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ZB directors mull liquidation and surrendering licence
With three months left before year-end, it is now crunch time for ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH), which is currently under increased pressure to recapitalise its building society within the grace period...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrant up for cable theft, tries to bribe cop with R100
An Illegal Zimbabwean national, Crispen Chinowuyita (26), abandoned his bail application at the Pretoria Magistrates' Court on Friday, 30 September.The Illegal Zimbabwean is facing charges of ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Hwange 'explosion' blackouts Zimbabwe
THE major power blackout that hit Zimbabwe on Tuesday and Wednesday was reportedly a result of a massive explosion at Hwange Power Station's power generation Unit 4 on Tuesday, NewsDay Weekender has b...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
14 CCC members' bail bid rejected
The group of 14 CCC members, facing charges of assault, arson and looting after the violence that rocked Nyatsime area after Moreblessing Ali was kidnapped and murdered by a former boyfriend, have had...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps sick hubby, moves in with married lover
IN a sad love story, a woman from Bulawayo abandoned her husband of 20 years after he suffered a stroke and allegedly eloped to her married lover who also reportedly dumped his wife to accommodate her...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 2290 | by Staff reporter
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 1386 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso, FC Platinum clash
THE country's best two teams - FC Platinum and Highlanders - in the second-half of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season face off at the weekend in an all-to-play-for encounter at Barbourfield...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena the untouchable ZANU PF maverick
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been a long standing divisive and problematic child of the ruling party ZANU PF and he seems to be an untouchable maverick within the party....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 16:16hrs | 958 | by John Mutengambiri
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1648 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Truck driver jailed for stealing fuel
A HARARE truck driver has been jailed four years for stealing 43 652 litres of fuel worth US$40 814, and replacing it with water to hide the theft.Paul Mberi (51) was arrested at Chirundu Bord...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to return soon
Zimbabwe's ruling party wants the country to revert to using the local currency as its sole means of exchange."I am very confident it's a matter of time" before that happens, Christopher Mutsv...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:34hrs | 10353 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Biti in another Stalingrad move
CCC vice president Tendai Biti yesterday continued with his application for referral of his assault case to the Constitutional Court insisting that the presiding magistrate, Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti, and...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's concept of 'development' is to impoverish citizens then come in as 'saviors'!
Picture these scenes in Zimbabwe. A group of urban dwellers gather in the scorching sun, awaiting President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's much anticipated arrival, in order to officially hando...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:29hrs | 493 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The different shades of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe
Does Zimbabwe still have a formidable opposition party in the mould of Zapu led by the late Dr Joshua Nkomo (before Unity government) or the MDC led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai?This is no...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:02hrs | 228 | by AT Kadada
Nust students centre nears completion
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans fro...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku should apologise, says Biti
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president and lawyer Tendai Biti has slammed Lovemore Madhuku over unsolicited advice the opposition party should abandon the current legal path and instead ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:25hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't blame anyone for failing to fully benefit from British colonial rule
What does Britain mean?In fact, where is the name London, or for that matter, England derived?Britain is a derivative of the Latin name, 'Brittannia', or 'Britannia' - whilst, London i...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:06hrs | 499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If only Zimbabwe also had a respectable leader whom we could revere as the British do their Queen!
As the British, and others around the world, mourn the death of their dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday, at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland - I cannot help admire and be mov...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:59hrs | 627 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biti criticises magistrate
The assault trial of Tendai Biti resumed today with him claiming that Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti was making biased rulings and decisions, which were breaching his rights.Biti, who...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
West's double standards on coal slammed
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday slammed the West's double standards that discourage African countries from generating power from coal while ignoring the fact that these first world countries developed t...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pleads with SA
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called on South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party and other political parties in the neighbouring country t...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3054 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti trial to continue next week
The assault trial for Tendai Biti will continue on September 8 after it was yesterday deferred by Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti.Biti for the past two months has been repeating what h...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Where is Generation Z age group born 2000-2004? The missing '1.5 million voters'
More than 1.5 million people turn18 since the last general election, and these youngest eligible Generation Z (Gen Z), Gen Zers or Zoomers form a diverse, active, and potentially decisive voting bloc ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 252 | by Farai Chirimumimba
'Chamisa fear that Sikhala will overthrow him'
Outspoken former Zanu-PF youth leader Jim Kunaka has accused Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa of deliberate failure to step up calls for Job Sikhala's release out of fear t...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:40hrs | 3836 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's former adviser form his own party
UNITED STATES-BASED Maxwell Shumba (MS), a former chief adviser to the late MDC leader and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has decided to form his own party, Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst), ...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:38hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers junior cops
GOVERNMENT has resuscitated long-abandoned allowances for police officers, resulting in junior cops now earning more than their superiors, a development which has caused disgruntlement in the law enfo...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Biti's trial continues
The assault trial for Tendai Biti continued today with him carrying on with his application for the matter to be referred to the Apex Court.Biti is facing charges of manhandling a Zimbabwean i...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
'Man is mine' fight erupts'
IN a typical "the man is mine" fight, two women from Bulawayo are allegedly involved in a nasty battle over the heart of a man they both claim is their husband. Elizabeth Dube (49) from Mzilikazi subu...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Stadium dream suffered stillbirth
TSHOLOTSHO resident Meluleki Sibanda is a disappointed man.He still remembers the day he witnessed what was supposed to be the birth of a new era in Tsholotsho District.The constructio...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:03hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rebrands Green Bombers; lessons to start at ECD level
MONTHS after re-introducing the much-feared national youth service (NYS), commonly referred to as green bombers, government is considering new plans to rebrand the brigade which include introduction o...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 21:28hrs | 13062 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime has turned Zimbabweans into the laughing stock of the world!
I remember those yesteryears of international travel in my childhood, as if they were only a few days ago!How, when I was chosen to represent Zimbabwe and the southern African region at a scou...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:24hrs | 1154 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa wants to get rid of the dictator, not the dictatorship
What I am raising is difficult to write but it must be written. Just for the removal of any doubts, dictatorship and all its tenants are evil. It is a vehicle that has been hijacked by ZANU PF, the mi...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:15hrs | 554 | by Sam Wezhira
Residents, businesses confront BCC over parking
BULAWAYO residents and business owners have confronted the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over its new parking management system being implemented in partnership with Tendy Three Investments (TTI)....Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cracks down on nurses' strike organisers
The Zimbabwe government is cracking down on organisers of a nurses' strike which has already seen a union president fired from work.In June, the country's nurses downed tools at most public ho...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 20:55hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri under fire over army company operations
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri was on Wednesday cornered by independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa over the opaque investments and business dealings of army-owned company Rusununguko Nkululeko ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:06hrs | 3658 | by Staff reporter
Magaya gold mine workers picket his hotel over unpaid 'slave wages'
Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader, Walter Magaya is reportedly embroiled in a protracted salary dispute with workers at his Shamva gold mine, who picketed his Yadah Hotel in H...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:19hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga shoots first beast in the resuscitation of CSC
THE revamped Cold Storage Company(CSC)-Boustead Beef factory, which resumed operations yesterday after 22 years of closure, will never be allowed to collapse again as its re-opening is anchored on ren...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Biti's application for magistrate recusal dismissed
Tendai Biti's bid to have Harare regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti recused from handling his assault case has failed after it was dismissed due to lack of merit.Biti is facing charges ...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:48hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has propensity to fail
I AM thoroughly enjoying tutoring my son, in preparation for his Ordinary Level examinations - although, the task can be demanding, at times - nevertheless, the experience is quite fulfilling and a ne...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 269 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Contractor shifts gear up to complete civil servants' flats
FACED with financial challenges, some contractors halt or abandon projects in a huff, but Pevimag Contractors, has broken that tradition by getting a $45 million loan from a local bank to make sure th...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
More than 260,000 on waiting list for land, says Minister
Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka has said at least 260,000 people are on the waiting list to be allocated farms.Masuka was speaking during a field day in Kwekwe, before putting unproductive...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: Int'yenzayo, Aaron Motsoaledi siyayizonda!
There was a demonstration yesterday in Hilbrow - Zimbabweans of all tribes, colour and creed coming together to plead with the Home office to please extend their permits. Well, you might not have hear...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 15:04hrs | 1368 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt abandons SA diaspora
THE Zimbabwe government has confirmed that it will not assist its citizens based in South Africa facing deportation in December after the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) with Foreign A...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:23hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Brito vows to end 31 match winless run
HIGHLANDERS coach Baltermar Brito has dismissed the 31-match winless streak that Bosso have endured outside Bulawayo as nothing more than a statistic and has vowed to bring it to an end when his team ...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten railway tracks
SMALL-scale chrome miners have invaded Mapanzure area in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, where they are conducting illegal mining activities along the Gweru-Zvishavane railway line, amid growing fears ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra guerilla now a successful farmer
EX-ZIPRA guerrilla Moses Moyo is a beneficiary of the land reform programme and owns a plot under the A1 model in Makokomba village in Umguza District. He now has what he fought for – the land....Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Why are we placing our lives and livelihoods at risk when ordinary Zimbabweans unwilling to play their part for a New Zimbabwe?
There are things we all as human beings keep bottled up in our hearts and minds - usually for long periods of time.These could be hurts...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:26hrs | 3089 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Fuyana: The warrior who delivered the fatal blow on Major Allan Wilson
DEEP down in the hills of rural Matobo District sits Mbembeswana, a humble and unassuming village. But, humble as it may appear, it is where the remains of one of the greatest Ndebele warriors, Chief ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flags barren Zanu-PF leadership
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed government's 2022 Mid-Term budget statement as a blatant certification to citizen poverty adding the fiscal blueprint was reflec...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 1963 | by Staff reporter
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