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'Matebeleland politicians have let us down'
MATABELELAND human rights and political activists have blasted the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC formations for letting the region down by not fostering development.This came out...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Duo arrested for murder
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men who are alleged to be part of a gang fight of five men in Nkulumane which resulted in the death of one of their victims.Sydney Siyamwi (23) from Nkulum...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands leaders in bruising fist fight
FACTIONAL violence in Zanu-PF has turned physical in the Midlands province, with senior officials exchanging blows in public last weekend in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's troubled citadel.Pre...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Truckers block traffic at Limpopo bridge
COMMERCIAL traffic going into South Africa and Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge border post was yesterday delayed by more than four hours after truck drivers staged a sit-in at the New Limpopo Bridge d...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
High Court bars Madzivanyati from interfering at Esidakeni Farm
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an order barring Dumisani Madzivanyati from interfering with operations at Kelshmar Farms in Nyamandlovu.Siphosami Malunga, who is the son of late nationali...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 21:50hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Only credible, free and fair elections no banditry will lead to lifting of sanctions
Basotho bare "nama kapeletjwa ithuba lepetja", this sums all in northern sotho, Sepedi about the behaviour of the army installed government of Zimbabwe. Many supporters, appendages, bootlicker...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:26hrs | 509 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Man bricked to death
Two drunk men have been arrested for killing a man with a brick.The incident happened in Nkulumane suburb when Recent Mukatawa (26) and his alleged partner-in-crime Sydney Siyamwi (23) pounced...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Bosso supporters to honour Gumede
Highlanders fans have embarked on an initiative to celebrate and honour former chairman and chief executive officer Ndumiso Gumede for rendering 40 years of service to the oldest club in the land....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders one foot in
Highlanders 1 1 Bulawayo CityBULAWAYO Chiefs put up a brave performance to hold Highlanders in a tense Group 2 Chibuku Super Cup tie at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday.Highlanders moved to...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:57hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Nasty factional fights boil in Mnangagwa's backyard
INTENSE inter-factional fights to control President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province Midlands, pitting two rival groups backing State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube and the incumbent chairperson...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's backyard stews in Zanu-PF fights
Zanu-PF factional fights exploded in its leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands home province Monday, with under siege provincial chairman Daniel Mackenzie Ncube issuing a strong warning to h...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A nationalist hero and authoritarian dictator
A group of Robert Gabriel Mugabe admirers, linked to Zanu-PF, has published a profile of Robert Mugabe. They are trying to provide a profile of the late president, combining both the positive and nega...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 335 | by Fay Chung
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: The killer of our dreams
THIS week marks the second anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the first prime minister of an independent Zimbabwe, on April 18, 1980.While we acknowledge the fact that there ar...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:59hrs | 790 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's growing love for rule-by-decree
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been increasingly making use of Statutory Instruments (SI units) during his tenure as head of State. Analysts are describing it as a form of command politics steering ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Brick molders axe neighbour
Two Redcliff brick molders who allegedly axed their neighbor to death in a grudge fight were arrested and appeared at Kwekwe magistrate today....Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 15:08hrs | 996 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Kangai loses $2m defamation suit
FORMER NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai has lost a $2 million defamation lawsuit against his former employer at the High Court.Kangai was jointly and severally suing his former employer, c...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Children of illegal migrants face statelessness
THERE is a growing population of stateless children born to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants in foreign countries, new study reveals.The study, titled Cursed with Statelessness: Consequences of D...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm wrangle turns nasty
IN a move which underlines a further deterioration in the rule of law and property rights under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, Esidakeni Farm manager Makhabane Nkomo was on Thursday evenin...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:25hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
SA businessman arrested in Zimbabwe over presidential solar plant project dispute
A South African businessman was arrested last week on his arrival in Zimbabwe, and now can't leave the country because of a contractual dispute involving $1m (R14.66m) and material for the constructio...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Marvo directors accused of threatening workers
Marvo Stationery company directors Matt Valela and Tswelelo Valela have been accused of resorting to threatening the workers who are demanding their rights. This was revealed by the compa...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 10:30hrs | 1355 | by Stephen Jakes
NUST lecturer in aggressive new push to grab Esidakeni Farm
A National University of Technology (NUST) lecturer on Thursday night attempted a forcible takeover of a disputed farm which is currently the subject of a court battle.Dumisani Madzivanyati an...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Sydney Malunga's son farm shut down...CIO boss fingered
Dumisani Madzivanyati the alleged ZANU PF functionary and runner of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation boss Gatsha Mazithulela has reportedly shut down operations at a farm owned by t...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 12:11hrs | 1946 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AU ambassador stands for the deceased pregnant minor
The African Union (AU) ambassador for ending child marriages Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda challenged authorities to bring man and church leaders who impregnated a 14-year-old girl who died while giving birt...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 11:41hrs | 1284 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Pressure groups demand justice on death of pregnant minor
PRESSURE is mounting on law enforcers to bring to book leaders of a church where a 14-year-old girl died during childbirth last week in Bocha, Marange in Manicaland, sparking public outrage.Th...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:06hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Ernest 'Maphepha' Sibanda 'very much' alive
FORMER Highlanders' chairman and team manager Ernest 'Maphepha' Sibanda has been hospitalised at a private institution in Bulawayo after his sugar levels fluctuated, but his family is optimistic he wi...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:41hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zacc submits 89 dockets for prosecution
HE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 89 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), with a third of the cases being high-profile.Zacc spokesperson John Makamure...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 929 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwean models catwalk for penury
LOCAL model Nomazulu Patience Gumbo has not yet received the prize she was promised two years ago after walking away with the Miss Zuri Africa — Zimbabwe crown at a tightly-contested pageant held at...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 16:37hrs | 227 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 641 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Gwayi-Shangani Dam construction on course
ALL major infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Government will be completed to ensure they improve people's livelihoods, a Cabinet Minister has said.Finance and Economic Development...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:33hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Race for December deadline at Gwayi-Shangani Dam
WORK on the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Hwange district, Matabeleland North has gathered pace with the contractors optimistic that they will meet the December 2021 deadline. The ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Inconsistent funding hampering Gwayi-Shangani dam completion
Inconsistent funding of the Gwayi-Shangani dam in Matabeleland North is hampering its completion, a ZINWA official has said.The project which was awarded to China International Water and Elect...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 1787 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Set aside politics, focus on development: Minister
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs minister Joram Gumbo has urged Zimbabweans to set aside political differences and concentrate on fostering development, especially the construction of schools.Gumbo said t...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:21hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
ZITF deferred to August
Cabinet has postponed the 2021 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) to August following an upsurge in Covid-19 cases.Speaking during a tour of Vulindlela Primary School in Cowdray Park, Mi...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | 447 | by Staff Reporter
Decomposing body found floating
An unidentified decomposing male body was found floating in an open shaft in Mt Darwin last week.The body was found by Raymond Zongoror...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 18:03hrs | 2256 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police shooting victim case rages
THE family of Abel Gumbo, who was gunned down by police at Lutumba in Beitbridge on May 27 this year, has formally complained to the law enforcement agency saying they believed that he was murdered....Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede's footprints remain forever
HE is a revered administrator, an icon in football administration and a larger-than-life character who commands a lot of respect even outside football structures, yet he has no league title medal....Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2980 | by Staff Reporter
Police shooting fatal case in bizarre twist
SOME Beitbridge police officers believed to have shot and killed a local man, allegedly approached a traditional healer in the border seeking to be cleansed against avenging spirits, the deceased's fa...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2848 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Grace Mugabe grabbed US$1 million stands and gave to relatives, court told
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe forced a housing cooperative to allocate her sister Shuvai Gumbochuma and relative Farai Mashonganyika two upmarket stands with a combined value of US$900,000, a court h...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in fresh land row
FORMER First Lady, Grace Mugabe is being accused of grabbing two Harare residential stands belonging to Rumbidzai Ankomah (nee Mzembi) and Xavier Mzembi which she gave to her relatives.The Mze...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
Most wanted serial armed robber arrested
Another wanted serial armed robber, Alouis Nyamadzawo who has been on the police's most wanted list for committing a spate of armed robbery cases after being released on bail pending appeal in 2019, h...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Bosso class of 98 honours Maphepha
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni has described the legendary Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda, who won Premier Soccer League titles as a manager and chairman of Highlanders an administrator par-excellence, whose...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Anger over police killing
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man, who was shot and killed by a member of the security forces on an operation in the border town, say he was not a robber as police claimed, but just a mere tout at a bus t...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2134 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left shell shocked by ED's achievements
The policies and programs of Zimbabwean government under ZANU PF wield enormous influence on National development progress and the ultimate goal towards 2030 vision. Despite the little manoeuvring spa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 18:16hrs | 3450 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Honouring Mbuya Nehanda was a coup for Mnangagwa
We, from the Zipra side of the Zimbabwe nationalist movement, do not agree with President Ammerson Mnangagwa on many issues, but on the issue of honouring Mbuya Nehanda, reclaiming our history and rew...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 2027 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Bosso start Cup defence with victory
Bulawayo Chiefs 0 1 HighlandersIT wasn't the best of performances but holders Highlanders got their defence of the Chibuku Super Cup with a slender victory against Bulawayo Chiefs in a Group...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
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