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Ballot stuffing claims rock elections in Kariba
The just-ended National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) elections held during the annual congress in Kariba have been marred by shocking allegations of vote rigging and ballot stuffing....Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:08hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blows whistle on alleged corruption involving Minister Chombo
Former Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has publicly raised the alarm over what he described as a deeply entrenched corruption network in Mashonaland West Province, accusing senior government ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Tungwarara tears ZANU-PF apart, bribes bogus journalists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's investment advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara's smart phones donation benefited ZANU-PF cyber-teams and party activists from ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 07:14hrs | 4810 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Historical background of forceful evictions of villagers of Gota of Sipolilo
The promulgation of land settlement Act of 1957 by Sir Godfrey Huggins’s government in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) witnessed the forceful evictions of Villagers from their ancestral land of Gota ar...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 17:26hrs | 343 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Jubilation as Mnangagwa honours Mash West Presidential Goat Scheme promise
In a move that demonstrates his commitment to empowering rural communities, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has distributed 75 goats to Mashonaland West province under the Presidential goat rearing and p...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 13:22hrs | 10 | by Tonderai Ndoro
48 drug dens destroyed yet granary bases remain untouchable
Cabinet received good news that 48 DRUG DENS had been DESTROYED these being:Manicaland -25Harare -10Mash Central - 6Mat North - 3 Mash West - 2Midlands&...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 05:48hrs | 9 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Historical background of the town of Mvurwi formerly Umvukwes
Mvurwi is a prosperous farming town in Mashonaland Central province. The town is situated about hundred kilometers north of Harare along Kanyemba road, Mvurwi was formally known as Umvukwesi or (Mumug...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:02hrs | 289 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Zanu-PF Mash West wins two local authority by-elections
Zanu-PF in Mashonaland West has successfully secured victories in two local authority by-elections held over the weekend in Hurungwe and Banket, underscoring the party's continued dominance in the pro...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's small scale miners take Minister to task over bottlenecks
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) convened with the newly appointed Mines Minister on Friday to discuss the complex challenges afflicting the sector.Annually, the sector's miners contribute...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes more appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed three additional deputy ministers to complement those appointed last week, as announced by Acting Chief Secretary to the President Dr. Martin Rushwaya in a statement....Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna showers ED with 65 beasts
CHEGUTU West MP Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) donated 60 heifers and five bulls to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Mashonaland West province on Saturday.The donation was made in Magunje, where Mnanga...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets wheat exports as output rises
Zimbabwe is considering exporting surplus wheat to Mozambique from this year's anticipated harvest of 420 000 tonnes, well above the country's requirements of 360 000 tonnes a year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF uncontested in 92 wards
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is, starting Friday, releasing a full list of candidates that will stand in the 2013 elections.Here are a few quick numbers to chew over from ZEC's repo...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turns Mash West into war zone
SANYATI, in Mashonaland West province, reportedly turned into a war zone this week as rival aspiring Zanu-PF candidates bludgeoned each other ahead of the party's primary elections set for tomorrow....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa attacks violent ZANU PF youth league
Former ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa has castigated the top five Mashonaland West youth league saying they are just good at violence and crime."The current Mash ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 12:02hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa calls ex-finance minister 'bipolar, lunatic and a criminal'
THE suspension of Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Youth League chairman, Tapiwa Masenda, for allegedly beating up a Chinese miner has reportedly ignited fresh turmoil amid vein intervention by Vice President...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa comes face to face with Zanu-PF violence
INDEPENDENT Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa, was left fuming after suspected Zanu-PF hectored him at the funeral of provincial hero Shepherd Tsomondo where the legislator was scheduled ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers 4ED take over teachers recruitment
The recently launched Zanu-PF aligned teacher union called Teachers for Economic Development or Teachers4ED seems to have taken over recruitment and deployment of teachers as Zanu-PF is soliciting for...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi tours Mash West to whip traditional leaders
Zanu-PF vice president and second secretary, Kembo Mohadi, is set on a marathon tour of Mashonaland West province where he is expected to whip traditional leaders into ensuring their subjects vote for...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new Central Committee and Politburo members
THE President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has appointed ten personal nominees into the Central Committee, one from each province.The members are as follows;Manicaland - Wilson Khumbula...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 17:23hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mahere reported wrong vehicle number plate to police
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere was quizzed Wednesday by officers from Chinhoyi Central Police Station's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Or...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police summon Mahere over Chamisa's alleged assassination attempt
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere has been summoned to Chinhoyi Central Police Station's Law and Order department over the alleged attempt on the life of CCC ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's population up by 16.2%
ZIMBABWE's population grew by 16.2 percent from13 million to 15 million over the last decade.Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency's (ZIMSTAT)'s report on the nation's latest census shows that a...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister dishes out sweets to lure voters
POLITICAL temperatures are rising ahead of the Kariba Ward 5 by-election pencilled for Saturday, amid accusations by the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) that a top Zanu-PF official dis...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told me Mary Mliswa is 'Chief of Mash West' - Minister Ziyambi reveals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is confident Zanu-PF Mashonaland West chairperson Mary Mliswa-Chikoka's leadership skills will steer the ruling party to a resounding victory in the 2023 harmonised electi...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa ally sparks verbal war against rival empowerment lobby group
A WAR of words has erupted between officials aligned to two rival indigenous empowerment lobby groupings, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) and newly-launched Economic Empowerment Group (EEG)....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo returns from SA
Mbira musician Tatenda "Gushungo" Gomwe who was previously in South Africa conducting shows is back in the country and has lined up two shows this weekend...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 14:43hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
20 buses drive to Mnangagwa's event empty
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West leaders are at loggerheads after 20 Zupco buses commandeered to ferry party supporters to Kadoma for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's event ended up driving to the venue virtual...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths instructed to pave way for Robert Mugabe Jnr
Zanu-PF youths have been reportedly instructed to avoid contesting for any position Robert Mugabe Jnr seeks to occupy at the upcoming youth league conference, it has emerged.Speculation is rif...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands cast ballots in smooth by-elections
THOUSANDS of voters yesterday cast their ballots in by-elections held around the country, with the process conducted smoothly in most areas, while results started trickling in last night.The r...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo invades Mash West
Andy Muridzo and his Jeetaz band are set to light Chegutu up with their music today.Baba keketso is currently on a nationwide tour and ...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:44hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mwonzora fails to find candidates to contest by-elections?
The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T led is reported to have failed to find candidates to represent it in the March 26 council by-elections in various parts of Matabeleland and Midlands.A website ca...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF prolongs poll announcement delay
Zanu-PF has failed to announce results of Tuesday's provincial elections for the second day in a row as contestants complained of massive rigging allegations and called for a re-run.Results we...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa eyeing VP's post, says Mliswa
THE newly-appointed Zanu-PF spokesperson, Chris Mutsvangwa is reported to be very ambitious and is eyeing the vice president, Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has said.Mliswa, who defeated M...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa takes ZANU PF leader heads on
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Zanu PF Mashonaland West youth chairman, Vengai Musengi, of fomenting divisions in the party, excelling only in the use of violence, taking over pe...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 13:09hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe reports 2,156 new COVID-19 infections, 56 deaths
FIFTY-six people succumbed to Covid-19 on Thursday - a new record of daily fatalities this year as the country recorded 2,156 new cases in the last 24-hour reporting cycle.The country has so f...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 22:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
81% of Zimbabwe's primary schools do not have internet access
81% of primary schools in Zimbabwe have no access to the internet while only 19% have, a status quo that is heavily stalling e-learning programmes in primary schools. This was revealed by the Informat...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calls for schools to close escalate
Authorities are seriously worried about the rising cases of Covid-19 cases in the education sector, amid growing calls for temporary closure of schools and colleges to curb the spread of the lethal di...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora accused of creating 'ghost structures'
THE MDC-T secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora has come under intense criticism by the Nelson Chamisa-aligned faction for working in cahoots with Zanu-PF to set up "ghost structures" in Mashonaland Wes...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF bigwigs endorse Obert Mpofu's book
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration's Obert Mpofu's book has received endorsements from senior Seniior ZANU PF and government officials. The biography titled On the Shoulders of the struggle ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
WATCH: Chamisa prays at the grave of Miriam Mushayi
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has pleaded with God to comfort the family of the late MDC founding member Miriam Mushayi who was buried in Maumbe Hurungwe. Praying at her graveside, Cha...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF to recall Mupfumira
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) yesterday resolved to recall Senator and Central Committee member Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing an array of corruption charges i...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa: a hero or villain?
The firebrand Norton legislator Temba Peter Mliswa is a refreshing and entertaining contributor to every Parliamentary session he attends. He has won the admiration of many hearts in Norton over his d...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
ZACC speaks on Minister Prisca Mupfumira's arrest
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed that they have picked up Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira over charges relating to the abuse of NSSA funds as pronounced by the Auditor Genera...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa defiant
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says he will not stop fighting for the people of Norton against the abuse they are suffering under the Chinese contractors with firms in Norton. Mliswa...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa thanks Zimbabweans for ignoring stay away calls
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday thanked Zimbabweans for ignoring calls by the opposition to stay away from work saying demonstrations were not in the best interest of the country and urged unity, as it ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ally accused of grand corruption, swindle Israeli investors
A long-time ally of former president Robert Mugabe has been accused of grand corruption after he allegedly swindled Israeli investors in a lucrative gold mining venture in Midlands province.Hi...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:39hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Megamunopa the hope for Zim farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay and lucrative business in Zimbabwe. The nature of commercial farming systems have been realigned to the regional and international standards to suit mechanisation models. H...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Peason Zvenyika
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