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Villagers protest secretive timber tender in Zimbabwe
Villagers and local leaders in the Mabale area of Hwange District have voiced outrage over what they describe as a secretive timber harvesting tender awarded to Teak Baron (Pvt) Ltd by the Hwange Rura...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:04hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bullish over 2025 wheat yields
WHEAT farmers have been urged to adopt best agronomic practices to meet a new government production target of 600,000 tonnes for the 2025 season, following a successful planting campaign that exceeded...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:27hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Surge in wildlife road deaths alarms conservationists near Hwange Park
Wildlife conservationists have sounded the alarm over a sharp rise in road accidents involving endangered animals in and around Hwange National Park, warning that reckless driving, poor road design, a...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 17:25hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes senior Zimbabwe Defence Forces officers
In a significant development for the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Commander-in-Chief President Emmerson Mnangagwa promoted three Zimbabwe National Army Brigadier-Generals to the rank of Major-General, alo...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:08hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
New 750MW power station for Hwange
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officiate the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 720-megawatt power station in Hwange next week, signaling another milestone in Zimbabwe's drive for energy self-s...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:41hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
US$48 million needed to complete Lake Gwayi-Tshangani by 2025
At least US$48 million is required next year to complete the construction of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani, a crucial water project aimed at alleviating water shortages in Bulawayo and surrounding areas. This ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena has the last laugh
In a significant legal setback for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), the Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling directing the release ...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
'Rehabilitate Bulawayo-Kezi Road to attract investments'
Lovemore Moyo, former Speaker of the National Assembly during Zimbabwe's government of national unity, has called on the Matobo Rural District Council (RDC) and relevant authorities to prioritize the ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Police detain man for insulting Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema
POLICE in Lusaka have detained a 43-year-old man of Kabulonga Extension for insulting President Hakainde Hichilema and saying Zambians should vote out "these idi*ts in 2026." Suzgo Mbale insul...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba appeals for restoration of his area
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba of Mabale in Hwange District has called upon the government to reconsider the boundaries of his chiefdom, citing a significant reduction in its size due to encroachments by neig...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 14:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani power station works start
PRELIMINARY works for a 10 megawatts Hydro-Power Station to be constructed at Lake Gwayi-Shangani at Cross Mabale in Hwange district have started.To increase power generation in the country, t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversial Nevers Mumba excluded from SADC Panel of Elders meetings
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat in Botswana has dispatched its Panel of Elders (PoE) on a fact-finding mission into disputed 2023 harmonised elections results in Zimbabwe....Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
South Africa Extends Zimbabwean Exemption Permits
The South African Minister of Home Affairs has extended the validity of exemption permits issued to Zimbabwean nationals for a further period of 6 months, ending on 31 December 2023.The Minist...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 21:50hrs | 51 | by Staff Reporter
Small progress registered on Beitbridge - Victoria Falls road rehab
SOME progress has been made on the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) as the Second Republic continues to deliver o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elites perfect the catch-and-release strategy
THE release of Zanu-PF's Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena on grounds that the state was not ready for trial four months after arrest is proof of double standards and that the govern...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:09hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa takes Wadyajena head-on
Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, challenged the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena's Cottco fraud case.Mliswa said NPA must t...Published: 11 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Paul Ndou
Wadyajena removed from remand
HARARE regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere has ruled that Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has no case to answer in a matter he was accused of money-laundering and fraud charges i...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC turn down $2m Ascot inferno waiver
THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down a request to waive a $2 million Fire and Ambulance Services bill by a business which lost bales of hay and property worth more than US$70 000 in an inferno in...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena challenges placement on remand
Zanu-PF legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is accused of fraud and money laundering has filed an application challenging his placement on remand.Wadyejena is charged together with his com...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena, Cottco bosses ruling date set
The ruling on Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Mayor Justice Wadyajena's application challenging his placement on remand on charges of fraud and money laundering involving funds allegedly misappropriated a...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena seeks passport release
Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, is seeking the release of his passport to travel out of the country on parliamentary business.On his previous remand appearanc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena wants fraud charges dropped
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena yesterday indicated that he will next week file an application for refusal of further remand on the matter he is jointly charged with Cotton Company...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda dawdles on Wadyajena scandal
Speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda says the house will not invoke its internal disciplinary processes against scandal-ridden Justice Mayor Wadyajena before satisfying itself the Zanu-PF lawmaker was ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena gets passport back
GOKWE-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is jointly charged with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe bosses on fraud and money laundering involving over US$5,8 million, had his passport tempora...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 07:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-convict ally implicated in Cottco scandal
GUTAI Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo of Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd , an ex-convict close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family whose company is implicated in the US$5 million Cotton Company of Zimb...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Cement theft halts Zimbabwe bridge construction
Two years after 300 bags of cement for the construction of Simukwe Bridge in Matobo District went missing, resulting in the work coming to a halt, no arrests have been made. Villagers suspect a Distri...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Court escalates property seizure order against Wadyajena
THE High Court has taken the seizure of 22 trucks owned by Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena to a higher level after issuing a 30-day order for taking over the fleet pending investig...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More woes for embattled Wadyajena
HARARE magistrate Barbra Mateko has ordered the seizure of a fleet of vehicles belonging to embattled Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) on suspicion that they were purchase...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena fraud case opens can of worms
Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency Justice Mayor Wadyajena who is accused of fraud and money laundering involving US$5,8 million appeared in court Wednesday and was remande...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena freed on ZW$100,000 bail
PROMINENT Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his co-accused were on Thursday granted ZW$100 000 bail by Harare magistrate Stenford Mambanje.They are facing fraud and money laund...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena bought 25 trucks in US$5m Cottco scam, court hears
Justice Mayor Wadyajena, Zanu PF's Gokwe Nembudziya MP and chairman of the parliamentary committee on agriculture, siphoned millions of dollars from the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe in an elaborate scam...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 08:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena in court over US$5,8m fraud
Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Nembudziya constituency, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is being accused of fraud and money-laundering involving US$5,8 million, appeared in court yesterday and wa...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani pipeline excites villagers
THE Gwayi-Shangani pipeline is set to transform the lives of thousands of people in six districts in the Matabeleland North Province as well as benefit Bulawayo and Matabeleland South immensely as the...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Simukwe bridge construction resumes
GOVERNMENT has resumed the construction of the 200-metre Simukwe River Bridge that links Matobo under Chief Malaba and Bulilima District under Chief Bango.Engineers on site said the project is...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
South Africa flagging fake IDs, passports
The net is closing in on syndicates manufacturing and selling fake South African passports and IDs.Following the arrest of a kingpin who allegedly sold fake IDs and passports, the Department o...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
OPC ZITF stand has public in awe
AN imposing artistic image depicting President Mnangagwa carrying a masonry trowel laden with mortar and building blocks in the background, admirably stood above the Office of the President and Cabine...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allays fears of power shortage
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has allayed fears of a power shortage in the country as the Second Republic is ramping up power generation efforts, which would ultimately increase national energy output.G...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Network challenges haunt Mat South villagers
FOR Mr Rapelang Nare of Buvuma area, Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province, to make a phone call, he has to walk for about two kilometres to get to the business centre where there is network ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
3 Matebeleland hospitals to get solar power plants
THREE hospitals in Matebeleland region are set to benefit from solar power plants through a project being implemented by a consortium of local independent power producers (IPPs) and German partners....Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to remain unitary State, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will remain a unitary State and no amount of machinations from the country's detractors, or those calling for a separate State, will divide the country, President Mnangagwa has said.A...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa satisfied with Lake Gwayi Shangani project progress
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday toured Lake Gwayi-Shangani site and expressed satisfaction on progress made in the construction of the giant water project.He proved his commitment to hard work b...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Matebeleland
DEVOLUTION being spearheaded by President Mnangagwa continues to bear fruits in Matebeleland North as evidenced by implementation of key developmental economic projects in the province, a ratification...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Will SADC national dialogue finally end King Mswati III absolute monarch - Zimbabweans watching like hawks
SADC has finally stepped in to try end the cycle of violence and political unrest in Eswatini. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the current Chairperson of Chairperson of SADC's Organ on...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mangwe piped water project nears completion
THE construction of a piped water system in Mangwe district, which is seen as key to addressing perennial water shortages in the area, is now 95% complete.Matabeleland South District Developme...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Inside the cotton value chain
Cotton has been grown in Zimbabwe from as far back as 1940, even though production was enhanced after the establishment of the Cotton Marketing Board (CMB) in 1969. The white Gold is the second most i...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 19:33hrs | 13 | by Victor Bhoroma
Top cops in daring robbery
Two top Marondera detectives allegedly intercepted more than 100 stolen tobacco bales and connived with the armed robbers to sell the loot before sharing the proceeds.Tapera Bvunzawabaya (36) ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Illegal harvesting of natural resources sparks conflict
The Kenilworth community, in Bubi ward 19 has raised ire over the indigent harvesting of locally available natural resources by villagers from neighboring districts.Premature harvesting of bro...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Old Mutual Zimbabwe pours US$12.4 million into solar projects in Zimbabwe
Old Mutual Zimbabwe has poured US$12.4 million (over R188 million) into solar projects around the country, which will generate a combined 25 MW upon completion.The Zimbabwe economy has been st...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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