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Criminals pounce on MSU
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has, for the second time, adopted stringent security measures at its campuses following a spike in criminal activities within its premises."It has come to m...Published: 2 hrs ago | 586 | by Staff reporter
1 dead, another critically injured in headlights row
A 35-year-old-man from Silobela shot patrons at Dam Site Bottle Store at Insukamini Business Centre after an argument, leaving one dead and another critically injured. The incident occurred on...Published: 2 hrs ago | 477 | by Staff reporter
$4 million bitumen vanishes
AT least 215 drums of bitumen worth RTGS$4 million were stolen at a road construction site in Chivhu last week and Government has rolled out extensive investigations to apprehend the culprits. ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
MDC to gobble $3 m on congress amid huge debts
The MDC Alliance is going to gobble more than $3illion for its elective congress scheduled for next month in Gweru amid huge debts in unpaid workers' salaries and allowances for their 2018 polling age...Published: 18 hrs ago | 286 | by Christopher Makaza
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1720 | by Benny Gudo
MDC Alliance splashes $3m on congress
MDC-Alliance is set to splash more than $3 million to fund its congress to be held in Gweru next month which is expected to be attended by more than 6 000 delegates at a time when the majority of Zimb...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
6 000 delegates for MDC congress
MDC will spend close to $2 million on 6 000 delegates who will attend a crunching May 24 electoral congress in Gweru as the party seeks to chart a new way forward following the death of its founding P...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urged to back Mwonzora's bid
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been called upon to show leadership by backing secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to retain his position after he discarded his intentions to challenge for the top post....Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:13hrs | 2358 | by Staff reporter
MDC Structures keep the dream alive, the Jewel of Africa returns
Julius Mwalimu Kambarage Nyerere referred to Zimbabwe as the jewel of Africa that needed heart and soul to protect it. Decades of independence later, Zanu-PF has changed that view. Zimbabwe has been c...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1647 | by Jacob Mafume
Fire leaves Guinea Fowl High teachers homeless
SIX teachers and their families were left homeless when a fire destroyed two housing blocks at Guinea Fowl High School in Gweru following a suspected electrical fault. Midlands Provincial Educ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appoints MDC Midlands congress taskforce
THE MDC Midlands provincial executive has appointed a committee to spearhead preparations for the party's fifth national congress, which will be held in Gweru between May 24 and 26.Newly-appoi...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Council refurbishes Ascot stadium
GWERU City Council has started refurbishing Ascot Stadium to meet the requisite Premier Soccer League standards. The stadium was condemned by the Zifa First Instant Board (FIB) after an inspec...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Police deploy for holiday
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)has deployed officers on all the country's major roads and residential areas to ensure that Independence Day and the Easter holidays are accident and crime-free. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pushes Zimbabweans to revolt
The Zanu-PF government is pushing Zimbabweans towards an uprising following a fresh wave of price increases that have virtually turned workers into slaves.The price of bread, a staple diet tha...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 19:16hrs | 21794 | by Methusi Ncube
Mwonzora was rejected by his home province Manicaland
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he will decide in the next few days if there is still any merit in fighting to retain his current position at the party's congress scheduled for May 24 to 2...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
50% of Gweru council managers unqualified
AT least 47% of top and middle managers at Gweru City Council are not qualified for their positions, a service level benchmarking (SLB) peer review committee report revealed last Friday."We no...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
MSU to get mbanje licence
Midlands State University (MSU) has applied for a licence to grow mbanje for medicinal purposes following Government's legalisation of marijuana farming last year. Addressing students at MSU d...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora paves way for Chamisa
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday stunned party supporters and his rivals when he announced that he won't be contesting interim leader Nelson Chamisa at next month's congress.In...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 6388 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora abandons bid to challenge for Chamisa's job
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has abandoned his bid to challenge for Nelson Chamisa's job in next month's congress, telling party supporters in Mutare Sunday he has struck concessions with th...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC face threat of new split
AS THE MDC enters the final weeks of its preparations ahead of its make-or-break elective congress next month, there are real fears that the country's main opposition could suffer another damaging spl...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:48hrs | 4581 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in midnight election storm
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa who is desperate to shrug off stiff competition from secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora in the forthcoming congress last Wednesday presided over provincial ele...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backed, Mwonzora snubbed
MDC Midlands province has nominated party leader Nelson Chamisa for the post of president ahead of next month's elective congress, but denied secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora any post in the standin...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 3159 | by Staff reporter
Zesa blames faults for incessant blackouts
POWER cuts that are being experienced countrywide have raised the ire of consumers as many areas are going for hours without power almost on a daily basis. A number of Bulawayo suburbs have be...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Gweru crash victims named, death toll rises to 11
The death toll in the kombi and bus crash that occurred about 25 kilometres outside Gweru on Wednesday evening has risen to 11 after one more person died at Gweru Provincial Hospital yesterday. ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
9-man gang holds up City Link bus
LUXURY bus City Link's passengers travelling from Bulawayo to Harare were delayed for about three hours as a gang of nine men manhandled the driver accusing him of 'stealing' their US$7 000 that was i...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1693 | by Staff reporter
10 dead in bus, kombi collision
Ten people were killed while several others were injured when a Kwekwe-bound kombi collided head on with a bus about 20km outside Gweru along the Gweru-Kwekwe road last night. When the news crew arriv...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora against centralising a lot of power in Chamisa
THE MDC is proposing a number of changes at its forthcoming elective congress to be held in Gweru next month, to ensure that power is distributed equitably within the party.Party secretary-gen...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:32hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora fights one centre of power in MDC
The MDC is proposing a number of changes at its forthcoming elective congress to be held in Gweru next month, to ensure that power is distributed equitably within the party. Party secretary-ge...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 4538 | by Staff reporter
Council health facilities now accept medical aid
Gweru City Council has started accepting medical aid cards from various scheme in a move that is expected to ''improve residents'' access to health care. Addressing a full council meeting rece...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Professor Murwira scraps ZIMDEF protocol budget
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Minister, Professor Amon Murwira has ordered the scrapping of a $250 000 annual "protocol" budget provided for the minister by the Zimbabwe Manpow...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:44hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti gets MDC VP nomination
INCUMBENT MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has a secured a head start in his bid to keep the influential opposition job after receiving two party provincial nominations while none of the party's other presid...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:47hrs | 5206 | by newzimbabwe
Violence rocks MDC Marondera Central elections again
Marondera Central MP, Caston Matewu had to escape from rowdy MDC Marondera Central members who wanted to assault him at the party's district elections.It was the second time in a week that the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:36hrs | 933 | by newzimbabwe
Charamba and the Pfeesident
WHOEVER said the more things change, the more they remain the same was not far off the mark, at least in relation to Zimbabwe. We have a whole regime pretending to be a new dispensation but st...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3617 | by Hon Criss
75-year-old retraces colonial days, cycled from Buhera to Gweru in search of work
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1831 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Women political aspirants should change strategy
WOMEN who want to run for political office in 2023 should change strategy if they are to win more votes than men, a government official said yesterday.Midlands provincial development officer i...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya dumps Yadah
PREMIERSHIP side, Yadah Stars, have been put up for sale just two weeks into the new season, with the franchise owner Prophet Walter Magaya saying he now wants to concentrate on helping the Young Warr...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: Internal party violence rears its ugly head
The battle for the top leadership posts within the MDC Alliance ahead of the elective congress pencilled for 24 to 26 May has reached a crescendo with officials trying to outwit each other by unleashi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1185 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
More chaos visits MDC elections
CHAOS characterised the recently held MDC ward and district congresses in Midlands and Beitbridge where new structures were being elected ahead of the national crunch event set for May.Top par...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks demo against property developer
THE High Court has blocked a group of disgruntled home seekers who were planning to stage a demonstration against a Gweru-based land developer, River Valley Properties at its Bulawayo offices for alle...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:49hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots MDC purge
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to wield the axe on party members he says are sabotaging the opposition party ahead of a watershed congress next month.Smarting from a stinging defeat ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2943 | by Staff reporter
Protesters faint after sentencing
There was drama at the Gweru courts when two of five suspected MDC hooligans fainted after being jailed for three years for public violence. The two failed to come to terms with their sentence...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 17:13hrs | 5444 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer thrown 6 years in jail for looting
A prison officer based at Whawha Medium Security Prison in Gweru, who went on the rampage together with other looters during violent MDC-Alliance demonstrations in January, has been sentenced to six y...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
AIR FORCE OF ZIMBABWE Recruitment
HOW ABOUT A CHALLENGING CAREER IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR COUNTRY? The Air Force of Zimbabwe is looking for suitably qualified persons who are Zimbabwean citizens and physically fit to join the Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:36hrs | 14117 | by Staff reporter
TelOne to end DStv monopoly
TELONE has moved to end DStv's monopoly on the showbiz scene by introducing real time gross settlement dollar prices for its Digital Entertainment on Demand (DEOD) packages through which viewers can a...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:49hrs | 5640 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Mayor vows to make Midlands a no go area for Zanu-PF
ASPIRING MDC provincial chairperson for Midlands and Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe wants to close off President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home from Zanu-PF.Makombe told NewZimbabwe.com in an interview...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:02hrs | 519 | by newzimbabwe
Policeman from hell molests 21 pupils
A Mpoengs police officer allegedly sexually molested 21 pupils while conducting an investigation into sexual abuse at a local primary school. The cop, who was only identified as Constable Muzulu stati...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:16hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
2 positions Judge of Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
The Judicial Service Commission announces that 2 (two) judge vacancies have arisen in the Supreme Court. In terms of section 180(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, members of the public are h...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 17:38hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
8 positions of Judge of High Court of Zimbabwe
The Judicial Service Commission announces that 8 (eight) judge vacancies have arisen in the High Court. In terms of section 180(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, members of the public are he...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 17:37hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
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