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Zesa loses over US$2 million in equipment to theft and vandalism
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has suffered losses exceeding US$2 million due to theft and vandalism of electricity transmission and distribution equipment between January and Octobe...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:49hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Manhize steel plant commences pig iron production
The Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) plant in Manhize, Midlands Province, marked a significant milestone on Wednesday with the blast furnace commencing pig iron production. This US$1.5 billion pr...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dinson switches on limestone plant in Zimbabwe
The Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) has activated its limestone production unit in preparation for the commencement of operations at the US$1.5 billion iron and steel plant starting today in Man...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Manhize steel Plant to start production
THE majority of critical infrastructure at the US$1,5 billion Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) steel plant in Manhize near Mvuma in the Midlands province has been successfully installed with the ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar exchange rate bolts
MARKET watchers have predicted a gloomy 2024 outlook amid a galloping exchange rate, steep taxation and an ever tanking economy, NewsDay reported.As usual, this is heavily impacting on ordinar...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Manhize production expected to start in February 2024
Production at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company plant in Manhize, Mvuma is expected to commence in February next year with the company targeting to produce three iron and steel products by October....Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
AU accomplice in Zimbabwe corruption
THE sincerity of African leaders and institutions in fighting corruption has come under scrutiny following the appointment of controversial Zimbabwean self-styled prophet Uebert Angel as its Pan-Afric...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bussing supporters a smokescreen for rigging'
INCUMBENT President and Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's obsession with bussed crowds to his rallies is part of a well-orchestrated plan to claim popularity and cover up possible rigging, it has be...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Parents must closely monitor their children'
GOVERNMENT has urged parents to always monitor their children's daily activities to help fight drug abuse.The call was made by Bulawayo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube d...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bus operators bend the rules, flout BCC by-laws
WITH the words "Inter Africa" inscribed at the back, a silver Toyota Quantum vehicle makes a sudden stop and a tout bolts out, approaches two women and asks where they are travelling to. The tout tell...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Lightning bolts strike two Harare men dead
TWO male adults from Harare were this week struck dead by lightning bolts in separate incidents, as this year's rain season got off to a tragic start.The deceased have been identified as Leona...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa coronation day
NONE gave the Chevrons a chance against Pakistan in a Super 12 stage at the T20 Cricket World Cup currently underway in Australia. It is a biblical David v Goliath story and the Chevrons passed the te...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:40hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for Mine Entra
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Bulawayo last night ahead of today's official opening of the 25th edition of the Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) at the ZITF exhibition centre.The...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Msindo duped
A-SENIOR staffer at the Destiny for Afrika Network (Danet), led by Obadiah Musindo, was yesterday arraigned before the courts facing allegations of swindling Musindo of his shares in a company they co...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Matabeleland in 7-hour blackout
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) Western region yesterday disrupted electricity supplies to some parts of Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South affecting operati...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Herdboys in narrow escape as lightning strike kills cattle
"We ran for our dear lives when we saw the sun falling down and suddenly our cattle were lying on the ground."These are the words of 13-year-old Thabo Ndlovu after he and his friend Andrew Mpu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is changing the game
Within a few days, President Mnangagwa threw serious warning shots.Some are already calling them silencing shots.The President gave opposition opportunists a teaser of forthcoming attr...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Zesa loses more key electricity infrastructure
Thieves have stolen at least 72 iron angle bars from Zesa transmission towers along the 33KV power line from Kariba South Power Station, weakening the structures and opening the risk that they could c...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Video shows man directly hit by thunderbolt
CCTV footage in Jakarta, Indonesia has captured a security guard who luckily survived a direct hit by lightning, according to local media.The 35-year-old, working as a guard for a company deal...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Price hikes wave hits construction sector
A WAVE of price increases swept across the local housing construction sector, slowing progress of many projects, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) 2021 third quarter Buil...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Juvenile murder suspect bolts out of court
THERE was drama at the Beitbridge Magistrates Court yesterday when a juvenile murder suspect bolted from the courtroom and took to his heels before he was charged.The suspect, aged 17, duped a...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga takes child custody case to ConCourt
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga wants the Constitutional Court to overturn a Supreme Court judgment and find that the biological father of a child born out of wedlock does in fact have an automatic right to...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs are the problem and Obert Gutu is the scapegoat
As far as I can remember, our Chiefs have been a problem since this country was colonized by "those without knees", the British colonial master. During the colonial times, the Chiefs were the better h...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's MDC-A are 'terrorists' smacks of 'Ndebeles are cockroaches'
First, they came for the Ndebele people of Matabeleland and Midlands, I did not speak out because I was not Ndebele. Then they came for white Zimbabwean farmers, I did not speak out because I was not ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
POEM: Africa My Africa
Africa, my Africa, land of natural splendor and natural glamour, Where impish eagles whistle and dominate the skies while hawks screech and scream! The fight for aerial territorial space is a ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Thembani Dube
Banks to roll out incentives for depositors
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the banking sector are coming up with the nuts and bolts of interest payments on demand deposits to encourage people to deposit money in banks, rather than bury it und...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape suspect bolts out of court
Fridge repair technician Cephas Moyo of Epworth in Harare, accused of raping a customer's 10-year-old girl, on Wednesday sprang out of the dock and took to his heels soon after a Harare regional magis...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches unity
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda's statue: Relative approaches court
THE dispute over the construction of a statue of Mbuya Charwe, the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda, has escalated after a woman claiming to be the surviving granddaughter of the First Chimurenga heroin...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to revisit vehicle policy
The Government might soon reintroduce a policy that compels line ministries, departments and State institutions to procure certain types of vehicles only from local producers to aid industrial recover...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to produce own buses, trucks?
ZIMBABWE is working on revamping the manufacturing of buses and trucks locally to curb continued imports, which are contributing to a bloated import bill. Industry and Commerce Minister,...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament should veto land compensation
ZIMBABWE in 2000 embarked on a revolutionary nationalisation of agricultural land that saw a massive 4 500 white commercial farmers pushed out of their land without compensation. The fast-track land r...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Sikhala's supporters denied bail
Three suspected MDC-Alliance hooligans who were arrested at the Harare Magistrates Court and found in possession of weapons while demanding the release of the opposition party's vice chairperson, Job ...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's supporters arrested for possession of catapults and stones
THREE MDC-Alliance supporters arrested last week at Harare Magistrate's court after allegedly being in possession of catapults and stones while demanding the release of the opposition party's national...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Handcuffed rape suspect bolts from court
A Kwekwe man who could not stand the prospect of being thrown behind bars for allegedly abducting and raping a 11-year-old juvenile, bolted from the Kwekwe magistrate courts while in handcuffs leaving...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coltart raises red flag over education crisis
FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Response to State coordinated attack on civil society
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has noted with great regret the state's coordinated and systematic attack on civil society organisations in Zimbabwe through falsehoods in the media, ar...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:46hrs | | by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
Chief Ndiweni stage-manages attack?
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna, with the aid of known anti-Government activists, yesterday stage-managed an attack on himself by people he claimed to be Zanu-PF youths in Bulawayo....Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi activist survives 'assassination attempt'?
Journalist and renowned Gukurahundi Activist Zenzele Ndebele on Saturday survived a suspicious accident in which all four bolts on the lower arm of the front wheel on the left side of his vehicle came...Published: 14 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Gwekwerere?
Back in 2006, Joe Sengeredo's Shooting Stars once faced Dynamos in the first game of the season. Almost the entire Shooting Stars team had a former Dynamos player who had played for the Glamour Boys o...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 16:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Building national confidence
And so the old Indian tale is told. When the country became infested with venomous cobra snakes, government, in its wisdom, reacted with a smart snake stabilisation programme.A dollar for ever...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Baboon bolts out of bedroom
SURPRISE!A baboon came out in broad daylight in Bulawayo's Pumula East suburb when a child opened her mother's bedroom.The baboon reportedly jumped out and ran for its dear life, in th...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid steals 3 000 rands from Bulawayo, bolts to Harare
AN 18-YEAR-OLD woman who was employed as a housemaid by a family from Rangemore suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested for stealing 3 000 rands from her employer before fleeing to her home in Harare. ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What if witchcraft is our technology?
One of my aunts is a drama queen. She is bubbly and energetic, and a storyteller of note. Whenever she is around, we all find ourselves surrounding her and listening to tale after tale of her adventur...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mnangagwa will not drop Biti charges
Zimbabwe will not accept pressure to subvert the rule of law to pacify certain political interests and will uphold the Constitution in the conduct of its affairs, a senior Government official has said...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pushes for talks with Mnangagwa
As Zimbabwe's economy continues to deteriorate, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cranked up the political heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF yesterday - calling for the immedi...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa heaps pressure on Mnangagwa
As Zimbabwe's economy continues to deteriorate opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cranked up the political heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF yesterday, calling for the immediat...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hinder start-up
In 2006, Bike and Boat Bar (BBB), a Bulawayo company, started manufacturing motor cycles, a first for the country and the region. Soon after, however, the economy tanked as hyperinflation rendered the...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nduna says R500k Ginimbi, Chivayo fraud hit him like lightning bolt
CHEGUTU West legislator Dexter Nduna said he felt like he had been hit by "lightning bolts coming in three dimensions" after realised he had allegedly been conned out of R535 000 by controversial busi...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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