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Pedestrian dies in hit and run accident
A 59-year-old man died after he was hit by a vehicle while crossing the road in a hit and run incident which occurred in Chitungwiza.Police confirmed the incident which occurred on Wednesday n...Published: 2 hrs ago | 296 | by Staff reporter
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 178 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF targets farmers, vendors for election funds
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting vendors, small-scale miners and farmers to raise US$140 million for its war kitty for the 2023 general elections, a party official said yesterday. Acting ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders schools to reopen
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended level 4 lockdown measures indefinitely to contain the continued surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, but ordered schools to prepare for reopening.Paren...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:53hrs | 13408 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses cars to boyfriend
AN Immigration officer lost two cars to her boyfriend after she left them in his custody when she returned to her work station at Chirundu Border Post. Margret Mashongwa (41) of Unit O Seke in...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Residents cringe over crowding at vaccination centres
RESIDENTS throughout the country's major cities and towns have expressed concern over crowding at vaccination centres, saying this could aid the spread of COVID-19 due to long and chaotic queues....Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:42hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Edelbert Dinha's brush with racism
Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Edelbert Dinha recalls how he got a rude awakening after arriving in Poland in 1995 as a young fledgling footballer....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 12:31hrs | 2377 | by Vhutshilo Musehane
Zimbabwean models catwalk for penury
LOCAL model Nomazulu Patience Gumbo has not yet received the prize she was promised two years ago after walking away with the Miss Zuri Africa — Zimbabwe crown at a tightly-contested pageant held at...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
'Ridiculous glory seeking' Hwende rebuked
GOVERNMENT Saturday rebuked as "ridiculous" claims by MDC Alliance party secretary-general Chalton Hwende that huge turn experienced at the health centres of citizens seeking Covid-19 jabs was due to ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
'Informal traders to blame for demolitions'
THE Harare City Council yesterday blamed informal traders over the demolitions carried out by council and police, accusing them of choosing to operate at undesignated areas.Council spokesperso...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman loses US$20k to armed robbers
A woman on Monday evening lost US$20 850, a cellphone and a laptop to eight unknown armed robbers who stormed her house in Unit B, Seke, armed with pistols.The police yesterday said they were ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service station of cash, a firearm and other valuables....Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 4923 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Chitungwiza travel ban
CHITUNGWIZA residents and legislators have criticised the government decision to prohibit travel between Harare and the dormitory town except for essential services and huumanitarian reasons.T...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza, Norton travel prohibited
Chitungwiza and Norton residents will only be allowed to travel into Harare City if they can show they are providing an essential service or for humanitarian reasons since the inter-city travel ban no...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler granted $50 000 bail
LEADER of a smuggling syndicate, Anyway Chinyanga, yesterday appeared at Rusape Magistrates' Court facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and smuggling of second-hand clothes, shoes and cel...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Motorists bemoan police roadblocks
Last month, President Mnangagwa announced the country's Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to curb the Delta variant, which was first detected in India and has found its way to Zimbabwe and other parts of the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Police review roadblock schedule
Roadblocks will start after the rush hour to facilitate the movement of essential workers, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana said...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Robber who died of gunshot wounds boasted about crime
SUSPECTED armed robber, Benjamin Craig Musasa, who was killed in a gun battle with the police in Harare last week, reportedly boasted about his crime spree.Musasa, who was popularly known as "...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | 2282 | by Staff Reporter
Crime spree ends for robber couple
After more than an hour of fending off police gunfire and unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide four times, suspected armed robber Godfrey Josi (41) and his wife Juliet Gavaza (36) succumbed to the ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1115 | by Staff Reporter
Another Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashes
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter crash-landed near oil expresser Surface Wilmar in Chitungwiza on Thursday evening, but details of the accident have been kept under wraps.The chopper ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:00hrs | 2162 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori fined for violating COVID-19 regulations
THREE leaders of an apostolic sect escaped a 10-day jail term after they were alternatively fined $4 000 each on Tuesday for breaking COVID-19 regulations after they led a group of congregants to wors...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:59hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe in crash landing with Mi-35 helicopter gunship
Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilots have been commended for averting a major accident after an emergency landing with their Mi-35 helicopter gunship in Chitungwiza, which had developed a technical faul...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:54hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
36 vie for High Court judges vacancies
Thirty-six candidates, among them regional magistrates and lawyers are jostling to fill the nine vacant positions of judges of the High Court bench, according to the list of nominated candidates short...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Explosive fragments kill illegal miner
By Simbarashe Sithole An illegal miner in Mazowe was yesterday killed by explosive fragments while panning for gold.Tafadzwa Gunzvenzve (31) of Seke Chitungwiza died at ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 21:59hrs | 993 | by Simbarashe Sithole
6 notorious robbers arrested, one shot dead
SIX armed robbers were on Saturday nabbed by the police during a shootout in Harare, which killed one of them.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the inc...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:35hrs | 1490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bus shortage is making commuters miserable
Masimba Gwazho waits in a line at a bus terminus in Harare's central business district."I have been in this queue for close to an hour," the 39-year-old bricklayer told Al Jazeera.More...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:39hrs | 835 | by Staff Reporter
'Refuse non-collection a human rights violation'
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has described the failure by the urban councils to collect refuse as a human rights violation because it exposes citizens to health risks.Thi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Matanga ordered to pay US$10 000 for police brutality
A HARARE magistrate has ordered Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to pay more than US$10 000 to a couple that was roughed up by law enforcement agent...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:29hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Matanga ordered to pay US$10K for police brutality
A HARARE magistrate has ordered Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to pay more than US$10 000 to a couple that was roughed up by law enforcement agent...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1095 | by Staff Reporter
Demolitions should go ahead, says Zanu-PF
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday pivoted again, saying the ongoing demolitions of illegal structures by government should continue.Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu on Monday ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Minister under fire over demolitions
MDC-T legislator Peter Moyo (Southerton) yesterday called for the resignation of National Housing minister caused by Daniel Garwe accusing him of being responsible for the chaos caused by demolition o...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:18hrs | 2130 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions continue despite restraint order
HARARE City Council yesterday continued with the demolition of informal business structures in Glen View highdensity suburb, a day after the ruling party Zanu-PF ordered a stop to the destruction of a...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:03hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF in dramatic U-turn
UNDER-FIRE Zanu PF yesterday made a dramatic U-turn and ordered a stop to the demolition of all illegal structures in the country, including in Harare, Chitungwiza and Melfort in Mashonaland East prov...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 13:32hrs | 6189 | by Staff Reporter
Misheck Chidzambwa dies
ZIFA have expressed sadness at the passing away of former Zimbabwe coach and captain, Misheck Chidzambwa.Chidzambwa died on Thursday night at the age of 66.The former defender has been...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | 3678 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala project nullified
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has had the better of MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala after it won its appeal against an Administrative Court decision authorising his construction of an illegal ind...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions are an act of witchcraft and trully demonic
The streets of Harare and Chitungwiza flow with tears of citizens who watch helplessly as their lives are tossed in the dust. Their chicks distinct with the two lines of sorrow left behind as tears te...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1323 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe reaps rewards from 2nd Republic initiatives
The country has already started reaping rewards from the progressive initiatives by the Second Republic to move the country forward. Last year, Government moved closer to achieving its optimal agricul...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 12:50hrs | 975 | by Derick Tsimba
Cost of living hits $40 680
THE cost of living for a family of six surged by 13,4% to $40 680 this month, from $35 877 in April following relentless price hikes stemming from currency volatilities and market jitters triggered by...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as demolitions rock Harare
POLICE yesterday barricaded roads leading into Harare's oldest and most populous suburb of Mbare to pave way for demolitions of informal business structures in an operation sanctioned by President Emm...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Harare council over $1 billion debt
Municipal Reporter More than three million people in Harare Metropolitan province spent two days with dry taps as Zesa Holdings switched off power to Harare's major supplying water treatment, Morton J...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:55hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
MPs call govt to order
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide yesterday teamed up in condemning the government sanctioned demolitions, describing them as an open war against citizens, particularly informal traders....Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
667 more Zupco buses coming
Zupco is buying 667 buses from China by year end, with delivery of the first batch of 100 buses expected soon. Further, through its intercity digital payment platform in partnership with Vaya, every i...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than apartheid South Africa'
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Commemorates Soweto Massacre which took place on 16 June 1976 in South Africa during apartheid regime.While commemorating the day, the Youth Assembly said Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2171 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Man kills self over cheating wife
An illegal miner from Chitungwiza village, Mazowe committed suicide yesterday by drinking poison mixed with illicit beer over his wife's infidelityPhilimon Master sent texts messages to his wi...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 19:54hrs | 2391 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Police shooting victim awarded US$7,000 in restitution by High Court
A taxi driver who was shot by a trigger-happy cop has been awarded US$7,000 in damages by the High Court after suing home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police commissioner-general Godwin Matang...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:25hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Chitrest director arrested
CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) director Alice Kuvheya was yesterday arrested and detained at St Mary's Police Station for allegedly expressing reservations over the ongoing demolition of illeg...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter
Bank card cloner gets away with $3m
A-29-YEAR-OLD suspected fraudster yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate after he allegedly withdrew $3 million from various depositors' bank accounts using cloned cards.Tinotenda Chiny...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
US$1,5m biscuit plant for Bulawayo
A food manufacturing company, Flynote Investments, has announced that it has invested more than US$1,5 million in setting up a state-of-the-art biscuit making plant in Bulawayo as it moves to compleme...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions: Council gives cops big treat
Police officers conducting a demolition exercise in Chitungwiza were feted with takeaway food by council at a time service delivery has plunged to unprecedented levels in the town.This publica...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
'Demolitions will cause academic genocide'
Teachers of unions yesterday decried demolition of houses and vending structures built on illegal sites, saying the move would severely affect children of the affected families and cause "academic gen...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
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