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Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri's rise and fall
FROM a shining opposition political star, Engineer Elias Mudzuri - Harare's former first resident — has seen his lustre fade into oblivion over the years.The ex-mayor's recent suspension fro...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:44hrs | 2874 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirayi says no opposition party can unseat Zanu-PF
LATE MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Mr Vincent Tsvangirai, says there is no single opposition party in Zimbabwe with the capacity to defeat the ruling party, Zanu-PF, in the forthcoming electi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mudzuri fight turns dirty
The Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T is headed for another split after its deputy leader Elias Mudzuri said he would resist attempts to expel him from the party as part of intensifying power struggles....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:01hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mudzuri fight escalates
Power struggles have escalated as the Mwonzora-led MDC-T is headed to another split after its deputy Elias Mudzuri is going to resist any attempt to expel him.Mudzuri, Norest Marara, Mashonala...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 08:21hrs | 2162 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Former MDC party officials resist their suspension
Movement for Democratic Change national chairperson Solomon Chikohwero announced the suspension of seven officials saying they face serious disciplinary charges, yesterday.The seven are Mudzur...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:22hrs | 480 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mwonzora suspends seven senior members
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has suspended seven senior members of the party with immediate effect for alleged breach of the party's constitution.In a statement released yeste...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 08:53hrs | 2975 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Potraz accelerates govt services digitilisation
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has said it is accelerating its national digitilisation programme to enhance decentralisation of government functions through electronic ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:19hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium
EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life i...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Term 1 begins
SCHOOLS open today for the First Term of the year with the Government expected to outline modalities for the rollout of State-funded free education policy targeting mostly vulnerable rural schools....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists grab sugar plantation from white farmer
Two Zanu-PF activists have seized a sugar plantation belonging to a white commercial farmer in Mwenezi, Masvingo province, leaving the owners and scores of workers and their children homeless....Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 16:02hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open despite flood alert
SCHOOLS will open for the 2023 first term tomorrow, with the exception of boarding schools in two provinces where the authorities have issued an adverse weather alert, prompted by downpours over the w...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster dies after tree fell on car
Bare Primary School Head was yesterday crashed to death by a tree that fell on the car in which she was sitting while preparing to leave for a funeral.She was in the company of a fellow teache...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:20hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
1 dead as heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Gwanda
A man died while homes and school infrastructure were destroyed when heavy rains accompanied by strong winds pounded Gwanda district Wednesday night leaving a trail of destruction in the area....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:07hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
6 day destructive rains forecast for Zimbabwe
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has warned that some parts of the country will experience violent thunderstorms and localised hail which may damage property between 29 December and 3 Janua...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Chariots of death' on Zimbabwe's roads
WHILE speaking at the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) in Bulawayo recently, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona revealed that 1 559 people were kille...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 305 | by Pamenus Tuso
US pours US$647,000 into anti-Zimbabwe NGOs' coffers
THE United States government, through the US embassy's Ambassador's Self-Help Programme, has provided US$647 000 to 19 civil society organisations across the country to undertake various empowerment p...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, councilor in near fist fight over adultery allegations
Outspoken Chiredzi North Member of Parliament, Roy Bhila recently blasted Chiredzi Town Council's Ward 2 councilor, Obert Ngwenya who is also Zanu-PF's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Secretary ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Why army was deployed in oil-drilling precincts of the Zambezi Valley
FEARS of a Mozambican Cabo Delgado-style Islamic insurgency in the northern Zambezi Valley where the Zimbabwean government and an Australian Securities Exchange-listed Invictus Energy are engaged in o...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 2727 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles cane plots to youths
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has doled out sugarcane plots to Zanu-PF youths in Chiredzi, Masvingo province, as a vote-buying gimmick ahead of the 2023 polls.In past elections, the ruling party ha...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Spooks assault Chamisa's activist
A MEMBER of the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) in Zaka, Tafara Chimwaradze, was on Monday briefly abducted and assaulted by known Central Intelligence Organisation operatives while at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rues time wasted on factional fights than voter registration
Zanu-PF Masvingo province is in panic mode over low voter registration in its rural strongholds and is now making frantic efforts to make up for lost ground as the 2023 harmonized elections beckon....Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy mob disrupts CCC presser
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths yesterday cordoned off the Media Centre in the capital to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders from holding a Press conference.CCC spokes...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses arm in hyena attack
In the second such case to be recorded in Masvingo province this year, a 38-year-old woman from Gutu last Wednesday lost her left hand and big toe of the left leg after being attacked by a hyena....Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
ZDF's free medical services charm villagers
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will continue to work with ordinary people for the attainment of national goals and interests, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, ha...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes to congress amid power struggles, widening rifts
Zanu-PF is going to its 7th elective congress which will, among other expected outcomes, choose the party's first secretary and president, at a time the coup coalition which catapulted President Emmer...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:27hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident of producing 6m carats next year
Zimbabwe is confident it will produce six million carats and generate US$1 billion from the diamond industry next year in line with set targets, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Chiwenga?
In what seems to be a big blow for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's presidential ambitions, Masvingo province has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the sole Zanu-PF presidential candidate ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:49hrs | 4894 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army concludes major exercise
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday concluded its major field training exercise in northern Mashonaland Central showing it was committed to ensure peace, stability and security in the country....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
'O' Level Maths, English exams leak in Masvingo and Mashonaland
TWO other Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level examination papers, English Paper 2 and Mathematics Paper 2 have leaked.They leaked on Wednesday in Bikita, Masvin...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Teachers 'frog-marched' to Mnangagwa indaba
THOUSANDS of teachers have been commandeered to attend the launch today in Harare of the Teachers for Economic Development (ED), a shadowy union reported to be championing President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe literacy rate drops to 93,7%
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) preliminary education survey results have revealed that nearly a million Zimbabweans aged four years and above are illiterate.The education su...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Government clears 180 000 passport backlog
GOVERNMENT has cleared the passport backlog which had reached close to 180 000 following the introduction of e-passports.President Mnangagwa launched the new secure electronic passport in Hara...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1852 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army moves to Mashonaland Central
The people of Mashonaland Central, who noticed a sudden influx of troops and military vehicles being deployed in their areas, have been advised to relax since it was simply a routine army training exe...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo in chieftainship row
THE Nemanwa chieftainship row in Masvingo province has sucked in President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Local Government minister July Moyo with the cabinet minister now accused of facilitating the installa...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo sucked into controversial installation of Masvingo chief
LOCAL Government Minister, July Moyo has been accused of unlawfully influencing the appointment of one Tranos Manjiva as Chief Nemanwa in an unfolding chieftainship row in Masvingo.The ministe...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army warns public of massive troop and artillery movements
THE military will be moving a large number of troops and equipment to six districts of Mashonaland Central province for a training exercise, Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has announced.The not...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 14486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's army moving a large number of troops and equipment
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are moving a large number of troops and equipment to 6 districts of Mashonaland Central for a "training exercise." The ZDF is advising the public not to be ala...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 20:43hrs | 12286 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe authorities must release opposition MPs
THE continued arbitrary detention of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson and Members of Parliament Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) is rev...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 440 | by SeeD
Zanu-PF activates processes ahead of elective congress
Zanu-PF is now geared up for the national elective congress set for next month with all party organs having activated its processes.Speaking at a press conference held in Harare on Tuesday, Za...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
3 years in a row with Bulawayo posting best Grade Seven results
BULAWAYO province recorded the best Grade Seven ZIMSEC results countrywide for the third year in a row last year with reports showing that although Covid-19 affected continuous learning, the 2021 pass...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Nurse caught pants down on-duty, married lover runs away
GETTING it on with your lover at work can feel naughty, steamy, and hot but, it can also be a risky "affair" since there can be consequences if you are caught in the act.In a rather strange in...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:20hrs | 7552 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat census sparks controversy
THE accurate number of Zimbabwean immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia has exposed gross inaccuracies in the 2022 Population and Housing Census which has painted the size of the country...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Thousands of Zimbabweans flee economic mess
ZIMBABWE recorded the highest outflow of citizens fleeing the country in 2021 compared to other previous years since 1980 as the deepening socio-economic crisis shows no signs of abating under Preside...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
200 000 Zimbabwean children born outside the country
ABOUT one million Zimbabweans are living in the diaspora while over 200 000 children are born outside the country with the highest being in South Africa, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimSt...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally praises Mnangagwa's Second Republic
MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora has hailed the Second Republic for progress made in the construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani.Upon completion, Lake Gwayi-Shangani, will become the third largest...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak
Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-M...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Contractors race to meet Lake Gwayi-Shangani deadline
A SYMPHONY of massive flood lights illuminates the sky at night at the construction site of the gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District in Matabeleland North province.The clangour of t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pilots new malaria prevention programme
ZIMBABWE is piloting a non-chemical-based malaria prevention treatment programme in Chiredzi, to help curb the growing resistance to existing malaria vector chemicals.Ministry of Health and Ch...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
All set for Zanu-PF war vets league district polls
All is set for the district elections of the Zanu-PF War Veterans League being held today across the country, with only Masvingo Province postponing their polls until tomorrow.Zanu-PF National...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
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