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Robbers pounce
A gang of five unidentified armed men yesterday morning pounced on a Safeguard cash-in-transit vehicle at Chivi Growth Point and got away with $US35 000, 350 000 rand and $ZW2000 cash.The susp...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Olinda, Tytan back together?
UNITED Kingdom based socialite, Olinda Chapel and musician, Tytan seem to have rekindled their relationship after a messy split.The two went through a scandalous divorce in August last year ju...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes huge strides in combating HIV/AIDS
Zimbabwe has made commendable progress in reversing the course of the AIDS pandemic through prevention of new HIV infections and the provision of treatment to those infected despite economic challenge...Published: 20 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree road fencing tender reeks of corruption
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) have raised concern over the $320 000 Plumtree road fencing tender process, which they think was not transparent after villagers complained of a shoddy job.T...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 increases vulnerability to HIV infection
COVID-19 is said to be increasing vulnerability to HIV infection, increasing the need for Zimbabwe to scale up its fight against the epidemic.This was revealed by the National Aids Council in ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
2008 election violence victims walk away empty handed
Two MDC Alliance activists who lost livestock to Zanu-PF supporters in the violent run-up to the 2008 presidential election re-run were recently left disappointed after the court dismissed their case ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:42hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights
IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importanc...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 277 | by Gaynor G Paradza
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1039 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bosso launch kit, declare war on counterfeiters
HIGHLANDERS have declared war on counterfeit replica jerseys, saying they will take legal action to confiscate and burn all imitations, as they seek to maximise on club merchandise sales. Boss...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer sued over botched house deal
SENIOR Harare lawyer Charles Chinyama has been dragged to court by a woman, who alleges that he fraudulently transferred the title to her US$180 000 Eastlea house into his name over a US$33 000 debt....Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:10hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Police dogs called in to control Black Friday shoppers
Bulawayo was a hive of activity on Friday morning as people thronged various retail shops with the hope to cash in on the Black Friday shopping craze.Long queues were witnessed at the city's m...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:04hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate bemoans delays in graft cases
HARARE magistrate Bianca Makwande yesterday bemoaned continued postponement of corruption cases saying the delays were resulting in a gridlock of pending matters at the courts.She made the rem...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu man jailed for ill-treating son
A CHIVHU man was on Monday sentenced to 20 months in prison for ill-treating his son (10) by shoving him into a raging fire for alleged indiscipline.Talkmore Mawopa (36) of Village 9 in Magamb...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo trial set for 2021
THE trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo, his company Intratek and former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairman Stanley Kazhanje on bribery charges has been set for next year. Harare regional...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
National broadcaster robbed
Four suspected robbers allegedly robbed a national broadcaster of his valuables after offering him a lift before tying him on a tree.Th...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 20:27hrs | 3362 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ARV shortage hits Zimbabwe
A shipment of Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs meant for Zimbabwe will not be arriving in time due to Covid -19 induced delays, forcing the Ministry of Health and Child Care to reduce its six-month multi-dr...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2865 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo case fails to kick-off
THE trial of Wicknell Chivayo, his company-Intratrek and former Zimbabwe Power Company chairman Stanley Kazhanje today failed to kick-off after the prosecutor handling the matter failed to attend cour...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 19:21hrs | 1574 | by Staff Reporter
Dembare gets UK kit deal
GOOD times certainly continue to roll for Dynamos after the Harare giants yesterday announced a three-year kit sponsorship deal with an unknown England-based sports equipment and apparels manufacturin...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:34hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa impoverishing MDC members on the altar of political correctness
A "RATIONAL economic" Zanu-PF has been masterminding massive wealth transfers to their enlightened members since 2000. The ruling party members are winning on the economic front by creating wealth whi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:58hrs | 2306 | by Brian Sedze
Chiwenga goes after fake Covid-19 certificates conmen
VICE President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has vowed to bring to book people who are selling fake Covid-19 certificates.Zimbabweans intending to travel out of the country are requ...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect roaming free in streets
A MURDER suspect, who allegedly killed his girlfriend in 2015 and skipped bail in 2017, is walking free five years after the commission of the crime, moving from one rented house to another in Harare'...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2840 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 17507 | by Staff reporter
Govt staffer in double-dipping storm
A SENIOR government official employed in the education sector served as a principal for the Red Cross Independent College in violation of the Public Service Act.Investigations carried out by T...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:58hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Father murders epileptic son
AS cases of child killings and kidnappings continue to rise, police have arrested a 38-year-old man from Rusape for allegedly killing his epileptic son.National Police Spokesperson Assistant C...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:38hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South in need of health care facilities
ABOUT 25 percent of people in Matabeleland South are still forced to walk more than 10km to the nearest health care facility.The World Health Organisation recommends that health facilities sho...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:18hrs | 457 | by Staff Reporter
Prices for medical drugs to come down
There are plans to cut down the involvement of middlemen in the procurement of medical drugs, so as to make the prices affordable, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 16:49hrs | 2329 | by Staff Reporter
Magistrate lashes out at rogue cop
A Bulawayo magistrate lashed out at a police officer who stabbed his friend with a kitchen knife on the cheek for drinking his hot stuff describing him as a "monster and rogue" cop who has dragged the...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
VID officer swallows bribe money to avoid arrest
There was drama at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) provincial complex here on Tuesday afternoon when one of the officials who had been cornered by undercover detectives reportedly swallowed ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:31hrs | 2655 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Registrar-General taken to court
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Registrar-General Clemence Masango have been taken to court by child rights activists for refusing to issue a birth certificate to a child born out of wedlock...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Teen dies aboard bus
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl died on Tuesday morning while aboard a Masvingo-bound bus.Mashonaland East police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident, saying they were yet to establ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2276 | by Staff reporter
MDC -Alliance vice presidents' trial date set
THE trial of MDC-Alliance vice presidents Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi who are accused of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after staging an illegal demonstrations at ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 1977 | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu/Hunhu is misplaced in African societies: Give me signs of...?
I should be excused once more for critiquing African values or should I say the African philosophy of humanism – Ubuntu/Hunhu. There are no traces of this noble philosophy in our culture: instead, w...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 946 | by Nomazulu Thata
Cross-border traders call for massive COVID-19 tests
ZIMBABWE Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBA) president Killer Zivhu has called for massive testing for COVID-19 at the country's entry points saying his members could die in large numbers if such ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
National teenage pregnancy rate worrisome
ZIMBABWE records 70 000 illegal or unsafe abortions per year and one in every five girls drops out of school due to unwanted pregnancies. Statistics also indicate that the national teenage pregnancy r...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:21hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Pokello tests for HIV publicly
November is HIV Testing Campaign month and local influencer, personality Pokello Nare has initiated an HIV Testing campaign in order to encourage locals to get tested and know their status. Th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:20hrs | 2757 | by Staff reporter
Can black arts (Kuromba) be sole source of wealth in Zimbabwe?
According to Colin Powell, the first African-American Secretary of State, diplomat and retired general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001-2005, a dream does not become r...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:40hrs | 2268 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo (PhD)
Zanu-PF bigwig up for armed robbery
A Zanu-PF central committee member was on Friday arrested in Mudzi for allegedly being part of a gang that stole gold ore at a local mine at gunpoint.Tonderai Bosha (37), who is also the rulin...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 3588 | by Staff reporter
A tale of two funerals
THE angel of death has once again struck - it has paid the nation the all but unfamiliar visit.It is not the visit that surprises many, but it is how it stole from the roll-call of the famous ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's comments offer hope on end to the Pandemic
African Union Special Envoy in the fight against COVID-19, pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa, has said an end to the deadly pandemic could be in sight as new treatments emerge that offer hope fo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1161 | by Agencies
Zimbabweans in major cities drinking sewage water
THE majority of residents in Zimbabwe's major urban areas are drinking sewage-contaminated water due to poor management systems by local authorities, AuditorGeneral Mildred Chiri has revealed in her l...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Forex dealers in court
Six suspected foreign currency dealers yesterday appeared in court on allegations of using the EcoCash platform to buy US$3 153 317 from the public. The eight are Felix Tafadzwa Chikuse (38), ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills 4 daughters, attempts suicide
A police vehicle carries the remains of four children who were burnt by their mother who had earlier cut their throats before setting the family house on fire yesterdayA 29-YEAR-OLD Chivhu...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Aide sucks in minister in fuel scam
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza has been fingered in a $66 000 fuel scam by his aide who told the Harare Magistrates Court on Monday that he took 19 000 litres of fuel with the minister's knowle...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 2992 | by Staff reporter
Injectable HIV drug once every 2 months 89% more effective than daily pills
A long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug administered once every two months is "safe and superior" to daily pills taken by women to protect them from contracting HIV, a new study conducted in seve...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Debate rages on whether to give or deny kids condoms
Hwange: A fierce debate has emerged on whether adolescent boys and girls below 16 should be afforded condoms and family planning pills as part of their rights to safe reproductive health.Civil...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Judge wants bail system reviewed
Legal changes are necessary to ensure criminals on bail who lose their appeal in a higher court do appear back in the lower court for their sentence to be effected, High Court judge Justice Pisirayi K...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Plans to transform King Lobengula's Inxwala venue
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in the process of engaging stakeholders towards turning the large expanse of land at corner Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street and Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue where King Lobengu...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Over 130 000 HIV positive people in Mashonaland East on ART
At least 137 554 people, including 6 873 children, living with HIV in Mashonaland East province were initiated on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) as of June this year.An estimated 188 254 people...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
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