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Did Mtukudzi speak his troubled life in song?
"TATSAUKA pano nekuti paita Tuku, (We passed by because you are playing Tuku music)" my late brother Johannes and his friend Evaristo Chiwara once told merrymakers in Rimuka, Kadoma, in the late 1990s...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:03hrs | 3594 | by Moses Chibaya
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
More than 100 street children roam Bulawayo
Bulawayo is experiencing a troubling rise in the number of children leaving their homes to live and work on the streets, often turning to illegal activities such as drug and substance abuse. Over 100 ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Couple leaves gun at a lodge
A FIREARM was found in a room at a lodge along Masotsha Ndlovu Road in Hatfield on Friday last week while a loaded gun was found on the bank of the Manyame River.The Noringo Star pistol was fo...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 08:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
1 ambulance for Parirenyatwa
ZIMBABWE'S largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, which services Harare and other nearby provinces, has been operating with only one functional ambulance, reflecting the country's...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 20:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Teenager dies in Gweru's freezing temperatures
A 16-year-old Gweru teenager was found dead in the city's Central Business District Wednesday morning after sleeping in the open, amid freezing temperatures.The recent cold spell which hit mos...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 19:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners 'invade' retail space reserved for Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by In...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabwean men, 10-car cigarette smuggling convoy intercepted in SA
South African police have intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe via Beitbridge and illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, seizing five vehicles and cigaret...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Woman acquitted of killing husband during Valentine's Day fracas
The High Court has cleared a Muzarabani woman of murder charges following the couple's violent quarrel 14 February last year which saw her stab and kill her husband in self-defence.Lackia Chir...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 9 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
It's time Redcliff Municipality was investigated for its questionable dealings!
For a long time I had foolishly believed the yarn that poor service delivery, or the total lack of, in our small town of Redcliff was due to the non-payment of bills by residents. I was - afte...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:45hrs | 82 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | 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
Zimbabwe now has enough number plates in stock
Motorists are advised that Government now has enough number plates and authorities do not expect to see any unregistered vehicle on the road with effect from this year, after adequate raw materials we...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CVR partners Zimpost in number plates initiative
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has partnered Zimpost to facilitate that people collect number plates from the nearest post office as the Government moves to decentralise and clear the backlog....Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Number plates backlog being cleared
The backlog in issuing number plates should be cleared by next month after which authorities do not expect to see any unregistered vehicle on the road as enough raw materials have been secured for the...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
37 in court for attempting to smuggle cigarettes into SA
Thirty-seven suspects who were arrested while attempting to smuggle 76 cardboard crates of export quality Remmington Gold cigarettes out of the country into South Africa appeared before Beitbridge Res...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sacu targets looters in around Mnangagwa
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office yesterday said it would soon be arresting high-profile looters implicated in Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit repo...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti briefly detained by police in Karoi
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti was briefly detained by police in Karoi on Saturday amid death threats over his criticism of the way government is handling the Covid-19 pandemic, hi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death threats for Tendai Biti
MDC alliance vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday said unknown assailants besieged his law firm while others called on his mobile phone threatening him with death over his remarks that Zanu-PF was res...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Samantha Power
Mayoral mansion now football club house
The gigantic mayoral mansion built by Harare City Council in Gun Hill for more than US$500 000 as the grand luxury residence for the now-defunct executive mayors is a white elephant gradually rotting ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of ballot boxes hits Zanu-PF DCC elections
ZANU-PF will this Saturday hold its crucial District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, but the governing party has failed to avail ballot boxes and has urged aspiring district chairpersons to so...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 400 night club owners arrested
MORE than 1 400 bar and nightclub owners around Harare have been arrested on allegations of disregarding national lockdown regulations, with police deploying more officers to ensure compliance with he...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 15 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
ZBC vehicle arson case sucks in mayor
POLICE are analysing video footage in which a man, strongly believed to be Chitungwiza Mayor Councillor Lovemore Maiko of MDC-Alliance, torching a ZBC vehicle opposite Town House in Harare on August 2...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$72 000 robbery sucks in policemen
A policeman believed to be part of a gang that was caught on camera while raiding Draycott Farm where it stole over US$72 000, yesterday appeared in court facing robbery charges. Constable Fre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash crisis spirals out of control
IT is an August morning in Harare. Winter winds are blowing cold. Samuel braves the cold, wakes up at 3am from his Kuwadzana home and treks to the central business district to look for cash at the ban...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff greporter
Passport shortage leaves Zimbabweans stranded
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe's economic crunch hits passports
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:45hrs | | by Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press
Zimbabwe's perpetual struggle with forex black market
AS Zimbabwe continues battling a boisterous foreign currency black market, there are strong signs that a parallel goods markets will soon emerge.Notwithstanding the distinguishable history of ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by P Masamha
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Mnangagwa launches India-Africa Incubation Centre
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the India-Africa Incubation Centre which is meant for training women and youths and prepares them for employment creation and strengthening the SME...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court confirms death sentence for wife beheader
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the death sentence on a Binga man who axed his wife 11 times and chopped off her head before hiding it in a cardboard box following a domestic dispute. Wo...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man who beheaded wife with axe gets death sentence
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the death sentence on a Binga man who axed his wife 11 times and chopped off her head before hiding it in a cardboard box following a domestic dispute.Won...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'I will get rid of ghost workers' Mnangagwa promised, again - who stopped you, it has been a year
I have never pegged myself as a cynic but in today's Zimbabwe it is impossible not to be cynical when the whole nation is poisoned with cynicism and intrigue!"Government is fully aware of the ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police 'acquit' murder accused Mnangagwa 'supporter' who shot and killed tout
POLICE seem to have "acquitted" a President Emmerson Mnangagwa "supporter" after presenting court papers stating the 24-year-old was acting in self-defence when he shot and killed a suspected parking ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
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
Chamisa's MP blocks municipal cops from confiscating vendors' wares
MDC Alliance Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu yesterday caused a stir in the farming town after he ordered municipal cops to stop confiscating street vendors' wares.The youthful MP, ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Harare City Council raids vendors
Harare City Council and the national police yesterday launched raids against vendors in the central business district after pleas for the informal traders to leave the streets due to a cholera outbrea...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers drink kachasu in class
Two Guruve teachers appeared before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro today for reportedly drinking illicit beer (kachasu) in class.The state alleges that on 3 August last year Hardl...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Squatter camps turned into Sodom, Gomorrah
From illegal settlements in Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone farms to poky informal shelters built on undesignated sites, there are now a huge number of squatter camps mushrooming across Zimbabwe's cap...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Off-duty cops arrested over contraband
Two Kariba-based police detectives were arrested on Monday on allegations of smuggling illicit medical substances after one of the vehicles carrying the contraband was involved in an accident in Norto...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019
Snakes have been set to Swallow Snakes to Free Zimbabwe by 2019Vengeance is mine!!!! says the architect of humanity. The Law of Balance soothes all World problems in phenomenal ways. To the re...Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Multiverse Dungani
Zanu-PF primary elections: Success wrapped in chaos
Last week I focussed on unpacking the Zanu-PF primary elections, which have now come, but have not gone as they still dominate the news cycle.There is a prevalent view that the commissariat (o...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
NUST students hurt in riot
More than five National University of Science and Technology (NUST) students were on Monday injured after clashing with anti-riot police during a demo.The demonstration, which started in the m...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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