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Parliament to summon 'abducted' and released doctor
A parliamentary portfolio committee wants to call the leader of doctors' union Peter Magombeyi to explain what had happened to him during the days he went missing.Magombeyi went missing last w...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official jailed for fraud
A ZANU-PF district chairman in Mhangura was recently sentenced to an effective six months in prison after defrauding two people of about US$342 in botched land deals.Harmony Mavesere (40) of T...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
'Justice is a train that's nearly always late' - too late for Mugabe but must catch the rest
"My first encounter with President Robert Gabriel Mugabe was in 2011 at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) Graduation Ceremony, where he had been invited to attend an event there as the Guest...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1104 | by Nomusa Garikai
The untold side of Robert Mugabe
"We all die....The goal isn't to live forever,The goal is to create something that will"Robert Gabriel MugabeThe man and legend,The myth and mystery,Truly a man of Destiny ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 10:19hrs | 9024 | by Temba Mliswa
'G40 using Mugabe burial as bargaining weapon to get amnesty from Mnangagwa'
Controversy continues to be associated with the late former president Robert Mugabe in his death, as was the case in his life – with his family and the government still poles apart yesterday with re...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Impasse over Mugabe burial continues
SEVERAL meetings held between government and former President Robert Mugabe's relatives have reportedly failed to resolve the impasse over where the late nationalist leader would be buried, sources ha...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:52hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Nust receives $900,000 for DNA lab
THE Government has released $900 000 to the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) DNA lab which is involved in national projects including profiling of Cyclone Idai victims. T...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:12hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's richest: How they made their money
WHILST there is no official list of Zimbabwe's richest men and women, such as the one compiled by the Times and Forbes Magazine, the country has its fair share of rich people, including some who are m...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Adultery law under spotlight
A Chinhoyi woman facing a US$35 000 adultery claim is seeking to challenge the constitutional validity of the law, which she says infringes upon her constitutional rights to freedom of association, pr...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:21hrs | 2252 | by Staff reporter
Gays and Lesbians targets Zimbabwe universities, colleges
THE Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has started a process of engaging universities and other higher learning institutions as part of a broader strategy to strengthen academic freedom of members o...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:57hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi district
The ex-members of the Pioneer Column during their exploration in the Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, discovered mining prospects in this country. During their tenure of exploration they eventua...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 21:12hrs | 2404 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Filling stations closed for rejecting EcoCash
Government yesterday came down hard on errant service stations countrywide, closing them for refusing electronic modes of payment and only accepting hard cash. Ruyamuro service stations in Gle...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:22hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Municipalities revenue collection bid dealt blow
A RECENT judgment by Supreme Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe that nullified resolutions and by-laws requiring legal practitioners to apply and pay for trading licences has dealt a blow to revenue c...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Army brutality land Muchinguri in trouble
A Chinhoyi woman is suing two ministers and the police chief for $300 000 after she was brutalised by four soldiers at her home during the army crackdown that followed the violent January protests....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:53hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self over daughter's lobola
A CHINHOYI man hanged himself after receiving news that his daughter had died before her husband paid lobola.Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara conf...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1039 | by Kennet Mufuka
Mashonaland West chief lands officer arrested
Police in Chinhoyi have arrested Mashonaland West provincial chief lands officer Malvin Tendai Mhaka for criminal abuse of office after he allegedly demanded bribes from white farmers applying for 99-...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 18:31hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism rears ugly head
There was drama at Chinhoyi Stadium during the Defence Forces Day celebrations when security and protocol members were reportedly forced to remove top Zanu-PF provincial members who had invaded the hi...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1641 | by Staff reporter
Fearful of demo violence, ZHOCD 'exhort politicians to dialogue' - hearts in the right place, alas not heads
There are many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess; Zimbabweans' failure to pay attention to detail and thus resulting in the country blundering from pillar to post, is one, th...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 18:42hrs | 980 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa, Chamisa implored to talk
THE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently find common ground and dialogue to ensure the count...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 4647 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's world crumbles further
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West province yesterday recalled incarcerated former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira from Parliament and central committee.Speaking at the provincial co-ordinating c...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'primitive bakery' projects mocked
Zanu-PF's promotion of wood-powered kiln ovens to make bread has been described as "primitive and unsustainable".The project was commissioned in Harare recently before the concept was taken to...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Nssa forensic audit report: Who is who
In today's second analysis of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) forensic report on the key individuals implicated in the State pension fund prejudice of US$175,25 million, NewsDay Business...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira bail ruling reserved
High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday dismissed an application by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira to have her case referred to the Constitutional Co...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3184 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira hit with fraud, money laundering charges
ENVIRONMENT, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira will face two fresh charges after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) reportedly established that she was involved in...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira tried to flee to SA
AN Investigating Officer (IO) in the case in which Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira is accused of abuse of duty has said the minister tried to flee to South Africa when she became aware that police w...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 22:15hrs | 10350 | by newzimbabwe
Police hunt co-wife killer
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a 33 year-old Masvingo woman who allegedly fatally struck her husband's second wife with a cooking stick following a dispute over household chores. The suspe...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly over NSSA scandal
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela says he will challenge the damning forensic audit report in court claiming that it was part of a witch-hunt.The repor...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:24hrs | 1852 | by Staff reporter
Chombo named in another land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo allegedly parcelled out undesignated housing stands in Banket's Kuwadzana Phase 2 and converted the money to personal use, NewsDay has learnt.T...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power cuts trigger spike in hospital deaths
Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital, a major referral health centre for Mashonaland West province, has sent a distress call to power authorities to spare it from load-shedding that has seen it go without ele...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over $600 bet loss
A CHINHOYI man committed suicide after he reportedly lost $600 on gambling.Mashonaland West police spokesperson, Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara yesterday confirmed the death of Clemence Hamufa...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups re-engagement drive with UK, Diaspora
Since the coming in of the new political dispensation, Zimbabwe has set its eyes on re-engagement. One of the critical countries that Zimbabwe has set its eyes on is the United Kingdom, the former col...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:18hrs | 280 | by Isdore Guvamombe
FULL TEXT: Mupfumira warned and cautioned statement
Priscah Mupfumira [ID number supplied] aged 68 years residing at House Number St Fairway, Mount Pleasant, Harare having been informed by Detective Assistant Inspector NDLOVU of the Zimbabwe Repub...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Online
ZACC speaks on Minister Prisca Mupfumira's arrest
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed that they have picked up Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira over charges relating to the abuse of NSSA funds as pronounced by the Auditor Genera...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:11hrs | 12060 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa invites China to invest in Zimbabwe tourism sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Chinese investors to take advantage of available opportunities in the tourism sector, mainly in Mashonaland West and Matabeleland North provinces. He commended Zhez...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Govt shilly-shallying threatening Zimdollar sustainability
ON June 24, through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019, government boldly declared "the Zimbabwe dollar… the sole legal tender in Zimbabwe in all transactions". But worryingly, and curiously, the same...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to tackle gold leakages
The government will meet gold producers at various buying centres so as to ascertain why a significant number of small-scale producers continue to sidestep Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) and smu...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:15hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission more Zupco buses
President Mnangagwa yesterday said all was now in place for the commissioning of the second batch of Zupco buses as his Government mitigates transport challenges in the country. At least 47 ne...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Health workers get 50% cushion
Health workers have been awarded 50 percent of their pensionable salaries as a cushioning allowance starting this month following the erosion of incomes by a wave of price increases. The allow...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to release 47 new buses this week
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will release 47 new buses this week, which will grow its fleet to 427, as Government's drive to reduce the burden for the commuting public gathers momentu...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:08hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting death: Family demands compensation
The late Julius Zingwe, who was shot dead in Chinhoyi a fortnight ago, was buried in Mhangura last week with his family members calling on government to compensate them for his death.Zingwe wa...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs Ministry to urgently invest in water reticulation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the Ministry of Finance to urgently invest towards the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in the face of acute water shortages across the countr...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 281 | by Staff Reporter
Five suspected armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested five suspected armed robbers said to have been terrorising tobacco farmers.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the five were arrested duri...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests bogus investigators
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in collaboration with Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested bogus investigators in Gokwe, Marondera, Harare, Chinhoyi and Mutare. The Zimbabwe Anti-Cor...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 22:14hrs | 2773 | by Staff reporter
CSC in massive solar project
COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has entered into a strategic partnership with Econet's subsidiary, Distributed Power Africa (DPA), which will see all of the country's meat processor ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:08hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Police fire live bullets in Chinhoyi...kill 1 suspect
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed the arrest of three suspects and the death of another in a shooting incident which occurred while detectives from Vehicle Theft Squad(VTS) were in the proces...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 17:57hrs | 7213 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube's currency move triggers chaos
GOVERNMENT's Monday move to dump its basket of foreign currencies, opting to use its own currency in local transactions, triggered chaos on the market yesterday, with some retailers closing shop for t...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 16:35hrs | 4496 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 9054 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
Crackdown against money dealers
Police in Chinhoyi have launched a crackdown against illegal money dealers and had to fire live ammunition on Friday when they arrested 16 people in the town.However, most of the dealers were ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:31hrs | 3994 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youths spoil for a fight
ZANU-PF youth leaders say they are ready to counter anti-government protests planned by opposition and civic groups, setting the stage for a bruising political fight.They also alleged a sinist...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
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