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184 arrested for illegal land allocations
In a significant crackdown on illegal land allocations, Zimbabwean police have arrested more than 184 individuals across the country for allegedly parceling out land unlawfully. The operation comes as...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slowing getting back to its feet at 43
IN 1893 my ancestors raised the Union Jack in a place they called Salisbury, in the middle of what is now called southern Africa. That is 130 years ago and for the next 87 years this tiny group of whi...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe earns US$153m from tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$153 million from tobacco exports as the Far East continues to be the major destination of the golden leaf.The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board's latest statistics sh...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF yesterday threatened to come down hard on the warring party factions after fights disrupted internal district elections at the weekend and yesterday.The ruling party was last week forc...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, villagers clash
POLICE in Burma Valley have been accused of infringing villagers' right to movement and assaulting them for allegedly smuggling second-hand clothes and other goods from Mozambique through the porous b...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbo Mahocs to host ZimAchievers SA event
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have announced television personality and socialite Mbo Mahocs as the host of the ZororoPhumulani ZAA SA Awards Dinner Gala set for Saturday 5 December at The Venue Mel...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Zimbabwean footballers scour the globe for riches
MYANMAR, a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, is not your typical destination for a professional footballer seeking both fame...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
The high cost of being a repressive regime
IT is an inescapable fact that America, as the most influential State in the world, lays claim to the world's most powerful military.But military might is nothing compared to the repercussions...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Prophet in court for poisoning father to inherit his Mazda 323
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet with the International Apostolic Ejuwel Jekenisheni Church has been hauled before the courts on allegations of murdering his father in an obnoxious bid to inherit his Mazda 3...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet tricks another into confessing murder
A 23-year-old self-styled prophet recently appeared in court facing allegations of murdering his own father for a Mazda 323 motor vehicle after he was tricked by another prophet into writing a confess...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet the white man accused of plotting to unseat Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwean government has accused a Serbian national Srdja Popovic of training civic society activists in Zimbabwe.The state-controlled Herald has reported that Srdja Popovic's CANVAS orga...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 11:05hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NGOs told to stay out of Zimbabwe politics
GOVERNMENT has warned civil organisations, individuals and foreign forces engaging in nefarious activities seeking to unseat President Mnangagwa and his constitutionally-elected Government that they w...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to unleash violent protests unearthed
A group of shady organisations from Zimbabwe with links to the opposition MDC-Alliance has in recent months been hard at work laying the groundwork for civil unrest set to be unleashed next month, The...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Megamunopa the hope for Zim farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay and lucrative business in Zimbabwe. The nature of commercial farming systems have been realigned to the regional and international standards to suit mechanisation models. H...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Peason Zvenyika
Zimbabwe sanctions lies exposed
Standard Chartered Bank has been fined US$18 million for violating the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) sanctions on Zimbabwe in a development that ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over 'fresh floods'
CONFUSION is reigning supreme in government amid conflicting signals over fresh flooding fears in Burma Valley, Manicaland.Following reports that Manyera Dam wall in Burma Valley had wea...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government allays Burma Valley flooding fears
GOVERNMENT has allayed flooding fears in Burma Valley following social media reports that Manyera Dam wall had weakened and could give in to the high volume of water. The Minister of Local Gov...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
UK politicians urge lifting Zimbabwe ban
Ministers came under mounting pressure last night to reverse an "outrageous" ban on Zimbabwe from attending the Cenotaph to remember southern Rhodesians killed in the two world wars.More than ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by telegraph
Pupil misses exam after teacher's lashing
A CHISHAKWE Primary School Grade 7 pupil failed to write her final exams after sustaining a swollen right arm following strong canning allegedly by her teacher who had been agitated after she failed t...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Be principled' says Khaya-Moyo
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development Simon Khaya-Moyo has urged people to be principled and do the right thing for the development of the nation.Khaya-Moyo made the call in his address...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls 3 more border posts
GOVERNMENT is set to establish three new ports of entry along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and people between the two countries. The initiative is part...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Election 2018, the propaganda model
French author Jean-Marie Domenach defines propaganda as "an attempt to influence the opinion and the conduct of a society in such a way that the people adopt a predetermined opinion and conduct." John...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Women asked to wash clinic linen after delivery
Women who give birth at Mutare District Council clinics wash the linen used during the delivery of their babies.In the event that a mother is unwell or is weak, they are asked to bring along r...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son kills father over vehicle
VILLAGERS in Chitakatira were left shell shocked last week after the body of a 42 year old man was exhumed a week after his burial following revelations that he had been poisoned by his son over inher...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy dies in croc attack
THE Burma Valley community was plunged into mourning when a 14 year-old boy was viciously attacked and killed by a crocodile during a fishing expedition with friends last week.The brutal attac...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sons-in-law
My People, The recent death and funeral of former prime minister Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was a big eye-opener and exposed that political differences were very superficial as Zimbabweans are not a...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 20:22hrs | | by Dr Stop It
Britain expresses optimism about Zim's future
BRITAIN has expressed optimism for Zimbabwe's future following the peaceful transition last November that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding ex-President Robert Mugabe.British Secreta...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
US sends positive signals to Mnangagwa
Since November 2017, Zimbabwe's new administration has been promoting FDI and international re-engagement. Potential FDI now tops US$3billion while several deputations have been to Harare as part of t...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition frets over securocrats
BULAWAYO - As the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national polls beckon, the People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to introduce security sector reforms to guarantee the...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
2018 elections and civil military relations in Zimbabwe - Dr Gorden Moyo
PEOPLE'S RAINBOW COALITION (PRC) 2018 ELECTIONS AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN ZIMBABWE ...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How #Mugabe turned into the anti-Mandela
No two men in recent years have dominated the liberation of Southern Africa more than Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe. But their legacies are strikingly different: Mandela is remembered as a beacon o...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Tony Burman
General Chiwenga Pronounces a Coup - No to civil war in Zimbabwe!
How clear does it get? That statement in a country with a functional defense mechanism would have gotten the man court marshalled right away. He would not see the dawn of tomorrow or setting of the su...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 17:39hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Mugabe visit occasions road repairs
Hoteliers in Vumba may have to thank President Robert Mugabe for the repairs done to the road linking the mountainous city of Mutare to this internationally-acclaimed holiday destination.Word ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son accuses father of witchcraft, murder
A BURMA VALLEY man, Johanna Chikwere, is up in arms with his son, Fungai Chikwere (40), who is accusing him of being a wizard who wants to kill him. Johanna has since dragged Fungai to Mutare Civil Co...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons learnt from the Kenyan electoral experience of 2017 visa vee Zimbabwe, Africa and the world
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart (Proverbs 3:1 NIV) Robert Gabriel Mugabe has no lesson he can pass, either to his generation or that below him, when he fi...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 20:07hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Sydney Sekeramayi: Trained to save lives and then trained to kill innocent people
The internal dog-eat-dog savage fights in Zanu-PF are real. For a long time the infighting has been predictably so because the ingredients of systemic dis functionality dramatically fall into place as...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 10:23hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Tsvangirai stoking tribal hatred
In Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's view, anyone talking about ethnic issues is a dangerous element in Zimbabwean society. He expressed this view while addressing a rally at White City Stadium on September 2, 2...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 18:42hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Zimbabwe media capture
Two weeks ago, the Zimbabwean media industry celebrated as two of the country's biggest media players, Zimpapers and AB Communications, launched new media products amidst a harsh economic environment,...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Faith Ndlovu
Am not a multiple farm owner - Mushohwe
Information Minister Christopher Mushohwe has said disgruntled Zanu PF youths who claim that he owns three farms are free to grab other two of the farms. On Monday, Manicaland youth leader Mub...Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu PF youths target Mushowe's farm
ZANU PF youths in Manicaland province have accused Information minister Christopher Mushowe of being a multiple farm owner and threatened to seize some of the land and subdivide it into residentia...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Quartet up for smuggling clothes, soft drinks
POLICE in Mutare have arrested four people in connection with the smuggling of 28 bales of secondhand clothes as well as soft drinks from Mozambique as they intensify their border patrols.Mani...Published: 29 May 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Man skinned in suspected ritual killing
THE Mutore family from Vumba is failing to come to terms with the brutal murder of their relative who was allegedly lured into neighbouring Mozambique by a friend before meeting his fate. ...Published: 06 May 2016 at 13:48hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
Carl Joshua Ncube to Take Part in Anti Xenophobia Comedy Show in Johannesburg
Carl Joshua Ncube will next week be joining colleagues in South Africa to do a comedy show that is an ANTI XENOPHOBIA and Anti Racism show. The show entitled ONE LAUGH is the brain child of South Afri...Published: 06 May 2016 at 07:55hrs | | by Agencies
Mutasa Border Post construction gathers momentum
PLANS to set up a border post in Mutasa District have intensified following the recent tender by the tea planting and processing company, Eastern Highlands Plantation Limited to construct a bridge and...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 08:40hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
Renamo recruiting along Zimbabwean border areas
MOZAMBIQUE's opposition movement, Renamo, known for its brutality during the 1990s, is reported to be recruiting youths aged below 35 years along the border areas to join their ranks, The Manica Post ...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Cletus Mushanawani
US: Country without a skin
I HAVE always been struck by how local sayings often betray an advanced scientific sensibility traceable to our so-called 'non-scientific' forebears. All this against rooted allegations of pre-scienti...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:18hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe: Dealing with America
OUR long history - before, during and after colonisation, and since Independence - presents an image of America that is ambiguous, an America appears, disappears, appears and disappears from our radar...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 17:44hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Hubby snatcher escapes jail term
ATTACKING the wife of her boyfriend with a razor blade earned a Burma Valley woman six months behind bars. Agnes Chigodzore (24) was convicted on her own plea of guilty for contravening Section 157 (1...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Collette Mukome
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