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No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 3 hrs ago | 611 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian dies in hit and run accident
A 59-year-old man died after he was hit by a vehicle while crossing the road in a hit and run incident which occurred in Chitungwiza.Police confirmed the incident which occurred on Wednesday n...Published: 3 hrs ago | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa disconnects water supply to Gwanda town
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supply to Gwanda Municipality over a $193 million debt, leaving residents from the mining town with no water.Zinwa has emba...Published: 3 hrs ago | 154 | by Staff reporter
Argument over salt ends in fatal stabbing
A MAN died after he was stabbed in a dispute over salt.Police confirmed the incident which occurred in Sanyati."Police in Sanyati are investigating circumstances surrounding a murder c...Published: 3 hrs ago | 290 | by Staff reporter
4 killed as Zimbabwe returnees' bus collides with kombi in SA
Four people were killed while 10 others were injured when a bus transporting Zimbabwean returnees collided head-on with a minibus early this morning between Musina and Makhado (Louis Trichardt) towns ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 540 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on moneychanger
Four unidentified robbers recently pounced on a forex dealer in Rujeko suburb in Masvingo and went away with over US$ 4000 after threatening him with gunshots before assaulting him.Emmanuel Ch...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1636 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 induced border delays irk cargo drivers
HAULAGE truck drivers are facing delay challenges along entry and exit points owing to a series of restrictive measures imposed by the government to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19)....Published: 8 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
Fights break out in MDC Veterans Association
CRACKS have emerged in the MDC Veterans Association (MDC VA), a welfare body formed by founding members of the opposition party, culminating in the suspension of the body's secretary-general over char...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism, regionalism cited in conferment of Zimbabwe National hero status
NATIONAL Assembly members Wednesday gave Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe a torrid time asking him to explain the criteria used by the government in determining who befits the national hero statu...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bans defiant NGOs
HARARE provincial development co-ordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti has banned all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private voluntary organisations (PVOs) which defied a directive to report to h...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3032 | by Staff reporter
Man demands lobola back, torches in-laws' hut
A MUTASA villager has left the community dumb-founded after demanding his lobola back from his in-laws before burning his mother's kitchen hut to ashes following an argument with his wife.Know...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1110 | by Staff reporter
'Dreamer' strays into State House, demands to see Mnangagwa
A DARING Shamva man on Tuesday visited State House in Harare demanding to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The man becomes the third in two weeks to visit the highly-protected place.Is...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1093 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Nkayi clinic
SIVALO Clinic in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was closed for two days after all staff members, including five nurses tested positive to COVID-19 as the third wave continues to hit the country....Published: 8 hrs ago | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reintroduces black rhino in Gonarezhou
GONAREZHOU National Park has reintroduced the black rhino species, seven years after it became extinct.The last original black rhino population in Gonarezhou was seen in the 1940s, presumably ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 283 | by Staff reporter
Swedish company Sandvik opens mine tech centre in Zimbabwe
SWEDISH engineering company Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has launched a new technology centre in Zimbabwe to take advantage of local miners' push for automation to manage rising costs.The...Published: 8 hrs ago | 333 | by Staff reporter
Passengers appeal against police spikes
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment giving the police powers to use spikes when dealing with errant motorists on the country's roads....Published: 8 hrs ago | 622 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia calls for end to infertility stigmatisation
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for a culture shift to curb stigma around infertility, which affects women more than their male counterparts.Speaking during the first annual summit wi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 147 | by Staff reporter
Schools urged to commercialise, contribute to GDP
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has urged schools to commercialise their projects so that they can contribute to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Mathema made t...Published: 8 hrs ago | 194 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate raps police shoddy work
BEITBRIDGE regional magistrate Sithembiso Ndebele on Wednesday chided the police for their poor performance after the court failed to nail two men accused of a R40 000 robbery due to lack of evidence....Published: 8 hrs ago | 385 | by Staff reporter
Teen steals cow, cuts off hindquarter for relish
MUTOKO villagers were left shell-shocked after an 18-year old man allegedly stole his neighbours' cow, killed it and cut off the hindquarter for relish and dumped the carcass.Mashonaland East ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 365 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor loses in mine wrangle
Zanu-PF Odzi councillor Luckson Mawanga has lost an appeal against cancellation of his certificate of registration for Paari Mining Syndicate in Odzi.Paari Mining had appealed to the Mines and...Published: 8 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 cases decline, but Harare remains hotspot
NEW COVID-19 infections have declined in the past week across all provinces, except for Harare Metropolitan which still has a high number of cases, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has said....Published: 8 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers army, war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S government spent higher amounts funding operations of the Defence and War Veterans ministry during the first half of the year, compared to expenditures committed to crucial sectors, such as...Published: 8 hrs ago | 964 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's Covid-19 contact tracing app fails to take off
FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi launched a non-existent Covid-19 contact tracing mobile application a year ago, Zimbabwe Independent investigations have revealed.The contact tracing applica...Published: 8 hrs ago | 434 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Security Bill sails through
THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill on Wednesday sailed through the Senate without debate, but media lobby groups have immediately expressed wary over the potential abuse of the law by the gov...Published: 9 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter
Resurgent power outages to gnaw at growth targets
THE power outages currently besetting the country are set to derail economic growth prospects at a time the economy is already reeling from Covid-19. Zesa has imposed rolling blackouts that ar...Published: 9 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination remains 'unavoidable', says Mthuli Ncube
TREASURY has so far disbursed US$93,2 million to procure vaccines to combat the spread of the catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed millions of lives across the globe and sharply slowed wor...Published: 9 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff reporter
RBZ forex auction system overwhelmed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s foreign currency auction system is overwhelmed as it struggles to meet growing demand, leading to a two-month delay in payment of successful bids.This has ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 310 | by Staff reporter
'Rhodesian leaders were more accommodating than Zanu-PF'
OUTSPOKEN veteran musician Hosiah Chipanga made a scathing attack against the country's leadership saying Rhodesian leaders were more accommodating as compared to post independence leaders.Chi...Published: 9 hrs ago | 636 | by Staff reporter
'Kariba pumping 70% of Zimbabwe power supply'
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has surpassed its production target for the second quarter by 11,2 percent, generating 2,162 Gigawatts per hour against the targeted 1,944GWh. In an update for...Published: 9 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes token payments to clear foreign debt
ZIMBABWE has started making token payments to service the country's foreign debt with the Treasury channelling about US$17 million in the first quarter of 2021 towards clearing the arrears owed to dif...Published: 9 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
Carjacking syndicate busted
SEVEN suspected car jackers, including four employees of a local car sale, believed to be part of a syndicate that has been targeting and stealing vehicles parked at houses and business premises in an...Published: 9 hrs ago | 435 | by Staff reporter
CAF removes sanctions on National Sports Stadium
CAF have given ZIFA the greenlight to stage the blockbuster 2022 World Cup qualifier, between the Warriors and Bafana Bafana, at the National Sports Stadium, in September. The two fierce Limpo...Published: 9 hrs ago | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Banana's wife
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding First Lady Janet Banana and Mrs Angela Haritatos, the mother to Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos....Published: 9 hrs ago | 154 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube revises growth to 7,8%
Zimbabwe's economy is doing well with growth prospects strong and on track, despite the stalking shadow of Covid-19, leading Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday upgrading ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 120 | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 9 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 60 deaths
With the country battling the Covid -19 pandemic, there is spike in infection and mortality rates. As at July 28, the country recorded 60 deaths bringing the total of Covid19 deaths to 3 340 since the...Published: 9 hrs ago | 208 | by Staff reporter
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda drags farming partner to court
VICTOR Matemadanda, Zimbabwe ambassador to Mozambique, has taken his farming partner, Rumbidzai Mujuru after she barred him from clandestinely selling their maize produce to the Grain Marketing Board ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 420 | by Staff reporter
NRZ clinics offer COVID-19 vaccinations
The Government has given the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) permission to provide Covid-19 Vaccines to NRZ employees at its clinics.Vaccination of employees at the workplace has already s...Published: 21 hrs ago | 493 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pledges 304 soldiers to Mozambique
Zimbabwe has pledged 304 soldiers to the SADC Standby Force Mission in Mozambique to train an infantry battalion size unit at a time, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:34hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
ZPC surpasses Q2 production target
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has surpassed its production target for the second quarter to 30 June 2021 by 11,2 percent, generating 2,162 Gigawatts per hour against the targeted 1, 944GWh....Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:31hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Methembe Ndlovu appointed women's coach in USA
Highlanders legend and former coach Methembe Ndlovu has been appointed associate head coach of a United States based women soccer side Claremont-Mudd-Scripps whose head coach is another former Bosso c...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 1693 | by Staff reporter
NRZ security guard shoots dead scrap metal thief
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard was on Wednesday arrested for murder after he allegedly shot dead a man who was stealing scrap metal from a workshop in Mpopoma.The inciden...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:29hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Ashy's supermarket goes down in flames
A FIRE gutted a supermarket in the city on Tuesday, destroying property worth ZW $500 000.The fire at Ashy's supermarket which is located along Lobengula street started just after 6PM on Wedne...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:29hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Man invades Mnangagwa residency to tel him of a dream
A 27-year-old man from Shamva appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of trespassing at State House demanding to see the President saying he wanted to tell him a dream. Isaac T...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:28hrs | 3983 | by Staff reporter
Shona community in Kenya to get citizenship
The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendants from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 2259 | by Staff reporter
Malaba suspends filing of new court cases
Zimbabwe's Chief Justice Luke Malaba has suspended the filing of new court cases until 19 August in view of the Covid-19 lockdown. He says this arrangement will be reviewed when the lockdown i...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 11:54hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
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