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Losing MP candidate forges signature, swindles GZU of US$4 000
Losing National Patriotic Front (NPF) Masvingo Urban parliamentary candidate in the July 30 harmonised election, Michael Taderera, stands implicated in a serious fraud case at Great Zimbabwe Universit...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:08hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Acting Zimbabwe President cheats death, twice
ACTING PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday claimed that he cheated death twice when an aircraft in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a stormy weather on his way to Beitbridge.Mohadi di...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | 3280 | by Staff reporter
Police escalate fight against vendors
POLICE yesterday reinforced their security, with some police details getting onto the streets armed with AK-47 rifles, as the law enforcement agency upped its effort to evict defiant vendors from Hara...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 14677 | by Staff reporter
Cops, vendors clash
VIOLENCE rocked Harare yesterday as police and vendors fought running battles as informal traders resisted efforts by government and council to remove them from the central business district as part o...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Veld fire kills mom, child
A GURUVE woman and her one-year-old daughter were last week burnt by a veld fire. Patience Chikowore (32) and her daughter were on their way home from their tobacco nursery at Birkdale Farm. ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Over $29m mobilised for Zimbabwe cholera
Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of $64,1 million required to fight cholera, amid indications that the outbreak has been contained with the number of patients visiting health institutio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Zambia cholera screening raises travellers' ire
ZIMBABWEANS travelling to Zambia are being subjected to screening for cholera amid concerns of inhuman treatment where some travellers –especially those travelling in buses - are given laxatives to ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 14:52hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Kombi ploughs into vendors
A KOMBI driver suspected to be unlicensed yesterday lost control of his vehicle, rammed into and seriously injured four vendors in the Bulawayo Central Business District. The incident occurred...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs walk out on Mnangagwa
THE government has secured $500 million in foreign credit facilities to ease a cash crisis that has crippled local industry, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday at the official opening of the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1522 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4617 | by Paul Siwela
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1941 | by Staff reporter
Angry bar owner shoots patron over stolen cattle
A 34-YEAR-OLD Goromonzi man is lucky to be alive after a bar owner shot him on the thigh for refusing to vacate the premise on allegations that he once stole the businessman's cattle sometime in 2016....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his VPs urged to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two deputies - Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi - have been urged to publicly declare their assets in order to demonstrate their commitment to fighting corrup...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Cholera death toll climbs to 28
The death toll in Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 28, state media said on Sunday, as the health minister announced new antibiotics were being used after the disease strain was found to be res...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 17:41hrs | 1618 | by AFP
Supa Mandiwanzira speaks on 'arrest'
MP for Nyanga South, and past minister of ICT and Cybersecurity, Hon Supa Mandiwanzira has scoffed at online reports alleging that he is on the run and skipped the country, fearing prosecution. Some s...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 14:06hrs | 18240 | by Staff reporter
UK is introducing a new two-year seasonal visa
The UK Home Government announced earlier this month that it will launch a two-year seasonal worker pilot scheme.According to Breytenbachs Immigration Consultants, the scheme aims to bring 2,50...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:18hrs | 6179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups security
JOURNALISTS and some dignitaries were Thursday subjected to rigorous and humiliating body searches by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security as they arrived for the commissioning of housing and tomat...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:11hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 2390 | by Tererai Mafukidze
Zimbabwe Youth in Tourism to hold conference in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Youth in Tourism is scheduled to this year's African Youth in Tourism Conference in Bulawayo on September 23.The organisation indicated that the conference will provide a pl...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:47hrs | 569 | by Stephen Jakes
Sex scandal at Choppies?
A MANAGER at a Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo has been accused of pestering trainees for sex and allegedly impregnating one of them twice.Jealous Moyo, a manager at Choppies Aaromart at the ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 3980 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa copies the Kenyan playbook
When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as "People's President" of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 18:50hrs | 5195 | by Simon Allison I M&G
Dirty City Mayor lifts lid on cholera
NEW Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba says the central government and Zanu PF should take responsibility for the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed the lives of 21 people, alleging that a caretaker c...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe transport management system to improve efficiency
Zimbabwe has signed an integrated transport management system, which seeks to bring together five key elements of road policing, efficient use of national infrastructure and coordination of informatio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:25hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ Gender Secretary attacked by Presidential Guard officers
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ Gender Secretary, cde Moreblessing Madambi was attacked by at least 8 men from the Presidential Guard on Saturday 08 September 2018 night.T...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 11:33hrs | 1386 | by ARTUZ
Mohadi parades new lover
VICE President Kembo Mohadi publicly paraded a new lover at his swearing in ceremony two weeks ago, bringing to an official end a decades-long relationship with fellow politician Senator Tambudzani Mo...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:08hrs | 13892 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa condemns Bulawayo residents
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned the tribal furore that erupted at Bulawayo City Council after his party councillor Arnold Batirai was caught in the eye of a storm after he used Shona ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:13hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi gets protection
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi's estranged wife Tambudzani has been ordered by the courts to stop sending her husband threatening messages.Mohadi was granted a protection order against his politi...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:47hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet: The raison d'être
Students of politics and philosophy will be familiar with Francis Bacon, who some call the Father of Empiricism because of his contention that inductive reasoning and observation of events were the ro...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Shurugwi road accident claims 4
Four people died on the spot when a maize-laden T35 truck they were travelling in overturned at Boterekwa in Shurugwi on Thursday night.The truck, which was carrying bags of maize, was reporte...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 843 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa bomb probe team clueless'
THE multi-agency security team investigating a deadly grenade attack which occurred soon after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left the stage following his address at a rally at White City Stadium in Bul...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:05hrs | 3000 | by Staff reporter
Sino-Hydro, ZPC cornered over employment opportunities
HWANGE district administrator Simon Muleya yesterday convened an urgent crisis meeting with Sino-Hydro and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management, chiefs and Zanu-PF officials to discuss employment m...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Deputy headmaster hangs self over missing money
THE deputy headmaster at Gumbonzvanda High School in Mashonaland East province, allegedly stormed out of a meeting on Tuesday and committed suicide yesterday following a heated misunderstanding over m...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
I have started aligning myself with the needs of the constituency- Mliswa
Norton MP elect Tema Mliswa has said he has started aligning himself with the demands of the constituency to deliver the promises he made during the election campaigns."Whilst we await the off...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 669 | by Stephen Jakes
Bungling Chamisa lawyer bares all
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa reportedly faced serious legal obstacles in mounting his Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against the presidential results last month, with fresh...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
Pensioner loses $17 000 to fraudster
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arrested after he allegedly stole $17 000 from a pensioner's bank account before splashing the money on a car and transferring funds to other accounts. ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold set to breach 30 tonnes annual output
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has applauded the gold mining sector for its strong performance this year as the country gears to breach 30 tonnes output by year-end, a record achievement since att...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
How govt sabotaged Chamisa court case
THE government employed a cocktail of crippling measures which severely weakened MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's Constitutional Court (ConCourt) case in which he is challenging President-elect Em...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa banks on EU, UK pressure
Despite the denials in the officialdom, the European Union (EU) and the British government seem to be succeeding in mellowing protagonists in the Zimbabwe crisis and nudging them towards some form of ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:59hrs | 3650 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 13 die in accident
At least 13 people died while several others were injured in a road accident involving a Chawasarira bus and a commuter omnibus near Kadoma tollgate along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway today.Som...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 11:59hrs | 4710 | by Staff reporter
Air Zim leaves passengers stranded in Bulawayo
In Bulawayo, passengers travelling to Harare were stranded at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo airport as they failed to depart the airport at 7pm today with Air Zimbabwe advising them that the state run airline'...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:14hrs | 1347 | by Stephen Jakes
Why do kids love Christmas?
Christmas is considered the time for kids. As soon as you tell them that Christmas is about to come, they will feel excited. Over the years of celebrating Christmas, your kids felt something positive....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | 316 | by Agencies
Nelson Chamisa in crucial meeting
HARARE - The national council of the MDC party led by Nelson Chamisa is meeting in Harare tomorrow to map the way forward, amid indications that it may roll out crippling demonstrations against Presid...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:03hrs | 13170 | by Staff Reporter
English made easy by the language coach (writing articles)
Articles are magazine and newspaper style essays. As part of your ZIMSEC English Language examination you can be asked to write an article on a chosen topic in Section B of Paper 1. The given topics n...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:12hrs | 493 | by Language Coach
Top lawyer arrested over 'smuggling'
A TOP Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was arrested yesterday while allegedly trying to smuggle gold out of the country through the Plumtree Border Post.Acting Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 15:59hrs | 3115 | by Staff Reporter
Dualisation contractor tables funding options
THE new contractor for the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge and Harare-Chirundu highways, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC) from China, has submitted three funding options ...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:52hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Fight over sex duty roster
A FIGHT over the home sex duty roster between two wives got nastier when one of them hired a sangoma who performed some rituals in her rival's bedroom.The sangoma signed off leaving a 'huge' c...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:32hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa battle for Zimbabwe's top job
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday reserved judgment in a petition in which MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is seeking to overturn President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the Jul...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
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