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War vets reconnected after 40 years
"Happiness is meeting an old friend after a long time and feeling that nothing has changed," wrote Cris Dar.It seems the prolific writer coined the statement with two wartime friends in mind (...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:38hrs | 4548 | by John Sigauke
Zimsec exam centres moved
Zimsec has established alternative centres for the June 2020 examinations that begin today to replace a handful of schools that were being used as Covid-19 quarantine centres. In a statement o...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1488 | by Thandekile Moyo
Buhera South to receive free face masks
ZANU PF House of Assembly member for Buhera South, Cde Joseph Chinotimba has embarked on a sewing programme that will see all his constituents receiving free face masks.Speaking to Harare Post...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 22:54hrs | 1036 | by John Sigauke
MDC Alliance headed for a split, as MPs defy Chamisa?
THE number of MDC Alliance MPs defying opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott all parliamentary business continues to increase with 15 party legislators attending Tuesday's sitting....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:04hrs | 5351 | by Staff reporter
Inter-city travellers violate lockdown
A NUMBER of people are increasingly travelling between cities and provinces without exemption in violation of level two lockdown regulations banning inter-city travel. Some Zimbabweans continu...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive fuel thief arrested after quarantine
A TAXI driver from Victoria Falls who fled to Botswana after being sentenced to one year imprisonment for draining fuel from two vehicles to refuel his taxi, was arrested soon after release from a loc...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:30hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls residents jostle for free elephant meat
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) on Sunday gunned down a lone bull elephant that had terrorised Victoria Falls residents for the past month. The bull wo...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Municipality sets up roster for vegetable vendors
THE Victoria Falls Municipality (VFM) has introduced a roster for vegetable vendors operating at designated markets to ensure social distancing and decongest public areas to prevent the spread of Covi...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown puts pregnant Zimbabwe women at risk
Pregnant women in marginalised communities are struggling to access prenatal care due to the current lockdown, it has emerged.Zimbabwe commenced a 21-day lockdown on March 30 and extended it b...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:31hrs | 462 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Chinotimba implores govt to assist young farmers
ZANU-PF Mazowe ward 34 councillor Edwin Chinotimba has urged government to assist young farmers access bank loans to boost production.Chinotimba, a farmer, who is expecting 210 tonnes of maize...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
More Zupco buses during lockdown
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has deployed buses to Victoria Falls, Hwange, Esigodini, Plumtree and Beitbridge urban areas to provide affordable transport to residents and also facilit...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as markets open
CHAOTIC scenes were witnessed at the market place in Bulawayo yesterday as it was teeming with people, mostly vendors who jostled to buy fresh produce. It took police and soldiers to maintain ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs hooker in dispute over payment
A VICTORIA Falls man who allegedly stabbed a hooker three times with an okapi knife for refusing to have sex with him has been charged with attempted murder and the woman has been hospitalised. ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Circus reigns supreme in Zimbabwe parliament
This aptly sums up what characterises most sessions of the National Assembly.Usually, on Wednesdays the National Assembly will be packed to the rafters as MPs get a chance to raise questions w...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
2 Victoria Falls men arrested in card cloning scam
TWO Victoria Falls men have been arrested for fraud after cloning a bank card and withdrawing US$2 400 from an unnamed victims' account. Courage Mdereseri (26) and Eugene Ndlovu (36) from Chin...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Man murders gossiping wife
A VICTORIA Falls man who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail for culpable homicide.Bulawayo High Court judge ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 3130 | by Staff rporter
Chinotimba explains the name Buruwayo
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) caused controversy in the National Assembly on Tuesday after turning up with three bags of 10kg maize meal branded 'Buruwayo Roller Meal'.Chinotimba...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:07hrs | 7112 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Buruwayo roller meal causes a stir
COMBATIVE Zanu-PF Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba has reportedly brought some bags of mealie meal branded "Buruwayo roller meal" to parliament.According to a source, Chinotimba claims that h...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 17:30hrs | 11104 | by Staff reporter
Man kills drunk wife
A Victoria Falls man surrendered himself to the police Thursday after he allegedly punched his drunk wife to death when he found her drinking beer at a local bar on Wednesday night.Siboniso Si...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:53hrs | 2296 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: Chinotimba warns Mthuli Ncube
COMBATIVE Zanu-PF Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba has warned Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube that he risked instigating anarchy in the country following his unpopular decision to tax civil servants an...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:59hrs | 5285 | by Staff reporter
2.5% 'civil servants' tax clarified
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube Wednesday announced the government would be deducting 2.5% from civil servants who opt to participate in this voluntary scheme he called a new loans-centred initiative to...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 22:53hrs | 4934 | by Ndou Paul
Mthuli Ncube must explain 2,5% tax, says Chinotimba
Buhera South legislator, Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) has today requested that Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube come to Parliament to explain why Treasury wanted to levy...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:00hrs | 2539 | by Staff reorter
Chinotimba accuses Binga North MP Sibanda of being drunk in parly
Binga North legislator (MDC) Prince Dubeko Sibanda has accused Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba for claiming that he attended parliament session drunk .Raising a point of order Sibanda said C...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:15hrs | 1605 | by Stephen Jakes
Chinotimba, Chinese firm settle out of court
Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba and Chinese-owned firm Sunny Zimbabwe International have settled their dispute over a $65 755 debt out of court, resulting in two pending appeals in the...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:29hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3401 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends new varsity fees
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira yesterday defended state university fees pegged between $3 500 and $5 000 saying they were...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:48hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Beer bottle assault over $10 debt
A MAN from Victoria Falls has been sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting a neighbour with an empty beer bottle over an unpaid debt of $10.Bhekimpilo Ncube (38) of Chinotimba plead...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chinotimba explains about his Zion Apostolic Church
POPULAR politician and comedian, Joseph Chinotimba was at the Zimbabwe International Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) National Day of Prayer held at the National Sports Stadium Saturday...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:10hrs | 356 | by newzimbabwe
Smuggler nabbed in Victoria Falls
A Victoria Falls man who was in the business of smuggling prohibited products from Zambia into Zimbabwe has been jailed for six months after being caught with cases of cane spirits and skin lightening...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 14:26hrs | 3561 | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls police warn carnival attendees
POLICE have warned members of the public to desist from criminal behaviour during the Victoria Falls Carnival and Mapopoma Festival both due this Sunday. The three-day carnival in its ninth ed...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1491 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-A MP ejected from Parly for calling Chamisa 'His Excellency'
MDC Alliance Marondera Central MP Catson Matewu was on Tuesday ejected from Parliament for referring to his party leader Nelson Chamisa as "His Excellency."Matewu was debating in Parliament ab...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 18:38hrs | 4356 | by Staff Reporter
'Craft laws to jail pro-sanctions politicians.' says Chinotimba
BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) yesterday suggested in the National Assembly that laws must be crafted to throw into jail all those who travel outside the country calling for sanctions, in...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:09hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Boy crushed to death by falling tree
A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was crushed to death when a teak tree fell on him as he was walking past a vegetable market in Victoria Falls, police confirmed yesterday. The incident occurred at 12 midday on...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Imbibers beat up guard for closing bar
THE love for beer has landed two Victoria Falls men in jail after they teamed up to assault a security guard for closing a bar while they were still drinking. Kasanga Ndlovu (32) and Clive Ndlovu (22)...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs ex with broken bottle 'in self defence'
A VICTORIA FALLS woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend with a broken beer bottle in a bar has told the court that she acted in self-defence as her former lover was dragging her demanding sex. Chi...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Victoria Falls schools
There was chaos on Wednesday when teachers at Mosi oa Tunya High school in Victoria Falls refused to invigilate History Paper 1 because of incapacitation the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbab...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 1447 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo City 90 minutes away from PSL quick return
BULAWAYO City are now 90 minutes away from making a quick return into the Premier Soccer League after grinding a result against a determined Mosi Rovers in a Zifa Southern Region Division One match pl...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Sithembiso Nyoni lampooned for lack of seriousness
Minister Sithembiso Nyoni torched a storm from fellow MPs when her ministry reported that it had failed to employ ward development coordinators in Matebeleland North because there are no people qualif...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2879 | by newzimbabwe
Chinotimba in court
Zanu-PF Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba has been dragged to the High Court by a Chipinge farmer who is seeking to bar him from selling his property that was wrongfully identified f...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 5964 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 500 | by Agencies
Man in robbery spree as Masowe congregants pray
A 34-year-old man from Victoria Falls allegedly tiptoed into a Johanne Masowe shrine at night and stole cellphones and bags while congregants were in a prayer session, a court heard. Artwell M...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Man steals from church, blames dead man
A Victoria Falls man who broke into a church, stole an assortment of household goods and tried to blame the offence on someone who died before it was committed, has been sentenced to four years ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls expo flops
THE 2019 Victoria Falls Agricultural Show failed to live up to expectations as children dominated the attendance with exhibitors falling far short of the target. Although show organiser, Mr Te...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Taxmen, police, and army take bribes from smugglers
The Victoria Falls, on the mighty Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the world's seven wonders and arguably the largest waterfall by width and depth.It is alternatively known...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
President Mohadi to open Victoria Falls Agric Show
ACTING President, Kembo Mohadi, is set to officiate at the 2019 Victoria Falls Agricultural Show, which begins here on Thursday. Organisers of the exhibition target to go international by 2021...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Four big wigs who said no to Heroes Acre for Mugabe embarrassed
The death of comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe has left us with a lot of lessons. The first and important lesson is that of maturity. Political maturity. Among the peoples of the world some are ca...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 05:58hrs | 16899 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's supporters demand military training, guns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should consider recruiting youth for military training if he is entertaining any thought to taking power in Zimbabwe, the party's supporters in Matabeleland North have said....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:10hrs | 1934 | by newzimbabwe
Who Owns England?
Who Owns England? The question sounds oblique, when one considers the country's documented long history of "civilisation". One would think that, by now, this question should have long been settled. Ye...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 155 | by Ranga Mataire
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:50hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
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