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Bulawayo teacher to undergo life-saving kidney transplant in India
After a prolonged battle with chronic kidney disease, 52-year-old Mrs. Isabel Mavengano, a dedicated teacher from Bulawayo, is set to leave the country today for a life-saving kidney transplant in Ind...Published: 18 hrs ago | 138 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns schools against manipulating exchange rates
As Zimbabwean schools prepare to open for the first term this Tuesday, the Government has issued a stern warning to schools engaging in fraudulent foreign exchange practices. Reports have surfaced of ...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:58hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 275 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Top Zimbabwe lawyer given ultimatum
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has given prominent lawyer Wilson Manase a deadline of ten days to provide an explanation for his failure to finalize the estate of the late businesswoman Jane Maisir...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Relief as High Court reverses Masvingo evictions
The High Court has overturned the conviction of 16 villagers who were previously found guilty of illegally occupying gazetted land in Masvingo. The original conviction, handed down b...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
ED2030 sloganeering lacks practicability
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, the ED 2030 campaign sloganeering lacks practicality. It is corrosive, divisive and erosive. It contradicts the time-honoured lead...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
US says companies may review stance on Zimbabwe after sanctions shift
US businesses may re-examine their stance on Zimbabwe following the adoption of a new sanctions program which places only three entities and the nation's top leaders including Zimbabwean President Emm...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man regrets sending wife to school
A Harare man says he is regretting sending his ex-wife to school as he accused her of being too greedy and not grateful.This emerged at the Harare magistrate court last week where Brian Ngwana...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former model convicted of fraud
FORMER top model, Mercy Mushaninga, who duped five models of a combined US$10 200 in a botched Dubai modelling event, has to pay back the money and perform 350 hours of unpaid community service at the...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC convenes extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe over elections
THE Southern African Development (Sadc) will hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government on Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the auspices of its current chairperson, Angolan President JoÃ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police probe Zec break-in
THERE are fears that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) might have lost critical information following a break-in at its Mahachi Quantum Building headquarters in Harare, an incident that has adde...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3 laptops stolen at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission HQ
A security breach is being investigated at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) headquarters in Harare after three laptops were stolen during a break-in early Sunday.Two of the laptops belo...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 17:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Married Woman Killed By Lover
In a shocking turn of events, a Chiredzi man has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for the murder of his married lover. High Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze delivered the verdict...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:48hrs | 11 | by Erick Matotoba
Richard Branson enjoys Zimbabwe's wildlife during two week visit
British billionaire Richard Branson – the founder of the Virgin Group – and his family spent considerable time touring Zimbabwe's prime wildlife resort areas during his visit to the country....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Storm brews over Oliver Chidawu estate
THE late national hero Oliver Chidawu's widow Spiwe has taken family executor Clever Mandizvidza to court, challenging a will left by her husband on the basis that it violated sections of the Wills Ac...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe charges trafficking kingpin
The offer was hard to resist. A life-changing job opportunity in the United Arab Emirates with fully paid flights and visas to Dubai, its most modern capital. A route out of grinding poverty in Zimbab...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa net worth jumps 125%
The net worth of Zimbabwe's telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, who has recently been appointed to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation board, has surged 125 percent to US$2.7 billion (R41.3 billion), F...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa ranked 10th and US$100m richer
Africa's billionaires are richer than they have been in years, despite the global pandemic. As a group, the continent's 18 billionaires are worth an estimated $84.9 billion - a 15% increase from twelv...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 17:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man commits suicide at in-laws' home
IN an incident that has left villagers in Chinamhora shell-shocked, a 43-year-old man died after setting himself ablaze at his in-laws' residence.Abel Chivandire, of Ndoro village, under Chief...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host ICC WC again
ZIMBABWE will co-host the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 alongside South Africa and Namibia, the International Cricket Council have announced. The ICC confirmed the decision yesterday, after...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo elected new Zapu President
THE son of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, Sibangilizwe was Saturday elected new Zapu new president during a drama-filled elective congress held in Bulawayo.Nkomo polled 793 votes to lan...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The ZAPU's hour of reckoning has come.
The ZAPU National Elective Congress starts tomorrow on the 28th October 2021 at Bulawayo Amphitheatre and it will run until the 30th. The first day is earmarked for receiving delegates from various br...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 19:57hrs | 9 | by Thulani Nkala
Tutani was a rare breed, says Masunda
THE late veteran Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Conway Tutani's family yesterday said a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of the scribe's death would be done today, while burial arrangements w...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outpour of grief for top scribe Tutani
VETERAN Alpha Media Holdings journalist Conway Tutani has died. Tutani passed away on Monday afternoon at his Houghton Park home in Harare aged 67.His wife, Isabel, yesterday told NewsDay that...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man strikes wife with hoe after catching her with a boyfriend
A 40-year-old man from Guruve is on the run after fatally striking his wife with a hoe three times above the right eye after catching her red-handed with a boyfriend along Mukura River.Mashona...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to kill cheating wife, flees
Police in Guruve are hunting for a man who attempted to kill his wife after catching her in a compromising position with another man.The jealous Clayton Domingo (40) of Wachenuka village alleg...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 10:51hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Cop piles misery on injured MDC Alliance activists
AN investigation officer in the matter involving MDC Alliance youths, one of whom was allegedly burnt with suspected sulphuric acid on the face while in police custody, yesterday said he did not know ...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blanket completes Zimbabwe's deepest gold shaft
RESOURCES firm Caledonia Mining Corporation has blasted off its first gold ore at the US$67 million Central Shaft at Blanket Mine in Gwanda, marking the beginning of a new era following six years of p...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blocked son-in-law, daughter and nephew over attempts to take over Telecel
WHILE the late former president Robert Mugabe's regime was corrupt and incompetent it allowed ministers, top civil servants and its business cronies to loot public resources Mugabe himself was very st...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?
WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
'Mwonzora is the only one who can fit into Tsvangirai's shoes' - says daughter
MDC-T Congress delegate Isabel Mwonzora was unequivocal in claims her father was best suited for the MDC-T top job."Mwonzora is the only one who can fit into Morgan Tsvangirai's shoes. He has ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora thanks Chamisa's followers for behaving
MDC-T congress started at Rainbow Towers, Harare this Sunday morning with wild cheering directed at presidential hopeful and current secretary general Douglas Mwonzora.Mwonzora's arrival at th...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should come clean on name dropping
WHILE it is common knowledge that criminals tend to name-drop each time they are cornered with the hope of evading arrest, the frequency at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family name has been th...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Caledonia eyeing big gold mine
CALEDONIA Mining is interested in buying one of Zimbabwe's largest gold operations as it embarks on an aggressive plan to acquire more assets in the country, according to a person familiar with the de...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase announces top-line showcasers for September fashion show
LONDON: Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase (ZFS) will return in September for a high-class weekend of fashion – showcasing some of the African communities rising UK based designers.Scheduled for 28 S...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zimbabwe govt to cede TelOne, NetOne majority shares by year-end
GOVERNMENT is moving to complete the sale of its majority shareholding in fixed telecommunications company TelOne and mobile operator NetOne by year-end, businessdigest has learnt.There has be...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri opts for out of court settlement
Exiled former police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri falls on hard times
Former Police Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri's family has been hit hard by financial challenges to an extent of petitioning the High Court for permission to sell an agro-residential plot in...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charity Charamba redeployed
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to have a new national spokesperson after Commissioner Charity Charamba was redeployed to the Staff College as Principal.Charamba, the face of the ZRP...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Jonathan Moyo must be puking as Strive Masiyiwa's fortune rises to US$2.3bn
exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo last week made a jibe on telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa saying that Masiyiwa is a Bond-note billionaire, a reference to the local currency th...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
No coups in 2018: Will 2019 be so stable?
THE past year may have felt politically tumultuous, between Saudi Arabia's brazen killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, the resurgence of authoritarianism in Eastern Europe and Donald Trump...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Clayton Besaw
Chamisa should avoid Angola, DRC path
REPORTS this week that Angolan police arrested former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos' son, José Filomeno, over the alleged illegal transfer of US$500 million from state coffers to a Swiss bank acc...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:12hrs | | by Editorial - the independent
The hero of Tjewondo battle
On 27 May this year, we carried an article under our Lest We Forget column about how two elderly women, Loiusa Ndlovu and Eveline Ndlovu who are in their late 80s, witnessed the battle that took place...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
After 38 years, yet another rigged election all because MDC leaders are stuck in the narrow-minded ghetto mentality
"In a famous exchange between Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald is reputed to have said, "The rich are different from the rest of us," to which Hemingway replied, "Yes, I know, they have more money...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa legitimising neo-colonialism
Because Mother Africa's children residing at home and abroad are paying extremely close attention to Zimbabwe's upcoming harmonised elections, the individual profiles of the candidates will automatica...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Lesotho group want its land back from SA
A group from Lesotho, which calls itself the 'Basotho Petitioners', has petitioned Britain's Queen Elizabeth to demand the return to land in South Africa.They claim the land is "rightfully" th...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commandeer his full motorcade to Chicken Inn
President Mnangagwa yesterday took Chegutu food lovers by surprise when he unexpectedly joined the queue in a fast-food outlet, bought his lunch and even tipped a cashier. Mnangagwa is now fam...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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