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Man poisons father to inherit Mazda 323
A 23-year-old Zimunya man who killed his father after making him drink water laced with poison during a cleansing ceremony along Mpudzi River committed the gruesome crime. His motive - he wanted to in...Published: 12 hrs ago | 880 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa-Chamisa fired
ZINARA has fired its suspended chief executive officer Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa and finance director Mr Simon Taranhike for gross incompetence and abuse of office, our Harare Bureau can reveal....Published: 12 hrs ago | 492 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Head convicted for pupil assault
A deputy head at Nyamandlovu Primary School was found guilty of committing a "serious breach of trust" when she brutally assaulted a Grade Seven Pupil several times on the head with a mopane switch as...Published: 13 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Suspected 'wizard' identified
The young who had been mistakenly identified as a wizard, is believed to be suffering from mental illness.A young man who had been mistakenly identified as a wizard after he was found undresse...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:27hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1424 | by AFP
The Avenues Clinic run for a cause fulfills its mandate
The Avenues Clinic today the 20th of September 2019, donated yet again an assortment of hospital equipment and maternal health consumables at Rujeko Polyclinic. The hospital handed over the equipment ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | 679 | by Agencies
Peter Moyo, Trevor Manuel fight: Old Mutual cracks
In an apparent blow to chairperson Trevor Manual, Old Mutual director Nombulelo Pinky Moholi has resigned with immediate effect.Moholi, who chaired the remuneration committee, said she resigne...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:32hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reports $4bn exchange losses since February
Power utility ZESA Holdings yesterday revealed that it had incurred exchange losses of up to $4 billion since February, when the central bank liberalised the exchange rate.The Reserve Bank of ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fights Mnangagwa from coffin
THE bitter fallout between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the late former president Robert Mugabe which has divided their families, Zanu-PF and government, as well as the public - exacerbated this w...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Top EU official meets Mugabe coup announcer
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, yesterday met two top European Union (EU) representatives in Harare and the parties expressed increased desire to use the existing F...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Scholarships fraud suspects granted bail
An employee from the Presidential and National Scholarships Department, who is facing fraud allegations, appeared in court yesterday. Silent Mubariki, was not asked to plead by Harare magistra...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference preps hot up
Zanu-PF has set up sub-committees for preparations for the 18th National Annual Conference slated for Goromonzi High School in December. This was said by Zanu-PF secretary for Information and ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Beyond Robert Mugabe: Looking into the future
Whichever way you look at it, the recent death of the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, was an historic and momentous event. This opinion piece is by no means an obituary to the late Robert...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 832 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Harare diarrhoea cases soar
Cases of diarrhoea in Harare have risen to alarming levels, with Dzivaresekwa recording over 360 cases as of yesterday. The outbreak started two weeks ago when residents drank untreated water. ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MIssing Zimbabwe doctor found alive
A Bulawayo doctor has said he got contacted by someone saying they had seen missing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting chairperson Dr Peter Mugobeyi who was abducted almost a week ago....Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 19:15hrs | 22586 | by Staff Reporter
MDC conspiracy exposed
The recent spate of alleged abductions in Zimbabwe has sent social media into over drive with opposition leaders, namely MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and his Spokesperson, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda laying th...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2488 | by Claver Nyuki
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | 4380 | by Knowledge Hakata
Heavy winds destroy 2 top schools
Heavy winds destroyed infrastructure worth thousands of dollars at two top schools in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, at the weekend, an official said yesterday.The Anglican-run Mt St Mary's...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Residents registers concern over Bulawayo budget consultations
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) on Tuesday met council management to register its concern over the handling of budget consultations by the local authority.The meeting cam...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax to stay despite High Court ruling
High Court Judge Justice Happias Zhou yesterday scrapped Statutory Instrument (SI) 205 of 2018, which enabled Government to levy 2 percent tax on electronic money transactions above $10. The t...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
'2% tax collection not affected'
The Finance and Economic Development Ministry has issued a statement stating that the High Court judgment suspending the two percent tax on electronic transactions will not affect the collection and l...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 19:42hrs | 3594 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scholarship bosses arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested three Government officials for allegedly abusing the Presidential Scholarship Programme. Deputy Director Scholarships in the O...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to lease mayoral mansion
ABOUT three companies have expressed interest in renting Gweru City Council's mayoral mansion, which had become a white elephant, town clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has said. In an interview y...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Danai Gurira play comes to Harare tomorrow
Almasi Collaborative Arts will present a stage reading of United States-based actress, Danai Gurira's play "Familiar", tomorrow evening at Old Mutual Theatre, Alliance Francaise. Directe...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Nyerere school of ideology ahead of schedule
THE construction of a school of ideology for Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa has started in earnest and is ahead of schedule, Tanzania's Chama Cha Mapinduzi secretary-general Pereira Am...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Fresh calls for price controls
INDUSTRIALISTS and economists have said the Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC)'s suspension of price and commodity monitoring programme has led to a drastic increase in prices of basic commoditi...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Gweru sued over shoot-to-kill policy on stray dogs
THE Gweru City Council has been dragged to court by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) over the local authority's decision to shoot stray dogs and donkeys, a senior council of...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:02hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZBC CEO granted bail
Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro has granted bail to former ZBC Chief executive officer Patrick Mavhura and former director finance Benania Shumba who are jointly charged for fraud....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1672 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's ex-aide denied bail again
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed former State Residencies director Douglas Tapfuma's bail application, saying there were no changed circumstances when he approached the lower court for the seco...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Low domestic tourism volumes worry Zimbabwe Parly
INCREASED marketing and educational campaigns are needed to boost domestic tourism in Zimbabwe, which remains lowest despite huge potential, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infr...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-top aide sweats for bail
Former principal director of State Residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Douglas Tapfuma's bid for freedom hit a brick wall yesterday after Harare Provincial magistrate Mr Hosea Mujay...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister condemns doc's 'abduction'
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, has condemned the alleged abduction of Harare Central Hospital medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, saying he has since engaged State secur...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:02hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
CIO rubbishes connection to missing doctor's case
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) yesterday told the High Court that there was no connection between the two security institutions and the alleged abductio...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:53hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Political hand behind Malema charges
The case of common assault against EFF leader Julius Malema and party national spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is "ready for trial" and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamil...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
Whirlwind blows off school roof, pupils injured
FOUR Grade Three pupils at Mafakela Primary School in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb were on Friday rushed to hospital after they were injured when the roof of two classroom blocks was blown away by a whirl...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:45hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Schweppes US$60m new Beitbridge plantation
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited is set to establish a 4 000 hectare citrus plantation in Beitbridge with an estimated value of US$60 million in a development set to increase production and exports. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7822 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Increase monthly EcoCash limits to $100,000
Our members and stakeholders in the ICT sector have requested for an increase on personal monthly limits of your mobile money services to a minimum of a $100,000 a month. This is due to the constant p...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:33hrs | 1204 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Ex-Mnangagwa aide dumps lawyer in favour of Jonathan Samkange
Former State house director Douglas Tapfuma has dumped his legal practitioner in favour of prominent lawyer Jonathan Samkange after an unsuccessful bail bid at the High Court.Tapfuma (53) who ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:01hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
SRC in another own goal against Zifa
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) is facing another prospect of an own goal against Zifa following revelations that the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commercial Crimes Division has found no case a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 9486 | by Staff reporter
'Heads should roll at Parirenyatwa'
Health watchdogs have called for thorough investigations into the recent death of a woman during labour at Parirenyatwa Hospital amid allegations that she was left unattended for too long.Shar...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 2578 | by Staff reporter
'Mliswa should have been arrested over US$400 000 bribe'
Controversial Kwekwe businessman Shepherd Tundiya, who is accused of obstructing the course of justice after allegedly trying to convince mogul James Ross Goddard to withdraw extortion charges against...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:04hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1704 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 256 | by Amnesty International
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 5083 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 334 | by Enock Muchinjo
ZACC starts cleansing councils of corrupt officials
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has set sights on cleansing local authorities of corrupt officials, with Chitungwiza, Harare and Victoria Falls topping the investigations list, an offic...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy: Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
A diarrhoea outbreak has hit some Harare suburbs, with hundreds of residents being treated at various clinics after drinking contaminated borehole water, Harare City Council's Health Services director...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
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