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The tragedy of King Lobhengula and Chaminuka Pasipamire fallout
Two political dynasties in the present-day Harare province and surrounding areas aligned themselves with the Ndebele in the mid to late 1800s. These were the Rwizi and Hwata dynasties. The relationshi...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 11:51hrs | 554 | by Mzala Tom
Zanu-PF-linked extortion ring fleeces residents
Several Zanu-PF officials are allegedly running a large-scale extortion scheme in Harare South, targeting over 150,000 illegal residents by demanding US$50 in "regularisation fees" from each household...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
Zimra, Nampak clash over ZW$27bn penalty
Nampak Zimbabwe, a major industrial packaging manufacturer, is contesting hefty penalties imposed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), amounting to ZW$26.7 billion. The company attributes this d...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'CCC cannot run a toilet'
During a recent full council meeting at Chinhoyi Municipality, councillors acknowledged that the council lacks the capacity to operate a pay toilet it currently leases.CCC deputy mayor Chipo M...Published: 27 May 2024 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
The history of the liberation struggle is incomplete without mentioning Sipolilo (Guruve) Battles
Sipolilo was the entry point for freedom fighters in Rhodesia from Zambia and Mozambique during the liberation struggle. ZANLA and ZIPRA freedom fighters infiltrated in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) through the...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:04hrs | 25 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Enjoy the zen whilst I bring you tea, the stewardess seemed to say
Between the sardine-packed spaces, noise and all, its not easy to fall asleep on long-haul flights. Hiatus from shuteye can play havoc with one's sycardian rhythm (body clock), causing the debutant ai...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:12hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Chamisa's dictatorial leadership style spotlighted
ANALYSTS have expressed misgivings about former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's leadership style as his former allies open up accusing him of dictatorial tendencies, refusi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's resignation created more factions in CCC
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Hunyani constituency in the August 2023 elections, Lovemore Chinoputsa has bemoaned the state of affairs in the two-year-old opposition movement, ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 boys in miraculous escape from abductors in Zimbabwe
THREE boys from Chinhoyi narrowly escaped danger and managed to survive an abduction ordeal. The minors, aged between 11 and 13, were seized in a bush on the outskirts of Rusununguko suburb while coll...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Faz spearheads Zanu-PF by-elections campaign
FOREVER Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy organisation linked to the country's spy agency, has retraced its footsteps back into the political arena, this time campaigning for ruling party candidate...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge road nears completion
The rehabilitation of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway is on the brink of completion, with 465 kilometers now accessible to traffic. In addition, approximately 3 kilometers of dualized road were...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate dumps Chamisa for Mnangagwa
FORMER Citizen Coalition for Change candidate for Hunyani constituency Terrence Kumbula has dumped the opposition outfit to re-join the ruling Zanu-PF party citing inconsistency within its rank and fi...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC councillor dies
Patricia Chibaya, the Councillor for Ward 2 in Chinhoyi and a member of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has tragically passed away just a month after being re-elected for her second term in ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has so far secured 109 seats out of the 171 constituency results
Zanu-PF is poised for a landslide Parliamentary election victory after it secured 109 legislative seats out of the 171 constituency results that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:20hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Nampak cashes in on Zimdollar scarcity
PACKAGING materials supplier Nampak Zimbabwe says it has benefited from improved United States dollar collections during the third quarter ended June 2023 on the back of constrained local currency liq...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'CCC' candidates push ahead
CANDIDATES accused by the opposition CCC of fraudulently submitting nomination court papers while masquerading as bona fide party nominees have persisted with campaigns ahead of the 23 August general ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to clean up opposition rot in cities
Zanu-PF will put in place measures to clean the rot in towns and cities brought about by incompetent opposition councillors who have been in charge of urban councils since 2000, Vice President Dr Cons...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF clash over voters roll
TEMPERS flared yesterday during the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Harare Metropolitan provincial multi-party liaison committee meeting after opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party ...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC ‘double candidates' are arrested by Chamisa's supporters
TWO of Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) double candidates were arrested at a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) event by members of the public and handed over to Zimbabwe Republic Police's (ZRP)...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Chamisa's candidates disqualified
THE ruling Zanu-PF wants the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to disqualify 15 parliamentary candidates of the main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo, saying they fi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's double candidates headache worsens
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change has been caught between a rock and a hard place after it failed to resolve the issue of double candidates ahead of the forthcoming general ele...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus CCC candidates refuse to withdraw from race
THE 17 individuals who successfully filed their parliamentary nomination papers in Harare province on a CCC ticket ahead of the general elections to be held on 23 August - despite not being on the off...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
VIEW: Full Zimbabwe poll candidate list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the final list of candidates who successfully submitted their papers during the sitting of the Nomination Court for the August 23 harmonised ...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, CCC candidates plot victory
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is set to meet aspiring parliamentary candidates to strategise for the August 23 elections.The engagements between Chamisa and seni...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Faz destabilises Chamisa's CCC
SHADOWY Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-linked Zanu-PF group Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), which took over the running of elections from the military in order to boost the prospects of...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake candidates shocked to find their names on list
SOME individuals say they were baffled when they "found" themselves on the list of election candidates who successfully filed nomination papers for National Assembly seats as they did not personally s...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC appeals Zec decision to accept smuggled candidates
THE opposition CCC has filed a notice of appeal at the Electoral Court against the decision of the nomination court to accept parliamentary and local authority election candidates who were not on the ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: CCC 'fake' candidates unveiled
FRAUDULENT DOUBLE CANDIDATES Pursuant to our press briefing on 22 June 2023, we filed objections against double candidates in terms of the procedure provided for under the Electoral Act. We ha...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 16:32hrs | 3 | by CCC
Chamisa blames forgeries in CCC double candidate controversy
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) maintains it did not field double candidates at the nomination court on Wednesday ahead of August 23's elections, instead the party says over a dozen National A...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 12 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Big surprises in Zanu-PF primaries
SOME ministers and veteran parliamentarians fell by the wayside in the Zanu-PF primary elections that were held over the weekend as the ruling party entrenches democracy and reenergises its base ahead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'O' Level exam cheat ordered to perform 140 hours unpaid work
A CHINHOYI 2 High School Form Four learner, who was busted with an answer template to a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Combined Science paper last year, has been sentenced to community ...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three children drown in open pit
An unfortunate incident occurred in Mayambara Village, Seke as 3 children drowned in an open pit.It was on Tuesday when the 3 children aged between 9 and 15 drowned in an open pit. The decease...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 16:39hrs | 2 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimbabwe can be a financial hub
MAURITIUS Finance chief operating officer Vinod K. Bussawah, who is also chairperson of Harare-based financial advisory firm Bard Santner Markets Inc, says Zimbabwe can become a regional financial hub...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Valley braces for more dinosaur excavations
The discovery and excavation of remains of a two-legged dinosaur, that lived 230 million years ago, according to carbon dating in Mbire, has opened floodgates of explorations by archaeologists and loc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as human body without head found in Norton
In an incident that left residents of Norton shell-shocked, Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that they are investigating circumstances surrounding a suspected murder case in which the body of an...Published: 02 May 2022 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man faces arrest for 7 counts of murder
Chief Negomo resident Bright Zhantali (30) was arrested on Saturday for allegedly murdering seven women on different counts.On first count 15 January Zhantali raped and choked Merc...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 11:53hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Slow start to Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF's primary elections to select candidates for the March 26 by-elections got off to a slow start yesterday, with ballot papers delivered late amid fears of vote-rigging.There were report...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaulted in witchcraft row
A 75-year-old Zaka man was fatally assaulted by his nephew early Sunday morning following an altercation over alleged witchcraft, as violent deaths continue to increase countrywide. Hakuf...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt takes over city roads rehab
GOVERNMENT has taken over the rehabilitation of roads in major urban areas in order to speed up the process.Last Thursday, Transport minister Felix Mhona warned contractors doing shoddy jobs t...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Did Nkomo ordain Mugabe?
THE occasion on which Cde Joshua Nkomo showed his acknowledgement of Cde Robert Mugabe's future role was most probably the strangest experience the author of this narration had during the struggle. ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:19hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba-Ndlovu
Evicted Zanu-PF supporters stranded
About 200 families that were evicted from a farm on the outskirts of Marondera in June are still living in the open as the government is yet to fulfil its promise to resettle them.The families...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorists bemoan police roadblocks
Last month, President Mnangagwa announced the country's Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to curb the Delta variant, which was first detected in India and has found its way to Zimbabwe and other parts of the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 resettled farmers evicted
MORE than 400 newly-resettled farmers in Maganga near Marondera, were last week evicted to pave way for the farm's original owner, Hunyani Estate.The farmers were chucked out by the Messenger ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop, wife arrested for car theft
A SENIOR Chinhoyi police officer and his wife, arrested and later acquitted recently on arms racketeering charges, have both been arrested again, this time for car theft.Inspector Clive Kadamb...Published: 27 May 2021 at 10:20hrs | | by Staa reporter
Zimbabwe Republic Police senior officer up for firearms smuggling
Officer-in-charge Mashonaland West Police provincial armory, inspector Clive Kadambure has been arrested in connection with a case in which two men were arrested at Sango Border Post trying to smuggle...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena
Armoury officer in guns smuggling case
Police officer-in-charge of armoury in Mashonaland West, Clive Kadambure, has been arrested in connection with the case where two men were recently arrested after being found in possession of six fire...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Broadcasters should speak all national languages'
Reaching 90 years of age on March 15 this year , retired veteran broadcaster and national languages enthusiast Amon Nyamambi, better known on the airwaves as 'uMaqhulayibambe' his grandfather's name, ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 5 | by John Masuku
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