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Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3205 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents push for home ownership
GWERU residents living in Mtapa high-density suburb recently confronted council demanding transfer of ownership of the houses which they occupied during the colonial era.Mtapa sections 3 and 7 hav...Published: 19 hrs ago | 647 | by Staff reporter
Dembare being run like a tuckshop
FORMER Dynamos forward, Simon Chuma, says the Glamour Boys are now being run like a tuckshop and have lost their way terribly. Chuma, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, said playing f...Published: 20 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
SA tightens screws on cross-border trading
SOUTH Africa's Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 enacted on July 21, 2020 could severely restrict Zimbabwe's cross-border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders start...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3625 | by Staff reporter
Man beats daughter to death
A Mberengwa man has been slapped with an eight-year jail sentence after he was convicted for beating his 15-year-old daughter to death. Sibehlule Madhibha (43) was found guilty of murder after...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's mental challenges case ruling to be handed down today
The public prosecutor handling the matter in which MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party members, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri are facing charges of faking their abduction in May this ...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:33hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe must be detained at govt psychiatric hospital'
THE State yesterday filed for MDC Alliance legislator Joanah Mamombe to be detained at a government mental institution for an independent assessment by government doctors after her private doctor indi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 2307 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya gets four-year jail term
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Jason Machaya, has been jailed for four years after being convicted of abuse of office.He was sentenced together with former Midlands Provincial ph...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Divisions brew in MDC-Alliance over party name
The rebranding of the MDC-Alliance in response to the MDC-T's decision to use the same name (MDC-Alliance) in future polls, including the forthcoming by-elections, has triggered an in-house spat featu...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 12:31hrs | 6291 | by John Sigauke
Former Governor convicted
Former Midlands Governor Jason Machaya has been convicted by the Gweru magistrate court of abuse of office and will be sentenced today (Tuesday), his lawy...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1509 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cities left with less than a year of water supply
WATER supplies in many cities and towns in the country are dwindling, while local authorities face additional challenges of shortages of chemicals and broken down pipes and pumps, Lands deputy ministe...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital gives patients 48-hour ultimatum
GWERU Provincial Hospital yesterday have given debtors a 24-hour ultimatum to settle their debts or risk having their property attached by the health institution to recover outstanding bills, Southern...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight turns nasty
A POWER struggle that has been simmering for months between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ambitious deputy, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, has intensified over the past two weeks, with f...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 24716 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF district elections escalate Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight
THE impending Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections have presented a new battlefield for party bigwigs, who are scheming to consolidate their political power in various provinces ahe...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 14 948 people in Gweru and Mazowe
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 14 948 people in Mazowe, Shamva, Gweru and other sites around the country since the commencement of the operation chikorokoza ngachipere.A...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 12:11hrs | 3104 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele 'King' Bulelani Khumalo hits back at Mnangagwa
Leading claimant to the Ndebele throne Bulelani Lobengula KaMzilikazi has hit back at Presidnet Emmerosn Mnangagwa over his statements that he will never allow the revival of the Ndebele Kingdom....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 09:14hrs | 8569 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele King : A Constitutional Right
The President of Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa declared over the past weekend in Gweru that the Ndebele nation shall not be allowed to install a King of the Ndebele since Zimbabwe is a Republic and not a King...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 18:49hrs | 2254 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Mnangagwa says no to Ndebele king
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government will not allow the reviving of a Ndebele king or any other kingdom under his rule.He was addressing a Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 11397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on ANC engagement, 'false' abductions and anarchy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has stood adamant, South Africa's governing African National Congress was only engaging his Zanu-PF party and no-one else, insisting there was no crisis which warranted th...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF focuses on 2023 polls
ZANU-PF party cadres should campaign for the party and President Mnangagwa ahead of 2023 harmonised elections and not prioritise their individual campaigns. With the delimitation programme com...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo to deal with rogue bigwigs who manipulate DCCs polls
The Zanu-PF Politburo will deal with rogue senior party members who are manipulating the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) election process for their personal glory, Zanu-PF secretary for Commissa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingers Ecocash as behind spiralling prices of basic commodities
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the steep price hike for basic commodities experienced in the country in recent months was the creation of mobile money giant, Ecocash.Addressing the Zanu...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to prioritise Presidential campaigns
ZANU-PF party cadres should campaign for the party and President Mnangagwa ahead of 2023 harmonised elections and not prioritise their individual campaigns.With the delimitation programme comi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:03hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'No one can dethrone me'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed that there is a plot from within the ruling Zanu-PF party to unseat him, but dared his detractors to dream on. Addressing a Midlands provincial co-or...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12195 | by Staff reporter
G40 kingpins scoff at extradition threat
SELF-EXILED Zanu-PF G40 kingpins Saviour Kasukuwere and Walter Mzembi yesterday scoffed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threat to have them extradited from South Africa for prosecution.They ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours General Mtshana Khumalo with National hero status
The Second Republic has been commended for honouring revered General Mtshana Khumalo who has been granted National hero status. Gen Khumalo was the commander of King Lobengula's Imbizo Regimen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi warns Mnangagwa
FORMER cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has advised his erstwhile colleague, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to desist from using the State to punish or settle political disputes with his opponents....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | 10745 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC piles pressure on Mnangagwa
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to keep the Zimbabwe crisis on the table despite a spirited campaign by Zanu-PF to shrug it off.Lindiwe Zulu, the head of the AN...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | 5443 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hunts for G40 rivals in SA
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said government will seek the extradition of his G40 rivals that sought refuge in South Africa after escaping the 2017 coup.Several loyalists of the late...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mzembi to be extradited
FORMER Government and ZANU-PF officials who fled the country while facing criminal charges are set to be extradited to face justice back home, Government has resolved.Addressing the ZANU-PF Mi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clears air on land, SA envoys
Taxpayers' funds will not be used to compensate white former commercial farmers for improvements made on farms, but the money will be sourced externally, President Mnangagwa has said.The Presi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis appoints Gweru bishop
HEAD of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis yesterday appointed a new bishop for Gweru Diocese.The diocese, one of the biggest dioceses in Zimbabwe, fell vacant in 2017 when the incumbent Bishop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Harare town clerk arrested
Harare City Council town clerk Engineer Hosiah Chisango has been arrested this afternoon in Gweru over alleged land scams.Chisango, who was arrested while attending a town clerks' forum in Gwe...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:45hrs | 4253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blocks handover of MDC-led project
ZANU-PF officials in Gweru have reportedly frustrated efforts to invite government officials to preside over the handover of a school science laboratory which was renovated by MDC Alliance legislator,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City officials illegally allocate stands to each other
GWERU City Council (GCC) officials allegedly allocated each other more than two stands against rules and regulations permitting them only one stand per person.According to employment condition...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 14:57hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Warriors
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has ruled out any possibility of the Warriors playing friendly matches ahead of the resumption of the qualifying games for the 2021 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon)...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
War vets back Mnangagwa over land
WAR VETERANS say they "strongly support" Government's recent move to compensate white former commercial farmers, black Zimbabweans and investors whose land was covered by Bilateral Investment Treaties...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 3018 | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora in tribalism, violence storm
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has been accused of fanning tribalism and violence by a senior party official and structures, as fights for control of the opposition outfit persist.In...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
MSU opens for first year students
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has advised first year students to report for orientation on Monday while dates for returning students will be advised in due course.MSU registrar Tinashe Z...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 3154 | by Staff reporter
Speedster mows down cop on duty
A speed junkie in Gweru, Kudakwashe Manyuchi (40), who was well-known in the city for driving around in top-of-the-range sports cars, was arrested after he fatally knocked down a police officer on dut...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
MP converts bar into a clinic
GWERU residents have received a major healthcare boost after a local legislator used Constituency Development Funds (CDF) to convert a council-owned cocktail bar into a state-of-the-art clinic....Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to expose theft by Chamisa's faction
WOES continue to mount for embattled MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following reports that the rival camp led by legitimate MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe took control of most of the troubled ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Man fakes erectile dysfunction to avoid sex with wife, 'rapes' minor
A Zvishavane man who faked erectile dysfunction for 17 years to avoid having sex with his wife was exposed after he was arrested for rape. Custon Jojo Machanja (68)'s wife shocked the court wh...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Police officer dies in road accident
Terrence Kavhayi (26) was involved in a serious road accident yesterday in Gweru whilst on patrol where he was seriously injured and died at Gweru General hospital upon admission.Kavhayi was k...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 12:38hrs | 2911 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Tensions flare over Chinese miners in the Midlands
Mounds of black chrome shimmer along the highway that runs through this area, as mine workers labour near heavy machinery marked with Chinese writing.The workers toil about 5km from the road, ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:43hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | 3677 | by Staff reporter
Ascot Stadium not being leased, council says
THE Gweru City Council has said they are not leasing out Ascot stadium but have rather opened their arms to corporates and private players willing to help them maintain the facility.Officials ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:29hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Let's celebrate Mnangagwa's positives: Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has chided Zimbabweans for believing "negative" narratives being peddled by the country's "detractors" instead of celebrating several "positive" developments brought about ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
'Give Mnangagwa credit'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has expressed concern over how Zimbabweans were failing to appreciate the ‘sterling' efforts of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in resuscitating "the nearly dead health deli...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Be proud of Zimbabwe's achievements, says Mohadi
ZIMBABWEANS should be proud of the positive socio-economic developments which have been achieved under the Second Republic even in the face of continued onslaught of the country by its internal and ex...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
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