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Revised Starlink Policy for Sustainable Growth - A dedication to Eng. Chemist Siziba
Honorable Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, all protocols observed, please receive a request from a group of ...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 07:04hrs | 988 | by Robert Ndlovu
Minister commissions first Binga propaganda radio station
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, yesterday officially commissioned Twasumpuka FM, the first and only community radio station in Binga District in Matebelel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy Strikes in Chikangwe: Illegal fuel storage claims 3 lives in devastating fire
In a grim incident that unfolded on February 24, 2024, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has officially confirmed the death of three individuals following a fire outbreak at a residence in Chikangwe, Karoi...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:34hrs | 1141 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
2 more die from Karoi fuel explosion
TWO other victims who were seriously burnt last Saturday from a petrol explosion have died. One person died on the spot while the other two, who were rushed to hospital after containers of pet...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 11:14hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP ordered to vacate farm
KAROI magistrate Moreblessing Makati on Friday fined Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and ordered him to vacate Chitonga Farm he had occupied using forged documents. ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police name, shame drug lords
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has resorted to naming and shaming convicted drug dealers as part of efforts aimed at addressing the scourge.In a statement accompanying the names of 28 conv...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner sets up New York office
HARARE - Local financial services firm Bard Santner Inc has set up an office in New York, United States, in a move to attract capital investment and transaction opportunities offshore.The comp...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 18:42hrs | 419 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-deputy minister Karoro trial kicks off
Former Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister Douglas Karoro's trial kicked off at the Harare magistrates' court yesterday.He is being charged with Grain Ma...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 17:16hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Farm invaders fined US$50
TWENTY-FOUR villagers have been convicted and fined US$50 each for invading a farm owned by the late MDC politician, Roy Bennet.They were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Karoi magis...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Chirundu highway upgrade starts
THE long-awaited widening and upgrading of the 352-kilometre Harare-Chirundu highway has started with all the contractors on site. The upgrade has seen two of the five contractors identified t...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Guruve fisherman drowns
A 55-YEAR-OLD Guruve fisherman drowned on Thursday after an inflated vehicle tyre he was using burst.Dinhidza Murombo drowned while his uncle Daniel Makina managed to swim to safety at Karoi f...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 15:31hrs | 729 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Robbers kill black farmer, rape two relatives
POLICE in Kwekwe, the Midlands province, have launched a manhunt for a gang of armed robbers which broke into a farmhouse and killed an 85-year-old farmer before raping his two relatives.Provi...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Man kills cousin in mining dispute
A Kadoma man has been arrested on allegations of fatally stabbing his cousin with a knife following a mining dispute.In a statement, police said Samson Katsuro (50) was arrested on a charge of...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 24 Lt Colonels
President Mnangagwa has in terms of the Defence Act promoted 24 Zimbabwe National Army Lieutanant Colonels to Colonel with effect from 20 December 2023.The promoted Colonels are: T Marufu, S C...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:46hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
CAG bus conductor says their 65 seater buses board 102
Just a week after causing a fatal accident that claimed the lives of five passengers on the Karoi-Binga road, a conductor from CAG Travellers Coaches has been caught on record admitting that their 65-...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:19hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to experience more power cuts
ZESA Holdings says consumers should expect more power outages in Harare, Bulawayo and some areas in Karoi and surrounding areas due to faults and maintanance work.Posting a notice on its socia...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Gayton McKenzie is not from Gweru, Zimbabwe
Gayton McKenzie, a South African politician and a previously convicted bank robber, refutes allegations suggesting he hails from Gweru, Zimbabwe. As the president of the Patriotic Alliance political p...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 07:57hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
CAG accidents draining govt coffers
GOVERNMENT has committed to assist families of five people who died after a CAG bus was involved in a head-on collision with a truck along the Karoi-Magunje Road last week.Speaking during the ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt neglects Matebeleland roads, to focus on other regions
The last gaps in the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are the primary target on the Government's infrastructure programme this year, while the modernisation of Forbes and Nyamapanda border posts is ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare over trapped Redwing miners
Tempers flared yesterday at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga where about 11 artisanal miners were trapped underground after a mine shaft collapsed, with relatives accusing government of fumbling the rescue ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
5 die in Karoi bus crash
Five people have died, three of them on the spot, in a head-on collision involving a Magunje-bound CAG bus and a Mazda pick-up truck along the Karoi-Binga Highway this afternoon.Police confirm...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:17hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers acquitted due to 'shoddy police work’
Only two members of a seven-person gang were found guilty of carrying out a series of armed robberies in and around Karoi, revealing flaws in the investigations conducted by local police detectives....Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 17:26hrs | 1790 | 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 | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwe govt pushes seed producers into a serious crisis
The government received seed valued at over US$62 million from seed companies without making the corresponding payments, plunging producers into crisis during an already challenging drought-hit season...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 11:31hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
GMB fails to pay wheat farmers
Government has failed to pay wheat farmers for deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), NewsDay has gathered.According to farmers, this has dented their festive mood.One farmer i...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:33hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farm dispute opens can of worms
THE land dispute between Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and a communal farmer Vincent Tendayi has opened a can of worms.Kangausaru, who has been tussling with Tendayi ov...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:55hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa quits active politics, unveils tourism project
FORMER Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa (Independent) has turned his focus to tourism and hospitality business after failing to retain his parliamentary seat during the August 23 and 24 harmon...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Convicted Zanu-PF MP's sentence deferred
Karoi magistrate Moreblessing Makati has postponed the sentencing of Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru, who was accused of forgery.Makati convicted Kangausaru last month and senten...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:46hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Son-in-law demands back lobola, court saves in-laws
The High Court intervened to protect the Karoi in-laws, who were pressured by their son-in-law to reimburse him $2,720 paid as bride price for their daughter. The daughter, Shumirai Bandera, was disco...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa quits politics
FORMER Hurungwe West and Norton constituencies legislator, Temba Mliswa is optimistic of contributing to the turnaround of the country's tourism sector as he invests and focuses on his Karoi property....Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:12hrs | 2252 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity generation to increase monthend
Power cuts being experienced across the country are expected to ease by the end of this month when power generation will increase on the back of two units being brought back to the national grid....Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife after catching her pants down in matrimonial bed
A CHINHOYI man is on the run after butchering his wife of nearly 15 years after catching her red-handed in a compromising position with her suspected lover on the matrimonial bed.After committ...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 22:41hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats is cutting spending on its US$1.8bn projects
The decline in global platinum prices is compelling Impala Platinum to reduce its planned expenditures across its operations, including Zimplats, which is expected to negatively impact local suppliers...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to 'punish' dishonest cotton farmers
The government is taking action against cotton farmers who were provided with presidential inputs but failed to deliver their crops to the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) during the 2023 selling s...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers demand stands
Commercial sex workers, vendors, and churches in the Karoi farming town are advocating for residential stands as a fundamental human right. They claim they have been excluded from residential housing ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
EU injects US$120m towards Kariba Dam rehab
The European Union (EU) has allocated €113 million (approximately US$120 million) to support the restoration of Kariba Dam, as part of the Global Gateway initiative aimed at enhancing the country's ...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam rehab 80% complete
The ongoing Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project, currently at an 80 percent completion stage, encompasses the reshaping of the Plunge Pool and refurbishments of the Spillway. This comprehensive endeavor...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:15hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-listed companies get leeway to report financials in US dollars
Zimbabwean companies listed on the stock exchange are now permitted to present their financial statements in US dollars due to the swift dollarization of the economy. The CEO of the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to take centre stage as 'world's next lithium valley'
As the shift towards sustainable energy gains momentum across the globe, the demand for lithium is anticipated to continue its upward trajectory, leading to an increase in its price despite growing su...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Dubbed 'the World's Next Lithium Valley' - to Speak at Critical Minerals Africa 2023
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - As Zimbabwe sets its sights on achieving a $12-billion mining industry by year-end, Pfungwa Kunaka, Permanent Secretary for Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe, will spe...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 12:54hrs | 405 | by APO
OK Zimbabwe says 70% of goods they sell are local
OK Zimbabwe, the country's biggest supermarket chain, says local goods still dominate its shelves despite the government opening up the borders to grocery imports.CEO Max Karombo says up to 70...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:29hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Pupils demonstrate over classmates' expulsion
On September 26, 2023, students from Gokomere High School were halted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police while en route to Masvingo Town, where they intended to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Prim...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:09hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Mukuru outlet
Four individuals armed with pistols reportedly carried out a robbery at a Mukuru outlet, making off with US$2,000 and confiscating customers' cellphones in the process.According to a statement...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 19:17hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa was 'jittery' over Harare vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have been so worried about the Harare vote in the August 23 and 24 elections so much that he had to repeatedly check with officials during counting of votes, in...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Human trafficking Zimbabwe cop faces probe
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched an internal investigation against a Chirundu-based officer who is facing a charge of human trafficking, NewsDay has gathered.Paul Chaza was recently g...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Time for action, Mr Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa began his second and final term yesterday with the daunting task of uniting the nation after a disputed poll which observers said did not meet regional and international b...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa bounces back as councillor
OUTGOING Mashonaland West Provincial resident minister, Mary-Chikoka Mliswa has bounced back as a Hurungwe rural district councillor under the proportional representation quota system.On Sunda...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
V11s saga: Polling agents under siege
State security agents have been accused of haranguing polling agents and observers whom they are allegedly forcing to amend V11 forms used in last week's elections amid allegations of rigging....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-Chikoka accused of forging Zanu-PF aspiring councillors' signatures
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has been fingered in a fraud storm amid accusations she forged the signatures of three aspiring councillors prompting the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
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