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Mwonzora party's plot to delay polls revealed
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T party has started pushing Parliament to ensure that pending by-elections are suspended indefinitely, claiming that the ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 333 | by Staff reporter
Half Zimbabwe's population now extremely poor
ALMoSt half of Zimbabwe's population has become extremely poor because of the impact of Covid-19 and the economic contraction, a new survey has shown....Published: 2 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'pampers' Mapostori
The government has been accused of favouritism after spearheading the tarring of a road leading to the main shrine of the Johanne Marange apostolic se...Published: 2 hrs ago | 297 | by Staff reporter
War vet sends SOS
A former high-ranking Zimbabwe People's revolutionary Army (ZPrA) official Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$7 310 to finance a hip replacement surgery a...Published: 2 hrs ago | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zim students' battle to get internship
NGQABUTHO Mhlophe spends his days at home, burrowing around the internet in search of a marketing internship.A second-year student at the Nati...Published: 2 hrs ago | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sugar giant clinches Coca-Cola deal
THE aggressively rebounding sugar manufacturing conglomerate, starafrica corporation Limited, says it plans to scale up its African ambition after cli...Published: 2 hrs ago | 334 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC full member
Loga stays onZDRAVKO Logarusic is staying on as Warriors coach for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers despite calls for his sacking.This is the...Published: 2 hrs ago | 98 | by Michael Kariati
Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC full member
AFTER serving as a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes, Commission since 2013 and a member of its executive board since 201...Published: 2 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Everton, Palace interested in Nakamba
ENGLISH Premier League sides Everton and Aston Villa are reportedly eyeing a move for Warriors star Marvelous Nakamba before the close of the transfer...Published: 2 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
Tokyo Olympics: Purcell-Gilpin storms into rowing quarter-finals
ZIMBABWEAN rower Peter Purcell-Gilpin made the most of the second chance he got at the Tokyo Olympics after he comfortably stormed into the quarter-fi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 46 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya drafts 'retirement' plan
CHIMURENGA musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he is setting up an arts and culture centre in Domboshava on the outskirts of Harare as part of his ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean models catwalk for penury
LOCAL model Nomazulu Patience Gumbo has not yet received the prize she was promised two years ago after walking away with the Miss Zuri Africa — Zim...Published: 2 hrs ago | 50 | by Staff reporter
City unveils ambitious schools expansion plan
BULAWAYO City Council wants to expand schools and health institutions in the southern central areas to cater for increased demand in the wake of the C...Published: 2 hrs ago | 55 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 52 | by Staff reporter
Family 'hurt' by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu hero snub as late journalist buried
The family of the late journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu said it was disappointed he was not accorded national hero status as he was laid...Published: 2 hrs ago | 81 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South education director succumb to Covid-19
Matabeleland South acting provincial education director Lifias Masukume has become the latest high-profile people to succumb to Covid-19.Masuk...Published: 2 hrs ago | 75 | by Staff reporter
'Ridiculous glory seeking' Hwende rebuked
GOVERNMENT Saturday rebuked as "ridiculous" claims by MDC Alliance party secretary-general Chalton Hwende that huge turn experienced at the health cen...Published: 2 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
No farms for UK deportees, says Zanu PF
THE ruling Zanu PF party denies it has offered the 14 Zimbabweans deported from the United Kingdom last Thursday access to land for farming.Ho...Published: 2 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
Forget about traditional funeral rituals, says Omega Sibanda
THE death of five people in Lower Gweru from Covid-19 after performing body viewing of a deceased relative from South Africa has raised concerns over ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 153 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Mutumwa withdraws cars pledge to Bosso
APOSTOLIC faith leader Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa has distanced himself from Highlanders Football Club saying his association with the club caused "ri...Published: 2 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Shots fired as armed robbers pounce again
SHOTS were fired yesterday in Bulawayo as armed robbers pounced on a suspected illegal foreign currency dealer, robbing him of 110 000 rand and US$700...Published: 2 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Bosso chairman in passionate plea for financial assistance
HIGHLANDERS chairman, Johnfat Sibanda has endorsed the appeal to members, supporters as well as well-wishers to assist the club so as to meet its fina...Published: 2 hrs ago | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe oil drilling to begin in 2022
INVICTUS Energy, the Australian firm prospecting for oil and gas in Muzarabani, may start drilling exploration wells early next year after taking deli...Published: 2 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami drags Mnangagwa, ZEC to court
FORMER Bulawayo deputy mayor and Ward three councillor Tinashe Kambarami has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Bulawayo City Council and the Z...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
US stung but unfazed over Zimbabwe vaccine rejection
THE United States yesterday said it was unfazed by the Zimbabwean government's actions of undermining their assistance to fight the ravaging COVID19 p...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 3080 | by Staff reporter
UK Home Minister unapologetic for deporting Zimbabweans
UNITED Kingdom Home Office Secretary Priti Patel says she remains unapologetic for overseeing the deportation of 14 Zimbabwean this week.She m...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
MDC name is ours, no one else: Mwonzora
AN INTERNECINE fight is brewing over the use of the name MDC ahead of the 2023 general elections, with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora saying their part...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
'No vaccination, no by-elections'
ZIMBABWE will only hold by-elections if the country vaccinates about 10 million people, representing 60% of the population required to reach herd immu...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Con-artist drops Mnangagwa's name in US$488 000 fraud case
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare con-artist dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in a fraud case involving close to half a million United States dollars....Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Zapu liberation struggle stalwart Thaka dies
A FORMER stalwart of the Zimbabwe armed liberation struggle, Teresa Thaka, has died after a short illness at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo.Sh...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
National hero's widow arrested for school fees fraud
THE wife of the late national hero, Jacob Mapepete, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission after she collected school fees from Zimba...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter
Soldier dark horse in Marondera primaries
A Zanu-PF dark horse has emerged in Marondera Central constituency ahead of a looming primary elections, resulting in party members diverting attentio...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe documents citizens in foreign lands
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry claims it has begun a process of documenting the number of fellow citizens residing in foreign lands.There...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
'Informal traders to blame for demolitions'
THE Harare City Council yesterday blamed informal traders over the demolitions carried out by council and police, accusing them of choosing to operate...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
'Spurned' man turns to bestiality
A ZIMUNYA man left the court dumbfounded after admitting being intimate to a cow "because all women were rejecting his love proposals".John Mu...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:20hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Police implicated in Binga smuggling
THE smuggling of liquor, cigarettes, bags of cement, and building materials through the Zambezi River into Binga has been on the rise, with police acc...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:20hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-China project drills 126 boreholes in Matebeleland South
AT least 126 boreholes have been drilled in Matebeleland South under the Zimbabwe-China Agreement (ZCA) which target to drill 150 boreholes in the pro...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:19hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Goods smuggled from SA impounded
Police in Bulawayo have impounded a South African truck carrying smuggled groceries worth more than R200 000. The Zambia bound truck was inter...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even furth...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Team Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rallied Team Zimbabwe competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and said he is proud to see young swimmer Donata Katai leading...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF official calls for Mnangagwa impeachment
A FORMER senior Zanu-PF official in Mashonaland Central province has called for the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly running ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 7189 | by Staff reporter
Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home
AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing hum...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs on SA crisis intervention
LEGISLATORS have called on Zimbabwe and its regional counterparts to urgently take action on the raging South African crisis to rescue locals who coul...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to strike off ghost pensioners
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was embarking on a biometric life certificate verification exercise of its pensioners to strengthen the pension managemen...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ demands data bundles for teachers
GOVERNMENT has been urged to avail free data bundles for teachers to enable them to conduct virtual lessons in the absence of face-to-face learning du...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:28hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
UN red flags Zimbabwe human rights situation
CIVIC society organisations (CSO) have submitted their report on Zimbabwe's third cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Children not safe from Covid-19: Experts
CHILDREN in the country are said to be increasingly getting vulnerable to Covid-19 as infections continue to soar with the virus killing thousands, me...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill businessman, steal US$4 500
POLICE have launched a manhunt for five armed robbers who pounced on two businessmen in Headlands, shot them and left them nursing injuries before get...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
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