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Panic as South Africa plots to test Coronavirus treatment on patients
South Africans took to Twitter to express their shock and panic that Coronavirus patients in their country will be used as guinea pigs in pursuit of finding a cure for the deadly epidemic under a Soli...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gold buyer ambushed and robbed
THREE men have been arrested after they allegedly robbed an illegal gold buyer of R27 000, $900 and 35 grammes of gold after ambushing and smashing all the windows of a taxi that he was travelling in....Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:59hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Trump warns 'there will be death' in a grim assessment of the days ahead
US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to prepare for the "toughest week" of the coronavirus pandemic yet, predicting a surge in deaths.At his daily briefing, Mr Trump said "there will...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2351 | by BBC
Warriors stars set for salary cuts
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean football stars are reportedly set to take huge wage cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic.The South African Premiership is home to 29 Zimbabwean stars, including s...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:56hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Mr Trump, please cut us some slack
Despite romanticising rural life perhaps a tad too much, Bishop Lazi will openly admit that some village folk are an idiosyncratic lot.For those who might not know them, it takes time getting ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 188 | by Bishop Lazi
Shock as Vic Falls police run amok...beat up residents
Four Zimbabwe Republic Police Officers allegedly went on a rampage beating up residents of Mkhosana suburb in the resort town of Victoria Falls on Friday leaving one man unconscious. The officer...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 2872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-wife killer jailed for 19 years
AN Inyathi man who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for murder. Lyton Sibanda (24) who was a herdsman at F...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3664 | by Muckraker
A fool and his pen, what a bad combo!
April Fools' Day has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures. The media embraced the tradition and have been participating in the Apri...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:50hrs | 1986 | by Tafara Shumba
Fixed Exchange: Zimbabwe's retailers hike prices
MDC top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has warned that retailers have responded to government's 1:25 fixed rate exchange rate announced recently by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe amid escalatio...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1768 | by Stephen Jakes
Lockdown fatigue on Day 3?
Residents yesterday continued to defy the lockdown order as police arrested 182 people throughout the country for the violations at a time when over 1 000 visitors from countries with confirmed Covid-...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:23hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Taxi industry forces SA to amend lockdown regulations
Limitations on how many people vehicles can carry during South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown have been relaxed to allow more passengers - and in some cases a full load - in a regulatory update published ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:01hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis could sabotage Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown
Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand close to each other in a long queue, patiently waiting at a borehole in Harare's middle-class Mabelreign suburb to collect...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:54hrs | 299 | by AFP
Businessman challenges auctioning of property
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat has approached the High Court challenging the auctioning of his property over a debt of more than US$384 000 that he owes fellow businessman Mr Mohamm...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 815 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Govt lockdown impractical without economic cushioning measures
The nationwide lockdown, which is due to come into effect Monday, March 30, is a necessary step in containing the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. However, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 21:18hrs | 1843 | by Lloyd Msipa, People’s Party
We let her down: we should hang our heads in shame!
Its high time we put our act together and we assist our daughter Chantelle Muteswa dear Zimbabwean women. We can't let the girl fight such a brutal war on her own without assistance from Zimbabwe wome...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:23hrs | 4028 | by Nomazulu Thata
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 | 2692 | by Staff reporter
Zimra suspends processing of immigrants rebate on vehicles
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Tuesday suspended the processing of returning residents immigrants rebate on vehicles until further notice citing possible exposure of its staff to COVID-19....Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes digital to avert COVID-19 spread
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended manual clearance processes in favour of digital services as it moves in to operationalise the Government's national responsiveness plan to contain ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post closes tonight
Zimbabwe and South Africa will at midnight jointly close Beitbridge Border Post to non-residents with only Zimbabwean residents allowed to travel north and South African residents to move south. ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Emergency cases only at hospitals
Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals are now only attending to emergency cases while all admitted patients who can cope will be discharged, measures which will remain in place until Co...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk buys laptop, mobile phone for $150,000
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza is in the eye of a storm after an audit showed that she bought herself a mobile phone and a laptop for $150 000 using council funds.Gwatipedza w...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt too poor to pin down corrupt bigwigs
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has admitted it was not easy for the state to go after corrupt bigwigs he said had a tendency of deploying all their financial might to fight their crimes within natio...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:26hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Herentals win appeal, keep Premiership slot
PREMIERSHIP side Herentals have successfully overturned the decision by the PSL disciplinary committee to find them guilty in a match-fixing saga, which has been dragging on since last year. O...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels cost Zimbabwe US$1bn
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is studying an explosive dossier compiled by a regional anti-corruption institution detailing how the tax collector could have been prejudiced an estimated US$1 ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Can writing cause shoulder pain?
If you ever needed to write a lot be it a school or college paper, or maybe a blog or some other form of writing, you might experience some shoulder or neck pain. For some people, it comes unexpected ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 11:46hrs | 857 | by Staff Writer
Bulawayo roads a 'state of disaster'
BULAWAYO'S roads are deteriorating at an alarming pace due to lack of maintenance, with council saying it cannot raise the required US$700 million to rehabilitate the city's 2 100km road network. ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife tries to commit suicide
A 27-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man fatally axed his wife after accusing her of having an extra marital affair and tried to consume toxic after the gruesome murder...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 2115 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bush bakeries score successes
Shurugwi home bakeries are making a lot of successes amid skepticism that the public has about the business concept.The home bakeries projects in Shurugwi North were initiated by Shurugwi Nort...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:24hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2027 | by Nhlanhla Moses
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 | 1439 | 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 | 322 | by Staff reporter
Dual Monetary Economy: Organized Chaos
Despite the visible momentum towards full re-dollarization and apparent depreciation of the Zimbabwean Dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) declared that de-dollarization is well on course. The ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2724 | by Victor Bhoroma
Dead bodies recovered at Mohadi's farm
TWO bodies of a man and woman have been recovered at a farm owned by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, about 60km from Beitbridge border town.Police said the bodies were of lovers that were involve...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 4248 | by Staff reporter
Zacc stalks 'forex' landlords
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), working with the police has advised tenants to anonymously use their offices and police stations to report landlords who are demanding rentals in foreig...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Whistleblowers help Zimra recover $90 million
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered about $90 million in unpaid taxes through the whistleblower facility over the past 10 years as it makes concerted efforts to mop up revenue from no...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3389 | by Staff Reporter
Murders around Zimbabwe scary
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying.The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequent...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:05hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Command economics is not a new concept - Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Science and Technology Minister Godfrey Gandawa has revealed that command economics is not a new concept as it has been tried before but it failed."Command economics i...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 11:48hrs | 630 | by Stephen Jakes
Axe rampage killer goes to victims' funeral
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe who cold bloodedly axed five people to death in Binga last Friday was arrested the following day when he attended a funeral wake for his victims and tried to light a fire ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Scornful Professor appointed Chief Disinformation Offticer (CDO)
One of the leading writers and critic of misinformation and disinformation, David Letvin, says the term "fake news" sounds too playful and he further says it's like a schoolchild faking illness. He ar...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 2038 | by Nick Mangwana
Ginimbi - Zimra in out of court settlement
Flamboyant businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's case where he faces over $3,8 million in unpaid taxes, will not be heard amid reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is only interested in gett...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
5 killed in frenzied axe attack
In what is probably the most vicious and bloody of killing scenes this year, a 20-year-old man from Gokwe axed to death five people, including a mother and her one-year-old baby that was strapped on h...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:20hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Madlela readies to launch third album
AXE-WIELDING musician Madlela Skhobokhobo (real name Bashimane Mothusi Ndlovu) who is still finding it hard to surpass his 2017 hit Ngamnanka uSaMamo, is billed to launch his third album in Gwanda nex...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:19hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's bitter ex-wife flayed in court
The High Court has dismissed an application by Tambudzani Muleya, the ex-wife of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, for post-divorce maintenance.Justice Esther Chiremba, in a judgement delivered Mon...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 21:00hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
With Mnangagwa is Zimbabwe a better place?
The rankings of the presidents are abundant in political science, but there is no criteria or basis for judgment in the analyses of presidents. In evaluating success in the Zimbabwean presidency, we m...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 08:43hrs | 744 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Snake saves man from robbers
A man from Denver suburb thanked his lucky stars on Friday when a snake found in his house saved him from further attacks from robbers that had already axed him countless times all over his body....Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 4027 | by Staff reporter
SADC secretariat failing the region
The MDC has lamented that the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has failed Zimbabweans by failing to denounce the misdeeds of the ruling Zanu PF government. In a statement the MDC ...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 15:13hrs | 734 | by Stephen Jakes
Zacc investigates fuel retail companies
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will investigate reports of fuel hoarding by oil companies that allegedly received, in the past week, 20 million litres of diesel and almost 9 million li...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:37hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
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