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EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 2 hrs ago | 551 | by Staff reporter
$19 000 robber arrested for other crimes
A SERIAL robber has been arrested while his accomplice is still at large for allegedly breaking into shops at Glassblock Business Centre in Filabusi and stealing clothing, beer and groceries. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
'We're going to overthrow Mnangagwa before 2023' - Mahere
MDC executive member Fadzai Mahere has threatened to overthrow president Emmerson Mnangagwa before 2023.The prominent lawyer took her threats to micro blogging Twitter soon after the acq...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 13:19hrs | 10161 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Artisanal miner jailed for stealing a bible
A 24-YEAR-OLD Guruve illegal miner was sentenced to a one year imprisonment by Guruve magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for breaking into his co...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 12:23hrs | 1133 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Give Zifa its credit
IT is rare that one sings praises of the domestic football controlling body, Zifa, but when they do something good, then credit should be given where it is due.For the first time in years, the...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 260 | by Michael Kariati
Inside the feud around Hlabangana tshisa nyama
WITH the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) throwing the rule book at them as it promises to clamp down on council leased sport clubs that are flaunting regulations, insiders at the Babongile Sikhonjwa-run H...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa clearly learnt nothing from Tsvangirai
Today marks the second anniversary of the death of one of Zimbabwe's political heavy-hitters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, hate him or love him the man left a formidable mark on the country's political ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:43hrs | 1602 | by Charles Motsi
Man torches in-law's hut in dispute with wife
A WOMAN and her mother escaped death by a whisker when her husband set his mother-in-law's bedroom hut on fire after accusing his wife of infidelity.The court heard Ayibongwe Sibanda (34), who...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:40hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Residents clash with hospital staff
CHAOS broke out at Sakubva District Hospital on Tuesday afternoon after a mob that had brought a seriously injured man was denied access without a police report.The angry mob bayed for t...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:37hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
'Removing Mnangagwa not treasonous,' says Judge
The treason charge against MDC national deputy chairperson and Zengeza West Member of Parliament (MP) Job Sikhala has put the state and defense teams on a collision path over interpretation of subvert...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepared to say sorry over gukurahundi genocide?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland including dialogue towards finding closure in relation to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:14hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks Gukurahundi closure
President Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland, including dialogue towards finding closure to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue. H...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:10hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tackles Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland including dialogue towards finding closure in relation to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:43hrs | 2529 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF hawks query Mnangagwa's capacity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 election campaign, which has been underway since the Zanu-PF Esigodini Conference in 2018, is increasingly coming under scrutiny within government, the ruling party...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 7452 | by Staff reporter
Youths corner Zanu-PF MP
Beitbridge youths have raised concern over escalating unemployment and failure to access loans for entrepreneurial projects due to lack of collateral.Zimbabwe's unemployment rate is around 90%...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 09:37hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
Property Renovations to Increase Property Value for 2020
You've bought a home and you can proudly call yourself a homeowner. What's next? Well, for some, it's to live peacefully with their family or to start one. For others, it is to increase the proper...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 11:38hrs | 412 | by Staff writer
'Mnangagwa ignoring Mbeki's phone calls'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is snubbing former South African leader, Thabo Mbeki and he is no longer taking phone calls from the ex-statesman, MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has claimed.Mbeki...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:44hrs | 5047 | by newzimbabwe
Woman burns down ‘cheating' husband's car
A 45-year-old jealousy woman allegedly burnt her husband's Nissan Caravan to ashes after she had suspected him of cheating on her, it has been learnt.Close sources said in the morning of Janua...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses more property over debt
BELEAGUERED Bulawayo businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat on Friday had more of his property attached to offset a US$384 177 debt he owes fellow entrepreneur, Mohamed Zakariya Patel. The High Court ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
BREXIT like Britain or breakaway like Matabeleland
Undoubtedly, the resounding success of BREXIT shows that many nations under the sun, big or small, are now seeking to restore or maintain their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and be ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1147 | by Israel Dube
AFM Church's Bishop Dube dies
PROMINENT Apostolic Faith Mission Church leader Bishop Pumile James Abson Dube, who died last Thursday has been laid to rest.He was 101. Bishop Dube, who was known as one of the country's olde...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for $15 000 alcohol theft
A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court for allegedly breaking into a bottle store and stealing alcohol worth over $15 000. Moredays Zulu (34) of Luveve suburb stole from Matsika Bottle Store run...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:35hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend paid R10 000 for businessman robbery
FIVE armed robbers have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Filabusi businessman of US$19 000, R72 000, RTGS$14 000 and electrical gadgets worth $10 000 after his girlfriend supplied the suspects wi...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:33hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Woman, hitmen jailed 95 years for murder
A Mberengwa woman (42) and two hitmen she hired to kill her live-in boyfriend before throwing the body into a dam were yesterday sentenced to a combined 95 years in prison.Loice Mahlamvana - a...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1064 | by Staff Reporter
Morocco lauded for lustrous $65 million facility
Morocco's government has been lauded for its efforts to facilitate the growth of football in Africa after successfully hosting a symposium on infrastructure development in the continent and a Confeder...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:36hrs | 953 | by Busisani Ncube
NSSA dumps Treasury Bills
THE National Social Security (Nssa) has discontinued investing in Treasury Bills (TBs) in the face of skyrocketing inflation, with the state-run pension fund now saddled with US$295 million (in TBs an...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest notorious armed robbers
Police in Gweru have arrested three notorious armed robbers allegedly behind a spate of robberies in the Midlands, Masvingo and Bulawayo and are also linked to a US $250 000 heist in Madokero, H...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains and violent storms start tomorrow
The country is expected to experience a prolonged wet spell with a likelihood of violent storms and localised heavy falls starting tomorrow.Localised heavy downpours greater than 50mm in 24hou...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 15:30hrs | 2706 | by Staff reporter
Drama as 6 armed men rob Chitown forex dealer
IN a dramatic movie style heist, a gang of six masked armed men pounced on illegal forex dealers at Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza yesterday and grabbed a bag loaded with cash before kidnapping...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Robbers ransack Sikhala judges' Harare house, steal US$1 500
MACHETE gangs pounced on Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze's Waterfalls house in Harare where they severely assaulted his son, and left him for dead. They also stole US$1 500 and ot...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Govt firm on community radio stations establishment
GOVERNMENT has said it has taken a firm decision to give marginalised communities a voice through the establishment of community radio stations this year, a development which is also in line with the ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, thunder and lightning expected in Matebeleland North today
HEAVY rains accompanied by thunder and lightning will lash Matebeleland North and northern regions of the country with effect from today, the Meteorological Services Department said yesterday. ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student volunteering in China in the fight against Coronavirus
Zimbabwean student Munya Gurure is volunteering in China in the fight against Coronavirus outbreak. Gurure has decided not to leave his host country despite the novel coronavirus outbreak. Ins...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 19:34hrs | 2979 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls among World's Most Instagrammed National Parks
Victoria Falls, Kruger, Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti made the top 20 list of the World's Most Instagrammed National Parks.And we must say, we're not surprised. Just look at this beauty......Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Mteki receives death threats
Presidential aspirant in the 2018 harmonised elections, Bryn Mteki, has claimed that he received death threats from one of his employees after he lodged a police complaint over the way they were misha...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF struggles to set up structures
ZANU-PF is struggling to establish cells and branches in Harare province amid reports the exercise is being delayed by fears of infiltration by elements sympathetic to the G40 faction.This com...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa returns from SA
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa said yesterday that South Africa and the rest of Sadc now fully appreciated the scale of Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis - necessitating urgent intervention....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:39hrs | 4960 | by Staff reporter
Khama Billiat wants DNA tests for love child
KAIZER Chiefs soccer star Khama Billiat had his 23-year-old baby mama wailing, kicking and screaming for his attention after she tried to ambush him into taking the responsibility for his alleged son....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:27hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Woman hangs self over cheating boyfriend
A 30-year-old woman from Gweru's Mkoba suburb allegedly committed suicide over her boyfriend's alleged infidelity.The woman, Blessing Chizanga, hanged herself from the roof after discovering t...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hails Catholic schools
The Catholic Church is building new secondary and primary schools in Chinhoyi, leading Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday to commend the church for supporting Government's policy of afforda...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
'Mbeki brokered stability inducing 2008 GNU, please repeat' - Rubbish, GNU was a failure, insane to repeat
To herald the 2008 to 2013 GNU as a success is a grotesque misrepresentation of historic facts that will not be allowed to go unchallenged!"Mbeki - who helped to broker the stability-inducing ...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 22:09hrs | 1162 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Chiwenga ill-advised'
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday expressed anger over the manner Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's lawyers, have been advising their client in the on-going divorce matter which i...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:13hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
4 Harare cops in US$12 000 heist
FOUR police officers have been arrested on charges of robbing a Harare man of US$12 000 at gun- point.The complainant, Albert Mubaiwa was allegedly robbed at his Waterfalls home after the four...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:11hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Zapu Council of elders member Beven Senda laid to rest
Zapu member of the council of elders Beven Senda was laid to rest at Athlone cemetery in Bulawayo on Thursday.Senda died on January 23 ...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1365 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa flies to SA to confer with Mbeki, Ramaphosa
AMID rising political tensions and economic strife in the country, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is in South Africa to meet former president Thabo Mbeki - in a last ditch effort to foster dialogue ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa escalate fight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his opposition counterpart MDC leader Nelson Chamisa have gone on parallel diplomatic offensive campaigns in pursuit of their diametrically opposed positions regarding...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 5517 | by Staff reporter
Let's not turn Zimbabwe into a vending nightmare
THE hordes of vendors who have besieged Harare's oldest suburb of Mbare to sell all manner of goods are a clear indication that Zimbabwe's formal economy is now on life support, a situation which does...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:56hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC grade inflation: A disgraceful and shameful national cancer
I HAVE seen press reports about this years' Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results all over the place. I want to congratulate all the students, schools and teachers who excelled. Congra...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2222 | by Arthur G. O. Mutambara
Outdoor movie for Bulawayo lovers
Lovers in Bulawayo will be treated to an outdoor movie night out at The Barn in Hillside next month. One of its kind, the movie night out that is being hosted by the Wood Affair who are popula...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:49hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for possession of articles to commit crime
A 34-YEAR-OLD man from Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court charged with possession of articles for criminal use and malicious damage of prop...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1377 | by Stephen Jakes
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