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Chiwenga defrauders case takes new twist
A Harare couple accused of defrauding Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Miniyothabo, of nearly US$1 million in a botched construction deal allegedly used the same fraudulent scheme in seven ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:26hrs | 2633 | by Staff reporter
4 workers steal US$500,000 cutlery from Mugabe's Blue Roof home
Four men who were employed by former first lady, Grace Mugabe have appeared in court accused of stealing household property and cutlery worth an estimated US$500,000 from ex-President Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
DOP President threatens to ban 'omalayitsha', 'osiphatheleni'
LEADER of the opposition, Democratic Official Party (DOP), and presidential candidate in the forthcoming harmonized elections, Engineer Peter Wilson, has pledged to ban cross-border transporters popul...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election date triggers hope, despair
MUNYARADZI Mushawatu, an electrician in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, was both ecstatic and jittery after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently announced that national elections would be held on August 2...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
PowerChina Supports Cultivation of Highly Skilled Talent in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia, PRNewswire/ -- On the Kafue River about 90 km south of Zambian capital Lusaka, Zambia's first large-scale hydropower station is humming sm...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by PRNewswire
Chinese firms brandish US$ salaries in crisis-hit Zimbabwe
CHINA's 80 biggest firms with a footprint in Zimbabwe said at the weekend that they were ready to pay United States dollar-indexed salaries for skilled workers and professionals.This emerged d...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust students centre nears completion
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans fro...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP fined for by-passing electricity
Chiredzi West Zanu-PF Member of Parliament, Farai Musikavanhu was recently caught with hands in the cookie jar by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for allegedly by-pa...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma wife terrorises hubby
WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fire erupts in the bedroom
Mactavish Ngwenya (30) was watching TV in the living room when he saw a ball of smoke from his bedroom. Upon checking he noticed that his bedroom had caught fire and all the property was burnt....Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MDC Alliance MP nabbed for stealing electricity
BORROWDALE resident and former MDC Alliance 2018 candidate for Mutare North, Godfrey Munyamana, has been accused of having been stealing electricity for years at his former residence after he allegedl...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Koro
Working principles of Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
Earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) is an electrical safety device that cuts power after detecting currents leaking to earth from an installation...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 16:11hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
US$700k Spar outlet opens in Bulawayo
RETAIL chain, Spar Zimbabwe, yesterday officially opened a new branch in Bulawayo after investing US$700 000, bringing the number of its shops to 16 countrywide. The investment has created 75 jobs, ma...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami 'back in office'
Ousted Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami is challenging his removal from office.Ousted Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami has challenged a High Court ruling that rendered his election into...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC in turmoil
MDC-Alliance has been thrown into further turmoil after the recent ruling by the High Court to nullify the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami as a councillor.On Thursday High...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo faction dealt a huge blow
THE High Court yesterday nullified the election into council of beleaguered Bulawayo deputy Mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami the leader of a Nelson Chamisa led faction in the city. The ruli...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's blue eyed boy not fit for office,' says Judge
Bulawayo High Court Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has ruled Ward 3 Councillor Tinashe Kambarami's election into office is null and void.Kambarami is known as MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's blue eyed ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fellow Zimbabweans, could you please help me find my young children who were abducted in UK?
I live in Swansea, and have lived there since 2007. In March 2008, l met a woman who comes from Swaziland and we were blessed with our first girl in January 2009.In 2012, we were blessed with a ba...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:17hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Kambarami: A pig in royal robes still finds amusement in mud
The Tinashe Kambarami cabal's crass exhibition of foolishness unmasks the failure of the MDC to run urban councils. The exalted office of councillorship has been defiled by the repugnant behaviour of ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Ndabazabantu Sondokhulu
'Convicted thief' Kambarami fights for position at High Court
THE civil trial involving Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and a political pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, opened at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday. ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Convicted thief suspends Bulawayo town clerk - Full letter
Christopher Dube has been suspended as the Bulawayo town clerk after councillors accused him of incompetence and abuse of office.The retired army Major, who joined the Bulawayo City Council af...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zesa complicit in cable thefts: Residents
Zesa spokesperson Fullard Gwasira said vandalism of Zesa property was becoming more rampant, particularly in Bulawayo and blamed this on the economy and unemployed technicians."Zesa property i...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'TB Joshua's meeting in Nazareth is rebranding Africa's image abroad...'
In the last week, Israeli media has been awash with news of the controversial visit of Nigerian cleric T.B. Joshua to Nazareth.Initial news of the visit ignited a furore among apprehensive rel...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Zimbabwe has an artisan shortage, here is how to fix it
ACCORDING to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, has six universities, but only one polytechnic....Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
WATCH: 'Zimbabwean' actor in Game Of Thrones
Among the actors of the massively popular TV Series Game of Thrones, is a Zimbabwean actor that not many Zimbabweans may actually know...Published: 21 May 2019 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers will not back to work for 2nd term - no surprise, fallen wages don't cover transport costs alone
If the worker's wage is not enough to pay for his/her transport cost to work, let alone everything else; then it will be just a matter of time before the worker stops going to work because not many wo...Published: 03 May 2019 at 14:20hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
75-year-old retraces colonial days, cycled from Buhera to Gweru in search of work
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:20hrs | 35 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zinbabwe National Army announces recruitment dates
The Zimbabwe National Army has announced that it will be recruiting General Duty soldiers and Specialist personnel from the 1st to the 20th of April.In an advertisement ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:20hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
AIR FORCE OF ZIMBABWE Recruitment
HOW ABOUT A CHALLENGING CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR COUNTRY? The Air Force of Zimbabwe is looking for suitably qualified persons who are Zimbabwean citizens and physically fit to join the Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami fined for threatening someone on WhatsApp
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has been fined $50 for sending threatening messages on an MDC Alliance WhatsApp chat group. Kambarami threatened Mr Mpikelelo Khumalo in a WhatsApp grou...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Zupco in bid to boost fleet
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is inviting bidders from suitable suppliers for semi luxury buses as it fails to meet transport demands. In an advertisement the bus company advised intereste...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
St Luke's Hospital suspends ops, closes mortuary
A POWER cut caused by the vandalism of Zesa power lines has forced St Luke's Hospital in Lupane to suspend surgical operations and close the mortuary. Kenmaur area where St Luke's Hospital is ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chicken 'thief' electrocuted
A SUSPECTED chicken thief was electrocuted while stealing chickens from a fowl run at a house in Mkoba 5 suburb in Gweru. Clayton Machova (21) was electrocuted while trying to disconnect power...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in panic mode, solution needed
LAST Saturday, I attended the Mbira Festival which was organised by my friend, Albert Chimedza, at Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare.It was an awesome venue for a traditional music festival with a ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | | by Debbie Peters
Mthwakazi Restoration guns for Bulawayo 'foreign' mayor
A POLITICAL pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, has approached the High Court seeking an order nullifying the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami as w...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration takes Kambarami and MDC Alliance to court
Following our recent press release and media reports on the Movement's disgust and dissatisfaction over the disregard of law and due process by the respondents described above, 1893 Mthwakazi Restorat...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:25hrs | | by 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement
Tinashe Kambarami faces fresh legal headache
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is headed for a legal battle after revelations that a rival MDC faction opposed to his election has hatched a plan to sponsor a voter from his w...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 20:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe economic collapse looms again
Zimbabwe faces a deepening economic crisis as hopes fade of a new wave of international investment and aid, following historic elections in July.Locals say conditions have deteriorated since J...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by The Guardian
Accessing alarm system remotely enhances home or office security
It is now possible to use a smart phone to activate and control one's security alarm system from anywhere, provided the phone has an internet connection, utilising Safeguard's Smart Home system....Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Agencies
Foreign Bulawayo mayor calls on councillors and residents to unite
BULAWAYO deputy mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami has called on councillors and residents to unite and focus on developing the city saying the era of dirty politics has been left behind.Spea...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers speak on Bulawayo Deputy Mayor conviction
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Councillor, Tinashe Kambarami, who was two months ago convicted of theft, can only be fired through a court order, legal experts have said. Mr Kambarami was...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo deputy Mayor a convicted thief
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is a convicted thief who was fined by a court for stealing an electrical extension cord, it has emerged. According to court records, Kamba...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Game of Thrones actors to be Zimbabwe brand ambassadors?
A CALL has been made on social media to make two actors Liam Cunningham and Lucian Msamati from the HBO blockbuster series, Game of Thrones, brand ambassadors for Zimbabwe in order to boost the touris...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo's ministers to apply for posts
OPPOSITION Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) presidential candidate Nkosana Moyo has pledged a governance paradigm shift, where prospective Cabinet ministers would have to apply and be considered on ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jukwa threatens to kill wife
A GWANDA woman has been granted a protection order against her abusive husband who was in the habit of locking her outside their house while undressed in the middle of the night.Mrs Thalia Juk...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paraffin shortage hits Zimbabwe
PARAFFIN, a key energy source for low-income households, is currently in short supply and mostly available at higher prices on the black market.A snap survey by The Herald Business revealed th...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian rapper unearthes talented Zimbabwean
SOCIAL media has this thing of unearthing talent.Justin Bieber was discovered on myspace, Soulja Boy on YouTube and back in Zimbabwe — a relatively unknown rapper Dylan "Dweezy Bwoi Wonder" ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa and the Start-Up economy
Disrupt Africa, an entrepreneurship portal, has just released a new study that shows that the number of African tech startups that succeeded in raising funding...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Agencies
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