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COVID-19 stalls Gwanda Hlalani Kuhle sewerage piping
GARIKAI/HLALANI Kuhle housing scheme residents of ward eight in Gwanda have embarked on a project to install sewage pipes at their houses after their ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo businesses defy lockdown regulations
MASVINGO province, which has been labelled as one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country, still has most of its businesses open, despite the 30-day n...Published: 3 hrs ago | 233 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers miss flights after NHS bungling
DISGRUNTLED Ethiopian Airways passengers yesterday expressed disappointment over what they said was poor service delivery by the National Handling Ser...Published: 3 hrs ago | 403 | by Staff reporter
'Data price must fall'
NATIONAL Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo has called on internet service providers in the country to reduce their tariffs for the surv...Published: 3 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 denial rife in Bulawayo
FEAR of losing loved ones is the only force that could motivate Bulawayo residents to change their behaviour and follow Covid-19 prevention measures. ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers end five-day strike
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers yesterday resumed work after a five-day strike over poor salaries, a situation which crippled critical services su...Published: 3 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound curfew violators' cars
POLICE yesterday warned violators of the 6PM to 6AM curfew, saying that they will be out in full force to ensure full compliance with lockdown regulat...Published: 3 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff reporter
Police descend hard on curfew violators
Police are tightening enforcement of the curfew, at present between 6pm and 6am, and those breaking it now have higher risk of arrest and impoundment ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 130 | by Staff reporter
55 000t fertiliser on the way
UP to 55 000 tonnes of top dressing fertiliser have been imported, while resources have also been set aside to ensure accelerated imports of fertilise...Published: 3 hrs ago | 83 | by Staff reporter
Carlos Max in Covid-19 storm
FORMER Zimbabwe international Carlos Max has described as a storm in a tea cup the video that has been circulating on social media which shows him par...Published: 3 hrs ago | 403 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya's accomplices in fresh bid for freedom
SUSPECTED members of the gold smuggling syndicate involving Henrietta Rushwaya and Pakistan business tycoon Ali Mohammad, have separately approached t...Published: 3 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Woman killed in $500 000 robbery
A Masvingo woman was killed while her husband, a businessman, is battling for life in hospital after they were thrown into a 20-metre deep disused min...Published: 3 hrs ago | 683 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar maintains momentum
The Zimbabwe dollar was virtually unchanged against the US dollar, although firming by a very marginal 0,01 percent to $82,08 from $82,09 to the green...Published: 3 hrs ago | 201 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Defiant Trump says 'The movement we started is only just beginning' in farewell speech
US President Donald Trump struck an optimistic and defiant note in his farewell address, vowing that his movement is here to stay and praising his adm...Published: 3 hrs ago | 418 | by Staff reporter
Trump's reign ends
President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration is due to take place today in a ceremony President Donald Trump has said he won't attend, making him the firs...Published: 4 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
Kombo Moyana dies
Zimbabwe's first black central bank governor Kombo James Moyana has died.Moyana, who was at the helm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe betw...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 08:33hrs | 3043 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa against 'stoking political fires'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against "stoking political fires" through arbitrary arrests of his...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 3155 | by Staff reporter
Six soldiers arrested for murder
SIX soldiers from 5:2 Infantry Battalion at Battelfields were arrested on Sunday after they besieged a village, assaulted villagers and shot at indivi...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2742 | by Staff reporter
Gandawa blasts govt failure to service UN debt
FORMER Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has blasted the new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa for failing t...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Woman connives with lover to rape daughter (13)
A WOMAN who, allegedly assisted her boyfriend to rape her 13-year-old daughter, was yesterday granted bail along with her lover by the Bulawayo High C...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clueless on COVID-19, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party has criticised government for lack of vision to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic which is ravaging the country....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
'Mafia manipulating public transport sector'
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has alleged that the public transport sector was being manipulated by "mafia groups" which do not care ab...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner attacks employees for demanding last year's dues
TWO mine workers at the Fools Investment Mine in Hope Fountain, which is just outside Bulawayo, were last Saturday assaulted by their Chinese employer...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Big deals for Zimbabwe bridge builders
GOVERNMENT has unveiled a programme to design and build several bridges across the country, with independent designers set to clinch crucial deals....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Nust students protest over 500% dissertation fees hike
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) General Master of Business Administration (GMBA) post-graduate students have protested over a...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat stops releasing poverty data
THE Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) has abandoned the release of poverty datum line (PDL) data for a family of five to focus only on in...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Bosso makes 'ridiculous' demands to sign Mujokoro
HIGHLANDERS have been offered a chance to buy Under-20 captain Lexington Mujokoro or take him on loan by the midfielder's parent club First Mobile Spo...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zec criticised for suspending elections during COVID-19 lockdown period
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been blasted for suspending electoral activities in the country during the COVID-19 lockdown period throug...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'
HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting c...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Invigilators paid with plates of isitshwala
THE country's examination body, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week allegedly paid some "O" Level examination invigilators wit...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo faces rape accusations?
Former Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who left Zimbabwe hurriedly in 2017 and faces arrest on various charges on his return, has been accused by ve...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:05hrs | 3386 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains wash away Beitbridge roads
THE heavy rains pounding the country have left several roads in Beitbridge severely damaged and impassable.Authorities have estimated that the...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1221 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zanu-PF takes a jibe at Brian Nichols over Capitol Hill incident
Zanu-PF has taken a jibe at the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian A Nichols and other "local and international" critics for what they called ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:56hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police deploy water cannons
POLICE in Bulawayo have upped their fight against lockdown violators by deploying water cannons in the central business district to disperse loitering...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 3541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disowns Oppah Muchinguri
THE government has been left embarrassed after one of its top most government officials, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri created a diplomati...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:42hrs | 8964 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri lets cat out of the bag
The ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was last night forced to issue a statement to rebut utterances purportedly made by Defence min...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:42hrs | 5195 | by Staff reporter
Dare ReChimurenga member Mudzi dies
One of the two surviving members of Dare ReChimurenga, Mukudzei Mudzi, died yesterday morning at the age of 94.A family member confirmed the d...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:41hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals run out of oxygen
MEDICAL practitioners have called on government to urgently intervene and put measures in place to ensure adequate supply of oxygen as most health ins...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Sylvester Nguni's wife dies
THE wife of former government minister Sylvester Nguni died from Covid-19-related complications yesterday.Nguni confirmed the death of his wif...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:37hrs | 3188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses UN voting rights
ZIMBABWE has been barred from voting at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as it is in arrears in the payment of financial contributions totalli...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:37hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble in Chitungwiza demolitions
LEAKED letters addressed to Chitungwiza Town Council bosses have exposed the government's involvement in the demolition of homes and other illegal str...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:34hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
200 die in seven-day Covid-19 bloodbath
ZIMBABWE last week experienced its worst week with spiking Covid-19 infections and 200 deaths as the country continues to suffer the consequences of t...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe govt in talks with China, Russia for Covid-19 vaccine
THE Government is set to vaccinate at least 80 percent of the population once negotiations with potential suppliers of the vaccine, China, Russia and ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Lower Gweru irrigation farmers urged to diversify crops
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive Rockie Mutenha has urged farmers at Insukamini irrigation scheme in Lower Gweru to embark on crop dive...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime should stop weaponising law
THAT the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono among others may complicate matters for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation's internationa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group decries abuse of criminal justice system
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has expressed concern over what they called an apparent trend of manipulation of the criminal justice ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
EMA urged to get tough on BCC
THE Environment Management Agency (EMA) in Bulawayo has been petitioned by a human rights organisation, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR)...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe business empire crumbles
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's business empire has crumpled amid revelations that Gushungo Dairy Estate is being leased to a company linked...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5477 | by Staff reporter
Battle to control council rages
A VICIOUS battle to control Harare City Council has emerged between suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango and Zvenyika Chawatama, who was occupying the...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown closures clear border mess
SANITY has returned to Beitbridge Border Post following the closure of the busy facility under fresh Covid-19 control measures by both South Africa an...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
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