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Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Kapowezha appointed Swallows team manager
FORMER Zimbabwe international midfielder Elasto Lungu Kapowezha has been appointed team manager of newly promoted Swallows FC ahead of the start of the 2020-2021 South African Premier Soccer League se...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 20:21hrs | 1126 | by Sports reporter
Man bites police officer
A GWANDA man has been arrested after he bit a police officer who tried to apprehend his for assaulting his wife.Barbson Pande (40) from Jacaranda Suburb pleaded not guilty to charges of physic...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
NetOne, TelOne refurbish Mpilo Hospital ward
STATE-RUN telecommunications companies NetOne and TelOne yesterday unveiled a refurbished wing at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo as part of their corporate social responsibility project to capacit...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails ZCC Mutendi
The Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has praised Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mutendi and its leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi for initiating projects aimed at engendering socio-economic transformation amo...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala acquittal to be quashed?
The National Prosecuting Authority has won the first round in what promises to be a long legal process in its attempt to prosecute MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala over allegedly subversive...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Police officers nabbed at roadblock
Four police officers Bigboy Mujende(32), Natasha Mupingo(30), Sgt Manager William (44) and Brian Mzilikazi were recently arrested for resisting arrest, bribery and impersonation.The four were ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 10777 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3606 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe teachers turn to 'chikorokoza'
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to "chikorokoza" as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Whistle-blowers help bust Covid-19 looters
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is on record calling on all those entrusted with managing resources earmarked for fighting Covid-19 to exercise a high degree of transparency and account...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:27hrs | 208 | by Comm John Makamure
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3036 | by Staff reporter
Professorships must be earned
Professor Jonathan Jansen thinks that South Africa is suffering from some kind of professor fraud. It is about the way in which people are running about in South Africa calling themselves "professors"...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:02hrs | 571 | by Ken Mufuka
Zanu-PF militia pounce on cops
The invasion of a drug peddler's base in Kwekwe Mbizo 17 and his arrest caused violence and commotion reportedly perpetrated by Zanu PF youths yesterday.Two detectives arrested a Kwekwe drug d...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 16:33hrs | 4405 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe unpacks hemp/ mbanje growing regulations
It is now legal to grow, process and sell mbanje in Zimbabwe, but this does not mean throwing a few seeds in your backyard and waiting for a crop: There is a 32-page statutory instrument giving the ru...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Top cop takes boss to court
A TOP cop who was recently acquitted on charges of allegedly stealing guns, more than 180 live bullets and an assortment of related weaponry from the police armoury has taken his boss, Police Commissi...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on Bulawayo City Council
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has descended on Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to investigate alleged corruption in the municipality. A team of ZACC investigators are said to have...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Mutsvangwa
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has been appointed the leader of Government business in the Senate by President Mnangagwa.She replaces national hero...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 10641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implicates police officers in gold rush
Kwekwe based Sakile Mnangagwa (31) who is a business partner to Gostaff Gomo at Trump -Tower Minerals private has implicated three police officers who were involved in a gold rush at Zhangazha plot, V...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 10:33hrs | 3493 | by Tarisai Mudahondo / Simbarashe Sithole
Does the Rule of Law exist in the so called, 'ROLE MODELS SUPERPOWER COUNTRIES'?
This digital age has experienced a genocide of blacks perpetrated by the white supremacists in the USA. The genocide in question, was not only perpetrated by their white supremacists police, but by al...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 266 | by Njabulo
ZCTU bemoans criminalisation of trade unionism
ZIMBABWE'S labour body has bemoaned the criminalisation of trade unionism as it marked the 14th anniversary of the torture of its members on September 13, 2006.About 147 Zimbabwe Congress of T...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
Police officers recently arrested on allegations of abuse of office and bribery over their handling of the investigation into the illegal sale of stands in Kuwadzana in a US$1 million scam have been r...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2844 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business hours extended
THE Government has extended permitted businesses to operate any time between 6.30am to 6.30pm as part of a delicate process to balance the economy and respond to the Covid-19 threat, Information, Publ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 2122 | by Staff reporter
If I had married that man, I would be dead by now!
The level of violence in Zimbabwe is alarming: domestic violence accompanies the life of a married woman daily. Daily we read depressing news about the growing number of cases of femicide. Today again...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1837 | by Nomazulu Thata
CR17 donor scores R1.5 billion Eskom contract
The Competition Commission has been criticised for approving a deal that would result in two dominant players in the resources market that supplies coal to Eskom.The South African Energy Forum...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1339 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1168 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Six cops arrested for theft
Six armed police officers from Zimbabwe Republic Police, Sanyati were arrested for assault, unlawful entry and theft at a gold dealer's premises yesterday.According to a leaked memo seen by Bu...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 7018 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 348 | by Admire Dube
Tongai Moyo Jnr chides brother Peter in new song
Obert Tongai Moyo Jnr has taken the gloves off for a bare-fisted brawl with his elder brother Peter after he recently released a single titled Cain and Abel.Plucked from the biblical scripture...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4004 | by Staff reporter
ZACC sends 50 corruption cases to NPA
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sent 50 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) since January, putting it on track to reach its target of 80 prosecutions by year-end....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
'Sickly' Sikhala further detained to Monday
THE High Court yesterday postponed its bail ruling on MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala to Monday following delays in remission of court records from the magistrates' court.The firebra...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 3649 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate fired over 'doctored' ruling
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has fired Mutoko-based magistrate, Jairus Mutseyekwa, for misconduct involving issuing a "doctored judgment" in favour of an accused person who had bribed him....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2282 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's family friend in extortion storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the President's family friend, Delish Nguwaya have been accused of visiting a Harare businessman in remand prison to try to extor...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | 9869 | by Staff reporter
Bullies are paper tigers
During my primary school education, I was unfortunate to sit next to a near zero IQ class mate. Very handsome but very ugly in mindset and mind output. Academically leading from the rear end, ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 227 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
MDC Alliance says ZUPCO monopoly a threat to public safety
Zimbabwe's public transport network should be opened up to private players, the MDC Alliance has demanded after condemning the ZUPCO service as "inefficient" and a threat to public safety.ZUPC...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
Top cop challenges retirement
THE officer-in-charge of Hwange Police Station Chief Inspector Samuel Tadzaushe, who is set to go on retirement this Friday, has approached the High Court challenging the decision by Police Commission...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:49hrs | 4181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean songstress bemoans impact of COVID-19
One of the country's top female artists, Pauline Gundidza, has pointed out that artists are finding it hard to cope during the current COVID-19 pandemic.A lot of artists have had to forfeit th...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | 303 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
How to stay cybersafe when working from home amid coronavirus pandemic
With so many people working from home and kids doing schoolwork on the same internet connection, chances are your WiFi is getting a workout. And hackers see an opportunity. They're looking for ways to...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 18:55hrs | 322 | by Staff writer
'Mnangagwa has no right to ammend the consitution'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been warned against amending the constitution through the controversial Amendment Number 2. A local pressure group Chapter 2 Movement has issued a...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 10:02hrs | 4500 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Residents demand Chamisa's Mayor, town clerk assets register
BULAWAYO residents have piled pressure on mayor Solomon Mguni and town clerk Christopher Dube demanding that they declare their assets following reports that they were recently clandestinely awarded c...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC sharpens swords against Mwonzora
THE MDC-United States branch of the Thokozani Khupe-led opposition has accused party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora of being a "warlord" in charge of a violent militia in a bid to personalise the ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 6084 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand US dollar fees
SCHOOL headmasters are proposing charging fees in United Sates dollars or the equivalent at the interbank exchange rate, saying the local currency's volatility duringthe COVID-19-induced school cl...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3022 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to set up social media teams
ZANU-PF is set to come up with provincial social media teams to defend the party and Government programmes on social media following campaigns by opposition elements fomenting violence while tarnishin...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
US$100 million gold smuggled out of Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is losing at least US$100 million worth of gold every month, which is being smuggled out of the country through porous borders with Government now in the process of rolling out measures to pl...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala approaches High Court
MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala has taken his freedom bid to the High Court for bail appeal after he was denied freedom by the lower court on Thursday.Sikhala, who is accused of inci...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:10hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 893 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
The Dialogue
Dialogue is important and it has to be real and objective. All those steak holders capable of providing a solution to the problem should be represented in the dialogue. I don't know what is wrong with...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 14:10hrs | 2454 | by Clemen Moyo
Zimbabwe about to split into two states yet Mnangagwa says there is no crisis
It seems the move by the ANC to send special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet all stakeholders has struck fear into the hearts of Zanupf leaders. The former liberation movement has made so many political bl...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 15:16hrs | 4102 | by Israel Dube
Mwonzora in tribalism, violence storm
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has been accused of fanning tribalism and violence by a senior party official and structures, as fights for control of the opposition outfit persist.In...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on police top brass
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a massive crackdown targeting senior Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers implicated in corruption.Already, some of ZRP's top bra...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 5933 | by Staff reporter
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