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Zanu-PF MP's son fined for threatening to shoot a soldier
Diaz Matangira, the 30-year-old son of Bindura South legislator Remigious Toendepi Matangira, has been fined for pointing a firearm at a soldier during a road rage incident. The case was heard in Hara...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP's son held after pointing gun at soldier
The son of a Zanu-PF MP was arrested on Monday after pointing a gun at an off-duty soldier in a road rage incident in Harare.Diaz Matangira, 30, whose father Remigious Toendepi Matangira is MP...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 16:13hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt commits to continue road rehab
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has reaffirmed the government's dedication to the ongoing road rehabilitation projects across Zimbabwe. He dismissed claims that these pr...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:44hrs | 809 | by Sgtaff reporter
Harare roads rehabilitation 90% complete
The rehabilitation of Harare roads needed in preparation for the hosting of the 44th SADC Summit next month is 90 percent complete and on schedule.Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga presen...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:39hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out to impress Sadc leaders
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government are renovating several roads in Harare as part of preparations to host the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit in the capital in August...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:46hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mr Kudzai Mutisi, the German 'Economic wonder' after the WW2 had multiple favourable factors!
I am writing this article as a reply to your article you wrote last week: My article is not in any way or form critiquing your own but including factors that must be known, but, however, adding to wha...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Harare roads being dualised
Road construction in Harare has gathered pace, with car sales that had been erected along Harare-Chirundu Highway on Nemakonde Road (formerly Lomagundi Road), having been demolished to pave way for th...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
47 farms earmarked for new city
FORTY-SEVEN farms in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces have been earmarked for the development of the new capital city in Mt Hampden, where work on core infrastructure, which includes...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Major roads in Harare closed for rehabilitation
MAJOR roads in Harare have been closed for massive rehabilitation ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled to be held in Harare in...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 elite schools in soup for withholding exam results
TWO Zimbabwean elite schools - Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi and Gateway High School in Harare - have been taken to court for withholding students' results over outstanding fees.The two affect...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another empty promise on road rehabilitation from Zimbabwe govt
MAJOR roads, flyovers and bridges, along with mini interchanges along roads in and around Harare that link with the US$88 million Mbudzi Traffic Interchange, are being rehabilitated or constructed, Tr...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police finger school staff in robberies
SCHOOLS have emerged as the latest target for armed robbers after scores of learning institutions lost thousands of United States dollars stashed in safes this week.Police have accused school ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid 2 more private schools
TWO more private colleges in Ruwa and Gweru lost nearly US$17 500 cash to robbers who raided their premises recently, with police suspecting that the thieves could be working with staff.In Gwe...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
George Silundika High loses US$17 000 to robbers
ARMED robbers raided George Silundika High School offices in Bulawayo and went away with over US$17 000 while Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi in Mashonaland West also lost a car, laptops and an undisclo...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid Lomagundi College
Ten robbers raided Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi last night before attacking a security guard and the deputy head and stole an undisclosed amount of cash, a pistol, laptops, cellphones and a Mazda Tri...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man takes on lion in survival battle
Just as Tachivei Machona Nebiri reached the crest of a steep ascent along the Charara Road in Kariba, he saw four lions, a female and three cubs, steal into a nearby thicket.Nebiri was taken a...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mushikashika robberies increase
Five sets of passengers accepting lifts from what they thought were mushikashika lost cash and phones on Friday and Saturday last week in Harare, while a man who offered three men a lift last week los...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt expedites Mt Hampden 'City'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is pushing for the immediate launch of Harare's "new city" in Mt Hampden amid indications that the project is attracting a number of investors from countries ...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers jailed 10 years
THREE machete wielding robbers who robbed a Bindura cellphone dealer of his car and belongings were sentenced to 10 years each in jail by Bindura Re...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 18:56hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean ice cream maker a hit in SA
FROM a tender age, Dr Tapiwa Guzha (35), a Zimbabwean based in Cape Town, South Africa, loved cooking and eating indigenous fruits and vegetables from his grandmother's rich nutrition garden in Marlbo...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPA targets US$50m ill-gotten properties
THE Asset Forfeiture Unit at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has lodged six High Court applications to seize assets from individuals who allegedly acquired them through proceeds of crime....Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police probe into death of businessman Douglas Munatsi
MEMORANDUMSUBJECT: SUDDEN DEATH BY FIRE OF DOUGLAS MUNATSI AT NUMBER C9 NORTHFIELDS FLATS, CORNER JOSIAH TONGOGARA AND FIFTH AVENUE, HARAREThis memorandum serves to put on record circu...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man feared dead after croc attack
A 33-YEAR-OLD man is feared dead after he was attacked by a crocodile at the Lake Harvest harbour in the resort town of Kariba.Witnesses yesterday said the victim, Bernard Nyabadza, was fishin...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Road now development corridor
Harare City Council has designated Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Road (formerly Enterprise Road) in Harare as a development corridor in a move it says will spur development and contribute to its realisa...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt goes after car sales
GOVERNMENT is planning to launch a blitz on car sales in Harare and Chitungwiza, accusing them of turning the urban areas into havens of drug peddling and prostitution.The move will likely spe...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two die in hit, run accident
POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pau...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Haulage truckers face stiffer fines
HAULAGE trucks using undesignated routes and venturing into residential areas without prior clearance will be fined US$2 000, the Daily News on Sunday reports.In the latest Government Gazette,...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight about King Mzilikazi The Mthwakazi King
THIS narrative that King Mzilikazi subjugated other tribes and forced them to join his Nguni tribe to form the Mthwakazi nation is as false as falsehood itself. The narrative is refuted by both eviden...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Reinford Khumalo
Dead end for roadblock evader
A 37-year-old man was arrested after allegedly evaded a roadblock along Lomagundi Road in Harare and attempted to bribe a security guard who was manning a farm in the area in a bid to avoid police. ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam classes in false start
CHAOS rocked most schools as they reopened for examination classes yesterday, with thousands of pupils turned away over lack of personal protective equipment, non-payment of fees, while in other insta...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi district
The ex-members of the Pioneer Column during their exploration in the Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, discovered mining prospects in this country. During their tenure of exploration they eventua...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 21:12hrs | 22 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Use of bicycles and decongestion of the CBD
Recently the new Minister of Energy suggested that the use of bicycles could alleviate the fuel shortage in the country. But the fact is that the use of bicycles is another venture of going-back-to-th...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Eng Bernard Musarurwa
Mastering the art of public speaking with Felix Zinhara
Standing in front of people and delivering a speech, keynote address be it at a social gathering or professional setting remains equally "life-threatening" even to those folks who claim some audacity ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:08hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
Acid Test for Zimbabwe Rugby Academy as they face Border Bulldogs
It will be a tough test for the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy when they face the Border Bulldogs on Sunday (April 28) at 1430hrs in the debut appearance at the SuperSport Rugby Challenge at the Sisa Dukashe ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:19hrs | 11 | by APO
Flyovers, roundabouts for Harare
Government and Harare City Council have moved to ease congestion through the construction of flyovers, roundabouts and widening of problematic roads. Construction of the Mbudzi flyover is set to begin...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimnat launches innovative billboard campaign
Zimnat has launched an innovative advertising campaign to let people know some of the ways in which it can make their life better, through the customer friendly insurance and finance services it offer...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:09hrs | | by Agencies
Council struggles to repair traffic lights
THE Harare City Council has not been repairing faulty traffic lights on most roads on time causing a nightmare for motorists at intersections. Traffic jams are now the order of the day at intersection...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: De Villiers urges youth to aim high
ZIMBABWE senior rugby team coach, Peter de Villiers has challenged youngsters who participated in the third edition of the AMG Global Junior Rugby Coaching Festival at Falcon College to have self beli...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:44hrs | 4 | by Staffr eporter
Harare West roads to get much needed facelift
Harare West MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has said the roads in her constituency are set to get a major facelift based on the 2018 national budget.According to the revised Emergency Roa...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zvimba Sandton project beneficiaries risk eviction
Hundreds of people settled on a more than 240ha stretch of land in Highdon (Sandton project) under the Zvimba Rural District Council face imminent eviction after the local authority’s lawyers recent...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 09:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP conducts meeting over damaged roads
Harare West legislator for MDC-T Jessie Fungayi Majome has conducted a meeting with council officials at Mt Hampden in Harare to discouss over the damaged roads which have remained an eyesore for too ...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:34hrs | | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Chombo's crimes
This has not been verified but circulating on social media.Social media reports allege that the Military Intelligence in conjunction with ZRP Serious Fr...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army arrests G40 'criminals'
ZANU-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo - the brains behind the G40 faction in the ruling party - were yesterday "fished out" from President Robert M...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
We have to take action against road carnage, says Majome
Harare West MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has urged the government and local authorities to take urgent action to sort out the sorry state of roads which have claimed a lot of lives in the country....Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Kariba benefits on Telone Provide-A-Bin programme
Telone has finally headed for the Ultimate tourist destination Kariba to officially handover bins to the Municipality. Saturday the 22nd of July will see a cleanup campaign from Kariba Telone Exchange...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:36hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent
Zimbabwean on the brink of greatness
The curtain comes down on this year's season of M-Net's The Voice, with Zimbo John Ansley slated as the favourite to take the top spot which guarantees him a shot at the big time as it comes with a lu...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chieftainship of Bepura
The chieftainship of Bepura in Guruve (Sipolilo) originated from Damba now Doma north of Mhangura mine. Bepura was awarded the chieftainship while he was staying with his maternal uncle, ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 16:24hrs | 19 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Dokora escapes death by whisker
Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora escaped death by a whisker last week after he was involved in a horrific hit and run car accident - amid fears that Zanu-PF's worsening tribal, ...Published: 30 May 2017 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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