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Geo Pomona buys 62 refuse trucks from China to clean up Harare
Geo Pomona Waste Management has acquired 62 brand-new refuse trucks from Sinotruk Qingdao Heavy Industry Co. Ltd in a major push to clean up Harare and improve waste collection in Zimbabwe's capital....Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 21:12hrs | 4263 | by Staff reporter
Visit by my nemesis ED and Chiwenga will be story of my life!" boasted Chamisa. But why nemesis!
This visit by my nemesis ED and General Chiwenga and the dynamics around it will feature prominently in the story of my life." Posted Chamisa on X accompanied by a video of motorcade of the two arrivi...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 10:06hrs | 1568 | by Wilbert Mukori
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses note low activity
THE business sector has reported a decline in activity since the announcement of the 2024 National Budget in November last year, NewsDay Business has learnt.Most firms found the 2024 Nat...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC officials recover US$29m assets offshore
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has recovered externalised assets by corrupt citizens worth US$29 million, a new report submitted to Parliament has revealed.Experts say the sout...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 17:32hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
3 in court for printing fake O, A level certificates
THREE Harare men have appeared in court for allegedly printing a fake Advanced Level certificate for a student who went on to apply for a scholarship to study in Denmark.Farai Chauke, a direct...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Mudzimba as Zimbabwe's ambassador to Belarus
President Mnangagwa has appointed Ambassador Ignatius Graham Mudzimba as Zimbabwe's ambassador to the Republic of Belarus.The appointment was announced by the Chief Secretary to the President ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:14hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to establish weighbridges along highways
GOVERNMENT is installing weighbridges along major highways, mainly those leading to mining areas in a bid to curb continuous degradation of roads by heavy duty and overloaded trucks, a Cabinet ministe...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa et al are hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed. What's in it for povo?
Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed elections in that Zanu PF's power to rig elections was exposed in its ugliest and graphic details. Ever since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the co...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 15:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
ZESA switches off Harare industrial area
HUNDREDS of industrial workers in Harare's busy Workington area have been laid off by different companies struggling to operate due to an electricity crisis that has seen the area going almost a month...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Why was Army granted licence to export lithium ore?' - Not because ZDI is on sanctions, there're no investors
"Embattled state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:21hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Harare - Chirundu Road upgrade set to start No Bulawayo - Beitbridge
The Government will appoint at least six contractors to work on the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Harare-Chirundu highway beginning January as the Second Republic ups the ante in the development...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC turn down $2m Ascot inferno waiver
THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down a request to waive a $2 million Fire and Ambulance Services bill by a business which lost bales of hay and property worth more than US$70 000 in an inferno in...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Steel plant furnaces components arrive
GIANT furnaces worth millions of dollars yesterday arrived at the Manhize steelmills site in Mvuma as the US$1 billion iron and steel plant takes shape.Villagers and the surrounding community ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma factory creates 400 jobs
WHILE several established Bulawayo companies struggle to keep afloat citing numerous challenges, a small-to-medium scale furniture enterprise in Mpopoma is basking in solid growth and is now focused o...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
There is no my vote is my secret, 'Death leaves no track record, voters do!' boasted Mnangagwa
"SaBuku pamberi, (Zanu PF) district chairman shure navanhu, councillor aripovo. Kwava kunovota." (Village headman will be in front, (Zanu PF) district chairman behind with the people and the local cou...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Haulage trucks damage highway
THE Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway is in a bad state especially in Hwange where the road is almost caving in at some sections, with haulage trucks belonging to mining companies being blamed for infli...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staf reporter
BREAKING: Break in at Prophet Chiza's church...TVs, money, cameras stolen
Prophet Blessing Chiza's church premises experienced a break in at its Caxton Church leading to the loss of expensive equipment. The church lost an unmentioned amount of money, Public Address ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 10:10hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa in fresh call for dialogue following murder of MDC activist - implement reforms, hypocrite
The sheer hypocrisy and duplicity of MDC leaders when it comes to dealing with the thorny issue of Zimbabwe's political culture of violence, never seize t...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 19:40hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Votes are won by ideas, not intimidation' tweeted USA - how naive and infuriatingly so too
"We are very concerned about reports of rising political violence in multiple provinces," the United States embassy in Harare said in a tweeted statement."As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 ele...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 13:34hrs | 15 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zanu PF has no policy of beating up people' - Both Zanu PF and MDC denials are now no.1 impediment to free elections
"If they are being harassed, beaten or threatened, they should report such cases to the police. The police is there to investigate if they receive those reports. But if they bring the reports to us as...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:26hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Beitbridge modernisation to enhance Zimbabwe, SA one-stop-border'
THE on-going works to modernise Beitbridge Border Post under a US$300 million budget will enhance traffic separation, address security challenges and pave way for the implementation of the One-Stop Bo...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will not replicate Hichilema no more a tortoise replicate a cheetah
The refusal by Zimbabwe's MDC A leaders and their fanatical supporters to accept that Zimbabwe and Zambia share a common boarder but political share nothing else; the direction the two nations are tra...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:36hrs | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
4 armed robbers from SA injured in police shootout
FOUR habitual armed robbers operating from South Africa and strongly suspected of being behind a spate of robberies in Zimbabwe targeting cash were on Wednesday night seriously injured following a sho...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council inspects houses and fines offenders
BULAWAYO City Council has been carrying out strict house inspections over time and this time slapping offenders with heavy duty penalties espe...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 12:57hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Former students donate to Entumbane High
FORMER students of Entumbane High School in Bulawayo have donated a heavy duty printer to the school as part of helping the institution to meet its printing needs.The former students, who atte...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Flooded Harare-Beitbridge highway detour fixed
One of the contractors rehabilitating the Harare-Beitbridge highway, Bitumen World has moved in to swiftly fix a flooded detour between Mwenezi and Bubi Rivers that was making it a nightmare for vehic...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere' suspension exposes the opposition
High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere will be facing a tribunal after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended to President Mnangagwa to set one up to look into her suitability to hold offic...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe, Grace in soup for grabbing delivery truck
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace are being sued for chasing a delivery truck driver out of their Alpha Omega Dairy Farm and further confiscating the vehicle.This, according t...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:32hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Xenophobic scare targets foreign truck drivers in South Africa
Foreign trucks travelling through South Africa will not be allowed to move within the Southern African country on the 2nd of September due to a mass strike that will be taking place in the transportat...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 10:32hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
'Robbers' locked in at crime scene
A FORMER employee at a Bulawayo service station allegedly teamed up with a friend to rob the station.Macdonald Brewer (24) and Desire Moyo (25) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin ...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe key to Nissan's African plans - Market leader celebrates Trade Fair's 60th anniversary
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe's perennially popular automotive brand is back on show at the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, which is currently underway in the c...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 12:12hrs | 154 | by Agencies
Woman shoplifter pulls a shocker
A 38-year-old Mutare woman left workers at a local wholesaler stunned after she stole heavy duty vehicle batteries which she unbelievably stashed under her armpits and walked out of the shop unnoticed...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
38 feared dead in flooded mine shafts
38 artisanal miners are feared dead following flooding of shafts at two mines in Battlefields near Kadoma.34 of the miners went underground at Silver Moon Mine and another four at Cricket Mine...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens consulate in Belarus
Relations between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus have been further taken a gear up through opening of the Zimbabwean Consulate in the Belarus capital, Minsk, today.President Emmerson Mna...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Flashy cars flooding Zimbabwe scam unearthed?
The influx of expensive vehicles including an electric Tesla car, Bugatti Veyron, Rolls Royce Phantom and Bentley Bentyaga into Zimbabwe in the past months maybe a scam of rich and connected people ta...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 10:12hrs | 31 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans rob,rape and kill South Africans?
There are unconfirmed reports that people speaking Shona language are terrorising people in neighbouring South Africa in a bid to rob, rape and kill them.Twitter whistleblower who use th...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe receives equipment for migration coordination
The National Migration Coordination Directorate housed at the Ministry of Home Affairs will now be fully functional after receiving equipment from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)....Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 18:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out Cholera vaccines
In the coming weeks, Government will begin administering cholera vaccines in selected suburbs in order to contain the current outbreak that has claimed more than 28 lives in the past two weeks, a Cabi...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Charges against Zimdef chief executive dropped
CRIMINAL charges against Zimdef chief executive Mr Fredrick Mandizvidza were yesterday dropped and he will now testify against former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Godfrey Gandawa a...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 'stable political environment,' says Zulu - rubbish, cannot even hold free elections
The Zanu PF propaganda machine is going into overdrive as it tries to give a positive spin out of nothing!"Fortunately, complementing his (President Mnangagwa) economic vision, the country's o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 22:18hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Distraught refugees pouring into Zimbabwe - austere reminder of our own bad governance problem
Distraught! Here was this woman, probably in her early twenties but she already three times as old, whose hut had just burnt down with all she had in this world. She and her son were lucky to escape t...Published: 03 May 2018 at 18:10hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chihuri, wife face arrest
Retired police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri along with his wife, Isabel, face arrest over theft claims that have been made to the police by a local businessman.Bigboy Pachirera who a...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
Leopard skins for Chiefs robes
Deputy President Chiwenga was spot-on when he pointed out that the traditional chiefs' ceremonial regalia was outdated, unbiffitting and 'reeked' of colonial vestages. This he mentioned at a recent ch...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa
Chihuri in trouble
Harare businessman Bigboy Pachirera has formally filed a lawsuit against embattled retired police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri amid claims that the former police boss impounded five of his c...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri in posh vehicles scandal
A Harare businessman yesterday filed a civil lawsuit of almost $3 million against Retired Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Augustine Chihuri, whom he accuses of causing his unlawfu...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Harare highway dualisation to go into full swing
The long awaited dualisation of the Beitbridge - Harare highway will now go into full swing after government granted Geiger International clearance to start importing road construction equipment free ...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Revival of Bulawayo industries possible task
OVER the years a lot has been said about the deindustrialisation of the country's second largest city, Bulawayo. It has been reported that nearly 100 companies closed in Bulawayo causing the loss of m...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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