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ZRP beefs up security in 'machete warzone'
POLICE have beefed up security in "machete warzones" to end bloodshed among artisanal miners and to reduce other criminal activities. Several people have died this year in bloody fights betwee...Published: 5 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
Eating mice is not poverty its our ways
When you see an African woman coming from the woods with a big bundle of firewood balanced on her head, young daughter in tow carrying a smaller bundle of twigs in same fashion, its not child labour. ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 1707 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Millers sell subsided maize at +200% profit
MILLERS are allegedly engaged in massive corruption, where they access cheap maize from Grain Marketing Board, mill a small portion and then divert the rest to rural areas especially those near the co...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Josphat Ngulube convicted over January protests
PROMINENT Bulawayo activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat Ngulube was yesterday convicted of torching three cars, destroying a precast wall and breaking several windows at a...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:17hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Two Mozambicans nabbed for poaching in Mbire
TWO Mozambicans were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for unlawfully entering Zimbabwe and reportedly possessing two elephant tasks weighing more than 10 kilogram...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:02hrs | 818 | by Simbarashe Sithole
No doctors, no currency Zim heading for total collapse
The main functions of the Zimbabwean government are not to: Check and challenge the work of the Government (scrutiny) Make and change laws (legislation) Debate the important issues of the day (debatin...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 22:06hrs | 3824 | by Bigboy Sibanda
'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1143 | by Nomusa Garikai
BREAKING: AmaXhosa King Zwelonke Sigcawu dies
King of the AmaXhosa in South Africa Mpendulo Calvin Zwelonke Sigcawu has died. South African media reported that the King died during the early hours of Thursday after a short illness. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3176 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Net closes in on machete attackers
Criminal activities by marauding gangs of artisanal miners turned machete attackers have surged countrywide, with reported cases of murder, rape, assault, housebreaking and stock theft leaving many co...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:29hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Once cash economy is taxed, who needs cash
There never was any possibility of keeping the bulk of the new notes and coins out of the informal sector, or at least the bulk of the first batches released to banks, since the main reason why most p...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
ZESA's corruption & incompetence an unwarranted burden on Zimbabweans - need for urgent accountability
As I write this article, we are just seated, or milling around, incapable of engaging in any meaningful productive work. Why? Because there is no electricity - which, we desperately need for our effec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 1927 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BREAKING:Tinashe Kambarami wins court case
Reports coming from Tredgold building indicate that the former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami and Councillor Silas Chigora have been acquitted by magistrate Shepherd Mjanji on a charge ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 10:08hrs | 4740 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I don't want to be married'
Socialite and sports marketer Luminista Dumbisa Jemwa might be a lot of men's idea of what a "perfect" woman looks like and, given a chance, the bold would certainly "shoot their shot", but unfortunat...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms can work if Zimbabweans want them to
YESTERDAY (November 11, 2019) the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) started the process of injecting new notes into the financial system to improve the level of physical cash in circulation.This ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:55hrs | 782 | by Anthony Matutu
New era for enhanced Isuzu bakkie in Zimbabwe
Last year saw the rebirth of the Isuzu bakkie range or the pick up as what we like calling it here in Zimbabwe. Isuzu Motors South Africa (Isuzu) refreshed its bakkie range, giving it a new name along...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:53hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership meets, charts way forward on key national issues
The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of t...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2869 | by MDC Communications
Bonne for Warriors
MACAULEY Bonne is set to begin his international career with Zimbabwe as he is expected to get his Zimbabwean passport today, which will enable him to feature for the Warriors when they begin their 20...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:12hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Cattle, goats, pigs imports from SA banned
Government has suspended importation of live cloven hoofed animals and related products from South Africa with immediate effect. The suspension follows notification by the South African Veteri...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:04hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Top RG officer jailed
Eight years after smashing an axe into his wife, seven years after being convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and sentenced to jail, and six years after losing his appeal, Gordo...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:02hrs | 585 | by STaff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa reshuffles cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has effected a cabinet reshuffle with immediate effect. The major changes are that Cain Ndabazekhaya Ginyilitshe Mathema has been moved from...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 19:35hrs | 13122 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Government fires 134 more doctors
...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 15:27hrs | 3624 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday arrived in Bulawayo where he is scheduled to commission 79 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses and officiate at the National University of Science and Technol...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:54hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Workz & Econet ready to bring eSIM to Zimbabwe
Dublin/Dubai - Today, mobile and IoT solutions provider Workz Group and Econet Zimbabwe announced a deal that will see them offer Zimbabwean subscribers network connectivity via embedded SIM dev...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 7295 | by Agencies
BREAKING: Solidarity protest for fired doctors set for Wednesday
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association will be holding a solidarity meeting for the fired 77 doctors on Wednesday at Parirenyatwa Hospital.The meetings is held on the backdrop of the firing...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 20:59hrs | 8839 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: 77 doctors fired in Zimbabwe
Government has fired 77 striking doctors after finding them guilty of absenteeism.The Health Services Board said the doctors have since been discharged from public service following disc...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:58hrs | 6422 | by Staff reporter
Govt splashing US$ 16m on new cars for ministers - still feeding blackholes, what a waste
"The Minister gave me an assignment about the purchase of Ministers' vehicles and we have agreed with the supplier of vehicles. We are going to buy these vehicles through a letter of credit so that yo...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1240 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa to commission Nust innovation hub on graduation day
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will this Friday officially commission the National University of Science and Technology Innovation Hub in Bulawayo in an event that will coincide with the institution's 25th gradu...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:47hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Starting a Business Abroad? Here's How to Prepare
Opening either a new business or a new branch of an existing business overseas is a major undertaking, regardless of who you are. If you don’t prepare properly, expanding your business can be it...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 18:47hrs | 1453 | by Staff Writer
BREAKING: Joram Gumbo arrested
Former Transport Minister Joram Gumbo was arrested on Monday accused of corruption involving a US$70 million deal to acquire four planes from Malaysian Airlines.The planes were sold to Zimbabw...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 9593 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier in court for 'stealing' $18 536 meat
A FORMER soldier from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a butchery twice and stole meat worth $18 536. Tafadzwa Mahlahla (35) from Pumula East suburb, who was based at Imbizo Barracks in Bulawayo ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for housebreaking
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after she broke into a house in Nkulumane suburb and stole a four-plate stove and a refrigerator with a combined value of US$1 000. ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions are anti-peace in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions and how they have impacted the social and economic welfare of the generality of Zimbabweans is of great relevance to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Fi...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 142 | by Geoffrey T. Chada
Fakes news under the spotlight
Government has discouraged the dissemination of fake news on media platforms as it results in panic among citizens. International Communications Services Director in the Ministry of Information, Publi...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking temperatures for Chiredzi, West Nicholson
The scorching heat sweeping across the country since the last few days has resulted in areas like Chiredzi in Masvingo and West Nicholson in Matabeleland South recording extremely high temperatures th...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
New $5 notes, $2 coins to stop cash barons
New $5 notes and $2 coins will be in circulation within a fortnight to ease cash shortages that have resulted in cash barons charging premiums of up to 60 percent and the unscrupulous breaking of the ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:48hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: RBZ to unveil Zim Dollar in two weeks
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Panonetsa Mangudya has announced that the Central Bank will unveil the new Zimbabwean Dollar Currency in the next two weeks. The notes will be in $2 and ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 10875 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sadc warns of extreme heat
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has warned members of the public against high and searing temperatures ranging from 30 to 35 Degrees Celsius to be experienced in most parts of the reg...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's cancer programme divides Mugodhi church
A VISIT by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church in Wedza on a cancer screening awareness programme has divided the church, with one faction accusing the late founder Tandewu...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
US's racist sanctions cause suffering on Zimbabweans
President Mnangagwa yesterday said the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West have brought untold suffering to ordinary people and their impact has also affected neighbouring countries. ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: America adds Minister Owen Ncube on sanctions list
United States of America Secretary of State Michael Richard Pompeo has announced that the Minister of State in the President's Office for National Security Owen Mudha Ncube has been slapped with sanct...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 00:29hrs | 10340 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh headache for Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
MORE war veterans are expressing their disquiet over the direction Zimbabwe is taking with disgruntled former freedom fighters also lashing out at Zanu-PF for breaking many of the promises the p...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:21hrs | 7561 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Botswana ruling party wins elections
Botswana Chief Justice Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane has declared that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won the general election after securing 29 national assembly seats, representin...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2815 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: South Africa bans Air Zimbabwe from using its airports
Reports coming from Harare indicate that the national airline Air Zimbabwe has been barred from using any of the South Africa's airports until some amounts that it owes to the Airports Company South A...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 19:05hrs | 12005 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: 'ZANU PF Youths stone funeral car carrying dead vendor'
The MDC Youth Assembly Secretary General Gift Siziba has alleged that ZANU PF Youths have stoned the funeral car carrying the body of the late Hilton Tafadzwa Tamangani during a funeral in Chitungwiza...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 17:46hrs | 7940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC extends water shedding period to 72-hours
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expanded its weekly water shedding programme from 48 to 72 hours as water levels continue to decline in the city's supply dams. Addressing the media yesterd...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 950 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Video of how Mnangagwa 'stole' the 2018 elections released
Journalist Edmund Kudzayi has released a documentary that seek to expose how the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission used excel spreadsheet to alter the 2018 Presidential results in support of President Emm...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 14:21hrs | 20636 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Businessman dies in hail of bullets
A PROMINENT Maphisa businessman was early yesterday morning shot dead in his home at the growth point in Matabeleland South. Tapson Ncube, who had business interests in mining, transport, reta...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3033 | by Staff reporter
Experts predict heatwave
The Meteorological Services Department has warned of extreme temperatures above the average for October, saying Zimbabwe may experience record-breaking highs in some places from today until next Monda...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:52hrs | 295 | by Staff rpeorter
Auxillia Mnangagwa breaks down
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hosted a prayer service at State House on Monday calling for the lifting of international sanctions on Zimbabwe, but the event was mocked as "tomfoolery" by the opposition...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:37hrs | 7380 | by ZimLive
'Zanu-PF believe owned choicest fruits' - with economy in ICU, they still demand pound of flesh
"The new' regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there's a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fell...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:17hrs | 605 | by Wilbert Mukori
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