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Chamisa told that courts aren't the answer
EXILED former Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against perennially resorting to the courts to settle political problems rocking the oppositi...Published: 5 hrs ago | 3695 | by Staff reporter
Matiza grilled over vehicle plates shortages
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said government ordered a clampdown on vehicles without number plates after witnessing a spike in accidents involving unregistered vehicles.Resp...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1297 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 5 hrs ago | 3811 | by Staff reporter
ZACC wants looted funds to be repatriated home
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday urged Parliament to tighten legislation to ensure that all illegally-acquired wealth siphoned out of the cou...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Kombis given green light to operate
GOVERNMENT has given commuter omnibuses the nod to start operating but they have to register with relevant authorities and also strictly comply with Covid-19 health guidelines. The kombis amon...Published: 7 hrs ago | 6316 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man sought over SA double murder
Two people appeared this week in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court in connection with the murder of Ocean Basket seafood restaurant owner Lizette Deacon and her mother Hettie, the NPA said on Tuesday....Published: 7 hrs ago | 966 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe student leaders expose US Embassy
TWO of Zimbabwe's leading student unions yesterday united under the banner "Collective Students Union" and claimed that the United States Embassy in Harare was sponsoring them to engage in demonstrati...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2019 | by Staff reporter
ZESA hikes tariffs by 50%
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has increased electricity tariffs by 50% with effect from September 23, 2020, a move that will see a rise in most prices, especially basic commodities....Published: 7 hrs ago | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda warns Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE ruling Zanu-PF has threatened to crack the whip on party bigwigs interfering with processes of the impending party district coordinating committees (DCC) elections. This comes amid re...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3630 | by Staff reporter
Man falls to his death
A FILABUSI man fell to his death off a moving vehicle while a man from Gwanda died after a vehicle he was travelling in overturned in two separate incidences.Matabeleland South acting provinci...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Bucket seats for Barbourfields Stadium
THE Government has started procuring bucket seats and electronic ticketing system for the National Sports and Barbourfields stadia in moves against time to ensure the Warriors and FC Platinum play the...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Equatorial Guinea delegation meets Mnangagwa
Equatorial Guinea Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Simeon Oyono today paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa at State House to deliver a special message from President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo....Published: 14 hrs ago | 757 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men facing rape charges in the UK because of cultural norms
Over a hundred Zimbabwean men in the UK have been either charged or convicted of rape. Most rape charges in the UK are due to cultural differences and sheer ignorance. The Crime Survey f...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4507 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
G40 ministers reported to Grace Mugabe on key Cabinet decisions
ZANU-PF says former senior party members who were part of the G40 faction were less qualified to talk about constitutionalism as they also disregarded it when they were ministers who reported to forme...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 5417 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 2522 | by Staff reporter
Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Nelson Chamisa
A SECTION of the Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance had urged the party to abandon its contested name as an identity crisis rocks the opposition movement. The Mr Chamisa-led group continues to...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:01hrs | 4972 | by Staff reporter
Kapowezha appointed Swallows team manager
FORMER Zimbabwe international midfielder Elasto Lungu Kapowezha has been appointed team manager of newly promoted Swallows FC ahead of the start of the 2020-2021 South African Premier Soccer League se...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 20:21hrs | 1126 | by Sports reporter
'Chamisa should seriously consider forming another party'
A ZIMBABWEAN human rights lawyer says the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is unlikely to seek a court order to stop the Thokozani Khupe MDC-T from using the Alliance to f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 19:10hrs | 4106 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar gains against the US dollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe held its weekly foreign currency auction today, which saw the local currency maintain its appreciation trend against the US dollar after it gained 0.26% to 81.4965 from 81...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 6695 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5288 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga pledges to improve the working conditions of health workers
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga who is also the country's Health Minister has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers.This comes as the Health Apex Counci...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Hubby apologises to wife before Magistrate
A Harare man, Mr William Chikoore, today promised to stop hitting his wife when Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Meenal Narotam granted his wife, Nyarai Nziramasanga, a protection order against him....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Rushed Zim Dollar introduction cost the economy
The Zimbabwean government recently gazetted the Finance Bill (H.B.4 of 2020) which validates the fiscal changes that were tabled in the Mid-Term budget review in July 2020. The Bill amends the Gains T...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:17hrs | 1165 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa to field recalled councillors
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's Bulawayo provincial executive has resolved to field all the eight councillors who were recently recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe in the upcoming by-el...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 9620 | by Staff reporter
Govt bans mining at Matobo Hills
GOVERNMENT has succumbed to pressure and cancelled a gold prospecting licence issued to Mazinahue Syndicate at the Matobo Hills World Heritage site following protests by villagers and local pressure g...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
What is Khupe up to?
WEEKEND reports that the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe had claimed the MDC Alliance title exposes confusion in that party. It speaks to desperation on the part of the MDC-T to seek legitimacy. But to w...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3480 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's indigenisation law ill-conceived, says Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT rolled out an ill-conceived indigenisation policy for political expediency during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
Artistes want ‘name-and-shame' Covid-19 relief fund 'cheaters'
ARTISTES in Bulawayo have challenged the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) to name and shame those who tried to defraud the Covid-19 Arts relief fund. NACZ director Nicholas Moyo said a...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
2 smugglers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two smugglers towing a trailer of smuggled goods and mbanje were arrested following a high-speed chase along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway on Sunday morning after they smashed through security booms...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
'Worn out US dollar notes notes acceptable'
BADLY damaged, dirty or even torn United States dollar notes remain valid for all transactions and can be exchanged as legal tender. This comes as some businesses and individuals have been rej...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
Ray Kaukonde being probed by ZACC
The legal dispute over the status of a 1 000ha farm in Goromnzi has sucked in former Mashonaland East Governor Ray Kaukonde who is now under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Z...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to take part in Govt procurement processes, says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF is finalising on preparing a document that will among other issues see the governing party being involved in the lucrative government procurement business.The party's acting national s...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may hold solution to Africa's energy crisis
BACK in the early 1990s, Mobil was exploring for oil in Zimbabwe when it came across large hydrocarbon resources in the Cabora Bassa Basin.The petroleum giant explored over an area extending a...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU president a threat to 'public safety'
Zimbabwe National Student Union (Zinasu) president Takudzwa Ngadziore was denied bail on Monday after a magistrate said he was a threat to public safety.Ngadziore was assaulted by state securi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:13hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House
Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 2909 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe, Zambia satisfied with progress at Batoka hydro plant
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have expressed satisfaction on the progress made in the construction of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) since the project was awarded to a Chinese contractor....Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2179 | by Staff reporter
75% Zimbabwe urban workers jobless, says WFP
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has disclosed that three quarters of Zimbabwe's urban workers have lost their jobs due to the deteriorating economic situation and the COVID-19-induced restrictions whic...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3068 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
'Incorporate youths in ZANU-PF structures'
ZANU-PF must incorporate youths in party structures during the impending District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections in eight provinces since they are competent, knowledgeable and educated to ini...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Strict rules in place for intercity passenger safety
Strict new operating procedures and an upgrade of terminuses so they are secure with controlled access and washing facilities are among the measures being introduced to ensure the resumption of interc...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Pressure keeps mounting on Chamisa
Pressure keeps mounting on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as his former top lieutenant and now MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said that MDC Alliance name belongs to the MDC-T and the...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:26hrs | 5279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers turn to 'chikorokoza'
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to "chikorokoza" as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4857 | by Staff reporter
BCC rejects Govt directive
THE Bulawayo City Council is headed on a collision course with Government after council rejected a directive to have senior Government officials attend full council and committee meetings.Last...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC hopefuls submit CVs
ZANU-PF members have been called upon to take the process of electing District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members seriously and ensure that they choose people who will further push the party to pros...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 414 | by Bishop Lazarus
Ian Khama ratchets pressure on Mnangagwa
FORMER Botswana president Ian Khama says the region must step in to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold talks with his rivals.Khama, who was ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 4113 | by Staff reporter
Don't expect much from ANC, says analyst
Political analyst Professor Lesiba Teffo yesterday said nothing much could be expected from the ANC provincial executive committee (PeC) in Gauteng.The PEC is meeting this weekend to consider ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:24hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
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