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Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation seen falling to 30%
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry rose by 3,1 percentage points to 48,2 % in 2018 but there are fears that the sector could contract to as low as 30% if the country's foreign c...Published: 2 hrs ago | 22 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP granted bail pending appeal
FORMER Mutare North MP Batsirai Pemhenayi (Zanu PF) has been granted $100 bail pending appeal at the High Court after he was last week convicted and sentenced for assaulting the ruling party's Manical...Published: 3 hrs ago | 138 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance's orgy of violence
Around 8am on Tuesday, Lewis Marimo (not his real name) dodges a pelt of stones as he navigates a makeshift barricade at the intersection of High Glen Road and First Street near Kuwadzana, Harare....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP jailed 4 months
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Mutare North Batsirai Pemhenayi has been sentenced four months in jail for the assault of Zanu-PF Manicaland official Mike Madiro's aide during last year's party primary ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
St Faith's sets new A-Level record
ST FAITH'S High of Rusape continued its strong tradition of academic excellence when it attained its highest ever examination outcome with 41 students scoring 15 points or better in the November 2018 ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:05hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 583 | by The Source News Agency
Met Office warns of heavy rains
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the country is expected to experience heavy rains that may result in flash floods and damage to property.The rains which began on Tuesday ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:16hrs | 4550 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults sister's lover
A 25-YEAR-OLD Chipinge man is on the run after he murdered his sister's lover whom he accused of cheating on her. Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the inc...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:06hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF MP freed on bail
FORMER Mutare North Zanu-PF Member of Parliament Batsirai Pemhenayi, who was last week jailed four months for assaulting party members, has been freed. Pemhenhayi was freed on bail pending app...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:05hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga once held Mugabe hostage in his office for 4 hours
LAWRENCE Kamwi, who held a top position as Mugabe's Principal Private Secretary said his former boss' sins are exaggerated as he was not responsible for everything that came out of his Government....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12540 | by Staff reporter
Cop, soldiers 'kill' maize seed 'thief'
A PLUMTREE-based cop allegedly ganged up with two soldiers attached to the 5.3 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe and fatally assaulted a villager suspected of stealing bags of beans and maize seed from his...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Schools report 100% teacher turnout?
SCHOOLS in Manicaland Province are geared for the new term, with all teachers and staff having reported for duty as usual following Government's ongservice. A snap survey by The Herald showed ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:42hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths warn 'fence-sitting' ministers
THE Zanu-PF Manicaland Youth League says it is fully behind the national executive's call for the dismissal of Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries and other civil servants who are not fully rally...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:41hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chimene dodges daughter's funeral
Mandi Chimene, former Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister failed to attend the burial of Ellen Zimondi, her daughter, who passed on after suffering from an undisclosed ailment.Chimene is be...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2950 | by newzimbabwe
FAO Supported Irrigation Scheme Wins First Prize in National Competition
Masvingo - Stanmore B, an irrigation scheme which was rehabilitated by FAO working directly with Government of Zimbabwe and with support from the Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) was judged the...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 584 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF geared to implement resolutions
MANICALAND is geared towards implementing the resolutions made at the 17th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference to ensure that the province plays its part in growing the economy in line with Vision 2030...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Mutamiri new Anglican bishop
Dr Farai Mutamiri was yesterday consecrated as the new bishop of the Anglican Church's Diocese of Harare, Church of the Province of Central Africa at the City Sports Centre. The consecration w...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 129 | by Staff rpeorter
Schools ready for new term
All is set for schools opening tomorrow as a high-powered Government team today meets civil servants' unions to discuss their salaries and conditions of service. Teachers have ruled out a premature st...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
The death of Tongogara as told by Lookout Masuku and Dumiso Dabengwa.
Josiah Magama Tongogara : The interview that cost his life:This excerpt was taken from a Rhodesian Combat Pilot who played a pivotal role in the Cease Fire Agreement and the formation of the N...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:29hrs | 13980 | by Social media
Soldier killed on New Year's Day
HOMICIDE detectives have launched a manhunt for a Mutare man who fatally assaulted another patron, who was a soldier on New Year's Day following a night club brawl.Police confirmed the case wh...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for teaching posts
THERE was a huge turnout by prospective trained teachers in Manicaland with at least 1 853 having been registered for possible employment on Wednesday.Some 400 others were expected to register...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
4 die in mine collapse
FOUR people - two of them illegal gold panners - were killed on New Year's Eve after mine shafts collapsed in two separate incidents in Penhalonga.Police confirmed the cases.On the fir...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri should allow Zimbabweans to move on after Tongo's death
Following rants by Zanu PF chairperson and Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri regarding a book she claimed to have written on the death of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) comm...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1216 | by Roy Muroyi
Zanu-PF seeks hero status for Matangaidze
ZANU-PF Manicaland Province has recommended that prominent Mutare businessman Mr Hlanganiso Matangaidze, who died over the weekend, be accorded provincial hero status. Mr Matangaidze died at the age o...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:57hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 680 | by Brian Maregedze
Homes burnt in church row
OVER 30 huts were gutted by fire on Christmas Day in suspected arson at the height to control a temple and shrine at the Guta RaJehovah Church in Zvimba District, Mashonaland West province. Th...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Bus robber arrested
One of two armed robbers who killed a woman and injured three other passengers when they attacked a Beitbridge-bound bus has been arrested.The duo robbed passengers of cash and other valuables...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:38hrs | 2018 | by Staff reporter
Woman axes hubby to death
HOMICIDE detectives in Mutare are looking for a Chikanga woman who disappeared soon after axing her husband to death following a domestic dispute on December 24.The chilling incident, which sh...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 17:43hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers call for cloud seeding
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) has called on Government to consider cloud seeding in the wake of the unreliable rainfall patterns characterising 2018 /19 agricultural season. Some p...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1314 | by Staff Reporter
Woman (23) axes hubby to death on Christmas eve
A 23-year-old Mutare woman allegedly killed her husband by striking him with an axe following a domestic dispute on Christmas eve.Anesu Mafokosho aged 23 of Chikanga Phase 2 in Mutare is on th...Published: 26 Dec 2018 at 17:40hrs | 10454 | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa escalates war against Energy Mutodi
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa and her accounting officer Nick Mangwana have escalated war against their Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi as they try to wrestle him out of their ministry. ...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 12:27hrs | 11903 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa extends Commission of Inquiry's hearing tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the commission of inquiry investigating the sale of State land since 2005 by nine months to give it ample time to wrap up the probe, it has been learnt....Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:37hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Earthquake leaves Chipinge villagers in panic
The 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Chipinge has left villagers scared and in panic especially in the Beacon area, with less strong rural buildings being destroyed.The earthquake occurred at 07.40...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 15:48hrs | 2449 | by Staff Reporter
Business skills training for war vets
THE National Business Council of Zimbabwe (NBCZ) has embarked on nationwide capacity-building and training programmes for war veterans to venture into sustainable income- generating projects with the ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:40hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara book launch set for Mutare
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and academic Arthur Mutambara is set to launch the second of his three-volume thought leadership series, The Path to Power, in his home province of Manicaland tomorrow....Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:01hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch cattle breeding scheme
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch a Livestock Revitalisation Programme at Gandauta Primary School in Chiadzwa, Marange communal lands in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe Agricultural Soc...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:38hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Provincial Councils, the new economic hubs
The implementation of the devolution of Government responsibilities to Provincial Councils will give birth to new economic hubs as provinces will be able to manage their resources for the benefit of t...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:23hrs | 952 | by Elijah Chihota
Chimene's daughter dies
Self-exiled former Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Mandi Chimene could be compelled to vacate her Mozambican refuge anytime soon following Friday's death on of her 35-year-old daughter, Ellen Z...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | 4282 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa, Mangwana in messy fight with Energy Mutodi?
A war is brewing unnoticed at the Information Ministry pitting Monica Mutsvangwa and Nick Mangwana on one end against Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi on the other hand, details have emerged. Fol...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 08:05hrs | 6126 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget, soccer legends told
While Mutare has produced soccer legends that are now playing their trade abroad, the history of soccer in the eastern border city cannot be completed without mentioning the name Sicho Masachi....Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1571 | by Stanley Chirimbani and Richard Zimunya
Zanu-PF urged to focus on fixing economic challenges
THE ongoing Zanu-PF national conference must give the party a chance to realign its energies into coherence and come up with responsive strategies to arrest the obtaining economic challenges.T...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
75 land barons arrested
AN inquiry into the illegal sale of State land in urban areas is now 60 percent complete and so far, 75 land barons have been arrested for fraud, theft of trust funds and other corruption-relate...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | 3218 | by Staff reporter
270km protest march: Teachers vow to soldier on
Teachers, who are on a 270km protest march from Mutare to Harare, have vowed to soldier on until they reach their destination, saying they are determined to send a message to government that their con...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 2230 | by Staff reporter
Defective vehicles targeted in blitz
Government is planning to remove all vehicles that are defective from the country's roads in a desperate bid to tame rising carnage.The move by the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Dev...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 15:32hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba under threat
THE ZANU-PF national people's conference, scheduled to take place in Esigodini from Tuesday to Sunday, is under threat of flooding after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned of hailstor...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2457 | by Staff reporter
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, thunderstorms forecast for ZImbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains in excess of 60 millimetres in 48 hours in parts of the country from today to Monday. Indications are t...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Miss Tourism Zimbabwe finally receives her prize
It is beauty that pays and it lived true for 23-year-old Miss Tourism Zimbabwe queen, Tafadzwa Jaricha who was handed her Mercedes Benz c class and prize money at a ceremony held in Harare yesterday....Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 18:13hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
'Unequal marriage triggered Mugabe’s fall'
ZANU-PF national chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has chided elderly male politicians who targeted ambitious young women for marriage and warned that they risked having their political careers derailed....Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | 9425 | by Staff reporter
More Zimbabwe doctors join strike
More doctors yesterday joined the on-going strike, defying a government message to call off the job action.The doctors have been on strike since Saturday to protest poor remuneration and the d...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:41hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
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