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Zimbabwe losing billions in inflated infrastructure project costs
Zimbabwe may be losing billions of dollars in inflated costs for its massive infrastructure projects due to the absence of advanced software for accurate project pricing, according to a local industry...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:11hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
MPs call for completion of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani
Parliamentarians and Bulawayo city councillors have commended the progress made by the Second Republic in the construction of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani, a key water infrastructure project aimed at addressi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:34hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Latest ZiG song unites musicians
Kulcha Houz Studios, a prominent creative space in Harare, has become a key hub for Zimbabwean musical talent. It hosts studios in the central business district and Belvedere, where artists like Freem...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF appoints village headmen as polling agents
Zanu-PF is wantonly trashing the country's supreme law, the Constitution, that prohibits traditional leaders from engaging in partisan politics after it enlisted five village headmen as its polling ag...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe football practitioners must self-introspect'
TWINE Phiri the former Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League chairman, has demanded that all football practitioners do a self-introspection of themselves as the league celebrates 30 years and the country 60 ...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Zesa ramps up power supply
Zimbabweans have welcomed improved electricity supply across the country after Hwange Thermal Power Station started performing at its best in the last week, generating 740 megawatts as of yesterday, a...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Giant step taken on Zimbabwe's 1 000MW floating solar project
THE bankability and feasibility study for the 1 000 Megawatt floating solar farm on Lake Kariba is expected to be completed this year while work on the proposed US$1 billion project will commence soon...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda based war vet Nkomo awaits hero status
THE first commander of the ZPRA women camp in Zambia, Mkushi during the armed struggle, Highten Khuluma Nkomo commonly known as Billy Mzamo who died on Wednesday at his homestead in Gwanda District su...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurse caught pants down on-duty, married lover runs away
GETTING it on with your lover at work can feel naughty, steamy, and hot but, it can also be a risky "affair" since there can be consequences if you are caught in the act.In a rather strange in...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC in awareness campaign
Corruption could spread to rural areas, potentially in the allocation of inputs and other resources, and so traditional leaders and communities need to be on their guard, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby by pulling his private parts
A 37-year-old Concession woman killed her husband by pulling his private parts following a domestic dispute. The body of the deceased was discovered in the morning by his sister and he was ble...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby by pulling his private parts
A 37-YEAR-OLD Concession woman is regretting her violent actions after she allegedly killed her husband by pulling his private parts in a domestic v...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutare City Council explodes
FACTIONALISM has rocked Mutare City Council and is now affecting service delivery at the eastern border town.This was disclosed by ward one councillor Thomas Nyamupandedengu, who called for ur...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga seeks to de-escalate Zanu-PF's factional tensions
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has moved to de-escalate tension by appearing to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid, as well as a potential stay in power beyond the consti...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes three minors in a school toilet
A 20-YEAR-OLD Bindura man is in serious trouble after he allegedly raped three girls in a school toilet at Dengu primary school.T...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 17:19hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's 2017 coup coalition collapses
THE fact that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the Zanu-PF presidency at the party's elective congress next year, while factions loyal ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga seeks to de-escalate Zanu-PF's factional tensions
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has moved to de-escalate tension by appearing to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid, as well as a potential stay in power beyond the consti...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Saints legend dies
ZIMBABWE Saints legend Shacky Toindepi Nyathi has died.He was 58.Nyathi collapsed and died at his Mzilikazi home in Bulawayo on Sunday.His best friend and former teammate Godfr...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to tackle Mnangagwa
IN a move that could have far-reaching political consequences for the ruling Zanu-PF and the nation, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in th...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must not contest the 2023 presidential election'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa must regularise his illegitimate leadership position, but not contest the 2023 presidential election, as he would be a geriatric by then, prominent corporate ex...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Truckers face Beitbridge chaos
When it was controversially awarded a US$240 million contract to upgrade the Beitbridge border post in 2018, the Zimborders Consortium said it would provide "world class border facilities that optimis...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction on course
ALL major infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Government will be completed to ensure they improve people's livelihoods, a Cabinet Minister has said.Finance and Economic Development...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China Bank dumps plan to fund Zimbabwe’s US$3b coal power plant
CHINA'S biggest bank has dumped plans to fund a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe, in a blow to a two-decade effort to develop the project, according to a coalition of 32 environmental gro...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents ordered to join Zanu-PF 'before it is too late'
TERROR groups linked to the recently reintroduced National Youth Service (NYS) have already started intimidating people in Bindura, warning them to 'join Zanu-PF before it is too late', a report by Zi...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana
IT was quite refreshing to be able to speak to Lovemore Majaivana again after 13 years. False rumours had begun to do the rounds that he was dead.In 2008, we boarded the same flight from Harar...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 9 | by Fred Zindi
Where have all the dribbling wizards gone?
WHERE have all the magicians who used to specialise in the fine art of dribbling gone? This was something, which kept haunting me, as I watched the CAF Confederation Cup play-off's first leg tie betwe...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Charles Mabika
Former Minister acquitted
FORMER Cabinet minister Nicholas Goche who was facing a stock theft charge has been acquitted by Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera.Goche (79) was being accused of stealing 18 steers valued at...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 19:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-minister removed from remand
FORMER Cabinet minister Nicholas Goche has been removed from remand at the Bindura Magistrates Court today on charges of stealing 18 steers valued at US$18 000 from a Shamva farmer.Goche (79) ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Goche freed on $50,000 bail
Former state security minister Nicholas Goche was freed on Z$50,000 bail on Thursday after he was charged with stock theft.Goche appeared at the Bindura Magistrates Court following his arrest ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsitsi Dangarembga in court for staging illegal demonstration
MDC-Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, playwright Tsitsi Dangarembga, Paul Besa, Julie Gabriel Barnes, Chamunorwa Phillip Ndengu, Tinotenda Muskwe, Tinashe Murapata, Jessica Drury, Nyasha Musandu, J...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere, 10 opposition activists to contest placement on remand
Eleven opposition political activists, including MDC Alliance spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere and playwright Tsitsi Dangarembga, have indicated that they will challenge their placement on remand when they...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu candidate chides Tsvangirai's son
FORMER liberation movement Zapu's candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent the MDC's candidate in the race to ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Muzorewa party in dual candidates storm
UNITED African National Council (UANC) president Gwinyai Muzorewa (pictured) has rubbished claims that his party fielded two candidates for the forthcoming Glen View South constituency by-election, sa...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's son confident of victory
Vincent Tsvangirai, who won the right to represent the MDC in the Glen View South constituency by-elections, is confident of winning the by-elections on September 7 and replace his late sister, Vimbai...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 vie for Glen View South seat
The opposition MDC faces a stern challenge to retain the Glen View South seat with nine candidates having successfully filed their nomination papers last Friday.Vincent, the son of the late MD...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa joins hands in Glen View by-election
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T party will not field a candidate in the upcoming Glen View South by-election as a sign of respect for the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe military stake stymies $4bn platinum project
A plan to build Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers, according to people familiar with ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by Bloomberg
MDC councillors vote for Zanu-PF mayoral candidate
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has embarked on a witch-hunt in Chitungwiza to sniff out councillors who voted for an aspiring mayoral candidate from Zanu-PF during Wednesday elections in the dormitory tow...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders vs CAPS United - LIVE Updates
Highlanders 0 - 0 CAPS United90+2' Domica Chungwa mops home a rebound but the goal is waved for an offside.90' Free-kick to CAPS United, Musarurwa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Secti...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:33hrs | 8 | by Parliement
2 assaulted for selling fake gold
TWO Gwanda men have been hospitalised after they were severely assaulted for trying to sell fake gold for $5 000 to a dealer. Matabeleland South Provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt evicts 1 000 resettled villagers
About 1 000 families from Sikato resettlement in Masvingo West constituency are facing an uncertain future after being served with seven-day eviction notices to vacate the land which they occupied at ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police lay fresh charges on 7 Chinese nationals
POLICE have opened fresh charges of money laundering and theft of a motor vehicle against seven Chinese nationals who are being accused of possessing more than 20kg of rhino horn pieces with a combine...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's daughter on the police wanted list
FORMER Home Affairs minister Giles Mutsekwa's daughter, Jacqueline is on the police wanted list after she allegedly teamed up with her accomplices to rob a Harare vendor of valuables and cash, using h...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Edgars Zimbabwe customers win big in fashion extravaganza
THE annual Edgars Fashion Extravaganza's show curtains came down in Harare on Saturday as Zvishavane-based Nelly Mariri scooped the $10 000 grand prize at the promotion's grand draw.The ultima...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 robbers arrested in Harare police shoot-out
Police have arrested eight suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that was terrorising people in and around Harare, stealing cash and valuables as the force declares war on criminals. ...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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