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Hunger stalks Plumtree villagers
BULILIMA traditional leader Chief Masendu has called on the government and non-governmental organisations to strengthen social protection systems to c...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Police boss sucked into bloody mine wrangle
Police in Mvuma have been accused of illegally grabbing a lucrative gold mine at the centre of a dispute between two miners with some officers alleged...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Cop force marches boss at gunpoint
A BEITBRIDGE-BASED police officer allegedly force-marched at gunpoint his boss from his home to the charge office in protest at being served with pape...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
200 Air Zimbabwe passengers stranded in Wuhan
MORE than 200 Air Zimbabwe passengers are stranded in Wuhan, China, several weeks after paying airfares to be flown home, while the flag carrier repla...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:14hrs | 2547 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Bulawayo face total Covid-19 lockdown
GOVERNMENT is set to impose a stricter, total Covid-19 lockdown in Harare and Bulawayo in view of a sharp increase in infections amid concerns by cabi...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2643 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, top party executives 'exposed' to COVID-19
MDC-T acting leader Thokozani Khupe and several party leaders including acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora and acting national chairperson Morg...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
'Calling for Zanu-PF ouster not criminal'
LAWYERS representing incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono yesterday said there was nothing criminal about calling for change of government outsid...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 4638 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa ignoring silent genocide at public hospitals'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been accused of ignoring the plight of striking nurses and other health workers leading to a "silent gen...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Fired MDC MP vows undying Chamisa loyalty
EXPELLED MDC Alliance Bulawayo Senator, Helen Zivira says she would rather lose her luxury car than be forced to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5257 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF militia evicts 100 Chiredzi families
OVER 100 families in Gutsaruzhinji C, ward 23 in Chiredzi North have been sleeping in the open since July 10 after a Zanu-PF militia razed down their ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative breaks suspected maize thief's arm
A BINDURA Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative allegedly broke a suspected maize thief's arm before forcing her to eat 10 raw maize cobs....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
'I'm not Benjani, but Mpenjani'
BENJANI Mwaruwari is one of the finest football exports to emerge from the local scene. And yet interestingly, Benjani is not even his original name....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4855 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns against smuggling of corpses
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned residents against smuggling groceries into the country following reports that omalayitsha (cross-border transpo...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths fight over pigs
ZANU-PF youth league officials in Bulawayo are fighting over a piggery project, which was recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with some...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 3263 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4309 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames Gukurahundi victims documentation delays on Covid-19
The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, home Affair...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Man hospitalised after being stabbed over girlfriend
A Matopo man is in hospital after he was attacked in a dispute over a girlfriend.Washington Sibanda (28) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate T...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:55hrs | 740 | by Stephen Jakes
Police visibility in rural communities increased during lockdown
Police visibility has increased in the rural areas than before due to Covid 19 lock down operations....Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 413 | by Stephen Jakes
Zuze sinks Chamisa's lawyer?
ADVOCATE Thabani Mpofu, the lawyer who rep-resented the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa when he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory i...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 10659 | by Staff reporter
US, Zimbabwe diplomatic row escalates
ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu-PF national political com...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4679 | by Staff reporter
Govt must investigate spike in COVID-19 cases
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wants the government to investigate a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in quarantine cen...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:31hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Returnees riot over poor conditions
POLICE were yesterday called in to stop dozens of returnees quarantined at Belvedere Teachers College from protesting over poor living conditions....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:30hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Mining director arrested over 'Mnangagwa'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Friday took Mashonaland Central Provincial mining director Tariro Ndlovu to court over abuse of offi...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:29hrs | 2173 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers arrested, sent to isolation centre
AUTHORITIES in Chikomba district at the weekend apprehended two returnees from South Africa who entered the country illegally in breach of COVID-19 sa...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:29hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree Town residents are fools: Mpofu
Former MDC Legislator Norman Mpofu has labelled Plumtree residents as fools for allowing to be abused by authorities at will.The remarks came ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:10hrs | 3577 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deep...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 11173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
MDC official granted bail
HARARE Ward 23 councillor Stanley Manyenga, who is also the opposition MDC Alliance Harare provincial chairperson, was freed on $1 000 bail on Friday ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:01hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Acting Binga District Development Coordinator manhandles journalist
A drunken acting Binga District Development Coordinator Farai Marinyane harassing journalists on Saturday in Binga. He missed an event and sent a repr...Published: 25 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Makhalisa Literary Trust promotes IsiNdebele literature
A LOCAL Trust has embarked on a programme to promote isiNdebele literature after observing that few writers were penning novels in the language threat...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted infections spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO recorded a total of 10 165 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2019 with reports indicating that 12 percent of those cases tested H...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot 'naked' getaway driver dead
A man who was possibly being intimate with his girlfriend in a "suspiciously" parked car, was on Saturday night shot dead during a high-speed chase af...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through a...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1563 | by newzimbabwe
'Barbourfields Stadium must be demolished'
BULAWAYO City Council has to completely demolish Barbourfields Stadium and reconstruct it for the facility to meet international standards as per Caf ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
'Report border jumpers to fight Covid-19'
BULAWAYO residents should report to authorities anyone who entered the country illegally from neighbouring countries so that they are taken to isolati...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Bulilima West MP distribute PPEs in Plumtree
Bulilima West Zanu PF legislator Dingumuzi Phuti today distributed personal protective equipment to frontline workers in various clinics in the distri...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:49hrs | 327 | by Stephen Jakes
Food aid transport fee, a burden to the vulnerable
Rural communities in Matabeleland have expressed concerns over the transport costs incurred in receiving food handouts from Social WelfareAccordin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:46hrs | 609 | by Stephen Jakes
Father of MDC activist won't forgive brutal security agents
HENRY Chimbiri, the father of MDC-Alliance activist Cecilia Chimbiri (pictured), who was reportedly abducted and tortured by suspected state security ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
Diabetic 73-year-old widow relieved as Bigtime gives aid to 1,100 Zimbabweans
For 73-year-old widow Ellen Ndlovu, who lives in the mining town of Gwanda, south of Zimbabwe, lockdown has been nightmarish. The diabetic granny, res...Published: 20 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1048 | by Busisani Ncube
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana Boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19.According ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:45hrs | 938 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe lockdown likely to stay
THE Covid-19 lockdown is likely to be extended for a third time beyond May 17, but more restrictions may be further eased in areas that are not at hig...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6609 | by Staff reporter
Concern grows over missing MDC trio
THERE are rising fears that three MDCAlliance youth leaders who went missing this week were abducted, amid demands by the opposition party, civil soci...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border fence row escalates in South Africa
South Africa's main opposition on Friday criticised that country's Public Works and Infrastructure minister for the massive expenditure amounting to R...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:32hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Former legislator calls for govt to lockdown Plumtree supermarket
Former MDC Legilstaor for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has called the government of Zimbabwe to shutdown the Gains Cash and Carry store in Pumtree sayin...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 09:14hrs | 1784 | by Stephen Jakes
Closing Down the Kariba Kapenta Fishery a Grave Error - Stakeholders
In this piece our Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio, Environment and Tourism Correspondent, Laiton Kandawire, chronicles the feelings of hopelessness...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 455 | by Laiton Kandawire
Binga flood victims getting more help from donors than from govt
Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda has said the flood victims in his constituency have been getting more help from donors more than wh...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 10:17hrs | 533 | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Tsholotsho man slits open father's throat
A Tsholotsho man, suspected to be suffering from a mental illness, cut open his father's throat in a gruesome murder.Villagers quickly apprehended...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:24hrs | 2789 | by Moyo Roy
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 694 | by Stephen Jakes
ZAPU programme of the handover of flood relief items to Binga community.
On Friday 20/03/2020 ZAPU held a Handover Ceremony of Donated Goods for Binga Flood Victims at its Offices at Rudd Road in Byo, after Invites were mad...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 16:53hrs | 712 | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU mourns the passing of chief Ndiweni's mother
Zimbabwe African People's Union has joined the families of Masuku, Ndiweni and indeed Nhlambabaloyi in Ntabazinduna on the untimely passing on of Mama...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1472 | by Stephen Jakes
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