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Things not looking good for Chamisa's CCC
The events that are taking place within CCC coupled with the party's defeat by Zanu-PF in the by-elections held in Binga, Gweru and Mberengwa over the weekend show that things are falling apart in the...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1516 | by Mukachana Hanyani
'Zimbabwe opposition parties need strategies to appeal to rural voters'
With only six months until the elections and no comprehensive electoral reforms in place, analysts say if the opposition in Zimbabwe is to win the 2023 national elections, it will need to put in place...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trounces CCC in weekend by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party on Saturday won four of the five contested council seats in Gweru, Mberengwa and Binga which used to be main opposition's stronghold.According to results released by t...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 2926 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
CCC raises intimidation concerns in Mberengwa by-election
THE OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has raised intimidation concerns in the ongoing by-election being held in Mberengwa.A woman suspected to be a Zanu-PF member allegedly ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
High Court suspends 5 Binga by-elections
THE High Court has barred the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from holding by-elections in five wards under Binga Rural District Council that were supposed to be held today.By-elections we...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1675 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo pressures Victoria Falls City Council to give prime land to gold baron
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo, who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraudulent land ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo entangled in Vic Falls corruption scandals
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo (pictured), who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraud...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa speaks on 2023 polls prospects, accepting results
A wave of opposition victories in the Sadc region over the past two years has elicited mixed reactions from political parties in Zimbabwe.The opposition says this is a sign that the tide was c...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Lightning kills father and daughter
VILLAGERS in the Ndimimbili area under Chief Mabhikwa in Lupane, Matabeleland North province were left shocked after a bolt of lightning fatally struck a man and his daughter leaving his wife with ser...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
3 struck dead by lightning
A DARK cloud engulfed Lupane and Binga in Matabeleland North when three people died after they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents.In both incidents, the lightning struck and bu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'chickens out' of Binga by-election
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the campaign environment in Binga as "peaceful and calm" ahead of by-elections slated for early next month.National polls manag...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2857 | by Staff reporter
ArcelorMittal injects millions into Zimbabwe
ARCELORMITTAL, one of the world's largest steel producers which imports 70 percent of coke produced in Zimbabwe, is set to build coke oven batteries as part of the beneficiation and value addition pro...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora withdraws recall on councillor, forces scrapping of by-election
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's recent recalls on elected opposition representatives turned farcical last week when the politician was forced to reverse the recall of Victoria Falls Ward 8 Councillor ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:40hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
5 injured in bus accident
FIVE people were injured on Wednesday when a bus driver lost control of the vehicle they were traveling on before it veered off the road, hit a tree and landed on its side.The accident happene...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
19 firms blacklisted for fuelling black market
NINETEEN contractors providing Government with goods and services have been blacklisted for channelling funds to the foreign exchange black market, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Govt declares Binga safe from floods
THE government has assured flood victims in Binga district, Matabeleland North province that they are safe following their relocation."There are houses in Sungwano which were being built since...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T throws Komichi under the bus
THE MDC-T has dismissed a weekend statement by its national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, saying the opposition party had already fielded candidates to contest forthcoming by-elections after boycotting...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2999 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T reverses decision to boycott by-elections
THE MDC-T has made a somersault on its earlier decision to boycott by-elections, which arose mostly as a result of recalls of incumbent councillors and Members of Parliament (MPs) by the opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'poll surge' faces Binga test after Mwonzora triggers 6 by-elections
Zanu-PF's assumed clout in recapturing parts of opposition territory while protecting its own comes under check this December when party candidates face off with CCC opponents in six Binga Rural Distr...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:15hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Is corruption in Zimbabwe because of crooked minds or purely cruel idiocy?
Let us imagine a small town - with residents living on the verge of impoverishment due to the collapse of their only mainstay (an iron and steel making company) over a decade ago - yet, their town fat...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 15:30hrs | 328 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe general elections set for July-Aug 2023
Constitutionally, Presidential, Parliamentary and local authority elections must take place in July or August next year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has noted and so there shall be no by-e...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls 6 Binga councillors
The Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T has recalled six Binga Rural District Council councillors after they were allegedly found to be agents of Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party ....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader dies
ZANU-PF has announced death of an administrative director within the party Elias Sibanda who died earlier today. Sibanda, age not given but originally from Binga, was one of the director...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:04hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF will never win free elections!' said CCC. True. So, why is CCC one insisting on elections with NO reforms?
When it comes to elections, Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22 situation. After 42 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule that has left the country in economic ruins, a pariah state and forced mil...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:51hrs | 379 | by Nomusa Garikai
Esigodini fire victims identified
Police have released the names of the 10 victims who died while trying to extinguish a raging veld fire at Rodrose Farm, Esigodini yesterday.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assist...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Election watchdog endorses Mberengwa, Nyanga votes as free and fair but CCC cries foul
INDEPENDENT election watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), has endorsed the recently held by-elections in Mberengwa and Nyanga as credible.The verdict flies in the face of main o...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF old guard wins central committee elections in Matebeleland
Most of the senior Zanu-PF members in Matebeleland won in the party's central committee elections held on Saturday.The central committee is the party's highest decision-making body outside of ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fall by the wayside in chaotic elections
As results started trickling in last night, some Zanu-PF bigwigs including former Health minister David Parirenyatwa, politburo member Tendai Chirau and ex-wife of ruling party deputy president Kembo ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:57hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland provinces get 10 ambulances
THE Government has delivered 10 fully-kitted ambulances to Matabeleland North and South provinces out of the 100 it has so far procured as part of its efforts to alleviate challenges arising from tran...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:53hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers troop back
Zanu-PF stalwarts and ex-ministers in the current administration and late former President Robert Mugabe's government are plotting a political comeback after they were cleared by the politburo to cont...Published: 08 Oct 2022 at 21:06hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
Councillor gets violent in sexual abuse storm
A councillor has been dragged to court for allegedly assaulting her co-tenant after she accused her of sexually abusing her son.Princess Shoko is staying at her lodgings in Emakhandeni suburb ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Farmers should not pay for Presidential inputs
FARMERS are not expected to pay for the transportation of agricultural inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme as Government has already paid the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for the service....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo defends government projects
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in charge of implementation and monitoring, Joram Gumbo has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is seeking to develop key infrastructure in al...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Doctors ask Chiwenga for land to build surgeries
GOVERNMENT has said that plans to redevelop some of the oldest suburbs across the country is critical in increasing housing space and industrial opportunities.The idea dovetails with the Secon...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Man survives elephants and crocodile attacks
FOR Mr Winders Sianene (43), the only thing that mattered to him was coming out alive as he escaped five elephants that saw him as an obstacle to getting water only to fall right into the jaws of a hu...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo readies for Gwayi-Shangani water
BULAWAYO has started work on ensuring that when adequate water supply arrives by pipeline from Lake Gwayi-Shangani, around the end of next year, there will be the necessary extra water treatment and d...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Football Club bounces back
HWANGE Football Club are officially the Zifa Southern Region Division One champions after they defeated Indlovu Iyanyathela 1-0 at the Colliery Stadium to earn promotion to the Premier Soccer League....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 14:04hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ambulance distribution begins
The Government has allocated 40 new fully kitted ambulances to public health institutions countrywide, while an additional 60 specialised medical emergency vehicles are set to be distributed to health...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:57hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba to commission Lupane Magistrates' Courts
ALL is set for the commissioning of the completed Lupane Magistrates' Courts complex by Chief Justice Luke Malaba this Friday.Construction of the complex started a few years ago and it is one ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gokwe wish realised
DEEP down in Nenyunka area in Gokwe North district under Chief Nenyunka, some 90km north-west of Gokwe town, President Mnangagwa undoubtedly left an indelible mark in the hearts of the people from thi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University campus radio goes on air
LUPANE State University (LSU)'s campus radio station is now on air and broadcasting from its base in the Matabeleland North provincial capital with the institution set to receive the outstanding studi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Chase Skuza to launch new album
THE 'King of Kalanga' Rhumba music Chase Skuza has released a four-track album after a five year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Entitled ukuhlakanipha Yibuthutha (cleverness does not mean...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 18:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
12 Matebeleland dams set for fisheries programme
MATEBELELAND fish farmers are set to benefit from the Government's fisheries programme after 12 dams from the region were targeted for the Presidential Fisheries Programme that will involve 50 000 far...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Binga horror crash claims four, injures nine
Four people died Thursday while nine others were injured when a Department of Roads vehicle veered off the road and overturned in Siabuwa, Matabeleland North.Police confirmed the tragic incide...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:13hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Naked night rider startles family
A family from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo had the shock of its life when it woke up to find an old half-naked man curled up fast asleep in their yard.The incident which had caused a stir i...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 4330 | by Staff reporter
Player struck dead after social soccer tournament
A SOCIAL soccer tournament in Binga ended in tragedy after a player fatally hit one of his teammates with a brick following a misunderstanding over an undisclosed issue, police have confirmed....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Nust students centre nears completion
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans fro...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Valley braces for more dinosaur excavations
The discovery and excavation of remains of a two-legged dinosaur, that lived 230 million years ago, according to carbon dating in Mbire, has opened floodgates of explorations by archaeologists and loc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
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