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'Robbers' locked in at crime scene
A FORMER employee at a Bulawayo service station allegedly teamed up with a friend to rob the station.Macdonald Brewer (24) and Desire Moyo (25) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers assault police informant
A POLICE informant from Bulawayo was allegedly assaulted by soldiers manning the Plumtree border post for exposing smuggling syndicates involving politicians, security agents and Zimbabwe Revenue Auth...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3012 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station funding under threat
Zimbabwe might face challenges accessing the US$1 billion loan facility from China Eximbank for Hwange Power Station expansion following the change of functional currency that resulted in funds that w...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:28hrs | 494 | by Staff reporer
Chihuri faces deportation from Malawi
The country's vice president who is also UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima told the nation on Sunday that a Zimbabwean national Augustine Chihuri who is in the county to help Democratic Progressive Part...Published: 19 May 2019 at 18:27hrs | 4746 | by Staff reporter
Critical sectors to be spared from power cuts
State power utility, Zesa, has ring fenced wheat farmers and key players in productive sectors such as coal miners to cushion them from power cuts to avoid crippling critical sectors of the economy....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:03hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's congress hit by cash crunch
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has been hit by a financial squeeze which has forced it to dig deeper into members' pockets to fund travel, food and accommodation costs for its over 6 000 congress delegate...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:03hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
Global Climate Fund a major breakthrough For Green Projects In Zimbabwe
Long-term changes in the earth's climate system have been significant and are occurring more rapidly than in the past. Continued emissions into the earth's atmosphere are projected to cause further wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:49hrs | 103 | by Enos Denhere
Ex-Zanu-PF MP fights contempt of court charge
FORMER Mbizo legislator Vongaishe Mupereri (Zanu-PF) who was last year slapped with a contempt court charge after leading illegal gold panners into gold-rich Gaika Mine in Kwekwe in violation of a Hig...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:27hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Global Climate Fund a major breakthrough For Green Projects In Zimbabwe
Long-term changes in the earth's climate system have been significant and are occurring more rapidly than in the past. Continued emissions into the earth's atmosphere are projected to cause further wa...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 836 | by Enos Denhere
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3254 | by Staff reporter
Terrence Mukupe faces jail over debt
Former Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe is facing jail over a US$24 237 debt after Quality Insurance Company approached the High Court seeking an order to have him caged over a 2012 debt....Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Mnangagwa puzzle
The recent High Court ruling by Justice Edith Mushore has given MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa a scenario more or less similar to the debacle President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently battling ove...Published: 15 May 2019 at 10:08hrs | 11222 | by Wisdom Mumera
Mnangagwa's govt gears for winter of discontent
PRESSURE continues to mount on President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country faces the prospect of crippling power cuts and looming work stoppages by doctors and teachers over poor salaries.Powe...Published: 14 May 2019 at 11:37hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
PRESSURE continues to mount on President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country faces the prospect of crippling power cuts and looming work stoppages by doctors and teachers over poor salaries.Powe...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:13hrs | 5165 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa risks trial for killing protestors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa might be tried for incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters in August 2018 and January 2019 exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Commenting afte...Published: 13 May 2019 at 20:45hrs | 4743 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Water shortages threaten Silalatshani irrigation scheme
Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme in Insiza South, Matabeleland South, which has been a lifeline for Filabusi and surrounding areas for the past 50 years, is facing crippling water shortages due to low d...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:55hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Chombo, Chipanga trial postponed
The trial for estranged former cabinet minister and Zanu PF National Secretary for Administration, Ignatius Chombo is yet to kick-off a year after corruption charges were brought against him.H...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:05hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
The plight of Zimbabweans
All eyes were on me and I had no money to buy data. I wanted to get the latest news from onlinenewspapers but I had no money.Samutoko not his real name is a University graduate who is ekei...Published: 10 May 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1332 | by Leonard Koni
Mwonzora resurfaces in Gweru
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora appeared at an Secretary General candidates debate in Gweru amid reports that he had gone into hiding fearing MDC vanguard members who are allegedly targeting hi...Published: 10 May 2019 at 17:17hrs | 10984 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: MDC-T supporters urge Thokozani Khupe to take over MDC
A video of MDC-T supporters singing and urging their President Thokozani Khupe to take over MDC has gone viral on the internet. The supporters are heard urging Khupe to take the Presidency bec...Published: 10 May 2019 at 11:44hrs | 4829 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo council faces shortage of ambulances
BULAWAYO City Council is only left with a fleet of nine ambulances out of the required 21, compromising health delivery in the city, the latest council minutes have shown.Councillor Silas Chig...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat comes to the aid of Melfort Old People's Home
Zimnat has come to the aid of Melfort Old People's Home by providing free insurance cover for the home's two vehicles for a whole year.The home, which recently had a combi and a sedan donated ...Published: 08 May 2019 at 08:55hrs | 562 | by Agencies
Mugabe's ex-general manager faces jail over debt
Seed Co Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, has approached the High court seeking an order to commit the ex-general manager of former President Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Holdings, Stanley Nhari to prison after his fai...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa betrays himself at Tsvangirayi's memorial
The global policy community has focused on the political challenges facing the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and paid little attention to the economic challenges.Yet without...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:07hrs | 8604 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tsvangirai 'widow' faces jail
A Bulawayo woman Aquilinia Kayidza Pamberi, who at one time was among different women suspected to be in a relationship with the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing jail after a Bulawayo...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:21hrs | 6646 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 223 | by Zifiso Masiye
Bulawayo gets 50 days water supply
BULAWAYO's water supply dams received just 5 778 565 cubic metres of water during the 2018/2019 rainy season, an amount that is enough to last an average of 50 days, putting fears that the city, alrea...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:53hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs fight for survival
THE stage has been set for a bruising fight in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC as almost all candidates nominated for top positions in the party's standing committee have accepted and are now reaching into...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:20hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clueless on economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration looks increasingly clueless on how to contain consequences of its disastrous economic policies introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube through the Tra...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:47hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
100 years jail for armed robbery brothers
TWO brothers from Mberengwa district who committed a spate of armed robberies and rape in the same district, have been sentenced to a combined 100 years in jail by a Gweru regional magistrate. ...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean workers celebrate May Day with empty stomachs
It's all gloomy faces across the country as workers celebrate the workers day with empty stomachs. May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May. It is an ancient Northern Hemi...Published: 01 May 2019 at 11:56hrs | 835 | by Leonard Koni
Gweru to decommission Gwenoro Dam
Gweru City Council has announced plans to decommission its major supplier, Gwenhoro Dam, by October as the water source is left with only six months' supplies, a senior council official has said....Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Under siege from all sides
Civil servants with different political affiliations must not to sabotage the government. The government was aware that some civil servants still supported the previous government. Civil servants may ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 19:02hrs | 12102 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cancer treatment at Mpilo, Parirenyatwa hospitals compromised
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has stopped offering radiotherapy services after all its three cancer treatment machines broke down while unconfirmed reports indicate Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo also f...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1266 | by Staff Reporter
The ZCTU should choose between labour and politics
A few days before the violent and ruinous protests of 14 to 16 January this year in the main cities of Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 1114 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe opposition and lost opportunities
Election 2018 was largely considered a landmark event for the different meanings and opportunities that were attached to it, particularly for the new faces in the presidential race, Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 355 | by Reason Wafawarova
'Zimbabwe prisons overcrowded'
DESPITE the release of 3 000 prisoners through the Presidential Amnesty last year, Zimbabwe's prisons are still overpopulated, with the country's correctional facilities carrying 2 382 inmates above t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 206 | by Sytaff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to import spares duty free
ONGOING efforts to turnaround the operations of Air Zimbabwe have received further boost following revelations that Government recently extended the dispensation for the national air carrier to import...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Omar al-Bashir flees to Zimbabwe?
A PRIVATE jet hired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from Dubai made a curious stop in Khartoum on Tuesday, raising speculation that Sudan's former leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir or his family could have...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | 51391 | by Staff reporter
Govt faces lawsuit for withholding Artuz leaders salaries
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) leaders are preparing a lawsuit against government after they have gone for three months without salaries.The salaries were withheld by th...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces VPs headache
THE opposition MDC party goes into a crucial national council meeting this weekend to map out how the opposition party will handle its May 24 congress amid disagreements over the viability of maintain...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 4736 | by Staff reporter
Ndiraya ropes in Muzadzi, Zuze
DYNAMOS coach, Tonderai Ndiraya, has revealed plans to engage the club's former players to assist the fallen giants get back on their feet. He has engaged his trusted lieutenants Gift Muzadzi and Bigg...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Mushangazhike surfaces in division 2
Former Orlando Pirates striker Gilbert Mushangazhike has started coaching in the second division in Zimbabwe.The 42-year-old took up a coaching role at the newly formed Golden Eagles club in D...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 14:14hrs | 3276 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa target crooks surrounding Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for a complete overhaul of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government departments to curb the scourge of corruption, which has permeated almost all publi...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 15:20hrs | 7064 | by Staff reporter
'Crooks surround Mnangagwa must go,' says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for a complete overhaul of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government departments to curb the scourge of corruption, which has permeated almost all publi...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 6278 | by Staff reporter
Whites score big against blacks - land compensation
Land is and was at the centre of all political developments for the indigenous black Zimbabwean population's pre and post independence movements. The liberation war against white minority rule's black...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | 2563 | by Terence Simbi
Chamisa faces VPs Dilemma
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa is in a dilemma over MDC's three posts of vice president as women are pushing for one of the posts to be reserved for them ahead of next month's congress.While...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:10hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
RTGS$ plunges
Zimbabwe is nearing the much dreaded economic horrors of 2008 punctuated by hyperinflation, widespread shortages of foreign currency and fuel coupled with a spike in prices of everything, including st...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | 9263 | by Staff reporter
Disgraced Australian journalist arrested in Zimbabwe
Television news producer Stephen Rice has been arrested while working in Zimbabwe - three years after he was jailed on assignment in Lebanon.The Australian journalist, Rice, flew into Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:43hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Sydney Malunga's son speaks on the economic crisis
Siphosami Malunga the Open Society Initiatives of Southern Africa Director and son of the late veteran nationalist Sydney Malunga says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 13:36hrs | 2030 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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