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Chaos reigns at budget meeting
A budget consultative meeting convened by Kwekwe City Council was abandoned on Tuesday after residents rejected a bid to impose figures on them for the second year running. The local authority...Published: 16 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism scandal at council
MDC Alliance-run Gweru City Council (GCC) has been rocked by a nepotism scandal with allegations that councillors are arm-twisting management to hire "their people" as contract workers at the local au...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Women hails organisation over its findings on women quota system
Women in Midlands and Bulawayo provinces have hailed the findings from the research conducted by Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) and Southern African Parliamentary Su...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:38hrs | 286 | by Stephen Jakes
Zacc zeroes in on Gokwe Town Council
THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has petitioned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate alleged corruption and maladministration at Gokwe Town Council....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:17hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council workers declare incapacitation
GWERU City Council workers have notified their employer that starting from December 19 they would only be able to report for duty once a week, citing poor salaries which they said were affecting their...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:23hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
'Blackman' Matambanadzo in China for treatment
KWEKWE Central Member of Parliament Mr Masango "Blackman" Matambanadzo has been flown to China on a medical emergency due to suspected food poisoning. A popular figure in Kwekwe, Mr Matambanad...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Ignorance of law costs lives on Zimbabwe's roads
In 2015, government passed Statutory Instrument (SI) 129 of 2015 ordering the installation of speed governors or tracking systems in all public passengers carrying vehicles in a move meant to curb the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference: The place to be
ZANU-PF will be holding its 18th National People's Conference from 10 to 15 December 2019, at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province. This event is not just a mere gathering, but t...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:57hrs | 143 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Mnangagwa slammed for 'cracking skulls' during doctors' strike
FORMER Health Minister, Henry Madzorera has hit out at the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government for allegedly going on a "deliberate skull cracking and bone breaking" programme fully knowing there were n...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1174 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa should clear name on Gukurahundi before grabbing Bulawayo roads'
OPPOSITION Zapu has scolded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for rushing to name a street in Bulawayo after himself before he has found time to come clean on his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities o...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1104 | by newzimbabwe
Power outage leaves Kwekwe without water
A major electrical fault at Kwekwe Waterworks has resulted in the city going for two days without water, but Zesa Holdings hoped to have the fault fixed by yesterday to allowing pumping to resum...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean receives prestigious scholarship in SA
Prospective University of Cape Town (UCT) student Terrell Demorgan is the inaugural recipient of the Daniel Samuel Maseko Memorial Scholarship and will enrol for his Bachelor of Business Science (BBus...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 17:55hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs Tsvangirai
Government yesterday resolved to rename a number of streets and buildings in Harare, Bulawayo and several other cities and towns in the country after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the late former a...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Re-naming of streets above board
Cabinet's decision to re-name some roads in urban local authorities, places and Government buildings after national heroes and regional nationalists and beyond is in accordance with the country's laws...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa named 10 roads after himself
With the haste of a man not certain of history's judgment of him, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday renamed 10 roads in all provinces after himself.Enterprise Road in Harare, which lead...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 165 | by ZimLive
Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
'We had informers within the Rhodesian security services'
WE continue our interview with Tapson Ncube pseudonym Makhula Thebe who in the past instalments has spoken about how dissenting voices were treated within the Zipra ranks. Viewed as a rebel, N...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:24hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
One dead, several injured as grenade explodes in house
ONE person died on the spot while several others were hospitalised after an object believed to be a grenade exploded in their house in Silobela.The incident happened in Dambridge area Mtshogwe...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff eyes new CBD
Redcliff Municipality, which is eyeing city status by 2030, is in the process of preparing a development master plan that will see the establishment of a new Central Business District at the Redcliff ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Mine dispute sucks in MP
A 65-year-old woman from Silobela, just outside Kwekwe, is accusing local legislator Mthokozisi Manoki Mpofu of forcibly taking over her mine. Ms Martha Moyo said she now feared for her life after Mpo...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:13hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya escapes fatal crash
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Ms Henrieta Rushwaya was involved in an accident just outside Kwekwe on her way from the organisation's Annual General Meeting in Gweru last night. O...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Soldier guns down wife, kills self
A soldier reportedly shot and killed his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before killing himself by the same gun following a misunderstanding at their home in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, ea...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk suspension challenge flops
GWERU town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza's bid to challenge her suspension has hit a snag after an independent tribunal, led by Melusi Moyo of Dube-Banda Nzarayapenga legal practitioners, dismissed the a...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:58hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Shepherd Tundiya discharged in Goddard case
KWEKWE businessman Shepherd Tundiya, who was facing allegations of coercing the director of JR Goddard Contracting (Pvt) Ltd to withdraw a criminal abuse of office report he made against four members ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Moti denies fallout with Mnangagwa, denies Chamisa link
South African mining magnate Zunaid Moti on Thursday denied reports that he had fallen out with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a development that was allegedly threatening his US$300 million chrome min...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 19:50hrs | 4721 | by ZimLive
High Court orders minister to pay $300k Zesa debt
The High Court has ordered Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to pay $306 793 to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for electric...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 6 injured in road accident
TWO people died, one of them on the spot, and the other on admission to Kwekwe General Hospital following a fatal road accident involving a Ford Ranger along Kwekwe-Gokwe Road, which left six others i...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders minister to pay $300k Zesa debt
The High Court has ordered Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to pay $306 793 to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for electric...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers introduce Bureaux de Change across 17 branches nationwide
A leading wholesaler in Zimbabwe, Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers, has installed 17 new Bureaux de Change to deliver convenient foreign currency exchange solutions for customers across the country....Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:59hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Suicide at lover's doorstep
The lady whose boyfriend committed suicide at her doorstep following a dispute, has broken her silence giving a detailed account of what transpired on the night.It is suspected that Byron Nyev...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Gold Baron turns to God
There is common wisdom that "change" is the only constant in life and nothing else. This view is borrowed from an ancient Greek philosopher and means that there is nothing in life which is stationary ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:37hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide at lover's doorstep
A MAN from Kwekwe was found dead outside his lover's residence in Mbizo suburb in a suspected case of suicide. Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Joel Goko, said Byron Nyevera is suspecte...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 10:48hrs | 2790 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean woman makes waves in Australia
A ZIMBABWEAN woman, Susan Vivian Mutami, was last night honoured in Australia for her contribution to that country's healthcare system.Mutami was named among Australia's 100 Women of Influence...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:08hrs | 15462 | by Staff reporter
Economy facing new de-industrialization wave
Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the general economic decline are now posing serious viability challenges for the local industry. This will be a second phase of de-industrialization in a space of 2 decad...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:34hrs | 2243 | by Victor Bhoroma
Couple robbed, wife raped
FOUR machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly raided a Kwekwe homestead and robbed the owner of cellphones, R220 and $11 before taking turns to rape his wife while he watched helplessly. ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya appears in court
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday testified as the last State witness in the case where Kwekwe businessman Shepherd Tundiya is alleged to have coerced the director of ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 3479 | by Staff reporter
Kagande Crowned Miss CUT 2019
19 year old Clothing and Fashion Design student Blantina Ashley Kagande was crowned Miss Chinhoyi University of Technology 2019 at a glamorous event that was held at CUT Hotel last Saturday in Chinhoy...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:23hrs | 753 | by Conilious Toga
MDC Midlands gears for 2023 elections
MDC Midlands has resolved to start conducting primary elections to choose party parliamentary candidates for 2023 elections as part of its strategy to wrest the rural vote from Zanu-PF.In the ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:42hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi terror grips Zimbabwe's gold rich areas
Takesure Choga considers himself lucky to be alive after he was abducted by thugs driving an unregistered car, who stripped him naked and dumped him in a bush in Kwekwe.Choga, a human rights a...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Town Clerk faces more charges
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza, will soon have more charges preferred against her, Gweru Mayor, Councillor Josiah Makombe has said.Ms Gwatipedza was suspended last week by ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:39hrs | 3054 | by Staff Reporter
Kwekwe man fondles minor's privates
A 21-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe man was lucky to escape jail term after his 12 months imprisonment sentence was committed to community service yesterday by a Kwekwe magistrate after he fondled a minor's private ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 20:40hrs | 1901 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa briefed by chrome company execs
THE Moti Group's African Chrome Fields (ACF) has pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address a number of factors hampering its operations before the miner can bounce back in Zimbabwe where it...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
The menace of Mashurugwis going on unabated. It's like we are in a war-zone
Came face to face with "mashurugwi" whatever their name is. I tell you guys they are like the banyamulengas in the DRC. It happened at 1735hrs today at Rumwe business centre in Kadoma. They dr...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 62 | by chaguta
3 die in Kwekwe - Gokwe road accident
Three people died on the spot while six others were injured, some of them seriously, in road accidents involving two haulage trucks and a Ford Ranger truck that occurred at the same spot along Kwekwe-...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 57 | by Staff rpeorter
Man bashes friend, 2 cops over $4
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Redcliff yesterday appeared at Kwekwe Magistrates Court facing charges of resisting arrest and assault after bashing his friend and two police officers following a $4 dispute....Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Gweru councillors endorse town clerk's suspension
GWERU councillors yesterday upheld the suspension of town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza over allegations of sleeping on the wheel.Mayor Josiah Makombe handed Gwatipedza the suspension letter on M...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1991 | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
More accident victims named
Police have released more names of victims of the Kwekwe accident involving Govasberg and Mandeep buses on Sunday morning. Twelve people perished in the horror crash. In a statement ye...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
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