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Zanu-PF DCC candidates in secret campaigns
Aspiring candidates in Mutare district have begun secret campaigns as the watershed Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee elections scheduled for november draw nearer, defying a directive by the pa...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
2 smugglers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two smugglers towing a trailer of smuggled goods and mbanje were arrested following a high-speed chase along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway on Sunday morning after they smashed through security booms...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 415 | by Bishop Lazarus
Government and kombi operators in crunch talks
The Government and private commuter omnibus operators are this week expected to hold crunch talks as the latter angle for a return to intra-city operations after a six-month ban.The discussion...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 916 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 233 | by Staff Reporter
Road rehabilitation project creates employment for women
THE Government's decision to use local companies in rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Harare highway has created opportunities for women in the male-dominated road construction industry.The wideni...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:20hrs | 1122 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Malayitsha truck catches fire
A Zimbabwe registered truck believed to be carrying goods from South Africa reportedly caught fire along the highway before Beitbridge. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 13:29hrs | 6603 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway robbers nabbed
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, last week arrested four Mbare men linked to a spate of robberies targeting trucks along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway.Ngonidzashe Jeke (36), Sile...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 652 | by Oscar Nkala
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
It's time for Zimbabweans to bite the bullet
FOR the longest of times, Zimbabwe seems to continue hogging the limelight for its blustery manner in terms of handling human rights, and the coming in of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was expected to ...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 587 | by George Machanja
Chivhu soldier killer named
POLICE have named Elphas Jani (20) of Gutu, now deceased, as one of the gunmen who shot and killed Lance Corporal Lorance Mupanganyama, and injured Corporal Peter Zvirevo, in Chivhu last Saturday....Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 7884 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shooting: Details emerge
Chivhu residents were left in awe of the manner in which security services tracked, shot and killed two gunmen who had attacked two other soldiers on Saturday, killing one and seriously wounding anoth...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3169 | by Staff reporter
Police launch blitz on unregistered vehicles
POLICE have begun impounding vehicles without permanent registration plates in a development that brings to an end a moratorium that had been instituted after the Central Vehicle Registration (CVR) ha...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shootings: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details on circumstances surrounding the weekend shooting incident that claimed the life of a soldier in Chivhu, about 140km south of Harare along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, have emerged....Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 11253 | by Staff reporter
The West's hypocrisy exposed as pregnant journalist gets arrested for incitement in Australia
The world was shocked as an Australian woman was arrested in her pyjamas and very pregnant on camera in front of her two minor children and her partner. Australian police in Ballarat Victoria arrested...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 19:52hrs | 1247 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
PHOTOS: Soldier killers gunned down
THE two suspects in a shooting incident that took place in Chivhu, 140km south of Harare along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, resulting in the death of a soldier and another badly injured, were yesterda...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 11178 | by Staff reporter
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
Cross-border car theft syndicate arrested
THREE men and a woman from Bulawayo suspected to be linked to what could be an organised cross-border car theft syndicate have been arrested for stealing a top-of-range vehicle in South Africa....Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2139 | by Staff reporter
Brick-by-brick, we'll build Zimbabwe, says Mnangagwa
BRICK-by-brick Zimbabweans will build the country towards a prosperous future notwithstanding the current challenges, President Mnangagwa has said. Reflecting on his two years since he assumed...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12428 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Notorious robbers nabbed in Beitbridge
POLICE in Matabeleland South on Monday arrested eight notorious armed robbers, among them a serving police officer and former cop, who have been linked to a spate of heists committed in Harare and aro...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 2284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tollgate breaks the internet
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) raised road toll fees by 350 percent on in July 2020 but the quality of the infrastructure still leaves a lot to be desired.A photo circulating ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:20hrs | 23429 | by Staff reporter
Treasury seeks $18bn for infrastructure development
TREASURY has announced plans to raise $18 billion in the second half of this year for infrastructure development, notwithstanding the COVID-19 impact on cashflow."The 2020 budget targeted to r...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy finally being 'rigged'
Nelson Chamisa and his MDC-Alliance lost the election in the July 2018 elections of the post-Mugabe era.Reacting to this loss, he cockily pronounced that it was of no consequence.His a...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:10hrs | 816 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Zimbabwe urgently needs PPP regulation
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe has never been as dire as it is now. Years of underinvestment in the railway network, highways and roads, energy generation plants, sports facilities, bo...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1154 | by Victor Bhoroma
Police act on fake roadblocks
Rogue police officers have been putting up illegal roadblocks and conducting patrols countrywide to extract bribes from the public, but the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is urging those who suspect t...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead along highway
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North was on Monday found lying dead along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo road in Nyamandlovu, shortly after he was discharged from Mpilo Central Hospital where he was ad...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt suspends new road projects
GOVERNMENT says it will continue with major road projects across the country, but suspend new projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has paralysed a number of developmental projects.Trans...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fret over curfew breakers
Curfew breaking is widespread in Harare, with a growing number of cars seen driving around northern suburbs late at night, although shopping centres are abandoned in these suburbs, and with vending an...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts graft door?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated his administration's unwavering fight against corruption saying the door to graft has been shut warning that those who want to pursue that route would face dir...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to ignore rumblings
UNDER-FIRE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hit back at his critics saying his government would ignore rumblings from "fugitives".In what appeared to be a response to local and regional ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:45hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to inspect roadworks
Progress on the dualisation of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway by local contractors comes under spotlight tomorrow as President Mnangagwa inspects work. Government has prioritised road ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
4 die in road accident
FOUR people died after an Uzumba traditional leader's vehicle burst a tyre and veered off the road before overturning several times along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway on Friday.The vehicle, b...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:31hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa staves off threat to his rule for now
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of any significant pub...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:58hrs | 9873 | by Staff reporter
MSU postpone examinations due to protests
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) was forced to postpone examinations for final year students yesterday as panic gripped the Zanu-PF government ahead of the planned anti-government demonstrations schedu...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on activists intensifies ahead of July 31 protests
POLITICAL activists in Bulawayo have said the alleged abduction of opposition political party members and activists is an attempt to close the democratic space and clamp down on dissent.The ab...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Security forces on high alert
SECURITY forces are on high alert and will be out in full force with adequate manpower to thwart any illegal protests meant to destabilise the country. Police yesterday said people should go a...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Police uncover demo plot
POLICE yesterday unearthed a plot by some vigilante groups linked to the country's opposition parties to commit acts of banditry that include burning service stations and barricading roads to trigger ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
'249 armed persons threaten to burn fuel stations on Friday'
Zimbabwe Republic Police Senior Staff Officer (Press, Public and International Relations) Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has revealed that a group of 249 persons are plotting to barricade al...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 14:28hrs | 7850 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Motorist rams into Mrs Mnangagwa's Toyota Land Cruiser
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was yesterday involved in an accident along the HarareBindura Highway after a motorist rammed into her Toyota Land Cruiser she was travelling in and it overturned....Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:18hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi wreak havoc in Mbembesi
MBEMBESI villagers are living in constant fear of violent illegal gold panners, popularly known as MaShurugwi, who have reportedly invaded the area and are digging around homesteads and gravesites in ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:07hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, civil servants delight in housing programme
Scores of war veterans and civil servants on Sunday expressed their delight after benefitting from a housing project in Melfort, Goromonzi, that will see many of them becoming property owners....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1611 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
James Makamba eyes huge comeback
NATHAN Shamuyarira, Webster Shamu, James Makamba and Supa Mandiwanzira are some of the names that easily come to mind as having made the successful transition from journalism into the murky world of b...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
6 die in horror crash
Six people including two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) fourth year students died on the spot when the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a haulage near Banket along the Harare-Chiru...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 20:02hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Accident leaves one dead
A passenger died on the spot while the driver was critically injured when a blue Toyota Mark X they were travelling in rammed the back of a haulage truck about 3 km outside Gweru along the Gweru-Kwekw...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 18:12hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
More funds for Beitbridge-Harare Highway
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working on a supplementary budget for road authorities following the recent increase in tariffs, board chairman Engineer Michael Madanha has said....Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:16hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in road accident
FOUR people including a 3-months-old baby died on the spot after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in dislodged a rear tyre and veered off the road.The accident happened in the wee hours...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Criminals pounce on desperate commuters
POLICE have warned Bulawayo commuters against boarding private vehicles after it emerged that criminals were now driving around offering transport to desperate commuters and robbing them.Last ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
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