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Man mauled by crocodiles
A SILOBELA man was reportedly mauled to death by crocodiles while fishing along the Gweru River. Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko could not be reached for comment but Sil...Published: 14 hrs ago | 804 | by Staff reporter
Biti's pessimism over RBZ forex auction defied by listed companies
LISTED companies reporting their latest financials have effectively defied claims made by former finance minister, Tendai Biti the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign exchange auction system was a rigged...Published: 14 hrs ago | 639 | by Staff reporter
7 robbers pounce on Gweru family
Seven unidentified men pounced on a Gweru family where they robbed and rapped two females yesterday in Gweru.Jabulani Matsveru (51) was seated with her daughter Dephane Matsveru (18 ) and her ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4017 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mavima bullies Smeĺly, vows to send her to jail
Midlands Provincial Minister, Larry Mavima has come under fire from women groups for allegedly openly boasting causing recent arrest of Gweru busine...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 3136 | by Paul Ndou
Court shoots down Mnangagwa road renaming
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re¬name Bulawayo city roads in his name has hit a snag after a High Court judge blocked the move.Last year, Local Government minister July Moyo ordered t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2051 | by Staff Reporter
Woman rips hubby's scrotum
IN a shocking incident of domestic violence, a Bulawayo woman allegedly ‘severed' her estranged husband's scrotum and penis with her nails apparently in anger after she was reportedly served with a ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 2559 | by Staff reporter
Gweru introduces electronic parking system
GWeRU City Council, in partnership with City Parking (Pvt) Limited, has rolled out an automated pre-paid parking system to replace the manual system that has long been condemned by motorists as open t...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:47hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Residents should only pay for services provided
IN an article https://www.herald.co.zw/ councils-shoulder-blame-for-poor-service-delivery/ on November 15, 2019, Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe president and Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe was quo...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 132 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
ZTN ready to hit screens
ZIMPAPERS Television Network (ZTN) which was last year awarded a broadcasting licence along with other five stations, has welcomed yesterday's digital switch-over and is ready to roll out programming....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
6 recalled MPs bounce back
THE High Court yesterday threw a lifeline at former Harare East MP Tendai Biti and five other legislators after ruling that their recent recall was illegal since the man who initiated it, Benjamin Ruk...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | 3203 | by Staff reporter
'Gweru still has pole and dagga classrooms'
CLASSROOM blocks in resettlement areas in Gweru district, built from pole and dagga, are prone to climate change-related disasters posing safety risks to schoolchildren, a government official has said...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands breaks COVID-19 rules
Zanu-PF senior officials have continued to defy COVID-19 regulations after over 300 party members gathered for a district meeting in Gweru last Thursday, where they were celebrating the alleged defect...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Caps United eye new Nyoni deal
HARARE football giants Caps United are battling to tie down pacey Chapungu winger Ian Nyoni to a new loan deal after the initial arrangement ran out last year.The Green Machine signed Nyoni on...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Caps United make new signing
AFTER losing Wallace Magalane to FC Platinum, Caps United have pinned down rookie goalkeeper Spencer Ngwerume. Magalane returned to FC Platinum early this year following the reappointment of N...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Couple jailed 15 years for rape
A Zvishavane couple, who connived to rape a nineyear-old girl, was yesterday jailed to an effective 15 years after being jointly convicted of rape.Benson Moyo (26) and wife Tafadzwa Moyo, whos...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Former MP's family narrates armed robbery ordeal
A gang of about five robbers armed with machetes, axes, iron bars and knobkerries allegedly pounced on former Mbizo legislator, Vongaiishe Mupereri's house in Golden Acres in Kwekwe where they got awa...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Crocodiles wreak havoc in Silobela
VILLAGERS in Donsa area, Silobela, are living in fear of crocodiles along Gweru River that are killing people and livestock since the beginning of the rain season last year.Ward 29 councillor ...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:58hrs | 1210 | 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 | 336 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Gweru women turn grass into money
WOMEN from the Midlands capital are earning a living from selling grass to thatchers while conserving the environment through minimising the spread of veld fires.The women sell a bundle of tha...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Power outage hits southern region again
THE southern parts of Zimbabwe including, Beitbridge and the entire Mwenezi district, have been hit by a serious power outage following a fault on the 132kV main supply line between the Lowveld and th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
COVID:19: Bars, beerhalls to lose licences
GOVERNMENT has threatened to cancel liquor licences for beerhalls, bars and nightclubs found in violation of the CoVID-19 lockdown regulations.Under the current CoVID-19 regulations, bars, nig...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube granted bail
River Valley chief executive Smelly Dube, who is facing charges of fraud and alternatively conspiracy to criminal abuse of duty by a public officer was granted $100 000 bail by the High Court. ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Used car import rules clarified
Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old from the date of manufacture on the day they enter Zimbabwe on or after April 2 are no longer automatic and now need specific import licences for...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF commandeered touts, makorokoza to pose as MDC Alliance defectors'
MDC ALLIANCE in Midlands has accused Zanu-PF of mobilising touts and artisanal miners commonly known as makorokoza to pose as genuine opposition party members who were defecting to the governing party...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders more than a football entity
HIGHLANDERS FC is more than a football entity. It is life and everything to some and leaving Bosso in 1976 would have seen club legend Douglas Mloyi disowned by his own family. The decision no...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Ngoni Kudenga rejected by CSC creditors
CREDITORS of the defunct Cold Storage Company have voted Mr Vonani Majoko of Majoko and Majoko Legal Practitioners as the new interim corporate rescue practitioner for the country's meat processor and...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents get home ownership
AT least 198 families in Gweru's oldest suburb, Mtapa, will become home owners after the Gweru City Council agreed to give them ownership of the properties.This comes after several years of lo...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
5 smuggled haulage trucks forfeited
A TRUCKING company had five of its haulage trucks smuggled into the country seized by the State after the High Court ruled they were tainted property, in a civil-judicial forfeiture case. ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot rates boycott
GWERU residents have threatened to boycott paying rates after council on Monday shot down their request to have the rates slashed by 50%, the Southern Eye has learnt.Early this month, resident...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Prophet sets up recording studio
GWERU-BORN self-proclaimed prophet, Gerry King, who once worked with the Joyous Celebration music outfit, has set up a recording studio in an effort to uplift up-and-coming artistes.The King M...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Govt has no money to fund commissions
GOVERNMENT has blamed budgetary constraints for its failure to fund independent commissions to carry out their constitutional obligations since they were established eight years ago.The Consti...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:29hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
MP turns club house into clinic
A DILAPIDATED Pfende Club House in Gweru city's ward 2 has been turned into a clinic, easing the burden on people from the area who used to walk a long distance to Whawha Prison Clinic to access healt...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:28hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panners unleash reign of terror in Mat South, Mberengwa
GOLD panners have unleashed a reign of terror in Malungwane Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South attacking villagers with axes, machetes and knobkerries. The development has seen...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:09hrs | 833 | by Lovemore Dube
Gweru hires private firms to fix streetlights, water infrastructure
GWERU City Council, which has over the years been struggling to repair streetlights and replace obsolete water equipment, has invited private players to rehabilitate the infrastructure.Acting ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:26hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Chirumanzi DDC faces suspension over food inputs
District Development Coordinator (DDC) for Chirumanzi Vafias Hlabati was suspended from his duties over alleged abuse of government food aid and inputs yesterday.He is alleged to have diverted...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:12hrs | 566 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
WHO clears controversy surrounding Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has cleared the controversy surrounding the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, saying countries were free to import the drug and administer it.Sinopharm h...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 2444 | 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 | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Massive power outage hits Zimbabwe
A CRIPPLING power outage has hit the eastern, western and southern regions of Zimbabwe following a fault on the 330kV powerline between Gweru and Mashava.This has affected several cities and t...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
Lobola row murderer challenges sentence
AN illegal gold panner who was in 2018 sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his wife 27 times following a row with his in-laws over payment of lobola, has approached the Supreme Court challenging h...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Gweru housing director granted $20,000 bail
GWERU City Council's director of housing services Shingirayi Tigere, who is being accused of selling a residential stand to mayor Josiah Makombe without government approval, was last Friday granted $2...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?
In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am a...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | 1380 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MSU medical school launches stroke unit
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has joined hands with the Partnership for Education Training and Research Advancement (PETRA) to launch a stroke unit at the Gweru Provincial Hospital.The p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
'Can Mnangagwa declare a war against potholes' - Mzembi
Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with potholes which are now a menace in the country's various roads.Mzembi said it takes the leadershi...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 15:22hrs | 2839 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bigwigs risk losing properties worth US$4m
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating a plethora of cases involving executives at several urban local authorities, who are accused of corruptly acquiring properties worth as ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:47hrs | 1888 | by Staff reporter
Catching up with Lovemore Majaivana
IT was quite refreshing to be able to speak to Lovemore Majaivana again after 13 years. False rumours had begun to do the rounds that he was dead.In 2008, we boarded the same flight from Harar...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:32hrs | 1660 | by Fred Zindi
'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 | 323 | 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 | 2058 | by Obert Gutu
Zanu-PF replaces dead legislators
Zanu-PF has moved to replace legislators who died recently due to different ailments, including the COVID-19 pandemic, with newly-appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Fredrick Sh...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Biti says recalls meant to stymie his probe into 'Sakunda corruption'
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) asked Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda Wednesday to expel MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators who are former members of the opposi...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
NRZ breaks new ground
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) engineers have designed and manufactured a load bank, a critical piece of equipment used in workshops to test locomotives.In a statement yesterday, NRZ ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:33hrs | 2617 | by Staff reporter
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