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Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 3 hrs ago | 3593 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' gold panners granted bail
THREE of the 11 illegal gold panners who allegedly ganged up and killed a rival in a mine claim conflict in Vhovha area of Colleen Bawn in Gwanda, have been granted $100 bail each pending trial by the...Published: 4 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF recalls Chiredzi councillors
Zanu-PF has resolved to recall two Chiredzi Town councillors for violating the party's constitution after they were found guilty of consorting with MDC-Alliance councillors to elect a council chair fr...Published: 4 hrs ago | 353 | by STaff reporter
Masvingo slams door on Chiwenga, backs Mnangagwa 2023
Zanu-PF Masvingo Province has passed a resolution endorsing President Mnangagwa as the party's Presidential candidate in the next elections in 2023 to afford him ample time to fulfil his vision of mak...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 4010 | by Staff reporter
Rio Zim resumes operations
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed miner RioZim has resumed operations at three of its gold mines after reaching an agreement with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over foreign currency allocation. ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:37hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1734 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
Train blocking Masvingo - Beitbridge road could take days to clear
Travellers taking the Masvingo highway from Beitbridge or heading into Beitbridge from Masvingo are facing a nightmare this morning after a train derailed and blocked the road.NRZ engineers ar...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:29hrs | 4415 | by ZimLive
Man fakes father's death
A Masvingo man and his two accomplices have been sentenced to 420 hours of unpaid work each by a magistrates court for trying to swindle Econet of $2 000 via the its EcoSure Funeral Cover, through a f...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:21hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Train derails in Beitbridge
A goods train has derailed after hitting a truck on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway and rail crossing.Traffic has been brought to a halt and cannot gain access into the border town using the r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:18hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift widening'
Intense jostling for control of the ruling Zanu-PF between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is escalating into public fights between backers of the two heavyweights ami...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:15hrs | 11388 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regalia a disgrace, party youths tell Matutu
Few weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a politburo meeting and ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs stationed at Shake-Shake building to always put on party regalia, national vice youth chairperson...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:12hrs | 3147 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Law School set for Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe is not only Open for Business but for dialogue too, as it forges ahead with engaging locals and foreigners in its quest to attain a middle class economy by 2030....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Condom uptake on the rise
The National Aids Council has installed 400 condom dispensers at tertiary institutions, hospitals, hotels, drinking spots and other public places across Zimbabwe as part of efforts to curb the spread ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:20hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Schools in USD fees U-turn
A number of private schools that were contemplating charging their fees in foreign currencies are now backtracking on the idea which could have pushed away some of their learners.In the wake o...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:46hrs | 4899 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says no to Zanu-PF restructuring
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has poured cold water on party members who are jostling for positions saying the party will not carry out a restructuring process soon, adding that the...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:42hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporter
Rusape bus crash declared a national disaster
Government has declared a state of national disaster an accident in which 46 people were killed when two buses side-swapped at the 166-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway on Wednesday evening. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:05hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo billed for 7 Zimbabwe towns and cities
UNITED States-based Chimurenga music icon, Dr Thomas 'Mukanya' Mapfumo, will next month return to Zimbabwe for a Peace Tour where he will encourage the country's citizens to put their differences asid...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:01hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a dictator, claims Chamisa
MDC president Nelson Chamisa, has rubbished accusations that he is a dictator, saying he is only out to protect his party from Zanu-PF's bid to overtake MDC party mayors.Chamisa recently axed ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:49hrs | 3711 | by Staff reporter
Defining and identifying the new leadership trajectory in MDC-T
The last days of President Morgan Tsvangirai will always be remembered as the episode when the truth was the biggest casualty as the succession debate moved from his office to his death bed. After a w...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2115 | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda
Zimbabwe traditional chief begs US to remove sanctions
A LOCAL traditional leader in Masvingo on Tuesday took advantage of the signing ceremony of the Great Zimbabwe Preservation Project - where the United States donated $475 000 - to beg the superpower t...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'prison officer' fired
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has finally fired the prison officer accused of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa by addressing MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as "my presid...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets 1,5m houses by 2023
Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira has reaffirmed that Government is committed to its development agenda targets of constructing a total of 1,5 million middle-income housing units by...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Conflation of business and politics: An economic solution for Zimbabwe
September and October saw the prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rising beyond the reach of many. Medicines at pharmacies were charged in United States dollars only and those who could not afford...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:35hrs | 1087 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa's MDC Alliance rocked by confusion over expulsions
Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 ele...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:43hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer fired over 'Chamisa my president' tweet
A prison officer has been dismissed from his job over a tweet in which he referred to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa his President, his lawyers said.John Mahlabera was discharged on Monday after an...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:30hrs | 1834 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa pampers ZCC for voting him into power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and hi...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'good times will soon roll'
President Mnangagwa yesterday exhorted Zimbabweans to unite and remain strong in the face of prevailing economic difficulties saying the challenges confronting the country will soon be overcome, pavin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Paul Mwazha @100 years: The amazing testimonies
A few days ago, Archbishop Paul Mwazha, the founder & leader of the African Apostolic Church was bestowed with rains of congratulatory messages from distinct churches and our entire body politic f...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:34hrs | 2818 | by Benny Gudo
Zanu-PF holds victory celebrations
Bikita West legislator, Elias Musakwa hosted victory celebrations in his constituency to thank the people who voted for Zanu-PF in the 30 July harmonised elections.The celebrations were attend...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:30hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends rain prayer conference
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa this Sunday joined the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members at Mbungo in Masvingo for their conference where they were praying for th...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 14:07hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must explain mayor appointment procedure'
Residents have castigated the MDC Alliance for failing to educate the electorate on the method applied by the party in its process of selecting mayors.Mfundo Mlilo, the director of Combined Ha...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:44hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men say condoms 'too small' for them - report
Men from a small Zimbabwean town have reportedly pleaded with condom manufacturers to supply them with larger condoms, saying those available in local shops were "too small for them".According...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's nephew handed over to police by Land Commission
Goddard Dunira, a land developer and a nephew of former Minister of State for Masvingo, Josiah Hungwe frothed, spluttered and contradicted himself as he tried to explain how his lifestyle dramatically...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:20hrs | 5314 | by Staff reporter
'Masvingo mayor a product of Zanu-PF,' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa has fired another salvo at Masvingo mayor Collen Maboke, saying the beleaguered city father was a product of some Zanu-PF arrangement and not the party's choice for the cov...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:12hrs | 4686 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in soup for 'undermining Mnangagwa'
A Zimbabwe prison officer on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa through posting some political comments on social media and to some misconduct charges....Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 10:03hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to ZCC
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting has informed the nation that President Mnangagwa and the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa will make an official visit to the Zion Christian Church (...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 19:12hrs | 12316 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe sister seeks treatment abroad
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's sister Shuvai Gumbochuma on Thursday successfully applied for provisional release of her passport indicating she planned to travel abroad for treatment.Gumboch...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 3967 | by newzimbabwe
Grace Mugabe sister's trial deferred
The trial of Shuvai Gumbochuma's son, Moses, who is accused of obstructing the course of justice during his mother's arrest in September, was yesterday deferred to November 8.Shuvai Gumbochuma...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:42hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora blocks Chamisa from firing Mayors?
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has moved in to stop the removal of Mayors and Deputy Mayors who were elected by Councillors outside Party whipping system.In letters in possession of Bu...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 11:10hrs | 8709 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCTU leaders ask court to drop public violence charges against them
SEVEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders on Tuesday 30 October 2018 petitioned a Zimbabwean court seeking an order dropping public violence charges against the unionists after arguing th...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:47hrs | 472 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa govt abandons complete dualisation of Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway
GOVERNMENT has abandoned the controversial $2,7 billion deal with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare-Chirundu ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:57hrs | 4845 | by Ndou Paul
Mthwakazi activist arrested for pointing at Mnangagwa portrait
A BULAWAYO court freed on bail a man detained for insulting the president while testifying before a commission probing the fatal shooting of six civilians during post-election protests in August, lawy...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1521 | by AFP
Students abuse morning after pills
The National AIDS Council (NAC) has raised a red flag over the increased use of morning-after family planning pills by female students at tertiary institutions in Masvingo.Speaking to journali...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:30hrs | 2969 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor?
MDC Chief of staff Sesil Zvidzai today issued a letter to Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami instructing him to resign from his position paving way for the election of a New deputy Mayor by the C...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 18:32hrs | 3170 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa forced to explain
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party will not hesitate to weed out mayors who build "nicodemus" and corrupt relations with Zanu-PF bigwigs for personal gain.Chamisa was reacting to all...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 11:48hrs | 7311 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defends controversial expulsions on party mayors
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has justified his purge of some party mayors from their council jobs saying they were conspiring with the enemy to defy his directives.Since the mayoral elections hel...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
Parents killed as driver runs over family
A COUPLE died while their child sustained injuries when the trio was run over by a car as they walked along the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road at Esigodini. The accident occurred at the 30km peg o...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:23hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Man bailed in Mnangagwa insult case
A Zimbabwean court freed on bail a man detained for insulting the president while testifying before a commission probing the fatal shooting of six civilians during post-election protests in August, la...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 19:45hrs | 1325 | by AFP
Chamisa warns internal rivals, 'it's too early to challenge me'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned his internal party rivals seeking to challenge his position saying it is too early for them to challenge him as he is yet to finish the task his predecessor, the l...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:36hrs | 6579 | by Staff reporter
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