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$130 billion Zimdollars earmarked for massive roadworks
ZIMBABWE will double down on road development projects this year, with Treasury and the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) injecting over $130 billion to rehabilitate about 10 000 kilomet...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:40hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Suspected wizards/witches usually found at people's homes suffer from mental health
THE grey-haired, half naked and stumbling elderly individuals who are usually found at people homes in the wee hours are not all wizards and witches but some suffer from mental health.A family...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains continue to destroy property
More damages to infrastructure and households have been recorded in various parts of the country as downpours persist with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) expecting isolated thunderstorms...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:58hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
'Wizard falls from the sky'
RESIDENTS of Mahatshula suburb in Bulawayo woke up to a bizarre sight of a naked old man who claimed to be a wizard that fell from the sky.According to residents the man in his birthday suit w...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa summons Parly over delimitation report
Zanu-PF Members of Parliament have reportedly launched a spirited campaign to discredit the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s delimitation report as they fear dilution of their support bases...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:13hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Govt channels US$800,000 towards floods
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo says government has channelled US$800 000 worth of fuel to the Airforce of Zimbabwe for flood disaster management activities."We have capacitated the Airfor...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 17:05hrs | 266 | by Staff Reporter
$1,2 billion sanitary wear 'vanishes'
SANITARY wear worth $1,2 billion bought by government for distribution to rural schools cannot be accounted for, a Parliamentary probe has revealed.The Parliamentary Committee on Primary and S...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Russian chopper, ambulance for Mnangagwa
GOVERNMENT has taken delivery of a specialised medical helicopter and an ambulance from Russia as Zimbabwe leans to Moscow when most countries are shunning the Eurasian country over its invasion of Uk...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 4298 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba to commission Lupane Magistrates' Courts
ALL is set for the commissioning of the completed Lupane Magistrates' Courts complex by Chief Justice Luke Malaba this Friday.Construction of the complex started a few years ago and it is one ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blows top over factionalism
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa has reportedly threatened to deal with Manicaland members who leaked information on internal party fights to the Press...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2900 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean barlady stabs male customer after change dispute
A daring Chimanimani bar lady, Astaher Manyange, is facing murder charges for stabbing a man twice on his chest and arm after a heated exchange over change.Police said the incident occurred th...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:51hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Manicaland Women's League burns
Zanu-PF national women's league has reportedly assigned Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa to go on a fact-finding mission over sharp divisions in the Manicaland provincial structures.The ...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:13hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
86 Malawians nabbed in Zimbabwe
POLICE have arrested 86 Malawi nationals found hidden at a house in Murewa, Mashonaland East province.According to a police memo seen by NewsDay, the group, which comprised 76 males and 10 fem...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Shona, Ndebele Highway Code launched, beware of Ndebele mistakes
The Highway Code has now been translated into Shona and Ndebele, and printed copies are available at a subsidised cost of US$5 each or the equivalent in local currency while Government is working on t...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
China's 'juicy' deal with Zimbabwe set to benefit citrus farmers
MBUYA Rosemary Tendi (70) of Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, has been braving crispy cold mornings in the past few weeks to make sure that she monitors the harvesting of oranges from h...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientist explains rare discovery
A TINY frog called the cave squeaker had not been seen for more than half a century and it had been placed on the international red list of threatened species.Dr Robert Hopkins (80) of Parklan...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:07hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
'ED is Zanu PF's 2023 presidential candidate' Chiwenga (grudgingly) endorsed - which Zanu PF rigging to guaranteed legitimacy, t
The 2017 military coup that removed the late Robert Mugabe from office was about power and not good governance, as the coup plotters’ spin-doctors would...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:52hrs | 1632 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chiwenga backs Mnangagwa for 2023 amid tension claims
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has backed Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Chiwenga as the ruling party's sole candidate for the State presidency in general elections due next year.Chiwenga's rema...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 4370 | by Staff reporter
Chiwengwa says Mnangagwa will be Zanu-PF's candidate for the 2023 elections
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has reiterated that President Mnangagwa will be Zanu-PF's candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections.Speaking during a Zanu-PF rally at Nhedziwa High Schoo...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa talks tough on illegal mining
THE Government will not tolerate timber poaching, illegal mining, settlements in plantations, and deforestation as that will impede the rural industrialisation agenda being driven by the Second Republ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe independence, freedom not for sale'
ZIMBABWE'S independence, freedom, democracy, sovereignty, patriotism, dignity and heritage are not for sale, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing thousands of ruling Zanu-PF party supporter...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, Zanu-PF implicated in gold leakages
A FRESH report has put President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisayi "Scott" Sakupwanya at the centre of gold leakages and violence at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga and surrounding areas in Manicaland pr...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:16hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Chimanimani FM goes live
CHIMANIMANI FM goes live today, with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) saying the "existence of community media is one of the indications of media growth"....Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Missing Zanu-PF chairman found alive
THE police have announced that Zanu-PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani, Nicholas Madzianike, who was allegedly kidnapped on June 19, has been found.National police spokesperso...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:24hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chairman kidnapped , still missing
Zanu-PF youth chairman for Bumba District in Chimanimani Nicholas Madzianike was allegedly kidnapped on June 19 and his whereabouts are still unknown.National police spokesperson, Assistant Co...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Issuance of community TV licences on cards in Zimbabwer
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) is set to start licensing community television stations following the successful licensing of community radio stations that have contributed to improving u...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo blasts ZANU PF over National Hero status
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the ruling party ZANU PF of engaging in political fraud when it comes to the conferment of the National Hero status to fallen former liberation war fighters. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | 3174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Census in bumpy ride
THE past seven days of the 2022 national population and housing census have been bumpy for some Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (ZimStat) enumerators who have been reportedly threatened and mugged in the ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:48hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers harass Civilians in Chimanimani
Zimbabwe Soldiers are allegedly harassing civilians in Chimanimani. Speaking to some residents in Chimanimani, they say they are w...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 22:14hrs | 1979 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Bloody Easter claims 73
SEVENTY-THREE people were killed and 202 injured in 264 road traffic accidents recorded countrywide during this year's Easter and Independence Holidays.The 73 deaths were concentrated in 32 of...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:29hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Total number of people killed during Easter holidays announced
The Zimbabwe Republic Police announced that a total of 73 people were killed in fatal road accidents that happened during the just ended combined Easter and Independence holidays from 15th to 18th Apr...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 16:33hrs | 1248 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4 killed in truck crash
Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross mobilises resources for Chipinge accident victims
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has mobilised medical personnel, volunteers and medical consumables to support victims of the Chipinge bus accident which claimed 37 lives, and left 71 others inj...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:28hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge horror crash details emerge
Fifty-year-old Rudo Sithole from Manase village in Chimanimani was inconsolable as she waited to be served at a Nyaradzo funeral parlour in Mutare yesterday.Sithole was waiting to collect the ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
ZCC accident death toll rises to 37
TWO more people succumbed to injuries sustained in the Chimanimani bus accident, which has since been declared a state of disaster, bringing the number of victims to 37.Police are presently id...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi mourns crash victims, thanks Mnangagwa
Grieving ZCC Mutendi leader Right Reverend Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has thanked President Mnangagwa and his government for extending state assistance to mitigate the Chipinge bus accident disaster that...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 20:37hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
4 Mugodhi congregants die, 14 injured in crash
Four Mugodhi church members died on the spot while 14 others were injured after a Nissan Caravan kombi they were travelling on veered off the road when the driver lost control on curves along the Nyan...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Bus crew relives moments before horror crash that claimed 36 ZCC members
THE speeding St Charles Lwanga High School driver, whose bus lost brakes, veered off the road and rolled several times before landing over 200 metres down the steep, killing 36 people on the spot on T...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Chamisa, ex-ministers to Uhuru celebrations
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Independence was brought about by all Zimbabweans living or dead, hence he is inviting all political parties, current and former Government Ministers for the main celebrat...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:21hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
State assisted funeral for 35 ZCC accident victims
The bus accident that claimed 35 people in Chimanimani has been declared a state of disaster with the deceased set to get State assisted funeral.Local Government and Public Works Minister July...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:20hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consoles Chimanimani bus disaster victims
President Mnangagwa has sent a condolence message following last night's Chimanimani bus disaster which has claimed 35 lives so far.Below is the President's full statement:...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:20hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
ZCC worshippers accident death toll increases to 35
A TOTAL of 35 people died while 75 others were injured when a bus was involved in an accident between Chimanimani and Chipinge districts Thursday night.The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confi...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 13:38hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
29 ZCC worshippers die in Zimbabwe bus accident
At least 29 people were killed on Thursday night after a bus carrying pilgrims overturned between Chipinge and Chimanimani, local officials said.About 40 other people, all members of the Zion ...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:29hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
32 die in Chipinge bus accident
32 people have died, while several others were seriously injured after a bus carrying members of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) was involved in an accident near Jopa market in Chipinge last night....Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:56hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo tells subjects to stop pursuing foreign traditions, religion
KING Litshe kaligiqeki Domborenyika Dr Mike Moyo, known as King Mambo, has expressed concern over churches and people who defile mountains and cultural sites.King Mambo made the remarks while ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora leaves MDC Alliance partner stranded
ZANU Ndonga secretary general Farai Mudzingwa was left stranded after MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora reneged on his earlier promise to surrender the party's share of the political grant he received fr...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
New dedicated railway line for US$1bn steel project
A NEW dedicated railway line will be established to connect the US$1 billion stainless steel plant in Mvuma to a new port in Mozambique to move exports on time and in quantity.The venture ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Teachers plan march to Parliament
TEACHERS are planning to march to Parliament this week to deliver a petition as they desperately try to force the government to improve their conditions of service.They have rejected the gover...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
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