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BCC mulls tuition fee hike
BULAWAYO city fathers are considering hiking tuition fees at council-run schools next term, arguing the cost of subsidising education, among other services, had sunk the local authority into a $2 mill...Published: 15 hrs ago | 396 | by Staff reporter
Robberies spike in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents have raised concern over the increase in armed robberies taking place in the central business district (CBD) in broad daylight.The knife-wielding robbers corner residents wa...Published: 15 hrs ago | 706 | by Staff reporter
Teen gangster pleads guilty
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Teen attacks man with bricks, robs him
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa slams corrupt business people
FIRST Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has castigated some businesspeople that are creating artificial shortages of products in the market through unjustified price increases and corrupt tendencies saying th...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2757 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under siege over killings
TWO survivors of the August 1, 2018 military shootings, which claimed six lives in the aftermath of last year's highly controversial general election, have dragged government to court, seeking close t...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Bulk domestic electricity users to pay more
DOMESTIC electricity consumers who use more than 50 KWh of electricity every month will be required to pay more for the extra units as Zesa has implemented a lifeline tariff rate to cushion the less p...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC Bulawayo demonstration stopped
A section of Bulawayo business community has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court of Zimbabwe pleading with the court to ban the MDC demonstration planned for Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 9853 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe eyes 400MW from Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will this week dispatch a high-powered team of experts to Mozambique to negotiate for more electricity imports from Hydro Cahora Bassa as authorities continue putting in place measures to i...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Man files US$300,000 lawsuit against wife's lover
A LOCAL businessman who sued his alleged lover for defrauding him did not realise that by doing so he would land in hot soup as he is now being sued by the woman's husband for having an adulterous aff...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Councillors slam 'weak' Gweru internal audit
THE lack of independence in the Gweru City Council's internal audit department is contributing to loss of revenue, affecting good corporate governance at the local authority, a service delivery probe ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual responds to Zimbabwe shareholder who want the Board to resign
Thank you for responding to my request for the Chair and the Board to resign. I am aware that you could not say much because this issue is before the High Court. For you to suggest that these court pr...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 19:19hrs | 2339 | by Old Mutual
Mnangagwa commits to pamper military
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to pamper the country's military with salary upgrades and other benefits to cushion them against the skyrocketing cost of living, while urging the rest o...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2092 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC cross swords
DAGGERS have been drawn between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC over the latter's Friday protests, with Zanu-PF political commissar and Defence deputy mini...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:39hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
MDC protests 'will not happen', claims Matemadanda
A series of planned nationwide protests by the MDC "will not happen", the deputy defence minister Victor Matemadanda declared on Monday.Matemadanda, who previously declared that the army would...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 16:04hrs | 2698 | by ZimLive
'Man behind Milosevic ouster, Arab Spring in Zimbabwe'
A panicked Zimbabwe government claims foreign agents are in the country to help the opposition overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime during protests set to begin on Friday.Home Affai...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | 5909 | by ZimLive
Ignore retrogressive MDC Alliance protests, begs Muchinguri
ZIMBABWEANS should ignore the planned mass protests by the opposition MDC Alliance aimed at toppling the Government as this is retrogressive to development being spearheaded by Zanu-PF across the coun...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Hwange 150MW power plant construction begins
ZIMBABWE Zinghxon Electrical Energy (ZZEE) has begun construction of a 150MW thermal power station in Hwange that is set to boost power generation and stimulate economic growth in the region. ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Two MDC MPs acquitted
MDC Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya and his Redcliff counterpart, Lloyd Mukapiko, were yesterday acquitted of charges of inciting violence during the January fuel price hike protests.Kwekwe magi...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1481 | by Staff Reporter
Joram Gumbo dares ZACC
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs (Implementation and Monitoring) Joram Gumbo has dared the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate him as he says he has a clean record in a...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | 3334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tell lawyers to be advocates of economic justice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged legal practitioners to be instruments of peace building, social cohesion, beacons of equality and advocates of economic justice, as the task of rebuilding a coun...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:27hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe had no friends when the Chinese came to the party
FOLLOWING the collapse of relations with its former Western allies such as the United States and United Kingdom, Zimbabwe turned to China for succour.A notion, usually advanced by the West, th...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 375 | by Editorial - Newsday
'Zanu PF is denying us the right to demos' - true, but thick jail wall is not why we are stuck
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess for one over-riding reason – ignorance. What makes ignorance such a difficult, a near impossible, failing to cure is that the ignorant are rarely awar...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | 1903 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chinese national reports PG to ZACC
As aggrieved Chinese investor based in Midlands, Fung Ying Ge has reported Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over alleged corruption involving the way...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3980 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to fight MDC protests
THE Zanu-PF youth league has threatened to block the demonstrations planned by the opposition MDC party to protest government's poor handling of the economy which it claims has left the majority of pe...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 4243 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for impersonating Perrance Shiri's son
A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man is in trouble after allegedly impersonating Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's son to ostensibly defraud and extort gold from a miner in the Manzou area, Mazowe.The...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to take Mnangagwa head-on
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says his party is now ready to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government head-on and force a lasting solution to the current socio-economic crisis ripping through the na...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | 5651 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua takes one-man show to SA
COMEDIAN Carl Joshua Ncube will be taking his one-man show to South Africa this weekend where he is billed to crack ribs at the ongoing One Night Stands Comedy Festival. The festival, which be...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
'Tollgate fees hike unconstitutional'
THE steep hike in tollgate fees by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is unconstitutional and legislators must unanimously block the move, a top MDC official has said.Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 2733 | by Staff reporter
Nssa squanders millions on luxuries
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) splashed millions of dollars on bad investments, luxuries for board members and hefty salary perks for executive management, at a time when pensioners wer...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Woman kidnaps, assaults hubby's mistress
A woman from Gweru kidnapped and assaulted her husband's mistress whom she accused of trying to destroy her marriage.For her wayward behaviour, Abigail Banda (35) of Mkoba 20 suburb was dragge...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 18:00hrs | 4682 | by Staff reporter
CellMed hikes premiums by 80%
CellMed Health Medical Fund a subsidiary of Cell Insurance Company and one of the few companies that offer self funded medical aid solutions has hiked its premiums by 80%.Cellmed revealed this...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 10:16hrs | 996 | by Ndou Paul
Election time - 'All Lupane schools to have computers'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima has said Government is mobilising resources to digitalise all schools in Lupane district as part of a countrywide exercise to improve lea...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms
FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 447 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Soaring fuel prices and stagnant wages squeeze Zimbabweans
A kilometre-long queue of some 200 commuter buses winds its way around a block of the central business district in Harare, terminating at the forecourt of a petrol station.Its 11:42am and an i...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1926 | by Al Jazeera
Cop, four others in court for robbery
A suspected police officer and his four accomplices who masqueraded as passengers and a taxi driver, have been arraigned on allegations of robbing six unsuspecting passengers and an airtime vendor in ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Mnangagwa's Cabinet
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 12885 | by Staff reporter
Soldier kills Beitbridge worshipper
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army Beitbridge 1 Independent Company at dusk on Saturday allegedly fatally shot a worshipper at a prayer site close to their camp in the border town.Two of t...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2900 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blocks abuses probe team
AT a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration says it is on a drive to re-engage the international community, it has emerged that the government is blocking an International Labour Organisat...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 3567 | by Staff reporter
Zesa says deal with Eskom close
State power utility Zesa has commenced commercial discussions with South Africa's, Eskom, with a view to resume imports and plug a crippling power deficit.Zesa used to supplement a far less po...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | 3395 | by Staff reporter
Hwange sues Chinese firm
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Chinese firm, Taiyuan Sanxing Company Limited and Hwange Coal Gasification Company (PVT) Ltd to surrender a cok...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Two jailed for fake gold fraud
TWO gold fraudsters have been sentenced to four months in prison for selling a Bulawayo man fake gold for US$150 and ZWL $450. Sebastian Gwande (32) and Lovemore Netha (34) from Cowdray Park s...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
All set for 2019 book fair
VETERAN author Stanley Nyamfukudza and renowned South African social scientist Simphiwe Sesanti will be the keynote speakers at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair set to run f...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's Cosafa can f-off
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister, Kirsty Coventry, says a lot of work needs to be done to "sort out" sport in Zimbabwe following the announcement by COSAFA to suspend the Warriors from next ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to conduct rummage sale
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to conduct a rummage sale auction of forfeited and uncleared motor vehicles and goods for Harare Ports at Harare Show Ground Rajiuv Gandhi Hall.The au...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 15:15hrs | 2523 | by Ndou Paul
MDC MP builds police station
MDC legislator for Chiwundura, Livingstone Chimina, has embarked on a project to build a police sub-station in Woodlands in order to minimise criminal activities.When Southern Eye visited the ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 3258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation: The horses have bolted Mr President!
WHEN Zimbabwe gained independence from colonial rule on April 18, 1980 and when the new born country replaced the Rhodesian dollar with the Zimbabwean dollar, that currency was initially more valuable...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 601 | by Editorial - Newsday
The Avenues Clinic donates to Chipinge district hospital
The Avenues Clinic is Harare's premium hospital which is the go-to facility for patients seeking private hospitalisation, advanced theatre facilities and critical care in the capital. The hospital whi...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 12:17hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
The corruption commission
The Zimbabwe Corruption Commission (ZACC) just like all other Zimbabwean commissions is a joke and a total worst of the tax payers' money. It is for the so called commissioners' pirks and good life an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 20:56hrs | 2480 | by Clemen Moyo
Govt moves to tackle gold leakages
The government will meet gold producers at various buying centres so as to ascertain why a significant number of small-scale producers continue to sidestep Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) and smu...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:15hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
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