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Mnangagwa challenges mining sector
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the mining industry to rise above the Covid-19 woes and focus on attaining the ambitious US$12 billion tar...Published: 10 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe financial sector heads for crisis
THE financial services sector is headed for a major crisis, with bankers now saying they are struggling to manage their balance sheets following the R...Published: 10 hrs ago | 511 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in fresh land row
FORMER First Lady, Grace Mugabe is being accused of grabbing two Harare residential stands belonging to Rumbidzai Ankomah (nee Mzembi) and Xavier Mzem...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2052 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks at Mwonzora party meeting
THERE were fireworks at a meeting of opposition party MDC-T's standing committee on Wednesday over allegations of looting of funds by the party's exec...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3446 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe going in wrong direction'
THE majority of Zimbabweans are not happy with the direction the country is taking, a recent survey has revealed.According to findings by Afro...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2071 | by Staff reporter
Police demand stiffer penalties for robbers
POLICE are lobbying the Judiciary and Legislature to come up with stiffer penalties on armed robbers following a surge in violent robberies in recent ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 752 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city fathers pounce on underdeveloped stands
BULAWAYO City Council has embarked on a programme to repossess underdeveloped housing and business stands in various parts of the city in its latest b...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Iyasa on massive talent
AWARD-winning Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) has embarked on a massive talent search across the globe.In an interview with NewsDay...Published: 15 hrs ago | 299 | by Staff reporter
IMF rules out Zimbabwe bailout
Fund International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said it would not move an inch from its position that Zimbabwe did not qualify for financial bailo...Published: 15 hrs ago | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mobile data, Internet traffic up 30pc: Potraz
MOBILE Internet and data traffic increased by 30 percent in the first quarter ended March 2021 due to increased adoption of digital platforms. The Pos...Published: 15 hrs ago | 327 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills ‘second hubby' to go back to first one
A WOMAN from Njube suburb in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed her live-in boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife because she wanted to reconcile with a man...Published: 15 hrs ago | 981 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to ta...Published: 15 hrs ago | 638 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri body dumping: 5 held
Five people believed to be relatives of the 23-year-old-man who died last week from injuries sustained after being attacked at Duriro Bar in the capit...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba meets Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, says he is honoured to have met President Mnangagwa, at State House, yesterday. The Aston Villa ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes digital
Zanu-PF Harare province yesterday launched its computer data capturing centre as part of the Revolutionary Party's goal of having a national database ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Judges' conduct worries Govt
THE country must interrogate the best ways of appointing judges as there has been a worrying trend in the conduct of officers of the country's apex co...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere fired
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, after a tribunal set up to inquire into her suitability to hold a judicial offi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Kenneth Kaunda dies
Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda has died, aged 97.Kaunda was the first democratically elected president of Zambia after gaining indepe...Published: 16 hrs ago | 587 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu party champions Zimbabwe re-engagement efforts
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu's opposition All Peoples Party (APP) has petitioned Queen Elizabeth II to allow for Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonw...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 6598 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in trouble over anti-Mnangagwa slur
A CHINHOYI-BASED prisons officer who was arraigned before the courts on charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week has been called fo...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2874 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's daughter, hubby challenge farm downsizing
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and her husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni have approached the High Court challenging the statutory ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3423 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage flows into Mabvuku, Tafara houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Harare's Tafara and Mabvuku high-density surburbs, where residents have had to contend with raw sewage flowing into thei...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis: MPs feel the heat
LegisLaTors are failing to visit their constituencies because of inadequate fuel as well as failure by Parliament to pay their sitting allowances on t...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt stifling rights of children'
THE Zimbabwean government is stifling the rights of children by failing to provide a conducive environment for their well-being despite provisions in ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu rescues cross-border traders
MILLIONS of cross-border traders have been pushed into abject poverty due to the continued closure of borders as a result of COVID-19, the Zimbabwe Cr...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2441 | by Staff reporter
Gold mine hits 300kg mark in one month
MINING giant, Freda Rebecca Gold Mine has set a new record after it produced 300 kilogrammes of gold in May this year, a figure which was last recorde...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
MPs call govt to order
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide yesterday teamed up in condemning the government sanctioned demolitions, describing them as an open war a...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo indicted to High Court
FORMER Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has been indicted to the High Court for trial on criminal abuse of office charges.Prosecuto...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
CCZ squeals over consumer rights violations
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has accused unscrupulous retailers of overpricing, multi-tier pricing and selling substandard goods taking adva...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gags disgruntled Zanu-PF officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned disgruntled party officials and war veterans from speaking to the media and using social media to express thei...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:34hrs | 4749 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gearing to crush Chamisa's MDC?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's weekend attack on the MDC Alliance, calling it a terrorist organisation has attracted backlash from the opposition and ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4918 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa admits to Zanu-PF factionalism
ACTING Zanu-PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa yesterday confirmed deep factionalism in Manicaland province, leading to an emergency meeting to ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3178 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga defends 'reckless' ministers
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 regulations by ministers at a time when the go...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3710 | by Staff reporter
Constitution fuelling political fights, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said the Political Parties Finance Act, the Electoral Act and Constitution have deficiencies as the...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Police in pirate taxis storm
MEMBERS of Parliament have expressed concern over pirate taxis which they said were being allowed to operate throughout the country without hindrance,...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2436 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu appointed NPRC spokesperson
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday appointed former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu as its spokesperson and chairperson...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
400 resettled farmers evicted
MORE than 400 newly-resettled farmers in Maganga near Marondera, were last week evicted to pave way for the farm's original owner, Hunyani Estate....Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter
Midlands farmers bartering grain for a song
FARMERS in the Midlands province are engaging in barter trade, exchanging grain for groceries, risking making their families food insecure, Southern E...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:27hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Soldier sentenced to 18 months for rape
A 35-YEAR-OLD soldier has been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl at Drill Hall swimming pool in Bulawayo. Ep...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket hail Flower
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has congratulated andy Flower after he was inducted into the iCC Hall of Fame on Sunday, becoming the first Zimbabwean to get th...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Pressure on Chinese miner to abort plans to mine in Hwange Nat Park
PRESSURE is mounting on Chinese mining company Afrochine Smelting (Private) Limited to abort plans to conduct coal mining activities near Sinamatela N...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Man axes father over food, 'roasts' his head
A LAZY Inyathi man fatally axed his elderly father in a dispute over food and threw his body into a fire in a kitchen hut resulting in the deceased's ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls girl (12) dies 'after typhoid jab'
A Grade Seven pupil (12) at Nyongolo Primary School outside Hwange died after her body started swelling and her family suspects she reacted to the new...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Bosso class of 98 honours Maphepha
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni has described the legendary Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda, who won Premier Soccer League titles as a manager and chairman of ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Damaged Matabeleland North roads rehab under way
THE rehabilitation of major roads is under way in Matabeleland North Province and the Government is providing the resources for the work so as to ensu...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
$2bn for roads rehabilitation
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed more than $2 billion to road authorities for the national emergency road rehabilitati...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmi...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
'Dismiss Biti's defamation plea'
Augur Investments has applied for the dismissal of Tendai Biti and MDC Alliance's plea to have the court stop them from paying the company US$1 millio...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims named
Police have released the names of five people who died in a road accident on Saturday morning in the Matizha area of Gutu.The accident occurre...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
US$100k lawsuit over Zanu-PF spy slur
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) national organiser Mr Michael Kandukutu has filed a lawsuit against a member of an NGO, the Friedrich Ebert F...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
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