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Bosso reclaim top spot

BULAWAYO giants Highlanders maintained their unbeaten run in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League following a hard-fought 1-0 against Triangle at Babourfields Stadium to reclaim top position on the log standings.Highlanders, who were che…

Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 20:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Women jailed for assaulting husband with burning log

A Silobela woman, who was in the habit of beating up her husband, has been slapped with a two-and-half-year jail sentence for assaulting her husband with a burning log.Early this year, Shamiso Nkiwane (31) of Village Ndlovu, Newline under …

Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Man beats wife to death with log

A Kwekwe man has been arrested after he allegedly beat his â€˜cheating' wife to death with a log.42-year-old John Manhembe of Haven Estate in Kwekwe allegedly attacked his wife Talent Ncube (23) with a log all over the body until she died.…

Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 17:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga to tackle Mnangagwa

IN a move that could have far-reaching political consequences for the ruling Zanu-PF and the nation, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is contemplating challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the party's elective congress next year, …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa is a hard sell for Zimbabwe

FOR weeks on end, Zimbabweans were told that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Glasgow, Scotland, would be a major breakthrough of historic proportions.It would be the first time a leader from the southern African country set foot on …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's re-engagement propaganda hollow, falls flat

WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home last week blowing his own trumpet about his purported diplomatic victory at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, the reality that he made very little headway has immediately …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

'US$12 billion mining economy unattainable without policy'

ZIMBABWE, which seeks to achieve the US$12 billion mining economy by 2023, is still operating without a mining development policy, a situation that has created a lot of policy and legal reversals as well as inconsistencies in the sector, T…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 9 | by Dumisani Nyoni

Telecel dragged to court over unpaid rentals

MOBILE network operator Telecel has been dragged to court for failing to pay rentals for one of its branches in Harare's Mabelreign suburb with arrears now at US$34 400.The landlord, Peter Saopa, has told the High Court that efforts to rec…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

High Court exposes rot in Masvingo land allocation

A HIGH Court judge has further exposed the corrupt allocation of land by senior government officials in Masvingo province after handing down a ruling on Wednesday dismissing an offer letter issued this year to Polite Magwizi, who is a secr…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Bankers plan to establish a new financial behemoth

ON 3 September 2021, The NewsHawks exclusively published a story that government, bankers and investors, including local business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, are working on a plan to create the biggest financial services institution in Zim…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Entreprenuer wrestles with Econet

HARARE-BASED businessman, innovator and entrepreneur Ignatius Munengwa has reported the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) top executives to the regulator's chairperson for throwing out his complaint in…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa ratifies African charter on democracy

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week signed the Instrument of Ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. Veritas, a lawyer body with an interest in legal, constitutional and parliamentary affairs, sa…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

CBZ swoops on FML shares as new financial group emerges

CBZ Holdings, currently trading under cautionary, has secured a 31.22% stake in First Mutual Holdings Limited (FML), paving the way for the creation of a US$2.5 billion financial behemoth to rival Old Mutual Zimbabwe, a leading diversified…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

What Zimbabwean leaders can learn from FW de Klerk's legacy

WHEN the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe met the last apartheid South African leader Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died of cancer-related complications at 85 this week, in Gaborone, Botswana on 23 January 1994, he said it wa…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Police recover baboon skulls from suspected car thief's house

Police in Shurugwi have recovered three baboon skulls from a suspected car thief Panganai Sithole (23)'s house.Sithole of Mhangami Village under Chief Banga in Shurugwi appeared before local magistrate Percy Mukumba on 30 October 2021 faci…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Pupils' lawyers give police ultimatum over alleged brutality

Lawyers representing the Gokomere High School pupils who were arrested on November 7 have given police a seven-day ultimatum to release names of officers involved in alleged brutality of some of the striking Form 3 pupils which reportedly …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zidera and sanctions simplified

THE United States Congress passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) in 2001. The Act has been subsequently revised, with the most recent amendment being in 2019. It is a very short simple Act at only five pages and …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 07:39hrs | 147 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Court reserves judgement in asset declaration lawsuit

THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter in which an opposition legislator launched a lawsuit against the government's failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa and cabinet min…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF to resume district restructuring

Zanu-PF will resume restructuring the once disbanded district coordinating committee (DCCs) as the party looks to garner five million votes in the 2023 polls, a party official has said.Following chaotic district and provincial elections, w…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

The slow death of key liberation movements in Southern Africa

SOUTH Africa's governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) - the continent's oldest liberation movement - has for the first time since the 1994 democratic elections - dropped below 50% in local government polls after suffering hea…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Apostolic sects condemn The Sunday Mail for gay advert

THE Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has blamed state-owned paper The Sunday Mail for promoting homosexuality in Zimbabwe by running Garwe restaurant's advertisement bearing a picture of South African gay personality Somizi M…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Police, army open fire on Makakavhule villagers

BEITBRIDGE police and some army officers yesterday allegedly opened fire at Makakavhule villagers after two of their colleagues were manhandled following an argument about an alleged robbery of R15 000 involving security agents.At the time…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

BCC, Zanu-PF vending bays fight continues

A MEETING held between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Zanu-PF Bulawayo province on Thursday over the control of Fife Avenue vending bays, where the ruling party youths were allocating themselves trading tables, ended in a stalemate.Ea…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

MP calls for local industry support

NYANGA South legislator Supa Mandiwanzira (Zanu-PF) has urged government to support local industries to ensure job creation and grow the foreign currency revenue base.Mandiwanzira made the remarks on Wednesday in the National Assembly whil…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

US$ bonus: Civil servants demand more

CIVIL servants yesterday attacked the United Stated dollar-denominated bonus as not enough, with teacher unions warning that it would not stop them from going on strike beginning Monday.Civil servants have been pushing for US dollar salari…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo reels as ageing sewer system breaks down

IF anyone had told Sithuthukile Moyo that as an adult, she would be heading into the bushes when nature calls, she would have laughed it off as a bad joke.But nowadays, that is not an uncommon occurrence for the 36-year-old bus conductor, …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe envoy sweats over Ramaphosa lawsuit

HARARE'S top diplomat in Pretoria, David Hamadziripi, said this week a court case filed by Zimbabwean migrants against President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration over special work permit renewals has complicated an already tense situation.…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Inside Colleen Bawn's Makokoba township

The sweltering heat in the mining area of Colleen Bawn, 26km south of Gwanda in Matabeleland South province has driven a handful of thirsty men to the local bar where they sit, drink and exchange cheerful banter.There, they watch curiously…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Prophet T Freddy's love affair with radio DJ exposed in court

ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti yesterday appeared in court on allegations of attempting to extort money from leader of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, "Prophet" Tapiwa Freddy, by otherwise threatening to expose their love affair to the …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe elected Kimberley vice chair

Zimbabwe was last night elected vice chairperson of the World Kimberley Process, which ensures that all global diamond mining and sales are done legally and following laid-down standards, with the vote being a further endorsement of the Se…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Govt, NGOs showdown looms

A FIERCE battle between government and civil society is looming over the recently gazetted Private Voluntary Organisation (PVOs) Amendment Bill, with pro-democracy groups slamming the government for attempting to silence dissenting voices.…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe re-engages retired nurses

GOVERNMENT has turned to retired nurses and training of Primary Care Nurses (PCNs) as a solution to the massive brain drain currently bleeding the country's health sector, the Zimbabwe Independent can report.Public health institutions are …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

ZNCC pushes for fuel tax cuts

THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) this week escalated business's push for an overhaul of the tax regime, as it warned the government that high fuel import taxes could hold back industries' efforts to compete in the African m…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Another key State witness exonerates Prisca Mupfumira

A STATE witness in case former minister Prisca Mupfumira is accused of abusing office has made a u-turn on her testimony regarding her conduct in the process that led to the US$3,5 million deal between NSSA and Drawcard Enterprises.Mupfumi…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Truant ministers cripple Parly

CABINET ministers have continued dodging the parliamentary question time in both the National Assembly and Senate, thereby doing a heavy blow to Parliament's key oversight function.The Q and A session involve members of both houses asking …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF desperate to engage Zambia leader

THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it was making frantic efforts to engage Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema over social media rants targeted at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by the neighbouring country's ruling United …

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF officials hijacking Pfumvudza programme

LEGISLATORS have accused Zanu-PF bigwigs and government officials of hijacking the management of the Pfumvuza/Intwasa Presidential Input Scheme from the Lands and Agriculture ministry.On Wednesday, during the National Assembly question-and…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Chinamasa says polls a waste of resources

Zanu-PF acting national commissar Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said holding by-elections barely a year to the 2023 harmonised polls was a waste of time and resources.This came after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Wednesday that b…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF moves to mend structures

Zanu-PF has deployed politburo and central committee members to all provinces to conduct verification exercises to resolve its chaotic restructuring programme.The party's restructuring exercise was marred by manipulation of voter registers…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Police boss has case to answer

A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for discharge in a case where Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza is facing a charge of criminal abuse of office for allegedly influencing the awarding of a contract to his girlfriend.…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mwazha church to hold Passover despite wrangle

THOUSANDS of devotees from the Paul Ernest Mwazha-led African Apostolic Church (VaApostora VeAfrica) are next month expected to gather for a "holy communion passover" in Chirumanzu in the Midlands province despite a protracted leadershipwr…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean model crowned Miss Africa South Australia

AUSTRALIA-BASED teen model Lian Tadiwanashe Takayidza (19) shrugged off stiff competition from 20 other contestants to be crowned Miss Africa South Australia at Paradise Influencers Church in Adelaide, Australia, at the weekend.Miss Africa…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

'Beitbridge border clearance has improved'

ZIMBORDERS authorities yesterday said the traffic backlog at Beitbridge Border Post had "tremendously" improved, with vehicle clearance now taking less than 12 hours, compared to five or more days in the past.The improved traffic clearance…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zesa blamed for Bulawayo water cuts

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has blamed the on-going water cuts in the city to power outages, and warned residents to brace for more interruptions.In a notice to residents on Wednesday, town clerk Christopher Dube said the power cuts would …

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Police put on spot over students assault

HUMAN rights lawyers have given police in Masvingo seven days to provide names of law enforcement agents who brutalised protesting students at Gokomere High School.In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF deploys Politburo members to faction ravaged provinces

Zanu-PF has deployed politburo and central committee members to all provinces to conduct verification exercises to resolve its chaotic restructuring programme.The party's restructuring exercise was marred by manipulation of voter registers…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

R1,2m heist victim turns to madzibaba to nab robbers

THE arrest of a 32-year-old man suspected to be part of a gang that recently robbed a Beitbridge businessman of R1,2 million and US$3 500, reportedly came after the businessman allegedly consulted a local apostolic faith leader for divine …

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Soldier violates protection order to bash wife

A soldier has been arrested for violating a protection order after he assaulted his wife leaving her with a swollen face and mouth.A court heard that Joseph Chihwehwete (40), a soldier, violated a protection order that was granted against …

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Groundnuts dispute leads to suicide

A MAN committed suicide after he had an argument with his sister-in-law over a packet of roasted ground nuts that he had sold at a cheaper price.Jonathan Mavhunga (35)'s sister-in-law Loveletter Gundani (31) said they survive on vending an…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mass exodus of science teachers hits Bulawayo schools

BULAWAYO schools have been hit by a mass exodus of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers with 145 having left since the beginning of the year.The skills flight by STEM teachers has also resulted in a sharp declin…

Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

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