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Brothers bash own mother to death
Two Dotito men are assisting police with investigations following the death of their mother whom they took turns to assault.Aleck Chand...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1091 | by Simbarashe Sithole
China reveals plans to counter Musk's 'Starlink'
Chinese researchers are preparing to launch close to 13,000 satellites into a low-earth orbit, in a move which would dwarf – and potentially monitor – Elon Musk's SpaceX ‘Starlink' network, whic...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 19:47hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Iran exposes Zimbabwe's lies about sanctions crippling economy
As a Zimbabwe delegation, led by foreign affairs minister Fredrick Shava, visits Iran, and is showcased the repressive regime’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst enduring arg...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:09hrs | 1309 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 3529 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident of producing 6m carats next year
Zimbabwe is confident it will produce six million carats and generate US$1 billion from the diamond industry next year in line with set targets, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Drones help NRZ recover stolen equipment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has recovered the bulk of its stolen equipment following the massive capacitation of its loss control unit in terms of human resources and acquisition of drones...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's precision-strike aircraft given Shona name 'Mwari'
The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel SOC Ltd. unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack helic...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Ukraine now a weapons hub for international crime
At last, the West is beginning to realise what a monstrous mistake the European countries made when they started deliveries of lethal weapons to Ukraine.For experts, the situation had been cle...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to buy agriculture drones
GOVERNMENT is set to buy 10 agricultural drones to fight birds , pests and diseases that threaten crops, the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development Dr Anxious Masuka ha...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten railway tracks
SMALL-scale chrome miners have invaded Mapanzure area in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, where they are conducting illegal mining activities along the Gweru-Zvishavane railway line, amid growing fears ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets new record of planted winter wheat hectares
ZIMBABWE has this year set a new record of planted winter wheat hectares and farmers have been exempt from electricity load shedding, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica M...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reaches out to Rwanda to clear connections backlog
STATE power utility, Zesa Holdings, has engaged Rwanda Energy Group for assistance in raising funding the company requires to clear a backlog of 305 000 houses requiring new electricity connections in...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Vandalism, theft cost Zesa US$9m annually
ZESA Holdings has been losing over US$9 million annually due to vandalism and theft of its infrastructure, but says the recent adoption of drone technology would curb illegal practice.Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
ZESA deploys drones to detect transmission faults
ZESA has introduced drone technology to detect line and transmission faults before sending out repair teams.The technology will enable quicker fault finding and rectification resulting in cont...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC lost all humanity in search of power
One of our fellow-citizen has lost her life being victim of a heinous crime and heartless violence at the hands of one whom she had, at one time, shared her soul with.Moreblessing Ali had been...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1592 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Ghost House of Sussex': £40m mansion and mausoleum unfinished since 1985; tycoon owner van Hoogstraten emigrated to Zimbabwe
Sitting in a muddy field, unloved and deteriorating by the day sits a forgotten but hugely impressive mansion that is one of the UK's greatest unfinished architectural projects. Bigger than Buckingham...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 11425 | by Staff reporter
Zimra implements strategic plan
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is in the process of implementing various projects that are part of its five-year strategy to transform service delivery, ease of doing business as well as plugging reve...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Guns found in journalist's house taken for testing
The five guns recovered following the arrest of one of the country's notorious armed robbers, Clever Mununudzi Nengomasha, who was shot and seriously injured in a skirmish with police in Harare, have ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
2 ex-convicts in court for robbery
TWO ex-convicts appeared in court on Friday, facing charges of robbery. Three more accomplices are still at large. Joseph Phiri (44) and Michael Mandoro (46) of Unit H, Seke, Chitungwi...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:28hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2302 | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Drones to monitor Zimbabwe's borders
Zimbabwe will soon deploy drones to monitor the country's borders in a bid to curb trans-national crime, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe K...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Batsirai death toll rises to 80
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 80, Madagascar's authorities said Wednesday, releasing data from the regions hardest-hit by the storm that left bodies buried under their col...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimra scales up automation
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will beef up its automation systems to ease pressure at the country's border posts and introduce drones to monitor smuggling at unauthorised entry points....Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
632 arrested as Zimbabwe - South Africa tighten border security
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Colliery engages German firm to help extinguish underground fires
ZIMBABWE'S largest coal mine Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) said Friday it has contracted German-based company DTM to help extinguish underground coal seam fires."DTM is the only compa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:44hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
6 armed robbery suspects who undressed bus crew arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland West have arrested six men in connection with an armed robbery involving a CAG bus crew and passengers, who last week lost US$20 000, among other valuables.All the victim...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch another expo
Chancellor of all State universities, President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Varsity Film Expo taking place at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) on Monday....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
ZimPost appeals for drones
ZIMPOST acting postmaster-general Isaac Muchokonori has pleaded with Parliament to approve use of drones and robots as well as craft legislation that helps improve the country's postal, telecommunicat...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs win big in AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat rewarded winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize with five young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs joining a list of finalists and seme-finalists of enterprising entrepreneurs with potential...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe the new Cold War front
ON February 5, 2018 United States President Donald Trump wrote to the US Congress that he was extending sanctions on Zimbabwe by another year. This year President Joe Biden did the same.The gi...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:28hrs | 13 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Mwonzora distances self from Khupe aide violence incident
MDC-T party leader Douglas Mwonzora has distanced himself and his party from former Thokozani Khupe aide Kudzanai Mashumba violence incident in which the latter attempted to hold a press conference pu...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T on course to join POLAD
A top party official of the Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) recently announced that they will be hopping on to the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) bandwagon anytime soon....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance challenges police to arrest Chamisa 'attackers'
THE MDC Alliance has challenged the police to bring to book Zanu-PF activists believed to be behind recent violent attacks on its leader Nelson Chamisa.Chamisa reportedly survived an assassina...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to fire State Security Minister Mudha Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently threatened fire State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube following his involvement in devastating factional battles currently ravaging Zanu-PF, highly placed sour...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths want life Presidency for Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is plotting fresh constitutional amendments that would allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to serve for more terms after the 2023 elections.Under the provisions of the 2013 Constitution...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop persecuting journos, activists
THE American Bar Association Centre for Human Rights (ABACHR) has called out President Emmerson Mnangagwa for "abusing the criminal justice system to persecute government critics" and demanded that hi...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mapostori seek to affiliate with Zanu-PF
ONE of the largest apostolic sects with membership across the southern African region has applied for official affiliate status with Zanu-PF and in return, the sect leaders would rally their followers...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi ex-wife loses cash, goods worth US$190 000
A HARARE landlord appeared in court for stealing US$32 000 cash and jewellery worth US$152 000 from a tenant.Kundai Muradzikwa appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with unlawful e...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
CBZ manager jailed for stealing US$8 000
CBZ Agribusiness manager Tafadzwa Madzokere was on Friday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment after she stole US$8 500 and mobile phones from her estranged boyfriend, Solomon Sibanda.Madzokere...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Victim hits armed robber with car, disables him
A BEITBRIDGE would-be victim of armed robbery turned the tables on his assailant and hit the AK-47-wielding attacker with a car, disabling him until he was arrested.The suspected armed robber,...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
It's the economy, stupid!
WORKING for government remains one of the surest ways for a stable income, job security and above all, a ticket to further studies for many across the globe.However, with each passing day, the...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwean born scientist in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough
HIS humble upbringing coupled with early life struggles punctuated by resilience, hardwork, self-motivation and determination to pursue his childhood dream, played a critical role in shaping his caree...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso players land coaching jobs at new club
NEWLY-FORMED FC Ratanang soccer team has appointed former Highlanders duo of Chipo Tsodzo and Innocent Mapuranga as their coaches.The ambitious side believe that Tsodzo, who has had coaching s...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns road contractors against shoddy jobs
TRANSPORT minister, Felix Mhona has warned contractors who are rehabilitating roads across the country against poor workmanship, saying those who compromise quality will be compelled to redo the work....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga officially opens PRAZ indaba
VICE President, Dr Costantino Chiwenga, has officially opened Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) inaugural annual conference here where he implored procurement officers to uphold prof...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
70% of $16 billion road rehabilitation funds lying idle in Zinara accounts
GOVERNMENT allocated $16 billion to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) for rehabilitation of roads countrywide under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP 2), but two thir...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Four suspected armed robbers arrested at police roadblock
POLICE arrested four suspected armed robbers believed to have been behind robbery incidents that happened in Kezi, Maphisa and Zvishavane.The four, found in possession of firearms, are Sizwenk...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:55hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
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