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'US debt is a pyramid scheme used to defraud other nations'
Senior Russian lawmaker Vyacheslav Volodin has branded US federal government debt a global pyramid scheme that is heading for an inevitable collapse. The comments come as Washington struggles to agree...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:39hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Journalist cleared of armed robbery charges
THE State has withdrawn armed robbery charges against freelance journalist, Xolisani Ncube, after conceding it had failed to prove its case against him.This prompted Harare regional magistrate...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:39hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Palestine presents play in Shona
The Palestinian Embassy in Zimbabwe presented a play called "Chindunduma" at the Jasen Mhepo Little Theatre in Harare on May 16, 2023. The play tells the story of the Palestinian people's struggle for...Published: 17 May 2023 at 15:02hrs | 555 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwean politics in generational transition
It seems there is a growth in the number of younger candidates being nominated to represent the parties in the upcoming polls.ONE of the most stubborn facts is that the old die, and the new are bo...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | 484 | by Ntando Dumani
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Dr Nandipha and father's picture go viral
A picture collage of murder accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana's and her father and a former G4S employee who allegedly helped Facebook rapist Thabo Bester escape from the Mangaung Correctional Cent...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 13:24hrs | 2826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana arrested in Tanzania
Fugitive also known as 'Facebook rapist' Thabo Bester, was arrested in Tanzania late on Friday night, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed.Lamola said the convicted murderer was arrest...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:01hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nandipha left Merc at Zimbabwe border, returned on foot
As South African law enforcement continues the search for fugitive murderer-rapist Thabo Bester - known as the "Facebook rapist" - and his accomplice girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, more informatio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:42hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mugabe installed by Chiwenga
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday presided over the installation of Mr Matubede Mudavanhu as the 12th substantive Chief Mugabe, where he challenged Zimbabweans to work together with tradit...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to preside over Mugabe installation
The 12th substantive Chief Mugabe of the Moyo Duma totem in Masvingo is expected to be installed tomorrow with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga set to preside over the ceremony.The investit...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 18:20hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?
Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escap...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
Earth tremor hits Hwange
A TREMOR rocked Hwange town on Sunday evening with the underground movement being felt in almost in every suburb in the coal mining town. From Empumalanga, Mr Dumisani Nsingo said he felt the ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Former Highlanders rising star turns down Major League for art
IN 2010, Ackim Mpofu was touted as a future star for Highlanders FC and the national team, two years later he was promoted into Bosso's first team.Mpofu captained the national Under-15 boys' t...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Cde Chiukira drops Mnangagwa's name to swindle Zimfep schools
Open letterTo whom it may concern Challenges faced by Zimfep Schools because of Gideon Chiukira (Director of Coordination)Zimfep stands for Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Produ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 09:32hrs | 1319 | by Concerned parents
Bosso junior product on demand
FOREIGN teams are reportedly following the progress of former Bosso-90 winger Daniel Msendami who has set the Botswana Premiership alight with top class performances for championship-chasing Jwaneng G...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Intwasa abusers will go to jail, no fine option
Those selling or buying the agricultural inputs earmarked for the climate-proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, Pfumvudza/Intwasa, will be sent to court where jail sentences can be imposed on conviction...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe speaker of Parliament addresses Russia's State Duma
The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Zimbabwe Jacob Mudenda addressed members of the State Duma at the plenary session yesterday.Earlier, the Chairman of the State Duma Vyac...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council in key roads upgrade
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to rehabilitate 14 key roads and the programme starts with immediate effect after Government recently released funds for road works that will be done until mid-D...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula targets foreign national drivers
Operation Dudula in KwaZulu-Natal has repeated calls for transport operators to stop hiring foreign national drivers.This comes after a horrific accident in Pongola, northern KwaZulu-Natal, wh...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:46hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Mbirano goes international
South African (SA) based Dj Rabaaz, well-known for pioneering the new sound of Gospel Mbirano in 2021 has just released an English praise God album titled...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 09:10hrs | 300 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Illegal forex dealer fined $10 million
Local company, Tererati (Pvt) Limited, involved in illegal foreign currency deals during 2020 in Harare using EcoCash agent lines, was fined $10 498 300 yesterday after admitting to making the illicit...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 05:59hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
New ANC KZN leadership could spell trouble for Ramaphosa second term
The ANC has elected new leaders in the key region of KwaZulu-Natal, though it remains unclear whether the new collective will back President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to win a second term as head of the p...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:11hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps in to honour Pomona obligations
The Pomona dumpsite project has taken a new twist, with the Government, which is the guarantor, now set to honour its obligations as outlined in the contract between Harare City Council and Geogenix B...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC in Pomona deal climbdown?
THE opposition CCC-led Harare City Council yesterday made a volte-face on the €304 million Pomona Waste to Energy deal after weeks of politicking trying to reverse an agreement they had earlier sanc...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2944 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors in bribe storm over Pomona
A group of CCC councillors is allegedly set to pocket US$12 000 in fees from Harare City Council for "investigating" the Pomona waste management deal, now a done deal with Government backing.T...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:07hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Major road rehab projects begin in Bulawayo
A massive rehabilitation of critical roads is set to begin in Bulawayo under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2), as the Government presses ahead with efforts to improve roads ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Tourism players welcome Gwayi-Shangani opportunities
THE construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani is contributing to improved business opportunities in the hospitality industry in Hwange with its completion expected to bring greater benefits to the tourism s...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Hwange residents petition Parly over underground fires
HWANGE residents have petitioned Parliament to urgently investigate the source and threat of underground fires to communities and the environment in the coal mining town.For years people in Hw...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Harare suspends Pomona deal
A TENSE Harare City Council (HCC) special council meeting yesterday resolved to suspend the controversial Pomoma waste management deal despite spirited resistance from MDC Alliance councillors....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka: a harmful violation of spouse's rights
Harmful traditional practices have led to the abuse of human rights and abuse of women. These include genital mutilation and child marriages that have infringed on the rights of women, however, the us...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 440 | by Mashudu Mambo
Stuart Baxter fired as Kaizer Chiefs coach - reports
Reports are that Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has been fired.TimesLIVE was not able to immediately confirm the reports with the club.Reports on at least two sports websites — So...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:56hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Vet department kills six cattle moved without permit
Matabeleland South provincial veterinary director Dr Enart Mdlongwa last week ordered the killing of six cows that were moved without a permit from Figtree to Gwanda, in contravention to the law....Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:26hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
'Faith in US dollar waning'
The world has started to lose faith in the US dollar in recent years, so given this situation, the only option is to expand the use of national currencies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterd...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:34hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Man killed for snatching rival's girlfriend
A 21-year-old Zhombe man in the Midlands province was fatally stabbed at a night club for allegedly snatching his rival suitor's girlfriend.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Im...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:20hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Teenager fatally stabs rival over girlfriend
An 18-year-old from Gokwe has been arrested after he fatally stabbed a rival he accused of snatching his girlfriend. Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirme...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:15hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Russia cut ties with Europe
Russia has officially informed Council of Europe of its withdrawal from the organization. As Deputy Speaker of the Russian Duma Pyotr Tolstoy announced on Tuesday, a letter from the Minister of Foreig...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:19hrs | 3312 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over girlfriend ugly remark
A BULAWAYO man who fatally stabbed his friend with a knife for mocking his girlfriend's looks has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in jail.Bongani Ngulube (20) of Mpopoma suburb knifed ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening today
The first term opens today for all classes except Form One and Lower Six, who will be opening separately soon.Learners said they were happy to be going back to school and hoped that they will ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:11hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Hwange fires probe begins
AN international consultant hired by Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to investigate the cause of underground fires in the coal mining town is now on the ground as Government moves to come up wi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Sadc regional integration will benefit Zimbabwe
THE Southern African Development Community's (Sadc) regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP) 2020–30 of October 2020 is a framework for the implementation of Sadc's regional integratio...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:13hrs | 466 | by Vince Musewe
Mnangagwa to launch youth livestock scheme
President Mnangagwa is expected to launch a youth livestock scheme in Kwekwe this Friday.Before the launch, President Mnangagwa is expected to lead a clean-up campaign in the city centre....Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 19:28hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Top South African sangoma invades Bulawayo
Controversial South African traditional healer Dr. Khehlelezi, (real name is Bhongolethu Mzozo) will be in Bulawayo on the 9th of January for a miracle service which will be held at BAC leisure ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 12:09hrs | 4715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 381 | by Staff reporter
Underground coal fires wreak havoc in Hwange
A ROAD in the mining and resort town of Hwange has been ripped apart by raging underground coal fires which have been wreaking havoc unattended for months despite authorities having been notified....Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for selling government's agricultural inputs
A Rushinga man was on Friday arrested for selling the government's agricultural inputs facilities at Mabvundudzi.Siyai Kakuruwo(43) is alleged to have sold fertilizer from the government's cotton ...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 09:03hrs | 20 | by Alice Mangwanda
Zimbabwe Saints legend dies
ZIMBABWE Saints legend Shacky Toindepi Nyathi has died.He was 58.Nyathi collapsed and died at his Mzilikazi home in Bulawayo on Sunday.His best friend and former teammate Godfr...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Moyo cleared by High Court
FORMER Health Minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after being discharged from prosecution on corruption charges for illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contra...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
1 169 prison officers promoted
A TOTAL of 1 169 commissioned officers in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), including seven assistant commissioners have been promoted by President Mnangagwa.In a statemen...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Vladimir Putin's party wins Russian polls
Russian citizens in Zimbabwe at the weekend exercised their democratic right to vote in legislative elections in their country with near final results yesterday showing an emphatic victory for the rul...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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