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Easter Holiday accidents kill 24
The death toll of people who died during the Easter Holiday rose to 24 on Sunday night after 11 people perished on the spot in a fatal head-on collision at the 118km peg along Harare-Mutare highway in...Published: 20 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff reporter
Family whips granny to death over witchcraft
EIGHT Chivi family members allegedly whipped their elderly relative for more than 10 hours with mulberry tree switches leading to his death after accusing him of witchcraft, police have confirmed. ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 827 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Historic ZITF opens
THE 60th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) opens in Bulawayo today with record breaking subscription at 532 direct local exhibitors and 16 countries participating. ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 493 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa plays tribal politics in Bulawayo'
MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has been accused of playing tribal politics in Bulawayo to shut out perceived enemies and ensure his cronies win provincial congress elections held in the city...Published: 20 hrs ago | 5139 | by Methusi Ncube
Uproar as Harare spends two weeks without water
Residents of Harare are up in arms against the Harare City Council which has failed to provide municipality water for close to two weeks due to shortage of treatment chemicals.Residents who to...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 11:10hrs | 3069 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Land compensation and IMF re-engagement: A legacy of an Anti-poor government.
The full import of Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is now being painfully realized by the working class of Zimbabwe. Salaries of the workers have been eroded, the majority of our popu...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2206 | by Obert Masaraure
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 4251 | by Staff reporter
Stationery shortage hits Registrar-General's office
The Registrar-General's Office (RG) has been hit with a serious shortage of stationery and consumables required to process national identification cards and passports, it has emerged.The offic...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Independence Day accidents claim 6
Road traffic accidents during this year's Independence Day holiday increased from 69 recorded in 2018 to 96 which, however, claimed six lives, half that from last year, according to statistics release...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:48hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man found dead
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo was stoned and stabbed to death allegedly by a group of unknown assailants. Edward Hlanganani from Old Magwegwe suburb was found by a passerby lying in blood on...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for thunderstorms, wet Easter
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted a wet Easter in some parts of the country with isolated showers and scattered thunderstorms expected. In a statement issued on Wednes...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans killed in head-on collision in South Africa
Ten people have been killed in a head-on collision on the N1 in Limpopo, while another is in a critical condition in a Modimolle hospital.Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Matome Ta...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:24hrs | 7373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe corruption runs 'deep and wide'
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa didn't know the extent of corruption in the country until he took up the highest office in the land.Speaking in a televised interview aired by the Zimba...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border staff braces for holiday influx
ZIMBABWEAN and South African border authorities have come up with a raft of measures to deal with the anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the Independence and Easter Holidays. ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Health scare as Harare to shut down water taps in 24hours
Harare residents must brace up for an impending health hazard after the Harare City Council is reported to be contemplating shutting down the water treatment plant within the next 24 hours after its f...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 19:35hrs | 7294 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's son-in-law seeks acquittal at High Court
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore has approached the High Court seeking acquittal on charges of unlawful detention.This comes after his bid for discharge at the close o...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:25hrs | 8245 | by Staff reporter
Laptop thieves locked for 15 months
TWO thieves from Bulawayo have been sentenced to 15 months in prison while a third was ordered to perform community service after they used a duplicate key to unlock a door and stole a laptop from a h...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers choke baby
FIVE robbers armed with a pistol and iron bars allegedly pretended to be police officers, handcuffed a woman who was breastfeeding and put her in leg irons before choking her baby while demanding cash...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Hospital wards shared with corpses
Authorities at Chegutu District Hospital are under fire for neglecting the institution's mortuary which has been dysfunctional for more than six months.Patients and their relatives have also a...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 18:25hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance litigant assaulted
One of the five MDC-Alliance members challenging their party at the High Court over the congress set for May arguing that it should be moved to October was on Thursday last week assaulted during the p...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered for asking for sex
TWO Harare men were hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly murdering a man who asked for sex from their female accomplice during a beer drink.Trymore White and Roy Kufahakurotyi appe...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:57hrs | 4667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean students reduced to beggars in Algeria
ZIMBABWEAN students studying on State scholarships in Algeria have, for the umpteenth time, made an impassioned plea to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to look into their welfare, which is now dire, as t...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Parliament hopeful jailed for conning residents
A GWANDA Central parliamentary candidate for the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) in last year's elections has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conning residents of about RTGS $800....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Understanding Day Trading and If It's Right for You
Most people who drift off and have thoughts of quitting their job during a stressful day and trading stocks for a living are daydreaming about day trading. Careless or inexperienced traders can lose t...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1707 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's wife detained
Former Zimbabwe Government heavyweight Mr Savior Kasukuwere's wife was allegedly detained for 5 hours at the Robert Mugabe International Airport by ClOs, sources say. Human Rights Watch boss D...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 7793 | by Staff reporter
Zesa blames faults for incessant blackouts
POWER cuts that are being experienced countrywide have raised the ire of consumers as many areas are going for hours without power almost on a daily basis. A number of Bulawayo suburbs have be...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
9-man gang holds up City Link bus
LUXURY bus City Link's passengers travelling from Bulawayo to Harare were delayed for about three hours as a gang of nine men manhandled the driver accusing him of 'stealing' their US$7 000 that was i...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in serious trouble now
Two months ago I started sharing my political opinions in video format. This included negotiating airspace on popular political YouTube channels and Facebook groups. In trying to obtain airspace I hav...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 5136 | by Terence Simbi
Outcry as ZANU PF thug gets community service for attempted murder
Zimbabweans have made an outcry after a Kadoma magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba on Monday sentenced ZANU PF thug Litten Chikore, to eight months in jail for attempted murder, but the whole sentence ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 13:09hrs | 1396 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Average cost of a wedding photographer in USA: 2019 Study
So it's finally happened, you're engaged and it's time to start preparations for the wedding. This is one event that takes a lot of work and careful planning. From the venue to the guests, catering, e...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 10:21hrs | 3205 | by Staff Writer
Ian Khama humiliated by Botswana's ruling party
Former Botswana President Ian Khama slammed the ruling party after a candidate he backed withdrew from a leadership contest, saying it was rigged in favour of current president, Mokgweetsi Masisi....Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 25896 | by AP/Bloomberg
Zanu-PF thug escapes jail, to perform community service
A gold mine brute convicted last week over a savage attack on another man, which was captured on video, will not serve any jail time.Litten Chikowore, 35, of Waverely in Kadoma, was sentenced ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1226 | by ZimLive
Parly raises red flag over Zinara graders repair costs
THE Parliamentary Public Accounts Portfolio Committee (PAC) last week grilled Univern over its supply of 80 graders with snow ploughs to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in 2012 at a...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Men rape daughters in bizarre rituals
DISTURBING reports have surfaced from some remote parts of Mbire district in Mashonaland Central where some fathers are allegedly raping their daughters and forcing them into incestuous relationships ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Four of the seven Zimbabweans burnt alive in South Africans laid to rest
More than 1000 mourners, including some South Africans attended the burial in Sanyati Zimbabwe of the four of the slain Zimbabweans. Each mourner had his-or her own profound reasons for being ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 19:22hrs | 15764 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Auxillia joins Mnangagwa in hiring pricey private jets
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has joined her husband in hiring pricey private jets - which cost taxpayers thousands of United States dollars.The first lady returned home from Dubai on Tuesday ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 5303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife charters pricey plane to Dubai
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has joined her husband in hiring pricey private jets - which cost taxpayers thousands of United States dollars.The first lady returned home from Dubai on Tuesday ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 5304 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe's landmark elections
ON August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3482 | by Al Jazeera
Border delays rile transporters
Transporters and customs clearing agents have expressed concern over the delays in the movement of cargo at Beitbridge Border Post, which is SADC's busiest inland port. They said they had been...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Panic after sangoma's death, clients throng home to return charms
THERE is gnashing of teeth among those who sought lucky charms from prominent traditional healer, Sekuru Charles Makuyana-Ndunge, who died in Chipinge on March 30, 2019 after a courageous battle with ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:27hrs | 27840 | by Staff reporter
75-year-old retraces colonial days, cycled from Buhera to Gweru in search of work
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1829 | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Mnangagwa dialogue laying ground for 2023'
NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has defended his participation in the dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he is contributing to nation building and laying the groundwork for credible elec...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
New voice charms ZBCtv viewers
There is a new kid on the block at ZBCtv. Hazel Zisanhi, who exudes cool confidence, has within a short space of time charmed ZBCtv viewers during the weekend bulletins. The delectable and "fore...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Charamba berates Mnangagwa's critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing, berating those criticising his boss for excessive foreign travel as dwelling on trivia.Charamba said Mnan...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's briefcase has spying capacity?
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says the controversial Louis Vuitton briefcase has spying capacity. Commenting on a discussion about the bag on Twitter Prof. Moyo a...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | 9572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How did Zimbabwe end up with such toxic debts?
What I witnessed last Saturday at Zimbabwe's biggest hospital, Parirenyatwa, got me thinking.In the casualty unit, there was no doctor attending to patients from 5.30pm to 9pm. I saw patients ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 09:59hrs | 617 | by Editorial _ The Independent
Cobra causes stir in Nkulumane suburb
A THREE-METRE-LONG cobra caused a stir in Nkulumane 12 suburb in Bulawayo after it slithered into houses near a bushy area on the outskirts of the residential area.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2357 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance official left for dead
An MDC-Alliance official from Mashonaland West Province was recently attacked with machetes by suspected party hooligans for questioning the conduct of district elections to choose delegates to the pa...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
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