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Tsikidzi outbreak in Kwekwe clarified
Kwekwe Mayor Albert Zinhanga has addressed growing concerns over a reported outbreak of bed bugs (commonly known as tsikidzi) in the city, confirming that the issue is confined to specific areas withi...Published: 07 May 2025 at 16:15hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
On what basis is a law school named after Mnangagwa?
So, the MSU (Midlands State University) in Zimbabwe named its law school after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. This institution is currently under construction in the city of Kwekwe. ...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, are you satisfied with how you're treating Zimbabweans?
So, the Zimbabwe regime believes that the manner in which they are governing the country is for the benefit of citizens.In fact, information minister Jenfan Muswere was quite unequivocal, a fe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:43hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There's life beyond State House, Mr. President!
Is it not most embarrassing that Zimbabwe has never experienced a democratic smooth transfer of power since independence 43 years ago?In fact, it gets even more shameful that the only time pow...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Massive corruption at Kwekwe Messenger of Court
A red flag has been raised amid indications of massive corruption at Kwekwe Messenger of Court (MOC) where the latter is accused of illegally using 'attached and removed property' in his possession be...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 15:13hrs | 10 | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe govt ducking responsibility by urging new graduates to start companies!
I remember soon after graduating from journalism school in 1998, I was so eager to be my own boss, such that I implored my parents to help establish a newspaper for me. I had always been passi...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:14hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Drilling of boreholes by ZANU PF proves regime has no permanent solution to urban water crisis!
Judging by the manner in which the ZANU PF government is so fond of always castigating the opposition for failing to run urban authorities, one would be excused for believing the party had solutions....Published: 15 May 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, independence doesn't mean freedom to destroy one's country!
I recall a story I was told by my parents when I was still a little child. There was a ruling ZANU PF meeting at our local sporting facility, named 'Zisco Club', in the early 1980s – which a...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 22:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hoping to build economy by 'creating' entrepreneurs and innovators is delusional and misguided!
There is a popular saying - leaders are born and not created or made. That is very true.It is a futile exercise trying to make a leader out of someone who never had leadership qualitie...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe dying slowly
It was a memorable journey back to Zimbabwe five years after I left the country in January 2018 just three months after the November 2017 coup.My friend and I arrived at the Musina border post...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:46hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe in desperate need of national leaders not Mafia bosses and gang leaders!
It was the most heartbreaking sight - as images of a collapsed primary school in my home city of Kwekwe made the rounds across the country. In fact, the stab to my heart was made more excrucia...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:17hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil servants grovelling for housing stands isn't economic development but shameful retrogression
It was one of the most painful and heartrending sights! There are very few incidents that are so harrowing and sink the heart, as watching grown-ups - grovelling for things which, in a normal ...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:22hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There is plenty of water in Redcliff, but it does not get to the taps in homes
Redcliff municipality has been reeling from acute water supply shortage, a situation that has been going on since the fall of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) around 2010.The water cris...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 11:23hrs | 32 | by Taruberekera Masara
It's time Redcliff Municipality was investigated for its questionable dealings!
For a long time I had foolishly believed the yarn that poor service delivery, or the total lack of, in our small town of Redcliff was due to the non-payment of bills by residents. I was - afte...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:45hrs | 667 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Incompetent corrupt local authorities will cost CCC vital votes!
As we, in the small town of Redcliff, near one full year without any running water in our taps, more and more urban dwellers - who had already lost hope, and disgruntled with the national government's...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity compromising progress, unity
DURING the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby the ruling Zanu-PF party, the country and its structures were mo...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity and lack of confidence as a leader compromising national development and unity
During the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby, the ruling ZANU P...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MP fumes over demolition of illegal tuck-shops
KWEKWE Central legislator Judith Tobaiwa is up in arms with council city management following the latter's decision to demolish some illegal tuck-shops and gas cages.In a recent notice, counci...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe to demolish illegal tuck-shops
Kwekwe City Council has given illegal tuck-shop owners an ultimatum to regularise operations or risk their structures being demolished.The ultimatum has also been extended to illegal gas vendi...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses trust in lieutenants
FAILURE by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fill key vacant posts of vice-president and state security minister signals that he has lost trust in his lieutenants as he seeks to maintain a delicate ethn...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube
Don't read much into campaign crowds
ZIMBABWEANS are set to cast their votes in key parliamentary and local government by-elections tomorrow. The by-elections have the potential to set the tone for next year's national elections....Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by James Muzondidya/ Munyaradzi Mushonga
Women should be wary of the 'Black police chief phenomenon' but strive to hold real power and influence in society
It is always encouraging reading news reports of women raising up the most treacherous ladder of power - which is usually fraught with seemingly insurmountable challenges, and much resistance from tho...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Propaganda is a complex art and science not brazen disgraceful lies as witnessed in Zimbabwe state-controlled media
When I first thought of writing this article, my original idea was to accuse Zimbabwe state-controlled media of spewing shameless propaganda - which not only sought to sow seeds of hatred and division...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:57hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
I wonder how many Zimbabwean children have ever seen a train!
This morning I had a most interesting thought! I am not exactly sure how and why, but it just came to me that, due to the horrendous destruction of our economy by the country's ruling establis...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:02hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa praises Kwekwe Mayor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday heaped praises on MDC-T Kwekwe mayor Future Titora, an ally of MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for providing good leadership to the city, in yet another telling indic...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
It's time ratepayers collectively withheld municipal payments until service provision improved
To say that I am thoroughly angered with the manner in which we, as ratepayers in the small town of Redcliff, are being mistreated and abused by our local...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Redcliff water crisis need to be thoroughly investigated and lasting solution found
Whenever I hear borehole drilling machines roaring and groaning away in my neighbourhood of Redcliff, I always think to myself, "Here goes the sound of failure".Certainly, not failure on the p...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 20:38hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Con job' that cost Mnangagwa dearly
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's projected winter wheat harvest has been severely cut after the government failed to stop an invasion by quelea birds at his Kwekwe farm because authorities bought a wron...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New deputy mayor for Kwekwe
KWEKWE Ward 5 Councillor Melody Chingarande has been elected the mining town's new deputy mayor. The result makes Kwekwe the first city in Zimbabwe to have a mayor (Councillor Angeline Kasipo) and a d...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe hospitals run out of staff
THE City of Kwekwe has reportedly been hit by a shortage of nursing staff following a surge in COVID-19 cases at the city's clinics and hospitals that has forced most health workers into isolation....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases surge
GOVERNMENT yesterday called for more vigilance amid rising cases of COVID-19, with health experts expressing concern over government priorities after it spurned a single dose vaccine manufactured by U...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Minister sends police to arrest political rival
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe is reported to have sent police officers to aspiring Mashonaland Central province chairperson James Makamba last wee...Published: 24 May 2021 at 21:31hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa violates COVID-19 rules
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defied COVID-19 safety protocols set by his government after he gathered thousands of people for a cultural event in Gokwe South, hours before his Vice-President...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cop run over by kombi, battling for life
A police officer is battling for life at Kwekwe General Hospital after he was deliberately run over by a pirate commuter omnibus in the early hours of Friday.According to the police, Assistant...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'let's get the jab to return to normalcy'
ZIMBABWEANS should receive the Covid-19 vaccines as that is one of the best and safest measures to protect the nation from the deadly pandemic and enable return to normalcy, President Mnangagwa said a...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets second jab
President Mnangagwa today received his second jab of the Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine in the city of Kwekwe and called for the nation to continue embracing the vaccines as they are the best route toward...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joint police, army operation to flush out illegal miners raises stink
The police and army recently mounted a joint operation to flush out violent illegal miners throughout the country, but the officers have quickly seized the opportunity to make dirty money, it has been...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF babysitting a time bomb
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party, Zanu-PF, have a ticking bomb on their lap. And they look quite cozy with that.The so-called "mabhemba" wars - a group reference to violence involvin...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:11hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
Makorokozas wreak havoc, vandalise water and sewer pipes
Machete wielding gold panners have become a cause for concern in the City of Kwekwe were they are vandalising water and sewer pipes using the water to clean their gold ore leaving the residents of Kwe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa invades Beitbridge, Gwanda
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will this weekend address party supporters in Gwanda and Beitbridge where he is set to thank his supporters as well as to advise them on the way forward.Cham...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hold first thank you rally in Chitungwiza
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to hold his first post election rally in Chitungwiza at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
Former Zisco worker assumes mayoral post
FORMER Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) plant operator, Clayton Masiyatsva (MDC Alliance), has been elected Redcliff mayor, taking over from Zanu-PF's Freddy Kapuya who has dumped the Midlands ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe's first female mayor hits ground running
KWEKWE City Council's first female mayor since independence in 1980, Angeline Kasipo, has hit the ground running — declaring on her first day in office that she had already launched a five-year prog...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cries foul in vote
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Monday said reported voting delays were a "deliberate attempt" to undermine his supporters in the country's first election without former leader Robert Mugabe on t...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 15:11hrs | | by AFP
Zanu-PF destroyed Zimbabwe soon after taking over from Smith
Election time in particular, and politics in general, is predominantly a game for liars and tricksters, but as Zimbabwe heads towards the watershed 30 July harmonised polls, the electorate can not aff...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
First Lady bid to anoint successor backfires
Protests have hit Chirumanzu-Zivagwe Constituency after First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa allegedly imposed a candidate who came fourth in the just-ended Zanu PF primaries to take over the seat she left w...Published: 29 May 2018 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by A Mhlongo
Mnangagwa bid to anoint successor backfires
Demonstrations, petitions and threats of 'bhora musango' have engulfed Chirumanzu - Zivagwe Constituency after First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa allegedly imposed a candidate who came fourth in the just-e...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Chief makorokozas ‘bless' Kwekwe, use money to buy votes
In what can be regarded as the battle for Kwekwe, prominent Zanu-PF "godfathers" of illegal gold mining in Kwekwe have invaded the political arena with much controversy.The "godfathers" of ill...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Roy Muroyi
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