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Rugby returns to Bulawayo
Rugby made a glorious return to the iconic Hartsfield Grounds in Bulawayo on Saturday, marking a revival of the city's rich rugby heritage with Zimbabwe A's emphatic 80-6 victory over a Bulawayo Selec...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:52hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
BCC under fire for not reviewing colonial era by-laws
The Bulawayo City Council is facing scrutiny over outdated by-laws that date back to before Zimbabwe's independence and are now seen as misaligned with modern urban needs. Concerns have been raised ab...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:38hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna, two others acquitted of illegally prospecting for gold
Former Zanu-PF Chegutu Member of Parliament, Dexter Nduna, along with two co-accused individuals, has been acquitted of charges related to illegal prospecting for minerals without a license. The verdi...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Health Service Commission
The new Health Service Commission, which assumes full control of the staff in the State health services, has become active with the appointment of Civil Service Commission chair Dr Vincent Hungwe as c...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Teacher faces jail time for midnight assault
A 48-year-old teacher from Tinde High School in Binga, Potter Bongwe Gwinji, appeared before the Hwange Magistrate Court, represented by Ms. Rumbidzai Yolanda Kabasa, and pleaded guilty to charges of ...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 14:31hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
Zimbabweans in SA express willingness to return home
Some Zimbabwean nationals who live and ply their trade in South Africa have expressed willingness to return to their home country to participate in its economic growth and voting in the upcoming elect...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reportert
'Zimbabwe govt bigwigs liars'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday accused top government officials of lying to diplomats and foreign observer missions accredited to cover the August 23 elections.Th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police block more Zanu-PF gatherings than opposition
Police have blocked 86 gatherings of the ruling Zanu-PF party between January 1 and July 10 as compared to 65 from its main rival CCC in the same period despite claims by the opposition party that the...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has nothing to hide, Govt tells election observers
Zimbabwe has nothing to hide in its conduct of elections and welcomes all observer missions and diplomats to observe the forthcoming polls slated for August 23 and make their recommendations in an imp...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 300 CCC meetings approved by police, 65 banned
FROM January to July 2023, the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party had 345 of its political gatherings sanctioned, the Home Affairs Ministry has revealed.Home Affairs Per...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs ask for diplomatic passports
CHIEFS have asked for diplomatic passports for ease of travel across borders.The call was made by Chief Clemence Nembiri of Mt Darwin in Manicaland province on Wednesday during a Civil Registr...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders to issue birth, death records
GOVERNMENT has responded to the call to ensure easy access to birth and death records in communal areas by allowing chiefs to issue the critical documents.Following a realisation that most peo...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt reveals plan to rebury National heroes
GOVERNMENT is processing requests from families of some national heroes to rebury their bodies at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Some national heroes were buried at their homesteads after ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police want to beef numbers for polls
THE Home Affairs ministry has approached treasury for funding to oil its operations ahead of the August 23 elections including recruiting more police officers, Parliament heard.Officials in th...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mobile ID registration progressing well
The Registrar General's Department has issued 103 992 birth certificates, 96 491 national identity documents and 2 762 death certificates as at May 21 in the ongoing national mobile registration blitz...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazungula, Victoria Falls borders set for upgrades
GOVERNMENT plans to upgrade Kazungula and Victoria Falls border posts into modern state-of-the-art "one stop" facilities.Kazungula, the border with Botswana and Victoria Falls leading into Zam...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs secretary in meddling storm
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji has been accused of meddling in a case where he made attempts to summon his counterpart, secretary for Local Government ministry Zvinechimwe Churu, on be...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe continues to digitalise passport application
THE Government is putting in place a cocktail of measures to ensure easy access to travelling documents and is expecting services to decentralise to all districts by year-end while efforts are being m...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 13:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs to issue birth, death records
GOVERNMENT is working to build the capacity of traditional leaders to be able to issue birth and death confirmation records for those who are born or die outside health institutions.A birth re...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes fresh appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Ambassador Rudo Mabel Chitiga as the Head of Secretariat on Harmonisation and Standardisation of Salaries for the public sector.Ambassador Chitiga takes over ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa reassigns former CIO boss
Aaron Nhepera, formerly the Deputy Director General of the President's Office, has been reassigned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Ndav...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimplats in a fix over US$100m deal
Giant mining conglomerate, Zimplats (Private) Limited could cough out over US$100 million to the community in Chegutu, Mhondoro-Ngezi and Zvimba after it allegedly reneged on its 2011 commitment to al...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats dumps community share payment obligations?
Despite notching up a record revenue of US$1.4 billion last year coupled with tax contributions and royalties totalling US$404,6 million, platinum mining giant Zimplats has been dragged to court for f...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fighting Mnangagwa
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna says the police have questioned his legitimacy as legislator and vowed to back the opposition in attempts to eliminate Zanu-PF making Chegutu distr...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga divided by Cham]nakira's death
THE death of Retired Major General Godfrey Chanakira has further exposed the rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.After initially denying Chanakira nat...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fight rocks Zanu-PF Youth League
A camp opposed to Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Youth League chairman, Tapiwa Masenda, is circulating a vote of no confidence petition to have him removed from the influential post.As factionalism ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa's preferred candidate trounced in Zanu-PF youth election
AS factionalism ravages Zanu-PF, NewZimbabwe.com has it on good authority provincial affairs minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka's preferred Kadoma-Chegutu candidate in the provincial youth league elections ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs, securocrats line children up for Youth league posts
FOLLOWING speculation that the late former president Robert Mugabe's son, Robert Jnr, is set to contest for a position in the highly influential Zany PF youth league, party heavyweights and service ch...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police ban of CCC rally in Binga did not stop its win
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said despite spirited efforts by the ruling Zanu PF to ban its rally in Binga through the police, it has retained Binga North seat.President Emmerson Mn...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZRU releases Sables provisional squad
THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has released an enlarged provisional Sables' squad, which also incorporates the Goshawks squad, that will do battle in the Currie Cup tournament in South Africa next mon...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF meets over controversial provincial polls
Zanu-PF's Politburo will meet this week to confirm winners and address any complaints from the party's provincial elections held last week.The ruling party's national political commissar, Mike...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda bounces back as Zanu-PF provincial leaders announced
Zanu-PF yesterday announced 10 provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following successful polls held this week with new office bearers being elected in seven provinces.Minister of Sta...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Violence erupts as aspiring Zanu-PF chairman 'smuggles' ballot boxes
ASPIRING Zanu-PF Mashonaland West chairman, Vengai Musengi has courted the ire of his rivals, who accuse him of transporting stuffed ballot boxes and attempting to impose his preferred presiding offic...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA-bred Mafura set for Sables debut
EXPLOSIVE Pumas utility back Tapiwa Mafura is finally set to make his debut for Zimbabwe's national rugby team after his inclusion in the Sables squad ahead of the upcoming Quadrangular Series to be p...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dawson names his Sables
ZIMBABWE Sables team manager Jason Maritz has announced a 27-man squad for next month's quadrangular rugby tournament that will also feature Kenya, Namibia and Brazil.The tournament – slated...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional firestorm worsens
THE Zanu-PF factional firestorm has continued raging, with officials blatantly defying last week's injunction by the politburo - its highest decision-making organ between congresses - as they continue...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lupane's long wait for hospital
IT is now exactly 17 years since the construction of the long-awaited Lupane Provincial Hospital began, with annual budgetary allocations and deadlines set but on the ground the project remains a drea...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Binga RDC CEO under fire over 2018 audit reported
Binga residents have blasted the Binga Rural District Council chief executive officer Joshua Muzamba for allegedly hiding the 2018 audit report from the f...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZRU names star studded Sables squad
THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) have started preparations for the sports resumption announcing an expanded squad in preparation for the qualifiers for Olympic Games and the 2023 World Cup qualifiers....Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Break-in at Ministry of Health
There was a break-in at the Ministry of Health and Child Care headquarters offices in Harare at the weekend with the perpetrators allegedly gaining entry using the fire-escape routes before ransacking...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza Hospital 'privatisation' blocked
The government was forced to abandon private partnerships at Chitungwiza Central Hospital after it emerged that the public health institution was being used by private players to make money, it has be...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top civil servants
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has, with effect from May 1, appointed specialist public health physician Dr Agnes Mahomva as the new Permanent Secretary for Health and Child Care to replace Dr Gerald Gwinji who ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes drug leakages
GOVERNMENT is investigating leads that seem to suggest high-ranking officials could be involved in the disappearance of drugs from its warehouses into private pharmacies.Recently, three men em...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Age of consent stirs debate in Zimbabwe
LEGISLATORS have dismissed reports that they are pushing for the downward review of the age of consent to 12 years, explaining that they were calling for minors who are sexually active to access treat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
ARV shortage looms
GOVERNMENT says it is expecting a deficit in antiretroviral (ARV) drugs between now and 2020 due to an increase in uptake of the HIV and Aids treatment programme.The Health and Child Care mini...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors' hearings clarified
Disciplinary hearings for junior doctors who participated in the month-long illegal industrial action will proceed as scheduled and be conducted in a fair and transparent manner, the Ministry of Healt...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fairness assured at striking doctor's disciplinary hearings
Disciplinary hearings against doctors who participated in the illegal industrial action will be fair and transparent and will continue to be conducted as scheduled, the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants plead poverty
TEACHERS yesterday said they were too poor to go back to work as schools open countrywide today, piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the worsening economic crisis.This cam...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hospitals CEOs, directors leave suspended
THE Government has suspended leave for chief executive officers and directors at public health institutions. In a letter addressed to chief executive officers yesterday, Permanent Secretary in...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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