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Mnangagwa mourns Catholic Bishop
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa joined the Munyanyi family and the Catholic family in the country in mourning the passing on of prominent Bishop Emeritus Martin Munyanyi.Bishop Munyanyi died last Sunday a...Published: 3 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa assures Junta their looting rights are safe - expect zero changes from 'Change Champion in Chief'
Ignorance is a curse worse than death! The dead are not tormented by anything whereas the ignorant are forever blundering from pillar to post; excited, it does not take much to get this lot excited, o...Published: 20 May 2022 at 10:20hrs | 2871 | by Nomusa Garikai
Residents' property attached over council debts
AT least 10 residents from Senga suburb had their household property attached by the Messenger of Court at the instigation of Gweru City Council (GCC) in a bid to force ratepayers to settle their bill...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zesa in import substitution drive
Zesa is working with Mozambique and Zambia to add an extra 250MW of imports which will help with the winter peaks, while it is now moving into manufacturing of electricity pylons and assembling solar ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1470 | by Israel Dube
Pressure mounts over transport crisis
ZIMBABWE's transport crisis yesterday attracted global attention with the Amnesty International (AI) berating the Zanu-PF government for refusing to rescind the Zupco monopoly.This came as Zup...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma wife terrorises hubby
WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Police releases disputed Gweru mayoral car
Police in Gweru have today released the mayoral pool car which was being held at Gweru Central Police following a dispute between former Mayor Josiah Makombe and council.The vehicle was set to...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:37hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Married man kills self after being jilted by a lover
A MARRIED man from Silobela tied explosives to his head before blowing himself up after being chased away by his girlfriend on Friday.The incident occurred at Mahari business centre in Lower G...Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:31hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Brawl over CSC turns nasty
A nasty brawl between new investor in Cold Storage Company (CSC) and the judicial manager, which threatens to scupper current initiatives to revive the once-vibrant meat processor, has emerged, The Su...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:05hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Econet extends 5G coverage to Bulawayo
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, yesterday extended its national 5G network to the southern region, by launching the service in Bulawayo.The new network...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:20hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 198 | by jamwanda
Econet extends its 5G coverage, launches super-fast technology in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, yesterday extended its national 5G network to the southern region, by launching the service in Bulawayo.The ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 16:07hrs | 712 | by Agencies
Chamisa's members jostle for Gweru Urban seat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) senior party members in the Midlands capital have begun campaigning, albeit underground, for the Gweru Urban parliamentary seat ahead of the watershed 2023 g...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:36hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Duo aims to export Zimbabwe music
GWERU-BASED duo of Nathan Marufu (27) and Munyaradzi Machaya (25) said its recently established Prime MediaZW is meant to showcase the country's music. beyond the borders.Speaking to NewsDay L...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Mupfumira seeks High Court review
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira has asked the High Court to suspend her trial pending a review of magistrate Ngoni Nduna's decision to put her on trial.Mupfumira is accused of...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams 50% empty
WATER levels in dams supplying Bulawayo are said to be above 50% full following the latest rains.This was revealed by Zinwa spokesperson Marjorie Munyonga in a statement yesterday. She said Bu...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on CCC elective Congress
Professor Jonathan Moyo has weighed in on the impending CCC elective Congress saying a party that does not hold a Congress beforea general election is less likely to win political power. Moyo ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 20:47hrs | 7638 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man kills wife for buying bag
A 37-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane woman was last Thursday allegedly murdered by her husband after buying herself a bag using money meant to purchase groceries.Midlands provincial police spokesperson In...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:45hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City promises to pluck Chicken Inn
A LOCAL derby is unpredictable and Bulawayo City coach Philani Ncube is pinning his hopes on that as he battles to turn his side's fortunes against city rivals Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premier So...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:33hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
WhaWha inmates complain of mosquitoes, bedbugs
INMATES at WhaWha Prison outside the Midlands capital, Gweru, enjoyed family week during the Easter holidays where they were visited by friends and relatives.Although they were grateful for th...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Man murders wife for buying bag with groceries money
A Zvishavane man reportedly killed wife with a garden hoe for misusing funds after she bought a bag using money meant for groceries.Nobert Mhlanga (36) was arrested after assaulting his wife, ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:02hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster, deputy arrested over school funds
A headmaster and his deputy from Gamwa primary school in Shurugwi have been arrested for alleged criminal abuse of office involving US$3000.Onias Gadzikwa (46), the acting headmaster and the s...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:25hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Bedbug outbreak hits WhaWha Prison
Whawha Prison, outside Midlands province capital Gweru, has been infested by bedbugs, Southern Eye has learnt.According to families of inmates at the jail, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under spotlight over police, army brutality
THE United States has raised alarm over continued perpetration of human rights abuses by members of the security sector whom it said were enjoying government impunity.In a 2021 human rights re...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
AfDB to launch new Zimbabwe fund
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to unveil the Zimbabwe Fund for Transition (ZimFort) that will provide funding towards ICT, transport and agriculture sectors.ZimFort is a successor ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for IDs campaign
The ongoing mobile registration for identity documents has seen high turnouts at most of the 59 extra points across the Midlands, provincial registrar Ms Agnes Gambura has said.Government laun...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Gweru CBD shops turn into flea markets
THE face of the Gweru City's Central Business District has changed significantly in the past three years as it now has new shopping and office blocks.Ongoing changes have also seen renovations...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Auditor-General redflags Bulawayo, Gweru councils
THE Auditor-General has red-flagged the Bulawayo and Gweru city councils for a host of misconduct, among them evading paying taxes, failure to account for millions of donations and selling stands to m...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa probes by-election loss
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dispatched his politburo and central committee members to Kwekwe to hear first-hand reasons why the party lost the crucial Kwekwe Central and Mbizo parliamentary...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:18hrs | 2634 | by Staff reporter
Govt terminates six road contracts
GOVERNMENT has terminated contracts for six local contractors who have failed to deliver under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme phase two (ERRP...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 00:50hrs | 1891 | by Staff Reporter
Prison officers get training on human rights
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officials based in Ntabazinduna yesterday received training from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to capacitate them on protecting the right...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's crying doctor stabbed in South Africa
A Zimbabwean doctor who famously wept at a Zanu-PF rally while claiming doctors were having it good under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that he was nearly killed in a stabbing incident in ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS's female officer found passion in panel beating
AT around 5:30AM daily, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Correctional Officer Grade 1 Petronella Chadenga wakes up, does her household chores, prepares lunch boxes for her five childre...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:58hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Wanted robber gunned down
A notorious robber, who has been on the police's most wanted list, was shot and killed last Thursday in Glen View 1, Harare, where he was hiding at his girlfriend's house.Decide Rice (52) had ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:55hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF petitions council over vehicle parking deal
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has petitioned the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) demanding clarity on how South African company, Tendy Three Investment (TTI) was awarded the tender to manage vehicle parking se...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:51hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
2 armed robbers gunned down, 4 on the run
Two armed robbers were on Tuesday morning shot, one of them fatally while speeding off from a security checkpoint.The suspects are believed to be part of a six-man gang that robbed a Chiredzi ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:37hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
2 die in head-on collision
A Gweru based traffic policeman was killed in road accident which also claimed the life of driver in a head-on collision near Kaguvi Training Centre on the 248km peg along the Gweru-Kwekwe road on Sat...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:20hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Govt to assist Xhosa community set up radio station
GOVERNMENT has offered to support the Mbembesi community in Matabeleland North in purchasing equipment for its community radio station as it is struggling to raise the required funds.Deputy Mi...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Boterekwa road dualisation in limbo
THE planned US$7million Boterekwa escarpment road dualisation is in limbo after the contractor, Transit Homes Contractors, allegedly failed to come up with a design for the project.The Boterek...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:38hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Koefman estate ownership
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is now digging into reports that some people are jostling to grab the Mbare property popularly known as "Kwa Koefman" some, 89 years after the death of the owne...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Gogo uses social media to market décor business
FROM weddings to birthday parties and anniversary celebrations, Gogo Maggie Chigwinya (61), an award-winning Beitbridge-based entrepreneur, strives to give her clients the best.She has a great...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Veteran Masvingo Teachers' College lecturer calls it a day
‘When I have done the work you gave me Lord, give me that crown' is undoubtedly a befitting statement for Tamuka Nyakunhuwa Shumba who recently retired after over three decades at Masvingo Teachers'...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party has same fears of dirty tricks
ZIMBABWE'S opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa may have formed a new political party, but he is still facing the same old problems which some had hoped would end with ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira put to her defence
HARARE magistrate Ngoni Nduna yesterday ruled that former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira should be put to her defence in a case where she faces a charge of criminal abuse of office....Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Prisca Mupfumira cleared but . . .
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna today cleared former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira of allegations of subverting National Social Security Authority (NSSA) tender processes and pressuring ...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda says violence is evil
Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has called on the ruling party to renounce violence.Sibanda said this while addressing a Zanu-PF rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru at the...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
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