of the 27th of January 2024, a cumulative total of 21 ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 16:39hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 1699 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Drunk man bashes wife to death
A drunk 71-year-old Mudzi man is in trouble after he assaulted his wife to death after a beer binge.Joseph Zuze was dragged to Mutoko m...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 11:54hrs | 1221 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (23) touches granny's (91) private parts
Villagers of Tseko in Mudzi were shell-shocked after a 23-year-old man stormed into a 91-year-old woman's room to remove her clothes before touching her private parts.Kudakwashe Bonya allegedl...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 11:44hrs | 1264 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Guard loses pistol to sex worker after a quckie
Short-time sex caused a Mutoko-based security guard to lose his job and end up in police custody.Evidence Mangonono (27) lost a company pistol after he failed to pay for a short time sex sessi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 19:11hrs | 1276 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Met Dept issues heavy rains alert
HEAVY rains are expected across much of the country for the next seven days from today to Wednesday next week, the Meteorological Services Department forecasts, as the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone ...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt neglects Matebeleland roads, to focus on other regions
The last gaps in the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are the primary target on the Government's infrastructure programme this year, while the modernisation of Forbes and Nyamapanda border posts is ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Mutoko men gang-rape minor
Two men from Mutoko allegedly hatched a plan to drug and gang rape a 15-year-old girl on Christmas day.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrates courts this afternoon.Anesu Sebast...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 13:55hrs | 842 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man fatally shoots grandson
There was no Christmas celebration at Nyawasha's residence in Mutoko after Dominic Nyawasha (52) accidentally shot his grandson.Nyawasha wanted to shoot crows but missed the target and shot hi...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:34hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Man accidentally shoots grandson to death on Christmas Eve
There was no Christmas party at Nyawasha's residents in Mutoko after Dominic Nyawasha (52) fatally shot his grandson in a bid to shoot crow birds....Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1905 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 714 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 468 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe rights commission poll report highlights FAZ menace, ZEC, police bias
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has released a report on the August 2023 elections, highlighting the disruptive influence of the Zanu PF affiliated group, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ)...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 07:50hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govtto roll out rural housing designs
THE Government will soon roll out the rural housing architectural transformation in the country's eight rural provinces after securing 15 best designs from local tertiary institutions as it moves to s...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:44hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investors flock to Zimbabwe
Since its establishment in 2020, the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) has issued 932 licenses to investors worldwide, with a significant portion coming from China, particularly in the...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions embargo 21 Zimbabwe banks
Sanctions against Zimbabwe, initiated by the United States in 2001 through the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) and followed by the European Union in 2002, were prompted by allegat...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 05:19hrs | 2573 | by Staff reporte
4 fuel attendants fake robbery, share US$5,000 loot
Allegedly, four employees working as fuel attendants at a Glow Petroleum service station in Chishawasha, Harare, conspired to stage a false robbery incident, during which they claimed that US$5,000, p...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 10:23hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Disabled people of Zimbabwe arise...it's time to fight
Dear friends, persons with disabilities, disability activists, disability development workers and all who wish us well:Revolutionary greetings from Kenya. The situation has reached another lev...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 19:18hrs | 122 | by Mukoma A
Moti dismisses claims lithium mine is 'just rock', insists value is up to $1.4billion
SOUTH AFRICAN businessman Zunaid Moti has responded to a recent investigation by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and amaBhungane that revealed a Zimbabwean lithium project...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 23:48hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
UK targets Zimbabwe energy sector
The United Kingdom is actively seeking to enhance trade relations with Zimbabwe and make substantial investments in the country's expansive renewable energy sector. Mr. Andrew Mitchell, the UK's Minis...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
US$1,4bn lithium project for Mutoko
South African conglomerate, the Moti Group is forging ahead with its planned lithium project at its 10 000-hectare site in Mutoko, Zimbabwe after receiving promising valuations on the venture's long-t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC take political battle to parly
BATTLES between the ruling Zanu-PF party and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will today spill over into Parliament when the two parties elect the Speaker for the National Assembly and P...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:46hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium discovery excites UK miner
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Galileo Resources says the lithium discovery at Kamativi has given it much "encouragement and provided the impetus" to increase drilling.The firm has interests in Zimbabwe's B...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Trio kills love rival
THREE men from Mutoko fatally assaulted a 25-year old man after accusing him of dating a woman who was in a relationship with one of them.Livingstone Mapeto (23), his younger brother Rutendo (...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:52hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has so far secured 109 seats out of the 171 constituency results
Zanu-PF is poised for a landslide Parliamentary election victory after it secured 109 legislative seats out of the 171 constituency results that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:20hrs | 3817 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC trade victory claims as Zimbabweans wait for final results
Zanu-PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change on Thursday traded claims that they were on course for victory following Wednesday's general elections.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission had only ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:01hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Makomo Resources back on its feet
HWANGE-based coal miner, Makomo Resources, has resumed operations after securing a contractor.Makomo, once the country's largest coal miner, went under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pays homage to Tagwirei
Zanu-PF held its last star rally at Tongogara growth point in Shurugwi yesterday, which many believe was meant to pay homage to the party's chief benefactor, controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwi...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:29hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals US$30 from the police station
A police officer stationed at Nyamapanda police station will spend the holidays behind bars after appearing before Mutoko Magistrate, Terrence Masha...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 09:42hrs | 23 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter murdered as violence flares
A CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activist was yesterday stoned to death by a suspected Zanu-PF member near Tanaka grounds in Glen View, Harare, as political temperatures rise ahead of the August ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate up for contempt of court
Throwing his wife out of their matrimonial home has landed CCC National Assembly candidate for Mutoko East, Yeukai Kaseke, before a magistrate on charges of contempt of court for defying a court order...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains
Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 25 | by Elliot Ziwira
Human rights lawyers rescues disgruntled villagers as court stop Chinese illegal operations
A ZIMBABWEAN court has stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East provin...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
Even Mnangagwa wants 'whites' to develop Zimbabwe!
A few days ago, I had a very interesting debate with a ZANU PF sympathizer - who was adamant that Zimbabwe was going in the right direction under President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.He based...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:50hrs | 28 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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