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Ex-Gutu North MP dies
Former Gutu North legislator Tichaona Madondo passed away on Friday at Westend Hospital in Harare, following complications from a head surgery he underwent last year. His nephew, Tarisai Mavetera, con...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 20:35hrs | 1449 | by Staf reporter
Zera hikes price of gas effective immediately
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed upwards the price of Liquefied Petroleum (LP Gas).In a statement, the energy regulator noted that it had increased the price of LP ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 07:22hrs | | by Staf reporter
Public called to protect wetlands
ZIMBABWEANS have been called to ensure there is sustainable management of wetlands through following legislation meant to strengthen the important ecological areas so that the communities continue to ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Staf Reporter
Zanu-PF official dies
Zanu PF Guruve Central Committee Member Rtd Brigadier General Epmarcus Kanhanga has died. His death has been announced this afternoon by Guruve North Member of Parliament Grover Dzepasi saying...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 14:46hrs | | by Staf Reporter
Marriot's ownership claim to dominate Dembare indaba
THE 51 percent share ownership claim by Dynamos board chairman Bernard Marriot is likely to dominate discussion when the newly-assembled Dynamos board of trustees convene their first meeting in Harare...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Construction of key water pipeline for Hwange power begins
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of a US$48,1 million, 42km water pipeline which will supply water to Hwange Power Station fro...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
CCC activists lose bid to block media coverage
EXPOSED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecillia Chimbiri's bid to block the Press from spotlighting their criminal trial at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday hi...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staf reporter
Gwanda community radio set to go live
Ntepe-Manama Community Radio in Gwanda District is set to be the first community radio station in Matabeleland region to go on air as Government has already acquired broadcast equipment for it....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Jubilation as more boreholes are sunk in Harare
THERE was jubilation in Glen Norah yesterday after President Mnangagwa dispatched borehole drilling equipment with the aim of providing clean water to residents.It was the same in Epworth, whe...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staf reporter
Madzibaba ve Shanduko arrested
GODFREY Chidhawu Kanembere, the popular Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter known as Madzibaba for his yellow robes and apostolic like staff at the party's rallies has been arrested....Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 6 | by Staf reporter
Mugabe's children stand their ground
CHILDREN of the late Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe have maintained that the traditional leaders who ordered the exhumation of their father's remains have no legal right to do so.This emerge...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 7 | by Staf reporter
Mwonzora under fire over PPA grant
THE leader of MDC-T and MDC Alliance, Douglas Mwonzora faces fresh fissures over distribution of the $150 million grant recently released by Treasury to his party under the Political Parties (Fi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 6 | by Staf reporter
10 'riotous' UZ students granted bail
TEN University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were yesterday granted $50 000 bail each when they appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with public violence.They were arrested on Wednesda...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
'Exhuming Mugabe is playing with fire'
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's family has warned traditional leaders to stop "playing with fire" by pushing for the exhumation of their father's remains from his Zvimba rural home for rebur...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 7 | by Staf reporter
Embassy mulls mobile consular exercise for SA-based Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWE's embassy staff in South Africa is set to conduct a mobile consular exercise in Durban, KwaZulu Natal (KZN)province from March 28 to 31 to give fellow countrymen in that country a chance to r...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staf reporter
'Beitbridge upgrade to end in November'
A CIVIL engineering company, Zimborders Consortium, yesterday said the upgrading of Beitbridge Border Post to a world-class commercial hub was way ahead of schedule.The border post is undergoi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staf reporter
'Solar farm project delays raise stink'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)has been accused of awarding tenders to incompetent companies following delays in the implementation of the solar farm project in the city.But the city fathers b...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mthuli Ncube rules out US$ dollar payment to farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has ruled out paying farmers in United States dollars for maize deliveries, but said there were exceptions for those growing export-oriented cropsThere are wider ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Staf reporter
Chief Marange appeals for food aid
CHIEF Bernard Marange yesterday appealed to government to provide food aid to villagers under his jurisdiction."There is hunger here in Marange. It is difficult to explain the hunger we are fa...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staf reporter
Headwinds piling up for Zimbabwe
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid)'s food security arm, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has warned of below average harvests this year and a shortlived i...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimra boss says corruption will collapse the Zimbabwe economy
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) acting Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa yesterday said corruption was threatening to collapse the comatose economy, adding that the tax authority had the politi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Bulawayo hotels, lodges fully booked for ZITF
ALL major hotels and lodges in Bulawayo are now fully booked ahead of this years' edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) scheduled to run from April 26 to 31, industry players said....Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mthulisi Ncube grilled over substandard road works
FINANCE minister Mthulisi Ncube was on Wednesday grilled in Parliament for awarding tenders to substandard road contractors.Motorists have complained about the poor workmanship in the ongoing ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staf reporter
Haulage trucks damage highway
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is in a bad state especially in Hwange where the road is almost caving in at some sections, with haulage trucks belonging to mining companies being blamed for infli...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa attends Rupiah Banda's funeral
President Mnangagwa yesterday attended the State funeral of former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, whom he described as a regional icon and a pan-Africanist who wanted to see illegal sanctions imposed...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Gold panners blamed for pupils' pregnancies
GOLD panners are wreaking havoc in Ntabazinduna, Umguza District in Matabeleland North, where they have been blamed for impregnating pupils and making them school drop-outs, with one school recording ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staf reporter
Highlanders back underperforming Lulu
HIGHLANDERS' chiefs insist that Sunday's result against CAPS United in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League will have no bearing on the fate of head coach Mandla Mpofu.According to reports, ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staf reporter
Chamisa's supporters attempts to deface Nehanda statue
POLICE yesterday arrested a Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) activist who was moving around town clad in the opposition party's colours chanting anti-Government slogans before attempting to deface ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe traffic police gets breathalysers
The Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) yesterday donated breathalyser machines and traffic equipment worth US$82 000 to police to use in curbing road traffic accidents countrywide.The equipme...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staf reporter
Tendai Savanhu's widow arrested
The second wife of the late deputy Minister for Lands and Resettlement Tendai Savanhu was yesterday arrested on charges of theft of trust property after she allegedly sold her late husband's Range Rov...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staf reporter
New political party launched in Harare
THE United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) is confident of victory after fielding candidates in four constituencies in the forthcoming by-elections.Addressing journalists and party supporters in Harar...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staf reporter
Dynamos pushing for a reunion with King Nadolo
HARARE giants Dynamos are pushing for a reunion with midfielder King Nadolo before sealing their signings ahead of the close of the transfer window at the end of this month. DeMbare have two w...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 5 | by Staf reporter
CCC's Gomba freed on bail
FORMER Harare mayor Herbert Gomba was yesterday released on $50 000 bail by regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje who ordered him not to interfere with witnesses or investigations.As part o...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staf reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani project shaping out nicely
CONCRETE placement is on-going at the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project in Matabeleland North Province as the Government races to meet project completion deadline by December this year.The Governmen...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 18:21hrs | 26 | by Staf reporter
Top cop accused of demanding kick-back
A SUSPECTED illegal fuel dealer operating in Harare has accused the officer-in-charge at Mabelreign Police Station of asking for part of the 1 000 litres of diesel confiscated from him during a raid, ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
Magistrates warned against humiliating chiefs
Chief magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi has warned magistrates against summoning chiefs to court to defend decisions they would have made at their courts, describing the practice as "disrespectful" and...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe records 3 more Covid -19's deaths
Zimbabwe recorded three new Covid -19 deaths as at May 13. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), the country recorded 38 491 confirmed cases, 1 582 deaths and 36 286 recoveries a...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism a mirage, claims Madiro
Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro has castigated senior party officials for using "old political tactics" to create an impression that there was factionalism in the province....Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staf reporter
Drunken stupor gives away robber
A SUSPECTED armed robber who got drunk during a robbery was allegedly caught sleeping inside his victim's car, a court heard yesterday. Fanuel Ngirandi of Overspill, Epworth, was arrested by p...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staf reporter
Chamisa to crack whip on councillors
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Sunday threatened to crack the whip on corrupt Bulawayo councillors after accusing them of bringing the party's name into disrepute.Chamisa said the MDC...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staf reporter
'Dollarisation failed to create jobs in Zimbabwe'
While Zimbabwe registered remarkable economic growth during the multi-currency era, the period dismally failed to generate significant formal jobs, research findings 5released by the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 18:57hrs | | by Staf reporter
Convicted thief suspends Bulawayo town clerk - Full letter
Christopher Dube has been suspended as the Bulawayo town clerk after councillors accused him of incompetence and abuse of office.The retired army Major, who joined the Bulawayo City Council af...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | | by Staf reporter
Met Dept calls for use of nuclear technology
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Service Department (MSD) acting director Rebecca Manzou has urged nations to use technologies meant to detect nuclear activities for alternative purposes, particularly season...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staf reporter
Granny (66) arrested for attempted murder
AN outraged Rusape granny struck a fellow villager with an axe after he accused her of witchcraft.Manicaland police spokesperson inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident yesterday....Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zesa announces load shedding reprieve
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has said load shedding hours have gone back to normal following extended power cuts last week. ZESA spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira, he said th...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:32hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabweans spend $1,5m on candles
THE majority of people in rural areas who have no access to electricity are spending at least $1, 5 million on candles annually, an official has said.Zonful Power Energy products' chief execut...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 6 | by Staf reporter
Tiger Wheel & Tyre Opens in Borrowdale, Harare
Vehicle owners in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, now have access to the world's biggest wheel and tyre brands, along with award-winning service from Southern Africa's best-loved and most trusted reta...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Staf reporter
Zimnat comes to the aid of Melfort Old People's Home
Zimnat has come to the aid of Melfort Old People's Home by providing free insurance cover for the home's two vehicles for a whole year.The home, which recently had a combi and a sedan donated ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:22hrs | | by Staf reporter
China pledges to fund Zimbabwe's road, rail network
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun yesterday pledged to assist Zimbabwe access funding for infrastructure development from the $60 billion pledged by his country to assist African nations las...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mtukudzi family dilemma
How do you fill in a legend's shoes? How do you keep the legend's memory alive? Do you continue doing what the legend used to do? Or perhaps you allow and make use of those with similar talent to carr...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staf reporter
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