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Three minors knocked down, 2 die on the spot
THREE minors, two from Mvurwi and one from Mount Darwin were knocked down by motorists killing two on the spot on Monday.Mashonaland Ce...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1754 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Localised Covid -19 lockdowns to be introduced
CURRENT lockdown restrictions are set to be tightened through the introduction of localised lockdowns to curb the increasing cases of Covid-19 which have now surpassed the 1 000 mark. Cabinet ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2780 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for help to resuscitate ailing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to various stakeholders to participate in the development of a National Development Strategy in efforts to rebuild the ailing economy.This comes as Zi...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2885 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to intensify lifestyle audits
THE government has been urged to intensify lifestyle audits for political elites and public office holders to deal with rampant corruption, a local pressure group has said.This comes a day aft...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Government defers schools re-opening
Government has deferred the re-opening of schools initially scheduled for 28 July as Zimbabwe records a surge in Covid-19 cases with recorded ones reachin...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3631 | by Moyo Roy
Coronavirus hits Kuda Tagwirei's hospital
Professor Jonathan Moyo has reported that 5 people tested positive at Rock Foundation Medical Centre which is owned by Sakunda Holdings. Moyo said the infection came from a salon at Westgate. ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 9614 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: ZANU MP Keith Guzha dies...Coronavirus case suspected
ZANU PF Member of Parliament Keith Guzha has died due to suspected cases of Coronavirus. The body of the former AAG president who broke away to form National Business Council Zimbabwe wa...Published: 20 hrs ago | 13387 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops 'trying to avoid prosecution' for brutality
THE State yesterday accused six Bulawayo police officers of employing delaying tactics to avoid prosecution on charges of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park sisters under the veil of enforcing COVID...Published: 21 hrs ago | 870 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo nurses stage another joint demonstration
NURSES from the United Bulawayo Hospitals, Ingutsheni Mental Health Hospital and Mpilo Central Hospital staged a joint demonstration yesterday over government's reluctance to pay their salaries in Uni...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2461 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt will not allow anarchy'
Government has said it will not allow anarchy in the country and those found on the wrong side of the law will face their day in court, amid revelations that opposition parties want to use their July ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown violations worry Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland West leadership has stepped up efforts to educate the community on the Covid-19 pandemic following an increase in lockdown violations across the province. A recent case...Published: 21 hrs ago | 505 | by Staff reporter
Time to redeem Zimbabwe from its political & economic strangulation
The levels of failure by this Zanu PF regime has no comparison. The people have lost faith in the ruling party and whatever the party touches it slips like an eel, hence the majority can no longer tru...Published: 22 hrs ago | 627 | by Leonard Koni
Cell phone dealer killed in cold blood
Muzarabani cell phone dealer was allegedly killed in cold blood on his way from church on Sunday evening.Lovemore Kachoro (43) of number 145 Muzarabani residential area was struck on the head ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:04hrs | 3009 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's 51 MPs drag Khupe to court
FIFTY-ONE die-hard MDC Alliance legislators have approached the High Court en masse seeking an interdict to stop their recall from Parliament by the rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe, saying they woul...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:18hrs | 6580 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records rise in home births
BULAWAYO has recorded a 53 percent increase in the number of women who deliver at home or on their way to a health institution owing to Covid-19. Home births are a leading cause of maternal an...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 cases reach 985
The number of confirmed infections of Covid-19 tested in Zimbabwe reached 985 by last night, with 18 deaths and 328 confirmed recoveries. The Ministry of Health and Child Care reported three m...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to resume work on July 28
All teachers should report for duty on July 28, the date set for the return of examination classes in the phased reopening of schools, and should make arrangements to be at their stations to either te...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South Covid-19 situation worrying
The Covid-19 situation in Insiza district is fast developing into a crisis as the number of cases soars. The rise in the number of local cases was alleged...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1031 | by Stephen Jakes
Idiocy that has a tragic price: Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said state security agents visited his home at high and he wonders what was their motive as they ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 3555 | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa's funeral parlours at full capacity?
The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived.Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:46hrs | 2921 | by City Press
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 death rate increase to 18
THE number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased to 18 following the death of 5 other people this Saturday.In a COVID-19 daily update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care announced the dea...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:01hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3156 | by Staff reporter
Panicky Mnangagwa spoils security forces
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is pampering security forces to forestall an uprising amid growing discontent over the deteriorating economic situation in the country, analysts have said.Mnangagw...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:12hrs | 11036 | by Staff reporter
Khupe gets Chamisa's millions from govt purse
The government on Friday gave MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe $7,4 million, insisting that she is the legitimate leader of the main opposition in Parliament despite ongoing court disputes about her statu...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 5797 | by Staff reporter
Harare's major hospitals record Covid-19 cases
TWO of Harare's major hospitals have recorded Covid-19 cases among their staff as the country's caseload rises sharply amid an increase in the number of deaths.As of Friday, Zimbabwe had recor...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for saying 'ED must go'
A Harare police officer was on Friday charged with insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly posted a message saying "ED must go" on a WhatsApp group.Milton Murairwa was releas...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe was better under Mugabe,' says Hopewell Chin'ono
PROMINENT journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says Zimbabwe needs political reforms to end the multifaceted crisis facing the country.Chin'ono (HP), who has become a target of Zanu-PF attacks for exp...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying Zimbabwe's Cyber Bill
This past week I was among those that were observing the Zimbabwean parliamentary publichearings on the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, gazetted on May 15 2020. These public hearings ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 215 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Mnangagwa against 'catch and release syndrome'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the justice system to step up the fight against corruption and put an end to the "catch and release syndrome", while the arrest of "small and big fish" shou...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:37hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Millers table US$ price for subsidised mealie-meal
GRAIN millers have tabled a proposal to increase the price of subsidised roller meal from $70 to between US$2,50 and US$3,50 per 10 kilogramme to cushion themselves from operational challenges....Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:36hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not brook anarchy'
The ruling party will not stand idle as opposition activists promote anarchy but will respond appropriately to any threats to the country's peace, ZANU-PF acting spokesman Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
The 'witchcraft' of Nehanda's statue
There is nothing that Bishop Lazarus finds as nauseatingly revolting as the holier-than-thou brigade.Yes, those low-lives that seemingly have the uncanny ability of seeing past the girthy logs...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 553 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabweans in the UK vulnerable to Covid-19, embassy warns
The Zimbabwean embassy in London has told Sky News that at least 37 citizens of the southern African country have died in Britain during the coronavirus pandemic.It is a revelation which under...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:33hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 425 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya in stands scam
HUNDREDS of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries followers recently besieged their leader Prophet Walter Magaya's offices in Cape Town, South Africa, demanding refunds following a botche...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:20hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
Give us our Daily Bread: 12 July 2020
"In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the LORD says, 'Give instructions...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:16hrs | 287 | by Robert Sigauke, fellow servant in the Lord
Man axes friend over a pair of scissors
Police in Mashonaland Central province are looking for a Jurujena villager from Mushumbi Pools Issah Matore (33) after he allegedly struck his friend with an axe on the head over a scissors' misunders...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 09:57hrs | 255 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kariba tension-gripped as government departments dither tactlessly
Kariba is a tense town this week for both tourists and local stakeholders, with emotions boiling over in some instances. Government departments' inept handling of important issues is at the core of th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 18:47hrs | 4808 | by Laiton Kandawire Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
Drama at Chamisa mother's funeral
Tempers flared up in what should have been a somber moment when MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was burying his late mother in Gutu on Tuesday.Chamisa's mother collapsed and died in her gar...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 9172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans smuggling dead bodies from SA
Zimbabweans are reportedly smuggling the dead bodies of their relatives from South Africa to bury them back home.Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda said the revelations were disturbing th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 10:31hrs | 9772 | by Stephen Jakes
Protest at your own risk, says Zanu-PF
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it would deal harshly with the planned protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on July 31, evoking memories of killings by the army of civili...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:14hrs | 9296 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 6 Harare council employees
DETECTIVES from the Commercial Crimes Division have launched a manhunt for six Harare City Council employees who are at large over the US$1 million Kuwadzana stands scam involving director of human re...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound cars not displaying registration plates
POLICE yesterday said they have launched an operation to impound all cars that move around without displaying registration number plates.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya's son dies in car crash
THE son of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, Foster, died in a car crash on Wednesday night along the Gweru-Mvuma Road in an accident that also claimed the life of a popular G...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3700 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs in bid to block dreaded Khupe recalls
A TOTAL of 51 MDC Alliance legislators and councillors have approached the High Court seeking to interdict MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe from filling up vacancies created by ongoing recalls of party MP...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 5027 | by Staff reporter
Armed car-jackers strike in Bulawayo
THREE armed men robbed a 44-year-old woman from Newtown West suburb in Bulawayo of her car, US$400 and a cellphone. The woman was driving into the city centre from her home in her Nissan Sylph...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Botswana
POLICE in Plumtree have raised concern over the ill-treatment of Zimbabweans in Botswana with two people having been killed in the neighbouring country recently. There have been complaints in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
AMID an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including deaths, President Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that the Government could scale up preventive and containment measures. Addressing an Or...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3474 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dares political union leaders
Government has dared union leaders, who are trying to whip up emotions of civil servants instead of negotiating for their welfare, to join politics and leave welfare negotiations to bona fide workers ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Adventists challenge UZ's Saturday exams
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe Seventh Day Adventist Students Association has approached the High Court challenging the holding of examinations on Saturday 11 and 18 July.The association said if they ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
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