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Toxic gases kill illegal miners
Two illegal miners died at Sos, Jumbo mine in Mazowe after inhaling toxic gases in a disused shaft where they were panning for gold on Monday....Published: 22 hrs ago | 1557 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt to raise $30bn through Treasury Bills, bonds
Zimbabwe plans to raise $30 billion through the issuance of Treasury Bills and bonds to finance its 2021 budget deficit, the Government debt plan show. Treasury bonds and Treasury Bills are all ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Banjani abantwana ngekhaya? Ndebele women included: Celebrating the International Day of the African Child
To be fair to other cultures in Zimbabwe, it is only in Ndebele culture where a woman is considered and addressed as a child regardless of her age. Ndebele women are called abesintwana by their male c...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:56hrs | 534 | by Nomazulu Thata
NRZ-Turkish firm ink game-changing deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board is convinced that Turkish construction giant, Yapi Merkez, which has agreed to invest in the rehabilitation and modernisation of local railway infrastruct...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Sewage horror in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas w...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi rises from PAP chaos to rejuvenate Zanu-PF
THE little-known Barbara Rwodzi, a member of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) of the African Union (AU), left the institution's latest session with a continental reputation.The sitting was sus...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:54hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls girl (12) dies 'after typhoid jab'
A Grade Seven pupil (12) at Nyongolo Primary School outside Hwange died after her body started swelling and her family suspects she reacted to the new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) she received rece...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos' David Mandigora dies
ZIMBABWEAN football has been robbed of one of the finest players of a generation following the death of national team and Dynamos legend David "Yogi" Mandigora.He was 64.The 1980 Socce...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 19:01hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'favouritism' slammed
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of dividing teachers by ignoring concerns of other teachers while sympathetic to Zanu-PF aligned teachers onl...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1287 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Persistent moaning for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver by Africa questions our intellectual capacity
Please allow me to start this discourse with a list of names - Max Theiler, Allan McLeod Comack, Aaron Klug, and Sydney Brenner.I am not sure if these names ring a bell for most of us, but the...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 14:00hrs | 331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man dies during morning glory
In a bizarre incident a 30-Year-Old Madziwa man died on top of his girlfriend after having sex around 2am on Wednesday, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Clifford Karutsva of denda village under chief...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 13:16hrs | 10907 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Madziwa
World Bank predicts 3,9% growth
ZIMBABWE'S economy will grow by 3,9% this year, underpinned by a good agricultural season and an inflationary slowdown, the World Bank (WB) predicted yesterday.However the global lender warned...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:36hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia
MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is ma...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | 592 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Mnangagwa claims he is touched by the plight of teachers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is touched by the plight of teachers and Government acknowledges that there is a need to improve civil servants' remuneration.The President said while Governmen...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
World Bank projects growth for Zimbabwe
The World Bank has commended the Government's economic revival framework and noted that Zimbabwe is poised to register economic growth this year despite a raft of challenges posed by the Covid-19 pand...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen dies in scotch cart accident
A 63-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani man died on the spot after an ox-drawn cart he was travelling in overturned and trapped him to death.James Fatizo of Mukwombe village,Muzarabani died on the spot after...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 11:53hrs | 1613 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sables's Mavesere joins Sharks
ALMOST three years after parting ways with Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira following his retirement, South African rugby giants Sharks are set to continue their love affair with Zimbabwean players after sign...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:37hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
BCC appeals for US$1bn to overhaul water system
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires US$1 billion to overhaul its water and waste management infrastructure.Mayor Solomon Mguni made the appeal during a meeting with Africa Develop...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:37hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Gweru deputy mayor Ncube dies
FORMER Gweru deputy mayor and senior MDC Alliance member, Obert Tachi Ncube, has died.Ncube passed on yesterday morning at Midlands Private Hospital after battling a kidney ailment for a long ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Audit exposes Cyclone Idai looting
MILLIONS of dollars and thousands of litres of fuel, among other donated items meant to assist Cyclone Idai victims could have been looted, the 2020 Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's report has revealed...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
ZBC appoints new substantive CEO
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has appointed Ms Adelaide Chikunguru as the substantive Chief Executive Officer with effect from today.Ms Chikunguru's appointment was announced by ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
3 die, nine injured in horror crash
Three people died while nine others were injured after the driver of a Toyota Hiace kombi they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle which then rolled several times before landing on its roof...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miner dies in a mine shaft
A 45-year old Bindura man was trapped to death in a 15 metre deep mine shaft while illegally prospecting for gold on Saturday.Mashonaland Central Police Spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 09:56hrs | 1256 | by Lloyd Rabaya
MDC's Madzokere abandoned by wife
FREED MDC activist Tungamirai Madzokere carried a broken figure as he narrated how he only got to know his wife had abandoned their matrimonial home eight months ago.Dejected and seemingly out...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4568 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Covid-19 jab profiteers
THE Government has issued a stern warning to private businesses charging a premium to desperate Covid-19 vaccine seekers.The warning comes as some businesses have resorted to charging Covid-19...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Honda fit passenger dies in road accident
One person died and four were injured when the driver of a speeding Honda Fit lost control and veered off the Harare-Mutare highway early Sunday morning near Marondera.Mashonaland East deputy ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Non-productive farmers told to surrender land
Government is prepared to repossess land from farmers who are not fully utilising it and allocate it to deserving ones as it moves to strengthen the agricultural recovery plan ahead of Vision 2030....Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Prophet TB Joshua dies
Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua (popularly referred to as TB Joshua) of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) is dead.Born on June 12, 1963, he died shortly before midnight of Saturday, J...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:54hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Business has learned nothing and forgot nothing
SO there was this prominent businessman-cum-pastor who was obsessed with religiously lampooning politicians as occultic during his daily sermons.Preaching from his moral high horse, the raboni...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:50hrs | 84 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe fuel prices slashed
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) Saturday announced the reduction of fuel prices as the country inflation continues to tumble on the back of the government economic reforms.The sout...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 19:12hrs | 4691 | by Staff reporter
RBZ mulls more stringent currency measures
GOVERNMENT is looking at adding more stringent currency measures to rein in the runaway exchange rate amid an outcry over the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 which business says will fuel inf...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns 'cellphone' farmers
RESETTLED farmers, not fully utilising their land, have been told to surrender their properties or risk losing the farms to other deserving and productive citizens.The latest threats were issu...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:16hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Harrowing murders by Zimbabweans in Diaspora
ENGLAND does not change people but it brings out what people were hiding all along. In five years I've been here, 30 Zimbabweans have become uxoricides. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:13hrs | 538 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Madhuku blames lack of citizen activism for failing to block Amendment Bills - that's rich, who gave Zanu PF legitimacy
Professor Lovemore Madhuku, a constitutional law Professor and NCA presidential candidate in the July 2018 elections has expressed his doubts in the many legal challenges producing the desired result ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 21:08hrs | 986 | by Wilbert Mukori
Timveos appointed PetroTrade board member
FORMER MDC Alliance deputy treasurer Lillian Timveos was yesterday appointed board member for PetroTrade a few months after she defected to the ruling Zanu-PF party.Timveos, who served as Midl...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
'Challenging constitutional amendments a tall order'
CONSTITUTIONAL law expert Lovemore Madhuku has expressed scepticism over the success of legal challenges to amendments to the country's charter, saying that the only way to stop the amendments would b...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Govt to expedite repairs at Mpilo hospital
GOVERNMENT will expedite the reconstruction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence in Bulawayo that was gutted by fire and the upgrade will meet contemporary designs that take into account disas...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Short term risks for Zim economy
The Zimbabwean economy is expected to register modest growth this year after 2 years of successive decline when currency changes, high inflation, extreme weather conditions and COVID-19 downturn wreck...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:26hrs | 689 | by Victor Bhoroma
2021 Mid-Term Budget Expectations
Zimbabwe's mid-term budget for 2021 is expected to be presented in the beginning of July amid encouraging signs of economic recovery in the last 12 months. The country is undergoing a period of relati...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:21hrs | 687 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwean man jailed 15 years for killing ex-wife, dies in UK prison
A ZIMBABWEAN man, Godfrey Muzhuzha (50), who was jailed in the United Kingdom in 2005 for killing his former wife Judith Muzhuzha, has died just before his release from prison.Muzhuzha had ser...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:08hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Bogus CIO nabbed
A 31-year-old Bindura woman appeared before Bindura Magistrate Jessylene Madhaga yesterday facing impersonation charges after duping two women. The state alleged that sometime in April, the ac...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:56hrs | 2114 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Mnangagwa's Secrets to win In 2023 Revealed
The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proved the world wrong. The world expected to see Zimbabwe crumble into the dust and become obsolete. But true to his word Emerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 4581 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's wife officially opens female prison
Zimbabwe made history yesterday by being the first country in SADC to open a female open prison.The open prison gives credence to Zimbabwe's drive to modernise prison and correctional services...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:56hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Are ZANU PF and MDC shameful governance failures proving Rhodesia's Smith right that Blacks not ready to govern themselves?
There are issues that are so emotive and sensitive, that even I try my best not to provoke them unnecessarily - or, at least, tread very carefully, being alive to their potential explosiveness - nonet...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 11:21hrs | 2048 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa continues 'scoring own' goals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration continues presenting "itself in the worst possible light at home and internationally", casting any pretense of implementing reforms to the wind, and any h...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 5631 | by Staff report
Mnangagwa says doctors, nurses deserve better
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said doctors and nurses in the country deserve the highest quality working conditions and support, hence Government's swift move to rehabilitate doctors' quarters that we...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after drinking spree
A GWANDA mine worker died on Sunday after getting home from a drinking spree.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector, Thabani Mkhwananzi confirmed the inc...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex deposits hit $108 billion
FOREIGN currency deposits held across the banking sector have increased to $108 billion under clear signs the prevailing economic stability has contributed to the upturn.The latest Reserve Ban...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:56hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Honouring Mbuya Nehanda was a coup for Mnangagwa
We, from the Zipra side of the Zimbabwe nationalist movement, do not agree with President Ammerson Mnangagwa on many issues, but on the issue of honouring Mbuya Nehanda, reclaiming our history and rew...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 1972 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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