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Bulawayo residents told to stop digging wells
Cowdray Park Councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu has warned residents against digging wells in their yards due to significant health risks. This advisory comes amid acute water shortages in the city, whic...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:38hrs | 3400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF using sanctions as excuse for corruption
Moses Mzila Ndlovu says the Zanu-PF government is heavily profiting from corruption, with the elite externalising funds out of the country and investing them elsewhere rather than in social services, ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abortion pills sold like sweets on the streets of Bulawayo
ARE you aware of what your children are doing online?A thriving business for abortion pills is booming in the streets of Bulawayo and the rest of Zimbabwe as the illegal drugs are easily acces...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss
Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Donkey meat concerns surfaces in Bulawayo
Ward 15 councilor Ashton Mhlanga has encouraged Cowdray Park residents to buy their meat from reputed licensed butcheries rather than backyards, following complaints of individuals selling donkey meat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Dollar deals' cripple bars, nightclubs
ILLEGAL alcohol sellers that have sprouted across the city are crippling the business of registered nightclubs and bars while Government has set high standards of operation to bring sanity to the dist...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide survivors demand justice as hearings commence
It is now close to four decades since the end of Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands, but survivors and their relatives are still to find closure as the government continues to dither o...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers can't breathe
When the teachers are happy (elephants making love), the learners will naturally benefit from their physical and intellectual energies that will be deployed in the teaching-learning process.TH...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Nicholas Aribino
Elon Musk's Starlink eyes Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S telecoms sector faces massive disruption with the anticipated entrance of SpaceX's Starlink, the global satellite internet service giant linked to US tech billionaire Elon Musk into the cou...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tension grips Midlands
SIMMERING tension has absorbed the ruling Zanu-PF in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard, stoked by the party's provincial leadership's decision to block scheduled disciplinary hearings f...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF climbs down on suspensions
Zanu-PF Midlands province has climbed down and nullified all hearings, suspensions and prohibition orders issued to several members accused of de-campaigning the party's candidates ahead of the August...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rescues Wadyajena
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has survived another Zanu PF chop after party spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, lifted suspensi...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:24hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube targets revenue from backyard chicken producers, informal businesses
Unregistered small businesses reaping profits from the country's money-spinning environment could soon find themselves elbowed out of the supply chain, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said recently, as ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 06:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
LP gas vendors arrested
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has reported the arrest and conviction of a minimum of 80 illegal vendors of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP gas) since the start of the year, along with th...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Living a lie
IN our NewsDay edition yesterday, we carried two stories titled: Low civil servants wages a time bomb and Let the good time roll, let's enjoy: Mthuli.The two stories clearly highlighted the gl...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
TTI slashes Bulawayo parking fees
BULAWAYO'S parking management company, Tendy Three Investments (TTI), was forced to reduce its daily parking fees by 50 percent from US$8 per day to US$4 in response to concerns raised by motorists in...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not have all the 12,374 V11s: The case of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe
Factually it is not true that, unlike in 2018, Chamisa this time round has all the V11s from the 12,374 polling stations that were created for the 2023 harmonised general election, because he and his ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe govt ducking responsibility by urging new graduates to start companies!
I remember soon after graduating from journalism school in 1998, I was so eager to be my own boss, such that I implored my parents to help establish a newspaper for me. I had always been passi...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso form gives Masomere sleepless nights
LUKE MASOMERE is having sleepless nights in the resort town of Kariba as he braces for his toughest task since returning to the Premiership dugout. Masomere, a veteran gaffer who coached Hwang...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporter confiscates, torches CCC campaign posters
DREADED Zanu-PF member, Admire "Bicep" Ndhlovu allegedly set on fire opposition party campaign material this week in Chinhoyi.The ex-convict, who served time for murder, is one of surviving me...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Stafff reporter
Scott Sakupwanya's flamboyant campaign under the spotlight
A convoy of high-end vehicles led by police escorts snakes its way into Number One Grounds in Harare's Mabvuku high density suburb on a late Thursday afternoon.Brown dust rises as three ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Secret underground abortion clinics thrive in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEAN health professionals are profiting from the under-the-table sale of abortion pills due to low salaries and blocked migration routes.Abortion in Zimbabwe is illegal and punishable by...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by Dalphine Tagwireyi
Kasukuwere's headache
CHARITY begins at home, but for Mr Saviour Kasukuwere it seems to reside on social media and nowhere else.It is for that reason that he is seemingly not welcome in Mt Darwin, his home area whe...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 4 | by Staff rporter
Zimbabwe can learn from Ashes Series
Zimbabwe's Test players are likely to be keeping an eye on proceedings in England over the coming months as a new chapter is to be written in Ashes history.It's a series that will see the seco...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 16:12hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Chitungwiza residents resort to bucket toilet system
The bulk of Chitungwiza residents have been forced to resort to the bucket toilet system as council struggles to bring a permanent solution to sewage and water reticulaion problems affecting most part...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garbage truck catches fire
A fire tender extinguishes a Karoi Town Council refuse truck that caught fire in the Central business districtTHERE was drama in Karoi town's central business district when a Karoi Town Counci...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal shortage hits Zimbabwe?
ILLICIT deals involving some unscrupulous suppliers and traders have been blamed for creating artificial shortages of mealie-meal in formal shops while the commodity is being diverted to the streets a...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo issues a warning
EXILED former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo has warned that the recent threats by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to crack down on businesses over price hikes will only worsen the already dire situati...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube sabotaging Mnangagwa re-election bid'
FORMER Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has blamed Mthuli Ncube for failing to tame spiralling prices of basic commodities, which are militating against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-election bid fo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Call to act on unpatriotic Zimbabwean elements
ZIMBABWEANS have called on authorities to expedite the passage of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill (2022) and put an end to the tendency by opposition elements to badmouth the...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry Zanu-PF supported disrupt meeting in Mnangagwa's backyard
A meeting in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hometown of Kwekwe ended prematurely Sunday after some angry supporters disrupted the meeting which was aimed at introducing the party's candidates demandin...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs sweat over poor rally attendances
Zanu-PF's woes in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard continue to mount, with party candidates in the forthcoming polls now resorting to commandeering traditional leaders to frogmarch their subjec...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trouble brewing in Mnangagwa backyard
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is being ravaged by infighting, especially in his home province of Midlands following controversial primary elections that were marred by vote riggi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivhayo spends US$1.9 million on cars in a week
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivhayo has given credit to God in a post announcing receipt of a third high-end vehicle within a week.Chivhayo, whose Intratek was awarded the failed Gwand...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC 'unholy union' rapped
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has accused South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) and Zanu-PF of perpetuating Zimbabweans' suffering through their 'unholy union'.The remar...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rufaro upgrade misses derby target
IT'S all talk and little action. Rufaro Stadium renovations, which were initially expected to be completed in time for the Harare Derby, have already missed schedule. The facility, whi...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fake booze booms in Zimbabwe
Inside a grimy, poorly lit room in Mbare, one of Zimbabwe's most populous townships, a 45-year-old man sits on a makeshift stool as he pours a brownish liquid into small bottles.An alcoholic s...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair quells 'bhora musango' threats
Zanu-PF Kwekwe District chairperson Moses Thandika has moved in to quell tensions within the party amid reports of bhora musango threats in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard following the recent...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF bungles own poll
Zanu-PF has failed to run clean primary elections in its own backyard amid vote rigging complaints by some losing candidates coupled with claims of intimidation among rival groups.Long accused...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Bulawayo solar tile producer eyes Sadc market
A BULAWAYO entrepreneur who produces solar roof tiles and kitchen countertops from plastic waste is eager to penetrate the Southern regional market and help promote intra-regional trade.Solar ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
De-registration of unlicenced vehicles starts
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has started the de-registration of vehicles that have remained unlicenced for more than two years.This comes after Zinara released a stateme...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
TTI, BCC making 'super profits' from parking system deal
IT seems Bulawayo motorists who were boycotting the parking management system introduced in the city in mid-February last year have bowed down to pressure amid revelations that the parking management ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe cops flee Ganja farming ancestral spirits
TWO police officers fleeing down a flight of stairs with stark terror written on their faces at the crack of dawn is not an everyday occurrence.What was supposed to be a routine arrest went so...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case clouds Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission bid
UNITED Kingdom (UK)'s House of Lords member Kate Hoey has said Zimbabwe must not be re-admitted into the Commonwealth club over the country's deteriorating human rights record and continued detention ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police smash illicit alcohol syndicate
Police yesterday cut off a njengu distribution network in Bulawayo in what is arguably the city's biggest illicit alcohol bust in recent years.They seized two truckloads of the outlawed booze ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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