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MDC, Zanu-PF MPs get Chinese vaccine jab
RESTLESS MPs, who have been clamouring to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic, finally got inoculated Wednesday at the Parliament Building in Harare.Most of the MPs who were vaccinate...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Govt directive haunts prospective Form 1 boarders
GOVERNMENT'S recent directive ordering boarding schools to cut down on their enrolment to reduce congestion in light of the COVID-19 outbreak has backfired, with Form 1 pupils now struggling to secure...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of cattle die under new wave of January disease
A new wave of theileriosis also known as January disease is killing hundreds of cattle in Masvingo Province, leaving many farmers with nothing, a survey by The Mirror has shown.Provincia...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Female panner dies in shaft
A female gold panner from Guyu in Matabeleland South Province died on the spot while her colleague escaped unharmed when a shaft they were working in at the bank of Mlalakgomo River collapsed, trappin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 736 | by Victor Bhoroma
January disease wreaks havoc in Mashonaland West
FARMERS in Mashonaland West province reportedly lost over 1 000 cattle last month due to an outbreak of Theileriosis also known as the January disease, NewsDay reported.Chief director of lives...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:27hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
US-based Zimbabwean actor lends role in new movie
LOS ANGELES-BASED Zimbabwean actor Rick Cosnett says he has landed a role in the forthcoming movie titled Go To The Moon which will start filming next month.Cosnett is popularly known for his ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:10hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
UK exposes MDC Alliance violent streak
MDC-Alliance's violence and terror tendencies that have now found space on social media platforms have yet again hogged the limelight after a party activist with close links to the party leader Mr Nel...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF syndicates in new illegal gold panning
ZANU-PF and police syndicates have taken over mining at the gold-rich Wondedzo Hill in Masvingo North, 23 kilometres from Zimbabwe's oldest town, after sealing it off and clearing thousands of miners ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:20hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
3 Chegutu dams burst walls
AT LEAST five goats were swept away and an unknown number of hectares of crops were destroyed after three dams near Pickstone Mine in Chegutu burst their walls on Wednesday.The dams, Farnam, M...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:31hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Storms wreck nearly 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe
NEARLY 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe were destroyed by cyclones Chalane and Eloise, which swept across parts of the country over the past few weeks.This comes as the UN International Organisation o...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:51hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
5 illegal miners trapped in Chegutu
Five illegal miners were trapped at Elvington Mine near Chegutu around 4am yesterday after a shaft they were working on collapsed. Mashonaland West Development Coordinator and Civil Protection...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC mourns Chief Mashayamombe and Chief Marozva
On behalf of the MDC-T party and indeed on my own behalf I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the President of the Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira, the Mudhe family, Chiketa family,...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 15:58hrs | 1616 | by Douglas T Mwonzora
Floods undercut Midlands highway
THE Shurugwi-Mhandamabwe Highway is set to be closed to traffic after flooding undercut part of the road at the Musavedzi River bridge leaving it hanging precariously - posing danger to humans and veh...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Majority of Zimbabwe returnees' illegal immigrants UN agency
EIGHTY percent of returnees into the country during the current Covid-19 health crisis came back from South Africa with the majority of them constituting citizens without travel documents, Sunday Sout...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:35hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadres eulogise SB Moyo
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Major-General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso Moyo (SB), was yesterday described as a brave and intelligent soldier whose military prowess both during and after the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 denial rife in Bulawayo
FEAR of losing loved ones is the only force that could motivate Bulawayo residents to change their behaviour and follow Covid-19 prevention measures. Over 27 000 people have contracted Covid-1...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin-nurse relives prison nightmare
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick st...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | 2784 | by Staff Reporter
Heavy rains leave farmers concerned
Farmers' organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have potential to ruin crops. Most parts of Mashonaland Cent...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
School bullying mirrors broken society
A FEW days ago, a video of Waddilove High School pupils beating a fellow pupil for not wearing a mask caused an uproar on social media.It was heartbreaking for many parents and guardians to wa...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:04hrs | 464 | by Phyllis Mbanje
War vets mourn veteran nationalist Mudzi
Liberation war fighters yesterday mourned Mukudzei Mudzi (94)who died on Saturday, describing him as a militant patriot committed to the freedom of the country. This comes as Masvingo Province...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave Zimbabwe farmers concerned
FARMER'S organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have the potential of ruin their crops.Most parts of Mashona...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Landela buying spree raises stink
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa marked his triumphal entry into the citadel of power in 2017 by declaring that he would open the country up for business, thus promising a departure from the ruinous polic...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 885 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zanu-PF's 5 million votes achievable, claims Shakespeare Maya
Former National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG) president, Dr Shakespeare Maya, who rejoined Zanu-PF in 2018 and was recently elected Chegutu District Coordinating Committee (DCC) secretary for sc...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has 'nowhere to take his problems to' claims Matemadanda
THE ruling Zanu-PF says Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance "made their bed and must now lie in it" - after they allegedly "repeatedly spurned the hand of friendship" extended to them by President Emm...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:55hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora should promptly engage the ruling Zanu PF'
HOPE is high that Zimbabwe's much-talked about national dialogue could finally start in earnest this year, following recent political developments and hints to this effect by both President Emmerson M...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Trump likened to Zimbabwe's Chamisa
Political analyst Mr Goodson Nguni likened President Trump to MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who declared before the 2018 elections that he would not recognise the election result if he did no...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Worthwhile Mugabe buried
Worthwhile Mugabe who died on New Year's and was laid to rest at Umvutsha Park Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday.Mugabe succumbed to Covid-19, two days short of his 53rd birthday at the prestigio...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
High school pupils jailed 3 months for bullying
Three pupils from Mutero High School in Gutu have been given three months wholly suspended jail sentences for bullying.The three, Stewart Mazuru (20), Tapiwa Gijima (18) and a minor (17) appea...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits Beitbridge
TWO doctors, several nurses and other staff at Beitbridge District Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 as the pandemic hit the border town.Eighteen students from Mukaro Mission in Gutu ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
US admits Zimbabwe regime change plot
THE United States has unwittingly admitted its hidden hand in regime change efforts in Zimbabwe after its Congress expressed frustrations on continued financial support to political activities, saying...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, strong winds expected in the next few hours
The Meteorological Services Department has advised that the Tropical Depression Chalane which made landfall north of Beira in early hours of today and started moving westward towards Zimbabwe, has red...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:53hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Parliament supports ban of mercury use in mining
PARLIAMENT has moved to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury, with legislators taking turns to condemn the use of the highly toxic element in gold extraction because of the serious environmental ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 109 | by Nigel
Legal route only reprieve for Khupe, says Gutu
AS the battle for control of the country's major opposition the MDC-T, rages on, the party's former spokesperson and legal expert Mr Obert Gutu has said only a court of law can reverse the outcome of ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wins the mantra for a bad loser
In a bizarre move characteristic of child play.Thokozani Khupe becomes referee in a contest where she is a player. While the practices of the MDC(s) provide Zimbabwe with a comedy to cheer the nation ...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 14:33hrs | 3136 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Rugeje, Makwarimba factions violent'
Zanu PF politburo member Jorum Gumbo, who was in charge of Masvingo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections held on December 05 - 06, has said a faction allegedly fronted by senior party membe...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Chitando kicked out from hearing
MINES minister Winston Chitando was yesterday kicked out of Parliament by angry MPs after he came late to give oral evidence.Chitando had been invited to appear before the Edmond Mkaratigwa-le...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over social media
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered disgruntled party members to stop taking out their anger over the just ended district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to the media.Zanu-PF held...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
Govt's shoddy road-job exposed by torrent rainfall
A Government project to tar the 57 km Gutu-Buhera Road has been shambolic. To start with the site engineer was suspended one-year into the project after he allegedly abused millions of dollars' worth ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:51hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalist Gutu confusing COVID-19 correlation with causality
"Correlation is not causality", this one of the basic principles of logical thinking. This concept is introduced in any philosophy, statistics or law program that is worth its salt. Obert Gutu, an acc...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1468 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Mnangagwa tightens grip on Masvingo
While the just concluded DCC elections could have dealt a body blow to unity in the ruling Zanu-PF party, in Masvingo Province President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his power grip as all those wh...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:18hrs | 2124 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF infighting exposed
THE chaos that characterised Zanu-PF polls has revealed that the ruling party is still struggling for cohesion three years after its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was toppled in a coup, analysts have ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Mine accidents: MPs grill Chitando
MINES minister Winston Chitando on Wednesday came under fire from legislators demanding answers on what his ministry was doing to prevent fatal mine accidents.Legislators from the Parliamentar...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:58hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wields axe on Chamisa's 3 mayors
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has recalled the mayors of Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura and several councillors for refusing to cross over to her party after they continued to align themselves to the...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Khupe used by Zanu PF to destroy opposition, says rival
EXPELLED MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe has described recent re-calls on MDC Alliance councillors by the Thokozani Khupe led party as a Zanu PF strategy to decimate the opposition party, ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Khupe expels mayor, 7 councillors
The MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has expelled MDC-A Chinhoyi Mayor, Councillor Dyke Makumbi (Ward 12), four Chinhoyi and three Chegutu councillors as the feud within the opposition party continues ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa bans WhatsApp
THE MDC-Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has barred its members from discussing party matters on social media platforms. Political analysts who spoke to The Herald described the decision by M...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:45hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu hospital in sorry state
A freak accident near Mupfure River on Sunday in which two people died has exposed the shocking condition at Chegutu District Hospital with reports that survivors were left in pain and bleeding as the...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:30hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks govt's pfumvudza programme
GOVERNMENT'S input scheme, pfumvudza has brought its own package of rights violations in the country's provinces with the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) claiming the process was being managed along part...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in mine mishap
Three miners died last week at Kunyu Mine in Mudzi after they were crushed by two ore wagons which fell into a shaft. Two of the victims died on the spot, while the other died on admission to ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
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