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Scores throng Beitbridge border ahead of lockdown
SOUTH AFRICA failed to close its border at midnight on Thursday as droves of Zimbabweans resident in that country thronged the Beitbridge border post to return home involuntarily.Thousands of ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1139 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, Zimbabwe clear travellers
Zimbabwean and South African immigration authorities yesterday worked round the clock to clear the final batch of travellers entering the country through Beitbridge Border Post. Human traffic ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 278 | by Staff reporter
UK coronavirus deaths spikes to 759
A total of 759 people have now died of the coronavirus in the UK, while 14,579 have tested positive.The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen from 578 to 759, according to the Depar...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps 10 floors to his death
A 29-YEAR-OLD man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor building in Harare's Central Business District (CBD), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed yesterday.Police...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3374 | by Staff reporter
Telcoms revenue jumps 181%
The telecommunications industry's annual revenue for year 2019 surged 181 percent to $4,5 billion compared to $1,6 billion recorded in the prior driven by inflation induced price hikes. Last y...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:33hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Returning Chinese boss quarantined
Four Chinese nationals with business interests in Kwekwe who had travelled to their native China and caused a scare among workers upon their return have been put in isolation and are being monitored....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
No self-isolation for Mnangagwa
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has said government will not force President Emmerson Mnangagwa into self-quarantine following a trip to Namibia at the weekend.Mnangagwa attended t...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:41hrs | 5229 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi loses $400,000 court case
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has lost a bid to have his ex-wife Tambudzani ordered to pay over $400 000 to him for failing to take custody of cattle which were awarded to her when the two officially pa...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 16:51hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
'Intensify security border patrols'
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to intensify security measures along its borders with South Africa and Botswana to prevent border-jumping and transnational transmission of the coronavirus.There...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
2 illegal miners die in Mazowe
TWO illegal miners died on Sunday in two separate incidents in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province after falling in pits at disused mines while prospecting for gold.Provincial police spokespe...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Fleeing illegal miner jumps to his death
An illegal miner based in Mazowe drowned on Sunday after he jumped into a pit full of water while running away from security guards after tresspassing in a private gold mine.Vengai Mutanhaunga...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 21:35hrs | 1463 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Coronavirus death spikes in Europe while Zimbabwe sees nothing wrong
The whole of Europe is witnessing growing death toll from Covid-19 as Zimbabwe criticised over carefree attitude. The coronavirus outbreak has turned into a global pandemic, as the wo...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 15:58hrs | 4002 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe police to enforce Covid-19 induced social distancing
POLICE will be conducting patrols and spot checks to enforce the Covid-19-induced ban on large gatherings as Government deliberates on measures to encourage social distancing.To stop the sprea...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers killed in shoot-out
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives. Two ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa to share the platform on corona virus
Zimbabwe must take action together to prevent the spread of Corona virus. We must know that our government could not fight the natural calamities, but it is the nation through its unity and courage th...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 1012 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Armed robbers killed in shoot-out with
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives.Two o...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 17:42hrs | 1984 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: South Africa to build 40km fence along Zimbabwe border
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, government is to erect a 40km fence within a month to ensure that no undocumented or infected persons cross the border into South Africa from Zimbabwe and vice ve...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 15:21hrs | 5211 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa to be quarantined
Zimbabwe will not survive the Corona virus if God allows it to ravage our beautiful country. It is painful that some idiots are literally hoping that the virus be found in Zimbabwe. We have insane peo...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 18111 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sweeping arrests for Mashurugwi
In one of the biggest swoops on potential criminals in recent years, Government using Support Unit brought in from Buchwa Mberengwa, Bulawayo and Harare arrested more than 1 000 illegal gold panners f...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:25hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Drowned sangoma to resurface in 3 days, claims colleagues
A FEMALE traditional healer who was part of a 16-member group that visited Murewa to perform rituals at the weekend jumped into Nyaguwe River and drowned, but her fellow sangomas have camped at the ri...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 6020 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus knocks on Beitbridge doors
THE situation at Beitbridge has remained lull despite the dreaded COVID-19 virus knocking on the border town’s doors following the arrival in Limpopo province of 122 South Africans repatriated from ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:11hrs | 4538 | by Staff reporter
Biti accuses Mnangagwa of running down Zimbabwe's economy
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the country's economy through dictatorship and corruption resulting in Zimbabweans' living standards plunging to...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 745 | by newzimbabwe
NetOne's Muchenje remains suspended
NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje remains suspended despite the relief order granted by the High Court on Tuesday to interdict the board from proceeding with a disciplinary hearing, the ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3335 | by Staff Reporter
Massive leaks at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) plans to collect $1,275 billion this year from tollgates, vehicle licensing, road transit fees, overload fees and fuel levy after the new management...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 23:57hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers kill motorist, burn body
TWO stranded border jumpers deported from Botswana allegedly stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond re...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1151 | by staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube dumps interbank rate, adopts managed float exchange rate
BANKS and Bureaux De Change operators can now freely trade foreign exchange subject to market forces after Government liberalised the forex trading market as part of measures to arrest exchange rate v...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
Murders around Zimbabwe scary
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying.The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequent...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:05hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues travel advisory on South Africa
GOVERNMENT has urged people to avoid unnecessary travel to South Africa until the neighbouring country is safe from coronavirus (Covid-19) to minimise the risk of exposure. Seven South Africans have s...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Job Sikhala masters of violence
Political violence is violence perpetrated by people to achieve political goals. Non-action on the part of a government can also be characterized as a form of political violence, such as refusing to a...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 14:41hrs | 1222 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Corruption busters get $1 000 bribe to release suspect
Two members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, deployed in Shurugwi under operation codenamed Chikorokoza Chapera, have been arrested for allegedly releasing a suspect after receiving a $1 000 bribe....Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:02hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Selous Scouts were led to Nyadzonya by sellout Nyati
WE continue our interview with Retired Major Wurayai Levis Masimbi pseudonym Simbi Dzewondo who on 9 August 1976 was one of the survivors of a callous raid by a column of 84 Rhodesian Selous Scouts le...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:24hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pair excel as NRZ train drivers
Weighing a massive 65 000 kilogrammes, measuring three metres in width and a length of about three light vehicles, the DE10 diesel-powered locomotive is a beast of steel.Its doors, opening at ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
30 0000 Zimbabwe cattle border jumps into Botswana
MORE than 30 000 cattle from areas bordering Botswana crossed into the neighbouring country in the last seven months, renewing fears Gaborone officials will be forced to invoke a law that compels them...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in Coronavirus panic
HEALTH groups in the country sounded alarm bells yesterday after neighbouring South Africa confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), in KwaZulu-Natal and called for tighter controls at the c...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2339 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to strengthen border security
South Africa has passed a Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill, which is expected to improve security at all the country's entry points.This most likely means the number of people who illega...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
No forex, no fuel for Zimdollar earning Zimbabweans
FUEL is readily available for motorists buying in foreign currency, but not for those using local currency who have to queue for hours to access the commodity. This supply situation of diesel ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Why Mapeza left Chippa
Norman Mapeza is believed to have walked out of South African top-flight side Chippa United following interference by club management in the affairs of the technical team during a period the club endu...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 08:07hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe consults sangomas to become Zimbabwe President
The Family of musician Rachel j has issued a statement responding to the allegations by former Deputy Finance Minister Terence Mukupe that she was impregnated by Prophet Shepherd Bushiri. The ...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 10:50hrs | 3735 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Assessing the latest Monetary Policy Statement
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) delivered its first monetary policy statement for 2020 (On 17 of February 2020) with an impetus on stabilizing prices and the exchange rate. The central bank deliver...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 421 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sex starved man fondles ex-wife's breasts
A 38-YEAR-OLD sex starved man from Mbire district will perform 410 of community service after he fondled his ex-wife's breasts.Last Mutungirire was convicted by Guruve resident magistrate Shin...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 23:01hrs | 3604 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZACC Chair defends Tagwirei
CORRUPTION allegations levelled against business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei by suspended Zanu-PF youth leader, Lewis Matutu to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), are baseless and fail to meet t...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1554 | by newzimbabwe
Wife kills hubby over paternity dispute
AXE weilding Chiweshe woman is in soup after she allegedly killed her husband in a child paternity dispute.Maggie S Mayulwa (37) of Vhu...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 22:15hrs | 2546 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Pregnant woman threatens to kill herself for snatched daughter
An eight-month pregnant woman and mother of seven gave a crowd the fright at the Tredgold Court pavement when she threatened to kill both herself and her unborn baby on the spot by jumping into the bu...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:30hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
'Lift sanctions to end mass poverty' insist AU - povo poor but not stupid, know Blue Roof opulence is mother of poverty
There are many reasons why Africa has remained the dark continent, forever doomed to blunder from one crisis to the next. Africa was at business-end of the slave trade, millions of Africans we...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:28hrs | 728 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Hackers are after Web Applications now (and other key takeaways from SonicWall Cyber Threat Report)
Not too long ago, SonicWall released its Cyber Threat Report 2019. One of the key takeaways is that cybercriminals are starting to take an interest in web apps. In fact, these have increased by 52% in...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1088 | by Staff writer
Mujuru biography traces hero's life, suspicious death
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE - A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero's key role in shaping the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adopts low sulphur fuel
Zimbabwe has adopted low sulphur fuels as the continent presses ahead with the migration towards cleaner fuels to reduce pollution. So far, only 15 countries out of 54 on the continent have ma...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Growing up eMalokishini back in the day
Cotton farmers made headlines this week for the wrong reasons. The merchants allege that the farmers are adding weight to their bales of cotton by hiding a few stones inside.I could not help but s...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 740 | by Wlliam Phiri
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