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Wife killer blames evil spirits
A 54-YEAR-OLD man from Umguza district in Matabeleland North province last week axed his wife to death and blamed evil spirits for influencing him.Sikhanyisiwe Zondo of Mawayilesini Village in...Published: 23 hrs ago | 201 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers ambush Company, get away with US$105 410
A 43-year old man from Gwanda's Magwe Irrigation Scheme under Chief Mathe and his accomplices have been accused of raiding Poly Packaging Pvt Ltd in Bulawayo at gunpoint and getting away with US$105 4...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri gets US$7m mansion back
FORMER ZRP boss Augustine Chihuri secured some relief Tuesday after the High Court gave him back a luxury Harare mansion valued at US$7 million.Chihuri, reportedly now based in South Africa, i...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 4063 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members flee to rural areas
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership says many ruling party members were seeking transfers from urban to rural areas.Addressing members at a provincial co-ordinating committee me...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3728 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira faces fresh trial
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira and her then permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka's abuse of office trial will restart on September 15.Mupfumira and Masoka, represented by Admire ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mapping for urban title deeds underway
Mapping of seven urban suburbs in the title formalisation process is now complete and while that process continues with the next suburbs on the list, the first stand owners being processed are now acq...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
State lines up 20 witnesses against Sikhala, Sithole
THE State has lined up 20 witnesses to testify against Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) accused of inciting members of...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is Zimbabwe's greatest curse!
As I stand outside my home, with the darkness of a winter evening steadily engulfing our small town of Redcliff, and the stars now gradually appearing - as if in a synchronized fashion ordered by a Di...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 20:58hrs | 781 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wadyajena harrases Musarara over grain transportation deal
Controversial GOKWE Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, is up in arms with businessman, Tafadzwa Musarara, after he allegedly kicked him out of a grain and inputs transportation deal....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 19:59hrs | 517 | by Shelton Muchena
Man flees as robbers pounce on wife
FOUR suspected robbers allegedly pounced on a couple at Gibson gold base in Mazowe and the husband managed to flee leaving his wife being attacked....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 3830 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Biti survives stone attack
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president Tendai Biti escaped death after he was attacked by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Mashonaland Central on Friday as political temperature...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 2491 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' was not Moreblessing Ali's lover
THE late Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali's alleged killer Pius Mukandi alias Jamba wanted to flee the country after committing the heinous crime, a Harare magistrate's cour...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's family forced to flee homestead
THE family of the slain activist Moreblessing Ali has been forced to flee their home following sustained threats by suspected state agents and Zanu-PF activists for demanding justice.The famil...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
'Wadyajena pushed business interests through Parly'
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has accused Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture chairperson Justice Mayor Wadyajena of abusing his position to grab its grain an...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Can real leaders please stand up!
WHEN hospitals start turning away patients because of inadequate sundries, this should jolt any serious government to act.When the face of hospitals, which are the nurses, decide to down tools...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala faces 10 years in prison...as state opposes bail
CCC Member of Parliament Job Sikhala if facing up to ten years in prison after being charged with incitement to commit Public Violence as defined in section 187(1) (a) as read with Section 36 (1) (a) ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 15:18hrs | 6537 | by Mandla Ndlovu
First Capital Bank accused of working with fraudsters
A scandal is hounding First Capital Bank after it was revealed that bank insiders are allegedly working with conmen to create fraudulent bank accounts. The red flags against First Capital were...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:28hrs | 3759 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF, CCC youths in running battles
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters yesterday clashed with their Zanu-PF counterparts, leaving a trail of destruction as tempers flared over the murder of activist Moreblessing A...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Pistol lands couple in court
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Emganwini suburb and his girlfriend have been dragged to court for illegal possession of a firearm.Simelweyinkosi Dube (27) and his girlfriend Carl Ncube were on Tuesday...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must commit to peaceful transition in 2023
IT'S critical to understand what transpired in the aftermath of the 2008 and 2018 presidential elections.The opposition's focus on a peaceful power transition is even more critical as the coun...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 794 | by Evans Mathanda
UAE prince sets up Zimbabwe's FlyStream Airlines
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) prince, who arrived in Zimbabwe last month scouting for investment opportunities has established a new airline, Standardbusiness was told Friday.Prince Sultan Khal...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:19hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
NRZ, Disco in talks on 50-km line to steel project
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) are in talks to construct a 50-kilometre railway line from Mvuma to the US$1 billion steel plant in Manhize, Chivhu....Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Isn't continued belief and celebration of ZANU PF regime promises akin to madness!
As I am penning this piece, our suburb of Redcliff has not had any electricity for approximately the past twelve hours – having been thrown into eerie darkness in the wee hours of the morning, repor...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 12:16hrs | 616 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
LISTEN: 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa are living on borrowed time
There's nearly 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa are living on borrowed time.They are in the country on a special visa, the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).This visa category was i...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 21:23hrs | 57586 | by Staff reporter
Border jumping, smuggling between Zimbabwe, SA persist
ILLEGAL travel between Zimbabwe and South Africa has persisted, despite joint efforts to thwart the practice by both countries, it has emerged.The two governments recently launched a joint ope...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 485 | by Lovemore Chikova
Chamisa's CCC distances self from Pomona deal
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors have distanced themselves from the Pomona dumpsite waste management deal currently dogged by corruption allegations.Geogenix BV or Pomona Waste ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Despotic leaders to blame for Africa's economic morass
ON May 25, Zimbabwe joins the rest of the African continent in marking the 59th anniversary of Africa Day.The day has tremendous significance for Africans and was set aside to commemorate the ...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 127 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
NRZ assets revalued to US$3 billion
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s assets have been revalued at over US$3 billion, meaning the parastatal is not insolvent as previously alleged, a senior official said.Previously, the Stat...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Town Clerk blasts local companies
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube on Friday took a swipe at local companies that are awarded major development tenders in the city but fail to deliver, saying at some point the local authority w...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:30hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters registering fake domains including for Zimbabwe passports
A fraudster has registered http://zimpassports.online to defraud Zimbabweans who are desperate for the elusive Zimbabwean passport.According to the website https://who.is, whoever registered t...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 367 | by Jacob Mutisi
Fake e-passport agents on the prowl
THE Registrar-General's Office has warned the public to be wary of a fake website used by fraudsters to swindle online passport applicants of their hard-earned cash.The account claims to be th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Air Botswana resumes flights to Harare
Air Botswana has resumed the Harare- Gaborone route in a development that is expected to boost business interactions and tourism sector in Southern Africa. This comes at the back of post COVID-1...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 192 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Businessman in fierce battle with armed robbers
A fast-thinking and quick acting businessman and his family managed to fight off and repel a determined attack by four robbers in Dema Phase 3, Seke, on Wednesday night.The businessman put his...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa ally sparks verbal war against rival empowerment lobby group
A WAR of words has erupted between officials aligned to two rival indigenous empowerment lobby groupings, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) and newly-launched Economic Empowerment Group (EEG)....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger remanded in custody
A FORMER Zanu-PF youth league member, who challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2017 ascendancy to power, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraudulently acquiring a ruling party member...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho RDC to acquire a fire tender
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is planning to use devolution funds to purchase a fire services vehicle after going without it for several years.Chief executive officer Nkululeko Siban...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
'Missing truck' driver charged with copper cables theft
A truck driver who was reported missing after an alleged ‘attempted hijack' has been dragged to court charged with stealing copper cables valued at US$750 000.The Biltrans Transport driver M...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
NRZ in US$3,5m rolling stock revamp
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has embarked on a programme to refurbish its rolling stock at a cost of US$3,5 million, in a move expected to improve efficiencies.The project, which in...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Long-distance buses start ferrying urban commuters today
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Transport Organisation (ZPTO) has applauded Government for liberalising the public transport sector and allowing the importation of buses duty-free saying the move is set to eas...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1511 | by Israel Dube
ZUPCO faces court action over failing public transport system
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has given the government and ZUPCO a 24-hour deadline to provide adequate public transport in urban areas or face being dragged to court.The police...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:58hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
ZRP blitz claims four lives as Kombi overturns after cop throws spike
THE ongoing police blitz against commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis has claimed its first victims after a police officer threw a spike at a moving minibus, resulting in it overturning and killing fou...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:07hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
LGBTQI flee Russia crackdown
Gays and lessbiens are reported to have fled from Russia and the Vladimir Putin's government has since launched a crackdown on the group.In an email Zeynep Sentek, a Network coordinator said T...Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:05hrs | 789 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe flies British fighter jets again despite sanctions
Zimbabwe's Air Force has mysteriously found parts for its grounded Hawk fighter jets - 21 years after Britain imposed a crippling arms embargo.Four BAE Hawk jets took part in a fly-past during...Published: 01 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 5302 | by Staff reporter
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