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MSU to mentor law schools in Sadc
THE Midlands State University (MSU)'s Faculty of Law will guide other law schools in Sadc to meet international standards of excellence, the institution's Vice-Chancellor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa has sa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in Matebeleland plan to meet Mnangagwa over gold wars
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South have said the escalating gold wars that have claimed a number of lives in Esigodini threaten national peace and should be treated as a State of Emergency. ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Let's unite, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the nation to unite and work as a collective to energise the economy so that the country achieves its upper middle income economy by 2030.The presiden...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:28hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School set for Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe is not only Open for Business but for dialogue too, as it forges ahead with engaging locals and foreigners in its quest to attain a middle class economy by 2030....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Gweru mayor rejects $150,000 Mercedes Benz
Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe has rejected a $150 000 Mercedes Benz earmarked for him as an official vehicle and also vowed to block plans to buy top-of-the-range vehicles for the city's top six director...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:14hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
'Most accidents attributed to human error, speeding'
THE newly-refurbished Plumtree-Mutare Highway has become Zimbabwe's deadliest road, with Wednesday's Rusape bus disaster, which claimed 50 lives being one of the many fatalities along the road....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:09hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Workers bemoan rot at Hwange Colliery
HWANGE Colliery Company workers have claimed management deliberately failed to repair conveyor belts to transport coal in order to promote private transport operators with whom they have links....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Gweru council to splash $600,000 on executive perks
GWERU City Council management has put forward an expenditure of $660 000 to go towards the purchase of all-terrain 4×4 vehicles for top officials and a posh Mercedes Benz for mayor Josiah Makombe....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe local authorities failing to cope with population explosion'
MOST local authorities are failing to keep pace with the population explosion in urban centres, hence their failure to provide adequate services such as water and sewer reticulation, Auditor- General ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:28hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
10-year jail term for tampering with Zesa meter
A Kwekwe man has been slapped with a mandatory 10-year jail term for tampering with a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) meter. James Ngirazi of Star Mine outsi...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Charambas off to a good start
Scores of parishioners graced the first service of Charles and Olivia Charamba's church, Rooted in Christ Ministries, on Sunday at Zimbabwe College of Music in Harare.Addressing worshippers, O...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:47hrs | 4629 | by Staff reporter
Man gets 8 months for assaulting wife over sex
A KWEKWE man has been sentenced to eight months in prison by a local magistrate for assaulting his wife, whom he accused of denying him conjugal rights.The State said Tawanda Majoni had been m...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas wreak havoc, vandalise water and sewer pipes
Machete wielding gold panners have become a cause for concern in the City of Kwekwe were they are vandalising water and sewer pipes using the water to clean their gold ore leaving the residents of Kwe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 16:11hrs | 2005 | by Staff Reporter
'Exam cheat' teacher speaks out
A TEACHER from Camelot High School in Kwekwe, who was allegedly caught red handed trying to write a Mathematics examination paper for a pupil, has vehemently denied the allegations saying although he ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into missing $6,4m mess
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mines minister Winston Chitando were yesterday dragged into a case in which $6,4 million pumped into Hwange Colliery Company for exploration, allegedly disappeared, wh...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invades Beitbridge, Gwanda
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will this weekend address party supporters in Gwanda and Beitbridge where he is set to thank his supporters as well as to advise them on the way forward.Cham...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 18:28hrs | 5613 | by Staff reporter
Reduce military budget: Beitbridge residents
PARLIAMENT's Finance and Economic Development and Sustainable Development Goal Thematic Committee chairperson Matthew Nyashanu last week said a cross-section of Zimbabweans had recommended a massive c...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:48hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Teacher caught writing exam for pupil
A TEACHER at Camelot High School in Kwekwe has been suspended after he was allegedly caught in possession of a completed Mathematics paper while the examination was still in progress.The teach...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Teacher introduces e-learning material
A KWEKWE High School History teacher has broken barriers after he introduced e-learning material where students can access material on social media platforms as well internet and cds.Manners M...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:39hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Let's not indulge obstructionists
The more I see some categories of people who are stridently and rabidly opposing Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's economic stabilisation programme - as opposed to those offering measured and constructi...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 179 | by Conway Tutani
Angry residents force MPs to end budget consultative meeting
MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development were yesterday forced to prematurely end a national budget consultative meeting in Gwanda after residents c...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Appeal to Government and Non-governmental organisations to assist Gwanda victims
Mthwakazi Republic Party has appealed to government and non governmental organisations to assist victims of the gold wars that erupted in Gwanda recently.Party president Mqondisi Moyo said it ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 10:24hrs | 967 | by Stephen Jakes
Army calls for 'ceasefire' in machete attacks
The Zimbabwe National Army has urged traditional leaders in the Midlands province to partner law enforcement agents in thwarting violent clashes between artisanal miners in and around Kwekwe. ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:23hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land audit begins next week
The Zimbabwe Land Commission will embark on a national land audit from the 22nd of October to the 24th of November to establish a full account of all agricultural land.The long awaited land na...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:19hrs | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Machete murder suspect denied bail
A 43-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing another man at the Kwekwe commuter omnibus rank on September 26 alongside six others who are still at large, has been denied bail by a local magistrate.Jef...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Mavhima blasts Kwekwe mayor
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima has expressed disappointment with Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo's failure to attend meetings to discuss issues affecting residents in the city....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda tribal clashes, Gukurahundi commission speaks out
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has expressed concern over continued reports of violent clashes in the artisanal mining sector in Matabeleland South Province amid revelat...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2406 | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 13384 | by Compol HRA
Woman kicks out broke hubby
A Kwekwe woman approached the civil courts seeking the eviction of her husband from their matrimonial home simply because he is jobless and broke.Tabeth Nyirenda begged Kwekwe magistrate Miss ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate mysterious death of boy
POLICE in Kwekwe say they have opened investigations into the death of a nine-year-old boy who died in mysterious circumstances last month.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Assistant Ins...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2116 | by Staff reporter
MLO condemns Gwanda murder of innocent Matebels in Gwanda
MLO condemns in all strongest terms the cold-blooded butchering of 3 Matebeles and the injuring of 20 others by shona people from Kwekwe who have made killing of Matabeles their favourite hobby. ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 10:06hrs | 2520 | by Israel Dube
Brutal tribal killings in Gwanda brain child of Zimbabwe government
MLO condemns in all strongest terms the cold blooded butchering of 3 Matebeles and the injuring of 20 others by shona people from Kwekwe who have made killing of Matabeles their favourite hobby. ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1546 | by Israel Dube
MP seeks police assistance in machete attack cases
National Patriotic Front's sole legislator, Masango Matambanadzo, who represents Kwekwe Central in the National Assembly, has called on Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema to address the issue of mache...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Gweru salary headache woes continue
GWERU City Council has, for the third time running, failed to pay its workers on time, citing cashflow problems as the local authority struggles to improve its monthly revenue collections, a senior co...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Shonas bash Ndebeles in brutal Gwanda gold war
At least twenty informal gold miners have been brutally injured with three others reported dead in a fierce gold mine war in Gwanda.It is reported that a group of miners from Kwekwe attacked l...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 11:47hrs | 4774 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cancels his party's parliamentary caucus meeting
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has cancelled his party's parliamentary caucus meeting scheduled for today to allow members to attend the burial of their late founding leader Morgan Tsva...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2609 | by Staff reporter
Machete killings, marauding gold panners strike fear in Kwekwe
A week after witnessing a bloody fight between gold panners that saw one of them being hacked to death with a machete, Prudence Sibanda is still traumatised.Some of illegal miners who had just...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:51hrs | 621 | by Xolisani Ncube
Sable Chemicals is 52% off output target
SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), has produced just about half of its target output in the first eight months of the year, an official has said...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:28hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Sable Chemicals pleads for Govt support
SOLE Ammonium Nitrate (AN) fertiliser producer, Sable Chemicals, has appealed for Government support in securing foreign currency to beef up production and meet demand ahead of the 2018/19 summer crop...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Masendeke nabbed for murder
EDWARD Masendeke, who has been on the run since 2013 in connection with a murder case committed at a bar in Mbizo in Kwekwe has been arrested.Masendeke (40) was arrested by police detectives a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road upgrades gather pace
THE modernisation of major roads, particularly the much-talked about Harare-Beitbridge highway, is gathering pace after Government officials met Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC)...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Zapu Presidency has not deviated
During the past 2 weeks there has been a deliberate but vehement psychological attack on Zapu. First it was its President who was reported to have endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa. Some misguided journalis...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 08:42hrs | 643 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Oxygen Cylinder supplier sues Steelmakers for $11000
Oxygen Cylinder supplier have sued the Steelmakers Zimbabwe in Kwekwe for $11 000 owed in in a botched deal.Maxwell Chioto summoned the company to the Bulawayo High Court dem...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 08:32hrs | 340 | by Stephen Jakes
Machete-wielding gold panners kill colleague
A GOLD panner was allegedly murdered in cold blood at the Kwekwe city interchange rank on Wednesday afternoon following a misunderstanding.Police confirmed the murder of Comment Moyo, an alleg...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Blast rocks police station
There was a massive explosion at Gweru Rural Police Station in Gweru's central business district which uprooted a tree and partially destroyed the charge office's ceiling leaving debris scattered in t...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Baron Dube ‘shoots & kills' rival in gold war
BARON Dube, a prominent gold baron from Esigodini in Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a rival panner in escalating gold wars. Dube who is from Habane sub...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demands Mnangagwa to reverse the appointment of Owen Ncube
The absence of an Act of Parliament regulating the operational use of intelligence services in Zimbabwe is a concern for the MDC.The Army is regulated through the Defence Act, the Zimbabwe Rep...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 17:37hrs | 13009 | by MDC Communications
Zanu-PF linked terror group 'fleeces' kombi operators
A GROUP of Zanu PF supporters in Kwekwe led by Midlands provincial youth secretary for education, Tapuwa Muto, is allegedly fleecing commuter omnibus operators at the Kwekwe city interchange rank, for...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe councillors declare assets
Newly sworn in Kwekwe City councillors have declared their individual assets to their party with a pledge to do the same to council. The council is largely dominated by MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo vs Matambanadzo court appeal set for Tuesday
THE poll challenge filed by losing MDC Alliance candidate for Kwekwe Central Blessing Chebundo against National Patriotic Front (NPF) Masango Matambanadzo's narrow victory in the July 30 parliamentary...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:00hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
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