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Zanu-PF mourns Prof Mararike
Zanu-PF has mourned Professor Claude Mararike, describing him as an astute Pan-African thinker who devoted intellectual labour to the betterment of Zimbabwe.Prof Mararike, who was a senior Soc...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door ARV distribution plans advanced
People living with HIV/AIDS will soon have anti retroviral (ARV) medication delivered to their homes under a programme meant to reduce cases of defaulting and enhance uptake. The programme, which will...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Free land, duty-free equipment for science facilities
Government will provide land free of charge to investors who intend to build facilities for innovation, research and development, while equipment and materials for such centres would be imported duty-...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Zimbawean scientist is saluted in Time's 100 influential persons
A ZIMBABWEAN scientist credited with the discovery of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has been recognised as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.Time 100 is a yearly l...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:45hrs | 2054 | by Staff Reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of condoms hit artisanal miners
Unregistered artisanal miners in Gokwe north district have been hit by an acute shortage of condoms.Artisinal miners in Zenda, Kadonde ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 21:31hrs | 716 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Growing number of Zimbabwe couples opt for child adoption
IN most families, news that a loved one is going to have a child is usually received with joy.But when Kuteesa "Tess" Gweshe and her husband announced that they were going to have two more chi...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
'I slept with mermaids and dead women' Bulawayo Prophet Jay Israel says
South African based Bulawayo Prophet Jacob Dube (aka Jay Israel) has revealed that he slept with spiritual women who stay under the sea and dead women for power exchange. In a thread on Facebo...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 14:32hrs | 4360 | by Mandla Ndlovu
African govts told to 'Shake off donor syndrome'
THE Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) has urged African governments to increase health financing and avoid too much reliance on donor funding.In a letter inviting different countries, inclu...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:52hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube reminded of PWDs
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been reminded to timely release funding for social services for people living with disabilities (PWDs).The reminder came during the 2022 national budget feedb...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | 4639 | by John Mbizvo
Zimbabwe police raid and seize decoders
Police have seized dozens of pieces of illegal television equipment in the latest series of raids on content piracy operations.The recent operation in Harare saw eight retail outlets being rai...Published: 24 May 2022 at 15:51hrs | 3386 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 457 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 588 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Daring thief raids police and prison camps
A DARING thief admitted to breaking into houses of police and prisons and correctional services officers residing at the neighbouring Chimoio Police Depot and Harare Central Prison staff housing and s...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe freezes registration of new NGOs
THE government has frozen the registration of private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and trusts, stoking fears that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has begun a clampdown on non-gover...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate: Workers claim US$150 000
THE family of the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai may not benefit much from the politician's estate as domestic workers and other employees are claiming sa...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 385 | by Miriam Tose Majome
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested for owning OpenView decoders
Eleven people were arrested, and dozens of illegal decoders were seized during police raids over the past two weeks, as police broke a TV-decoder smuggling ring.The cross-border smuggling ring...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 19:09hrs | 5649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maternal mortality halved
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) says Zimbabwe has halved the maternal mortality rate from 960 deaths per 100 000 live births in 2010 to 462 deaths per 100 000 live births in 2019.I...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:49hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
The tragic price of forgetting: Pre-independent Zimbabwe questions still need answers
Zimbabwe is beset by a serious crisis of governance. Infact the same questions we wanted solutions for pre-independence still remain unanswered.We are still in a crisis.This crisis has...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 500 | by Taruberekera Masara
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 8382 | by Staff reporter
'840 000 children drop out of school'
AN estimated 840 000 schoolchildren have quit school since 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19, a United States embassy report on the 2021 state of human rights in Zimbabwe has shown.But g...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Who is really behind the R2bn Tongaat Hulett bid?
WHO sits behind Magister Investments, the prospective new owner of the sugar giant? This mystery is now front and centre in a last-ditch battle by minority shareholders to block the controversial R2 b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 705 | by Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
Lupane men call for traditional sex enhancement supplements ban
LUPANE men have called for a ban on the use of traditional sex enhancement supplements, saying they are fueling new HIV infections.Zimbabwe is on a drive to end new HIV infections by 2030, and...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Sex enhancement supplements fueling HIV
LUPANE men have called for a ban on the use of traditional sex enhancement supplements, saying they are fuelling new HIV infections.Zimbabwe is in a drive to end new HIV infections by 2030, an...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 16:13hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi tells Zimbabwean man to leave very peacefully
A man was thrown out of the meeting between the government and residents of Diepsloot as tempers flared soon after he introduced himself as a Zimbabwean communist party representative.Emotions...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 19:34hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man says he was saved from SA mob by speaking Sepedi
"Go diragalang? [what's happening?]" are the two words that saved a Zimbabwean man from being killed by a mob raiding homes of suspected illegal immigrants in Diepsloot on Wednesday night. The...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 12:12hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Financial Intelligence raids Shangri-La restaurant over pricing
The FINANCIAL Intelligence Unit of Zimbabwe recently raided Shangri-La restaurant for converting prices of a product using an exchange rate above the official rate.According to a letter ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 12:56hrs | 2740 | by Stephen Jakes
Pregnant girls troop back to school
SEVERAL teenage girls in Ntabazinduna who had dropped out of school after falling pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic when schools were closed for the better part of last year have returned to schoo...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman's successful fight against HIV
THE words "we are very sorry, your blood shows that you are HIV positive", gave Ms Sithethelele Nkomo nightmares, confusion, suicidal thoughts and rang in her mind for two good months without disclosi...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 08:54hrs | 223 | by Staff Reporter
Useless UN Rights Chief tells Russia to stop war in Ukraine immediately
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights on Wednesday called Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop the war that she said had caused immeasurable suffering and grief for mi...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:55hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
'Men lagging behind in PrEP uptake'
MALE uptake of interventions to prevent HIV such as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxix (PrEP), has remained low despite improved availability and affordability, health experts have said.PrEP is an effec...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:26hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's drug problem spirals out of control
ABOUT 250 drug addicts are attended to at Ingutsheni Central Hospital monthly amid worries that the number of youths abusing drugs keeps rising in Bulawayo.Statistics from Active Youth Zimbabw...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers decry abuse
SEX workers in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province have said they are subjected to physical and sexual abuse while some of their clients do not want to pay for the services.While prostit...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Biden hopes to topple Putin
Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "butcher" who "cannot remain in power" during a visit to Poland, where he met Ukrainian refugees displaced by ...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Russia optimistic on Zimbabwe investments despite war
RUSSIA is bullish about its investment prospects in Zimbabwe despite the current economic restrictions triggered by the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine by Russia. The Zimbabwe Independen...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:58hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Veteran Masvingo Teachers' College lecturer calls it a day
‘When I have done the work you gave me Lord, give me that crown' is undoubtedly a befitting statement for Tamuka Nyakunhuwa Shumba who recently retired after over three decades at Masvingo Teachers'...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on NGOs could impact election observation
Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial Bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the country.According to senior go...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1041 | by IPS
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Sprouting shebeens rile Makokoba residents
MAKOKOBA residents in Bulawayo have raised concern over an increase in shebeens and drug peddling which they say could be behind a recent spike in criminal activities in the area.Makokoba high...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Why Tsholotsho has highest HIV burden
GROWING up in a poverty-stricken family, and being discriminated against by her own father drove Thabiso Ndlovu straight into the hands of men.The 21-year-old from Maphane Village in Tsholotsh...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
CCC duo reveal abduction ordeal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have revealed horrific accounts of torture, including being forced to sing war songs and drink each other's urine by th...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:31hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean maids lured to slavery in Oman
SCORES of Zimbabwean women employed as domestic workers in Oman are being subjected to deplorable living and working conditions that include constant beatings, overwork, underpayment and forced labour...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Lifting lid on Gukurahundi exposes opposition's ideological bankruptcy
ICONIC Pan-African philosopher Mwalimu Julius Nyerere once opined that those that are politically and intellectually bankrupt turn to ethnicity and religion as their major tool for mobilisation....Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 306 | by Vincent Gono
Matabeleland does not need leaders from Mashonaland, we have our own
"The buzz word "change" in Zimbabwe has generated hope and excitement that will deliver gloom and doom only to be felt and experienced after the elections. Removing Zanupf and E.D Mnangagwa is not Cha...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 06:01hrs | 2964 | by Israel Dube
Anti-human trafficking efforts hit snag, says Minister
THE government has accused law enforcement agents in countries such as Oman of refusing to co-operate with local police to curb human trafficking.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Ne...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa agents hunt for Jonathan Moyo
From fierce clashes in the Zanu-PF politburo meetings after a bitter political fallout over a hotly contested leadership succession during the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule to resorting t...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 7010 | by Staff reporter
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