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77 goats die at LSU due to procurement malpractices
Seventy-seven (77) goats died at Lupane State University due to procurement malpractices in a clear abuse of state funds.The $52 000 000 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF has co...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1030 | by Stephen Jakes
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2168 | by Dumisani Muleya
Zimbabwe rubbishes Biti's claim that it harboured Rwandan genocide fugitive
FOREIGN Affairs Deputy Minister, David Musabayana, has dismissed claims by Citizens Coalition for Change vice president, Tendai Biti that the government knowingly harboured Rwanda's most wanted genoci...Published: 15 hrs ago | 478 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after drug overdose
A 21-year old man from Tshabalala in Bulawayo died after a suspected overdose of crystal meth, one of the drugs that have wreaked havoc among youths, bringing to fore how the drug menace has continued...Published: 15 hrs ago | 255 | by Staff reporter
Councils dig in as residents cry foul
NAOMI Chimbganda is still agonising over last month's council bill, which puts her debt at a staggering $1,8 million.The widow now has sleepless nights over how she will settle it, considering...Published: 15 hrs ago | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe candidate for top UN body ready for elections
Former chairperson of the Anti-Domestic Violence Council, Mrs Eunice Njovana, is ramping up her preparations for next month's elections for a seat on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of...Published: 15 hrs ago | 66 | by Staff reporter
'Davos meeting a major breakthrough'
ZIMBABWE'S re-engagement drive will shift into top gear this week when President Mnangagwa joins hundreds of world leaders and heads of multinational corporations in Davos, Switzerland, for the World ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after beer drink
Sikhathini community in Plumtree has been left shocked following the death of a 24-year-old man whose body was found near his home last week on Friday.Nkosiphile Ngwenya was sent by his mother...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:26hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Polad for economic solutions
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members to help him arrest the economic turmoil characterised by sky-rocketing prices of goods and services....Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
42 000 litres of petrol lost as truck overturns
A TRUCK laden with 42 000 litres of petrol bound for Zambia overturned along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Wednesday evening, contaminating at least 250 square metres of land.The incident occ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:54hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Fake e-passport agents on the prowl
THE Registrar-General's Office has warned the public to be wary of a fake website used by fraudsters to swindle online passport applicants of their hard-earned cash.The account claims to be th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 413 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
Zimbabwe's once-off sale of ivory stockpiles acceptable
ZIMBABWE is desperately seeking international support to be allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise funds for its conservation efforts.It is an age-old problem for the southern African...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says net closing in on economic saboteurs
INVESTIGATIONS are underway to expose the third hand that could be working with some big companies to destabilise the economy, President Mnangagwa has said.This comes as the Government has int...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group in bid to block Zimbabwe's Davos delegation
A LOBBY group, Fight Inequality Alliance Zimbabwe (FIA) says Zimbabwe's attendance of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland will be a waste of taxpayers' money....Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa lied to diplomats'
THE United Kingdom government is plotting tougher sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, arguing the measures put in place have failed to nudge Harare towards reform, hence t...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 3326 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Kariba activists injured in Uhuru accident seek help
Zanu-PF members from Kariba, who were recently injured in a horrific road traffic accident, are appealing for financial assistance to meet hospital bills and other needs.Among the injured is C...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:46hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Injured Zimbabwean civil servants fail to pay medical bills
ACCIDENT victims injured in an accident that happened in Kariba on Independence Day are failing to pay medicals bills prompting some residents to cry foul.Two Kariba residents Maxton Kanhema a...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Surely, there is no honour among thieves
NO honour among thieves is a universal truth, a biblical saying that has found resonance globally to denote the actions of robbers who usually double-cross each other, never mind the perils involved i...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 543 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Zimbabwe to pull out of CITES?
Zimbabwe, which is sitting on more than 136 tonnes of ivory and rhino horns worth about US$600 million, is prepared to operate outside the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
So tragic that Zimbabwe regime respects animals more than its own citizens!
This morning I watched, in profound amazement, a news report on the Zimbabwe government's impassioned pleading with the EU (European Union) to support the country's cause at this year's CITES Conferen...Published: 17 May 2022 at 11:01hrs | 1554 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Issuance of community TV licences on cards in Zimbabwer
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) is set to start licensing community television stations following the successful licensing of community radio stations that have contributed to improving u...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic chips in for life-saving bridge construction
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe was part of a stellar team of stakeholders led by Rotary Club of Harare City, who chipped in with assistance in cash or kind during the construction of the Shavanhowe foot bridge...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:57hrs | 1135 | by Agencies
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 394 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Southern African opposition parties need to form a shadow SADC to represent oppressed masses!
It has now become an open secret that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is nothing more than a leaders' club, which seeks to serve and protect the interests of those in power, at the e...Published: 16 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 1201 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr President, how far diaspora vote?
NOW that Zimbabwe is fast approaching the 2023 elections, it is time we ask tough questions about the diaspora vote.Modalities to allow Zimbabweans in the diaspora to vote should be at an adva...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | 346 | by Chief Chiduku
Churches speak against early child marriages
Churches in Mashonaland Central have castigated early child marriage which is rampant in the province.According to Zimbabwe Gender Comm...Published: 15 May 2022 at 15:36hrs | 470 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Radio Bukalanga braces for Airwaves
Newly licensed community radio, Radio Bukalanga will soon be on the air waves after having acquired most of the required broadcasting equipment, it ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 10:05hrs | 975 | by Desmond Nleya
Man assaults brother's wife with wooden handle over clothes
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mudzi man was arraigned before Mutoko magistrates courts after he assaulted his brother's wife with a shovel after accusing her of refusing to release his wife's clothes.Trymore ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:42hrs | 585 | by Simbarashe Sithole
There is no my vote is my secret, 'Death leaves no track record, voters do!' boasted Mnangagwa
"SaBuku pamberi, (Zanu PF) district chairman shure navanhu, councillor aripovo. Kwava kunovota." (Village headman will be in front, (Zanu PF) district chairman behind with the people and the local cou...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 1790 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Bona wins Mugabe reburial case
HIGH Court judges of appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of the late former President Robert Mugabe's children who are challenging the exhumation of their father's remains for re-burial at the National...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | 6192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe travellers caught up in Musina demos
SCORES of Zimbabwe-bound motorists, haulage truckers and passenger buses were stranded in South Africa on Thursday when residents of Musina went on strike protesting poor service delivery by their mun...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
'Wafawafa' Zion prophets to cleanse school of sexually insatiable goblins
Female teachers at Makumbi Primary School in Plumtree have moved out of the teachers' cottages as they allege that they were being sexually attacked by goblins.The teachers said they wake up w...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Man thrashes wife to death
A man from Tsholotsho has been arrested after he thrashed his wife with a Mopani stick, kicked her and stomped her throat resulting in her dying after he busted her sleeping on her alleged lover's bed...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK ambassador's Zanu-PF links exposed
THE United Kingdom lawmakers have exposed former British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing over Zanu-PF links and misleading the government into believing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, then the la...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo Airport saga: Govt in U-turn
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised for suddenly removing the shield emblem at Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.It also said it was re-designing the emblem and would soon erec...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Legislators letting citizens down
IT is now clear that Zimbabwe's parliamentarians are not playing their role of fixing the mess in our country's financial sector. The Zimbabwean government has introduced several statutory instruments...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:04hrs | 27 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Corrupt council officials' lawyers fail to appear in court
LAWYERS representing three Mvurwi Town Council officials who allegedly stole 32 stands valued at more than ZWL$18 million which they sold to desperate stand seekers while issuing fake receipt failed t...Published: 12 May 2022 at 16:06hrs | 2141 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Zim born entrepreneur Chiedza Ziyambe nominated for the UK' largest diversity awards
A UK based Zimbabwean designer and entrepreneur has been nominated for a prestigious national award for her work to support fashion designers and models in the industry.Chiedza Ziyambe has bee...Published: 12 May 2022 at 14:23hrs | 1113 | by Agencies
Parliamentarians letting the citizens down
It is now clear that Zimbabwe's MPs or parliamentarians are not playing their role to fix the mess that our country's economic financial service is in. The Zimbabwean government has had Statutory Inst...Published: 12 May 2022 at 09:45hrs | 1229 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Forex, fuel and airtime for chiefs
GOVERNMENT has announced a package for chiefs that will see them getting foreign currency allowances, medical aid, monthly fuel coupons and air time for ease of communication.Their cars will a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
SADC tackles xenophobia in SA
SADC has engaged the South African government to ensure the protection of African citizens domiciled in that country against xenophobic attacks.After paying a courtesy call on President Mnanga...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena, Munyeza lock horns
Residents of Borrowdale Brooke are not happy with the conduct of Gokwe-Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) after he allegedly spent more than three hours making noise with his sports car ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Schools sport remains on hold
GOVERNMENT has said sporting activities in schools remain on hold in the coming few weeks due to a possible surge in Covid-19 cases associated with winter. In her post-Cabinet briefing yesterd...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:10hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets former Malawi leader
AFRICANS should listen to the wise wisdom of President Mnangagwa who has emphasised economic development that leaves no one and no place behind, visiting former Malawian President Joyce Banda said....Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:10hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Zesa unit surpasses output target
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) surpassed its first quarter power supply target of 1 885,30GWh by 18,55 percent on account of improved generation from its power stations.In a power generation upd...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:08hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T connive to sell Harare golf courses
Zanu-PF and MDC-T councillors have set themselves on a warpath with their Citizens' Coalition for Change counterparts after conniving to block CCC councillors from sitting on committees while facilita...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:28hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean becomes Corby town's first ever black mayor
Corby Town Council, in North Northamptonshire, was Monday night expected to elect the town's first ever black mayor.Cllr Tafadzwa Chikoto was due to be formally given the role at a meeting at ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 15:45hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Zambia acting as a strategic hub for US military operation in the region
Investigations have revealed how President Hakainde Hichilema was forced to agree to set up the controversial AFRICOM office in Lusaka by the Brenthurst Foundation.Highly placed diplomatic sou...Published: 10 May 2022 at 08:45hrs | 2780 | by Staff reporter
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