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'Mutodi fired after Moyo confronted Mnangagwa'
FORMER Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi was axed after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (pictured) confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatened to resign from the governm...Published: 31 mins ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 32 mins ago | 149 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 35 mins ago | 182 | by Staff reporter
Man strangles woman (81), steals $1 000 groceries
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North province allegedly strangled an 81-year-old woman before ransacking her home and stealing money and groceries worth $1 000.This was heard by Bulawayo mag...Published: 36 mins ago | 52 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe returnees complain of shambolic quarantine centres
ZIMBABWEAN citizens returning from abroad have complained that most quarantine centres have shabby and unhygienic facilities which promote the spread of Covid-19 rather than contain the disease....Published: 49 mins ago | 38 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's stern warning to Katsvairo
HIGHLANDERS have given a stern warning to their new forward Michelle Katsvairo for his May 11 breach of lockdown orders imposed by the Government and the club. The former Chicken Inn, Kaizer C...Published: 1 hr ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals wallet from colleague hides it in underwear
A MUSHUMBI based police officer was arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for theft of his colleagues's wallet from their barrack.Evans Zimunya (37) pleaded not guilty t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2796 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
WATCH: Ezra Tshisa Sibanda donates 20 beds to Thorngrove hospital
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has paid gratitude to veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda for pioneering an initiative called Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and Friends that has donated 20 h...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1952 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ cuts Zipit transaction limits
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has directed all banks to review downwards Zipit transaction limits to ZWL$20 000 a day from ZWL$100,000 following abuse of the f...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3006 | by Staff reporter
Over 2 000 vehicles impounded for violating lockdown regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded 120 vehicles after their owners violated Covid-19 lockdown regulations.Zimbabwe Republic Police Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Nc...Published: 16 hrs ago | 895 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP in COVID-19 awareness
FORMER Kuwadzana MP Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Zanu-PF) has embarked on a COVID-19 outreach programme to assist with civic education and health measures prescribed by government and the World Health Organis...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Christians betraying Jesus by selling out oppressed Zimbabweans to tyrannical regime
As the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sweeps through the world in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, one can not fail to witness the amazing phenomena of Christians - especially, musicians and...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:10hrs | 473 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa in trouble over appointment of Police Boss Godwin Matanga
An alleged grouping of police officers are reportedly taking steps to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the appointment of Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga which they say did not follow proced...Published: 27 May 2020 at 15:03hrs | 6963 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF calls for arrest of more MDC officials
ZANU PF Acting Spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa says the party is calling for arrests of more MDC officials who were involved in the infamous Warren park demonstration that led to the abduction and tort...Published: 27 May 2020 at 12:29hrs | 5794 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tortured abductees charged over lockdown hunger protest
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Tuesday charged three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who are victims of abduction and torture, with committing public violence after they allegedly participated...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2416 | by Stephen Jakes
BVTA celebrate Africa Day
Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) has joined the country and the rest of Africa in commemorating Africa Day under the theme: Silencing The Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa'...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 223 | by Stephen Jakes
Mr President, people of good conscience will not remain silent
DEAR Mr President,It is my sincere hope that this letter finds you well. I am under no illusion that you are occupying a critical position, that of President of our nation.As such, you...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 975 | by Mutsa Murenje
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must discard politics of no hope
AFTER a report on citizens' perceptions and expectations - Dancing on the Same Spot - by SIVIO Institute showed that citizens were increasingly losing faith and confidence in both the ruling Zanu...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
Teachers petition govt over schools re-opening
SEVEN teachers' unions yesterday petitioned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to stop the re-opening of schools until COVID-19 is effectively contained.In the event that th...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Mokoomba stirs magic on stage
INIMITABLE Afro-fusion outfit Mokoomba on Monday night justified their profile as the country's biggest music export with a matchless stage performance during the Africa is Mother Live Concert to mark...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gruesome murder suspect nabbed
POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old taxi driver linked to the gruesome murder of a man who was killed at his estranged wife's homestead in Beitbridge. It is alleged that Langton Ribombo (35) was fatall...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP confronts police over fatal shooting of Bulawayo man
THE opposition MDC Alliance has condemned police for the fatal shooting of Bulawayo resident Paul Munakopa (34) on Saturday evening after a high-speed chase.Bulawayo East legislator Illos Nyon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 684 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Police formally charge abducted MDC activists from their hospital beds
POLICE have formally charged three female MDC Alliance activists who were abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents some two weeks ago for conducting a street demonstration during the c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 518 | by newzimbabwe
South Africa rationing diesel
South Africa has implemented diesel rationing, as demand recovered more quickly than expected after a lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus was eased.More than half of South Africa's r...Published: 26 May 2020 at 21:38hrs | 2250 | by Bloomberg
Khupe vows to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after coronavirus lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country's main opposition - vowing yesterday that she will eject her rivals from the party's iconi...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:20hrs | 3246 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has embraced reforms, will repeal POSA' - rigged elections to repeal POSA, how nauseating
"For too long our country has been held back by the old ways of doing things. In our society, politics, economy and culture; everything was old. New ideas have been resisted; new developments, rejecte...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2136 | by Wilbert Mukori
Coronavirus used as an excuse to abuse citizens - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said in Zimbabwe corona is an excuse to abuse citizens by the rich and the powerful, worse still by the government."This is no longer about corona but op...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:15hrs | 997 | by Stephen Jakes
Will the MDC Alliance recover from 'this sickness'?
THE MDC Alliance is probably on its deathbed, suffering from a ‘sickness' which threatens to take away its life, temporarily or permanently. The question is whether it will recover from "this sickne...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3049 | by Moses Tofa
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic pay
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic payTHE Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers Union (ZUCWU) has written to all urban councils demanding a minimum basic salary of $2 549 in line with the statutor...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bucks the trend as more patients recover from Covid-19
Almost half of Zimbabwe's confirmed Covid-19 patients have now fully recovered with more shrugging off the last of their infection almost every day, but medical experts warn that this is no reason to ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Many Mutodis in Mnangagwa's government
The Zimbabwean government is still grappling with many incompetent and inexperienced government officials due to appointments made through nepotism and regionalism.It is unfortunate that we st...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6232 | by Leonard Koni
MDC official granted bail
HARARE Ward 23 councillor Stanley Manyenga, who is also the opposition MDC Alliance Harare provincial chairperson, was freed on $1 000 bail on Friday after he appeared in court on public violence char...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:01hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Acting Binga District Development Coordinator manhandles journalist
A drunken acting Binga District Development Coordinator Farai Marinyane harassing journalists on Saturday in Binga. He missed an event and sent a representative on his behalf as he went on boozing spr...Published: 25 May 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Suicide attempt man falls to death from tree
A 71-year-old man from Lusulu in Binga died after falling from a tree while trying to commit suicide, police have confirmed. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Matabeleland North polic...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot 'naked' getaway driver dead
A man who was possibly being intimate with his girlfriend in a "suspiciously" parked car, was on Saturday night shot dead during a high-speed chase after failing to comply with orders to stop his vehi...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa died a bitter man
OPPOSITION ZAPU Sunday commemorated the 1st anniversary of the death of its leader, Dumiso Dabengwa with party incumbent Isaac Mabuka saying the late politician died a bitter man after his ambitions o...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 590 | by newzimbabwe
Its better to build children than repair adults
The unsolicited 'long school holidays' as a result of the plague induced lockdown has availed our children with inexhaustible idle time. An idle mind is the devil's workshop. This has left the...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:58hrs | 220 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Africa Day celebrations while abroad makes you home sick
IT is that time again when Africa comes together to celebrate being African.It is not just jumping up and down in cultural costumes to great applause.It is deeper than cultural display....Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:21hrs | 282 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Lovemore Moyo warns brawling MDC officials
THE former Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson, Lovemore Moyo, has warned brawling MDC officials that they risked losing their relevance unless they urgently heal their rift.Spe...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:49hrs | 8842 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aid up for raping house maid
A nurse at Ingutsheni Mental Health Hospital has been taken to court after he allegedly raped a 17 year old girl who visited his home looking for a maid job.Edward Matimba (42) pleaded d...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:07hrs | 2301 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim Poet in SA Bongani Mncube pens poem on Mthwakazi Hero Magagula
South Africa based poet, Bongani Mncube has penned a poem as a tribute to the late Author and Mthwakazi hero David Magagula who passed on in South Africa this week.Magagula is one of the pione...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:47hrs | 480 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 5733 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at border as locals troop back
ZIMBABWEANS returning from South Africa have expressed frustration over confusing processes they are subjected to before admission to Covid-19 quarantine centres in Beitbridge.The confusion ha...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm standoff threatens crop
The tussle over former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's farm, involving a top war veteran, has taken a new twist following revelations that disruptions at the Mazowe property could resul...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 964 | by Tawanda Majoni
Attacks evoke memories of Gukurahundi tactics
LAST week on Wednesday night (May 13, 2020), I woke up to find several missed calls and messages from fellow human rights defenders telling me that Zimbabwe's youngest MP, Joanna Mamombe (27), and her...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:40hrs | 328 | by Thandekile Moyo
Scapegoating Africans as a lazy lot unable to use land
THE war of words against African holders of land continues unabated as government finds itself in an embarrassing situation after the land reform programme of the year 2000. In an extremely disquietin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:39hrs | 234 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
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