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Chiwenga warns corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
SUPER-CHARGED Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday castigated Zanu-PF bigwigs mired in corruption, warning that they would be jailed before turning his guns on the MDC for continuing to prote...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa hosts Norton Xmas bash
NORTON parliamentarian Temba Mliswa has lined up a mammoth end of year musical bash for his constituency. The bash has been set for December 22 at Ngoni Stadium with musicians Suluman Chimbetu...Published: 7 hrs ago | 408 | by Staff reporter
New doctors association launched in Harare
A new doctor's representative organisation has been launched in Harare with a view to avert the current impasse which has seen other association members going for industrial action for over one hundre...Published: 7 hrs ago | 968 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against hoarding subsidised commodities
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged retailers to desist from selling subsidised basic commodities in bulk to ensure equitable access to the products by vulnerable communities. The President was add...Published: 7 hrs ago | 377 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum crowned 2019 Castle Lager PSL Champions
FC Platinum have been crowned champions of Zimbabwean football this Saturday after defeating Caps United.For the third time in club history, FC Platinum were crowned the 2019 Premier Soccer Le...Published: 7 hrs ago | 597 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally says, 'We've thieves among us'
Zanu-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday admitted that the ruling party has been hijacked by high-profile criminals using the party name and their proximity to the centre of power for s...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows Zimbabwe will 'never, never' dollarise again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Friday not to revert to using the United States dollar after the Zimbabwe plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling inflation and e...Published: 10 hrs ago | 738 | by Staff reporter
Commotion over python at courts
THERE was commotion at Mutare Magistrates' Courts on Monday this week when hundreds of people thronged the place to see a giant python, which was brought for it to filed as an exhibit by detectives an...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 20 hrs ago | 580 | by Staff reporter
Catholic 'rebels' uncloaked, accused of sexual misconduct
TWO former Roman Catholic Church priests and seminarians in Zimbabwe who left the church over personal, theological and pastoral issues, leading to the formation of their own church a few weeks ago, h...Published: 20 hrs ago | 963 | by Staff reporter
Woman in shock mubobobo confession
A WOMAN from Fudu area in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was almost beaten up by angry villagers after she confessed to witch-hunters and community members that she sells muthi for mubobobo....Published: 20 hrs ago | 1605 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality frighten women off politics, says Mafume
Police brutality against women witnessed during the recent Hope of the Nation address by Nelson Chamisa in Harare represents the many threats that discourage female participation in political activiti...Published: 20 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Chamisa
TOP Zanu-PF officials have declared war on the opposition MDC, describing the party as made up of malcontents fond of fanning violence to grab power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration....Published: 20 hrs ago | 2012 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu congress faces court challenge
THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has filed an urgent High Court chamber application against board chair Rodrick Fayayo and secretary Mfundo Mlilo for allegedly convening a congress withou...Published: 20 hrs ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Handcuffed thief drowns at police station
A SUSPECTED Bindura copper cable thief tried to escape from police custody with his hands cuffed and reportedly drowned in a sewage pond next to the police station on Monday.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 20 hrs ago | 514 | by Staff reporter
Murderer on the run
POLICE in Shurugwi have launched a manhunt for an artisanal miner who last weekend allegedly killed his girlfriend in her bedroom, wrapped the body in a cloth and fled the homestead.The body w...Published: 20 hrs ago | 567 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecom rolls out free Wi-Fi
Liquid Telecom has successfully rolled out free Wi-Fi across 48 higher and tertiary learning institutions in Zimbabwe as part of its long-term initiatives to equip citizens across Africa with Digital ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 529 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Zanu-PF dissidents
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Zanu-PF must flush out wolves in sheep clothing and remain with committed cadres loyal to the values and principles of the party. Speaking at the official op...Published: 20 hrs ago | 186 | by Staff reporter
Villagers seek bail for killing neighbour over 'sex' with dog
THREE villagers from Fort Rixon in Insiza district who were part of a gang that fatally attacked their neighbour using sticks, knobkerries and axe handles after allegedly catching him having sex with ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 381 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier jailed for stealing $18 536 meat
A FORMER soldier has been sentenced to four years in prison for breaking into a butchery twice and stealing meat worth $18 536. Tafadzwa Mahlahla (35) from Pumula East suburb in Bulawayo, who ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt did not ban demos, says SB Moyo
Government has not banned marches or demonstrations that are conducted in a peaceful manner and within the confines of the law, a Cabinet Minister has said. Foreign Affairs and International T...Published: 20 hrs ago | 257 | by Staff reporter
NRZ battle with train derailments
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has said it is battling with constant train derailments due to climate change that is damaging the obsolete railway line. Some cases are caused by vanda...Published: 20 hrs ago | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for victory in 2024 elections
ZANU-PF, united under President Mnangagwa, is ready for the 2023 elections in which it is confident of recording a shattering victory, party national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said yesterda...Published: 20 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates UK's Boris Johnson
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Mr Boris Johnson for his election victory that has seen him retain the leadership of the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Johnson yesterday returned t...Published: 20 hrs ago | 172 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni faction blames Obert Mpofu
The side of the Ndiweni family that supports 'Chief' Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni yesterday issued a statement accusing Zanu-PF secretary for administration Dr Obert Mpofu, with the assistance of Douglas Nd...Published: 20 hrs ago | 481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on cash
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said there is no going back on the reintroduction of the local currency as he warned those who hoard cash and deal in foreign currency that the law will soon catch up wit...Published: 20 hrs ago | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in election mode
ZANU-PF members are already in election mode ahead of 2023 polls as evidenced by their endorsing of President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the next election, national chair Oppah...Published: 20 hrs ago | 63 | by Staff reporter
6 new TV channels to go live in next three months
Zimbabwe will have six television channels in the next three months as the Second Republic moves to ensure diversity in the broadcasting industry, a Cabinet minister has said. Information, Pub...Published: 20 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reads riot act to Chamisa's MDC
The Second Republic will not tolerate lawlessness from MDC-Alliance malcontents who lost in the 2018 harmonised elections, but are plotting to destabilise the country through unlawful demonstrations, ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 422 | by Staff reporter
More purges to hit Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is aware of attempts by its detractors to recruit elements to destabilise the party from within its rank and file, but will flush out such malcontents, President Mnangagwa has said. Of...Published: 20 hrs ago | 383 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube responds to the Mphokos
Former Vice-President, Phelekezela Mphoko and his son, Siqokoqela are suing their former lawyer, Professor Welshman Ncube, for failing to transfer part of the US$2,9 million released from the sale of ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 18:51hrs | 6046 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube stops beer price hike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has shot down calls to increase excise duty on alcohol as well as levy a tax on environment polluters as part of measures to raise funds to cushion the security sector an...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 18:29hrs | 4165 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa closes door on multi-currency
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government shall not force any return to the multi-currency regime which was abandoned June this year.The Zanu-PF leader was delivering his opening addres...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 18:18hrs | 4211 | by Staff reporter
Schweppes stops producing Mazoe Orange Crush
LEADING beverages producer, Schweppes Zimbabwe has indefinitely stopped producing its flagship drink, Mazoe Orange Crush, as the company lacks foreign currency to pay a debt to its supplier of vital i...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:48hrs | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Dr Mazibisa dies
VETERAN educationist and religious leader, Dr Robson Mazibisa Dube has died following a short illness.He was 75.Mazibisa was laid to rest at Solusi Cemetery, within the church's Solusi...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:46hrs | 4347 | by Staff reporter
Govt begins grain maize subsidy rollout
Government has commenced the roll-out of the subsidy programme on maize roller meal to registered grain millers.Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said today that grain millers...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:46hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
'Nursing is a calling'
Over 200 midwives and PCN Up-skilling nurses yesterday graduated at The Salvation Army-owned Howard Hospital in Chiweshe.Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo, who officiated at the g...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:45hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife fights $700k damages claim by ex-husband
Marry Chiwenga will defend a $700,000 damages claim filed by her ex-husband Shingayi Kaondera, who accuses her of forging his signature and deceiving a court to grant her a divorce.Kaondera in...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:44hrs | 7290 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post ready for the influx
Border authorities from Zimbabwe and South Africa are geared up for an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the festive season, an official has said.The number of travell...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:42hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns power-hungry party leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that unnamed power hungry officials within the rank and file of the ruling party are out to destabilise his leadership.Addressing the 112th ordinary s...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2876 | by Staff reporter
Ball now in Mnangagwa, Chamisa Court
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are feeling the heat as local and international calls for an end to Zimbabwe's long running political crisis reach a crescendo. ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 4428 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts Botswana on anti-corruption drive
CORRUPTION remains the greatest threat in Africa and serves as a barrier to democratic development and respect for human rights, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa East MP torches storm
MBERENGWA East legislator Marko Raidza (Zanu-PF) reportedly teamed up with party activists and disrupted a prize-giving ceremony at a local primary school on December 4, where businessman Comings Hove...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
'Air Zimbabwe to relaunch in 2020 with 5 planes'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says Air Zimbabwe will take off in earnest in 2020, with five planes.Ncube also told the National Assembly that Treasury was also going to assume the airline's to...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Proposed Zimbabwe finance law threatens jobs
BACK in July 2015, a Supreme Court ruling involving Zuva Petroleum and two former managers, caused at an estimated 30 000 workers to lose their jobs on three months' notice, most without benefits....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges $14 million on salaries
ZANU-PF gobbled nearly $14 million in salaries for the year 2019 as the party doled out ministerial packages for its full-time politburo workers and montly allowances for central committee members....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
MDC UK province donates to Shurugwi villagers
MDC United Kingdom province has donated basic commodities and drought-tolerant agricultural inputs to poor and vulnerable villagers in Shurugwi South.Shurugwi is one of the districts worst rav...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:02hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
3 bodies retrieved from disused mine
A TEAM of rescuers yesterday retrieved three bodies of four artisanal miners trapped in a disused mineshaft at Young Mine in Esigodini, Matabeleland South.Four artisanal miners, aged between 4...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Hotels eject MDC MPs
PARLIAMENT business ground to an abrupt halt yesterday afternoon as opposition legislators protested ejection from their hotel rooms in Harare to pave way for Zanu-PF delegates booked in the same faci...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Jury still out on Mnangagwa
IF Zimbabwe were a normal country, revelations that ruling party bigwigs and politically-connected land barons, housing co-operative leaders and property developers illegally sold $3 billion worth of ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
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