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Buhera villagers embark on tree planting drive
Enterprising villagers from Buhera Central Constituency in partnership with the Forest Commission recently conducted a successful three-day tree planting training workshop at Chief Nyashanu's homestea...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 20:57hrs | 112 | by Edson Mapani In Buhera
Vehicle smugglers granted bail
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly smuggling a Honda Fit through an illegal crossing point in the Nxele area of Plumtree, Matebeleland South province.The duo was granted ZW...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Army boss kills maize thief
Zimbabwe National Army Brigadier General Hebert Chingono has been implicated in the murder of a maize thief.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts yesterday where Chingono t...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 23:51hrs | 99 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Air Force to fine-tune training of staff in defence of Zimbabwe airspace
The Air Force of Zimbabwe will continue training its personnel to meet the requirements of contemporary threats, building competent and determined forces ready to serve and protect the country, its pe...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Training remains Zimbabwe Defence Forces's top priority
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will continue training its personnel to meet the requirements of contemporary threats, achieving competent and determined forces ready to serve and protect the countr...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidates caught with drugs on nomination day
Two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates for Mbire district were arrested on Wednesday at a police roadblock after they were allegedly found in possession of dagga.Gilbert Kagodora (...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concession
Bogus soldier, cop up for armed robbery
Two suspected robbers who stormed at a Chiweshe villager to rob him of his belongings while wearing army and police uniforms are in trouble....Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe aims to double power output by 2025
Zimbabwe's state power utility ZESA aims to more than double national grid capacity by 2025 to respond to increased demand from the mining sector, its chief executive said on Thursday.The coun...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brother cheats death over woman
A 41-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man nearly killed his brother after allegedly assaulting him with a wooden axe handle over a woman.Tafadzwa Munongerwa was dragged to Concession court yesterday facing a...Published: 04 May 2023 at 14:30hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Women team up, bash hubby snatcher
Two Mazowe women are in trouble after they allegedly teamed up to assault a neighbour accusing her of snatching one of their husband.Th...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 14:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
No joy for girlfriend basher
A HARARE man, who was convicted of domestic violence after he assaulted his live-in girlfriend, had his appeal dismissed by the High Court.The man, Denton Leslie Boschie, who was convicted on ...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court stays Chin'ono's trial
The High Court has stayed the trial in which top journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is accused of defeating the course of justiceTHE High Court has stayed the trial in which top journalist Hopewell ...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
The whole gold hullabaloo about Zimbabwe illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash
The whole gold hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash. The country‘s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearly ...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Woman drags young man by manhood
IN a fit of pique, a woman from Glendale, Mashonaland Central province caused a stir when she dragged an 18-year-old boy, who is also her neighbour, by his manhood following a misunderstanding over a ...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Security guard steals 40 kg gold ore
Lucky ran out of Mazowe mine (Jumbo) security guard Anderson Chiburumunda (34) who was nabbed after stealing 40 kilograms of gold ore.Chiburumunda appeared before Concession magistrate Joshua ...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 17:20hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drunk cell phone thief jailed 4 years
A 37-YEAR-OLD Cellphone thief who stormed a villager's house in Chiweshe and stole 26 cell phones was today sentenced to four years behind bars by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Fogert...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 13:13hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gold panner bashes woman for turning him down
IMAGINE as a woman you're at the bar on a night out and you get chatting to the man beside you.He then offers to buy you beer and you agree not knowing that what he wants is not your company b...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved man plucks off bar lady's teeth
There was drama at Rosa Business Centre, Chiweshe where Tanyaradzwa Mukombeza head buttered a bar lady after being denied sex and plucked her teeth off.The matter came to light at Concession m...Published: 23 Feb 2023 at 21:51hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unknown hero's burial today
National hero, Major-General Godfrey Chanakira, who died at West End Clinic in Harare last Thursday of a heart ailment, will be buried at the National Heroes Acre today.At the time of his deat...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena threatens to sue Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association
GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena has threatened to drag the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) to court for illegally deactivating his vehicle tags and relegating him ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge projects today
President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission 28 houses for civil servants and also assess progress on projects being implemented under the Beitbridge Redevelopment Programme (BRP).The G...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier-General Satuku persecuted in life, death
RETIRED Brigadier-General Fidelis Satuku was a man persecuted in life and death.The veteran of Zimbabwe's liberation war, a decorated military commander and strategist, was buried quietly, awa...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
'WikiLeaks mole' Satuku dies
RETIRED army major general Fidelis Satuku has died, 10 years after he was forced out of the security sector for allegedly badmouthing then Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Constanti no Chiwenga at a ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accused of 'hijacking' senior Kariba citizen's funeral
Zanu-PF has been accused by the family of late senior Kariba resident, Phillip Chingono of attempting to gain political mileage through crowdfunding for his funeral when, in fact, the elderly man led ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses hand in foiled armed robbery
A WOMAN from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo lost her left hand after being shot during a botched armed robbery at her house.Cathrine Chingono was shot on her left hand and thigh...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps wife's boyfriend
A MAN from Odzi, Manicaland province, who held his wife's alleged boyfriend hostage for a night before demanding ransom from his family for his release, appeared in court yesterday charged with kidnap...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Hopewell Chin'ono caught pens downs
Media freedom has been abused around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist journalists have overseen concerted attempts to effect undemocra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Opposition still alive in Zimbabwe
The man made frictions within the opposition circles are too far from killing the opposition in Zimbabwe.The ructions have been badly misinterpreted to mean demise of the opposition in the Southern Af...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Mnangagwa's govt has no strategy beyond lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has no comprehensive Covid-19 plan beyond the strict 30-day lockdown triggered by a recent spike in cases, spelling trouble in the health sector for his broke...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wants passport back
Political activist, Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers yesterday apologised to Harare regional magistrate, Mr Ngoni Nduna, for their conduct, which the court felt undermined his integrity.This came a...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is a winner on Zimbabwe Sanctions?
This week has just ended with a government official retired general Anselem Sanyatwa and his wife Chido added to the sanctions list. This make him to be the first government official to be put into th...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Tolexy Hups
World must be patient with Zimbabwe on reforms - SB Moyo
SINCE taking over power from long-time leader Robert Mugabe in a military coup in 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought to end Zimbabwe's pariah status through an international re-engagement p...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 9 | by Staff report
'Zacc won't spare high-profile personalities'
THE appointment of Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za-cc) chairperson in May sparked controversy and raised the spectre of patronage that has plagued the country...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out Gweru residents' case on State land
THE High Court has dismissed an application by 11 residents who sought a court order blocking the Land Commission from re-convening in Harare for an inquiry into the sale and acquisition of State land...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga was never a real soldier' CIA report
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has always been a politician who knows very little about military activities a CIA report said.A Wikileaks cable 10HARARE7_a addressed to America's CI...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 20:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's dilemma over Dabengwa
TO go or not to go? That is the question. And damned if he does; damned if he does not.This is the dilemma President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces tomorrow over whether or not to attend the burial ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'No immediate end to load-shedding'
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi (FC) took his oath of office this week, promising to tackle the electricity crisis head-on. His appointment comes at a time power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Auth...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt must accelerate reforms to move forward'
THE European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe are set to resume political dialogue, which officially stopped in 2002. Under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, the EU will seek to re-engage with government, a ...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe farm compensation to cost at least US$10bn'
GOVERNMENT'S decision to offer RTGS$53 million in compensation to white farmers who were dispossessed of their land has been met with mixed reactions. While some of the ex-farmers who are now in dire ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 2 ZDF officers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has promoted two Brigadier-Generals to the rank of Major-General and one Air Commodore to Air Vice-Marshal.The promotions are in accordance with Section 15(1) (B) (Chapter ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe must tackle structural problems, fiscal dilemmas
AFTER showing signs of revival during the inclusive government era between 2009 and 2013, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a tailspin since the 2013 elections. Government has struggled to restore econom...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Land Commission's tenure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas by nine months. The Commission of Inquiry w...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers Awards South Africa announces 2019 Nominees, partners
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa (ZAA SA) have announced the nominees for the 5th Zororo Phumulani ZAA SA on their website and social media platforms during a live broadcast from South Africa....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:20hrs | 9 | by Agencies
'Gukurahundi commission can't probe military crimes against civilians'
AMID high political temperatures, violent protests and a military crackdown on civilians, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is seized with the mammoth task of healing a wounded n...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mutambara takes Mnangagwa head on
Former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has attacked President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is not different from ousted President Robert Mugabe.Mugabe argues that Mnangagwa has been par...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa extends Commission of Inquiry's hearing tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the commission of inquiry investigating the sale of State land since 2005 by nine months to give it ample time to wrap up the probe, it has been learnt....Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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