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Used pads cause major sewer blockages in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents are frequently frustrated by burst sewer pipes, often blaming the local authority for failing to maintain infrastructure. However, a recent revelation from the city's environmental ...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
7-hour power outage to impact Cape Town on Friday
The City of Cape Town has announced that a planned maintenance will cause an essential electricity supply interruption in parts of Strandfontein, Mitchells Plain, on Friday, 6 September.The ma...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 17:19hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition plans to disrupt upcoming Sadc meeting
DESPERATION can drive one to extremes and often than not, it results in an undesirable outcome, chief among them embarrassment.The opposition elements in this country have become irrelevant an...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:46hrs | 193 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Ramaphosa fall: Mnangagwa scared
SOUTH AFRICA held general elections on Wednesday and results trickling in are sending shivers down the spines of regional liberation movements.The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is set...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Underground stream floods Harare Town House
A major disaster is looming at Town House as the basement has been filled up with water seeping through from an underground stream that flows under Julius Nyerere Way.The city's historical doc...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new currency greeted with pessimism
The new currency introduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday has been branded old wine in new bottles by economists and financial experts who doubt that it will stand the test of time....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Mthandazo Nyoni
Air Zimbabwe flogging it's iconic Boeing 737-200 workhorses
Air Zimbabwe is flogging off two of its iconic Boeing 737-200 workhorses via sale by tender, highlighting the fall from grace of an airline which used to rank among the most vibrant flag carriers in A...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Luveve Road rehab nears completion
REHABILITATION works along Bulawayo's Luveve Road are progressing well with the local authority saying they are now 85 percent towards completion with over US$700 000 having been used to date....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chamisa hints on alternative as Tshabangu fights on
While last year was dramatic politically, this year seems to be a continuation of more drama.Last year closed with Sengezo Tshabangu's axe hanging around the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK lines up more investments in Zimbabwe
RELATIONS between Harare and London are set to further strengthen, with the UK Embassy revealing in a statement that it is seeking a trade and investment advisor to identify business and trade opportu...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 19:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Another gas discovery excites Zimbabwe govt
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes further gas discovery
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A lot of gas discovered in Zimbabwe
Australian minnow, Invictus Energy, has moved from citing "encouraging signs of hydrocarbon", in its drilling campaign in Zimbabwe, to formally declaring a hydrocarbon discovery.The company is...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
The misinformation politics in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has become obstructed with falsehoods deliberately designed to undermine Government.Recently a rumour that Vice President Chiwenga had been fired made rounds on social media. The idea...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:14hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe police systems are crumbling
I don't know about these days, but one of the most shaming things back in the days was when a learner was sent back home because he or she didn't have a uniform.It was shaming on the learner a...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 9 | by Tawanda Majoni
Australian company identifies more gas deposits in Zimbabwe
Australian energy company Invictus Energy Limited has reported that the total gas identified from drilling at its Mukuyu 2 drilling site in Muzarabani is now four times greater than what was observed ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo's street drainage
The heavy rains that fell over Bulawayo on Saturday laid bare the city's inadequate storm drainage system. This deficiency was particularly evident as roads became waterlogged, exacerbated by unregula...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP bemoans Nkayi timber 'looting'
The Nkayi Rural District Council is facing calls to improve its monitoring and protection of timber resources, which are being illegally harvested by companies, with no tangible benefits reaching loca...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
SADC does not conduct elections in member states
The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has clarified its role in member states' elections, emphasizing that SADC does not conduct elections but only observes them. The cl...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flogged at Botswana traditional court
Eight Zimbabwean immigrants were reportedly subjected to flogging at a traditional court in Botswana for illegally entering the country.According to sources in Botswana, the eight individuals ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Postal voting, ballot papers raise stink in Zimbabwe
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will reject postal votes "conducted in contravention of the law" amid allegations that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commis...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chapman's anti-climax and false presidential poll start
WHEN Robert Chapman entered Zimbabwe's highly polarised political fray, some critics called him a "Zanu-PF project" aimed at dividing the youth vote.His admirers referred to him as an alternat...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe registers 6,5% GDP growth
ZIMBABWE'S economy grew by 6,5 percent last year, as the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to increase year by year, despite the adverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Zimbabwe N...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's future is debated in the city but decided in the village
THE electoral lines have been drawn as we face the impending reckoning of the August 23 general election. Intra-party squabbles have been settled regarding who will be the torch bearer in what ward or...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 9 | by Ntando Dumani
Lone anti-Mnangagwa govt protestor charged with unlawful possession of firearm
A Harare resident, Itai Makombe who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josiah Tongogara streets has been charged.According to police spokesperson A...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inspects voters roll
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has taken the lead in inspecting the voters roll and encouraged the electorate to do the same to ensure that their details are correctly captured as the country inches towards harm...Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo tips Prof Ncube for Cowdray Park seat
FORMER Cabinet Minister and Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo has tipped Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to win the Cowdray Park seat in the forthcoming...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry kept in Cabinet by her skin - Mzembi
Former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has denounced Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry saying she has dismally failed.Mzembi believes Coventry is being kept by President Em...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
WhatsApp allows users to edit messages
WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features - the ability to edit messages."For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messa...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Twitter to soon allow calls
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed details about new features including adding calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform.Last year, Musk flagged plans for "Twitte...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mob urinates on robbers
AN angry mob urinated on three robbers, whose luck ran out when a car they had stolen crashed into a kombi, at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza on Wednesday evening.Four suspected robbe...Published: 05 May 2023 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reportr
Nasty fight threatens to tear CCC apart
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's hounds have ferociously turned on one of their party's biggest apologists, Hopewell Chin'ono, in a nasty fight that is threatening to rip apart the political outfit....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lecturer resigns after sleazy video leak
The Midlands State University (MSU) is topping the Twitter trend after sleazy videos and pictures involving one of its lecturers and students leaked on social media last Friday.The lecturer Re...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Wife flogs rival for dating husband
TAMBUDZAI Kana (37) from Karuwa village in Gokwe met her fellow villager Rudzai Madzura (27) and accused her of having an affair with her husband before flogging her several times on the body with a s...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Huge oil, gas deposits confirmed in Muzarabani
Large natural gas and oil reserves have now been confirmed in north-east Zimbabwe, although technical glitches meant Australian firm Invictus could not extract a fluid sample to fulfil regulatory requ...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vicious crackdown on opposition part of Zanu-PF election playbook
THE arrest of Citizens' Coalition for Change parliamentarians Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya (pictured in khaki shirt) alongside other party members, including the elderly and juveniles, for ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should make a clarion call for peace
THE savage beating of elderly people in Murehwa last weekend for political reasons has once again raised concern over the spectre of violence in the country ahead of the harmonised elections to be hel...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC throws Murehwa violence investigations into disarray
CCC leaders have surreptitiously spirited witnesses involved in the disturbing political violence that took place in Murehwa from their homes even before police have finished conducting crucial interv...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Terror visits Chamisa's rural supporters?
SEVERAL villagers in Murehwa were over the weekend left nursing bruises and sore limbs after suspected Zanu-PF members reportedly attacked opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters in ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thugs captured on video flogging Chamisa's elderly supporters
Zanu-PF thugs accosted villagers and flogged them ruthlessly with logs for convening a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) gathering in politically volatile Murehwa, a Zanu-PF stronghold in Mashonalan...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must act on despicable behaviour by supporters
SOMETIME last week, a group of Zanu-PF supporters was captured in a sickening video calling for the death of Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa and threatening anyone who would mourn...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti turns to God on rape charge
Former Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Kudakwashe Bhasikiti says he has God to thank, for him to be out on bail following a rape charge that he is facing.Bhasikiti took to the Microbloggi...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 09:52hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Walter Mzembi praises new ZANU PF Politburo appointments
Exiledformer G40 Kingpin Walter Mzembi has showered praises on the new ZANU PF Politburo appointments announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday. Writing on miroblogging site Twitter ...Published: 23 Dec 2022 at 20:00hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pastor blasted over Messi
The United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor Michael Mahendere is being ridiculed on micro blogging Twitter after he predicted Argentina's star Lionel Messi crying after the World Cup final ye...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa, Mnangagwa MPs jostle for US$40,000 housing loan
PARLIAMENTARIANS are legally bound to service the recently extended US$40 000 residential stands loans at an interest rate of 5% for the next five years.Some MPs have offered vehicles as colla...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff rteporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Dept issues floods warning
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of increased risk of floods in river basins, wetlands and low-lying areas such as Muzarabani and Mbire in Mashonaland Central with the Department of C...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sings praises of Grace Mugabe
Former G40 kIngpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has showered praises on the former First Lady Grace Mugabe for assisting him and his colleagues to flee assassination in 2017 when they lost power to the Gen...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 21:16hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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