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Cops, municipal police shield mshikashikas
In the heart of Harare's central business district, lawlessness and corruption are rife as pirate taxi operators, known as "mshikashika," continue to defy traffic regulations with apparent impunity, w...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:41hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
HCC workers exploit desperate toilet-seeking Hararians
Harare City Council workers have been exploiting a scheme to charge citizens for the use of public toilets, which are meant to be free, pocketing the money from desperate users. An investigation by Tr...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:08hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Harare turns into a 'poo, wee city'
Harare, formerly known as Salisbury and once celebrated for its cleanliness and orderliness, has experienced a dramatic decline in its sanitation and management. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:47hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
'Street men' in nasty fight over girlfriend
A HOMELESS man in Harare's city centre appeared in court for allegedly trying to kill another man in a nasty fight over a girlfriend. Albert Mlambo (20) appeared before Harare regional magistr...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare battles acute public toilets shortage
Harare faces further risks of cholera infection with the shortage of public toilets in the city centre as the majority are closed or inaccessible.The city has public toilets dotted around the ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dark underbelly of pickpocketing in Harare CBD
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall chanter Killer T aptly captured Harare central business district in his chartbusting song Masuspect whose lyrics partly go: "Vapfanha vacho vanobhosha masuspect. Havan...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes more key govt appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Virginia Mabhiza, former Secretary for Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, to the position of Attorney-General. The announcement of this appointment w...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo gives tips on voters' roll
Leading political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised the opposition to request the polling station-based voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as that is the official reco...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's late unsung hero
DEATH has robbed Bulawayo of one of its finest sons Bulisani Ncube who passed away on June 3 afternoon at Mpilo Hospital.Chris Raymond posits that as much as good men may die, death cannot kil...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Edwin Ndlovu
Kidnappers targeting learners, women
Police have intensified investigations into a case in which two pupils aged 11 and 12 were kidnapped in separate incidents in Harare and Chinhoyi, while a woman was kidnapped by unknown suspects in Dz...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rapped over failure to respect the Constitution
LEGAL experts say Zimbabwe is one of the countries with a good Constitution, but suffering from constitutional disorder because of an authoritarian leadership which has no respect for the governance c...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-woman apologises for soiling Trevor Dongo's name
A SUSPECTED con woman, who has been accused of using Trevor Dongo's name to dupe victims in beauty parlours, has apologised and promised to compensate them.Tadiwa Choto has been accused of tar...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare council to repossess bus termini leased to Zupco
HARARE City Council says it has resolved to repossess all bus termini it was leasing to the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) around the city over lack of maintenance.Mayor Jacob Mafum...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fomenting lawlessness in urban areas
Vendors are back again on the streets as seen by the Grassroots tents at copacabana bus terminal with vendors yesterday Pic Shepherd TozvirevaZanu-PF affiliated vendors in Bulawayo have claime...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF and MDC bigwigs unite in mourning Information boss Nick Mangwana's mother
IN true African tradition, opposition MDC president, Douglas Mwonzora joined Zanu-PF top officials in mourning the death of Information Permanent Secretary, Nick Mangwana's mother in Kwekwe Saturday....Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
RBZ strangles street money changers
They don't know what has suddenly hit them. It is no longer business as usual for most, if not all, illegal street money changers.They used to call the shots in the last few months, de...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councils dig in as residents cry foul
NAOMI Chimbganda is still agonising over last month's council bill, which puts her debt at a staggering $1,8 million.The widow now has sleepless nights over how she will settle it, considering...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public transport system normalises?
THE public transport system has improved after the Government liberalised the sector while Zupco contracted private companies with kombis and increased their daily payments by over 100 percent....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda berates Sadc public accounts committees
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday said Public Accounts Committees in the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) region were under-performing and failing to effectively hol...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs reject proposed land policy
TRADITIONAL leaders have rejected the proposed land policy saying it does not reflect the country's cultural values as it sidelines chiefs who are the custodians of the land.The Ministry of La...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza choke on own garbage
In front of Mrs Florence Kasambira's home in Manyame Park lies an enormous landfill.It is easy to miss her well-manicured front yard as one's attention is easily drawn towards mounds of waste ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parallel market exchange rates tumbles
EXCHANGE rates on the parallel market remained stable in the last two weeks following a raft of measures implemented by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) among other factors.The central bank ...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Nick Mangwana tweet invoked my memories of old
As a good percentage of Harare's social media community exploded in anger following the reintroduction last Tuesday, by Local Government minister July Moyo, of the former Rhodesia Railways coaches, no...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:01hrs | 11 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe being run by clueless ZANU PF clowns
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF government has once again proven beyond no doubt that they are clueless and a bunch of mediocre buffoons. They impose policies which are half baked and result in the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Prince Njagu
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Trial date for MDC trio set
Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has set May 27 as the trial date for MDC trio Makomborero Haruziveshe, Allan Moyo, Denford Ngadziore who are facing charges of participating in a gathering with int...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ student refuses further remand
ALAN Moyo, a 23-year-old University of Zimbabwe student, who is being accused of inciting public violence after he allegedly called for a revolt against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday submitt...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba fallout: Ziyambi fingers EU, US
USTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday sensationally claimed that the European Union (EU) and the United States were pouring millions of dollars to destabilise the country by sponsoring non-governm...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are vindicated!!! Mwonzora is indeed a Zanu puppet: MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDC VAA)
The MDC Veterans Activists Association faced a salvo of accusations and insults from the varakashi cyber bullies and The doggie sycophants for condemning the MDC-T's unholy tag team with ZANU PF...Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Mandava Blessing
Mwonzora could be digging his own grave
Douglas Mwonzora's support for controversial amendments to the constitution is a mistake that could destroy his political career because the changes to the supreme law are not popular among the electo...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Constitution changes: Understanding the history and motivation
There are extensive deliberations back and forth in May, June and July 2012, resulting in Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) formally adopting a draft national constitution on July 21....Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Arthur Mutambara
Bail ruling on MDC-Alliance activists today
Two MDC-Alliance activists who, with accomplices still at large, allegedly grabbed bales of rubbish and burnt them in central Harare on Thursday last week as a protest, should hear today whether or no...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activist burnt with acid in police cells
ONE of the two MDC Alliance activists arrested last week soon after attending party vice-chairperson Job Sikhala's trial in Harare, claims he sustained facial burns when suspected State security agent...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-T supported Zanu-PF
MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu-PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Biti bitten by that which he went hunting for
Tendai Biti was a legislator (among others) who partnered with foreign governments to collectively punish innocent Zimbabweans by inviting sanctions, in an attempt to coerce people to vote for his par...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ramps up dialogue push
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow name the MDC team that will lead the party's planned national dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country....Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ student activist granted bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student and activist, Alan Moyo, who has been in remand prison for 75 days for allegedly calling for a revolt against the government has been granted $10 000 bail by the High Co...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF central committee member succumbs to COVID-19
ZANU PF central committee member Madeyi Maswi has died from complications associated with COVID-19.She was 54.Her son and family spokesperson Takundwa Maswi confirmed the death....Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Central Committee member succumbs to Covid 19
ZANU PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi has died due to Covid 19 pandemic.She was 54.Family spokesperson Takunda Maswi who is also her son confirmed the death."She ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zinasu demands leader's release
THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has demanded the immediate release of University of Zimbabwe student and pro-democracy campaigner Allan Moyo, who has clocked more than 50 days in detenti...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student who called for Mnangagwa's ouster denied bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student Allan Moyo was Thursday denied bail by High Court judge, Justice David Foroma.Moyo (23), a leader of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), is facing a c...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri's appointment as MDC-T VP challenged
OPPOSITION MDC-T national standing committee and national council members have been challenged to stand up and reject their president, Douglas Mwonzora's recent appointment of Elias Mudzuri as one of ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
A genuine reform agenda could have saved Zimbabweans
Since the adoption of the new constitution in 2013, there have been expectations of constitutional reforms and realignment of the country's laws to the new supreme law.The reform agenda did no...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 19:48hrs | | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mwonzora's MDC mourns Chief Mashayamombe and Chief Marozva
On behalf of the MDC-T party and indeed on my own behalf I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the President of the Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira, the Mudhe family, Chiketa family,...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 15:58hrs | | by Douglas T Mwonzora
Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana is fine
Nick Mangwana, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, has dismissed rumours that Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana is fighting a tough battle against COVID-19.Announced on Twitter, Mangwan...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Allan Moyo's bail appeal postponed to Friday 22 January
Allan Moyo's bail appeal was postponed to Friday 22 January 2021 by High Court Judge Justice Davison Foroma. During the application for postponement, the state requested more time to enable it...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big Saturday read: The other side of the story
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | | by Lloyd Damba
Dead bodies in Chamisa's hands
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:28hrs | | by Lloyd Damba
Malianga, Gwaradzimba declared national heroes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) and founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Co...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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