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Mliswa pushes for education recquirement for MPs
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has vowed to push for a law that will require who stand as Members of Parliament possess a minimum academic qualification. This followed after MPs were s...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 14:31hrs | 2159 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matemadanda gunning for Mutsvangwa's position?
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans' Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda says the association's chairman, Chris Mutsvangwa, should stop dragging his name into his fights to do with ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 2366 | by Staff reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions divide Mnangagwa's new dispensation
The sanctions must go mantra has sharply divided the Emmerson Mnangagwa led New dispensation. A twar between ZANU PF Gokwe Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor justice wadyajena AND THE Ministry of I...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:40hrs | 5274 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Killer' gold panners granted bail
THREE of the 11 illegal gold panners who allegedly ganged up and killed a rival in a mine claim conflict in Vhovha area of Colleen Bawn in Gwanda, have been granted $100 bail each pending trial by the...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in Matebeleland plan to meet Mnangagwa over gold wars
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South have said the escalating gold wars that have claimed a number of lives in Esigodini threaten national peace and should be treated as a State of Emergency. ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's blow hits many
The blow that hit disqualified Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) aspiring presidential candidate Felton Kamambo has also struck many of those who have been fighting for the removal of Zifa presiden...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | 2423 | by Michael Kariati
Mnangagwa allies in nasty fight
The fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Justice Mayor Wadyajena got nasty last week after the business mogul accused the youthful Zanu-PF legislator of being an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:14hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Councillors demand cars
RURAL and urban councillors in the Midlands province are demanding motor vehicles and an upward review of their allowances when they travel away from their stations on business to align their working ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo men arrested for murder
TWO men from Bulawayo who allegedly fatally stabbed a man in Gokwe following a row over a woman, were dramatically arrested in a bus hours later. Kudzai Magumura (41) of Magumura village under...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally drags fuel mogul to court
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's protégé and fuel mogul, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has been slapped with a $3,6 million lawsuit for illegally using fuel trucks belonging to the President's ally, Justice Ma...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 7610 | by Staff reporter
Missing cop found dead
A POLICE officer stationed at Tsholotsho who reportedly went missing last month was found dead in Gweru, with an inyanga who had lured him alleged to have killed him. Constable Edmond Sibanda ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 2407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks $40m to compensate white farmers
THE Lands and Agriculture ministry has submitted a $40 million bid in the 2019 National Budget to compensate white former commercial farmers, with the government promising to pay half of the amount, P...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:53hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma found with missing cop's belongings
AN INYANGA from Gokwe has been arrested after he was found in possession of a missing police officer's belongings.Constable Edmond Sibanda who is stationed at Tsholotsho Police Station reporte...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
No salary increase for Zimbabwe teachers
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has ruled out the possibility of teachers getting a salary hike as government was not in a position to meet that demand, due to stretched resources...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Hookers descend on Beitbridge
COMMERCIAL sex workers have descended on Nottingham and Bishopstone citrus farms in Beitbridge district where they are targeting seasonal farm workers earning foreign currency, thereby fuelling an inc...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Fuel station fined
SPITEFUL Investments, a company that operates a fuel station in Gokwe, has been fined $400 after its diesel failed to meet minimum regulations as required by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority....Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:39hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
'Punish illegal forex dealers' argue Zanu-PF - itself illegitimate. Focus on the hyena, not the tick.
ZANU-PF's Secretary and deputy minister for Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda, said money from forex dealers should be forfeited to the State and Government should come up with a law that e...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 18:02hrs | 2938 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Witchcraft: Girl pops out thorns from leg
Tales of witchcraft abound in Zimbabwe but some are so bizarre.A 10 year old girl from Nembudziya in Gokwe is afflicted with a mysterious condition that saw her mother trekking to Harare to fi...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 21:47hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
Machete murder suspect denied bail
A 43-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing another man at the Kwekwe commuter omnibus rank on September 26 alongside six others who are still at large, has been denied bail by a local magistrate.Jef...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty
ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encouraging them to dream and aspire to be whoever they w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 109 | by Linda Masarira
Zupco buses in head on collision
TWENTY six people were injured when two Zupco buses were involved in a head-on collision at the 91KM peg along the Binga-Cross Dete Road. The injured were rushed to Binga District Hospital whe...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:17hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Moyo is Mnangagwa's new acid test
Back in the days, every old, frail and ugly country woman was believed to be a witch. It didn't matter if, indeed, she was. Her looks and age naturally turned her into that ogre that drank our blood a...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 10878 | by Tawanda Majoni
Gwanda tribal clashes, Gukurahundi commission speaks out
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has expressed concern over continued reports of violent clashes in the artisanal mining sector in Matabeleland South Province amid revelat...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2406 | by Staff reporter
Biti to chair Parly's Public Accounts Committee
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti will chair Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, while his Norton counterpart Temba Mliswa will head the committee on mines, Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudend...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 13438 | by Compol HRA
Tsikamutanda dies after snake overpowers him during exorcism
A CLEANSING ceremony turned horribly wrong when a self-proclaimed witch-hunter commonly known as a tsikamutanda died when he allegedly ran out of magical powers leading him to being bitten by a "posse...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 2630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate International day of the Girl Child
2018 Theme: With Her: A skilled Girl Force Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate the International day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1.1 ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:09hrs | 237 | by Linda T. Masarira
'Chamisa is a son of a Rhodesian African Rifles soldier'
Zanu-PF secretary for War Veterans and Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda has rubbished claims by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa that he is "enjoying alone" while f...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | 6443 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Masendeke nabbed for murder
EDWARD Masendeke, who has been on the run since 2013 in connection with a murder case committed at a bar in Mbizo in Kwekwe has been arrested.Masendeke (40) was arrested by police detectives a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants CIO minister dropped
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rescind his decision to appoint Zanu-PF Gokwe-Kana MP Owen Ncube as Minister of State for National Security.In a stat...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:55hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies launches inaugural promotion dubbed 'Big Birthday'
ZIMBABWE'S fastest growing retail firm, Choppies Supermarkets, has launched its inaugural promotion dubbed Big Birthday Promotion, in which various prizes, including cash amounting to $15 000, are goi...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:52hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube ‘shoots & kills' rival in gold war
BARON Dube, a prominent gold baron from Esigodini in Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a rival panner in escalating gold wars. Dube who is from Habane sub...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is not the president of MDC, court told
AN MDC official has petitioned the High Court seeking an order declaring that Nelson Chamisa is not the acting president or president of the opposition party.In his founding affidavit filed al...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:25hrs | 3592 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC presidency challenged
An MDC official has petitioned the High Court seeking an order declaring that Nelson Chamisa is not the acting president or president of the opposition party. In his founding affidavit filed a...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 9927 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths running extortion scam
REDCLIFF mayor Clayton Masiyatsva has accused Zanu-PF youths in the town of frustrating council operations by extorting and victimising informal traders after the MDC Alliance swept all the seats from...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Prayers for Sibusiso Moyo
Justice Mayor Wadyajena, Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator representing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF has send out prayers to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sibusiso Moyo who is currently battlin...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 08:44hrs | 8262 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma vanishes after patient's death
A 20-year-old woman from Crispen Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe, died after allegedly drinking a concoction she got from a traditional healer, which was meant to cure her barrenness.Atalia...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 23:38hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies in bid to cure infertility
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman from Gokwe died last week after she reportedly drank a concoction administered by a traditional healer in a bid to cure her barrenness.Midlands provincial police spokespers...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:11hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma's concoction kills woman
Police are hunting for a traditional healer whose concoction allegedly killed a married woman who had sought assistance to make a baby.Sekuru Sigauke who gave a client some medical concoctions...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:20hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 5677 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe-Siabuwa Road rehabilitation begins
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has started work to rehabilitate Gokwe-Siabuwa Road. The rehabilitation work, which includes bush clearing and resealing, is expected ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Education system poised for major overhaul
As the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education our objective is to take Zimbabwean education to the 21st century and there has to be an educational transformation and full implementation of the co...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 2177 | by Prof Paul Mavima
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cholera tests negative
LABORATORY tests have ruled out cholera in 10 of the 12 people from Bulawayo who had been admitted to hospital on fears that they had contracted the disease. Bulawayo City Council director of ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Four independent power producers approach Zera for licences
Four Independent Power Producers (IPP) have approached the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority seeking independent licenses to venture into electricity generation. The energy regulatory autho...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa side-lines Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent cabinet and party appointments featured curious inclusions and exclusions.After taking over power late last year following a military backed intervention ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:35hrs | 16300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs challenged to forego cars
ZANU-PF MPs have called on colleagues in Parliament to forgo their perks including top-of-the-range vehicles worth over $20m that government is set to buy them and channel the resources towards combat...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:31hrs | 3421 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally wants vendors cleared from streets
NEWLY appointed Midlands Minister of State, Larry Mavhima has implored all local authorities in the province to clear all illegal vegetable and fruit vendors in central business districts (CBDs)...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aunt buried
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's aunt, Gogo Deliwe Mpofu - nee - Mnangagwa, who died on Friday, has been buried today at her homestead in Mapanzure Village.Gogo Mpofu died after a short illness ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:25hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
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