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Chamisa's councillors blast Mthuli Ncube for fixing Cowdray Park roads
Bulawayo councillors have taken a swipe at Zanu-PF aspiring Cowdray Park Constituency parliamentary candidate, Professor Mthuli Ncube for fixing roads and sinking boreholes without council permission....Published: 15 hrs ago | 1569 | by Staff reporter
House crumbles in Kwekwe
A Kwekwe family escaped death by a whisker after their flat at Globe and Phoenix compound caved in due to illegal mining underneath the compound.Family spokesperson, Ms Kimberly Rusike, said t...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Mnangagwa
Some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week include child rapists, it has emerged.One fiend who raped a nine-year-old girl had served ju...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed 16 years for bringing unauthorised explosives into SA
The Musina Regional Court in Limpopo sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for bringing unauthorised explosives into the country as well as missing a court appearance.Prosper Takunda Henry Mum...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:12hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
'Vote buying destroying Zanu PF'
The Zanu PF leadership in Mashonaland East province has admitted that some of its candidates splashed cash to win the party primary elections held in March this year.Addressing delegates...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers
The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 3973 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blasts absentee ministers
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda on Thursday blasted ministers who are failing to attend Parliament and warned that they were abusing their offices.Only a handful of Cabinet mini...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:27hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
3rd witness nails Biti
A THIRD State witness in the case of Harare East legislator Tendai Biti (CCC) who is accused of verbally assaulting local businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina told the court yesterday that when he sensed da...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION legislator Tendai Biti has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for attempting a constitutional coup with a bizarre general notice hiding procurement processes in the Health ministry....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ blasts informal sector
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has blasted the informal sector which is flooded with their products at the expense of the formal sector.In a statement, GMAZ chairperson Dr Tafadz...Published: 10 May 2023 at 09:30hrs | 718 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe govt warns corrupt councillors
NATIONAL Housing and Social Amenities minister Daniel Garwe has warned corrupt councillors against illegally giving out land in their respective local authorities.Garwe said this while commiss...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Losing ZANU-PF MP wins councillor's post
Losing ZANU-PF Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion Mugweni has joined Mvurwi councillors in a rerun exercise.Sources within the p...Published: 07 May 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1666 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zinara blasts contractors over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) has warned private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads against shoddy work after some of the rehabilitated roads developed p...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:58hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in US$27 000, R66 300 Mukuru heist
UNKNOWN suspects raided Mukuru money transfer booth and go away with US$27 000 and R66 300. The incident occurred at Maboleni Business Centre, Lower Gweru on 22 April 2023.Police confi...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:52hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 goes full blast
Hard work by Sinohydro Corporation staff and the over 150 young Zimbabwean engineers since August 2018 as they expanded Hwange Power Station's generation capacity, appears to have been worth the while...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Robbers pounce on an abattoir
Armed robbers allegedly pounced on Bellevue Abattoir close to Kwekwe Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday night and got away with US$ 11 000 cash.Eight men armed with pistols, iron bar...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:36hrs | 729 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Part of Harare-Beitbridge highway to be closed for upgrade
A portion of the Harare-Beitbridge highway will be temporarily closed tomorrow for almost an hour at the Ngundu section to allow for blasting to pave way for its widening and reconstruction, contracto...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP demands answers from Mines minister
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Judith Tobaiwa wants Mines minister Winston Chitando summoned to Parliament to explain illegal mining activities taking place underneath build...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:46hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Farai Matsika suffers court setback in Croco Motors ownership row
The Constitutional Court Monday struck off the roll, an application by businessman Farai Matsika who was appealing a Supreme Court ruling as the legal battle for control of Croco Motors rages on....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 3006 | by Staff reporter
Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2447 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections
14 pupils injured after sinkhole opens up in classroomFourteen pupils at a Kwekwe school were treated for injuries on Thursday after a sinkhole opened up in the middle of their classroom – the c...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:08hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
$20 Zimdollar notes rejected by traders
Public transport operators and traders must accept $20 notes as they are legal tender and failure to accept legal tender in transactions is outside the law, the Finance Ministry warned yesterday....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
China calls for investigation into Nord Stream blasts
China called on relevant parties to conduct an objective and fair investigation into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosions incident and supported the accelerated investigation process to fin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter: Mine loses millions worthy of diamonds as workers engage in illicit diamond panning
Dear, Some "lucky" Murowa Diamonds Mine workers have become rich overnight after a well-orchestrated and carefully executed diamond stealing process went on undetected for months leaving some ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 11:04hrs | 2031 | by Concerned Murowa Resident
Zanu-PF blasts Bulawayo City Council for shooting, injuring vendors
The ruling party Zanu-PF has criticized Bulawayo City Council for shooting and injuring unarmed vendors in the CBD. GOVERNMENT spokesman Nick Mangwana said on Twitter: "Yesterday @CityofBulaw...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 23:00hrs | 1097 | by Moyo Roy
'Violent' ZANU PF Political Commissar to appear in Court
ZANU PF national youth political commissar Tsungai Makumbe is set to appear in court on March 1 after his warrant of arrest was cancelled last week.Makumbe is facing an assault charge af...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 22:15hrs | 801 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean man jailed 15 years for dealing in explosives in SA
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for an effective 15 years for illegally dealing in explosives in South Africa.Luckmore Harunashe was sentenced to imprisonment at the Musina ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-based Indian millionaire acquitted
A Zimbabwe-based Indian businessman tycoon Munir Kazi is now a free man after he was acquitted by the court on charges of defrauding foreign currency traders of US$765 000.Magistrate Vongai Mu...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 06:57hrs | 12558 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Chinono blasts ZANU PF over the appointment of Tshinga Dube
Award-winning International Journalist Hopewell Chinono has blasted ZANU PF, particularly the President, President ED. Mnangagwa over his recent appointment of the retired Colonel, Tshinga Judge Dube ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 22:59hrs | 3053 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Mberengwa fights lithium plunder
MBERENGWA residents have formed a foundation led by prominent local people to fight the plunder of recently discovered lithium deposits in the vast district as well other available minerals like gold,...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Charamba mocks Chamisa
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has blasted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa for promising a ‘new great Zimbabwe' while opposition led councils have failed t...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 5047 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa blasts parly ad hoc committee
OUTSPOKEN independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week attacked the composition of the Parliament ad hoc committee analysing the preliminary delimitation exercise report cautioning on possible...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Police protects Minister Kazembe's hitman
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's alleged hitman Isheunesu "Chief Saunyama" Dzimbiti did not show up at Bindura magistrates courts today where he was supposed to answer to threats charges agains...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:10hrs | 2845 | by Paul Ndou
Zipra veteran blasts liberation war pretenders
PROMINENT Zipra war veteran Thomas Ngwenya says the country's independence has lost its essence 43 years on because people are failing to enjoy the fruits of the hard-fought for liberation struggle....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 17:19hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blasts ZEC's delimitation report
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has dismissed Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) recently released 900 page delimitation report, insisting the constitution had not been adhered to in...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:56hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans die in Joburg tanker explosion
Four Zimbabweans have been confirmed to be among the 18 people killed when a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in Boksburg, in South Africa's Gauteng province on Saturday morning....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says no unity without true dialogue
CIVIC society and opposition political parties yesterday decried Zimbabwe's highly-polarised society which they say have rendered Unity Day irrelevant.Zimbabwe yesterday celebrated the 35th an...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU threatens to boycott meetings
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to boycott the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meetings next year, saying the body has failed to represent the interests of workers....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Johannesburg gas tanker explosion kills 8
A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said.The blast b...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa rebukes recently elected ANC chief Mbalula over regime change utterances
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has blasted recently elected ANC Secretary General (SG) Fikile Mbalula following his statement that the South African ruling party will not support regi...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:12hrs | 3302 | by Staff reporter
Pastor blasted over Messi
The United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor Michael Mahendere is being ridiculed on micro blogging Twitter after he predicted Argentina's star Lionel Messi crying after the World Cup final ye...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 3677 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa blasts Mnanagwa's government
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says government's decision to provide free solar systems for top officials at the expense of impoverished taxpayers is a "self-serving" gest...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:38hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs shielded from power cuts
At least 100 top government officials, including service chiefs, are having solar panels installed at their homes at the taxpayers' expense to cushion them and their families from the inconvenien...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2007 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zanu-PF defends MPs' US$40,000 windfall
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday defended the US$40 000 housing loan facility for legislators saying the money was not even enough.Government has offered a US$40 ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs defy Chamisa on US$40,000 'loot'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday blasted legislators from his party for accepting a US$40 000 loan facilities from Parliament.Government has offer...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mthuli Ncube's paltry 2023 budget tax free threshold
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's tax free thresholds in the 2023 National Budget are a blow for the workers who will continue to carry the yoke of ove...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, councilor in near fist fight over adultery allegations
Outspoken Chiredzi North Member of Parliament, Roy Bhila recently blasted Chiredzi Town Council's Ward 2 councilor, Obert Ngwenya who is also Zanu-PF's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Secretary ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
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