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Plumtree man jailed for using stolen donkeys in brick moulding scheme
Prospects of launching a large-scale brick moulding community project using five stolen donkeys were short-lived for a Plumtree man after his arrest and conviction. Evidence Moyo (32), of Siyephi vill...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 236 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Vapostori invest in US$2m concrete plant
The US$2 million investment by Taguta Stone Crushers in Mutare's construction materials sector, alongside significant agricultural and educational ventures by the Johane Marange Apostolic Church natio...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
As patient as a farmer, help us to help the nation.
Even the famed bass fish, the sought-after red bream, and other aqua-marine life are in great danger of extinction as the white elephant Lilstock Dam has now been over-fished to supplement incomes. En...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 22:20hrs | 457 | by Cde Mutandawachingama
Insiza South Villagers unite to desilt local dams
Villagers in Insiza South district have successfully pooled resources to desilt three dams, ensuring improved water availability for their communities. The collaborative effort targeted Msengezane Dam...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Bad Zimbabwe road users to repair damages
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona, has warned road users, particularly mining and brick-moulding companies, that those responsible for damaging newly-rehabilitated roads ...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:24hrs | 2393 | by Staff reporter
BCC, stakeholders clash over car park policy
The Bulawayo Car Park Association has urged the city council to review its policies on car parks to address inheritance issues following an owner's death. Chairperson Albert Sibanda highlighted this n...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:54hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Injiva pour R40 million into Tsholotsho school project
TWO Zimbabwean entrepreneurs based in South Africa have joined hands to invest about R40 million towards the construction of a modern high school in Simanje Village, Ward 15 under Chief Gampu in Tshol...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO municipal police have arrested 140 illegal miners since January for panning for gold near the city's water bodies, causing massive siltation.This is revealed in the council's environm...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats is cutting spending on its US$1.8bn projects
The decline in global platinum prices is compelling Impala Platinum to reduce its planned expenditures across its operations, including Zimplats, which is expected to negatively impact local suppliers...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Raj Modi donates brick maker to youths
DEPUTY Minister of Industry and Commerce has donated a brick moulding machine in his constituency to create employment for the young people in the community.The initiative is meant to empower ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs receive 5% Zimplats shares
ZIMPLATS and its parent company Implats have issued 5% shares to traditional leaders in Mhondoro-Ngezi district, who will hold them on behalf of their communities.This was revealed yesterday d...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How an orphaned Zimbabwean rose to be a millionaire in Botswana
Banabasi Marambire grew up as an orphan in Zimbabwe with eight siblings. He endured long nights of hunger and was diagnosed with kwashiorkor disease when he was 14 due to poor nutrition.To sur...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare braces for second Operation Murambatsvina
MUNICIPALITIES in Harare Province have been ordered to provide material and human resources amounting to tens of thousands in US dollars for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 45-day presidential cleanup ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Liberation museum sitting on goldfield'
SATELLITE images dating back to 1985 show that the famed US$40 million Museum of African Liberation project is being constructed on a goldfield, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.According to ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
300 industries for Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO is establishing industries in Cowdray Park suburb and nearly 300 industrial stands are set for development in the city's most populous suburb.According to the 2022 Population Census p...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Education minister endorses education with production model
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Dr Evelyn Ndlovu has endorsed education with production model as it is in line with the government's new thrust of the commercialisation of the education se...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:38hrs | 21 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Uproar over Chinese mine in Hwange
HWANGE residents under the Greater Whange Residents Trust (GWRT) are opposed to plans by a Chinese coal mining company, Afrochine Smelting to mine at Deka Safari because of the area's closeness to Sin...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council pounces on illegal operations
MORE than 59 people have been arrested in a joint operation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to bust syndicates that are invol...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official takes over Harare dam
HARARE City Council officials are in the eye of a storm after awarding a 23-year lease of Harava Dam at a cost of $3 000 to a Zanu-PF official, who is now using the water for brick moulding at a time ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cellphones for prison inmates
INMATES in prisons have not been spared from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic as they have gone for six months without seeing their loved ones as visits have remained suspended due to lockdown restric...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails ZCC Mutendi
The Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has praised Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mutendi and its leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi for initiating projects aimed at engendering socio-economic transformation amo...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare resident sues council over parcelling of stands in wetlands
A HARARE resident has approached the High Court to compel the Harare City Council to cease the allocation of stands and construction of houses in Mabvuku wetland.In his application, Ephraim Mu...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 Chinese firms shut down
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Authority (EMA) recently ordered the closure of three Chinese companies that were setting up coke-processing and solar power plants in Hwange without conducting environmental ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: Establishment of new Zibalongwe Secondary school
THE 2017 - 2018 ANNUAL ZSP COMMUNITY PICTORIAL REPORT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL, by THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN TSHOLOTSHO, ZIMBABWE.The above classroom block is t...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:18hrs | 10 | by Zibalongwe Secondary
Man assaulted for paying wage in bond notes
A man was arrested recently for assaulting a colleague who had refused to receive payment in bond notes and demanded rands.Johan Mugwari (49), of Bukuvani village under Chief Neshuro, appeared...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inmate escapes from prison
Guruve prison officers were left with an egg on the face after a Mushumbi prisoner took to his heels in a nearby bush at the prison yesterday.A reliable source alleges George Chahukura (20) fl...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 11:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Murder over puppy in Tsholotsho
A MAN from Tsholotsho has been arrested for allegedly killing a colleague during a misunderstanding over ownership of a puppy. Villagers apprehended Bhekimpilo Ncube (25) of Malilahunda village, under...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moyo talks development
ZANU-PF's longest serving provincial chairman and Matabeleland North aspiring legislator, Richard Moyo's drive to develop Umguza constituency has seen him gain popularity in the constituency that he s...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe caps 3 445 Great Zimbabwe University graduates
President Mugabe yesterday capped 3 445 Great Zimbabwe University graduates at the institution's colourful graduation ceremony held at the university's permanent site near Great Zimbabwe. The ...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Safety concerns for Sipepa hospital staff
STAFF at Sipepa Rural District Hospital in Tsholotsho North, are risking their lives by staying in structures that have been condemned by government as unfit for habitation following the heavy rains t...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 12:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EMA urges public to stop veld fires
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Mashonaland Central launched a fire awareness start for 2017 in Muzarabani district on Wednesday.Addressing the gathering at the launch Minister of St...Published: 24 May 2017 at 19:40hrs | | by SImbarashe Sithole
Man curses a dead woman, says he is not done yet
LAMECK Makwiramiti has no regrets for the barrage that saw him cursing a dead woman on her funeral wake accusing the deceased of being evil.In a video that has gone viral on social media, Lame...Published: 02 May 2017 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wrong button written in Chinese, cause the death of a worker in Zimbabwe
An inexperienced worker at a Chinese brick moulding company allegedly pressed a wrong button written in Chinese, causing his colleague to be ground by a mixing machine.The company, Mazowe ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC halts market gardening
BULAWAYO City Council has stopped enterprising residents living at suburbs within the vicinity of its water reservoir at Lobengula West to harness water from the basin to irrigate their thriving m...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:03hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Brick moulding pose environmental threat in Chimanimani
A serious environment degradation has taken toll in Nyanyadzi area, Chimanimani district as villagers engage in rampant brick moulding exercise and are also debarking baobab trees as a source of incom...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 23:27hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo to build 5 new schools in Tsholotsho
FIVE new schools and low cost dormitories are set to be constructed in Tsholotsho North constituency to address the issue of long distances being travelled by pupils. Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jon...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Mugabe caps 1,883 Great Zimbabwe University graduates
President Robert Mugabe on Friday capped 1,883 students who graduated in different disciplines at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU).The graduates successfully completed first and higher degrees ...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Supervisor sliced to pieces after colleague mistakenly switches on machine
Harare man was crushed to death after his colleague accidentally switched on a machine that was under repair at a brick moulding company last Sunday afternoon. So gory was the incident...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF youths seize Johane Masowe shrine
Youths in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF have turned the shrine of Johane Masowe weChishanu leader Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani in Harare's Budiriro high-density suburb into a brick moulding site....Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 10:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda prison under spotlight
Security at Gwanda Prison has come under spotlight after a woman was arrested on Saturday as she tried to smuggle dagga to her jailed husband.Chiedza Ndlovu reportedly stuffed five twists of t...Published: 21 Apr 2014 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere donates 600 bags of cement to Guta Ramwari
Minister of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Savior Kasukuwere on Friday donated 600 bags of cement to Guta Ramwari Zvimiso church.The donation will speed up the completion of t...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff Reporer
BCC to continue with water-shedding until end of year
THE Bulawayo City Council will continue with its water-shedding regime until the end of the year unless "miracle heavy rains" fall soon, the Mayor, Councillor Thaba Moyo, said yesterday.In an...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Councillors blast water rationing scheme
BULAWAYO Councillors have attacked the city's water rationing scheme saying it is pro-rich as it exposed residents in western suburbs to punitive fines while favouring those in the eastern suburbs....Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZDDT Appeals for Sacred Heart Mission, Esigodini, Zimbabwe
A quote in the concept document for a proposed girls' high school at Sacred Heart Primary School, near the small farming town of Esigodini, adequately sums up the motivation and objectives for establi...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 12:31hrs | 6 | by Lewis Jones
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