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'Chinese infect Zimbabwean women with STIs'
Chinese National operating in Norton have been accused of sexual abusing women and infecting them with sexually transmitted diseases in exchange for jobs. The matter came to light after one Ch...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2712 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt departments must respect senior citizens: Auxillia
GOVERNMENT departments and the private sector have been urged to respect senior citizens in their service delivery amid concerns that elderly people face challenges when they approach various departme...Published: 4 hrs ago | 217 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is not leading ZANU PF'
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the organisation that is being led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not ZANU PF but new entity that was born on 15 November 2017 when the army effected a coup. ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 8104 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Names of candidates shortlisted for ZACC interviews
The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Sections 237 and 254 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe to nominate candidates for possible appoint...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4399 | by Staff reporter
Violence at MDC Masvingo provincial council elections
MDC Masvingo provincial chairperson, James Gumbi and other senior members of his executive have last week locked themselves in the party's offices in fear of being attacked by rowdy youths that are vi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP offers ZWL$50 child maintenance
Chirumanzu Zibagwe MP, Prosper Machando (Zanu-PF) stunned the court early this week when he offered to pay ZWL$50 for the upkeep of a four-year-old child he sired with a Mvuma woman.Clara Taru...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:57hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
New HIV cases in Zimbabwe drop by 38%
NEW HIV infections in Zimbabwe have gone down by 38 percent since 2010, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care show. In a joint statement with UNAids on the launch of HIV ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:54hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair
Global Aid Missions Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism will be hosting its 2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair on Saturday 22nd of June at the Harare Gardens. The...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 09:30hrs | 248 | by GAM
Chivayo in fresh energy scandal
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo is in the eye of a storm as it emerged this week he could have misled the ZPC into making payments for earthmoving equipment worth US$800 000 to a non-existe...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1658 | by Staff repoter
'Health Insurance Bill now at an advanced stage'
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo says government is now at an advanced stage in the crafting of a National Health Insurance Bill, which will provide a national health safety net to all citizens.Mo...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:10hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Botswana decriminalises homosexuality
LGBTQI community scored a victory in Botswana after the Gaborone high court on Tuesday ruled that sections of the law that criminalises same-sex sexual conduct are unconstitutional.The court s...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 11:32hrs | 3548 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti, Mthuli in nasty exchange
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube and MDC vice president Tendai Biti - who held the Finance portfolio during the inclusive government between 2009-13 - have engaged in a war of wo...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:46hrs | 13022 | by Ndou Paul
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 315 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
Names and naming: Naming as a form of documentation
NOT so long ago we visited Beitbridge District to capture the voices of the youth. We visited Beitbridge East and the area provided me with an opportunity to reflect on naming, the subject that I am d...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:12hrs | 178 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Mashonaland East consumes 7 million condoms
ABOUT seven million condoms were distributed across Mashonaland East province last year alone, in a bid to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and new HIV infections.Addressing score...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military government abandons senior citizens
When l was growing I just loved to be near my maternal mother she taught us a lot of things about life, she would also tell us traditional folk tales around a fire, everybody loved her she would wrap ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:45hrs | 1500 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Man 'drinks' self to death
A MAN from Bulawayo has been found dead outside a bar in Nkulumane suburb and it is suspected that he succumbed to excessive consumption of alcohol and the cold.Bloodwell Gurure (32) was...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
MDC: Beyond Congress politics
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 2019 National Elective Congress has come and gone. Amongst many other things, the key achievements of the congress were uniting the party to as nearest to its ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 09:46hrs | 3597 | by Dadirai Chivimbiso Bvute
Mnangagwa considers MDC officials for Zacc positions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to consider about four opposition officials to serve as commissioners in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after Parliament nominated them among 38 ca...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 7049 | by Staff reporter
Foreign aid dreadful, unnecessary!
ZIMBABWE does not need foreign aid to escape this economic malaise. Our leaders have been saying it so many times that the country's hope lies on a bailout package; the quicker we get it, the better, ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 336 | by Blessing Machiva
Harare pumping raw sewerage into dam
RAW and untreated sewerage is being pumped directly into Lake Chivero and other water bodies by Harare City Council, whose absolute sewerage and water treatment plants are battling with rampant illega...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
The MDC congress: All froth, no beer
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people, but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god of the p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 364 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa suspended
A SENIOR public prosecutor stationed at Chivi magistrates court, Mr Nixon Chamisa has been suspended from work pending trial for alleged criminal abuse of office.He is accused of clandestinely...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 20:14hrs | 7582 | by Staff reporter
The MDC Congress: So much hype, so much hot air
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god o...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 13:12hrs | 4118 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zesa engages Eskom over debt
Power utility Zesa Holdings will this week head to South Africa for crunch talks with fellow electricity supplier, Eskom, over a payment plan relating to a US$33 million debt for power imports. ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
2019 Africa Day Celebrations @ Valley Crest Academy - 'What it means to be African'
The Interact Club at Valley Crest Academy (VCA) in Waterfalls-Park town in Harare hosted the 25th of May 2019 Africa Day celebrations in style. Huxton High school based in Waterfalls added the hive of...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | 134 | by Brian Maregedze
ARVs shortage looms: NAC
Zimbabwe is facing serious shortages of life-saving HIV drugs following the devaluation of the local currency, which wiped away funds collected by the National Aids Council through the Aids levy....Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Calls for unity as Dabengwa is buried
A SEA of people from all walks of life thronged Manxeleni Village in Ntabazinduna, Umguza District, about 37km from Bulawayo to bid farewell to national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa who was laid to r...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:20hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Probe unearths Zesa rot
SHOCKING revelations of deep-seated rot and corporate malfeasance have been unearthed at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), where millions of United States dollars were siphoned through...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Chasi is not the right Minister for Energy Docket
I want to take this opportunity to blame President ED Mnangagwa for appointing a wrong person to the Ministry of Energy. If the appointment was not a 'political trap', the President should have consid...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 16:24hrs | 3788 | by Don Chigumba
Killer in bid to resuscitate Mliswa claim
CHIVI South legislator Killer Zivhu (Zanu-PF) has filed for rescision of default judgment by High Court Justice Tawanda Chitapi, which dismissed his $1 million defamation claim against Norton MP, Temb...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa: A hero who rejected 'our time to eat'
APART from his phenomenal liberation struggle exploits and heroics that earned him the nickname "Black Russian" and his principled politics, former Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, who died...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2575 | by Staff reporter
MDC linked Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended over corrupt
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnest...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:43hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Army boss up for rations theft
The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare was arrested last week for allegedly stealing army rations valued at more than $500 000.Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell's Intratrek seeks leave for execution of judgment
INTRATREK Zimbabwe, a local private firm fronted by Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has filed a high court application seeking leave for the execution of judgment pending appeal on an order in wh...Published: 29 May 2019 at 20:24hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell to lose Gwanda solar project
Maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo might soon lose the contract to build the Gwanda solar plant after the new Minister of Energy and Power Development Advocate Fortune Chasi said there were irregul...Published: 29 May 2019 at 12:09hrs | 2412 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court throws out Zivhu defamation claim
High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi has thrown out a $1 million defamation claim by Chivi South MP Killer Zivhu against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa, without any costs.Zivhu was accusing Mliswa...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:34hrs | 646 | by newzimbabwe
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1576 | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
2 women arrested over spate of armed robberies
Two Chitungwiza women, who were part of a gang allegedly involved in a spate of armed robbers across the country, were at the weekend arrested at a roadblock in Chivhu with police recovering stolen pr...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Bobby Clark speaks on Bosso
FORMER Highlanders head coach Bobby Clark was delighted to hear about Bosso's 1-0 win over TelOne on Sunday. "Highlanders still means a lot to me," he says from his home near Aberdeen, Scotland....Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:55hrs | 788 | by Stephen Walsh
'Freezing' temperatures to hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans face an extremely cold winter as weather experts are predicting freezing point temperatures in some places in the country.The Sunday Mail has gathered that areas such as Matobo in ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 5221 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube blasts Bosso executive for personalising the club
AS Highlanders' woes both on the field of play and administratively seem to be far from over, long-time benefactor Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has said the executive should be reminded that the club ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
HIV, cancer screening hogs limelight at AFM gathering
The National Aids Council (NAC) and its strategic partners, Angel of Hope Foundation, Ministry of Health and Child Care and UNFPA were at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church Ladies' Conference at...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Chasi breathes fire over Chivayo
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has told the Zesa board to take urgent action to ensure that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo completes the Gwanda solar project or that he repays the $5 millio...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
A smoking pipe hung precariously from his blackened lips
We stood crowded in this rural watering hole at Nzvimbo Growth Point in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. It was pretty cold outside and everyone who entered the bottle store for a beer did not go out. B...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | 244 | by Thomas Murisa
Make corruption suicidal
Time seems long overdue for the Second Republic to supplant with dizzifying actions rhetorical denunciation of maggots fattening themselves on what does not belong to them so that Zimbabweans are spar...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:28hrs | 394 | by Stephen Mpofu
'No immediate end to load-shedding'
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi (FC) took his oath of office this week, promising to tackle the electricity crisis head-on. His appointment comes at a time power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Auth...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Woman tries to sell child for 3 cars
A 19-YEAR-OLD woman from Dulivhadzimo, Beitbridge, has been taken to court for attempting to trade her daughter for three cars to a Zimbabwean based in South Africa in a suspected ritual case meant to...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Go to rural areas if tap water is expensive, says Zanu-PF MP
SEKE MP Munyaradzi Tobias Kashambe (Zanu-PF) yesterday caused a storm in Parliament after he suggested that residents who cannot afford to pay for tap water should relocate to rural areas where the re...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:22hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's bribe trial postponed
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo who is facing charges of paying $10 000 to former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje to allegedly influence him not to cancel a 1...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:21hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
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