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Chamisa snubs Mnangagwa indaba, again
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said it will snub another round of national dialogue slated for today, claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF government is not taking their concerns seri...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Cop faces 3 counts of criminal abuse of office
An Odzi police officer has been arrested on charges of demanding bribes from mbanje peddlers.Honest Bhunu (26) yesterday appeared before Mutare magistrate Perseverance Makhala facing three cou...Published: 2 hrs ago | 401 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP in court over $9 000 debt
Former Zanu PF Mbire legislator, David Butau and his now-defunct Dande Capital Holdings, have been taken to the High Court by a Harare man, Euvencio Musundire, who is seeking an order to compel the ex...Published: 2 hrs ago | 425 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa solidarity march flops
ZANU PF youths have postponed their planned march to express solidarity with President Emmerson Mnangagwa because the event coincided with the burial of former Cabinet minister Callistus Ndlovu at the...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Shamed cheat commits suicide
A 41-YEAR-OLD married Shamva woman committed suicide after she was caught pants down in the bush with another married man on Monday.Danai Mandebvu, of Chitsa village under Chief Bushu, could n...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Man found with live pangolins in bedroom
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested after he was found in possession of two live pangolins and Zesa copper cables in his house.Welcome Moyo, of Cowdray Park, pleaded not guilty to unlawful posses...Published: 2 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff reporter
On the run MDC MPs, not on the run, says MDC
THE MDC yesterday said its MPs Charlton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Joanah Mamombe (Harare West), and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North), who have been absent from Parliament, are not on the run and had...Published: 2 hrs ago | 403 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop sues Mathema, Matanga for contempt of court
A FORMER police officer, who was arrested after testifying against fellow cops, has sued Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for contempt of court after t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 202 | by Staff reporter
Seven key PSL venues, including Rufaro condemned
A HOST of stadiums, including Rufaro, have failed to meet the Premier Soccer League (PSL) standards to host top-flight matches, a development that puts a number of teams in a dilemma.A prelimi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lost $2 billion on 1:1 forex exchange rate
GOVERNMENT lost $2 billion last year for maintaining the parity between the bond note and the United States dollar, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said.Economists h...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3758 | by Staff reporter
Abusive Zanu-PF councillor sets wife alight
Zanu-PF Ward 9 councillor, Gilbert Gondo recently assaulted his wife using a burning log following a domestic dispute, resulting in the woman's clothes catching fire.This was heard at the Mwen...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2249 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa power-sharing not on the agenda'
Four political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, MDC-T and the National Patriotic Front - that are represented in Parliament, met in Bulawayo last weekend to lay the groundwork and set the agenda for t...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi to 'tour' Australia
The arts and entertainment scene definitely has royalty whether for good or bad reasons and the media seems to always feed from that fodder willingly and with such a keen and voracious appetite they s...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Fake news rocks Zimbabwe military
Zimbabwe National Army has disowned reports circulating that they would conduct home searches for stolen army uniforms.ZNA spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore yesterday said ZNA h...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3422 | by Staff reporter
Caps United avert player strike over unpaid dues
HARARE giants Caps United insist the situation in their camp is under control following a threat by players to boycott their pre-season training over unpaid dues. Caps United vice-president, N...Published: 10 hrs ago | 415 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts Chinese
Chinese firms should take full advantage of the upgrading of relations between Harare and Beijing to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to invest in Zimbabwe where their investments will be given p...Published: 10 hrs ago | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe/South Africa officials to meet ahead of Ramaphosa visit
Zimbabwean and South African officials will meet next week, as preparations for the visit by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to his northern neighbours gather momentum. President Rama...Published: 10 hrs ago | 326 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members run away with ballot papers
DIVISIONS in the MDC Alliance saw the party fielding two candidates yesterday at the Nomination Court for Bulawayo Ward 28 election set for March 30 after primary polls were shelved as some members ra...Published: 10 hrs ago | 542 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for obscene message to lover's wife
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo has been arrested for insulting her lover's wife after she confronted her about their affair. Lesley Ngwenya of Nkulumane suburb insulted Ms Sazini Moyo (36) ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 842 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo takes deliberate affirmative action policy
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni has said council has taken a deliberate affirmative action policy that will see local companies being prioritised in the awarding of tenders to promote the city...Published: 10 hrs ago | 231 | by Staff reporter
Two stabbed, axed in gold rush
AN illegal gold panner from Plumtree ganged up with his accomplices and allegedly axed their two rivals before stabbing them with a knife following a dispute over gold nuggets. This emerged wh...Published: 10 hrs ago | 365 | by Staff reporter
Bosso zero in on three for captaincy
HIGHLANDERS' technical bench has reportedly settled for three players who will take over the position of club captain from Honest Moyo. With the Premier Soccer League registration period closi...Published: 10 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
'Technology changing face of epidemic'
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa says technology is fast changing the face of the HIV epidemic following the invention of a new generation of diagnostic machines that can test for HIV in infants with res...Published: 10 hrs ago | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves 37 mbanje investors
GOVERNMENT has approved 37 investors who have shown interest to produce cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes. This follows last year's decision by Government to legalise can...Published: 10 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
American starlet trialing with Bosso
QUESTIONS: IS it a major American diplomatic coup for Highlanders? Or the story should read from California to Emagumeni?Answer: Only time will tell as another American could soon be donning t...Published: 10 hrs ago | 381 | by Staff reporter
Cholera vaccine campaign begins in Harare
A major typhoid vaccination campaign begins today in Harare to tackle a drug-resistant outbreak of the disease.The campaign aims to vaccinate 325,000 people in nine suburbs of Zimbabwe's capit...Published: 10 hrs ago | 59 | by Staff reporter
Dating scam exposed
Efforts to find a lover on a local dating site have backfired for several women leading to loss of valuables.Yesterday, police arrested a suspect, Micheal Tapfumaneyi in connection with attack...Published: 10 hrs ago | 818 | by Staff reporter
Baby mama threatens to bewitch ex's wife
A VAINONA woman is living in fear of her husband's baby mama whom she accuses of consulting witch-doctors to bewitch her.This came to light at the Harare civil court where Viola Mawara was see...Published: 10 hrs ago | 305 | by Staff reporter
Callistus Ndlovu's body arrives in Harare
The body of the late former cabinet minister Professor Callistus Ndlovu has arrived in Harare where a programme for its burial at the National Heroes Acre was unveiled.Some of the senior gover...Published: 11 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat assists families of deceased miners
Zimnat, one of the leading players in the Zimbabwean life assurance and short-term insurance industries since 1946, has donated funeral services worth $10 000 for the burial of 10 of the miners killed...Published: 16 hrs ago | 556 | by Staff reporter
Hidding MDC MPs left with 7 parliamentary sits or they lose their seats
Parliament has ignored the opposition MDC party's plea for guarantees that protect their MPs who are in hiding for fear of persecution over recent violent protests triggered by government's decision t...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2944 | by Staff reporter
4 miners still trapped underground
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday visited Cricket Mine in the Battlefields area, the scene of the recent mine shaft disaster that has so far claimed 24 lives.Four artisanal miners are sti...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to set up super-specialist hospital
Government is setting up a super-specialist hospital at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in order for patients in need of specialist services to get treatment in the country, hence cutting high costs o...Published: 17 hrs ago | 987 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga rushes to Zimbabwe after military purges' - it's fake news
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is still being treated in India contrary to social media claims that he is back in the country, a top government official has said.Presidential spokesperson...Published: 18 hrs ago | 7316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sidelines Chamisa in talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has side-lined MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in today's national dialogue meeting involving presidential candidates that featured in last year's harmonised elections.M...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3815 | by Staff reporter
SA Airways suspends advance bookings
South African Airways has temporarily suspended the advance booking of air tickets following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) monetary policy.In a statement, the company's acting regional ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council loses $300k in botched deal
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in a fix after it emerged that it was yet to account for a fleet of ambulances it purchased in a botched deal almost a decade ago.In 2010, the local authority aw...Published: 18 hrs ago | 696 | by Staff reporter
2 candidates from the MDC Alliance battle it out in Bulawayo by-election
Two candidates from the MDC Alliance Collet Ndhlovu (former cllr) and Nomagugu Mloyi successfully filed their papers at the nomination court this Friday to contest in the Bulawayo Municipality Wa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1379 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chaos at MDC ward 28 primary elections
Chaos at the MDC ward 28 primary elections, some members have disturbed the voting process. Some of the ballot boxes were taken. The was currently holding its primary election in Ward 28 Bulawayo. ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 651 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe kicked off Mazowe farm
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, along with their family business, Gushungo Holdings have been evicted from a Mazowe farm following an application by three farmers who were claiming...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4983 | by Staff reporter
Govt shoots down ZESA's proposal to increase tariff
The government has turned down the proposal by the ZETDC, a branch of the Zesa power utility, to increase its tariff by 52%, saying it is unjustified as local generation capacity has increased....Published: 22 hrs ago | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex dealers struck by fear
Illegal foreign currency (forex) dealers were on tenterhooks yesterday as they weighed their options in the wake of new measures by the RBZ that seek to eradicate parallel market activities. ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 11812 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga still in India, says Charamba
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is still being treated in India contrary to social media claims that he is back in the country, a top government official has said. Presidential spokesperso...Published: 22 hrs ago | 7241 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas to be regulated
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has told Parliament that the forthcoming Mines and Minerals Bill will include provisions that will regulate the conduct of artisanal miners, and ensure their safety wh...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Developers for Batoka Dam scheme short-listed
At a meeting held at the David Livingstone Hotel in Livingstone, the Council of Minister's approved the short-listing of a Consortium of General Electric of USA and Power Corporation of China, Salini ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 499 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to stabilise exchange rate
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has put in place adequate safeguards to ensure stability of exchange rates after the apex bank this week floated the US dollar on the interbank market....Published: 22 hrs ago | 2640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe money transfer agencies to import own notes
Zimbabwean money transfer agencies face increasing problems in meeting their customer obligations owing to the termination of correspondent-bank arrangements between local banks and international fina...Published: 22 hrs ago | 4023 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya says 'I am guilty as charged' on bond notes
THE ZIMBABWE central bank governor Dr John Mangudya has admitted prejudicing the country’s exporters by exchanging their US dollar earnings at parity with the local bond note, when rates on the para...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5825 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa seeks meeting with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly seeking to meet South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when he arrives in Harare for a State visit on March 12, NewsDay has learnt.MDC insid...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to fire incompetent ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu-PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands.M...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2553 | by Staff reporter
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