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Gang stabs man to death
police are appealing for information leading to the arrest of three hired thugs, who are on the run after they stabbed to death a Makonde villager.Reginald Ndoro (30) of plot Number 2, Kapiri ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Churches demand seat in Parliament
CHURCHES have started lobbying for a parliamentary seat to have issues affecting their constituency debated.The church representative organisations made the call in Bulawayo on Tuesday during ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
NRZ courting Turkey, Indonesia investors
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is courting investors from Turkey, Russia and Indonesia as it continues with efforts to restructure its operations. Despite demand for its services...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:29hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
ZRP urges caution during rainy season
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned citizens to remain vigilant and avoid risky behaviour during the upcoming rainy season in order to save lives and property.Zimbabwe was expected to start re...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Depositors and pensioners to be compensated for exchange losses, says Mthuli Ncube
Depositors with small bank balances and pensioners whose savings were wiped out by currency changes last year will be compensated from a US$150 million fund, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thur...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:56hrs | 6484 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, SRC bosses suspended
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) board last night suspended Zifa chief executive Joseph Mamutse from all football activities amid reports that the Under-17 boys and girls teams travelled to ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks bail relaxation
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is facing charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, is seeking relaxation of his bail conditions to go to South Africa to seek medical attention, a H...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda partner BCC for artistes' crowdfunding
NHIMBE Trust in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council and veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda have come up with a crowdfunding initiative which is meant to serve as a financial mechanism for ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wades into ZESA tariff hike
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered power utility ZESA to reduce its stepped electricity tariff from about US$0.19 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to about US$0.10 /kWh following a public outcry....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:57hrs | 29582 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles theft cases on the increase
The Zimbabwe Republic Police's crack anti-theft vehicle unit is appealing to motorists to be on the lookout for robbers that are masquerading as hitch hikers on the country's high way. This co...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA faces US$150 000 Cosafa fine
Zimbabwe faces a staggering fine of US$150 000 and a possible ban from participation in future Cosafa competitions after the Sports and Recreation Commission refused to sanction the Under-20 tri...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Bere contests JSC recommendation
SACKED Supreme Court Judge Francis Bere on Monday contested the recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that a tribunal should inquire into his fitness to hold the office of a judge, t...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya faces long wait for bail hearing
Henrietta Rushwaya has to wait a little longer for her application for bail to be heard at the High Court as the record of proceedings of the remand court is not yet ready. She is facing charg...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
White farmers lease farms as beneficiaries give up, says Biti
MDC Alliance co-vice president Tendai Biti says a growing number of white commercial farmers are quietly returning back to their farms and leasing the land from non-productive black beneficiaries who ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 3925 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi appeals for support to refurbish prisons
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has appealed to Treasury for support to set up more magistrates courts, as well as refurbish prisons which are currently in a deplorable state.In his presentat...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:38hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC failure-bound foray to the countryside
MDC-Alliance's youth assembly held a national executive council meeting in Bulawayo two weeks ago where it resolved to boost the party's electoral fortunes in 2023 by moving to rural areas to recruit ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 1455 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Spirit Medium aid killed with machetes
A Rushinga spirit medium aid Kingston Kazasi 81 was allegedly murdered by two unknown Mozambicans in Rushinga last week.The two suspects claimed to have come from Zenga village in Mozambique....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3737 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe's company loses case against former manager
Stanley Nhari, a former general manager at Gushungo Holdings, has won a Supreme Court appeal against the late former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace who unlawfully terminated his contract o...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
More confusion about Cosafa disqualification
A CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf ) official says being disqualified from the Cosafa Under-17 competition does not imply age-cheating, creating more confusion about Zimbabwe's disqualification....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, Chiyangwa's Cosafa on collision course
Zifa Medical Committee chairperson and Caf medical officer Edward Chagonda has challenged the decision by the Cosafa Under-17 football tournament organisers following the embarrassing disqualification...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:02hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail battle rages on
HENRIETTA Rushwaya has approached the High Court challenging the magistrates' court decision to deny her bail on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four gold bars weighing 6kg were f...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Zifa confront Chiwenga's Cosafa on expulsion
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is contesting the decision to expel the country's Under-17 team from the Cosafa Championship that is underway in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.On Fr...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's US$600,000 court case reopened
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of a case in which an ex-Gushungo Holdings employee is demanding US$588 000 for unpaid labour....Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:18hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle clamping, towing illegal, says Supreme Court
It is illegal for Harare City Council to clamp and tow away vehicles parked in the city centre without displaying parking discs, the Supreme Court has ruled. However, council can fine offenders under ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:14hrs | 229 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe's ex-manager back in court
The late former President Robert Mugabe is posthumously set to square off with his ex-general manager, Stanley Nhari, after the Supreme Court rolled the matter back to the High Court for the issue of ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1764 | by Staff Reporter
'I will always support Chamisa,' says dismissed ZPCS officer
A former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer, John Mahlabera has vowed to continue supporting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa despite losing his job over a tweet in which he p...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 11:44hrs | 4184 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out ex-Mines minister's appeal
The Supreme Court has turned down former Mines deputy minister Fred Moyo's leave to appeal a decision against seizure of his estate to settle an over US$766 000 debt he owed to Stanbic Bank.Mo...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Govt defers Ekusileni Hospital opening
GOVERNMENT has once again deferred the reopening of Ekusileni Medical Centre, with Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube admitting yesterday that the November 30 deadline for reopening o...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court reverses army takeover of RioZim chrome mine
Listed mining company RioZim has won a Supreme Court battle with Zimbabwe's military after one of its mines was forcibly taken over through a ministerial decree.Defence minister Oppah Muchingu...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Hubby kidnaps wife lover, dumps him in bush
A MAN who was bedding a married woman in Zimbabwe and continued sex-texting her when she moved to South Africa, endured 10 hours while being hog-tied in his birthday suit in a bush after his lover's h...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro, Khulumani clash
Local radio stations Skyz Metro FM and Khulumani FM will clash this year at the prestigious Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAA) as its radio personalities will be locking horns to win the top airwaves...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa wants farmers evicted
FLAMBOYANT Harare businessman Philip Chiyangwa has approached the Supreme Court appealing against a High Court decision barring him from evicting 20 farmers occupying his Old Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi. ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:32hrs | 4001 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail appeal ruling tomorrow
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has deferred the ruling on a bail application by incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono to tomorrow.Chin'ono is in custody at Chikurubi Maximum Secu...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 menace grips Matabeleland
Covid-19 is making a comeback in Matabeleland region, a disturbing development given that the country had in the past few months witnessed a decline in new cases prompting Government to relax lockdown...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri takes refuge in Malawian custody
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, has handed himself over to the Malawian Police following corruption and money laundering charges amounting to more than R...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4902 | by Daniel Itai, Lilongwe, Malawi
Chin'ono appeals to the High Court
DETAINED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has approached the High Court challenging Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa's decision to deny him bail.Chin'ono through his lawyers Beatrice ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Cop run over trying to arrest driver
A policeman doing traffic enforcement duties near Simon Muzenda Street bus terminus (formerly Fourth Street) died after he was run over by a truck as he was trying to arrest the driver for picking up ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri had five passports
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that the controversial self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary had five passports each that were issued by Malawi. Briefi...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | 3986 | by Staff reporter
More families evicted from Cyrene Farm
THE Messenger of Court, assisted by the police last week evicted 12 families from Cyrene Farm in Figtree which is owned by the Anglican Province of Central Africa Church in the Diocese of Matabeleland...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes DCCs vetting process
ZANU-PF said it has completed the nomination process of candidates that would contest in the party's district co-ordinating committees (DCC) elections with the list of successful candidates now awaiti...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Terrorist threat to region - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe will help Mozambique in its struggle against Islamic terrorists in the north of the country. The Mozambiquan government has appealed for international assistance ...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 1957 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwean healthcare workers facing deportation after saving lives during COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
CNN - Lily was taking her lunch break at the Dublin nursing home where she works when a friend called with the news that an official-looking letter had arrived for her. She asked the friend to open it...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 09:07hrs | 5220 | by CNN
BCC fails to meet own water restoration schedule
THE Bulawayo City Council has been slammed by residents for failing to adhere to its own provisional water supply restoration schedule published daily with suburbs tabled to have water supply not rece...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:16hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Auxillia Mnangagwa pleads with business community to avoid corruption
The business sector has received a thumbs up from the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa for complementing government efforts in stabilising prices of basic goods and the economy.With governm...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 13:57hrs | 1974 | by Staff Reporter
Cheating woman kills boyfriend in retaliation
A 25-YEAR-OLD-PFungwe man was allegedly killed by his lover after he caught her in a compromising position with another man in a makeshift tent along Mazowe River.The suspect, Juliet Munhuwa o...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Thugs in Zanu PF soiling the good name of the party
In this time of DCC elections, a lot of hero-worshipping and name dropping within the party is rife. Many people are abusing the name of the president in order to gain momentum. Some in provinces are ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 13:04hrs | 975 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Businessman loses US$30k to armed robbers
POLICE in Dema, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who pounced on a businessman before stealing a cashbox with US$30 000, among other valuables.The busin...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
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