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Cold spell expected to continue in some areas
THE cold spell that was experienced during the past few days was caused by rainfall patterns in Botswana which came through Matabeleland and spread to different parts of the country. Temperatu...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:18hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Aircraft mogul Hartnack arrested
BUSINESSMAN Adam James Hartnack, who owns Adamair (Pvt) Limited and Mr Bristle, a manufacturing firm located in Msasa, Harare, was yesterday arrested by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) on alle...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:39hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Rainfall season coming to an end
With little rain over the past month and even less now expected, the Meteorological Services Department now sees the season coming to a close with no significant rains expected to fall until the next ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:11hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Rainfall intensity to decrease: Met dept
RAINFALL frequency and intensity will be reduced countrywide as the 2020 to 2021 rainfall season is heading towards its end in April, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. However, th...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Warm weather conditions expected
WARM weather conditions are expected countrywide starting today following the cold spell that was experienced from Saturday. The fluctuation in weather conditions is likely to cause respirator...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels break records
The country has witnessed record breaking national dam levels after gaining an average of 56,9 percent this season. As at March 1, the national dam level average had risen to 95,9 percent.In t...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Rains to ease off
Rains are expected to ease off countrywide from Monday to Sunday with sunny breaks by today with warmer conditions and sunshine expected from tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department has said....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:00hrs | 2718 | by Staff reporter
Floods warning for Bulawayo, Matabeleland South
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) yesterday warned that heavy rains of up to 30mm within 24 hours could cause flooding in a number of areas including Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:22hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Social media driving us to doomsday
Bishop Lazi is convinced that nostalgia is a timeless disease.It is normally associated with selective amnesia and the romanticisation of cherished memories.This is why it is unsurpris...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 116 | by Bishop Lazarue
Matebeleland South braces for Tropical Cyclone
CONTINUOUS heavy and destructive rain is expected in Matebeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland when Tropical Cyclone Eloise hits the country tomorrow. The rains will be coupled with strong w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Eloise intensifies to a Severe Tropical Cyclone
The Tropical System Eloise has strengthened and is now a severe tropical storm and there are indications of further intensification in the next 24 hours just before it makes a land fall south of Beira...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Eloise projected to bring large amounts of rain onto Beitbridge
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed that a new potential Tropical...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:44hrs | 5144 | by Staff reporter
High hopes as crop assessment begins
THERE are expectations the 2020/2021 summer cropping season would be one of the most productive seasons post-land reform, as the Government prepares to undertake a national crop and livestock assessme...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of '7-day destructive rains'
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has predicted heavy and destructive rains for a seven-day period across the country until Wednesday. The rains started on Thursday spreading across ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
More floods predicted
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on standby for evacuations in flood prone areas of the country after the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) warned that tropical cyclones and serious floods rem...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean linked US hip-ho artists MF Doom dies
MF Doom, one of US hip-hop's most distinctive and respected MCs and producers, has died aged 49.His wife Jasmine posted on his Instagram account:"The ...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Alert raised as Chalane makes landfall
The Eastern Highlands has started receiving continuous light rains as a result of the former Tropical Storm Chalane which is now an overland Tropical Depression with the public urged to watch out for ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, strong winds expected in the next few hours
The Meteorological Services Department has advised that the Tropical Depression Chalane which made landfall north of Beira in early hours of today and started moving westward towards Zimbabwe, has red...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:53hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt starts evacuation as Cyclone Chalane approaches
The civil protection unit (CPU) in Zimbabwe has started evacuating people in the eastern parts of the country most vulnerable to tropical storm Chalane, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 18:48hrs | 1943 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone Chalane to bring continuous rains'
Tropical Depression Chalane is now in the Mozambique Channel and expected to intensify back into a tropical storm bringing near continuous rains over most of Zimbabwe from tomorrow to Friday with heav...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Chalane heads for Mozambique Channel
The tropical depression, identified as Chalane when it hits tropical storm status, passed over Madagascar over the weekend, bringing heavy rain as expected to the north and centre of the island and al...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Lightning kills Gokwe woman
A Gokwe woman died on the spot after she was struck by a bolt of lightning while on her way home from her fields.Authorities in Gokwe South confirmed the incident but could not be drawn into i...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of flash floods
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned the public to take necessary precautions as it anticipates heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in certain areas across the country....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2359 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo receives record rains
BULAWAYO residents were left stranded yesterday after a record breaking 29mm was recorded in 20 minutes in the Central Business District. Due to poor drainage systems, the flash floods made it...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of countrywide flooding
FLASH FLOODS are expected countrywide this week as the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains. The department advised resumption of insecticide sp...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains expected
Heavy storms coupled with localised heavy downpours, strong winds and lightning are expected across the country until Saturday, following the storms across the southern, western and central areas yest...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms, floods expected
Some parts of the country are expected to receive thunderstorms, which may result in flash flooding and rainfall in excess of 30mm in some areas within the next 24 hours, the Meteorological Services D...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Midlands, Bulawayo to receive rains: Met Dept
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned people in some parts of Bulawayo, Midlands and Matabeleland provinces of isolated thunderstorms which will be experienced later today. T...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot rely on imports, says Mohadi
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has said Zimbabwe cannot continue to rely on grain and cereal imports when the country has the capacity to utilise irrigation schemes that are lying idle throughout the cou...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 13:35hrs | 785 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cannot rely on imports, says Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said the country cannot continue to rely on grain and cereal imports when it has the capacity to utilise irrigation schemes that are lying idle throughout the country t...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
MSD warns of destructive rains
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of violent and destructive thunderstorms as light rains are expected across the country until Friday. Most parts of the country received...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
Understanding method to 'madness' in urban councils
Nowadays, hardly a day passes without news headlines relaying salacious details of corrupt goings on in predominantly opposition run urban councils. Often, these headlines are accompanied by t...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:00hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Early rains bring smiles to Bulawayo
HEAVY rains experienced in parts of Matabeleland since Monday have temporarily eased water challenges in Bulawayo where some residents have harvested the resource for domestic use.Before the l...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC in crucial crisis talks
A DELEGATION of the South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, which arrived in Harare last night, will today hold a crucial indaba with the Zanu PF Central Committee to discuss chall...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC to expose detractors' lies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, have agreed to periodically engage so as to apprise each other on regional security threats as well as expose machinat...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorm to hit Matabeleland
VIOLENT thunderstorms and hail are expected to hit the southern parts of the country but farmers have been told that this does not mark the start of the 2020/21 rainy season.The rains are expe...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:10hrs | 4303 | by Staff reporter
Above normal rainfall expected
SOUTHERN African countries, including Zimbabwe, are likely to receive above normal rainfall following the prediction of a La Nina season in the 2020/21 rainy season. In a La Nina climate patte...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 07:02hrs | 3084 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to brace for severe cold, frost
Zimbabweans should brace for severe cold temperatures since the country has now reached the peak of its winter period, Meteorological Services Department (MSD) deputy director (Public Weather Forecast...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
'Snow' in Matebeleland South
A THUNDERSTORM affected some parts of Matebeleland South on Friday resulting in the fall of hail, triggering a social media frenzy as people thought it was snow that had resulted from falling winter t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Earth quake shakes Kariba Dam
AREAS around Kariba Dam were hit by five earthquakes in the first week of this month, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) and Meteorological Services Department (MSD) have said.Two of the earthq...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2719 | by Staff reporter
May weirdos please hold their peace
Huntsmen are literally worshipped like gods in the village.This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.Most often, meal times - either lunch or su...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 120 | by Bshop Lazarus
The danger of conspiracy theories
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a conspiracy theory as "the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties. It is motivated by the belief that s...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:10hrs | 641 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Respiratory diseases warning ahead of winter season
HEALTH experts and the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) have warned that fluctuating weather conditions and the approaching winter provide a fertile ground for increased cases of Covid-19 and ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Rainy season comes to an end
THE rainy season is ending with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) saying Matabeleland region is unlikely to receive significant rains anymore.The MSD made the declaration as most cr...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 7175 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Met dept predicts more heavy rains
WIDESPREAD thunderstorms are expected across in the country next week and the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) urged people to stay indoors when heavy rains pound.The thunderstorms and...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Binga flood victims decry neglect
Without even narrating her ordeal, Ndubeko Muzamba's blood-flecked eyes told a story of sorrow and suffering.Aged 24 and with three young children aged below 13, Muzamba said at one point she ...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should brace for more chaos
By now it should be unquestionably clear that there are two things that are bogging down our determined and collective efforts to escape the clutches of begriming poverty: corruption and sanctions....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 386 | by Bishop Lazarus
Lightning strikes 13 pupils
A headman drowned in Mbire, while at least 13 learners at Chitenje Secondary School in Karoi were yesterday struck and injured by lightning as heavy rains wreak havoc in different parts of the country...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Govt emphasises need to capacitate State disaster management agencies
THE Local Government ministry has emphasised the need to capacitate the State's disaster management division, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), and other agencies to prevent continued flood-induced los...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:54hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
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