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Zupco monopoly: State capture or another Chimurenga?
BEGINNING January 21, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe has been making a series of declarations reinforcing the apparent principality of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1614 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Kombi operators 'bash cop, smash phone'
A KOMBI driver and a conductor as well as a woman from Bulawayo who allegedly assaulted a police officer on duty and smashed his mobile phone have appeared in court. Thembani Moyo (41), Xola S...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Construction at Nust to resume this year
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo will this year commence construction work after Government reached an agreement with previous contractors to terminate their contra...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
151 children, 16 wives, still counting
Mbire man, Misheck Nyandoro, has fathered 151 children with 16 wives and he is still counting. "Mine is a project. This polygamy is a project that I have undertaken since 1983 and will end wit...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe hands over property to chopper crash victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) yesterday handed over household property worth thousands of dollars to the Fenyere family, whose house was razed to the ground by flames when the Agusta Bell 412 (AB 41...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza workers give strike notice
THE Chitungwiza Municipal Workers Union (CMWU) has given the council until May 16 to address their poor working conditions or face a crippling strike.In a letter, addressed to acting town cler...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:19hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults wife for not singing at funeral
A MAN from Mzilikazi suburb has been fined $5 000 for assaulting his wife for not singing at a funeral. Lucas Mhlanga (39) of Mzilikazi suburb pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeare...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Government starts issuing birth certificates for children born during lockdown
GOVERNMENT has started issuing birth certificates to children who were born during the Covid-19-induced lockdown and had not been captured in the national registry following the suspension of the serv...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Workers, pensioners feel the pinch
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner yesterday decried living standards in the country, which they described as "unbearable and terrible", and worse than life during the t...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Cult family shuns hospitals
DEATH in a family is heart-numbing and if there is anything that can be done to prevent it the majority will choose to do that. However, this is not the case for an Apostolic sect family in Gwambe in ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off
While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Funeral parade for copter crash victims
A funeral parade to honour two pilots and a technician who died in a helicopter crash in Goromonzi last week will be held by the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) on Friday. The pilots are Wing Comm...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe mourns the death of helicopter accident victims
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is in mourning after the horrific accident that claimed the lives of two pilots and an aircraft technician.The pilots who perished are Wing Commander Thomas Tin...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Mass Covid-19 vaccination for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT says Covid-19 voluntary vaccinations for all people in Bulawayo and Harare will soon be intensified to achieve national herd immunity. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Healt...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman dies in SA, family appealing for aid to repatriate body
The family of a Zimbabwean woman who died in Pretoria, South Africa last month is appealing for financial aid from well wishers after it has failed to raise 17 000 Rands required by the funeral ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Strong warning sent to Police officers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned its overzealous members against smashing vehicle windscreens and use of metal spikes in order to effect arre...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 20:56hrs | 4076 | by Shelton Muchena
MDC Alliance, activists warned over violent demos
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed "The Winter Jest" over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security se...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Community service for sexually abusing a corpse
The Harare man who sexually abused a corpse at a funeral early this year, has been sentenced to perform 315 hours of community service at Epworth Police Station. Harare magistrate Mr She...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
'Funeral insurers overcharge clients'
Zimbabwe's funeral insurance players may be overcharging clients, the latest sector report from the Insurance and Pensions Commission suggests. The regulator has noted significant incongruity between ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2468 | by Staff reporter
Police 'harass' mourners to block Chamisa from attending funeral
THERE was drama Saturday night in Chitungwiza when anti-riot police details besieged the funeral of the late popular Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) cleric Tabeth Chiweshe and ordered mourners disperse....Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 3846 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Monarchy: The cornerstone of African existence
PRINCE Phillip is no longer in our midst. Some dark cloud seems to envelope Britain. May his soul rest in peace. A couple of weeks back, Southern Africa seemed to stand still under a similar dark clou...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 313 | by Zii Masiye
Muchadeyi Masunda daughter, Dr Sindi van Zyl dies in hospital
Former Kaya FM presenter, medical doctor and life coach Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl died on Saturday morning at a Gauteng hospital, her family said in a statement today.Dr Sindi was daughter to forme...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
Croco Motors founder jailed for killing pedestrian
CROCO Motors boss Moses Tonderai Chingwena was yesterday convicted on his own plea for killing a pedestrian in Harare while driving at night on July 11 last year.Chingwena appeared before magi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe represents everything wrong about opposition politics
A young member of the MDC formation led by Nelson Chamisa, Makomborero Haruzivishe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Harare Magistrates Court this week for inciting public violence. ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 348 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Funeral at 'killer's' house
THE family of a murdered Bulawayo man held his burial service at their neighbour's home in Pumula South suburb yesterday accusing them of fatally beating him. Blessing Zikhali (30) died on Wed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | 3518 | by Staff reporter
President John Pombe Magufuli's demise: how Africa was sold a dummy!
The female President of Tanzania: Madame Samia Suluhu Hassan took office with crystal clear aims and objectives: to take drastic steps of combating the Sars-Covid 2 pandemic. She ordered the wearing o...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 21:37hrs | 1054 | by Nomazulu Thata
Birth certificates nightmare for Covid-19 era babies
CHILDREN who were born from March last year to date are reportedly not captured in the national registry as most of them have failed to acquire birth certificates, Sunday News has established....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist, Dongozi, to be honored.
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) divulged plans to honour the late veteran Journalist, rights advocate, environmentalist, friend rolled in one and immediate past secretary-general, Foster Vulin...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | 444 | by Shelton Muchena
Ex-referee killed in crash
PREMIER Soccer League match commissioner, Lovemore Marange, has died. He was involved in a car accident in Harare yesterday. ZIFA board member, Bryton Malandule, said the association the death...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:13hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Let's be responsible during Easter holidays
EASTER holidays afford Christians an opportunity to commemorate the capture, trial, persecution, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.This also is the time when families gather for various a...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Experts warn of third Covid-19 wave after Easter
HEALTH experts have warned of the possibility of an explosion in Covid-19 cases immediately after the Easter holidays if the public fail to comply with lockdown regulations. Easter holidays ar...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Boarders to remain at school due to Easter movement restricted
Boarders will not be allowed to go back home during the Easter holidays and their parents are barred from visiting them at school while traditional church gatherings associated with the period will re...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Obama's step-grandmother dies
Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.Mama Sarah, as the s...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1665 | by AP
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 12055 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
EcoSure beefs up its services, rolls out tents and ablutions as add-ons
HARARE - EcoSure, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's micro-insurance business, has included tents and mobile ablution facilities to its funeral policy holders as the company beefs up its mobile insurance pac...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:29hrs | 620 | by Agencies
Harare woman in trouble for bedding minor
22-YEAR-OLD woman from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, is in trouble for having a sexual relationship with 15-year-old boy after the duo met at a funeral.Martha Gege was arraigned before the courts yest...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
Fears of third wave as complacency sets in
ZIMBABWE could slide into a third Covid-19 wave due to complacency and failure to observe standard safety regulations after the relaxation of lockdown rules, experts have warned as the re-opening of s...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
'More MDC activists flocking to Zanu-PF'
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has claimed that his party is inundated with applications from MDC Alliance members seeking to join the ruling party after realising that the opposition p...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3051 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa throws away face mask at Magufuli's funeral
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his security aides were surrounded by hundreds of mask-less mourners while attending President John Magufuli's funeral in Dodoma, Tanzania, something which is never al...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 4090 | by Staff reporter
How to wreck a political party
One of the issues that MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa raised during his Agenda 2021 address last week were claims that Government was gunning for a one party State in Zimbabwe using some oppositi...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 589 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa in Tanzania for Magufuli memorial service
President Mnangagwa flew to Tanzania yesterday to join other African and world leaders for today's memorial service for former Tanzanian President John Magufuli who died in office of a heart ailment o...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates new Tanzania President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday congratulated new Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan after she was sworn in on Friday following the death of President John Magufuli.President Hassan became ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:27hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
'Broadcasters should speak all national languages'
Reaching 90 years of age on March 15 this year , retired veteran broadcaster and national languages enthusiast Amon Nyamambi, better known on the airwaves as 'uMaqhulayibambe' his grandfather's name, ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 330 | by John Masuku
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2061 | by Obert Gutu
Parents abroad demand that their children do law and medicine
A career is medicine is stressful enough for the doctors who see it as a calling. For those who do it because their parents forced them, it could be critical and indeed it becomes a punishment. Tradit...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:28hrs | 801 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Woman (77) dies, rises thrice before actual death
Imagine being at a funeral wake and the corpse suddenly comes back to life. Visualise the superstition, terror and the chaos. This has been a true-life experience for Sinotsi villagers in Bulilima's W...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
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