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Mnangagwa enforcer's nephew disqualified from contesting Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) disqualified the nephew of under-fire former State Security Minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube from contesting in the party primary election for Kwe...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2561 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa attacks Chamisa, Biti over sanctions
Zanu-PF secretary of finance Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that the main opposition MDC Alliance would not win the March 26 by-elections became its leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti allegedly cal...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1679 | by Staff reporter
Court throws out challenge to exchange control ammendments
THE High Court has dismissed an application by human rights lawyer Obert Shava, challenging the constitutionality of Statutory Instrument (SI) 127 of 2021 which imposes civil penalties on those found ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 826 | by Staff reporter
No going back on unregistered, plateless vehicle blitz - police
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned motorists against driving unregistered vehicles, which face being impounded.The police say unregistered vehicles were being used to commit crimes ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 705 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Freddy's case
CHIEF Chikwaka has admitted that he gave a false narrative in an interview with an online publication in a case where Prophet Tapiwa Freddy is accused of raping a radio presenter.Chikwaka whos...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2941 | by Staff reporter
Bread price up 15%
THE price of flour has gone up by 6.5% from $112 000 to $119 000 per metric ton, a situation that also pushed the price of bread up by 15% from $175 to $210.Grain Millers Association of ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1398 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe's elite ricochet across economy
Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days.In the 1990s, his factory, located in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was buzzing....Published: 14 hrs ago | 831 | by Staff reporter
ZEC cannot bar Chamisa
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said it could not block Nelson Chamisa and his party from using the MDC Alliance name, dealing a blow to MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, who is claimin...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3222 | by Staff reporter
Violence forces Zanu-PF to postpone primaries
Zanu-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its primary elections from today after violence broke out in several provinces as aspiring candidates for the March 26 polls canvassed for votes.The pr...Published: 14 hrs ago | 656 | by Staff reporter
Govt delays e-passports rollout
Government is yet to start issuing electronic passports after logistical challenges marred trial runs of the process, a minister has said."They (e-passports) are not yet issued, but there are ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 954 | by Staff reporter
5 cops in trouble for killing Ntabazinduna man
FIVE police officers from Bulawayo are in trouble for allegedly hitting a Ntabazinduna man to death for an undisclosed offence.It is alleged that the five police officers took turns to assault...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1213 | by Staff reporter
British man files for maintenance against Zimbabwean spouse
A BRITISH national, Nigel Paul Byrne is seeking US$3 000 monthly maintenance from his estranged Zimbabwean spouse, Sandra Byrne, saying that he has fallen on hard times.Nigel alleges that it w...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1613 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs US$17m a month to import power'
ZESA Holdings says it needs at least US$17 million a month to import power, and keep lights on amid rolling electricity outages lasting several hours.In a statement, Zesa said it was engaged i...Published: 14 hrs ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
CiZC blasts govt over Gukurahundi comments
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has accused government of insincerity in dealing with the Gukurahundi issue and failure to bring closure for victims over three decades later.In a statement...Published: 14 hrs ago | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption hits 1,2bn litres after bounce back
ZIMBABWE'S fuel consumption increased to almost 1,2 billion litres during the 11 months to November last year, compared to just over one billion litres in 2020, data from the energy regulator showed y...Published: 14 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi celebrates 40 years in showbiz
CO-FOUNDER of globetrotting imbube group - Black Umfolosi, Tomeki Dube has said they will take time to reflect on the past to see what they did right and what went wrong as they celebrate 40 years of ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF women donate to Mpilo Hospital
MPILO Central Hospital is in dire need of sanitary pads and diapers with reports that two abandoned children are taken to the public institution weekly.Officials said more than half of the hos...Published: 14 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 561 | by Staff reporter
Corporate 24 commits to Bosso
ONE of the country's leading healthcare brands, Corporate 24, has committed itself to partnering Highlanders Football Club to provide medical cover for its players.This was revealed by Highlan...Published: 14 hrs ago | 191 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso set low bar for CEO vacancy'
THE Highlanders executive has been criticised for setting a diploma as the minimum qualification for the club's chief executive post that was left vacant following the departure of Nhlanhla Dube...Published: 14 hrs ago | 187 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs compile database of undocumented citizens in Matabeleland
CHIEFS in Matabeleland region have started compiling a database of community members who have no national identity documents as part of efforts to address challenges arising from Gukurahundi.T...Published: 14 hrs ago | 225 | by Staff reporter
RBZ resumes forex auction
THE weekly Foreign Currency Auction Trading System resumed activity this Tuesday after the festive season break with the Zimbabwe dollar trading at 112,82 against the United States dollar.The ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells US to move with the times
INSTEAD of poking its nose in the country's democratic and electoral processes, the United States should take full advantage of the engagement and re-engagement drive extended by the Second Republic t...Published: 14 hrs ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri wealth case deferred
The High Court has deferred to next month, the case in which the State is seeking explanation from former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri on the sale of five properties that were part of...Published: 14 hrs ago | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary elections moved to tomorrow
Zanu-PF has postponed its primary elections, which were scheduled for today to tomorrow for both the National Assembly and Local Authorities slots.The Party has deployed members of the Politbu...Published: 14 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
'No storage fees on impounded vehicles'
Police have said they don't charge storage fees on cars that are being impounded during the ongoing blitz that has netted 6 000 cars.The operation is targeting unlicensed, uninsured, unregiste...Published: 14 hrs ago | 264 | by Staff reporter
UK's Boris Johnson joins the handiende club
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday dismissed calls to resign from opponents and some of his own lawmakers, fighting to save his premiership amid a deepening revolt inside his party over a ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 748 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean economy suffers under US sanctions
Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days.In the 1990s, his factory, located in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was buzzing with a ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 86 | by Staff reporter
Malema want Zimbabweans to work in SA
EFF leader Julius Malema has appealed to employers to give South Africans preference as the country faces an all-time high youth unemployment rate of 66.5%."We want to make an emphasis to the ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube ranked among top 5 Africa finance ministers
A FRANCE-based publication, Financial Afrik has ranked Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube among Africa's top five 2021 Treasury heads in Africa.Announcing the rating Wednesday, said he w...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1467 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA grabs Zivhu's Parly vehicle
EXPELLED Zanu-PF MP, Killer Zivhu's woes continue to mount after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) reportedly seized his Parliament-issued vehicle this week, NewZimbabwe reported.Zivhu wa...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activists granted bail
THREE MDC Alliance supporters were Tuesday granted $5 000 bail each at the Masvingo Magistrates' Court after they were arrested for convening a political meeting over the weekend.Alec Tabe, Ma...Published: 23 hrs ago | 333 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa says political rout awaits Chamisa's MDC
Zanu-PF Secretary for Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa has laid down the gauntlet for the MDC Alliance promising them a mauling in the upcoming National Assembly and local authoritie...Published: 23 hrs ago | 964 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar tanks as RBZ forex auction resumes
THE weekly Foreign Currency Auction Trading System resumed activity yesterday after the festive season break with the Zimbabwe dollar trading at 112,82 against the United States dollar.The Res...Published: 23 hrs ago | 924 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF suspends Kwekwe Central aspiring candidates
ZANU-PF has disqualified two Kwekwe Central constituency parliamentary by-elections aspiring candidates for violence and vote buying.Bishop Kandros Mugabe and Energy ‘Dhala' Ncube, who inten...Published: 23 hrs ago | 637 | by Staff reporter
Make Mnangagwa's life 'uneasy', UK MPs Urge Zimbabweans
UNITED KINGDOM (UK) House of Lords MPs say Zimbabweans living in that country should be allowed to stage peaceful demonstrations at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London to make the life of diplomats at the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 4511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records sharp decrease in Covid cases
ZIMBABWE has seen a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with daily cases dropping from 709 on January 10 to 144 Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss rules out chasing black market rates
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya, is reluctant to act to narrow a widening gap between the national currency's official and black market rates, saying that businesses are to blame for ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa hits back at Mutsvangwa
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has described Zanu-PF party spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa as "politically immature" after he criticised his recent private meeting with former Chivi South MP Kille...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | 5527 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, US square off over Zimbabwean affairs
GOVERNMENT yesterday told the United States to back off after Washington said the March 26 by-elections were a test case of Harare's commitment to implement sweeping reforms to guarantee free and fair...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks resurface in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in neighbouring South Africa are living in fear of xenophobic attacks following a wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in that country.There have been reports of violence a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | 4803 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bigwigs on firing line'
Zanu-PF Manicaland chairperson Mike Madiro yesterday warned that a number of party members were on the firing line as President Emmerson Mnangagwa desperately moves to assert his control of the party ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | 3946 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members to nominate by-election candidates
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has said candidates for the March 26 by-elections would be nominated at grassroot level to allow for democracy to prevail.The party also said recalled MPs a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife awaits verdict as State closes her case
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, who is being accused of attempting to forge her marriage certificate, will know her fate on February 4 when Harare magistrate Lazini...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Woman stoned to death
A MARONDERA woman, believed to be in her 30s, was stoned to death and had her undergarments stashed in her mouth at Roughlands Farm at the weekend.Police have since launched a manhunt for the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner evicts villagers
CHINESE mining company, Monaf Investments has given villagers in Muchesu ward 12, Binga, three months' notice to vacate their ancestral land after it was granted a permit to extract coal in the area....Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Duo acquitted on charges of stoning cops
KWEKWE magistrate Samukelisiwe Gumbo has acquitted two victims of police brutality who were being charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice.Deon Jane Craig and Menard Moyo, w...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah, Winky D square off
CONTEMPORARY singer Jah Prayzah and dancehall chanter Winky D, who are considered the country's most sought-after musicians, are set to revive their "rivalry" when they battle for supremacy at this ye...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Bread price hike exposes Zimbabwe govt rot
IN the past year, Zimbabweans have been treated to sustained State propaganda to the effect that the economy is on the recovery path.But currency volatilities have continued unabated and the a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hockey team beat Uganda
Zimbabwe senior women's hockey team registered their first win at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations after beating Uganda 5-0.The tournament, which started on Monday, stretches up to January 23...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
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