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Mnangagwa's govt tightens screws on COVID-19 information
GOVERNMENT has introduced stringent measures and penalties meant to curtail the flow of information during the 21-day national lockdown, with those accused of spreading falsehoods on coronavirus being...Published: 4 hrs ago | 218 | by Staff reporter
Police investigating Buyanga custody case
Police are investigating a report in which Frank Buyanga's five-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped movie-style by two armed men driving an unregistered Ford Ranger at Waterfalls Shopping Centre in...Published: 4 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
20 years in jail for spreading fake coronavirus news in Zimbabwe
The government has gazetted tough new laws that could see people spending up to 20 years in prison for spreading fake news on the novel coronavirus.According to Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots machete gangster to death
A CHIPINGE soldier allegedly shot a member of a machete gang with his AK47 service rifle following a fistfight while watching soccer at a nightspot.This came to light when Foster Macheza (27),...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 277 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga child fight spirals into Supreme Court
The legal battle over custody and guardianship of a minor child pitting businessman Frank Buyanga and his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa has taken a new twist, with the mother now approaching the Sup...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:36hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga snatches son movie style
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly hired two armed men to kidnap his son movie-style from his former girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa as the row over their son's custodianship turned nasty....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:36hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga 'assaults' estranged girlfriend
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly assaulted his estranged girlfriend Chantell Muteswa in Harare and took away his minor son after producing guns to scare away people who wanted to interven...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2593 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest Bulawayo armed robbery victim
PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite Mike Marata (38) who was allegedly robbed of nearly US$76 000 and 168 grammes of gold at gun- point by four unidentified men, was arrested while making a report at Kumalo ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans unhappy
A WORLD happiness report released last week has ranked Zimbabweans among the saddest citizens in the world, only higher than the war-ravaged Afghanistanis and South Sudanese.The World Happines...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will never be united as long as only one political entity determines what is patriotism or national interest
Ever since Zimbabwe attained her political independence from Britain on 18 April 1980, the only dominant power in the country has been the ZANU PF party, which has ruled with an iron-fist - thus, sing...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1757 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prominent Bulawayo socialite arrested after reporting armed robbery
A PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite who was allegedly robbed of nearly US$76 000 and 168 grammes of gold at gun point by four unidentified men was arrested while making a report at Kumalo Police Station, f...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 16:56hrs | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Army disowns robbery gang 'soldier'
THE Zimbabwe National Army has said one of the six notorious masked armed robbers, arrested in Gweru last week facing over 30 robbery cases involving over $500 000 in the Midlands capital, Value Mutiz...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 06:00hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Maringwa wanted to play for Bosso
Former Dynamos captain Desmond "Gazza" Maringwa wanted to play for Highlanders but felt he was not going to be accepted at the Bulawayo giants because of the rivalry between the two giants. He was als...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
South African armed robbers killed by Zimbabwe police in shoot-out
Two of the five armed robbers killed in a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue in Harare yesterday were South Africans, while the other three who were captured alive were Zimbabweans; but the ga...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
'Scorpions' terrorise Gwanda villagers
TERROR has gripped Nhwali village in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, where a marauding gang has unleashed a wave of violence, viciously assaulting villagers and leaving many nursing broken limbs....Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:40hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in masked armed robbers gang
POLICE in Gweru have arrested six notorious masked armed robbers among them a soldier who were allegedly behind more than 30 robbery cases involving over half a million dollars in the Midlands capital...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers killed in shoot-out
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives. Two ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers killed in shoot-out with
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives.Two o...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 17:42hrs | 1985 | by Staff Reporter
The Shona peoples learning hard facts about Zanu PF mentality
Listening to the video circulating around, young people all from Mashonaland are openly lamenting recent Mnangagwa's hate speech who of late uttered what he knows best: about rounding people up with c...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:26hrs | 3640 | by Nomazulu Thata
War veterans demand 20% quota system
WAR VETERANS want a 20 percent quota system in Government institutions and Parliament, while demanding for improved medical care and pensions allocation for ex-combatants.The former freedom fi...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:49hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Man loses hand over sim card
A CHIPINGE man had his arm chopped off with a machete last Saturday evening in a fight over a sim card.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident....Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Businessman killers in accident
SIX armed robbers who allegedly shot and killed a popular local businessman - Kumbirai Kumbula - were early on Sunday morning involved in an accident along the Mutare-Masvingo highway as they fled in ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Police working with illegal miners at Mazowe mine
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit has been accused of working in cahoots with illegal miners at Mazowe mine despite the on-going "Operation Chikorokoza ngachipere" which has seen a...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 13:43hrs | 878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zesa subsidiary donated US$16,000 to Zanu-PF
A FINAL forensic audit on Zesa Holdings by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which was tabled before Parliament on Tuesday by Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has revealed that one of Zesa's subsidiary comp...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Police fight and subdue machete gang
POLICE in Bulawayo had to fight to subdue four suspected illegal miners who were resisting arrest for possessing machetes. In January this year, police effected a ban on carrying dangerous wea...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
SA economy could shrink by 6% in the next few months under Ramaphosa leadership
The South African economy will feel the impact of the coronavirus significantly because it was already dealing with its own internal crisis, including a "celling" on the rate at which it can grow beca...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:45hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2708 | by Israel Dube
Sweeping arrests for Mashurugwi
In one of the biggest swoops on potential criminals in recent years, Government using Support Unit brought in from Buchwa Mberengwa, Bulawayo and Harare arrested more than 1 000 illegal gold panners f...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:25hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Police, army robbers denied bail
TWO Support Unit police officers and a soldier who stole weapons from the armoury and went on a robbing spree targeting money changers and other Harare residents robbing them of cash and goods were ye...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers involved in road accident
SIX suspected armed robbers who killed a Mutare businessman Kumbirai Khumbula during a prayer meeting at his home on Sunday morning were involved in a road accident a few hours after committing the cr...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF clash over gold claims
Zanu-PF was last week forced to dispatch a high-powered delegation on a fact-finding mission to Mudzi district after illegal miners, who are its members, were driven out of gold-rich Makaha area under...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Cops, soldier up for robbery
A robbery gang comprising two policemen, a soldier and cellphone dealers that had unleashed a reign of terror in Chitungwiza and Kuwadzana, using guns, machetes and axes, was yesterday remanded in cus...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Even witches who 'work' by night did not raise alarm
Nimble-footed they came by night like Nicodemus, even witches who 'work' by night did not raise alarm or were alarmed themselves. The rains as if conspiring with the 'strangers on a mission' w...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:07hrs | 671 | by Tondorindo
Zera in major climb down
Zera has buckled under pressure from indigenous petroleum companies and withdrawn an earlier announcement of a hike in fuel procurement licences by 8 600%. After a two-month wait, Zera announc...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA has been facing challenges for the past years - Coventry
THE MINISTER of Youth, Sports,, Arts and Recreation Kersty Coventry has revealed that the Zimbabwe Football Association has been facing serious challenges...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 14:22hrs | 1493 | by Stephen Jakes
'Dr Joshua Nkomo happy with Mnangagwa'
There is no better joy to loyalists of nationalism than having Zimbabwe's 40th Independence anniversary being celebrated in Bulawayo. The City of Kings and Queens is the birthplace of the late Dr Josh...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:54hrs | 441 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
No Chamisa, no deal, US tells Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with the United States and European countries has hit a brickwall with the diplomats engaged by his emissaries in the Political Actors' Dialogue (P...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:01hrs | 7851 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers remanded in custody
Two armed robbers, who waylaid a security vehicle and stole US$7 000, ZAR96 450 and $300 cash in transit destined for CBZ Mutoko branch, have been remanded in custody after appearing before Mutoko pro...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:44hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Holding Zimbabwe Independence celebrations in Matabeleland in the face of coronavirus smells of evil
Zimbabwe government decision to hold its 40th Independence Anniversary in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, in the face of an infectious disease such as coronavirus smells of evil intentions.Besides spr...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1366 | by Israel Dube
Man beats best friend's lover to death
A MAN from Gokwe beat his best friend's girlfriend to death after he found her in a compromising position with another man. George Ndebele (29) of Kufazvinei Village under Chief Jiri in Gokwe ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mthuli Ncube: It's not economics prof.
Dear Minister, You are a highly erudite folk, hence fathoming the following bland similitude would, presumably, be facial. I hope you like football. It happens, in the soccer realm, th...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 12:57hrs | 5427 | by Dube. A
A truthful, unbiased, and non-partisan analysis of targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe
The contentious issue of targeted sanctions imposed on certain individuals and entities in Zimbabwe by the European Union (EU), and United States of America (USA), requires a neutral and apolitical fa...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 896 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Senior cop empties magazine on mentally challenged suspect
A SENIOR policeman went berserk and fired 15 rounds of live ammunition towards a mentally challenged man who was resisting arrest at Beitbridge Police Station.It is understood Chief Inspector ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
Farmers fret over fish theft
FISH farmers have raised concern over the theft of fish from their operations, which is now threatening their businesses' viability.In its latest report following a meeting held recently, Live...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:11hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers kill motorist, burn body
TWO stranded border jumpers deported from Botswana allegedly stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond re...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1152 | by staff reporter
Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa assasination: new details emerge
FRESH details have emerged around the death of the country's first black doctor and Zapu vice president Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa in 1962, that the Rhodesians wanted to recreate as an accident scene. ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2230 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 6761 | by Nhlanhla Moses
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