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Murder charges against trade unionists withdrawn
The State has formally withdrawn murder charges against two prominent leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Obert Masaraure and Robson Chere. The two had been facing all...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:06hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds, heavy rains blamed for building collapse
Strong winds and rains that hit Harare on Saturday afternoon caused the collapse of a building at corner Chinhoyi Street and Banks, killing a woman, injuring five others and damaging property, the bui...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy as building's balcony collapses in central Harare
A yet-to-be-determined number of individuals are feared dead, with several others injured, following the collapse of a balcony in a deteriorated building in central Harare on Saturday afternoon....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Palm River Hotel awarded official 5-star grading
Palm River Hotel awarded 5-star grading by Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Officially one of only two h...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 15:56hrs | 18 | by Agencies
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phosphorus grenade used in deadly Munatsi attack
AN incendiary phosphorus grenade which ignites and explodes when hurled, emitting fire and intense heat that burns fiercely, was used to destroy banker Doug Munatsi's home after his immobilisation, ra...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Munatsi was killed'
IF he was not immobilised or held against his will, prominent banker and Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Douglas Munatsi could have escaped the fire that engulfed his luxurious 9th floor pe...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi family still to decide on burial
THE family of prominent banker and businessman Mr Douglas Munatsi is yet to decide on burial arrangements.Mr Munatsi died early on Monday morning in a mysterious fire at his Harare apartment w...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police keen to question Munatsi's last contact
Police are keen to interview a woman believed to be among the last people to see prominent banker, Mr Douglas Munatsi alive before his death in a mysterious fire at his Harare apartment early Monday m...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police probe into death of businessman Douglas Munatsi
MEMORANDUMSUBJECT: SUDDEN DEATH BY FIRE OF DOUGLAS MUNATSI AT NUMBER C9 NORTHFIELDS FLATS, CORNER JOSIAH TONGOGARA AND FIFTH AVENUE, HARAREThis memorandum serves to put on record circu...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ilala Lodge Hotel celebrates 30 years in hospitality with loyal industry partners
Zimbabwe, 7 October 2021. The renowned Ilala Lodge Hotel in Victoria Falls celebrated three decades in hospitality at a private event held with longstanding regional tourism partners on Monday evening...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya freaks out over RBZ balcony cuddlers
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has thrown its employees captured sharing an intimate moment at its building under the bus after receiving backlash on social media.This comes after social media...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
Mwonzora declared winner
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has won the race for substantive party president following a chaotic extraordinary congress that saw all his three opponents pull out in the middle of voting c...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gas tank blast guts apartments
Some residents of Chirundu Court in Belvedere, which is owned by Harare City Council, lost all their property in a fire that was ignited by a gas tank explosion in one of the apartments yesterday morn...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi had no child
IT is a Thursday afternoon and people with homesteads around the late socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's mansion start trooping in for the buffet which would be served at lunch time.The bu...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
The inscrutable Mr Trump!
*This letter uses American jargonIt took me sometime to figure out why the inscrutable, rascally US President Donald J Trump drives so many elites into a lunatic frenzy until I read a post fro...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:09hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
RBZ boss survives hellish Covid-19 experience
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Deputy Governor Dr Kuphukile Mlambo views himself as a lucky and blessed man after surviving what he described as a hellish and nasty Covid-19 ordeal. Dr Mlambo had to...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Jonathan Moyo survived Chiwenga's killers
Professor Jonathan Moyo's escape story from the then Commander Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga's killers in November 2017 is a candidate for a Hollywood script. While Prof Moyo is ye...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ilala Lodge Hotel to showcase line-up of enhancements at Africa's Travel Indaba Show
At the 2019 Africa's Travel Indaba tourism trade show Ilala Lodge Hotel will showcase a line-up of recent developments set to enhance guest experiences in Zimbabwe's tourism capital, Victoria Falls....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire at new Central Registry Building
Fire broke out early yesterday morning at the new Central Registry Building in central Harare, in what authorities suspected to be an arson attempt by criminal elements. It took swift action b...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Top five spa hotels in Victoria Falls
FOR an alternate holiday, a trip to Victoria Falls could be your perfect choice. With plenty of hotels offering the chance to see African Wildlife from the comfort of your room and the knowledge that ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:58hrs | | by VF24.com
5 of the most expensive apartments throughout the world
Today's luxury apartments are designed to provide you with ample space, top amenities, beautifully appointed rooms and balconies, flawless landscaping, stunning views and other features all in a prize...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The night Zimbabwean journalist was killed in South Africa
A State witness has told the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg of the events that unfolded the night that journalist and fixer Godknows Nare was gunned down in Florida, west of Johannesburg.I...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3-gun thief committed to mental institution
A man who escaped from police custody before stealing three guns at Gwanda Urban Police Station has been committed to Mlondolozi Mental Prison after doctors confirmed that he was mentally unstable. ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The girl at the market
They stood at the edge of the busy market, two complete opposites like night and day, winter and summer. The light-skinned girl was a life-size cut-out from a fashion magazine; smooth caramel skin...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 11:28hrs | 8 | by Jera
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by BBC News
SA's murky world of pension funds exposed by death of Zimbabwean businessman
The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.Exactly 16...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman's death exposes South Africa's murky world of pension funds
HARARE - The death of South African based Zimbabwean businessman Abraham Ndoro has opened a can of worms, shedding light on the murky pension industry in the Southern Africa powerful economy.E...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How knowing the population size will help you win in business
When you come up with a new product or business idea it is very easy to get too excited and ignore the available data and information that would otherwise have helped you to improve upon the initial i...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Sibusiso T. Mabhena
Chamisa cries foul
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to do everything possible to stop the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from manipulating the July 30 general elections in favour of President Emmerson M...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigumba scuppers Chamisa's chances
THE MDC Alliance yesterday raised a red flag over a litany of electoral irregularities which it claimed were part of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s choreographed scheme to scupper coalition...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC scoffs at claims ballot paper favours Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission yesterday dismissed claims by the MDC Alliance that the design of the ballot paper for the presidential candidates for the July 30 elections favours the incumbent, Pr...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile attack couple speaks
A WOMAN who lost an arm in a crocodile attack in the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls five days before her wedding has revealed how, before the horrific incident, her only worry was decorating the wedd...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Costly $2 sex
A HARARE man nearly met his maker over a $2 scuffle with a hooker.Passmore Marufu was pushed off a third floor apartment by Abigail Chingwaru (28), popularly known as Doshto in the Avenues are...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife's lover
A Harare man appeared in court on Friday for allegedly murdering a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife, by throwing him down from a third floor balcony.Nicholas Parakokwa (29) a...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The love scandals that rocked Zanu-PF
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, but obviously someone forgot to tell the folks inside Zanu-PF. In this expose, we look at the love scandals that have dominated Mugabe's party ...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 15:57hrs | 112 | by Lance Guma
Mnangagwa demands 'security' guarantees for his return - what guarantees has he ever given povo
"I told the President that I would not return home now until I am satisfied of my personal security, because of the manner and treatment given to me upon being fired," says Mnangagwa. So you c...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe, no country for young man
Zimbabwe, no country for young manMy paternal grandfather, fondly referred to as vaGumbo- Madyirapazhe died at the ripe old age of ninety nine ( may his soul rest in peace). One thing he was k...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 22:27hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Violence at the Harare International Carnival
Permitting people to freely imbibe in the streets of Harare from morning may just have been a recipe for disaster as violence reared its ugly head at the Harare International Carnival concert held on ...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is not the Messiah, he's Mugabe's enforcer in the belly of the beast
Life can be ugly. I have seen the unspeakable rot of unchecked malfeasance light up a dinghy hotel bar with womanly seduction like a fireworks display at the Harare Agricultural Show. Laced up in tigh...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 08:26hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe's tender board boss murderd mafia-style
FORMER State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairman and senior professional bureaucrat Charles Kuwaza could have been murdered, contrary to the narrative he committed suicide by jumping to his dea...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sandi Moyo, Mahoka fall
UNDERFIRE Zanu-PF women's league deputy secretary, Eunice Sandi Moyo and treasurer, Sarah Mahoka have resigned from their posts ahead of a disciplinary hearing on numerous allegations of misconduc...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huro wants to make Chenhaka a tourist attraction
Mlambo Reuben known as Huro (38), a former business man and a writer is interested in developing Chenhaka business centre located in Zaka. He wants to make Chenhaka business centre into a touris...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:04hrs | | by Kasirayi Tembe.
'Tsvangirai go to hell, you are childish,' says Mliswa
Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa yesterday blasted MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, accusing him of being childish for allegedly boycotting his victory celebrations over a picture where he posed ...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hotel gunman trial begins
AN INSIZA man who recently allegedly robbed two osiphatheleni of more than R30 000 at gunpoint at Selbourne Hotel in Bulawayo has appeared in court.Mpumelelo Moyo (41) and his accomplice Zama ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Tanaka Mrewa
Woman calls her lover brother -- ex-hubby says
A WOMAN believed to be a lecturer at one of the country's tertiary institutions has accused a former lover of trying to get her to abort her pregnancy.This happened when they were still to...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 15:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun battle as robbers shoot money changer
AN illegal money changer - popularly known as Usiphatheleni - yesterday cheated death when a suspected armed robber shot him twice on the arm at a Bulawayo hotel while his accomplice got away with R30...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Security guard jumps to death from 7th floor over money
A Harare security guard on Tuesday afternoon committed suicide by throwing himself from seventh floor and landed on second floor balcony at Construction House.The unidentified guard is said to...Published: 10 Feb 2016 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Tennis Club launched its inaugural season in UK
The Zimbabwe Tennis Club launched its inaugural season with the Winter Championships on Saturday the 9th of January held at the Aldershot Tennis Centre. Nineteen men and six women competed in the two ...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 07:41hrs | 4 | by Press release
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