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Crime in Harare increases
There appears to have been a major increase in crime, including violent crime, in Harare, judging by reports received by Safeguard Security from its customers and other sources.In an update to...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1790 | by Agencies
Man kills friend over cigarettes
POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed another from Pumula East suburb to death following a row over cigarettes at a party in December. Ezra Ncube (34) from Pumula East...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 31, several displaced
At least 31 people have died in Manicaland's Chimanimani district as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.There are fears that the death toll is much high...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 24 people in Chimanimani East
Government has announced that the number of deaths due to Cyclone Idai is confirmed at 24 mainly from Chimanimani East.The Government through the Civil Protection Unit has informed citizens th...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 10:50hrs | 6625 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe
THE eastern parts of the country should expect rainfall and windy conditions with effect from today as Cyclone Idai hits the country, the Meteorological Services Department, said yesterday. In a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:52hrs | 2582 | by Staff reporter
'Beer binge victim' murdered, says family
THE FAMILY of a man, who was previously reported to have died from an alcohol binge, is seeking justice, as it has emerged that he could have been murdered under unclear circumstances.Police h...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:00hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cremation machine impounded by SA authorities
Tax authorities in South Africa have seized a crematorium machine from Japan headed for Bulawayo in a payment dispute, according to the city council. The machine is used in the disposal of a d...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit probes PSMAS
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special unit on anti-corruption is investigating alleged rampant abuse of funds at the government-owned Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) amid claims that top...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:55hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
56 pupils eat jatropha fruits, hospitalised
FIFTY-SIX Grade Four pupils from Sigombe Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb have been hospitalised with one reported to be in a criticial condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after eating po...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:52hrs | 234 | by Satff reporter
Zimbabwean man feared dead after falling into ocean
A 25-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man is feared dead after he fell off a cliff into the Indian Ocean near Gordon's Bay in Western Cape, South Africa. The incident happened on Sunday evening at around 6...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors blast own MP over fake promises
MDC Alliance councillors last week took a swipe at Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu, accusing him of failing to honour promises he made in the run-up to the July 30, 2018 elections.S...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Electric cars for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to dramatically cut its fuel import bill and reduce pressure on foreign currency demands if the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) successfully convinces Zimbabweans to embrac...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council loses $300k in botched deal
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in a fix after it emerged that it was yet to account for a fleet of ambulances it purchased in a botched deal almost a decade ago.In 2010, the local authority aw...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 14:51hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
BCC in financial dire straits
The Bulawayo City Council financials are in the red, a development officials equated to being technically insolvent. The crisis saw the local authority calling for an emergency financial perfo...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians
TWO people died on the spot while 18 others were injured after a Bulawayo-bound Botswana-registered bus veered off the road and ran over pedestrians in Marula, near Plumtree. Matabeleland Sout...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2210 | by IRIN
1 dead, 13 injured in kombi accident
ONE person died while 13 others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned along Plumtree Road in Bulawayo's Belmont Industrial Area. The accident happened at arou...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:05hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Woman collapses, dies in city shop
A WOMAN collapsed and died in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon while attending to a customer at a local fabric retail shop where she worked. The incident occurred at a shop along Herbert Chitepo, ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa no-show at rally raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday failed to attend a rally to thank his supporters following his controversial July 2018 election win, raising fresh speculation about alleged fissures in the pres...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:01hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 715 | by Nick Mangwana
Safeguard launches SOS app
Safeguard Alarms has launched a smartphone application that its rapid response clients can use to summon assistance in any security, medical or motor vehicle emergency. The Safeguard SOS app u...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1517 | by Agencies
'Hyenas & dogs masquerading as protesters went on a rampage in Bulawayo'
I support freedom of expression, freedom of association, and peaceful demonstrations. Everyone has the constitutional right to protest and express their views peacefully. The government of the day has...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 09:53hrs | 3299 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with Western countries is dead
Zimbabwe is now entering unchartered waters following several deaths of innocent people and arrests of pro-democracy activists and senior opposition figures by security agents in the on-going clampdow...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2151 | by Staff reporter
Looting soldier shot during protests
A looting soldier was allegedly shot by a businessman while leading residents to loot at Ashes Supermarket in Bulawayo.An eye witness who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said, "One protester who...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 10825 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa suspends purchase of vehicles for Ministers
GOVERNMENT has suspended the purchase of condition of service vehicles for all ministers, with the money now being used to purchase a fleet of new ambulances for public health facilities, Finance and ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:00hrs | 405 | by Staff rpeorter
Fuel shortage grounds council refuse trucks
Harare City Council has run out of fuel to collect garbage, raising fears of another cholera and typhoid outbreak.At least 55 people succumbed to cholera in Harare late last year.Counc...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
From Great Zimbabwe to Zimbabwe Ruins with Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
With great good hope Zimbabweans of all polical affiliation, race, colour and creed poured-out onto the streets, led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, to tell Mugabe of The Enough of the journey from Th...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1932 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
101 fuel tankers arrive in Zimbabwe
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Raymond Majongwe has reported that 101 fuel tankers have arrived in the country. Majongwe said he counted the tankers on his way to Harare."On my way bac...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 21790 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe man strangled wife to death in London, then hanged self
A wife was strangled to death by her husband who then hanged himself in their home in what police are treating as a murder-suicide. Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, and her husband Garikayi Mou...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1502 | by MailOnline.com
Soldiers demand to be served first at fuel garage
Some members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces in Bulawayo arrived at a Puma garage in Bulawayo and demanded to be served first ahead of other motorists who had been queuing for more than five hours. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 19:44hrs | 10678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare City Council runs out of fuel
Harare City Council has announced that it has run out of fuel hence it is not able to continue with garbage collection.In a statement issued on Wednesday the Council said:...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 17:57hrs | 3227 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Health scare as ambulances spend 48 hours without fuel
A health hazard is looming after ambulances in Bulawayo and Harare are reportedly out of fuel for the last 48 hours.In Harare photos of queuing ambulances at a garage without fuel yet have eme...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 10:40hrs | 527 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti speaks on fuel crisis
MDC Deputy National Chairperson Tendai Biti says the fuel queues in Zimbabwe are the most bizarre ever seen and must be captured on camera and kept as a documentary as a reminder of the difficult phas...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 8769 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean couple found dead in London
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police have appealed for information after a Zimbabwean couple was found dead Friday morning at their East London home.The deceased have been identified as Sim...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 4904 | by newzimbabwe.com
Bulawayo demanded $100k for Mnangagwa fire tender
THE MDC led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) boldly demanded $100 000 from Zanu-PF to provide a single fire tender to cover the ruling party's national conference in Esigodini last month, latest council mi...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 2055 | by newzimbabwe
7 killed in road accidents
Seven people died in road traffic accidents in Bulawayo and Masvingo yesterday while 56 others were injured in the two accidents. Two people died on the spot while 37 others were injured when ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax raises $572 million in December
Government says it has surpassed its monthly target for December and raised $572,4 million through the controversial two percent tax.According to Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, revenue generat...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:38hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
Accident death toll rises to 5
The death toll in the Mashava commuter omnibus accident has risen to 5 after two more people died at Masvingo General Hospital where those injured were admitted.Three people died on the spot w...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:20hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is a sick nation'
They say "a healthy nation is a happy nation while a sickly nation is a sad nation".Today Zimbabwe is a "sad nation" because of an ailing health sector saddled by drug shortages and a cripplin...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 407 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Mthuli Ncube accuse Chamisa's MPs of being dishonest
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday accused opposition MPs of being dishonest by insisting that people are not happy with the 2% levy on electronic transactions, claiming the new tax has widely be...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages hit BCC operations
THE Bulawayo City Council is grappling with fuel shortages which have resulted in the local authority failing to provide essential services among them ambulance and fire services, and refuse collectio...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Angry motorists shut down fuel service station
ANGRY motorists temporarily closed Total Service Station in Victoria Falls on Friday morning in protest over hoarding of fuel by the garage attendants.Chaos started on Thursday evening when sc...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:28hrs | 5454 | by Staff reporter
AirZim planes are death traps?
Air Zimbabwe planes have no functioning oxygen masks inside their planes, it has been alleged.A prominent medical doctor from Bulawayo who declined to be named for professional reasons n...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 09:39hrs | 3196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2 people die at Robert Mugabe airport
Two people have reportedly been confirmed dead at Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport after a chaotic Aviation recruitment exercise. Several were reportedly hospitalized as a r...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 27317 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blackman victory endorsed by High Court
THE High Court has dismissed with costs, a court challenge by MDC-Alliance losing candidate for Kwekwe Central Constituency, Blessing Chebundo, citing lack of evidence among other reasons. Mas...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:37hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
MDC taken to court over parliament salaries
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has been taken to court over their continued receiving of parliament salaries yet they do not recognise the President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Thi...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 10:16hrs | 3714 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cimas launches 'Buckle Up' campaign
Cimas Rescue, which is part of the Cimas Medical Aid Group, has launched a seatbelt awareness campaign to educate people on the importance of wearing a seatbelt even when travelling in the back of a c...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:30hrs | 521 | by Staff Reporter
One-stop medical centre opens in Kwekwe
A STATE-OF-THE-ART one-stop medical facility, Westview Medical Centre, has been opened in Kwekwe to offer health services to the town's residents.Westview Medical CentreThe centre, located opp...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Finally the one causing fires in Zimbabwe revealed. Where there is fire, there is politics
"Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches . . . we shall liberate this country."- Winnie Mandela, 1986As one stood surrounded by billowing smoke, In the shack industrial settlemen...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 21:06hrs | 22072 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Party crasher stabs and kills neighbour
Police in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly stabbed his neighbour to death for chasing him away from a beer party that he had gate-crashed. Richard Mpofu (20) of Pumula ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
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