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Gweru mayor threatens workers
GWERU Mayor Councillor Josiah Makombe has warned that heads will roll at the local authority following the release of the forensic land audit report b...Published: 3 hrs ago | 175 | by Staff reporter
Bread price skyrockets
BAKERS have once again increased the price of bread, arguing that costs to buy the main ingredient, flour, were constantly rising.The price of...Published: 3 hrs ago | 579 | by Staff reporter
Vendors brace for legal battle with council
INFORMAL vendors who operate in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) have engaged the services of lawyers, resisting their relocation to new sit...Published: 3 hrs ago | 149 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding extended to CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council will extend water rationing to industrial areas and the Central Business District (CBD) as council continues to battle one o...Published: 3 hrs ago | 130 | by Staff reporter
Fake power of attorney lands prominent city lawyer in soup
BULAWAYO lawyer Dumisani Dube who on Friday was arrested for defeating the course of justice by allegedly producing a fake power of attorney yesterday...Published: 3 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket scraps scholarship programme
TALENTED cricketers from across the country have benefited from the Zimbabwe Cricket scholarship programme, with their school fees paid at schools wit...Published: 3 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopen under strict guidelines
SOME of the country's institutions of higher learning will start opening doors for students in their final semesters tomorrow, while the National Univ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 257 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in fight to prove worth
Despite coach Kaitano Tembo being his Zimbabwean compatriot, Kudakwashe Mahachi does not use this as something which would walk him straight into the ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
War vets urged to focus on unity
LIBERATION war hero, Boniface Mlungisi Mabhena (63), who died on Thursday last week due to ill health was yesterday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
RBZ corners forex dealers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has cornered illegal money changers and will continue to come up with measures to deal with the rampant illicit trade....Published: 3 hrs ago | 439 | by Staff reporter
'Snow' in Matebeleland South
A THUNDERSTORM affected some parts of Matebeleland South on Friday resulting in the fall of hail, triggering a social media frenzy as people thought i...Published: 3 hrs ago | 328 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers get half salaries
THE Bulawayo City Council has been forced to pay its workers half salaries after revenue declined by 80 percent in the past two months.Revenue...Published: 3 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
Salary hike for civil servants
GOVERNMENT and civil servants' representatives are scheduled to meet this week to negotiate fresh salary adjustments and improved working conditions, ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 323 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hints on displacement of 2 500 Chilonga villagers
Vice-President Constantine Chiwenga on Wednesday told Chiredzi villagers that changes on their current settlement would be made after the COVID-19 cri...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2578 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi still to receive suspension letter
EMBATTLED former Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi is yet to receive his suspension papers, thereby slowing his disciplinary hearing.T...Published: 17 hrs ago | 844 | by Staff reporter
Who is responsible? Ministers evasive on procurement
THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) yesterday distanced itself from the murky Covid-19 medical equipment procurement scandal, whic...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a s...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Truckers arrested over US$22 000 fuel theft
TWO Bulawayo truck drivers allegedly ganged up with three accomplices, one of them a South African trucker and stole 28 000 litres of diesel worth US$...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Family appeals for food aid due to starvation during lockdown
A family in Bulawayo is appealing for food donations and financial assistance after they have spent weeks without eating since the lock down started M...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 882 | by Stephen Jakes
Muchinguri says returnees from SA, Botswana have put Zimbabwe under tremendous pressure
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told Parliament that the recent influx of returnees from South Africa and Botswana ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:15hrs | 4488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't close borders to returning citizens
More than 3,000 Zimbabweans - including busloads from South Africa - have been trekking back home in recent weeks and the Minister of Health and Child...Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers beat up cops for failing to put on masks
There was drama in Chivhu yesterday when members of the Zimbabwe National Army stormed Seequick Shop and beat up two CID Police officers who allegedly...Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 4249 | by Staff reporter
MDC Masvingo 2014 structures reject reinstatement, endorses Chamisa
The contentious Supreme Court judgement, which took MDC-T back to its 2014 structures and nullified the ascendancy of Nelson Chamisa to the presidency...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:57hrs | 3239 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not losing sleep over loss of court battles
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere said they would not lose sleep over loss of court battles. This is after the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:50hrs | 5629 | by Staff reporter
Carnage looms in Chamisa camp, as Khupe wins right to recall MPs
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to bar the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T from further recalling his legislators from Parliament hit a brickwall y...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Plumtree High reconstruction
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered the immediate reconstruction of Plumtree High School dining hall which was gutted by fire on Thursday. The Pre...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
US$1m COVID-19 tender scam deepens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, yesterday distanced himself from Delish Nguwaya, whose firm Drax International was recently controversial...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Security agents 'stalk' hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova,...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:45hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Another Chamisa blow
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to save the beleaguered opposition has been dealt another blow after the High Court Friday ruled a party call...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:44hrs | 3472 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to assist in repatriation of Zimbabwean nationals from SA
LOW-COST airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe on Thursday announced it was releasing an aircraft for the repatriation of Zimbabwean and South African nationals s...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:43hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
'We would rather die of COVID-19 than starve under lockdown'
INFORMAL traders have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lockdown regulations and are now back in full force, operating openly in the high-density ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:42hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Suspected poacher dies in police cells
A SUSPECTED wildlife poacher in Gwayi, Matabeleland North province, died of suspected poisoning while detained at Dete Police Station, with police say...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
ZRP sued for seizing auctioned vehicles
POLICE Assistant Commissioner Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crispen Charumbira has been dragged to court by a local man for seizing two vehi...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital bans visitors
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has imposed an indefinite ban on patients' visits after recording four COVID-19 cases in a single day early this we...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Vendors living with Disabilities face the brunt of COVID-19
Vendors and informal traders living with disabilities in Bulawayo are among the worst affected by the national lockdown, as many of them have been lef...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 125 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai's son shows Chamisa the middle finger
THE late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Vincent, defied Nelson Chamisa's directive after he attended the National Assembly sitting yeste...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 7343 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 11175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shadow MP in mealie-meal distribution storm
RETAILERS in Mutasa South have accused their Zanu-PF shadow MP Misheck Mugadza of using his political muscle to access subsidised mealie-meal and usin...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to rout Zanu-PF, Chamisa's MDC in Parly by-elections, claims Mwonzora
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T has enough muscle to thrash both Zanu-PF and Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance in by-elections expected soon following the recall ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 4960 | by newzimbabwe
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' wife
A Hwange man who suspected that his wife was cheating on him beat her up after he saw a text message allegedly coming from a boyfriend. Mavuto...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Unclaimed vehicles at Zimra depot to be auctioned
At least 100 vehicles abandoned at Vehicle Inspection Depots in Gwanda and Bulawayo will be auctioned if not claimed within 30 days, according to a no...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Africa must pursue economic integration'
President Mnangagwa has challenged Africa to pursue the vision of the founding fathers and promote economic integration and sustainable development fo...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa died a bitter man
OPPOSITION ZAPU Sunday commemorated the 1st anniversary of the death of its leader, Dumiso Dabengwa with party incumbent Isaac Mabuka saying the late ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 599 | by newzimbabwe
Nurse aid up for raping house maid
A nurse at Ingutsheni Mental Health Hospital has been taken to court after he allegedly raped a 17 year old girl who visited his home looking fo...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:07hrs | 2336 | by Stephen Jakes
Residents worry over escalating water problems
BULAWAYO Residents have expressed concerns over the persisting water crisis in the City's whilst highlighting that the City should have a disaster man...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:06hrs | 428 | by Stephen Jakes
Man up for stealing floor polish
A MAN from Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb stole 400ml of Chitaitai floor care polish worth $158 from Choppies supermarket down town.Jabulani Moyo...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:49hrs | 1299 | by Stephen Jakes
Handover of COVID 19 donations at Large City Hall Foyer
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni will tomorrow received donations for the fight against Covid 19 at the Large City Hall.According to the notice, t...Published: 21 May 2020 at 15:38hrs | 456 | by Stephen Jakes
War vet feasts on Tyson's oranges
MAZOWE district war veterans chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi is harvesting where he did not sow as he defies a High Court order barring him from interferi...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Man breaks into cop's car
A Bulawayo man has been arrested on charges of breaking into a police officer's vehicle and stealing property worth $71 850.David Matika (31) ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:28hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
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