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Rainy season to worsen cholera
The fast-approaching rainy season will most likely worsen the cholera outbreak in the country, health experts have warned.The rainy season is closely linked to the spread of cholera as sewage ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:33hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Get your priorities right, Mr Mnangagwa
WE would want to understand the predicament that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his executive team find themselves in.Zimbabwe is in a dark hole and they are, indeed, groping for answers to ...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:19hrs | 412 | by Editorial - newsday
Dabengwa condemns gukurahundi commission
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to review his appointment of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) whose composition he said was improper r...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:56hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Makurane laid to rest
THE late war veteran Thato Makurane, who died last week, was yesterday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre after she was declared liberation war heroine.Speaking at the burial, Zimba...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa’s dictatorial tendencies exposed
Following the confirmation of President Mnangagwa's election victory by the Constitutional Court and his subsequent inauguration last month, the nation had one eye on the unfolding mayoral elections a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 599 | by Nobleman Runyanga
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo savages Grace Mugabe in shock outburst
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe has had a major fallout with her former ally Professor Jonathan Moyo, apparently after the latter called her "toxic and polarising".This is revealed by Moyo, who...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:10hrs | 14523 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's power of silence and love
President Mnangagwa suffered much humiliation at the hands of the G40 cabal, led by former First Lady Grace Mugabe with the tacit endorsement of then President, Mr Robert Mugabe. Around 10 mon...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 577 | by Editorial - chronicle
Chamisa rejects Mnangagwa's Cabinet
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa's newly-assembled Cabinet which has been warmly received by a large cross-section of Zimbabweans, including some of the you...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:11hrs | 2441 | by Staff reporter
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe reveals Mnangagwa 'deal'
Former first lady Grace Mugabe has revealed how she struck an agreement with her husband to bury the hatchet with President Emmerson Mnangagwa after a bitter fallout last year.Grace, who was a...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 7631 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shows Grace Mugabe true love
President Mnangagwa should be commended for his unwavering support to the former First Family, as shown by his kind gesture to carry the burial costs of the mother of the former First Lady.Pre...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe mother's funeral disrupted by a snake
Former President Mugabe gave his speech after the snake was killed at the burial of his mother in law Mbuya Marufu, his sons followed proceedings while standing with some villagers raising suspicion t...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 21:12hrs | 32147 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's mother laid to rest
Gogo Idah Marufu mother to the former first lady Grace Mugabe has been buried.Gogo Marufu was laid to rest at her homestead in Nharira, Chivhu Mashonaland East Province today.Scores of...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Cross drown Chamisa
The determined bids by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and some Zanu-PF bigwigs to bring down President Emmerson Mnangagwa are now effectively dead in the water - after Zimbabwe's former leader Rob...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:06hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Who is worse between manipulating politician and gullible follower?
AFTER the unnecessarily contentious elections, Zimbabwe could be about to reset and, thus, reboot itself on its journey from dysfunctionality to functionality.I say unnecessarily contentious b...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 772 | by Conway Tutani
Is Chamisa losing grip?
THE revolt by councillors against MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, over his alleged attempts to impose candidates in the coalition-controlled councils is significant in showing his loose grip o...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 800 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe, Mnangagwa relations improve
As the frosty relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his sulking predecessor Robert Mugabe get better, the government splashed hundreds of thousands of dollars last week hiring a charter p...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:50hrs | 5519 | by Staff reporter
Family angered as Zanu-PF snubs war hero
Family members of the late Kiliyon Sonke Babuyile Bhebhe, 90, are not happy that Zanu-PF has shot down proposals that he be declared a national hero.Bhebhe died in Chinhoyi last Tuesday....Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2535 | by Staff reporter
War vets call for more resources
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have called on Government to allocate more resources for their well-being as most of them sustained life threatening injuries and diseases during the war. Zimbabwe Nat...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe visits to visit Chivhu for the first time after coup
The former First Lady Grace Mugabe is set to visit her rural home in Chivhu for the first time since her husband was toppled in November 2017. This follows the death of her mother today.So...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:43hrs | 10701 | by Staff reporter
Senior CIO operative buried
THE senior officer in the President's Department and former freedom fighter Austin Peter Moyo who died in a road accident last week was laid to rest at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre in Nkulumane...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's mother dies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to the Marufu family following the death of Ambuya Idah Marufu, mother to former First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe and mother-in-law to former president...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | 4680 | by Staff reporter
Punish reckless drivers, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday directed the police to descend heavily on reckless drivers as he consoled families that lost relatives when a Chawasarira bus collided head-on with a commuter omnibus at ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Man kills child, wife and self
A SEKE man killed his wife and one-month-old child after accusing her of cheating on him.Lloyd Gorimbo, 46, is believed to have downed rat poison and hanged himself after committing the heinou...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 15:09hrs | 3578 | by Staff reporter
Top CIO operative Moyo dies
A senior officer in the President's Office and war veteran Austin Peter Moyo has died.He was 62.Moyo, whose war name was Madayiza, was involved in an accident last Tuesday and succumbe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba MP in trouble over misuse of funds
MDC Alliance Makokoba constituency MP-elect James Sithole has been reported to the police for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars belonging to a local burial society in which he was the chairper...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:03hrs | 2359 | by Staff Reporter
Mhashu burial today
MDC founding member and former Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities Mr Fidelis Mhashu who died on Monday night at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals will be buried today at Glen Forest Memor...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:39hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told us 'fast for three days and pray for 'HIS' vote'
Chamisa continues to incite the povo once more: if his God fails him, he will turn to the people, he said this yesterday's Bulawayo24. Who is higher in this equation: God or the people? How does Pasto...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:08hrs | 6322 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mliswa chucked out of VIP tent
Independent Norton candidate Temba Mliswa was barred from sitting in the VIP tent housing government officials and Zanu-PF's politburo members during Thokozile Mathuthu's burial at the National Heroes...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:06hrs | 6414 | by Staff reporter
Cde Matemadanda emotional but way offside, leave international issues to foreign affairs
If the war vets are to be allowed to be the barometer of the political temperature in Zimbabwe then we are never so prosperous, so secure, nor so free. Zimbabwe begins the foreign policy strategy adop...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 11:42hrs | 2702 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'State not paying for Mnangagwa anti-graft unit'
GOVERNMENT is not paying the lawyers and prosecutors who form President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial crack anti-corruption unit, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said at the weekend.Ziya...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:39hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks beyond Chamisa challenge
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appeared unfazed by opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's Constitutional Court (ConCourt) petition challenging the results of last month's presid...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
'Devolution key to economic development'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said his Government is prioritising devolution and decentralisation in running of national affairs as a strategy to revitalise the economy and to improve the people's sta...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:54hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Devolution a priority, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said his Government is prioritising devolution and decentralisation in the running of national affairs as a strategy to revitalise the economy and to improve the people's...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:49hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
A journey well completed
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES, CDE E.D. MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF THE LATE NATIONAL HEROINE THOKOZIL...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:47hrs | 205 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mathuthu gets hero's send-off
THOUSANDS of people yesterday thronged the National Heroes' Acre in Harare to pay their last respects to national heroine Thokozile Angela Mathuthu. Mathuthu died last week after battling cancer. ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:46hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Man buried in kitchen
People in Village 4 Mangondi Ward 14 under Chief Chitanga and other surrounding communities were recently left tongue-tied after an elderly villager's grave was dug inside his kitchen.Followin...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Harare in graveyard space headache
The number of Harare residents that are burying their dear departed in cemeteries that are located on the outskirts of the city is increasing as pressure for graveyard space intensifies.With m...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet will either kill or awaken Zimbabwe's economic prospects
The real threat to Zanu-PF's survival does not come from Nelson Chamisa's election petition court challenge. It comes from within Zanu-PF itself and how its leader will decide to confront the politica...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 17:09hrs | 3355 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Tenants lock out landlord's corpse, vanish with keys
THERE was drama at a funeral in Mutare's Sakubva high density suburb after tenants renting an apartment in Maonde locked out the corpse of their deceased landlord, forcing relatives and neighbours to ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:10hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sends condolences to Mathuthu family
ZANU-PF yesterday extended its condolences to the Mathuthu family following the death of Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Minister, Thokozile Mathuthu.Mathuthu...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Killer crocodile shot dead
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Tuesday shot dead a crocodile that had become a threat to human life in Redcliff.The crocodile attacked and killed a 14-year old boy who...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:07hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
'Mathuthu's death blow to Matebeleland region development'
MATEBELELAND North provincial leadership has described the late former Provincial Affairs minister Sithokozile Mathuthu's death as a blow to the development of the region, as she worked hard towards t...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:00hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Mathuthu burial set for Sunday
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, who died on Monday at her home in Harare and was declared a national heroine, is expected to be buried at the...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's former minister declared national heroine
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, who died at her home in Harare early yesterday morning, has been declared a national heroine.She was ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Inside Wimbo's mausoleum
Although one's immediate vision of a graveyard might be a dull and lifeless place, the late Mudzidzi Wimbo's mausoleum is, on the contrary, a burst of colour and fine interior designing.A mausoleu...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:50hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents to get water treatment pills
GOVERNMENT says it is providing water treatment pills to every household in Gweru as a matter of urgency to contain the typhoid outbreak, which has so far killed five people in the city. The m...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails youth league for moblising rural voters
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East leadership has applauded the youth league for mobilising young voters in rural areas that led to the party winning 21 of the 23 contested parliamentary seats in the provin...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
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