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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 | 364 | 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 | 10448 | 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 | 4602 | 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 | 916 | 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 | 930 | 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 | 2051 | 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 | 708 | 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 | 3521 | 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 | 11080 | 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 | 2549 | 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 | 629 | 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 | 1397 | 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 | 781 | 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 | 975 | 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 | 1786 | 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 | 1544 | 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 | 1037 | 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 | 298 | 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 | 315 | 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 | 602 | 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 | 1741 | 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 | 1040 | 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 | 931 | 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 | 6577 | 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 | 988 | 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 | 1034 | 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 | 1762 | 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 | 443 | 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 | 518 | 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 | 2717 | 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 | 683 | 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 | 700 | 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 | 1457 | by Stephen Jakes
Uncle rapes niece (13) bribes her with jiggies
A MAN fromn Matobo is in trouble after he allegedly raped his niece (13) several times before giving her jiggies as bribe for her not to report the ab...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1852 | by Steve Grays
Father gets suspended jail term for abusing children
A Hwange man who abused his three children has been slapped with a wholly suspended six months jail term.The man (36) abused his children many...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 679 | by Stephen Jakes
Baron Dube's murder trial fails to resume
THE trial of gold dealer, Baron Dube, who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in Esigodini following a dispute, yesterday failed...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:31hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must know that Zanu-PF is not God'
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must know that his party Zanu PF is not God and Zi...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1744 | by Stephen Jakes
Thugs terrorise revellers in Tsholotsho business centre
A group of thugs recently pounced on at a Tsholotsho business centre attacking revellers after a misunderstanding over unclear circumstances.S...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1247 | by Stephen Jakes
Gweru top cop trial kicks off
THE trial of officer-in-charge CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhib...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Teen fatally strikes rival suitor
A TEENAGER from Filabusi who fatally struck a rival suitor with a brick on the head in a fight over a 13-year-old girl was yesterday sentenced to an e...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
New dam commissioned in Plumtree
A newly constructed dam has been commssioned in in the Bulilima District of Matabeleland South courtesy of Amalima , an organisation funded by the USA...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 864 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube want banks to increase interest rates on savings deposits
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has implored banks to consider increasing interest rates on savings deposits so as to...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:34hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
96 cases of harassment recorded in January 2020
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has indicated that 96 cases of harassment and intimidation were recorded in the country in January.In its latest re...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 16:03hrs | 641 | by Stephen Jakes
Hubby flees for dear life leaves wife to be raped by their attack
A Matobo man failed to protect his wife and ran for dear leaving her to be raped by a man who attacked them when they were coming from church....Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 15:59hrs | 4143 | by Stephen Jakes
Rains disrupt Clean up campaign
Heavy rains of Friday disrupted the National clean up campaign which was being officiated by Vice President Kembo Mohadi in Maphisa Matabeleland...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 479 | by Stephen Jakes
Drought in Plumtree shocks Tourism Minister Ndlovu
Ravaging drought in parts of Plumtree has shocked Minister of Industry and Commerce Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu after he visited his fields in the are...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 11:22hrs | 1511 | by Stephen Jakes
Villager jailed nine years for stealing beast
A Hwange villager who stole his neighbour's ox has been slapped with an effective nine years in jail for stock theft.Elvis Moyo (30) of Chacha...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 691 | by Stephen Jakes
MLF does not condone criminal activities
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said it does not condone acts of criminality in its people following an i...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 932 | by Stephen Jakes
Man stabbed by friend in beer brawl
A BULILIMA man is battling for life at the Plumtree District Hospital after he was stabbed with an okapi knife in the head and ribs by his friend in a...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1426 | by Staff Reporter
15 machete wielding gangsters raid gold mine
TWO men who were part of a 15 men gang armed with machetes, axes and logs have been arrested for allegedly raiding and stealing gold ore at a mine in ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1451 | by Staff Reporter
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