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Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines
At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma - who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia - is in a rush to return home to Zimbabwe before dusk.This is not the first time Tshuma, ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Khanondo Safaris and Tours: Delivering unforgettable african adventures
Khanondo Safaris and Tours, a premier tour operating company nestled in the bustling adventure hub of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is making waves in the tourism industry with its diverse array of thr...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 10:45hrs | 8 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Family swept away by flooded Sanyati River
A GOKWE family was this week swept away after a canoe they were using to cross a flooded river capsized.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the tragic...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Richard Branson enjoys Zimbabwe's wildlife during two week visit
British billionaire Richard Branson – the founder of the Virgin Group – and his family spent considerable time touring Zimbabwe's prime wildlife resort areas during his visit to the country....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Richard Branson in Zambezi conservation walk
One of the world's richest men and owner of the Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, is in Zimbabwe taking part in the Zambezi Valley Walk for Wild Expedition covering Mana Pools and Matusadona national ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 13:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa thrown under the bus by Wally Rhoode
In his response to the Public Protector, President Cyril Ramaphosa's head of Presidential Protection Service, Wally Rhoode, has revealed the roles allegedly played by the President and his Namibian co...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Crime Intelligence funds used for Ramaphosa's Phala Phala 'farmgate' cover-up
A secret Crime Intelligence fund was used to finance the clandestine operations set up to trace the thieves who stole millions of dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in February ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:31hrs | | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Tourism players welcome Gwayi-Shangani opportunities
THE construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani is contributing to improved business opportunities in the hospitality industry in Hwange with its completion expected to bring greater benefits to the tourism s...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hollywood star goes on a safari in Zimbabwe
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi continued to explore the African continent on Friday as they went on a safari in Zimbabwe, after recently traveling to Rwanda.The comedian, 64, shared four ...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Airport runs dry for 3 weeks
KARIBA Airport has gone for nearly three weeks without water, forcing travellers and employees to relieve themselves in nearby bushes.Kariba Airport is located in northern Zimbabwe close to Ka...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Climate Change gurus on fire
Climate Change mitigation experts are shining at a two-day capacity building workshop in Harare where they have invited Media Practitioners in the northern region.The workshop is being facilit...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Security guard drowns while poaching fish
A 33-YEAR-OLD Mazowe Henderson Research security guard drowned yesterday at Mazowe dam where he was allegedly caught poaching fish by Zimbabwe National Parks (ZimParks) officials.Martin Chisim...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 15:54hrs | 27 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lupane's long wait for hospital
IT is now exactly 17 years since the construction of the long-awaited Lupane Provincial Hospital began, with annual budgetary allocations and deadlines set but on the ground the project remains a drea...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul over hospital
For specialist health services, villagers in Siabuwa, Binga North in Matabeleland North province are forced to travel 250km to St Luke's hospital in Lupane.And in extreme circumstances, they a...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @ 41: The victim's lasting solution to the Gukurahundi Holocaust
Zimbabwe is still at rail-road crossing with regard to the Gukurahundi genocide whose resolution remains elusive forty-one (41) years on. The signage is unambiguously restricting any break-through wha...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
River sweeps away taxi, killing three
THREE people were killed when a pirate taxi they were travelling in was swept away by a flooded river in Zvishavane. Police identified the three as Tariro Makwa (24), Aneno Manduku (39) and Gertrude M...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fans speak on Chidzambwa resignation
FOOTBALL fans in Mutare have welcomed the resignation of Warriors head coach Sunday ‘Mhofu' Chidzambga after a poor show at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in Egypt.Chi...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pioneer guerilla Tshinga Dube speaks on first operations
IN our past two editions we published the military and political exploits of renowned pioneer guerilla fighter, David Mongwa Moyo aka Sharpshoot. Moyo spoke about his deployment in a unit of 1...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa opens up on the ZIPRA/MK Wankie battle
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa on Thursday retold the historic Wankie battle of 1967 where the ZPRA cadres combined with the UMkhonto we Sizwe ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hippo attacks American tourist
A 37-year-old American tourist was rushed to a private hospital in Victoria Falls with a fractured leg yesterday morning after she was attacked by a hippo while canoeing on the Zambezi River.M...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'RBZ is empty,' says Prof Murwira
The Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Professor Amon Murwira has endorsed the controversial two percent tax per every electronically-transacted dollar as recently pronounced by his Finance co...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Individuals don't live to be a hundred years old; tribes do.
In Mhandambabwe, Chivi area, the community is paramount. I drive my perspective from the community, not from me to the community; that to me is a western culture. Tribal survival and prosperity are al...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 19:50hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Beitbridge woman smuggled drugs in canoe
A 35-YEAR-OLD Beitbridge woman appeared before a Guruve magistrate today charged for smuggling boxes of illicit drugs from Zambia.Mavis Bhayi (35) of stand number 192 Dhulivadzimu Township Bei...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge woman nabbed for smuggling drugs into the country
A 35-YEAR OLD Beitbridge woman was arrested on Monday at a roadblock in Guruve after she was allegedly caught with two cardboard boxes and travelling bags of unregistered drugs bought in the neighbour...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 09:49hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
It's checkmate for Grace Mugabe
Government has invoked legal measures to protect the Mazowe Dam from a takeover by former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe, who has targeted the picturesque area 30km from Harare for inclusion in her spraw...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How knowing the population size will help you win in business
When you come up with a new product or business idea it is very easy to get too excited and ignore the available data and information that would otherwise have helped you to improve upon the initial i...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Sibusiso T. Mabhena
Open letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Mr PresidentThere is no doubt you will win the July 30 election. Even Thomas in the Bible would believe that if he were here today. Though my vote is supposed to be private, you may want to e...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff writer
Grace Mugabe booted out of Mazowe Dam
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe's unbridled ambition to build a vast business empire in the scenic Mazowe area of Mashonaland Central province has suffered a major setback after the government reposses...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
A leader has been born in Chiredzi West Constituency
Located in the Lowveld, Chiredzi West constituency is a product of vast sugarcane plantation owned by Tongaat multinational company which employs more than twenty five thousand employees."Chiredzi Wes...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:53hrs | 15 | by Khesani Mlilo
Victoria Falls: A 'must-do' destination
VICTORIA Falls is a must-do Zimbabwean destination. It is home to one of the largest waterfalls in the world. It is the adrenalin capital of Africa and has hotels to satisfy every taste.Go whi...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Great Zimbabwe Guide
Bride-biting crocodile killed
THE National Parks and Wildlife Management has tracked and put down the crocodile that ripped off former Zimbabwean tennis player Mrs Zanele Ndlovu-Fox's arm, while she was canoeing with her husband i...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crocodile attack woman discharged from hospital
A woman whose hand had to be amputated following a crocodile attack while canoeing on the Zambezi River five days before her wedding last week, has been discharged from hospital.Mrs Zanele Ndl...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crocodile attacks tourists canoeing in Zambezi River
A DARING crocodile which last week attacked two canoes carrying tourists in the Zambezi River has been put down to save lives after one of the tourists lost her arm in the attack.Zanele Ndlovu...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crocodile attack couple speaks
A WOMAN who lost an arm in a crocodile attack in the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls five days before her wedding has revealed how, before the horrific incident, her only worry was decorating the wedd...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Woman who lost arm to crocodile weds in hospital
LOVE conquers all, so goes the dog eared cliché of improbable romantic scenarios encountered in romantic novels.Borrowing a typical chapter from a Mills and Boons novel is a former Zimbabwean...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man's remains pulled out of croc's belly
A fisherman's remains were recovered from a crocodile's belly following an attack in Binga on Monday.His upper body was retrieved from the river and the lower part was found inside the reptile...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi calls for speedy growth of Beitbridge
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has called for speedy investment in education and health facilities among other key sectors in Beitbridge town, in recognition of its rapid socio-economic growth in the las...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fisherman drowns while using homemade canoe
An 18-year-old Mvurwi fish monger allegedly drowned at Forester E dam in Mvurwi on Tuesday afternoon (yesterday).Sources close to investigations allege the fish monger was using an unsafe home...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zipra prepares to re-launch operations after internal problems
IN our Lest We Forget column today we continue our interview with former Zipra instructor, camp commander and a member of the High Command Jack Mpofu.Mpofu is one of the guerillas who witnesse...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New Chilonga bridge remains a pipe dream
TEN years after government promised to construct a new bridge across Runde River, in Chilonga, south of Chiredzi at a cost of $Z200 billion, the project remains a pipe dream, and lives continue to be ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MRP visit Masiye Dam where two school children drowned
Mhwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo and his executive members have visited Masiye Dam - where two Cyrene High School boys drowned.MRP conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the famil...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
2 school children drown at Masiye dam
Two children from Cyrene High School have drowned at Masiye dam in Matopo National Park this Tuesday after a canoe they were travelling in capsized.The children, one a form one and another a f...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, As I pen this letter to you my fellow Mthwakazians who, like myself, are based in Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries, a lot of events that have a direct bearing on our future ar...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Nkonzo ka Mathanda
Grace Mugabe grabs iconic Mazowe Dam
Grace Mugabe grabs iconic Mazowe DamFIRST Lady Grace Mugabe is continuing to expand her vast empire in the scenic Mazowe area of Mashonaland Central province; this time by grabbing the state-owned...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Decolonising travelling in Africa
As we conclude our Africa Week celebrations, the biggest question in my mind is when and how will travel in the continent be decolonised?The phrase on every speaker's lips at the Africa Travel...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 16:59hrs | | by Mantombi Makhubele
Zanu-PF chefs scramble for assets
Zanu-PF bigwigs are rubbing their hands in glee, ready to pounce on prime commercial land around Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Masvingo in what could turn out to be yet another scandal benefiting the nouveau-ri...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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