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Hwange angle for Chicken Inn
RELEGATION threatened Hwange FC on Wednesday opted to set up a temporary base in Bulawayo instead of travelling back to the coal-mining town after their 0-0 draw with Bulawayo Chiefs, to save energy f...Published: 10 hrs ago | 440 | by Staff Reporter
Massive road trip for Bosso fans
HIGHLANDERS' fans are planning a massive road show to Zvishavane on Saturday for Bosso's penultimate out of Bulawayo trip of the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, where they face champio...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smugglers flee to Botswana
THE District Development Fund (DDF) yesterday launched the free tillage programme targeting small holder farmers in Lower Gweru. Addressing villagers while officially launching the programme, ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:16hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff eyes new CBD
Redcliff Municipality, which is eyeing city status by 2030, is in the process of preparing a development master plan that will see the establishment of a new Central Business District at the Redcliff ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
MDC speaks on Mnangagwa's legitimacy
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has maintained that it does not recognise ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as President of the country because he lost the elections to Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 11:00hrs | 4540 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa is Illegitimate, Period! - MDC
The MDC and indeed our President's stance remains very clear and unequivocal ... ED is illegitimate Period.It remains our considered view as the people's party that Zimbabwe still does not hav...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1870 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC Spokesperson
Mwonzora bullied in front of Chamisa
THINGS took a turn for the worse in the warring MDC on Tuesday when party hooligans stormed a meeting that was being chaired by its leader Nelson Chamisa, threatening to deal with former secretary-gen...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 8236 | by Staff reporter
Man drown while imitating members of the police sub-aqua unit
A 28-year-old man drowned in Mtshabezi Dam in Gweru as he imitated members of the police sub-aqua unit who were retrieving a body from the water source. Midlands Provincial spokesperson ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:35hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Business Executives can change the political fortunes
Now that the President of Zimbabwe has reshuffled the cabinet. There is a lot of hullabaloo who should have been included, but the truth of the matter is, he can only choose and work with the crop of ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1074 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Technical fault plunges Zimbabwe into darkness
Eastern Zimbabwe lost electric power for almost three hours from 1am yesterday when a regional interconnector tripped and stopped generation at Kariba South Power Station. Consumers in Harare,...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:35hrs | 9989 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gweru town clerk salary perks exposed
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza drew over $100 000 in gross salary and led a luxurious lifestyle paid for by ratepayers until her suspension by mayor Josiah Makombe last month, investi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Gweru forex dealer acquitted
A 35-YEAR-OLD Gweru man was last week acquitted on charges of illegally dealing in foreign currency.Paradzanai Hamanu of Mkoba 11 appeared before magistrate Edwin Marecha facing a charge of il...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Is there any difference between Zanu Pf and MDC Alliance ?
MDC became a formidable opposition party because there was no major political party to challenge Zanu Pf .Their grand entrance into the political arena was witnessed in their first participation in Pa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:36hrs | 1046 | by AT Kadada
Police ban MDC rally
Police yesterday banned an MDC rally that was set to be held in Mabvuku, Harare, resulting in the opposition party vowing not to notify the law enforcement agency of future activities. This is...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:49hrs | 3817 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks Chamisa MDC
The divisions that have been ripping apart the MDC since its much-respected founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai died from colon cancer in February last year are showing no signs of letting up. T...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2303 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province rocked by fresh chaos
Meanwhile, MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has been rocked by fresh chaos over the co-option of some members into the provincial executive. The resolution to co-opt members into the province wa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Zambia ready to support Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Small-Scale Miners Association of Zambia (SSMAZ), which will see the two countries sharing experiences on the sma...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's knives out for Mwonzora
AN MDC National Executive Council meeting on Saturday was almost disrupted by skirmishes allegedly planned by former secretary general Douglas Mwonzora in the Central Business District with three peop...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 4524 | by newzimbabwe
SA miner to sink US$1m in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African mining company, Ingeli Minerals has made an initial investment of R10 million in alluvial gold mining in Shamva and the investment is expected to be scaled up to US$1 million, Sunday Bus...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a rebel: Cde Chipoyera
In a riveting account never before made public, Parker Chipoyera (PC) opens up on events leading to the arrest of the ZIPA leadership and how he ended up in captivity with his fellow comrades. ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya escapes fatal crash
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Ms Henrieta Rushwaya was involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe on her way from the organisation's Annual General Meeting in Gweru last night. O...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to block white looters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday said government was not going to allow white foreigners to continue looting the country's mineral resources.He was addressing delegates to a Zimbabwe Min...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalise gold possession: Miners
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has called on government to re-align mining laws to decriminalise the possession of gold to increase production by artisanal miners.Spea...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in MDC Alliance over congress losers
MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has been rocked by fresh chaos over the incorporation of some members into the provincial executive. The resolution to incorporate members into the province was ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa a dictator in the making?
Dictators are not born but created by 'we the people' due to political, economic, and social conditions obtaining in a country. In dire economic and political situations, 'we the people' are desperate...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 22:09hrs | 2576 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Arrest violent 'MaShurugwi' - Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the arrest of notorious gold panners infamously known as MaShurugwi. The gold panners with reported links to Mnangagwa himself and State security min...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 18:19hrs | 6413 | by Staff Reporter
Teacher arrested for canning pupils on privates
A deputy headmaster at Lower Gweru Mission School has been arrested after he allegedly beat two boys on their privates, accusing them of being involved in love affairs with girls at the school. ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:32hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
WANTED: Candidates who wish to train as Environmental Health Technicians
Applications are invited from candidates who wish to train as Environmental Health Technicians with the Ministry of Health and Child Care. QUALIFICATIONS 1. Five (5) Ordinary Lev...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:35hrs | 4050 | by Staff reporter
Soldier guns down wife, kills self
A soldier reportedly shot and killed his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before killing himself by the same gun following a misunderstanding at their home in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, ea...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies in fresh push to expel Mwonzora from MDC
AS DIVISIONS continue to ravage the MDC over how to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, as well as its simmering leadership tussles, former party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says h...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:04hrs | 5408 | by Staff reporter
Walter Mzembi 'A deferred potential Presidential aspirant'
Global Institute of Policy Analysis and Research - A local Think Tank predicts Walter Mzembi as one of the key front runners and potential deferred presidential aspirant in the near future.Wel...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 08:20hrs | 3791 | by T Muzambhindo
'Corruption biggest economic sanction in Zimbabwe'
A TOP economist has said corruption was the biggest economic sanction obstructing the country's development and urged government to introspect on its commitment to tackling graft.Senior resear...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk suspension challenge flops
GWERU town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza's bid to challenge her suspension has hit a snag after an independent tribunal, led by Melusi Moyo of Dube-Banda Nzarayapenga legal practitioners, dismissed the a...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:58hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address ZMF AGM
THE role small-scale miners are playing in contributing to the country's target of achieving the US$12 billion mining industry in the next three years is set to come under the spotlight when the Zimba...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Springboks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated South Africa for winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan yesterday. The Springboks lifted the Webb Ellis Cup with a 32-12 triumph over England ...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players motivate pupils
FORMER Gifford High School pupils and now Highlanders players, Bukhosi Sibanda and Munyaradzi Chitambwe, were the toast of the day after giving motivational speeches at the school as part of an initia...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:56hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions conundrum
The USA first enacted ZIDERA in 2001 as a response to gross human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, violent grab of white owned farms, violent crackdown on opposition and dissent, costly deployme...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 995 | by Terrence Wuragu
Chamisa's MDC abolishes its structures
THE MDC Bulawayo province has begun a process of dismantling its ward and district executive committees to replace them with polling-based structures as part of a restructuring exercise.Provin...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
NetOne, Bosso in anti-drugs campaign
NETONE and Highlanders held a joint anti-doping campaign at Gifford High School yesterday where young aspiring footballers were advised to abstain from drugs. The campaign was led by Highlande...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
The sad tale of Vungu's Mthuli Ncube
Namesakes are commonplace the world over and when one shares the same name with a public official it usually becomes an interesting scenario indeed, especially if that official is the subject of eithe...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 3468 | by Staff reporter
Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers introduce Bureaux de Change across 17 branches nationwide
A leading wholesaler in Zimbabwe, Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers, has installed 17 new Bureaux de Change to deliver convenient foreign currency exchange solutions for customers across the country....Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:59hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF told to reform or suffer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants risk being slapped with more punitive measures by the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) - unless they start implementing much-...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 3531 | by Staff reporter
Trump fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
IN AN ominous development for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure government, the United States of America (USA) has slapped State Security minister Owen Ncube with sanctions over alle...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 17343 | by Staff reporter
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