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Mnangagwa blesses Parliament's probe into ZINARA
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved investigations by a parliamentary portfolio committee into the operations of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) after an audit unearthed mass...Published: 3 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Toyota Hilux Legend 50 to be launched by mid year
The ever-popular Toyota Hilux celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and true to tradition, buyers can look forward to the arrival of the Hilux Legend 50 towards the middle of the year.The ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2090 | by Staff reporter
uLoyiko ensemble to Premiere at Pretoria's Momentum State Theatre in South Africa
South African theatre ensemble, uLoyiko has informed umthwakazireview.com that it will premiere at Pretoria's Grand Momentum State Theatre in South Africa in...Published: 16 hrs ago | 279 | by Thembani Dube
Family whips granny to death over witchcraft
EIGHT Chivi family members allegedly whipped their elderly relative for more than 10 hours with mulberry tree switches leading to his death after accusing him of witchcraft, police have confirmed. ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 817 | by Staff reporter
Madlela to share stage with Shwi, Freddy in SA
RHUMBA musician Madlela Skhobokhobo is billed to perform in South Africa this week. Madlela of the Ngamnanka fame is scheduled to grace the official opening of Kingdom Blue Funeral Services in...Published: 16 hrs ago | 317 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF launches 10 000 youths to fight for a mine?
Norton Member pf Parliament Temba Mliswa has condemned the abuse artisan number in a fight between one Mr Steward Luckford and Breckridge company over a Gadzema Gold Mine located in Chegutu.Th...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 16:42hrs | 4591 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Peasant farmers now driving Zimbabwe's economy'
THE agricultural sector, seen as the mainstay of the country's economy, is now being powered by peasant farmers following the chaos that decimated commercial farming, the Daily News on Sunday can repo...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Over 270k people receive cholera vaccine in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts
More than 270 000 people in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts of Chimanimani and Chipinge have so far been vaccinated against cholera under a government led initiative that is targeting to reach at least...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 18:01hrs | 457 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to launch Command Bakeries across the country
Government says it will facilitate the setting up of small scale bakeries across the country, offering affordable bread prices as consumers have been hit hard by the recent price increases. ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:17hrs | 6747 | by Staff reporter
Woman in false maintenance suit
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.A bitter woman from Kwekwe sued a former boyfriend for $230 maintenance for a non-existent eight-year-old child.Her reason for the strange suit w...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 3493 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Renewed bid to stop MDC's elective congress
Gokwe-based Elias Mashavire, represented by lawyer Ashel Mutungura, launched a renewed bid to stop MDC's elective congress and force the party to first deal with an extra-ordinary congress, which they...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:46hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mliswa tells Mnangagwa to set up Commission on Itai Dzamara
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa said President Emmerson Mnangagwa should set up a Commission of Inquiry to bring to closure the issue of the missing activist Itai Dzamara."Human Right...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 16:10hrs | 8614 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VID moving in right direction
THE recent move by the ministry of Transport to launch an electronic learners' driver's licence testing process is commendable.As part of the ministry's fight against corruption, prospective d...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, ZRP equip officers
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zaac), in collaboration with the ZRP, has launched a training programme to equip their members with investigative skills. Twenty-three law enforcement agen...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sees end to commuter woes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 39 of 300 buses Government has secured as part of measures to address the plight of commuters that are being ripped off by unscrupulous private operators. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka
Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on Apri...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1363 | by Sifelani Tsiko
WATCH: Zupco receives new buses
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco has received a new fleet of buses that will serve urban and rural commuters which will be commissioned this week.The new buses are expected to compleme...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 7364 | by Ndou Paul
Strive Masiyiwa's court papers rejected on a technicality
The South African High Court has not accepted an application presented by Douglas Mboweni on a technicality arguing that the respondent was the CEO of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, and was not in a capaci...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3349 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers arrested over Cyclone Idai aid
AFTER weeks of frenzied speculation, some members of the military have finally been exposed for allegedly looting goods donated to survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai which left a trail of dest...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3434 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in dilemma
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he will decide in the next few days if there is still any merit in fighting to retain his current position at the party's congress scheduled for May 24 to 2...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 3940 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa militarises Zanu-PF party structures
THE ruling Zanu-PF party wants war veterans, seen as key allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to hold key positions as part of its restructuring exercise in a move observers say is akin to militari...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance presidential election rigged'
MDC Alliance secretary general, Mr Douglas Mwonzora yesterday said he withdrew from the presidential election race because the playing field was tilted in favour of his rival Mr Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora blames ZCTU
MDC Alliance secretary-general, Mr Douglas Mwonzora has said he withdrew from the presidential election race because the playing field was not even but tilted in favour of his rival Mr Nelson Chamisa....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 18:26hrs | 3212 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora initiative plans grand reunion
An international initiative to unite Zimbabweans who live in the diaspora in April 2020 has been launched, with preparations underway to bring a whole month of business, sports, arts, entertainment, f...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube triggers panic
LONG-suffering Zimbabweans should brace for even tougher economic times ahead, following last week's surprise announcement by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that the country would have yet another curr...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 19667 | by Staff reporter
Salary increment, Zimbabwe workers demanding a living wage for enhanced production
Zimbabwean workers have been hailed globally for being highly competent and hard working. In a sharp contrast back home they are scorned by their own government at times they are labeled as lazy and u...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:15hrs | 1905 | by ARTUZ
MDC councillors vote for Zanu-PF mayoral candidate
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has embarked on a witch-hunt in Chitungwiza to sniff out councillors who voted for an aspiring mayoral candidate from Zanu-PF during Wednesday elections in the dormitory tow...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5375 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
'Bin it for Zimbabwe' launched
Dunedin Hospital staff are banding together in a bid to help people affected by Cyclone Idai, which devastated swathes of Southern Africa last month.The natural disaster caused serious flooding ac...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:25hrs | 866 | by Brenda Harwood
Zupco's new buses expected this week
A new fleet of buses that will serve urban and rural commuters will be commissioned this week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.He said this at State House yesterday during a special Inde...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Delta introduces new beer for Easter
DELTA Beverages says it will introduce a 660ml Magnum Castle Lite returnable bottle onto the market this Easter.Castle Lite had only a 340ml bottle. According to a statement by Delta Bev...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:35hrs | 4099 | by Staff Reporter
Death threats against top Zimbabwean journalist feature in Ace Magashule book 'Gangster State'
The Weekly's most significant media battle occurred much earlier, however. In 2011, Zimbabwean-born journalist- turned-media entrepreneur Basildon Peta launched the now-defunct Free State Times....Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
China pledges to fund Zimbabwe's road, rail network
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun yesterday pledged to assist Zimbabwe access funding for infrastructure development from the $60 billion pledged by his country to assist African nations las...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 342 | by Staf reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa lands top post in Germany
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been appointed Ambassadorship of Merck more than a Mother by a German based philanthropic organization called Merck Foundation. Announcing the appointment, the...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 11:26hrs | 8952 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa will be removed as president next year, replaced by Mabuza
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa's wishy-washy stance on the ANC's resolutions, including expropriation of land without compensation, will be used as a basis to remove him at the party's nationa...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:36hrs | 19924 | by City Press
Zimdaba off to a great start as key conversations begin
International investment initiative, Consolidated Africa Services (CAS) stepped up their facilitation efforts on Tuesday, after launching the second edition of Zimdaba – bringing potential investors...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dogs only trained to sniff for marijuana, says Minister
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended Zimbabwe's recent hiring of South African sniffer dogs to help search for Cyclone Idai victims buried under rubble in areas hit by the catastrophe....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1036 | by newzimbabwe
DJ Tira brings Durban flavour to Bulawayo
AFROTAINMENT boss DJ Tira is set to bring the Durban flavour to his favourite hunting ground, Bulawayo, for a show at Cosmopolitan Night club next month. The show will be held on May 24 and is dubbed,...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
New online trends
VR and AR have been on the headlines for a while. Voice shopping is expected to be one of the biggest trends in 2019. Everything that looked trendy in 2018 will either continue to trend in 2019 or exi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:21hrs | 591 | by Staff Writer
T.C Hardy High School Child MP hits the ground running
The newly-elected Goromonzi South Junior MP, Fadzai Makuvise of Terence Cecil Hardy High School in Ruwa, Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe has hit the ground running, already leading other student...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 895 | by Brian Maregedze
Patrice Motsepe's sister detained in Zimbabwe
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's chief financier Bridget Motsepe, Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Guma Moyo and Prevailing Securities MD Shaduff Baitse were Saturday detained briefly and interrogated by...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches China Ready programme
Zimbabwe has launched the China Ready Training Programme, as it moves to tap into the vast Chinese market which spent over US$115 billion globally in outbound tourism expenditure in 2018 and is projec...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Outcry on Maridadi's appointment: Much ado about nothing
The appointment of former MDC legislator for Mabvuku-Tafara, James Maridadi as one of the 15 ambassadors- designate, has torched a storm which, nonetheless, is much ado about nothing.Section 1...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 4408 | by Tafara Shumba
War Vets warn of unrest
Former freedom fighters are up in arms with government over the ongoing land downsizing programme as they warned of a national security risk if the matter is not handled with care. This comes ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 3455 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has created equal opportunities, claims Minister
President Mnangagwa's administration has created an environment for equal access to economic opportunities between men and women since coming into power in November 2017, a senior Government official ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:35hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers sceptical over government' land audit
FARMERS have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of the government-initiated land audits in resolving land ownership disputes across the country. This emerged at the second launch of...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | 879 | by Farmers' Voices
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