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Charamba speaks on Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'tiff'
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was the one who pushed for the removal of the running mate clause from the Constitution, dismissing spec...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
3 VID officers remanded in custody
THREE Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) examiners arrested for issuing provisional drivers' licences to people who had failed were remanded in custody to Tuesday next week.The trio was arr...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Let's mend Zimbabwe's battered image together, says Shava
FOREIGN Affairs minister Frederick Shava has rallied the media to play a critical role in the country's quest to improve its "battered image".In a first of its kind engagement between the Fore...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 9 | by Staff rpeorter
'Vacant rural teaching posts to blame for poor pass rates'
MPs have implored government to fill vacant teaching posts in rural and marginalised areas to improve pass rates.Rushinga MP Tendai Nyabani (Zanu-PF) while raising a motion on deployment of te...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF MP heckled at youth summit
Zanu-PF MP for Chivi north Mathias Tongofa was on Thursday heckled during a youth summit held in Harare, with some of the participants accusing him of being "too old" to represent their interests in P...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Bogus lawyer up for fraud
A HARARE woman who allegedly masquaraded as a lawyer and as Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga's daughter, has been arrested after she defrauded a homeseeker of US$2 395.Evelyn Matanga...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Unicef red flags spike in child marriages
EARLY child marriages have reportedly shot to alarming levels across the country since the imposition of COVID-19-induced lockdowns from March last year, with civil society groups demanding an urgent ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Ekusileni Hospital opening postponed again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday failed to officially open Ekusileni Medical Centre, with Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube saying the institution was still undergoing refurbis...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Bosso ready to defend Chibuku Cup
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu says his charges are geared to defend the Chibuku Super Cup title although it will not be easy in the first round, playing six derbies in a new tournament format as loca...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Dembare rebuff Caps Utd
DYNAMOS have rebuffed Caps United's demand for compensation following striker Newman Sianchali's decision to quit the Green Machine to join Dembare.Sianchali is at the centre of a dispute betw...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Thieving' council workers bounce back
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has wrapped council for abetting corruption after reinstating two workers who were summarily dismissed for stealing a water storage tank last mont...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
GMAZ predicts fall in mealie-meal prices
THE price of mealie-meal is set to go down drastically for the next three months following a bumper harvest among both commercial and subsistence farmers this year.The government is expecting ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Victoria Falls town clerk suspended again
LOCAL Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has suspended Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube saying this will help stabilise operations of the city and avoid scaring away tourists or inves...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Council fails to deliver Pumula South stands
NEARLY 200 home seekers who paid deposits for residential stands promised by the Bulawayo City Council in Pumula suburb, only for the local authority to fail to meet its side of the bargain, are set t...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 6 | by Staff rpeorter
2 returnees from India test positive for Covid-19
TWO returnees from India have tested positive for Covid-19. They were in a country grappling with a highly transmissible virus variant first detected in that country but is now spreading across the gl...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni
TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Diamond scam hits Zimbabwe
One buyer has been snapping up all parcels at diamond auctions amid concerns some officials from the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MM...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
RBZ warns banks
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned banks which offer overdrafts to companies to buy foreign currency from the auction system saying such a move creates speculation in the market and promote...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Gutu hounded out of MDC for being 'old'
FORMER MDC top officials Obert Gutu and James Makore say they decided to join bitter rival Zanu-PF after realising the current leadership within the main opposition nolonger had a home for older polit...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa to chair SADC disaster committee
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will chair the SADC committee that constitutes a minister from each Member State responsible for coordinating disaster-related issues, an official has said. The setting up ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe reels as 18-hr power cuts
For Cosmas Kabondo, the rolling 18-hour power cuts have made life more expensive as his family is scrambling for alternative sources of energy.Zimbabwe's power crisis deepened early this month...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Khaya Moyo warns MDC
ZANU-PF has warned the MDC leadership against making any threats of trying to overthrow a constitutionally-elected Government. The call comes after the opposition said it is going to overthrow Pre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mohadi arrives in Nigeria
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria this afternoon where he and several Heads of State and Government will join the West African country in commemorating Democracy Day.Th...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF takes lessons from China’s School of Ideology
Zanu-PF will take lessons from the Communist Party of China (CPC's) ideological schools to refine its mobilisation strategy as well as reinvigorate the party's Chitepo School of Ideology, the ruling p...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:47hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chiyangwa disowns Facebook account
CONTROVERSIAL and flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa has distanced himself from the Facebook (FB) page which claimed that he bought a posh car for his "good friend" Monalisa Charity Mutindivari a...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa charms poll losers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the hearts of smaller opposition parties that sang him praises here on Thursday after they were flown to the disaster-ravaged area to appreciate the magnitude of t...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Joana Mamombe in the dock
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC-Alliance), who is facing charges of subversion, yesterday appeared in court, with her lawyer indicating his intention to file an application for the temporary...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa bullish on TelOne future prospects
The professionalism of TelOne's management, including their determined push to turnaround the State-owned enterprise (SOE), will likely be a drawcard for reputable technical partners or suitors, Presi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:30hrs | 8 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge optic fibre project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission the multi-million dollar optic fibre link in Beitbridge, which connects the border town with South Africa and the rest of the country via Bulawayo and Masv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 7 | by Staff rpeorter
'Black market can't determine forex rates'
Government cannot allow itself to be influenced by the black market in determining foreign exchange rates on interbank transactions as the parallel market is run by a few individuals transacting on no...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa bemoans United States sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at the United States for renewing sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying they were a violation of human rights.Mnangagwa was speaking at the buria...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Callistus Ndlovu to be buried today
All is set for the burial of former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu at the National Heroes Acre today. President Mnangagwa last night vi...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Man for wearing army uniform
A 23-year-old Chitungwiza man will spend six months in prison after he was convicted of wearing a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform when he was not a member of the force. Tafadzwa Marumanad...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 7 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF urges members to defend the revolution
THE ruling Zanu-PF has encouraged its members to defend the revolution at a time when the country is under siege from rogue MDC-Alliance elements and its allies who instigated a damaging stayaway last...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Delta urged to explore export market
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister Raj Modi says Delta Corporation Limited should consider exploring and fortifying export markets to enable it to boost its foreign currency coffers in the wake of ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 6 | by Staff rpeorter
Zesa dismisses social media messages
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has dismissed social media messages urging customers to buy electricity in large quantities to counter suspected electric faults....Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Who used the extra 480 million litres of fuel the last six months?'
It's official, the exchange rate for American dollars to our 'surrogate currency' is not 1:1, neither is it 1:2.All the other parameters have been logically adjusted in the economic circles to...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:03hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
High Court sets up commercial division
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will this year set up a commercial division of the High Court to settle commercial disputes, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has said. Officially o...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Exiled Gukurahundi survivors return
Hundreds of survivors of Gukurahundi atrocities and political violence who have been living at a refugee camp in Botswana were yesterday expected to return to Zimbabwe after decades of residing in the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Sexual allegations rock Zimbabwe's National Aids Council
Government has launched an investigation into the operations of the National Aids Council (NAC) over allegations of sexual harassment, corporate sleaze and maladministration.The probe coincide...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa suspends purchase of vehicles for Ministers
GOVERNMENT has suspended the purchase of condition of service vehicles for all ministers, with the money now being used to purchase a fleet of new ambulances for public health facilities, Finance and ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Masiyiwa family philanthropic efforts get thumbs-up
YOUTH economic pressure group Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs Youth Action (Zeya) had urged local youths to emulate the philanthropic efforts of of global telecommunications group Econet Wireless founder and C...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF grandstanding on luxuries, entitlements, claims MDC
MDC Alliance chief whip Prosper Mutseyami yesterday accused his Zanu-PF counterpart in the National Assembly, Pupurai Togarepi, of political grandstanding by claiming that ruling party legislators had...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Fugitive prisoner named
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has launched a manhunt for Timothy Munhare, the surviving convict who jumped off a moving vehicle in Lalapansi in the Midlands province, while bei...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Cop, 2 accomplices sued for abducting villager
AN officer stationed at Nyamandlovu Police Station in Matabeleland North province and his two accomplices have been taken to court by a villager who is demanding $100 000 in damages for alleged abduct...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Thieving soldier caught at Mugabe residency
A SOLDIER and his accomplice accused of unlawful entry and theft at former President Robert Mugabe's Blue Roof residence yesterday pleaded guilty to trespassing, but denied stealing water taps and ele...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga trial deferred to Thursday
The criminal abuse of office trial of former Mines and Mining Development Minister, Walter Chidhakwa and former Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Francis Gudyanga has been postponed to tomorrow (Th...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 18:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Miner, Tawanda Nyambirai smoke peace pipe
A GOROMONZI miner, Phillip Makanya, who had petitioned the High Court seeking a contempt of court order against businessman-cum-lawyer Tawanda Nyambirai in December last year, has withdrawn the litiga...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Miners want to import own fuel
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF), the representative body of small-scale miners, says it is pushing for a licence to import fuel for onward distribution to its members to ensure continuity of producti...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
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