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Woman begs court to 'force' husband to indulge in sex with her
WHAT do you do when you're married and your partner doesn't want to indulge in sex anymore?Such is the dilemma being faced by a 50-year-old woman from Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Woman rips hubby's scrotum
IN a shocking incident of domestic violence, a Bulawayo woman allegedly ‘severed' her estranged husband's scrotum and penis with her nails apparently in anger after she was reportedly served with a ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 4 hrs ago | 388 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens grip on power
LAST week's move by the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) is a brazen attempt to consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power while emascul...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga anger forces Chiwenga to abort trip
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was last week forced to abort a trip to Chilonga communal lands, where over 12 000 villagers are facing eviction after angry traditional leaders told Masvingo provi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 4 hrs ago | 342 | by Staff reporter
Looting scandal sucks in deputy minister
INDUSTRY and Commerce deputy minister and Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has been caught in an equipment stripping scandal after he allegedly received materials looted by the judicial manager of a...Published: 4 hrs ago | 808 | by Staff reporter
Idolisation of champions of corruption
We are just two days away from celebrating Zimbabwe's independence from the shackles of colonialism. For some painful years, we have been trying to decide how best we can fight the cancerous worm of c...Published: 4 hrs ago | 118 | by Sharon Hofisi
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 4 hrs ago | 314 | by Eddie cross
Raw deal for Air Zimbabwe creditors
HUNDREDS of Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) creditors, including over 300 ex-workers will be paid various debts accrued by the airline before it plunged into administration in Zimbabwe dollars at a rate of US$1...Published: 4 hrs ago | 171 | by Staff reporter
Payment delays affect power projects
THE developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorg...Published: 4 hrs ago | 79 | by Staff reporter
Duty hikes to affect BAT volumes
VOLUMES at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed cigarette producer, British American Tobacco (BAT) will remain under pressure until the second half of 2021 as recent excise duty hikes may trigger price ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
John Deere expands firm's construction equipment portfolio to Zimbabwe
JOHN Deere is expanding its construction equipment line-up to 18 countries, including Zimbabwe, where Deere-branded construction products were previously not available.The company already supp...Published: 4 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo seeks acquittal after State dithers on graft trial
CORRUPTION accused former health minister Obadiah Moyo has told a Harare court he would now be seeking his removal from remand after prosecutors have been delaying his trial.Moyo has been on r...Published: 4 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Business frets over third Covid-19 wave
BUSINESS is fretting over the possibility of a Covid-19 third wave, with captains of industry warning this week another stringent lockdown would push the economy over the brink.There have been...Published: 4 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
Landmark ruling on vehicle plates
GOVERNMENT has been ordered to reimburse motorists who paid for new vehicle registration plates in foreign currency since July last year, but failed to get them.In a landmark ruling on Wednesd...Published: 4 hrs ago | 363 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's PHD authentic, says Nyagura
FORMER University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura has denied single-handedly awarding a Doctor of Philosophy Degree to former First Lady Grace Mugabe, insisting though that the degree wa...Published: 4 hrs ago | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 4 hrs ago | 296 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets 350 000 ha of irrigable land in next 3 years
Government has made plans to activate and operationalise 350 000 hectares of irrigable land in the next three years.Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka revealed this in Parliament while respon...Published: 4 hrs ago | 49 | by Staff reporter
'Politicisation of aid rampant during COVID-19 lockdown'
The COVID-19-induced lockdown exposed vulnerable Zimbabweans to food aid discrimination on political grounds, a report by a human rights watchdog has said.The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) , in...Published: 4 hrs ago | 24 | by Staff reporter
Gweru introduces electronic parking system
GWeRU City Council, in partnership with City Parking (Pvt) Limited, has rolled out an automated pre-paid parking system to replace the manual system that has long been condemned by motorists as open t...Published: 4 hrs ago | 83 | by Staff reporter
We've enough water for wheat irrigation, says Masuka
AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka yesterday said the country had enough water to meet winter irrigation targets following the heavy rains received between November last year and last month.S...Published: 4 hrs ago | 28 | by Staff reporter
Transport shortage grounds Harare council
HARARE City Council is failing to provide services, mainly refuse collection, due to a shortage of vehicles, the latest minutes of the environmental management committee meeting show.The commi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 52 | by Staff reporter
Rural District Council demands refund from vehicle dealer
CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) was left counting its losses and is now seeking to recover over $6 158 120 from embattled Solution Motors, a vehicle dealer that was recently blacklisted by the P...Published: 4 hrs ago | 64 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for property developer
HARARE property developer George Katsimberis, who is accused of duping his partner in the Madokero housing project, was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to attend court....Published: 4 hrs ago | 116 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu introduces vehicle clamping
CHIVHU town has introduced clamping and tow away by-laws in a move to decongest its central business district and increase its revenue base.According to a letter by the Chikomba Rural District...Published: 4 hrs ago | 56 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South men take up women's domestic roles: Report
MOST men in Matabeleland South have assumed the role of fetching water for domestic use, a task usually regarded as feminine, a recent research has established.A Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessm...Published: 4 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's proposed Patriotic Bill: Whither Zimbabwe at 41?
ACCORDING to the permanent secretary in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry Virginia Mabhiza, as quoted in The Sunday Mail on October 4 2020, her ministry drafted principles of a "Pa...Published: 4 hrs ago | 79 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Zimbabwe must push for virtual law firms
WITH technology being a catalyst for change, it has empowered various business sectors to increase productivity. With all the negative impact that COVID-19 has come with, we can all admit that it has ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 32 | by Gracious Kaunda
Residents should only pay for services provided
IN an article https://www.herald.co.zw/ councils-shoulder-blame-for-poor-service-delivery/ on November 15, 2019, Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe president and Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe was quo...Published: 4 hrs ago | 69 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Green Bombers Zanu-PF's election trump card
ZANU PF government's hunger to retain power at all costs has reached unprecedented levels as evidenced by its recent decision to reintroduce the controversial National Youth Service training programme...Published: 4 hrs ago | 81 | by Staff reporter
ZC backs ban on 'greedy, selfish' Streak
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani says the eight-year ban handed to former national team all-rounder and coach Heath Streak for corruption is the sport's darkest day in the country. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Matopo community constructs new school
VILLAGERS in Matopo's ward 5, Matabeleland South province, have come together with their relatives in the diaspora to contribute towards the construction of a school after noticing that their children...Published: 4 hrs ago | 86 | by Staff reporter
Digitalisation to usher 12 new TV stations in ZImbabwe
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the transformation of the media landscape from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting will improve signal ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 133 | by Staff reporter
Cop pips head with bullet in shock suicide
A JUNIOR police officer stationed at Ruda police in Hauna, Mutasa district shot and killed himself with an FN Rifle while on duty.Police confirmed the incident and said investigations were in ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 500 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Customer scalding shebeen queen spared jail
A 34-YEAR-OLD shebeen queen from Ntabazinduna Flats in Mzilikazi suburb escaped jail for scalding her colleague who was demanding US$2 change from her. Brilliance Hlomayi took a kettle from th...Published: 4 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
Tanganda to relist on ZSE
ZIMBABWE'S largest producer and distributor of tea and other beverages, Tanganda Tea Company Limited, is expected to relist on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) after over a decade of absence. This wi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 4 hrs ago | 229 | by Staff reporter
Census preparations begin
TRAINED enumerators will from Tuesday next week commence the mapping exercise in all provinces ahead of the 2021 census which will be conducted in May. This time, enumeration will be done thro...Published: 4 hrs ago | 88 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts disrupt Mpilo radiotherapy services
THE recently resuscitated radiotherapy machine at Mpilo Central Hospital which started working on Tuesday may not last as incessant power cuts being experienced in the city have left the department's ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born pathologist stirs controversy
Dr David Fowler, a South African-trained pathologist who was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been testifying for the defence in the murder trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charg...Published: 4 hrs ago | 293 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robber rearrested
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects believed to be part of Musa Taj Abdul's gang, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26) has been rearrested on allegations of committing a spate of heists co...Published: 4 hrs ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
ZTN ready to hit screens
ZIMPAPERS Television Network (ZTN) which was last year awarded a broadcasting licence along with other five stations, has welcomed yesterday's digital switch-over and is ready to roll out programming....Published: 4 hrs ago | 92 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for incest with three minor sons
A 58-year-old Beatrice woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing her three minor sons. The woman sexually abused her sons twins aged eight and a six-year-old. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira applies for separation of trial
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira has applied for separation of trial in a matter in which she is jointly charged with ex-Public Service Commission (PSC) permanent Secretary Ngoni Masoka on cor...Published: 4 hrs ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Petition launched against reintroduction of 'green bombers'
ZIMBABWEANS have started an online petition against government's planned reintroduction of the controversial National Youth Service Training Programme in the country.This comes after governmen...Published: 4 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over Mozambique attacks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised fears that the insurgency in Mozambique could spill over into Zimbabwe - urging local communities, especially those in Manicaland, to be on high alert.S...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3286 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Opposition worried about recurrence of Mugabe era barbarities
THE imminent return of the national youth service training programme has triggered jitters among many in the opposition who have bad memories of the project's cadets.The programme's recruits w...Published: 16 hrs ago | 599 | by Staff reporter
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