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'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1859 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZCTU vaccines case hit snag
The High Court has struck off the roll with costs an urgent application by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), seeking to prohibit employers including Government from compelling unvaccinated...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:20hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regime treating citizens like rubbish
IF the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, it would have been a huge hit, guaranteed my undying devotion and following — as it has proven to be thoroughly amusing, with its c...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 222 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Anti-govt protest cases crumble
NINE Harare and Chegutu residents have been set free after being hauled before the courts on charges of committing public violence for allegedly participating in last year's anti-government demonstrat...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 1047 | by Stephen Jakes
Arenel gets SEZs status
ONE of Bulawayo's top companies, Arenel Private Limited, has been granted a special economic zone (SEZ) status, a decision meant to add impetus to the firm's production efficiencies. A SEZ is ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets needing limbs declines
THE number of ex-combatants needing artificial limbs for injuries sustained during the armed liberation struggle has been falling over the years, the Defence and War Veterans ministry has revealed....Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:48hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime the one destabilizing country and inciting unrest by treating citizens like rubbish
If the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, they would have been a huge hit, and guaranteed my undying devotion and following - as they have proven to be thoroughly amusing, wit...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:39hrs | 1209 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
380 Zimbabwean teachers commit suicide
EVEN though suicide is considered the 19th most common cause of death in Zimbabwe, a slew of suicides by teachers have shocked the country.According to the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimba...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Gweru defaulters face water cuts
Gweru City Council will from Monday start the process of disconnecting water to defaulting ratepayers.In a statement yesterday, the local authority said it could only offer adequate services i...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube set for another operation
ZIMBABWE international forward, Prince Dube, is set to face six more weeks on the sidelines after he was taken to South Africa this week for surgery. The Tanzania-based striker was set to go u...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks release of 'smuggled' vehicles
The High Court has blocked the release by Zimra of vehicles imported by 53 people as it is suspected they were brought into the country using fake import licences in what is a far-reaching swathe of s...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill man in home raid
A Bulawayo man was shot dead at his home by four suspected armed robbers in an attack that left his neighbour with gunshot wounds. The man's family talked about the devastation of losing a loved one f...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
$60 million windfall to Mwonzora gives away Mnangagwa's game plan
THE swift allocation of funds under the Political Parties Finance Act to the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC- T by the government clearly reveals the aim by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF to d...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 6492 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma freed
FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole, the department of correctional services confirmed on Sunday.The department said in a statement: "Medi...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 20:04hrs | 2230 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes first payment to Paris Club in 20 years
ZIMBABWE says it has made its first debt repayment to a group of creditor countries known as the "Paris Club" under a refreshed plan to clear up to US$10,7 billion owed to several multilateral funders...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:06hrs | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Will the IMF US$961m windfall rescue Zimbabwe?
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Covid-19 has caused substantial long-term global macroeconomic environment change, and the pandemic inflicted long-term scars on the global economy....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 237 | by Learnmore Nyamudzanga
Govt investigates abuse of war vets
THE Government has reportedly launched an investigation into the alleged ill-treatment of veterans of the liberation struggle employed by various local authorities in the country.The investiga...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:57hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Robbers pepper spray and sjambok security guards
SECURITY guards at Pelandaba Skills Centre are nursing wounds after two robbers pepper sprayed and brutally attacked them with a sjambok and an iron rod.The incident happened at around 2am on ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:41hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Sex-treatment 'prophet' has rape conviction and 22-year sentence quashed
A self-styled prophet jailed for 22 years in July 2017 for raping two women is a free man after the High Court quashed his conviction and sentence.Grace Ministries founder Onbert Mapfumo, now ...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga impostor treated for free
A 35-YEAR-OLD Harare man was treated for free at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after he misrepresented as Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga. Marlon Katiyo, who is of no fixed abode, appear...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks at Zanu-PF Manicaland meeting
TEMPERS flared at a Zanu-PF meeting in Manicaland on Saturday with party provincial chairman Mike Madiro exchanging harsh words with Mutare district co-ordination committee (DCC) chairperson Benali Ta...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Loga mourns defensive troubles
DEFENDER Alec Mudimu has been ruled out of today's World Cup qualifier against South Africa, further complicating issues for Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušic, who will go into the battle without a re...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema is still alive
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema is alive contrary to reports that he has died. News of Mathema's alleged death started circulating on social median after reports said...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 20:25hrs | 5184 | by Staff reporter
'General Chiwenga' in court
A 35-year-old Harare man has appeared in court on allegations of misrepresenting to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals as General Chiwenga in a bid to evade paying hospital bills.Marlon Katiyo wh...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:37hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
1978 war victims wallow in poverty
Tens of people injured during the infamous Kamungoma massacre on May 14 1978 in Dewende, Gutu including some who are living with bullets lodged in their bodies are wallowing in poverty because of lack...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:02hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo poor water quality sees increase in waterborne diseases
BULAWAYO is recording an increase in waterborne diseases as the local authourity grapples with inconsistences in the city's water quality despite its treatment chemicals meeting national standards. ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mdc-Alliance and United Party for National Development cooperating against the Zimbabwean government
The MDC-Alliance has proclaimed that its relations with the United Parties for National Development (UPND) have scaled new heights following the latter's win in Zambia's 12th of August 2021 elections....Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:34hrs | 2118 | by Staff Reporter
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 363 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
Calls for Jacob Zuma's 3 children to be arrested
South African opposition party Democratic Alliance has issued a statement calling upon the South African Police Service (SAPS) to urgently expedite the arrests of 3 of jailed Jacob Zuma's children; Du...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 17:11hrs | 3664 | by Mandla Ndlovu
7 die in Honde Valley accident
SEVEN people died while 13 others were seriously injured after a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road, overturned once and landed on its side in Honde Valley, Manicaland province, on Su...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Do we need more diseases that freak out our leaders for them to finally attend to crumbling health care system?
It is really strange, in fact, creepy, how people appear freaked out and terrified by the thought of death and dying.Honestly, as much as most of us are not suicidal, and not actively seeking ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 17:37hrs | 239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangawa told to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s government has been asked to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents. In a statement issued by Heal Zimbabwe Trust to mark the Internatio...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 09:52hrs | 1944 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prince surprises Warriors technical staff
THE Warriors technical team were yesterday surprised to see Prince Dube featuring and scoring for his Tanzanian club, Azam, in a pre-season friendly match against Kabwe Warriors of Zambia. The f...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic principal Gilbert Mabasa succumbs to Covid-19
Bulawayo Polytechnic principal Gilbert Mzenzi Mabasa has succumbed to Covid-19, colleagues said.The 65-year-old - popularly known as The Teacher - died at Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo on Fri...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:10hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private schools demand own calendar
PRIVATE schools are reportedly insisting on sticking to their own calendar, arguing that their pupils have been attending lessons online during the period public schools were closed.Earlier th...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Companies challenge ZCTU over unvaccinated workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s court challenge against compulsory vaccination of workers has suffered a major blow after government and several private entities cited as respondents di...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 deaths still high'
HEALTH experts have warned against complacency, saying that although official COVID-19 figures were falling, the country was still at risk of a fourth wave.In a joint statement, the College of...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Jomo Sono mourns Shaya
JOMO SONO has showered George Shaya with the ultimate compliment, describing him as the finest attacking footballer to come out of Zimbabwe. The beautiful game is mourning the death of the legendary f...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1428 | by Jamwanda
Moderna starts human trials of experimental mRNA HIV vaccine
United States pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna last Wednesday started trials of its experimental mRNA HIV vaccine.Moderna has enrolled 56 healthy adults without HIV to test the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58hrs | 4986 | by Staff reporter
$270m hospital for Zimbabwe chefs only?
GOVERNMENT has committed close to $270 million towards construction of a VVIP hospital at Manyame Airbase in Harare and the structure is almost complete, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has disclosed....Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Things you should know about engineered wood flooring
There are many reasons to choose engineered oak flooring over solid hardwood floors. Engineered wood floors are becoming more popular because they have a top layer made of concrete and natural oak woo...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 10:53hrs | 683 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe genocide will never be resolved as long as perpetrators given VVIP treatment
This morning, Zimbabwe woke up to the welcome news of the long-awaited arrest of the man accused of marrying a 14 year old girl, who tragically passed away on 15 July 2021, whilst giving birth at a Jo...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 17:35hrs | 882 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Loga warns Zifa
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic has urged his Zifa bosses to sort out players' allowances for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, early, to avoid "the mistakes of the past."Reac...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
ZESA under fire for 'selective' load shedding
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo have accused the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's (ZESA) of bias in its load shedding schedule with some suburbs experiencing power cuts for hours while other areas have n...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Employers adopt no jab, no entry policy
TAKING a cue from government, several companies in Zimbabwe are making proof of vaccination a prerequisite for employees to enter their premises in a bid to curb the spread of the novel virus....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opens for severe COVID-19 cases
BULAWAYO'S Ekusileni Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, has begun admitting severe COVID-19 cases.The facility was reopened last month, with two patients, ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Further surgery for poisoned Jacob Zuma
Former South African president Jacob Zuma will undergo further surgery this coming week, following a surgical procedure on Saturday. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2083 | by Staff reporter
105-year-old granny dies
ZANU-PF Politburo member Headman Moyo has lost his mother, Mrs Thenjiwe Moyo (nee Ncube) who passed on at the age of 105.She succumbed to pneumonia at home in Mbembesi under Chief Mabhikwa are...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
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