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Victoria Falls landlords evict tenants
SOME property owners in Victoria Falls are reportedly evicting their tenants to decongest their houses for fear of spreading COVID-19.Panic has gripped the resort town after information circul...Published: 24 hrs ago | 863 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Hlalani ezindlini Futhi Nikisi poem
COVID-19: Hlalani ezindlini poemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBOs1rMZaW8...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 13:04hrs | 1032 | by Obert Dube
Water shedding to get worse
BULAWAYO residents will soon have to endure more than four days a week without water supplies after council announced on Friday that it was considering reviewing upwards the water shedding schedule....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Foreign-based Warriors raise US$5k for Jaure's medical costs
FOREIGN-based Zimbabwean footballers have come together to raise funds towards Dynamos captain Partson Jaure's medical expenses, with the defender to undergo an operation in Harare this morning for he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Hero status for Clark Mpofu
PIONEER liberation fighter Clark Mpofu has been declared a liberation war hero and his family would be provided with a State assisted burial.Mpofu succumbed to a heart attack on Saturday at Mp...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:26hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Breaking Covid-19 rules in Zimbabwe can get you a year in jail
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has enacted a law that allows the arrest of people who defy his Covid-19 lockdown measures, but the public seems unfazed.Under statutory instrument (SI)...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
False pregnancy claims backfire
A woman from Mberengwa who trapped her boyfriend into marrying her claiming that she was pregnant saw her plan backfiring after a pregnancy test exposed her.Pikirai Mpofu of Mataga Village und...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Women fight over neighbour's husband
NEIGHBOUR from hell!Samkeliso Dube from Sotshangane Flats in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb said they were now sworn enemies with her neighbour Rreid Marsha because she was sleeping with her husb...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Man pays $10 for sex with neighbour's wife
A man from Gokwe who could not control his sex appetite had sex with his best friend's wife, whom he paid $10 to buy relish.The man, Onismo Vongai, has since been dragged to Chief Nembudziya's...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
MP calls for closure of public markets
HWANGE West legislator Godfrey Dube (MDC Alliance) has called for the closure of public markets in Victoria Falls following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).Zimbabwe has recorded three p...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Residents express concern over water rationing
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the city council's move to continue with water-rationing following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose prevention demands high level of hygiene...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF recommends national hero status for Clark Mpofu
ONE of the pioneers of the country's liberation war Clark Mpofu has died and the Zanu-PF leadership in Bulawayo has recommended that he been declared a national hero. He was 81. Mpofu succumbe...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents go 4 days without water
A MAJORITY of Western Suburbs in Bulawayo have gone for four days without running water a time when global health experts are promoting strict hygiene to stop the Covid-19 outbreak. Council la...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Police to enforce Covid-19 regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo have said they will arrest any persons who violate new regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. Government has come up with a number of measures, including the gazettin...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine 'sick' Oppa Muchinguri and Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe Minister of Defence, Oppa Muchinguri Kashiri and Zanupf Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu must be stopped from addressing the public and isolated until the covid19 pandemic is curbed....Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 14:29hrs | 13118 | by Israel Dube
Mthwakazi Republic Party President in court
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) president Mqondisi Moyo and two party officials have been issued with summons to appear in court Tuesday to answer public violence charges after they distributed fliers ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 573 | by newzimbabwe
Sibanda yet to get reverse clearance
HIGHLANDERS new signing Rodi Sibanda, who came in from Orlando Pirates is yet to get his international transfer certificate (ITC) from the South Africa Football Association (Safa).Sibanda (20)...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:36hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman up for mealie meal fraud
A WOMAN from Bulawayo allegedly duped Silo Food Industries in Belmont of more than $19 000 after she bought subsidised roller meal and sent it to the black market for sale at higher prices. Bu...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 700 illegal forex dealers
Police in Bulawayo arrested more than 700 suspected illegal forex dealers and vendors in a four-day blitz to restore sanity in the central business district of the city. About 80 percent of the suspec...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
MDC vows to fight Zanu PF vagaries
FOLLOWING an outcry by civil society, political parties and the general populace over the government's proposal to amend 27 clauses of the Constitution, Daily News on Sunday reporter Blessings Mashaya...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dumped regalia lands MP in hot soup
ZANU-PF regalia bearing the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly been dumped at Gwanda North constituency, resulting in a push to suspend the area legislator.Gwanda North legisl...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:42hrs | 6682 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's US$500m plan to end load-shedding
Zesa has cobbled up a US$500 million plan to end rolling electricity cuts by building solar power plants across the country in partnership with private investors.Zimbabwe last year introduced ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Egodini contractor seeks council assurance
WORK at the Egodini Bus Terminus in Bulawayo has stopped after the contractor, Terracotta Trading Private Limited demanded that the city council issue a letter of assurance that the initial contract w...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:34hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
South African armed robbers killed by Zimbabwe police in shoot-out
Two of the five armed robbers killed in a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue in Harare yesterday were South Africans, while the other three who were captured alive were Zimbabweans; but the ga...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
De Jongh chides Bosso boss
FC PLATINUM coach Hendrikus Pieter de Jongh has taken a swipe at Highlanders boss Nhlanhla Dube for snubbing him after the Castle Challenge Cup between the platinum miners and Bosso on Saturday....Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:40hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lawsuit withdrawn
FIRED Victoria Falls Mayor, Councillor Somvelo Dlamini who recently approached the High Court challenging the MDC Alliance's decision to recall him has withdrawn the lawsuit. Mr Dlamini was fi...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa meddling in Bulawayo council affairs
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of "hypocrisy" by meddling in council affairs after the party locked out mayor Solomon Mguni and five counci...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:50hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Police working with illegal miners at Mazowe mine
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit has been accused of working in cahoots with illegal miners at Mazowe mine despite the on-going "Operation Chikorokoza ngachipere" which has seen a...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 13:43hrs | 878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo residents accuse Chamisa of hypocrisy
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BRPA) has accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of "hypocrisy" by meddling in council affairs after the party locked out mayor Solomon Mguni and five counci...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 5010 | by Staff reporter
'Constitution: Zimbabwe should take a cue from Kenya'
BULAWAYO town clerk Christopher Dube has expressed concern over the delay in the alignment of laws with the national Constitution, seven years after it was adopted.During a recent general purp...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
PSL continues with preps
PREMIER Soccer League clubs will continue with their preparations for the 2020 Castle Lager season despite uncertainty over the start of the campaign and will observe strict medical regulations in pre...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:25hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents face for more water cuts
BULAWAYO residents are likely to face more water cuts beginning Saturday as the local authority refurbishes the Criterion Water Treatment plant and the bulk water meter chambers in the distribution ne...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:24hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads a 'state of disaster'
BULAWAYO'S roads are deteriorating at an alarming pace due to lack of maintenance, with council saying it cannot raise the required US$700 million to rehabilitate the city's 2 100km road network. ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's custody appeal takes new twist
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's dispute over custody of his children took a new turn yesterday after it emerged that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa had actually conceded to being mentally uns...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:48hrs | 4095 | by Staff reporter
New settlements turn into squatter camps
Michael has to wash cars along George Silundika Street in Bulawayo so that his wife, Luba, and their 10-month-old daughter do not go to bed hungry. Besides the food he has to budget for on the $25 he ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 438 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Bosso midfielder 'dodges' medical tests
HIGHLANDERS defensive midfielder Adrian Silla reportedly missed the Castle Challenge Cup game against FC Platinum last weekend after dodging a number of mandatory medical assessments needed for him to...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Information Bill sails through
The Freedom of Information Bill and the International Treaties Bill sailed through their final stages in Parliament yesterday and now await the assent of the President before they become law. ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:37hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
150 illegal forex dealers arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested more than 150 illegal forex dealers in a blitz aimed at restoring sanity in the CBD including the area surrounding Tredgold Buildings which has been dubbed the "World ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo events cancelled
The Government has suspended public gatherings of more than 100 people including weddings and church events for the next 60 days as it monitors the Covid-19 pandemic. Other events which ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2710 | by Israel Dube
13-year-old girl hit by speeding car
AN 85-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has appeared in court for hitting and injuring a 13-year-old girl with his car while speeding along Luveve road in Emakhandeni suburb.Kefas Dube of Lobengula extens...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga's wife mentally ill'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has told the Supreme Court that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa cannot get custody of their three minor children after she admitted she was mentally ill and in ne...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 6979 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo's illegal forex traders remain defiant
IT was business as usual yesterday for illegal foreign currency dealers outside Tredgold Buildings in Bulawayo and other parts of the CBD, as police said a major operation against osiphatheleni was on...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 3237 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife unfit to care for children, court told
VICE President Chiwenga has said the court cannot place his three minor children in the custody of his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, who requires to be under constant care of a surgeon, physician and...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:26hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo nurses in court for culpable homicide
TWO nurses stationed at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo allegedly abandoned an expecting mother and left her to give birth unattended, leading to the newly-born baby falling from the bed and dying....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks and punches wife to death
A Victoria Falls man, who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of culpable homicide. Jap...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC dither on rolling demos
THE MDC is blowing hot and cold on its plans to stage rolling mass actions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and Zanu-PF.This comes as ructions consuming the party continue ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
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