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Typhoid scare hits Gweru
GWERU has been hit by fears of a fresh typhoid outbreak after two people in the densely-populated suburb of Mkoba died in the past three days showing symptoms of the disease, while dozens complained o...Published: 4 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
Gweru top cop seeks discharge
THE officer-in-charge Criminal Investigations Department in Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhibit, yesterday made an app...Published: 4 hrs ago | 310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors bemoan health sector decay
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) Mashonaland provincial chairperson, Edward Chagonda yesterday said poverty among health personnel was worsening with some government doctors and nurses no longe...Published: 4 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant woman threatens to kill herself for snatched daughter
An eight-month pregnant woman and mother of seven gave a crowd the fright at the Tredgold Court pavement when she threatened to kill both herself and her unborn baby on the spot by jumping into the bu...Published: 4 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt has not brought desired change
THE Zimbabwean economy has been teetering on the edge of a crisis for the past 20 years, save for a brief interlude during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013.The econ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 563 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Zupco must spread its services in Bulawayo
This is an open letter to the Zupco Southern Region manager. As commuters in Bulawayo we are happy that Zupco is providing an affordable mode of transport despite the tough economic environment. Havin...Published: 6 hrs ago | 213 | by Angry Commuter
Arson, attempted murder in inheritance fight
A 16-YEAR-OLD teenager from Mberengwa is lucky to be alive after his uncle attempted to burn the hut he was sleeping in following a dispute over inheritance property. This was heard when Gweru...Published: 6 hrs ago | 364 | by Staff reporter
BCC suspends services again due to fuel shortages
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended ambulance, refuse collection, attendance to water and sewer faults due to fuel shortages. In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr C...Published: 6 hrs ago | 166 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally evicted over unpaid rent
BULAWAYO MDC-Alliance proportional representation Member of Parliament, Ms Dorcas Sibanda, has approached the High Court challenging her eviction from a rented house in Paddonhurst suburb over US$1 80...Published: 6 hrs ago | 314 | by Staff reporter
Dictatorship, undemocratic tendencies take root in MDC Alliance
THE expulsion of Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance on allegations of violating party rules and undermining protocol is not onl...Published: 6 hrs ago | 167 | by Staff reporter
'Nyambirai robbers had inside info'
THE eight armed robbers, who on Wednesday robbed two Harare businessmen Mr Tawanda Nyambirai and Mr Rodney Dangarembizi of more than US$220 000, had inside knowledge of the business premises.&...Published: 6 hrs ago | 559 | by Staff reporter
War vets storm Mthuli Ncube's office
A group of ex-civil servants most of whom are war veterans on Wednesday stormed New Government Complex seeking Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's audience to discuss their welfare upon realising their fo...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3035 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bemoans lack of external financial support
President Emerson Mnangagwa has repledged his commitment to reforms as he told thousands of delegates attending the sixth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) that his government ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 518 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mazowe Central MP implicated in GMAZ saga
Mazowe Central legislator Sydney Chidamba has been implicated in Grain Miller's Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) saga.Allegations are that Mashonaland Central Members of Parliament are sympathet...Published: 19 hrs ago | 817 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Hodzi refuses to nail Mthuli Ncube
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has said allegations raised by civil society leader and activist Mfundo Mlilo against Finance minister Mthuli Ncube were not sufficient enough for him to prosecu...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Tafadzwa Musarara
Their voices are loud, the theatrics are louder. The narrative is confusing, the narrative is confused.They say you took 27 million, they revise it to 26, they say no grain was imported, yet M...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1190 | by Peter Moyo
Mthuli Ncube haunted by civil service welfare
A group of ex-civil servants most of whom are war veterans on Wednesday stormed New Government Complex seeking Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's audience to discuss their welfare upon realising their fo...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2012 | by Staff reporter
'Manhood disappeared I dumped a married woman'
IN a case of suspected witchcraft, a businessman lost his manhood after bedding a married woman in Botswana.Musafare Garutsa approached police on Saturday with the intention to lodge a report ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Mine shaft collapses 2 feared dead
Two artisanal miners are feared dead after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed on Tuesday morning in Shamva.The accident occurred at Lumbo18 Zuze Syndicate Mine.National Police...Published: 24 hrs ago | 314 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chief Ndiweni recovering from medical operation
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is recovering from an ongoing operation which began some days ago.The firebrand Chief made the remarks when posting a video on Twitter in r...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1142 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robbers ransack Tawanda Nyambirai's premises
ROBBERS yesterday pounced movie-style on the business premises of two top Harare businessmen, Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi, getting away with more than US$200 000, cellphones and jeweller...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
Police besiege city centre to thwart MDC flash demo
Police in Bulawayo were on Tuesday out in full force in anticipation of a flash demonstration planned by the opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).Most parts of the city were under ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must just do the right thing
WITH all hope of a genuine economic rebound for Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa having been dashed by contrary developments on the ground, isn't it indeed time to go back to the drawing bo...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos Trust barred from club ownership wrangle
The Dynamos Trust suffered a major blow in its bid to have a say in the never-ending club ownership wrangle after Judge President Justice George Chiweshe dismissed the application made by the trust's ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor jailed over cop assault
ZANU-PF Chinhoyi ward 11 councillor, Voster Mashevedzanwa (41) has been sentenced to four years in jail by Chinhoyi magistrate Tapiwa Banda for assault and resisting arrest.Mashevedzanwa toget...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to account for January killings
EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said the bloc is still concerned about the January 2019 killings of protesters by the military and warned that the suspended restrictive measure...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa relative' removed from remand
THE case in which a woman who claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "relative" who appeared in court facing charges of swindling a South African businessman of R290 522 has crumbled after a Har...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods destroy $110 000 property
THE Bulawayo Fire Brigade has revealed that the flash floods that pounded the city on Sunday caused an estimated damage to property worth $110 000.Despite the heavy downpour, supply dams locat...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's cosmetic respect for democracy exposed
THE sacking of Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini by the MDC Alliance for refusing to step down from his position and make way for the party's desired candidate betrays their pretence to the princip...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Poisonous fish fears grip Zimbabwe as SA firm recalls deadly pilchards
THERE are fears that some shops and homes in the country have poisoned pilchards following a recall of a batch of the brand from a processing plant in South Africa due to a canning deficiency. ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clips July Moyo, Billy Rautenbach's wings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have stepped and control their controversial ally, Billy Rautenbach, who stands accused of illegally claiming ownership...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1930 | by newzimbabwe
Businesswoman off the hook
BUSINESSWOMAN and Connect Water chief executive, Ms Smolly Moyo, who was facing allegations of duping a businessman of R290 000 has been freed. Moyo will only return to court by way of summons...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:46hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Guardian Security company loses box with US$400 000 cash
Guardian Security Services company in Harare lost a cash box containing US$400 000 at their premises in Waterfalls, in a case believed to be an inside job involving some of its guards who have since b...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 19:24hrs | 2351 | by Staff reporter
A lesbian Zimbabwean's struggle for UK asylum
Angel fled Zimbabwe in fear of her life after police found her in bed with another woman five years ago. It's taken most of the time since then for her to convince the Home Office that she is gay and ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 18:05hrs | 1982 | by BBC
Councillor found with stolen copper cables
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) ‘s councillor for Chipinge rural's Ward 2, Agrippah Mayanga has been arrested by the Chipinge Criminal Investigation Department after he was found in possession ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 15:29hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Tachuona aka Sam Mshengu Chabalala granted R500,000 bail
There were jubilant scenes outside the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Wednesday after flamboyant, corruption-accused businessman Sam Tshabalala was granted R500 000 bail.Most...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Zimbabweans to start a revolution against white people
Norton Member of Parliament has called upon Zimbabweans to wage a revolution against white people who have captured the state through its cartel system. In an address to the nation on We...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 10:45hrs | 3864 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 13467 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa kicked out of court
MDC president Nelson Chamisa and top party officials were yesterday banned from attending the court hearing of organizing secretary Amos Chibaya and deputy Sibusisiwe Masara causing a scene that resul...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 07:03hrs | 6176 | by Staff reporter
Sam Mshengu Chabalala's real name is Gilbert Tachuona
Controversial Mpumalanga businessman and tycoon in the trucking business Sam "Mshengu" Chabalala's true identity has been revealed. Court papers exposed that his real name is Gilbert Tachuona and he w...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 07:03hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi withdraws case against ex-wife
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has withdrawn an application for the dismissal of his ex-wife Tambudzani Muleya's application for review of a ruling by a magistrate who dealt with the VP's application for...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC divided over strategy to confront Zanu-PF
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party, MDC, is in turmoil over a better strategy to implement in order to confront the ruling Zanu-PF party as the economy continues to tank.This comes as squ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Harare public toilets deplorable
Harare is sitting on a health time bomb as most of its public toilets are in bad shape and no longer fit for use.While council has refurbished public toilets in some parts of the central busin...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa makes impromptu court appearance, riot police deployed
DOZENS of riot police officers Tuesday descended on Harare Magistrates' courts in an apparent bid to quell possible unrest after MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa made an impromptu appearance....Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
ZCDC barred from selling Mbada diamonds
THE Supreme Court on Monday dismissed with costs the appeal made by government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) which sought to continue the sale of diamonds extracted from an area p...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:37hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
MPs rubbish Privileges Committee report
LEGISLATORS yesterday rubbished a report by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee, set up to investigate four MPs on allegations of trying to get a $400 000 bribe from Bulawayo businessman James Godd...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Matutu,Tsenengamu await Mnangagwa intervention
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth leaders, who have been at the forefront of fighting corruption by exposing alleged cartel leaders, bleeding the country through their perceived corrupt actions, now await Presi...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
MSU fraud couple challenge conviction at High Court
FORMER Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi, who formed a briefcase company that saw the institution of higher learning being swindled of more than US$150 000 thro...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
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