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Gold panners continue to invade Vumbachikwe Mine
Vumbachikwe Mine community members have complained over the random blasting occurring at the mine amid revelations gold panners continue to invade the min...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 22:44hrs | 481 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe is never short of scammers
They came and beguiled nobles and laity by claiming gasoline was oozing out of a sacred rock formations somewhere in rural Chinhoyi. Innocent boulders were soaked in a deluge of diesel and people fell...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 12:07hrs | 1182 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
CCC MP accuses govt officials of diverting food aid
Fanuel Cumanzala, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Binga South, has accused government officials of illegally diverting food aid meant to alleviate the effects of the El Niño-in...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Council boss blows thousands on bling
Chiredzi Council, which is struggling to deliver standard services to its 300 000plus residents, is in the eye of a storm following revelations that the local authority could be pampering its executiv...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:56hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime perpetuating the normalization of oppression!
I think it was around 1978 or 79 - at the age of five or six years old - when I posed a very pointed question to my parents. We frequently drove past the outskirts of the low density suburb of...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:56hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parents protest over US$ school fees in Zimbabwe
PARENTS and guardians with school-going children are up in arms with the government after it gazetted tuition fees in United States dollars ahead of the schools opening next week.Primary and S...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2024 school fees gazetted
Tuition fees for Government schools for next year were gazetted yesterday by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo with those for primary schools ranging from US$5 a term for P3 rural...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Didymus Mutasa seeking to evict 39 land permit holders
Former State Security minister Didymus Mutasa is embroiled in a land grab storm at the 700 hectare Zingondi farm in Rusape where he is seeking to evict 39 land permit holders.The farmers have ...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 37 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
Mnangagwa misses out as Beitbridge renames suburbs, streets
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has completed the process of renaming streets, suburbs and business centres in line with its modernisation drive.The exercise which involved the consultation of residents a...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Drilling of boreholes by ZANU PF proves regime has no permanent solution to urban water crisis!
Judging by the manner in which the ZANU PF government is so fond of always castigating the opposition for failing to run urban authorities, one would be excused for believing the party had solutions....Published: 15 May 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa, Mwonzora activists in bloody fight
CCC and MDC-A activists clashed in Chinhoyi yesterday afternoon over who would control a party office in the town, with the physical confrontation resulting in several of them getting injured....Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, independence doesn't mean freedom to destroy one's country!
I recall a story I was told by my parents when I was still a little child. There was a ruling ZANU PF meeting at our local sporting facility, named 'Zisco Club', in the early 1980s – which a...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 22:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Filabusi residents resort to bush toilets
Residents at a suburb in Filabusi have been forced to use bush toilets due to lack of water and sewer reticulation services since 2014, it was established.Bekezela residents raised fears of a ...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zera penalises 12 fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has prosecuted and withdrawn licences to errant petroleum dealers while some service stations were fined for mixing fuel with water, the regulator's 202...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let us decongest Bulawayo CBD Now!
Bulawayo's ever-growing informal sector needs to be decongested to high density and some middle – low density areas. It is a fact that stakeholders need to check and explore something drastic or dis...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 12:44hrs | 4 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Harare pegs 2023 rates in forex
Harare City Council yesterday announced its 2023 budget that has rates indexed in US dollars with a high-density suburban holder set to fork out a minimum of US$23,15 in rates and fees a month, althou...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Parliament petitioned over hefty UZ fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have petitioned Parliament seeking its intervention over the recent hefty tuition fees hike.The UZ increased its fees by more than 600%, from $60 526 to $4...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents protest 'wrongful billing'
UMZINGWANE residents in Matabeleland South are up in arms with the Umzingwane Rural District Council (URDC) for wrongfully billing them using outdated by-laws.Amhlohe Sibanda of stand number F...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa in modern housing boom
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, is witnessing a serious housing boom, with modern homes that are coming up looking like those found in leafy suburbs in big cities....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinese Parly building complete
Epitomising magnificence, the imposing six-storey circular Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the picturesque surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislati...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC decries electricity theft
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has said there is widespread theft of electricity as some people are bypassing its power regulation systems and consuming electri...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime unmitigated failures, and yes, Smith was far much better!
I do not even understand what the whole debate is all about, because there are some matters that are undeniable and can not be contested!For starters, we never had to fetch our water for domes...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:09hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls creation of Smart cities
FIGTREE in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, has been identified as one of three places in the country to be transformed into a digital and green energy smart city.Announcing the plan in ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Those who want to commemorate Zimbabwe's independence can go ahead but don't force us to celebrate a meaningless day!
Each and every one of us has that special day that they will always cherish and hold in very high regard, above all others - which bears profound meaning to them, and in their lives.This is a ...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man (70) killed by 3 vicious dogs
A 70-year-old Harare man was mauled to death on Wednesday evening by three vicious Boerboel dogs at company premises in the Adbennie area of Harare under unclear circumstances.The man, Maxwell...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:17hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles reject Zimbabwe unitary state through election boycott
Through the boycott of the recent voter registration and by- election boycott, the the people of Matabeleland especially the youth, have ditched the oppressive Zimbabwe unitary state for the Republic ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
No matter what "development" ZANU PF brings but no vote from me as long as livelihoods not better than at 1980
I find it throughly infuriating, if not downright insulting, hearing some ruling ZANU PF leaders and supporters going to all lengths in their arrogant attempts at forcing their perception and version ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 16:09hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Matabeleland does not need leaders from Mashonaland, we have our own
"The buzz word "change" in Zimbabwe has generated hope and excitement that will deliver gloom and doom only to be felt and experienced after the elections. Removing Zanupf and E.D Mnangagwa is not Cha...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Israel Dube
Harare hikes rates
Harare City Council has proposed rate hikes that will see an average high-density suburban householder paying $2 387 a month, up from the present $1 736, from January for basic services, while a low d...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo continues in building demolition blitz
THE Bulawayo City Council has upped its efforts of identifying and giving notices to demolish illegal structures in the city with the latest identified properties also including one that was built by ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man steals firearm, knocked down by a car in a botched robbery
THE trial of a 33-year-old man from Gutu, Masvingo who was recently arrested in Beitbridge after allegedly breaking into two houses and stealing an assortment of goods among them an AK-47 rifle belong...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces rising drug abuse problem
Zimbabwe is experiencing an upsurge in drug abuse cases and most of those abusing the drugs are young people. Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro said concerted efforts are ...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Domestic dispute ends in tragedy
A domestic dispute ended in tragedy when a Chipinge man reportedly assaulted his wife and set their shared police staff house on fire before taking his life.Emmanuel Watungwa, whose body was f...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex black market chokes residents
Bulawayo residents have said parallel market rates are chocking them as they cannot afford to pay rentals or make ends meet.Parallel market rates have shot up to about $180 for US$1 in the str...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC, residents clash over bills
RESIDENTS are up in arms with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over high water bills for the month of July.Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) wrote to Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahoka, Chidhakwa to lose Karoi stands
Out of sorts G40 functionaries, Sarah Mahoke and Walter Chidhakwa are among hundreds set to lose residential stands in Karoi`s Kubatana suburb.Mahoka, was until 2017, the Hurungwe East Member ...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Councillors want forex payments prioritised
BULAWAYO City councillors want only rate payers paying in foreign currency to use the local authority's main Revenue Hall as a measure to decongest the place and stop the spread of Covid-19.Th...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe liberation icons deserve a political leadership worthy of their sacrifice
I was quite young a grade two, eight year old boy, in 1981 when the ZANU choir, led by the late Comrade Chinx (Dickson Chingaira), came to sing at Torwood Hall (Redcliff), whereby they stayed at our h...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Popular Vic Falls cab driver dies on birthday
A TAXI driver died on the spot on his 30th birthday on Friday while his two cousins were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road before overturning.Emmanuel Thunywa,...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 21:59hrs | | by Staff Writer
Chombo application dismissed, trial set
THE court yesterday dismissed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo's application for exception to fraud charges related to corruptly allocating land in Harare and Zvimba, but dropped five counts of...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo ruling ready
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje is today expected to deliver a ruling in a matter in which former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo applied to be exempted from the charges of corruptly ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZACC tackles Deeds Office graft
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), seeing a flood of fraud and corruption cases involving fake or stolen title deeds, or duplicate deeds has embarked on a series of awareness campaigns at...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Passengers thrown off truck
FIVE people cheated death and two of them sustained injuries when they were thrown out of a moving truck's load box after the driver lost control of the vehicle along the Victoria Falls-Hwange highway...Published: 26 May 2021 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo supply dams at 66,96%
WATER supply dams in the City of Bulawayo are at 66,99% amid a rise in demand for potable water.The drop in the water level has forced the local authority to reintroduce a water-rationing regi...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 drums a day water limit for Bulawayans
THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect suspended water connections to vacant, incomplete stands and some areas outside the city in a bid to save water as the local authority fears high co...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC devises new ways of milking Harare
The chicken thief does not listen to the chicken's prayer! This adage clearly brings out life at Harare City Council's Town House where the MDC-Alliance led council officials seem to have devised new ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Money changers camp outside shops
Illegal money changers in Harare and other parts of the country are now hanging around and even inside supermarkets that might have a reasonable number of shoppers using foreign currency offering to p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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