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Sell-outs: are they going to be exonerated if they contributed to the Mthwakazi-begging kitty?
There are three appeals in Mthwakazi region taking rounds: one was done by Comrade Ezra Tshisa Sibanda: he is appealing to the public to contribute to his crowdfunding, the money he is going to use to...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1425 | by Nomazulu Thata
WHO warns against easing virus measures too early
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not to lift them too earl...Published: 15 hrs ago | 437 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe laws don't protect women from sex trafficking
SIMILO Ntuli looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Ntuli has her finger on the pulse of the la...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested three other members of a gang of armed robbers that raided a Chinese-owned mine in Lalapanzi and several houses in Bulawayo, stealing a total of US$20 000, bringing the total arre...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Crisis Solely a Result of Poor Planning by the Illegitimate Regime
Zimbabwe power short ages will not be resolved - as long as the ED led illegitimate regime continues to sleep at wheelAs the Zimbabwean citizenry and economy is ravaged by incessant powe...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:22hrs | 556 | by Jasmine Toffa
Buyanga demands 'remote' meetings with ex-lover
FLAMBOYANT businessman Frank Buyanga has demanded "remote" meetings with his former girlfriend to discuss their child's welfare, saying he fears meeting her in person will expose him to the coronaviru...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Mambo dynasty protesting BCC's decision not to rename roads after its Lozwi kings
BULAWAYO City fathers have agreed to meet the Mambo dynasty which is protesting council's decision not to rename some roads in the city after its Lozwi kings.The Mambo dynasty is at loggerhead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Govt shores up mealie-meal supplies
Government has shored up mealie-meal deliveries to ensure that households have adequate supplies of the staple.Also, some hospitals, including council and privately owned clinics, will tempora...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's movement offers solution to fighting Coronavirus
Tyson Wabantu Movement has issued a statement urging the government of the day to implement tough measures in fighting the dreaded Wuhan virus that seen positive cases rise to nine in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 2440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt, civil servants headed for clash
GOVERNMENT and its workers are headed for a showdown amid revelations the civils servants were demanding United States dollar-denominated salaries post the Covid-19 pandemic.In the past, the g...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches US$2.2b appeal for assistance
Zimbabwe needs US$2,2 billion of humanitarian aid over the next 12 months, with over two thirds for drought relief food and agriculture and US$220 million to fight Covid-19, according to a formal appe...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:12hrs | 3401 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba breaks silence on Zororo's death
PROMINENT businessman and politician James Makamba yesterday opened up for the first time about his son Zororo's death, saying it has left a void which cannot be filled.Zororo, 30, became Zimb...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:13hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe setting up 67 makeshift isolation centres
THE Government is working on establishing 67 makeshift isolation centres, producing and importing medicines, acquiring protective clothing and producing masks and hand sanitisers for distribution amon...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba speaks on Zororo Makamba's death
Business mogul James Makamba has broken the silence for the first time since the death of his son Zororo Makamba who was a celebrated media personality.Makamba said his family endured pain dur...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 13:39hrs | 7332 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni, Thorngrove hospitals'
THE Government has said there is an urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni Medical Centre and Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital as isolation centres for Covid-19 patients in Bulawayo. The bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:13hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a homegrown Covid-19 response
The eruption of the coronavirus (Covid-19) is a timely reminder of the structural faultiness and fragility of health care and social services delivery systems across the world.While Europe rem...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 819 | by Edzai Zvobwo
NGOs shut down
CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts t...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 305 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Sex workers scramble for operating space
STANDING at a dimly lit street corner opposite a once-popular nightclub in Bulawayo, five skimpily dressed sex workers flag down passing vehicles and individuals on foot soliciting for clients....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2020 calls for papers
The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair have been set for 27 July to 1 August 2020. The Indaba Conference will therefore take place on 27 and 28 July 2020. The ZIBF 2020 Theme is - "B...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:12hrs | 344 | by Memory Chirere
Married woman demands compensation money from ex
A man from New Lobengula is tired of his married ex-girlfriend who is in the habit of constantly going to his workplace and home to harass him and demand compensation money for the time she "wasted" i...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe catches coronavirus cold
Zimbabwe's economy has started catching a cold over the coronavirus, as major industries and some of the country's recreational facilities have started closing down, and taking responsive measures to ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3954 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Residents express concern over water rationing
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the city council's move to continue with water-rationing following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose prevention demands high level of hygiene...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called to shut down Zimbabwe for 14 days
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) has called for a 14-day lockdown and self-isolation for individuals with a compromised immune system to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.Zima secretary-...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 7781 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses go on strike
Zimbabwe nurses have reported that they are going on an indefinitely demanding water and coronavirus allowances. The statement comes after the doctors announced that they are downing tools....Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:03hrs | 787 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Where are the traditional healers who claim to cure every disease?
Traditional healers, by all pointers have gone into 'hiding' with not even a single one claiming to have found the cure for COVID-19. Coronavirus, like 'Whispering Death' is spreading and killing with...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1416 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mohadi loses $400,000 court case
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has lost a bid to have his ex-wife Tambudzani ordered to pay over $400 000 to him for failing to take custody of cattle which were awarded to her when the two officially pa...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 16:51hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa govt response to COVID-19 sluggish'
HUMAN rights lobby group, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has accused government of exhibiting a sluggish response to the worldwide coronavirus disaster, claiming there was a tragic disp...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:38hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe women still vulnerable to sex trafficking
SIMILO NTULI (not her real name) looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Zimbabwe's second-largest city of Bulawayo, Ntuli has her finger ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:56hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government's land for compensation offer is misleading
Widespread reports that former Zimbabwean commercial farmers can now apply to repossess their land under new regulations gazetted by the government, Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020, published on ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 09:33hrs | 1085 | by Glyn Hunter
Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper. Once again, I should reiterate the late Father Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo's profound role to my political path and wh...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:32hrs | 328 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
The true story: Living with coronavirus, a tale from a Zimbabwean family in the UK
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It's caused by a virus called coronavirus. It is called corona because it is shaped like a crown. The bacteria causing the virus can n...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 09:41hrs | 5358 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cheated hubby goes after boyfriend's wife
IS "tit for tat a fair game"?In the wake of discovering that his wife of 12 years has been cheating on him and probably reeling from a storm of emotions, a Bulawayo man took the bold but rathe...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should stand up to war veterans
WAR veterans in Zimbabwe have become synonymous with making outrageous demands as if the execution of the liberation war was exclusive to them, and that is unacceptable.While Zimbabweans appre...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Kaukonde refuses to vacate service station
Total Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd is suing businessman Ray Kaukonde for failing to vacate its Service Station in Kariba following the expiry of their deed of settlement at the end of last month. In its...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt offers Mphoko $765,000 pension
THE government has offered former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko $765 706,58 as pension benefits against his US$320 000 demands.This comes after Mphoko approached the court declaring govern...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 18:09hrs | 10182 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand 20% quota system
WAR VETERANS want a 20 percent quota system in Government institutions and Parliament, while demanding for improved medical care and pensions allocation for ex-combatants.The former freedom fi...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:49hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Civil servant bus fleet doubles
Another 33 buses were yesterday handed over to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to ferry civil servants, more than doubling its fleet, at a ceremony attended by President Mnangagwa who promised to ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 605 | by Staff reported
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2715 | by Israel Dube
Businessman kills partner over profit sharing dispute
A MAN from Gokwe allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.Evans Ngwe...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
lllegitimate Regime's corrupt forex allocation, and policy inconsistencies responsible for perpetual fuel problems
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said it is increasingly concerned by the never-ending propensity by the ZANU(PF) regime for corrupt tendencies in foreign currency allocations; as well as ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 332 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe urged to adopt a dual currency
AFRICAN Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) has urged government to adopt for a dual currency - where the Zimbabwean dollar and the US dollar are used as the main currency.Presenting the St...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 4814 | by Staff reporter
Should Mnanggwa stop making jokes?
There is a question that is being discussed among President Mnangagwa's legion of ardent supporters and loyalists; should the President abandon humour as a device for engaging his audience? Not everyo...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1258 | by Nick Mangwana
Chauya Chikwata bounces back through the back door
FORMER Premiership championship winners and one of the oldest football clubs in the country, Zimbabwe Saints are set to bounce back into top echelons of the game after registering to play in the Zifa ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:55hrs | 4636 | by Staff reporter
Zacc stalks 'forex' landlords
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), working with the police has advised tenants to anonymously use their offices and police stations to report landlords who are demanding rentals in foreig...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt injects more cash to fight coronavirus
TREASURY has a $3,2 billion kitty to fund social protection programmes for vulnerable members of society and also bankroll contingency measures against the spread of coronavirus.The resources ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 778 | by Stephen Jakes
'Waiting for Mbeki, we ready for genuine reforms' - and getting nowhere, must now think outside the box
Nelson Chamisa and his MDC friends have moved from being the opposition party championing the ordinary citizen's cause of free, fair and credible elections to the party betraying the cause during the ...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 3556 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Holding Zimbabwe Independence celebrations in Matabeleland in the face of coronavirus smells of evil
Zimbabwe government decision to hold its 40th Independence Anniversary in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, in the face of an infectious disease such as coronavirus smells of evil intentions.Besides spr...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1370 | by Israel Dube
Varsity, college students pay new fees, says Murwira
Students have started paying new tuition fees at universities and polytechnics and there has been no interruption to learning, Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Develop...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
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