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MDC's game of thrones drama
So, it has always been a curse within the MDC party that everyone wants to lead. The death of its founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai two years ago seem to have opened up a Pandora's box as aspirants f...Published: 51 mins ago | 85 | by Taurai Mazwi
Mnangagwa told to account for January killings
EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said the bloc is still concerned about the January 2019 killings of protesters by the military and warned that the suspended restrictive measure...Published: 5 hrs ago | 603 | by Staff reporter
Businessman 'rapes' shopkeeper twice
A Masvingo-based businessman (42) has been arrested for allegedly raping his shopkeeper (18) on two consecutive nights as punishment for having shortfalls from her daily banking from his shop....Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
MSU fraud couple challenge conviction at High Court
FORMER Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi, who formed a briefcase company that saw the institution of higher learning being swindled of more than US$150 000 thro...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
'Teen raped at prophet's shrine'
A self-proclaimed prophet from Gweru allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman in Bulawayo claiming he was cleansing her of an evil spirit. Merryward Marara (36) from Mkoba 14 suburb allegedly raped...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
17 years for raping sister-in-law (12)
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Ascot, Gweru, was sentenced to 17 years in prison by Gweru regional magistrate Phathekile Msipa for raping his 12-year-old sister-in-law.Prosecutor Calvin Guvheya told t...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Driver dies in truck and car head-on
A driver of a Honda CRV died following a head-on collision with a haulage truck after encroaching onto its lane in a failed attempt to turn right in front of the on- coming vehicle. Acting Mid...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:41hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 20 cattle to lightning
Midlands Provincial Public Service inspector, Mr Andrew Chimanyiwa, on Sunday lost 20 head of cattle after they were struck by lightning at his farm in Gwenhoro outside Gweru. This, offi...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo, Chamisa deputy in near fist fight
MDC Alliance vice president Ms Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and party national chairperson Ms Thabitha Khumalo reportedly almost came to blows at their leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's office in Harare last week i...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
My last 10 years
The year 2009 was another year to Zimbabweans.The country had just come out of a violent general elections in 2008.The elections were not conclusive. Zanu had won elections against Tsvangirai's MDC bu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 80 | by Etiwel Mutero
CID boss faces criminal abuse of office charges
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, has appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly releasing a vehicle stolen from South Africa that wa...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Accident kills 4
Four people died on the spot while the driver of a Honda fit vehicle they were travelling in was seriously injured after they were involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck as he tried to o...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:32hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to adopt automated pre-paid parking system
The city council here has moved to adopt an automated pre-paid parking system as a measure to mitigate financial leakages and corruption allegations levelled against tolling marshals.Speaking ...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:11hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Simbisa targets 15 new outlets
ZIMBABWE's largest fast-food chain, Simbisa Brands Limited (Simbisa) is targeting to open 15 new outlets across the country this year, at an estimated cost of US$3 million, managing director Warren Me...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Gweru top cop trial kicks off
THE trial of officer-in-charge CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhibit yesterday kicked off with accused denying the c...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get away with $20
A Southdowns family in Gweru was left terrified after armed robbers raided their home on Tuesday evening and got away with $20, and two cellphones. Reporter visited the terrified couple at the...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:36hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Machaya has a case to answer, says court
FORMER Midlands Minister of State, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office has failed in his attempt to avoid trial after his application was dismissed by the High Court this ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 16:28hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa feeling the heat
OPPOSITION MDC president Nelson Chamisa yesterday conceded that he was under "immense pressure" from restless party supporters who want to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his handling of th...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 3390 | by Staff reporter
Residents call for ban of donkeys in city
GWERU residents have implored the local authority to come up with a by-law effectively banning the rearing of donkeys in the city following an upsurge in their numbers as they are used as draught powe...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Siblings to hang for double murder
TWO siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000,...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doesn't have power to define Zimbabwe's destiny
MDC President Nelson Chamisa says only the people of Zimbabwe have the power to chat the destiny of their country, and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Speaking to journalists on the sidelines...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:38hrs | 783 | by newzimbabwe
Man assaulted over adultery suit
A man from Lower Gweru was severely assaulted by his neighbours with an axe handle for refusing to withdraw adultery charges before the headman's traditional court.The man, Zibonele Mashobelel...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:41hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fails 'ungovernable route' now wants to smoke peace pipe
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party must dialogue in order to end the suffering of Zimbabweans as the economy crumbles at an alarming rate...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:25hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
CID illegally arrests Chinese immigrant
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attached to the Law and Order section at Kwekwe Central Police Station were yesterday told off by officials from the Gweru Immigration Department ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:21hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4481 | by George Mkhwanazi
Kwekwe CID Law and Order illegally arrest Chinese immigrant
Two Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attached to law and order section at Kwekwe Central Police station were yesterday given marching orders at Gweru immigration offices after illegal...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 09:42hrs | 2488 | by Simbarashe Sithole
6 TV licences issued to independent players
Government will have issued six television licences to independent players by August to improve diversity in information dissemination as the new administration liberalises the airwaves, Information, ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 420 | by Staff reportert
Zimbabwe to avail 19 campus radio licences
Government has gazetted a Frequency Allotment Plan and Regulations that enable the establishment of 19 on-campus radio stations to be operated by institutions of higher learning, Information, Publicit...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 130 | by Staff reportert
Chamisa sweats over tribalism in MDC
THE ugly factional and tribal wars that continue to consume the MDC are giving under pressure opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, "many a sleepless night."This comes as the country's s...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:33hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Gweru frets over parking revenue leakages
GWERU City Council is fretting over leakages of parking fees revenue and has resolved to adopt an automated parking system.A heated debate about the paltry collections being remitted by counci...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:54hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
16 new magistrates sworn in
ACTING Chief Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has said the 16 newly sworn in crop of magistrates is set to increase the rate at which cases are cleared as it brings the total number of magistrates to aro...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Audit exposes Gweru City Council rot
Gweru City Council is losing thousands of dollars through double-dipping by senior management as well as flouting of tender procedures. This is contained in the minutes of an audit commi...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:42hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Taking a look back at the hey days of Zimbabwean football
It was on a very beautiful Sunday afternoon and at exactly 1450hrs listening to the Chibuku Sunday Soccer on the then Radio 1 or Radio 2. The action was fantastic. The late Evans Mambara...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 11:44hrs | 2234 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa dates Midlands
Opposition MDC party leader Nelson Chamisa heads for the Midlands on Thursday where he is set to bolster the movement's support base by interfacing with elected lower-tier structures in the province....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Strikers clean sweep - Champions of Champions Darts Tournament
The Strikers darts team story is one piece that has all the ingredients of success that can be equated to such stories in the sporting world. The year 2019 will go down in darts history as one of the ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 62 | by Maenda Collen, Harare
Zupco bus, 2 kombis and a Honda Fit in fatal collision
SEVEN people died while 55 others were injured when a Zupco bus, two kombis and a Honda Fit were involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe yesterday afternoon. National police spokesperson A...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools to accommodate the ever-increasing number of pupils, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has said. In an interview yesterday, Minister Mathe...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:31hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC rolls out Tsvairai Zimbabwe protest clean-up campaigns
MDC legislators, senators and councillors in the Midlands province are set to hold clean up campaigns outside the date proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa (first Friday of every month) as a way...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3184 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2023 victory assured, but vigilance is key
Three years before the next election, a think-tank based in an unlikely country has foretold what many serious minds already know — that Zanu-PF will win the 2023 elections. Only by sabotagi...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
ZPP remembers January 2019 stay away violence
The Zimbabwe Peace Project in its latest Januiary 2020 report has remembers the January 2019 stay away which resulted to state sponsored violence that claimed 17 lives as the citizens took to the stre...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 12:17hrs | 440 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman, hitmen jailed 95 years for murder
A Mberengwa woman (42) and two hitmen she hired to kill her live-in boyfriend before throwing the body into a dam were yesterday sentenced to a combined 95 years in prison.Loice Mahlamvana - a...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1071 | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest notorious armed robbers
Police in Gweru have arrested three notorious armed robbers allegedly behind a spate of robberies in the Midlands, Masvingo and Bulawayo and are also linked to a US $250 000 heist in Madokero, H...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Immigration officers arrested
Two Immigration officers and an ex-officer have been arrested on allegations of corruptly facilitating the illegal stay of several Chinese nationals in the country.The Chinese were illegally s...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital nurses down tools
Gweru Provincial Hospital nurses on Monday temporarily downed tools to protest against deteriorating working conditions at the government health institution among other grievances, the Southern Eye ha...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mystery over renaming of Mugabe Street to ED Mnangagwa Street
MYSTERY surrounds the renaming of Robert Mugabe Way in Kwekwe to ED Mnangagwa Street, with council and the government denying involvement in what seems to be a ploy to erase the late former President'...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
ZTA Embarks on game changing excellence initiative
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has started rolling our it's game changing service excellence initiative. The program has seen the organisation training operators in Bulawayo and sur...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 12:36hrs | 265 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gweru cop abuse of office trial postponed again
THE trial of officer-in-charge Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Gweru, Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held at Gweru Central Police Station as an exhibi...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Land Commission director in criminal abuse of office storm
ZIMBABWE Land Commission (ZLC) Midlands regional director Lincon Kausiyo (45) has been taken to the court to face criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly grabbed a vast tract of land which...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Teenager killed for having boyfriend
A 42-YEAR-OLD Silobela man has been sentenced to five years in prison for fatally assaulting his 15-year-old daughter using a fan belt accusing her of having a boyfriend. Appearing yesterday b...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Judge to rule on Sikhala application for exception to charge
The trial of MDC-Alliance national vice chair Job Sikhala, who is facing charges of subverting the constitutionally-elected Government, kicked-off yesterday at the Masvingo High Court, with his defenc...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
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